In message <2e2nu395s7m3pv4cc826jbtsd668fl9tf1@4ax.com>, judith
writes
>Traditional white British ambulances are to be repainted yellow to
>bring them into line with Europe. The new colour will be adopted across
>the continent to make the emergency vehicles uniformly recognisable in
>every country. … The ambulance repainting is the latest European
>attempt to change elements of the traditional British way of life to
>fall in line with the rest of Europe. In the past, European
>Commissioners famously infuriated fruiterers and grocers when they
>deemed that our cucumbers were to (sic) curvy and our bananas too
>bendy.
>Daily Mail, 6 March 2002, page 30
Gaz, since this report was in 2002, perhaps you can confirm to us when
it actually happened? After all, you are arguing that there is always at
least a nugget of truth in these stories.
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Richard Miller |