Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:24:15 -0400
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Emergency Preparedness
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

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..

--
Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
http://nasw.org/users/jkling