[thechat] White lines...

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Erika Meyer wrote:

> "furious?"  this is something that makes Somerset officials furious?
> the world is going to hell in a hand-basket and they are worked up
> over white lines on a dead badger?

Unlikely - the fury is more probably over it being splashed over a half
page in one of the UK's top selling newspapers [sic].

> >"LONDON (Reuters) - Local officials are reported to be furious after
> >road workers apparently painted a white line on the side of a road right
> >over the furry body of a dead badger.
> >The Sun on Tuesday splashed a photo of the badger across half a page,

Cheers
Martin

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