Good people of Britain...........PANIC

[lemonjelly]

Absolute Radio put forward their nomination for "Pointless Interview during the Snow" award

Woman in South Wales interviewed, where heavy snow has been falling

"We are lucky we can afford to keep our house warm, so we are ok. Just checked our neighbour and she is fine so we are all ok"

Fucking brilliant stuff. 2 families in South Wales are "ok" despite the snow.

In fairness, the interview has positives.
Firstly, Wales is a lot worse than here.
secondly, people are more isolated than the midlands.
Thirdly, it highlights the importance of people checking their neighbours are ok. This is a good thing. The elderly, or seriously ill are especially vulnerable in the cold. At least the interviewee thoguht to check their neighbours wellbeing. Hopefully it will prompt some others to do so too.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm alright, thanks for asking.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Just walked home from work and had to go through an army of school kids who'd been let out early. I was convinced one of the little bastards would think it was hilarious to pelt me with a snowball but thankfully I got home unharmed.

 

[YoungWolf]

We all get sent home as we have to travel an hour and a half to get to college. Quite heavy right now to be honest.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

I like driving in snow. Makes it a bit of a challenge! I'm looking forward to driving home this afternoon. I always take the back roads home after 6-2 too as the main roads are always busy. Gonna be fun!

It always makes me laugh watching people drive around shit scared in it too. As though their car will explode if they go over 20mph.

Some people really do shit themselves at the sight of a bit of white stuff, on my way to work this morning it was no worse than last night and had people tootling down cleared roads at about 20mph, dickheads. Then you've got people that'll try and slam their brakes on when a light turns to amber/red a few metres ahead, you're going to achieve nothing, just roll on through numbuts, it's not like anyone on the other side of the junction is going to be bolting off in a flash with those conditions.

I did see some guy's Audi stranded in the middle of the road just as i left Aldridge though with his front wheel pitched at about 45 degrees, dickhead must have hit the kerb pretty fucking hard to do that sort of damage.

Walsall roads jammed. Everyone pissing off home at the same time. Glorious

You should've bailed a good hour or so earlier mate, i breezed through there at about 11.

We all got sent packing after about an hour and half, well the half of the department that bothered to turn up at all anyway, some of them have got a fair way to travel home though so I can see some sense in it, works out great for me though when i live closer than pretty much everyone else there.

 

[The Bear]

Oii I prefer to be safe than sorry. I was using my handbrake to get around corners on my way home because I was struggling to get the car around them.

Nothing's scarier than seeing a van coming towards you sideways.

Or having some fool in a Corsa doing handbrake turns in the snow..

 

[Sniffer]

Just walked home from work and had to go through an army of school kids who'd been let out early. I was convinced one of the little bastards would think it was hilarious to pelt me with a snowball but thankfully I got home unharmed.

FFS Dan, my kids and Mrs think I'm a grumpy bar steward, they bought me a Mr Grumpy mug and slippers for my 40th but I'd have got my retaliation in first, chucked the first snowball and kicked it all off.

 

[lemonjelly]

I'm alright, thanks for asking.

As long as the little green light is on, we'll know you're ok...

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

As long as the little green light is on, we'll know you're ok...

Unless I die while logged in, of course. My laptop is plugged in so it would probably stay on until the MEB or whoever cut me off.

 

[The Bear]

We'd soon realise something was wrong if Manhattan posted something innacurate and you didn't respond within 10 mins.

 

[lemonjelly]

:icon_lol: should we start an Olifinjana & Zubar are our saviours thread every hour, just in case?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Post quiz questions, that's more entertaining. Football related or mid 90s music, I don't mind.

 

[Sniffer]

Which 90's Britpop band a hit single with the same name as a comedy despised by some on here.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Don't know if it's already been mentioned, but did you see that twat on the Breakfast show this morning?
Why oh why do they have to tell some poor twat to literally stand out in the snow, no hat, snow collecting on his head, piling up on his shoulders gathering in the creases in his elbow, generally turning white with flakes gently falling around him, to tell us how bad it was right there?

Like, if he wasn't going white we wouldn't believe him?

Fucking hell, get inside somewhere and report on the weather from an office or shop for God's sake!

 

[The Bear]

Which 90's Britpop band a hit single with the same name as a comedy despised by some on here.

Sleeper.

 

[Sniffer]

Correct

 

[The Bear]

It took me 50 mins to get home today for a journey that normally takes 30 mins.

The amount of nervous numpties on the roads is staggering. Not going above 15mph in a few mm of slush even though you can brake normally. I nearly went into the back of some prick who decided that a 10 degree corner needed heavy braking for it. I overtook him and gave him a piece of my mind as I passed. Not my finest hour but FFS people, just stay at home if you can't handle driving in snow.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Alright Clarkson, calm down.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

FFS Dan, my kids and Mrs think I'm a grumpy bar steward, they bought me a Mr Grumpy mug and slippers for my 40th but I'd have got my retaliation in first, chucked the first snowball and kicked it all off.

There were hundreds of the fuckers, they'd have killed me. It would have been death by snowball.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Squeeze threw a snowball at my head. She will pay.