Sacre bluer!

[randomman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7540484.st...


16,000 people in 2 streets? And I though Birmingham was getting bad!

[JRM]

Looking at the housing on the street, there must be a world-beating skyscraper just behind the camera!

[ASBO]

Shirley shum mishtake?

[Neil_H]

It's 'bleu'.

That is a hell of a lot of people - unless they're just really long streets.

[RobJShe]

I think it might just be badly worded. Is it not the town that has 16,000 residents and just the 2 streets that were affected?

[Justayellowbadge]

I think 16,000 people live in Hautmont, 2 streets of which were affected.


ETA: ^^^^ Wot he said.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Monday 4th August 11:03

[Sciroccology]

BBC News said:

The freak storm devastated two streets in Hautmont, where 16,000 people live.

Don't they mean that 16,000 people live in Hautmont, not just those streets?

ETA: Beaten to it.

Edited by Sciroccology on Monday 4th August 11:03

[NoelWatson]

What is a "mini" tornado?

[randomman]

NoelWatson said:

What is a "mini" tornado?

Well first you have a mummy tornado, then you have a daddy tornado and they love each other very much...

[havoc]

NoelWatson said:

What is a "mini" tornado?

Sounds like a storm in a teacup to me...











OK, OK

[964Cup]

Clue in the grammar: two streets in Hautmont, which has 16,000...

It would be 'have' if it referred to the streets.

[randomman]

Page last updated at 14:15 GMT,

I think it was a corrected typo.

[Six Fiend]

I love modern journalism...

Bristol Evening Post a few years back:

"The car was found by two police officers burning in the street."

[esselte]

964Cup said:

Clue in the grammar: two streets in Hautmont, which has 16,000...

It would be 'have' if it referred to the streets.

There you go and some people say grammar doesn't matter.....

[minimax]

randomman said:

NoelWatson said:

What is a "mini" tornado?

Well first you have a mummy tornado, then you have a daddy tornado and they love each other very much...