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- From: apj003@cck.coventry.ac.uk (James W Bottomley)
- Subject: Re: humor in England
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:35:29 GMT
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- In article <BxtIsn.JE0@cck.coventry.ac.uk> gdg019@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Ridley McIntyre) writes:
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- >
- >Actually, I don't think Gordon wrote that bit about how bad Coventry is,
- >but I'll agree with whoever wrote that article, too. I'm here through
- >no choice of my own, but I prefer it to London. Outside the city centre
- >there ain't all that much concrete at all. Unlike London, where it gets
- >worse the further out you get into the suburbs.
-
- There are nice bits in London and nice bits in Coventry, to get away from
- the humorously offensive slanging match for a moment. Actually, I prefer
- to live away from London (having lived there for some years) and just visit
- when I want. Then I get the good bits like theatre, massive choice in
- films, restaraunts and so on, without the bad bits like over-exposure to
- air pollution, the daily fight to get to work and the 10 hour journey through
- Friday rush traffic to get to some decent countryside. But life in Coventry
- can be a bit boring sometimes. There's less choice in people.
-
- As regards the architecture in Coventry, all I can say is that it grows
- on you. And the roads do work well, despite looking like hell.
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- Jim Bottomley: ceram@uk.ac.warwick.csv ; apj003@uk.ac.cov.cck
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