On a Germanic angle
I was reading a South Efrican newspaper on-line.

Apparently one couple from SA arrived at Heathrow and the driver did not turn up to meet them, this is being put down to the bombings. If you read all the missing people stories there are 15 missing from SA alone that are bomb blamed and best of all one man said his father in Tanzania has not been in contact since the bombings and he may have popped over to England without telling anyone and got caught up in the blasts.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 10:41, archived)

Is there a point to this anecdote?

( Bob Todd whee, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

yes
that every missing person in South Africa is being blamed on the London explosions it seems.
If other countries do the same a that's a lot of people.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 10:49, archived)

They've probably disappeared for tax reasons

Every single South Efrican I've ever met has been extremely financially astute - sometimes to the point of being offensively tightarsed.

I've only ever met one SE person that I've actually liked and he was an accountant.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 10:49, archived)