Of Dead Badgers And NotMyJob-ery
In a marvellous bit of pre-Question Time LiveBlogging nonsense, let’s rejoice in the fact that fuckwittery is alive and kicking (unlike the badger) in Hampshire:
Workmen painting white lines on a road left a gap for a dead badger because they said it was not their responsibility to move it.
The animal had been killed about a week before on the A338 near Downton, on the Hampshire-Wiltshire border.
Hampshire County Council said the workers did what they thought “was best” because it is the district council’s job to remove carcasses.
The badger has now been removed and the painting will be completed on Friday.
Read more here…
Remember, though, that you now apparently need a licence to shovel a dead animal half a yard to the left.
Council contractor Amey said the staff from sub-contractor Bellstan were not “licensed or trained” to remove road kill.
So there. Do you ‘ave a licence for that pet halibut, Sir?
Wonderful – you blogged it before I got the chance. I’m so excited about Londonderry winning British city of culture that I’m giddy…
I wanna complain, have you no thought for the dignity of that deceased badger? Displaying pictures of his bruised and battered remains is innapropriate and a denial of his fury dignity.
Yes, some people have no sense of taste or occasion…
Well done to Londonderry, or, as you put it on the LiveBlog, an “opportunity for the BBC to say Derry as often as possible”.