that's odd
Jul. 4th, 2008 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
realthogWe've just discovered that the post office is shut today, and so are most of the shops. Is it a public holiday or something?
realthogWe've just discovered that the post office is shut today, and so are most of the shops. Is it a public holiday or something?
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Date: 2008-07-04 04:04 pm (UTC)This is part of the English tradition of giving deliberately bad advice to clueless newbies and standing back to see the results.
(There's a great fake tour guide for Americans in Britain that includes suggestions such as going to the Shouting Gallery in St Paul's Cathedral, and asking policemen about cottaging.)
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Date: 2008-07-04 04:32 pm (UTC)Really bad advice? Wasn't my advice up to snuff?
Love, C.
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Date: 2008-07-04 04:54 pm (UTC)Cottaging = Tea-room trade (see Senator Larry Craig for details).
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Date: 2008-07-04 05:31 pm (UTC)Eeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, that other thing. Ick.
Love, C.
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Date: 2008-07-04 05:46 pm (UTC)