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Predictable snow post

Written by Matt B · first published 11/02/2010
Yes ladies and germs it has snowed and outside there is plenty of the white stuff on the ground (and snow).

Early reports are that the people who grit the roads were, once more, caught off guard by the very seasonal appearance of snow. Which leaves me wondering if the sun rising in the morning is likewise a bit of a surprise.

I can just picture them waking up and shouting Oh my gosh! Another day. I guess I had better get up then. Now, do I have any clothes? Nope going to have to go buy some. Golly this has caught me right by surprise and no mistake...

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Sir Head wrote:

No one gritted the roads tho did they - even tho TDC claimed to have - if you live down my road this morning - it was virtually impassable and i live on a major road - Nice one TDC - Did the ickle bit of sun yeaterday morning catch you ot
11/02/2010 11:10:04 AM

Matt B wrote:

I think it did catch them out.
11/02/2010 12:53:24 PM

Mike wrote:

Sir W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame) once wrote a letter to The Times complaining about the lateness of trains: "[Saturday].. which recurs at stated and well-ascertained intervals, is treated as a phenomenon entirely outside the ordinary operations of nature.. no attempt whatever is made to grapple with its inherent difficulties. To the question 'What has caused the train to be so late?' the official's reply is 'It is Saturday'." This was in the 19th Century, so it seems that Officialdom being unprepared for the obvious is not a new phenonemon.
12/02/2010 08:08:29 PM

eldahman wrote:

[Naughty IP: 41.232.114.253] Very good post keep going man
13/02/2010 11:30:12 AM

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