Just how dumb can people be?

[Lawrence C Leung]

Good Luck!!!! 

 BTW, where are you?

On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 22:42:30 -0000 "Jim Haseltine"
<Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>Last night was particularly uncomfortable, spent watching flood water 
>work
>its way gradually along the street towards my house (more 
>importantly,
>towards my garage which contains my 88 Ur-q in partially stripped 
>state). As
>luck had it, it stopped rising when approximately 6 inches below the
>critical point.
>Today has been more fun - the number of drivers who don't know what 
>the word
>'FLOOD' on a road warning sign means - are they just stupid or can't 
>they
>read? One guy in a Landcruiser made it all the way through to receive 
>a
>royal bollocking from the police (and a less polite reception from 
>the
>squaddies) - I bet that his carpets got wet too judging by the way 
>that the
>water was part way up the doors at the deepest point.
>
>The level has dropped by a couple of inches so far, but we're due for 
>more
>rain over the next couple of days so I'm preparing to shift stuff up 
>to the
>bedrooms.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim Haseltine
>
>