Andy Hall wrote:
On 27 Dec 2004 03:47:58 -0800, "MM" wrote:

already is the driving. Because the Fens are so flat you can see for
miles. This encourages people to drive at excessive speeds and they're
always going off the road into a dyke (no jokes, please). The hedgerows
and telephone masts are littered with wreaths and tired bunches of
flowers.

Why people do either of those, I don't know. There's a bent
lamp-post on a major traffic roundabout near me with that stuff and
it's been there for at least two months.

Glad it's not just me, then!

Years ago, a pedestrian was run over in the town centre near where I
live, and each year on the anniversary of the event, the nearest
lamp-post gets converted into a makeshift shrine, covered in flowers,
messages, the lot. It all stays there for months too; barely has it
finally rotted away before next years' goes up.

Clearly nobody dares ever take it down; you can just imagine the banner
headlines in the local rag browbeating the 'heartless council', can't you.

David