Sunday 6 September 2009

Number unobtainable

Seen in today’s Sunday Times “Atticus” column by Roland White, not at present online:

Walking past a red phone box in my village last week, I noticed for the first time that it contains no actual telephone but a large sign which insists “No smoking”. So the phone box no longer does what it was designed for, and is now just bossy and annoying.

It should be Grade I listed as an outstanding monument to modern government.

2 comments:

  1. Out of all the things that came out of the smoking ban, the worst was the requirement for a sign.

    When was the last time you saw somebody smoking in a doctors waiting room? or a pie shop? or many other places we already take for granted that it was unacceptable to smoke? A pub that had successfully introduced a smoking ban already still had to comply. Balmy.

    It's a wonder the law isn't changed to state that you should display a sign saying you must not murder in a pub. We know the law, you stupid law making idiots.

    I wonder how long it will be before phone boxes disappear completely due to mobile phones?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Isn't 10 Downing St a workplace? Why isn't there a no smoking sign on the door? Law breaking surely?

    Or Crown Exemption.

    ReplyDelete

Comments, especially on older posts, may require prior approval by the blog owner. See here for details of my comment policy.

Please register an account to comment. Unregistered comments will generally be rejected unless I recognise the author. If you want to comment using an unregistered ID, you will need to tell me something about yourself.