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    Does anyone else read these bizarre cultural gems on the BBC website? "The past is a foreign country" all right! I put it down to lead in the water pipes.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-28674654
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    Wow. You Brits are easily excited.

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    What are you putting down to lead in the water pipes - crazy people tearing up the balloon or people reading about it today? :-)

    On the one hand, it seems absurd, and one wonders if the riot was incited, or reported with bias, or if the beer vendors had maybe been a bit overenthusiastic while the crowd waited, or, yeah, if there was something in the water...

    However, on the other hand, you have the coverage of the Walmart where a holiday shopping stampede killed people, leaving you with the certainty that people have not necessarily improved much.

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    Default Re: 'Victorian Strangeness'

    Quote Originally Posted by Flounder View Post
    Does anyone else read these bizarre cultural gems on the BBC website? "The past is a foreign country" all right! I put it down to lead in the water pipes.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-28674654

    My answer to your question is "not often enough" quite obviously because I really enjoyed reading this one. Thanks for posting the link.

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