A certain East London council...
Always seem to do whatever my partner asks them but never seem to acknowledge her letters. For example the zebra crossing outside the school was her idea. She wrote the letter and within a couple of months the council bought along some white paint and a Zebra crossing appeared. The overgrown hedge outside the Post office suddenly got clipped a couple of weeks after she wrote to our lovely council about it. And the teenagers don’t congregate outside the telephone boxes anymore….
However recently, she’s been getting very annoyed about “the “bl**dy stupid traffic island in the middle of the main road that suddenly appeared and has caused 3 accidents in the past 3 months”
In the councils’ defense, the island now makes it really easier to cross the busy road to the pub opposite. Previously patrons had to come out of our road and walk 100M to the zebra crossing (another one that’s always been there) and then double back ( yes another 100M) to get to the pub. The island now means a brisk 10 Meters road crossing takes just as long as it should, it’s safer for pedestrians and it means you can get to the pub quicker from our road…….well that’s what I wrote in the letter to the council when suggesting this marvelous idea!


Can’t remember mentioning it to the missus which is probably why I sort of shrink under the table whenever I hear about another car perched up 3 ft higher in the air than it should be.

length...? well it does get me home quicker after last orders.
(John Elton, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 16:28, Reply)