[thechat] White lines...
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Sep 11 03:21:01 CDT 2002
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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