tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post8220706988776377859..comments2023-02-22T01:06:05.490+00:00Comments on Strawberry Yoghurt: Another Mancunian weekend (eee!) part 1Strawberryyoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-36717810285909697452008-03-25T13:57:00.000+00:002008-03-25T13:57:00.000+00:00Ah, now I can sleep at night. Thank you! I first...Ah, now I can sleep at night. Thank you! I first saw those lines in a Monty Python movie and thought, "Oh those Monty Pythoners; they even invent crazy street lines for their movies!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-52429337530244969542008-03-24T22:14:00.000+00:002008-03-24T22:14:00.000+00:00Ah yes, I had forgotten that "lorry" is a Britishi...Ah yes, I had forgotten that "lorry" is a Britishism. It sounds quite normal to me - but interestingly it is <I>totally</I> uncool to say it in a UK military context - there, they are only ever trucks.<BR/><BR/>The zig-zag lines are an "exclusion zone" either side of certain hazards - pedestrian crossings, school entrances etc. If you stop your car on them the police are allowed to shoot you or exile you to St Helena or something. I am a bit hazy on the details but it's something like that - certainly I think it is treated more seriously than just normal dodgy parking on a yellow line or whatever, because it's seen as wilfully endangering pedestrian safety. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, round here you sometimes see people abusing the school entrance ones - like they've been left clear so that they can drive up in the 4x4 and drop off Colin and Tamsin right outside the gates. Normal people have a name for people like this, which is not polite.Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-64127672757486061902008-03-24T14:25:00.000+00:002008-03-24T14:25:00.000+00:00Wonderful, you use the word "lorry"!Since you ment...Wonderful, you use the word "lorry"!<BR/><BR/>Since you mention driving (a lot) in this epic trip, maybe you can answer a question of mine: what are the zig-zag lines painted along the sides of London roads for? I asked a London girl and she didn't know, so I was left stumped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com