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- From: ljp@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Guido)
- Subject: Re: Coventry vs. London/etc (was Re: humor in England)
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- Organization: Coventry University
- References: <BxyJLx.Kpr@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <1992Nov19.120043.24273@aston.ac.uk>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:06:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.120043.24273@aston.ac.uk> evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans) writes:
- >James W Bottomley (apj003@cck.coventry.ac.uk) wrote:
- >:
- >: Well it works pretty well in places. I suppose the comparison with Coventry
- >: is something like Birmingham with the tight curvy inner ring road with
- >: thousands of half-crazed drivers hurtling around it with total precision
- >: weaving around newcomers wetting themselves with fear...
- >
- >But in Brum we have 3 ring roads for people to choose from :-)
-
- Truely amazing they are too. No matter where you want to go the
- one-way system goes the other way.
-
- The Coventry road system is great if you want to by-pass it or go from
- one side to other. No bloody good for anything else.
-
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