[BITList] water

[CT's]

hugh
you are right – mr slater would probably not go for the “boil-water advisory”.
however, here in the LOF,HOTB a vague/evasive/stupid name seems to be a requirement for most occurrences. 
the victorians prefered to use delicate names for certain things, modern idiom appears to prefer semi-technical obfuscation.

btw – how about your views on the EU and the benefit of membership [or otherwise] to the man-in-the-street.
there was a legal description in days past [victorian] of yer average tom/dick/harry – something to do with riding upstairs on a london tram or bus to hackney? 
anyone recall the description?
ct

From: HUGH 
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 2:14 PM
To: BitList 
Subject: Re: [BITList] weird.....

Colin,

It's great how things advance.  When I attended my 2nd's Orals in Glasgow in 1958, I sat opposite Mr Slater, the Head Examiner, blue chin and crew cut. Had he asked me to state the likely consequences of a ruptured tube inside a boiler, I seriously doubt I would have said "a boil-water advisory".  Not with Mr Slater I wouldn't.  That, added to the too much waving of my hands that had gained a strange look and a deal of comment, might have caused him to sign a pink slip.  But he didn't.

Hugh.  


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