Friday 26 February 2010

To infinity and beyond ... or least across the river

There are limits to human mastery of nature, even for self-confident company directors.

Witness one episode enacted the other day by Anne Kennedy in her Vauxhall Astra, who forgot her car wasn't a canoe when trying to ford the river Loddon in Charvil, Berkshire.

Did she question her own judgement, perhaps? Or own up to impatience tinged with arrogance? No, she blamed her sat-nav: the ultimate get-out clause for poor driving.

High-flying people tend not to allow the possibility that there may make stupid mistakes. Presumably blaming the technology won't wash if she has to make a contribution to the cost of her own rescue.


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