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22/04/06
by Ruth  When Neale asked me to write a rant this week, I ummmed and ahhhhed about it for a fair while, until he reminded me of my hatred for my home city; London. Other than being at Chester Uni for the past 1 and a bit years, I’ve lived in London all my life, and my God does it smell! As soon as you arrive off the train, blow your nose and what you find in your tissue is not normal coloured whatsoever, but is black with soot. I didn’t think we still had coal fires, or used little boys as chimney sweeps. I guess the stage show of Mary Poppins is quite popular now. (Oooo Dick van Dyke as a chimney sweep!) But that’s not my biggest hate about London. That would have to be the tourists. Ok fair enough, other than the city being over-polluted, packed, ugly, noisy and smelling disgusting, there are some pretty cool buildings and we should be proud that tourists want to come and visit. However, it doesn’t mean they have the right to walk along in front of me and just stop!!! I mean how many times do I just walk into the back of some stupid tourist looking at a map, and they don’t even move out of the way!! At times, the traffic of people on Oxford Street and the likes doesn’t even move. All I can say is I’m all for a fast lane… |