" wrote:

Arthur Figgis wrote:
[snip]
Other than people like us, how many people these days know that
[Hore-]Belisha of beacon fame was a politician?
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Asking a question like that in this newsgroup is fruitless since it
is only Read by "people like us..."

I thought it would be a nice thought, in certain selected areas to
substitute the flashing amber for red and they could be called
Hore beacons


;-)

I'm gonna use that! (It'll probably still be met with vacant looks from many
though... sigh!)