In the nineties I hitchihiked through Europe. On my last route from London to Berlin I was stuck outside London in the rain for hours, no one wanted to pick me up. I then thought I could make a joke out of it and held up a sign reading “MOSCOW” as my destination (instead of Dover, where the ferry was going to continental Europe). Every passing driver visibly laughed and I knew I was onto something. Third guy who passed stopped with his motorbike and when I approached him he could not stop laughing. i asked him where he’s going and he told me that he just wanted to go to the next gasstation, but he would drive me all the way to Dover (around 70 miles away), because he thought I was funny. He even gave me his only helmet. Was one of the best rides I ever had 
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