There hasn't been much around my way, but I couldn't resist pointing out some of the dafter stories to emerge from the UK's recent snow.
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In case it hasn't been reported in your neck of the woods yet: A woman dialled 999 (UK Emergency Services number) to report a theft.
So what?
The item in question was a snowman, with pound coins for eyes.
Understandably, the force has branded her "Completely irresponsible".
Source: BBC News
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Meanwhile, a teenage burglar discovered the hard way that using your feet as a getaway vehicle isn't such a good idea when the ground's covered in snow... the police can simply follow your footprints to where you're hiding out!
Source: Daily Telegraph
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Network Rail decided to send two de-icing trains in for servicing. They claim they brought in more modern trains from non-affected parts of the network to replace them. I've used a fairly neutral article from the BBC here, but unsurprisingly the press were scathing.
Source: BBC News
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And finally... how not to clear ice from your gutter...
Source: BBC News / YouTube
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The train thing
To be fair, in the sensationalist version published in my daily paper, after hammering Network Rail for what they did, it transpires:
These two train sets are 57 years old.
They were withdrawn in September for rebuilding/upgrading, not maintenance.
Other units were brought in from areas less affected by the ice/snow.
...but it made a good headline, didn't it?
Penny
Arab Avalanche Makers.
With a name like Muhammad, yup they were prolly Muslims, but I canna understand from whence he got such an accent? This was quite funny! My goodness, they do get the weather!
Here in the flatlands of OHIO, we are due for a Winter "Storm" ! I wonder what that will be like?
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Khadijah
Accent
From being Scottish by nationality and growing up in Scotland. It's normal up there. You go into a corner shop in Glasgow, served by a man with tanned skin and a turban, and he sounds as Scottish as the white guy in the Glasgow Rangers football shirt standing behind you. In South Shields on Tyneside there is an Arab/Laskar community that has been there for over 500 years, so integrated that people from S Shields are known collectvely as 'sand dancers'. The first time you hear "Howay, wor Abdul, gizza tab" (hey, our Abdul, may I have a cigarette?) can be disconcerting.