[thechat] White lines...

Erika Meyer emeyer at lclark.edu
Tue Sep 10 14:16:00 CDT 2002


"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?

Geez, imagine what would happen if someone sold them a dead parrot.

E

>Reminded me of all that talk of yellow lines and armadillos...
>
>http://www.msn.co.uk/news/breakingnews06/
>
>"Road workers paint over dead badger"
>
>"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,
>saying the picture was taken by a passerby who saw it on the side of the
>highway in Somerset.
>The freshly-painted white line at the road's edge went right over the
>dead animal's back."
>
>Regards
>
>Chris Marsh


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