c-m-l.net » Was sonst noch zu sagen bleibt http://www.c-m-l.net ...aber schön war's! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:06:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Everday Anecdotes (III): The Big Freeze and the Media http://www.c-m-l.net/en/2010/03/alltagliche-anekdoten-iii-the-big-freeze-und-die-medien/ http://www.c-m-l.net/en/2010/03/alltagliche-anekdoten-iii-the-big-freeze-und-die-medien/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:36:17 +0000 chris http://www.blackbloc.de/?p=273 Snow – the unknown and dangerous thing. That’s at least the impression one could get when one spend the winter in the United Kingdom, especially between Christmas and New Year’s Day. During that time it snowed more than one day – apparently a very rare and totally terrifying event. This impression was at least suggested by the media reports about The Big Freeze. Airports closed down and even the Eurostar was blocked by condensed watter – once again the continent was isolated. At the same time road salt reserves ran short. In short media hallucinated the soon doom of the United Kingdom, because suddenly it snowed as much as it does every winter in Sweden or even Scotland. Thankfully there is Charlie Brooker and its TV programme Newswipe which shows the absurdity of this whole media panic:

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]]> http://www.c-m-l.net/en/2010/03/alltagliche-anekdoten-iii-the-big-freeze-und-die-medien/feed/ 0 Everday Anecdotes (II): Fun in the Winter http://www.c-m-l.net/en/2010/01/alltagliche-anekdoten-ii-winterspass/ http://www.c-m-l.net/en/2010/01/alltagliche-anekdoten-ii-winterspass/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:12:29 +0000 chris http://www.blackbloc.de/?p=242 Even if the news coverage suggests that England only scarcely survived in the face of one week snow and temperatues below zero degree, it seems that at least the police in Oxfordshire had their fun as the following video shows:

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After the video appeared online, the policemen were rebuked by their chief with the following words:

I have spoken to the officers concerned and reminded them in no uncertain terms that tobogganing on duty, on police equipment and at taxpayers’ expense, is a very bad idea should they wish to progress under my command.

Which one of the both is more absurd – tobogganing policemen or the following rebuke – remains in the eyes of the reader. However, I just want to add: “What ever happens – keep smiling!”

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