Tuesday 20 April 2010

Ex The Times

Grounded planes cause mass starvation in London
Flintoff

Ok, so the headline is a bit of an exaggeration, at the moment, but you never know what the next few weeks may bring. At the very least, you might think that with all the Kenyan mangetout, and suchlike, mouldering on planes that can't fly here, Britain's overwhelming reliance on imports might start to be a problem.

During the lorry driver's fuel strike of 2001 supermarkets warned the government that there was a real danger of food running out. Well, if the next Icelandic volcano goes of soon, and planes are grounded for a substantial period, we'll be stuffed - or not, if you see what I mean.

Surely The Times would get it right, the author has mixed up off and of, Shame on Him !

2 comments:

  1. So we should teach our students to save their foods for a rainy day

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  2. We should teach our students not to mix up of and off !
    That came from The Times, I forgot to add the link to the original article.
    It is always a good idea to save food. You never know when a typhoon will strike and the shops will be closed. I got stranded by flood water in Australia. The local town was under 10 metres of water ! I was stuck there for 3 days. The hostel had a box of abandoned food. Macaroni, and custard is really good when you have no other food.

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