I can really dig this!Hermit wrote:Audley Strange wrote:...bail them out.Let the pun-fest turn into a torrent. Surely, after Audley Strange's valiant start there is a flood of puns to come.
Drookit Somerset.
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Re: Drookit Somerset.
This will all end in floods of tears. 
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Do you not think it could channel our frustrations?
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Re: Drookit Somerset.
It's a typical self-supporting media storm. Nobody in the country gives a fuck, but the media have no other news.
The ancient county of Somerset is so-called, because it was always under water in winter. (a Summer-Settlement). People just moved out in winter when the water moved in.
Then they dug some channels, which improved the drainage, and kept it fairly dry most winters.
But it's not good enough to prevent flooding in bad years.
You just have to look at the local names. Somerset, Bridgewater, Muchelney. (big-island).
Most of the houses down that way are in Bridgewater, and if the rivers above Bridgewater had been regularly dredged, there would be massive flooding in the town now, so they've probably done it just about right. You don't flood thousands of homes, just to protect a few hundred.
Anyway, anybody buying property in the Somerset levels knows full well that the place floods.
The government has no obligation to prevent flooding. If you buy the place, you take the risk.
The ancient county of Somerset is so-called, because it was always under water in winter. (a Summer-Settlement). People just moved out in winter when the water moved in.
Then they dug some channels, which improved the drainage, and kept it fairly dry most winters.
But it's not good enough to prevent flooding in bad years.
You just have to look at the local names. Somerset, Bridgewater, Muchelney. (big-island).
Most of the houses down that way are in Bridgewater, and if the rivers above Bridgewater had been regularly dredged, there would be massive flooding in the town now, so they've probably done it just about right. You don't flood thousands of homes, just to protect a few hundred.
Anyway, anybody buying property in the Somerset levels knows full well that the place floods.
The government has no obligation to prevent flooding. If you buy the place, you take the risk.
While there is a market for shit, there will be assholes to supply it.
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Re: Drookit Somerset.
They be daddicky gripes an' bens, aargh.mistermack wrote: If you buy the place, you take the risk.
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Re: Drookit Somerset.
D'jill-a-vather.rainbow wrote:They be daddicky gripes an' bens, aargh.mistermack wrote: If you buy the place, you take the risk.
While there is a market for shit, there will be assholes to supply it.
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