> Dear Ian,
>
> This is news to me. I had thought we were more like our english
> cousins than that. A few questions/comments:
>
> 1) I assume you mean 180 degrees in the horizontal plane; 180 degrees
> in the frontal plane would be too gruesome to contemplate.
uh? Ouch.
Anyway, lets just say you should call a "Fanny Pack" (US term) a "Bum
Bag" whether you where it at the front or the back!
> 2) I have never been to England, myself. Are their toilets radically
> different from ours, or do they use similar facilities in a different
> way?
I really have no idea what the inside of the ladies room looks like.
Good try.
(Actually when I was in Canada I found the toilets to be closer to the
ground and the doors to be not tall enough - quite a feeling of
exposure, but I digress.)
> 3) I suppose it is indelicate to ask, but are other portions of the
> english anatomy shifted around as well, or is everything all sort of
> crowded together?
Although I have heard theories (mostly from women) about where men's
brains are actually housed, I don't believe this is specific to Englad :)
> 4) Is this in any way related to the british determination to drive on
> the left?
No, that's just coz its the correct side of the road to drive on.
[duck!]. Apparently Ireland looked into the possibility of switching
to driving on the right and had a trial period of three months where
just half the traffic (trucks and buses) drove on the right, but it
didn't work so they went back to driving on the left.
> Ray Gibbons
Iain.
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