Re: Oh to be in England, now that April's there



In article <f12h6o$bm8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Keith F. Lynch) wrote:


Paul Dormer <prd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And now we've had an earthquake in southern England.
It's getting
just like California here, only with better public
transport.

Have you had wildfires? Mudslides? Have both
destroyed large numbers
of multi-million dollar houses that were perched on
steep wooded
hillsides?

Are your roads adjacent to steep cliffs? Do cars
routinely fly off
those cliffs? When they do, do they explode?

Can't a person use a little hyperbole for humorous purposes?

(For the record, I have been to both Kent and California many times,
and I know they are nothing alike.)
.



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