Water Water
24 July, 2007
We’re now out of water so advise clients only to visit if they have a motor home with a shower….
We’ve been heartened by the TV news coverage from Oxford and Tewkesbury, which is so jaw grindingly bad you have to watch it to appreciate it.
Reporter: (obviously disappointed that the house he’s standing in has a mere inch of water on the floor) “So – I bet you’re really relieved that the Thames didn’t burst it’s banks then?”
Homeowners: “Er, yes”
Reporter: (with piles of furniture stacked on garden tables behind him) “So, have you been taking any precautions against the flood?”
Homeowners: (looking confused and glancing at pile of furniture behind reporter) “Er yes, we’ve piled all our furniture onto garden tables to keep it out of the water”
Reporter: “And now to James in Tewkesbury”
Reporter in Tewkesbury: “Thank you Mike. Well here in Tewkesbury we’re seeing unprecedented levels of flooding, worse even than the 1947 floods” (Camera cuts to random interviewee) “So Betty, have you ever seen flooding like this here before?”
Betty: “Er no.”
What did they expect people to say? “Well yes we’re gutted, because despite looking like a comfortably off, elderly middle class couple, we’re actually crack fiends and were planning a massive insurance scam. We’ve been throwing our antiques into the river you know…”
Or perhaps Betty should have shot back with “You don’t know what unprecedented means do you?”
Rachael posted this in Business, News, Random
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