Mark Wadsworth: Giant Sinkhole Of The Week

Monday, 1 November 2010

Over in Germany:

Pavlov's Cat said...: GIANT NAZI Moles?; 1 November 2010 at 15:20
Ralph Musgrave said...: I was shocked by the politically incorrect phraseology under the picture of the sinkhole. It said “The crater, measuring some 40 by 15 metres, appeared in the town of Schmalkalden, a police spokesperson said. The hole is believed to be some 20 metres deep, she added.”

The sex of the spokesperson, quite correctly, is not revealed in the first sentence. Then the word “she” is used (in reference to the “person”) in the second sentence. I hardly knew where to look.; 1 November 2010 at 15:25
Nick Drew said...: egad !

good friend of mine lives in a fine old merchant's house in Essen, on an uneasy angle due to subsidence (old coal mines), makes me feel seasick

but no-one seems to care

it's obviously German day today, I am awaiting your grammatical corrections over at C@W, Mark; 1 November 2010 at 17:50
Mark Wadsworth said...: PC, that was my first thought. But if you click the 'holes' label, you'll find they've tunnelled their way as far as China or Central America. Scary.

M, well spotted.

ND, I left comment over at yours.

Anon, wake up at the back.; 1 November 2010 at 19:44
Leg-iron said...: Damn. Another underground mad-scientist laboratory gone.

I really need to work on those support beams.; 2 November 2010 at 03:39

Monday, 1 November 2010