Is everyone from Norffolk this stupid?
Is everyone from Norffolk this stupid?
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tycho

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12,126 posts

296 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Crossing the road is presenting a problem


BBC said:
New pedestrian crossings are causing so much confusion a county council is going to teach people to use them.
Norfolk County Council says it has received so many complaints about the new crossings it has prompted them to take action.

Extra signs are to be put up to help people using the crossings and a campaign is being launched to raise public awareness.



Surely it can't be that difficult?
Kind of ironic that I can't spell Norfolk properly in the title......

>>> Edited by tycho on Tuesday 8th February 10:28

pug406

3,636 posts

276 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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It's Norfolk, what more do you need to know.

iandbeech

2,709 posts

281 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Wot you say boy?!

I can`t see what the problem is with that set - and I`m from Norfolk I do like the councils technical speak though - "pedestrians are coming into conflict with motorists"

srebbe64

13,021 posts

260 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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"Norfolk" - the gene pool's got no lifeguard there, I'm afraid.

philthy

4,697 posts

263 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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My mate is a doctor up there. She has seeen the annotation "NFN" next to a patients notes. Apparently,it stands for "normal for Norfolk".

Phil

Mr E

22,713 posts

282 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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What?

rude-boy

22,227 posts

256 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Arr, But what you have to remember is that we don't wear trainers like you townies, we have Wellinton Boooots an it arder to cross the road in em.

No, not everyone in Norfolk is that stupid, they just have a few more than the national average.

You've heard of Drs writing on patients notes things like FLK (Funny Looking Kid)and MILF (you should know that by now), well round here we have NFN (Normal For Norfolk)!

jamesc

2,820 posts

307 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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I can't answer this, but maybe john75 can tell us!

rude-boy

22,227 posts

256 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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philthy said:
My mate is a doctor up there. She has seeen the annotation "NFN" next to a patients notes. Apparently,it stands for "normal for Norfolk".

Phil


[bold]GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/bold]

Note to self:- Must learn to type faster

sixpot

444 posts

266 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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These stupid crossings have been installed in Notts too. I reluctantly agree with the Norfolk folk. It is not that I don't understand them, I do...It's not exactly rocket science, the thing is if you approach the crossing and the Green man is on green, once you have left the pavement you can no longer see whether it is on green or red. There is one instance where you have to corss five lanes of traffic, so you can imagine that in that time, the man could easily have changed and therefore the traffic about to move, but you know nothing about it until you hear the throttle blips of the cars about to race off. Seriously bad idea in my opinion.

groomi

9,330 posts

266 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Surely these things must have an audible 'beep' to akert the pedestrian to when it is safe to cross?

If they don't then I believe that is possibly contravening the Disabled Discrimination Act (DDA).

philthy

4,697 posts

263 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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rude-boy said:

philthy said:
My mate is a doctor up there. She has seeen the annotation "NFN" next to a patients notes. Apparently,it stands for "normal for Norfolk".

Phil



[bold]GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/bold]

Note to self:- Must learn to type faster

LOL......

You're not wrong rude-boy
Phil

Did anyone mention I'm from Devon?

nel

4,828 posts

264 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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srebbe64 said:
"Norfolk" - the gene pool's got no lifeguard there, I'm afraid.


It doesn't need one, it's so shallow that you couldn't drown in it if you tried!

Arright buh?

FourWheelDrift

91,860 posts

307 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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rude-boy said:

philthy said:
My mate is a doctor up there. She has seeen the annotation "NFN" next to a patients notes. Apparently,it stands for "normal for Norfolk".

Phil



[bold]GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/bold]

Note to self:- Must learn to type faster


Don't worry about it, it's just NFS.

mechsympathy

57,319 posts

278 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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sixpot said:
These stupid crossings have been installed in Notts too. I reluctantly agree with the Norfolk folk. It is not that I don't understand them, I do...It's not exactly rocket science, the thing is if you approach the crossing and the Green man is on green, once you have left the pavement you can no longer see whether it is on green or red. There is one instance where you have to corss five lanes of traffic, so you can imagine that in that time, the man could easily have changed and therefore the traffic about to move, but you know nothing about it until you hear the throttle blips of the cars about to race off. Seriously bad idea in my opinion.


And in Bristol If it's busy you have to wait till the myopic tw@s next to the lights have realised they've changed cos no one else can see the fking things

v8thunder

27,647 posts

281 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Ah, Norfolk. Yes, for some reason I have noticed that the worst examples of numptyism and lentilism I've ever had the misfortune to meet have come from the land of no motorways and intra-familial relations.

I've always wondered if there's a sign outside Hethel that reads 'here be dragons', or maybe it's a secrecy ploy - no-one will know anything about new Lotus cars because they'll never know anything like that could come from there.

srebbe64

13,021 posts

260 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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nel said:

srebbe64 said:
"Norfolk" - the gene pool's got no lifeguard there, I'm afraid.



It doesn't need one, it's so shallow that you couldn't drown in it if you tried!

Arright buh?

Ain't that the truth. I was asked by a couple of brothers from Norfolk to value their business a few months ago. When I looked at their accounts they were making spectacular losses and had a 'negative' Balance Sheet. Undeterred, I asked about the company's future potential? They said they've got just one client (who's looking dodgy), they're in a dying sector and want to 'jump ship' before it sinks. Before I gave an opinion, I asked them what they think the company's worth. They said £2.5m. I said "that's a very specific figure, how did you arrive at that?". They said "we need a milion after tax each, to retire on". I said "what's that got to do with company value?" They said "that's what we need". I said, the eality is "you pay me to take it off your hands chaps - not the other way round". Needless-to-say, I declined the investment opportunity!

tinman0

18,231 posts

263 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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wow, there are some truly thick people out there.

and we give them a vote! i mean - have trouble crossing a road - but can tell what is good or bad for the country as a whole.

c c

8,024 posts

262 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Trouble with Norfolk is too many Londoners live here.




Don’t know how to cross the road indeed. ……………

MikeyT

17,820 posts

294 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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c c said:

Trouble with Norfolk is too many Londoners live here.


True ... at the weekends ;-)

Have you tried parking in Burnham Market on a Saturday?