Damn, why don't I think of things like this? Julie Krueger perpetually broke On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Simon Ward <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have running through our village a watercourse known as Black Brook. > It runs down the hillside into the valley along a natural bed before making > an abrupt ninety degree turn to take a new course along the valley floor. At > this point, having been prone to flooding, it splits off into two routes, > one taking it through a grill and down into a storm drain and the other > under a bridge alongside an old mill which it used to power. By the nature > of the route to the storm drain - operational when the brook runs high - > there is a significant deposit of gravel that sits above the usual course of > the river. > > So, an idea materialised to create a new sign for the village. > > "No Gold Panning Without a Licence" > > On the assumption that we get the correct spelling of licence, we'll put > this up before April Fool's Day. > > More creative thought has suggested the production of a press release to be > issued to the local rags prattling on about the recent exposure of a gold > seam somewhere on the moor and how the wet weather has washed despoits down > into the valley. The release would be accompanied by a staged photo > featuring a bearded, craggy prospetor. Naturally there'll be the production > of phony licenses. > > What more can be had I wonder ... > > Simon >