"A Flood of "Biblical Proportions"" Topic

It would seem there has been some serious flooding in Cumbria. Now I'm sure it's very nasty and all that, but this TV News hyperbole is getting a bit much.

Miss News Reader Lady, it is NOT a flood of biblical proportions now, is it? If it were then everybody on the entire planet would be drowned except for one crazy guy in a boat full of animals. It's pretty bad, but it ain't quite that bad.

On another note, it is a sad reflection of just how juvenile I still am that every time the News Reader lady says the word "Cockermouth" I fall about in fits of giggles like Beavis and/or Butthead.

Perhaps you could keep sending the newsreader pairs of animals until she publicly recants her 'biblical proportions' statement.

Did they show an Ark?

I no longer recall which event it was, but I remember Michael Buerk standing in a scene of devastation and stating 'This is, Literally, the End of the World'

Pat

…but I remember Michael Buerk standing in a scene of devastation and stating 'This is, Literally, the End of the World'

Well, whaddja expect, the guy with "The End of World is Coming" sign was standing right behind him!

I remember after Hurricane Andrew, there used to be a sign in Florida City that read, "This isn't the end of the World….but if you turn the corner and go about 100 yards, you can get a good view of it from the water tower!"

Perhaps she means "at least as big as a bible"?
-Kle.

To quibble. it's one crazy guy, plus his wife, his three sons, and their wives. Otherwise the human gene pool takes a big hit.

To your point "…of biblical proportions" is certainly overused. A lot of our best words and phrases get appropriated by the unimaginative and overworked to the point of uselessness. It's always a tragedy.

Andrew

i'm sorry but any town called Cockermouth simply cannot be taken seriously.

Indeed, to the extent that I find myself laughing at news reports about people losing their lives in floods.

"Bill! Bill! *fweet*!! Over here! They're saying "BIBLE!" and "BIBLICAL!"; and making references to an ark and everyone dying in a flood!…

"It's always a tragedy."

Or a comedy. To end all comedies, a comedy of biblical proportions.

We're in the middle of it. Interesting, certainly, but biblical it ain't.

(To distract some of you … gentlemen …. from choking on Cockermouth, were you aware of the village in Dorset called Piddletrenthide?)

Oops, must head down to the cellar with the baling can. I may be some time ….

Some pics, all worth a look -

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Eek! Bridges and biblical floodwaters obviously don't get on!

Hey Sue, hope you and all your painting projects survive intact. Don't weight yourself down with too much lead if you have to wade to safety…!

To distract some of you … gentlemen …. from choking on Cockermouth…

This phrase is not having the effect you intended… LOL!

Maybe not "Biblical", but that's a lot of water. Hope the rain stops soon.

(To distract some of you … gentlemen …. from choking on Cockermouth, were you aware of the village in Dorset called Piddletrenthide?)

Or Penistone in Yorkshire?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penistone

Or Twatt in the Orkneys, and the other Twatt in the Shetlands?

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Not forgetting the Sc**thorpe in Lincolnshire that got me banned…

And Penisarwaun in Gwynedd.

Sue, best of luck. I was working in the area until Wednesday when a swift look at the forecast, coupled with having spent Wednesday driving through flood water outside Keswick ensured I drove home that night.

Biblical? Perhaps hyperbolic. But then 8ft of flood water doing over 20knots is certainly noteworthy.

As, in fact, is the idea of 12in+ of rain falling in 24 hours….

That's a lot, even for Wales – which has also been flooded but not as bad.

We were on holiday in the region and had a great time until Thursday…..It flooded the roads around where we were staying and our friends managed to stall his car in a large puddle….1 x blown engine later……:-)

Back home safe and sound and now its raining again……

All OK here, thanks – luckily we're on a hill (if we flood, most of the world will be under water …). But it's been scarey seeing what's going on in the rest of the county, and a lot of places are still cut off because of flooded or damaged roads.

Just as well we don't have to make plans to haul all our figures AND three huge cats out of the house!

Hey, where I live, there's a town called Dildo. The first house I bought in this province was on a street in a subdivision named after Newfoundland outports and Dildo Place was a very large cul-de-sac…
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Tim

Is it 2012 yet?