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Bank Holiday Fever


caldrail

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It's Bank Holiday Weekend in Britain again. Those of us not busy demolishing our properties with ideas for home improvement will be heading for the coast, a mass migration of people desperate for fun and sun away from their daily grind. The government have issued a warning to those intending to travel that they can expect long delays on trunk routes.

 

We know. Everyone knows the motorways get jammed up with cars every Bank Holiday Weekend. But then, since the government have made our lives duller by taking money out of our pockets to spend on schemes to identify who we all are, of course we're going to gamble on getting to the coast for a couple of days. Incidentially, I notice that in Swindon, public houses are closing in droves. Before long, the phrase "I'm off down the pub" will have a very different meaning.

 

There is an ironic quality to this. In an attempt to shut the kids up and keep them occupied, parents risk being trapped in a parked vehicle for several hours listening to that perennial favourite "Are we there yet?"

 

You have to wonder though whether the government warnings are going to be noticed. They've not exactly shone as custodians of Britains finances, they've made themselves look mean and stingy over the rights of Ghurka veterans to settle in Britain, and seem more concerned with scrounging money for *or* videos whilst Gordon Brown is away on speech duty.

 

We do seem to be getting a lot of warnings right now anyway. Enviromentalists are warning us the climate is heading for apocalypse. The moslem activists are warning us of rivers of blood. The Russians are warning us that they rather liked the Cold War and can they have another one please? Beyond that, the World Health Organisation have notified us that we are now at Pandemic Phase Five ("Get Ready To Panic") over Swine Flu. The strange thing is though, although such a state of alertness over this apparently virulent disease means that areas should be quarantined to prevent its spread, they say there's no point.

 

So strictly speaking, if the government wanted to stop motorway madness this Bank Holiday, all they need to do is quarantine the towns. It seems they almost have. By making it unaffordable to buy new cars, by making it undesirable to own older ones, by making it impossible to park a car anywhere, by making lots of new road junctions that bypass every single stop, the government are well on the way to achieving their aim of quiet, stationary Bank Holidays. But what's the point of Stationary Britain?

 

Bank Holiday of the Week

How shall I spend my weekend? Well... I won't be driving anywhere. I won't be doing any DIY. Instead, I'll be relaxing, taking it easy, and keeping quiet about it in case someone thinks I should be looking for a job instead. Of course I want a job really. How else could I legitimately claim time off to escape the mad rush this weekend?

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Are we there yet?

 

Are we there yet?

 

How long till we get there?

 

I gotta go potty.

 

Matt's touching me!!!

 

No, she's touching me!!!

 

Quit it!!!

 

Mooooooom!!!!

 

I gotta go potty NOWWWW!!!

 

Are we there yet?

 

How much longer?

 

I'm booooooooored!!!

 

 

 

...*snort*...oops, sorry, was recollecting there for a second.

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Actually, much like I am now: I'm the kid that sits in the car and stares out at the world flashing by, trying to take it all in.

 

Now, my brother Matt...oooh he would piss me off to no end. He's the annoying brat (assuming he didn't fall asleep in the car).

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Funny thing is I tend to be the same when travelling. Way back in my college days we were in a minibus heading for some spelunking in Wales. The lecturer, who happened to be sat next to me, prodded me and asked "Are you thinking about the caves?"

 

Eh? What? No, I'm looking out the window.... And even funnier, he turned out to be the one with claustrophobia.

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Hehehe yep, that'd be me, too! Even on road that I know better than the back of my hand, I can't help but look around. I mean, ya never know when something could be different!

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