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« on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 18:32:14 » |
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Read about this this morning in the WDP, the proposed renaming of Wootton Bassett High St to 'Highway of Heroes'. While I appreciate the sentiment, surely they can come up with something less...sucky. Sounds like a term Americans would use - there must be a more 'British' alternative, surely?
So, lets have your suggestions...
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herthab
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 18:36:29 » |
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How about 'Tragic Waste of Lives, Supporting US Foreign Policy Street'?
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 18:50:10 » |
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That is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in ages. I understand the sentiment behind it but I can't think of a suitable, non-overly-cheesy-Americanised name that would make it worthwhile
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 18:57:02 » |
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janaage
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 19:42:21 » |
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Isn't it the road from Bassett to Lyneham that they're thinking of renaming, not the high street. Is a bit cheesy though.
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 19:45:24 » |
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Bassett people are a bit special needs.
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 19:52:44 » |
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Rememberance st
I can see the spelling mistake causing a stir in The Gazette and Herald. |
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 20:00:04 » |
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Highway of Heroes is an absolutely fucking awful name. It makes me shudder with ridicule.
Did they make a 5 year old come up with it?
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 20:50:26 » |
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My suggestion would be to call it Wotton Bassett High Street. Highway of Heroes is seriously fucking lame. I bet some high ranking council official got paid thousands to come up with that.
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 20:51:11 » |
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This is the campest thing in the world.
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 20:52:31 » |
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Isn't it the road from Bassett to Lyneham that they're thinking of renaming, not the high street. Is a bit cheesy though.
Thats what I thought. |
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 20:56:17 » |
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perhaps they should call it "And we're not forgetting the 300,000 innocent lives slaughtered for oil either avenue"
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janaage
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 21:04:06 » |
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My suggestion would be to call it Wotton Bassett High Street. Highway of Heroes is seriously fucking lame. I bet some high ranking council official got paid thousands to come up with that.
From what i remember (from RS) I don't think it was a council official, think it was just a local Bassett fella, who got the idea from some street in Canada. |
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 21:07:59 » |
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If they do change it im going to get a Batman outfit and hang around in the shadows of Bassett fighting crime.
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 21:09:35 » |
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Ha, ha that'd be ace. Especially if you went to the naming ceremony dressed like that. The more the merrier, you could get loads of you all dressed up as different superheroes and just pretend, if asked, you all got the wrong end of the stick!!!
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