NP: London in 2007

[Dave Monroe]

--- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some questions.

Whereas I have some answers, albe, u, them answers in 
the form of a wisecrack ...
 
> Why are London subway (Tube, Underground, whatever
> you call it) so fricking small? 

Why are American so fricking large?

> In contrast, why are the taxicabs so gigantic?

For fat Americans who whine about the Tube?

> The taxi drivers seem to have phd's in local
> geography. [...] Impressive.

This is a problem?
 
> Why does all the music suck? Seriously.

Merely imitating what comes across the Pond ...

> On this side of the pond, we hear great British
> music all the time.

Joust 'cos Benny Hill is British, doesn't mean "Yakety
Sax" ...
 
> What the hell is in this absinthe shit? It's great!

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.11/absinthe.html
 
> Royal family? Huh? Why are these people on the
> payroll? On the other hand it might be a usefull
> way of neutralizing ambitious morons. 

> If only George Bush or Ronald Reagan had just been
> King, with no real power whatsoever, things
> would be better. [...] If you're going to have a
> bullshit figurehead, why not go for broke?

Besides, you can alway BEfigurehead 'em if things get 
bad, so ...

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