Re: Iran 1978

Posted by Mike McDermott on Nov 07, 2013; 11:01pm
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/Iran-1978-tp5706763p5706766.html


Rocky, I concede having a machine gun pointed at you trumps the various less impressive weapons pointed at me while I was on the road. It is a competition that I would rather not start up again, but your recollection served to remind me of one such incident which triggers the question at the end of this post.
 
Of all places, this happened in London. I was walking somewhere with Meggsy, and having an interesting discussion. When we stopped at an intersection I made what I had thought to be quite a telling point, and Meggsy's eyes widened and jaw dropped. I thought that was a quite satisfying reaction, even if perhaps a tad over the top. But then I realised that he wasn't looking at me, but at someone to my right. So I turned around and found that there was a pistol about six inches away, pointed at my head.

My reaction was to lean back away from the gun and say “piss off”.

With the wisdom I have gathered since, I realise that this was probably not the best thing to say to someone threatening with a gun. He then said, “I'm a hit man for the mafia”.

KGB? (Yes: Eugene, you bastard!). But then, why the mafia? CIA? Maybe it's that CIA mafia connection? If so, why me? Obviously, I should then have engaged all my skills in martial arts, thrown him to the ground, grabbed his gun and said, “go ahead, punk, make my day”, but at that time Clint Eastwood had yet to guide us so.

But then he said, “but don't worry, it's not loaded”, chuckled merrily, and walked off.

That put a damper on our conversation, and I never got the reaction from Meggsy that I felt my comment had deserved.

So, the question: who else remembers Meggsy, and does anyone know where he is? I think he was with Autotours, and so this would be after they took over Sundowners, but I'm not sure.