🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <34f3bb55.43805061@news.demon.co.uk>, Simon Gray <simon@star-
one.org.uk> writes
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>Down on uk.current-events.general street, the vibe from Chris Ward is:
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>[what's the next thing to be banned]
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>~ Walking on the wrong side of the pavement.
>~ 
>~ You think I'm joking ?
>~ There is already a stretch of pavement in Birmingham with a white line down 
>the
>~ middle and arrows telling you to walk on the left.
>~ And a non-stop loudspeaker announcement telling you to do the same.
>~ 
>~ It's not yet illegal to ignore the arrows and announcement, but how long 
>before
>~ some nutcase councillor decides to pass a bylaw ?
>
>I know it well - the ramp from the pallasades down to new street.
>
>It is actually more sinister than you make out - the announcement is
>actually *not* constant; if you look carefully you will see at the
>bottom of it is a video camera, & the announcement only kicks in if
>their are lots of people disobeying the arrows.
>
>I tend to walk with the flow anyway, but when the announcement starts
>I always make a point of walking on the wrong side.
>
Now why doesn't that surprise me?
-- 
James