The Official Nonsense Thread

[Minty]

Really feel for the people of Morpeth. I used to know people from there in a previous job, & they all complained for years that the flood protection measures for the areas were a joke.

In 2008 & 2010 they were flooded out, after this one I'll be surprised if they can get anyone willing to buy a house there as the insurance costs will now be astronomical (if they can get anyone to insure them - one you have your area labelled a "flood plain" the better insurers won't even touch you).

Another stunner from the Herald Sun

"The fishing village of Footdee, on the west coast of Scotland near Aberdeen."

Footdee is in Aberdeen, which is on the east coast of Scotland. You'd have thought Rupert Murdoch could have bought his editors an atlas with all his millions.

It's one of those villages that was swallowed up when the nearby city spread out and engulfed it, although 'coz it's out on an inlet flanked by the sea and the River Don it has retained something of a separate character. It's basically the fishing centre of the city. Some lunatics go running into the sea there on New Year's Day when you can get hypothermia just by walking on the beach fully clothed in the autumn!

Looks like we're in for a wet autumn.