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13th March 2003, Page 48
13th March 2003
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has resprayed five of its trucks in Comic Relief livery in a bid to raise £1m for the Comic Relief campaign this year.

And for drivers who might think they've been inhaling too many diesel fumes— yes, that is an life-sized bear making deliveries to Whitbread restaurants they have just seen.

Brewster the 'cuddly' bear has been employed to scare the sweet bejesus (and hopefully some cash) out of the company's customers, or "raise money as he travels the length and breadth of the country", as the Whitbread press release so eloquently puts it.

ming all homosexual truckers! Your vehicles are letting you down, if a French website is to be believed, The brain child of Gaelic chums Pierre and Jeff, clubautorainbow.9online.fr cuts through the machismo that the car (and

truck) industry is built on to tell you just how howlingly gay your vehicle is.

Now, before you break into a sweat and start talking loudly about women and football, trucks fall into the 'Raging Heterosexual' category, being awarded a pitiful 0/10 marks on the website's 'gay' scale. White vans scored similarly, as well as Ford Mondeos, Alfa Romeos and Ferrari Enzos. And what's the gayest of them all The stylish Peugeot 206CC, of course! Closely pursued by the VW Beetle and the new Mini ("Gays are naturally drawn to new concepts," the Frenchmen were quoted as saying).

So, if you fear the haulage industry is misrepresenting your sexuality, say it loud and say it proud: "I'm a gay trucker!"

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