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Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:40 am
by Christel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... e-13713798
"A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion."
I have to admit I looked twice when I saw the headline :lol: :lol:
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:33 am
by ptheta
I'm generally a fan of the FOI act but this sort of nonsense makes me wonder if people should have to pay a fee with each request. Someone will have to have spent time fielding this request and that is a waste of taxpayers' money.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:19 am
by Christel
Oh I do not agree with a fee, that will only stop people from using the service.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:32 am
by ptheta
I can see your point of view and have some sympathy with it as FOI is a corner stone of democracy but then you end up with nonsense like this which is just a waste of time and money. If we assume limited resources, which seems reasonable as all resources are limited to some degree, then perhaps this particular enquiry has delayed a useful inquiry.
I can't remember who said it but there's an expression along the lines of, demand for any service which is free at point of use will inevitably out strip supply. That seems quite relevant here.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:59 pm
by bobbob
Maybe you should send them the forum link, plenty of experts on here
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:19 pm
by ptheta
bobbob wrote:Maybe you should send them the forum link, plenty of experts on here
When it comes to the zombie apocalypse we're talented amateurs at best here.
If you want to see people taking the whole zombie apocalypse thing way too seriously to the point of being a bit creepy you need to get yourself over to AR15.com. Not that I'm suggesting you do that of course. It's much more civilised over here.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:21 pm
by Sandgroper
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:32 pm
by ptheta
Well I didn't know that. It's nice that someone agrees with me for once!
I wonder if someone coughed up hard cash for this request? If so, they must be even more of a loony than I originally thought.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:34 pm
by Christel
Or maybe they know something we don't.
Re: Leicester City Council 'not ready' for zombie attack
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:35 pm
by Christel
Oh btw, going to another forum. No can do, I thought you knew I am chained to this forum.
If I want to know something I ask Ovenpaa and he does the research.
:lol:
