britain

....... as a motorist hating country. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=547350&in_page_id=1770 Cringe worthy but true. How much longer will this war on the motorist continue ?

A friend from the US sent me this... quite accurate I'de say... from: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bluelist/index.cfm?fa=main.rateList Michele

1) Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, "We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr. Purdey has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house." (The Daily...

Is this a hollow victory and will metrication eventually happen by natural means once the ' younger ' generation become older? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6988521.stm Whilst I have no problems converting one t'other and vice versa I nevertheless still measure in imperial. If my...

A man starts his new job at the zoo and is given three tasks. First is to clear the exotic fish pool of weeds. As he does this a huge fish jumps out and bites him. To show who is boss, he beats it to death with a spade. Realising his employer wont be best pleased he disposes of the fish by...

Real life snippets from TV quiz shows. Enjoy. UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE Bamber Gascoigne: What was Ghandi's first name? Contestant: Goosey, Goosey? THE WEAKEST LINK Anne Robinson: In traffic, what "J" is where two roads meet? Contestant: Jool carriageway. Anne Robinson: Which Italian...

Right, I'm off on one this afternoon on many subjects (work is quiet today...) Am I the only person in the whole country who doesn't think that Little Britain is the funniest program ever? Anyone who saw The League of Gentlemen a couple of years ago can see that the whole concept of LB is...

OT: Yet another case of Rip-off Britian. BPI force CD-Wow to raise prices Some of you might of heard that the BPI [British Phonographic Industry] were taking legal action against online vendors such as CD-Wow and Amazon for selling cheap CD's. Well the case, against CD-Wow at least, has been...