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Dumbledore · 12-27-2004, 05:53 AM

Veteran actor John Cleese is relishing being alive - after his chauffeur fell asleep and narrowly avoided a fatal crash "by about a second".

The Monty Python comic, who also recently played a ghost called Nearly Headless Nick in the first two Harry Potter movies, is now enjoying life to the full after he almost died when his sleeping driver almost crashed into another vehicle at high speed.

Cleese says, "I nearly died the other day. I was in a car travelling at 75 or 80 miles per hour and I realised my driver had fallen asleep.

"So I shouted at him and I think we avoided being killed by about a second.

"So it just shows that life's all a little more fragile than you think."

Thanks to Karen_Ginger for this story from wizardnews.com!

moonluna · 12-28-2004, 04:29 AM

Yikes, I'm glad he's okay, because I have loved him since Monty Python and he's still got more British humor to spread amongst us yet!!!!!

HermyOneGranger · 12-28-2004, 04:38 AM

Wow! That is totally insane. Thank goodness he shouted the driver awake. I wonder if he'll be changing drivers now?

12-28-2004, 07:04 AM

It's funny in a "it's a good thing he's OK" kinda way.

angels-in-my-heart · 12-28-2004, 06:07 PM

Thank goodness he's alright, I love John Cleese, it really does make you think...

12-28-2004, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumbledore

Veteran actor John Cleese is relishing being alive - after his chauffeur fell asleep and narrowly avoided a fatal crash "by about a second".

The Monty Python comic, who also recently played a ghost called Nearly Headless Nick in the first two Harry Potter movies, is now enjoying life to the full after he almost died when his sleeping driver almost crashed into another vehicle at high speed.

Cleese says, "I nearly died the other day. I was in a car travelling at 75 or 80 miles per hour and I realised my driver had fallen asleep.

"So I shouted at him and I think we avoided being killed by about a second.

"So it just shows that life's all a little more fragile than you think."

Thanks to Karen_Ginger for this story from wizardnews.com!

oh my gosh..i love monty python and john cleese...i can't believe his driver fell asleep

LordSidious · 12-28-2004, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by fleurdelacour17

Whoa, glad he is okay.. but that driver should have had some coffee while he was driving!

yeah really. if he starts to fall asleep the hot coffee will spill and that would wake him up!

EmmaRiddle · 12-29-2004, 08:32 AM

^ And also cause him to crash!

They were probably on a motorway, that`s the only place 70-80mph is legal. But on motorways there are tonnes of signs saying "Don`t drive tired. Take a break every 2 hours." LOL I suppose he was already asleep and didn`t see them.

potterxfan04 · 12-31-2004, 11:42 PM

wow that was a real close call, glad he's okay!

SapphireMisty · 01-02-2005, 03:24 AM

I nearly fell asleep during my first few driving lessons. Since then, I always take a nap prior my driving lessons, unless if it happens to be early in the morning, like 8 or 9 on the weekends. If it was afterschool, I can't do anything about that, and it was scheduled on one of those days only once. Luckily though, that afternoon, the weather went crazy through a combination of lightning, rain, and hail. It kept me amused and awake. It's one of those kind of weather that SF has nearly once every decade according to my instructor.

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