peter
HG Alumnus
posted 04-03-01 05:57 PM
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1 / 29
ROFL - Well, what can you expect?
Dave
Clubman
posted 04-03-01 06:32 PM
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2 / 29
A friend of mine once vacationed in some southern states and met some Americans that actually thought that we live in igloos ...
peter
HG Alumnus
posted 04-06-01 05:38 AM
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24 / 29
Bah. When it comes to plain ignorance no-one can beat the Dutch. There was a fireworks depository in the middle of a housing estate in one of our eastern towns. It stored much more than was officially allowed (to be sure the license was updated whenever it appeared they were storing more that the license allowed). Everything that could be done wrong there, was done wrong. Last year it blew up, demolishing part of the town, hundreds of people were left homeless, dozens were killed - but till that day the mayor of the place didn't even know he had a fireworks depository in town. He didn't even have the common sense to resign after publication of a truly devastating report.