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Category Archives: wrong
Wrong: Gents’ restrooms with a urinal and a toilet in the same room
First, you must see a picture. Taking this picture, I need you to know, turned out to be one of the more difficult things I’ve had to do recently in the name of art. There was no lock on the … Continue reading
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Wrong: Impossible banking transfers
America, as we all know, is a country which loves technology. When internet access came through the telephone, America had free local phone calls and a permanently connected population. Some years passed, the rest of the world got free local … Continue reading
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Wrong: Prices that don’t include tax
One thing I can guarantee when I go abroad on holiday is that within a week or so my trousers will be around my ankles. This is neither because of my irresistability to the local ladies, nor because I only … Continue reading
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Wrong: Capital Punishment
Capital punishment seems to me to be a fairly crap idea. It seems foolhardy to dispense any sort of justice that can’t be at least partially reversed. That said, I can see why some societies choose to have a death … Continue reading
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