Something about this BBC headline resonated with me: Aberdeen finally sees sunshine after 21 days of gloom. It could be politics, football or the weather. But only 21 days? Surely it can't be the weather.
And disasters are always "huge". Just last week "Wales Online" had reports of a "huge" ship that had run aground. OK, it's quite large (124 metres long) but hardly the "Queen Mary"!
From "Nation.Cymru": "Greggs disappoints locals with no plans to return to flood-hit town".
Now that's a sensible headline. Other journals would say, "Locals devastated as Greggs reveals plans to abandon flood-hit town".
Poor Monmouth though, it really suffered in the recent floods and its High Street was, quite literally, devastated - not to mention many peoples' homes.
I hadn't realised the ambiguity until you pointed it out!
Actually, reading the comments following the article, quite a few locals will be pleased that Greggs aren't returning, as they feel this will benefit other similar businesses.
The ever-informative Glasgow Herald reports the End of an era as 137-year-old Saltcoats butcher closes for good. Poor man - surely he could have retired sooner than that?
Shock horror news from the winter Olympics in the Grauniad: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days. Apparently the supply of 10,000 was exhausted. Is there an unreported Olympic event that we should know about?
The ever-informative Glasgow Herald reports the End of an era as 137-year-old Saltcoats butcher closes for good. Poor man - surely he could have retired sooner than that?
Shock horror news from the winter Olympics in the Grauniad: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days. Apparently the supply of 10,000 was exhausted. Is there an unreported Olympic event that we should know about?
One comment I heard about this story was that the Olympic motifs they had printed on them were so stylish that some people were keeping them as souvenirs rather than using them.
Comments
"I thought this was a Christian website" - the Ship's universal expression of outrage if anyone says something a bit risqué.
It happened in Camelon, which is the next stop on the train after Linlithgow if you're heading west.
Apparently the church is derelict, but still ... 😳
Now that's a sensible headline. Other journals would say, "Locals devastated as Greggs reveals plans to abandon flood-hit town".
Poor Monmouth though, it really suffered in the recent floods and its High Street was, quite literally, devastated - not to mention many peoples' homes.
Actually, reading the comments following the article, quite a few locals will be pleased that Greggs aren't returning, as they feel this will benefit other similar businesses.
These days, everyone seems to 'vow' to do, or not to do, everything.
The original was refreshingly sensible, as @Baptist Trainfan says.
Whose remains, one wonders!
The remains of his life and reputation...
Is bobsleigh not very much a downhill task?
Is he still open for the bad?
That's probably why they struggle.