From: Chuck Divine <chuck.divine at att.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Emergency Preparedness
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:52:05 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Friday 06 August 2004 12:24, Jim Kling wrote:
> Chuck Divine wrote:
> >On Tuesday 27 July 2004 17:59, Steve Smith wrote:
> >>British style.
> >>
> >><http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/>
> >>
> >>Yes, this is a parody.  No, HM's Government is not amused.  This site
> >>may not last long.
> >
> >Perhaps it will.
> >
> >The site made the Guardian (dead tree version) in the U.K.  The people I
> >talked to about it thought it was pretty funny.
>
> Huh. Finally looked at it and it struck me as 3rd-rate parody.
> Inconsistent, partially incoherent, and not all that funny. It made The
> Guardian? Has British parody fallen so far since Life of Brian? The
> Brits need to take a serious look at The Onion and take a few lessons..
Lighten up.

This site is a work of a fairly young man.  I don't remember all the details
from the article, but I'm fairly sure he was still a student somewhere.  To
some of us it was worth a chuckle.  HM's Government's reaction added a bit to
the humor.

For some top quality Brit humour, check out "Jerry Springer -- The Opera."  I
saw it last Friday in London.  It's a hoot.

Chuck Divine