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This is pretty gross. Oxford taxi conversations to be recorded, council rules Sadly, the way things are going, the days of being able to say of course this is a UK idea look to be coming to an end. But yes, this is indeed a UK idea. A council spokeswoman said the “video and audio …
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You’d think I’d know better by now considering these are the same people who created pages upon pages upon a few more pages of regulations governing what counts as a proper looking piece of food, but I still thought this was satire for a minute. After three years work by 21 scientists, the European Union …
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Good lord. Please don’t let our organ supply get so bad that our doctors start implanting diseased organs into patients awaiting transplants. A woman in the UK battling cystic fibrosis, for example, got a lung transplant. What they didn’t tell her was she received the lungs of a chain smoker. She didn’t make it long. …
Oh god, here comes the UK again. I…I have no words. A street lamp’s bulb goes out. Council comes to assess, and says climbing a ladder to change the bulb would be too unsafe because it’s too close to power lines and trees. So, for 3 years, the residents have had no light at night. …
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Mor UK crap. Just great. A while back, we heard about a story about itcy bitcy wading pools needing life guards and insurance. Now, if you set up a paddling pool in a park, even if you supervise the kids playing in it, it’s not safe enough, and it will have to go. Some parents …
Now, a cross in a cemetery is considered unsafe in the UK. Apparently, all the headstones must be flat. Not only that, but any crosses were removed that were there, apparently without informing family. That’s just insensitive and disrespectful.
Remember that study a couple of years ago saying that British kids were afraid of clowns? Well, I guess British adults are afraid of clowns too, so much so that John Lawson Circus has introduced a service to help them get over their fear. Yes, they have a clownselor on site to help them get …
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I’ll believe it when I see it since this hope and change stuff tends to be a lot easier said than done, butevery bit of thisis great news for the citizens of the UK if it’s true. Britain’s new deputy prime minister has pledged to curb the country’s extensive system of official surveillance and data …
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In “So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish,” Wonko the Sane said the reason he went mad was because he read the instructions on a box of toothpicks. He felt it was enough to drive one insane that people needed instructions for such an item. I think he would go even madder if he …
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Wow. You can get busted for drinking and driving, even if you’re driving a Barbie car designed for toddlers. Apparently it doesn’t even go as fast as a scooter. This brings up a weird question, and I can’t remember if I’ve asked it before. Can you get a DUI for driving a wheelchair drunk? I …
