Bob, Kinda cranky today are we? Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Bob Sullivan >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dave, >> >> Same here in Chicago. The news wails 'A STORM IS COMING, >> A STORM IS >> >> COMING' all day and night before the arrival of snow. >> Geepers, it's >> >> winter in Chicago. We're supposed to have snowstorms. >> Get over it! >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> > >> >Exactly. >> >> http://www.theonion.com/content/news/weather_weary_nation_not_ >> surprised >> > > When I arrived home today I found a leaflet from the Environment Agency on > the doormat telling me, and I quote, "Floods Operate In Your Area". > > Operate? > > Floods don't operate anywhere. > > Who do they get to write this crap? Or should that be 'Whom do they get...'? > > If they want me to protect my home and all my property from flooding, they'd > better start sending me leaflets that are written properly, otherwise I'm > just going to let all the water in, and that'll learn them. > > I suspect it was written by the same idiot who wrote the announcement they > often play over the tannoy on the tube, telling me that 'Delays are > operating to all destinations'. > > No they're not! Delays don't operate any more than floods do! > > And another thing, while I'm at it. What about the announcements on the > buses? "Bus stopping at next bus stop. Please stand well clear of doors". > > What is this, Russian? Have we run out of definite articles? THE bus IS > stopping at THE next bus stop. Please stand well clear of THE doors. > > Apart from that, I've had quite a nice day off thank you. > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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