Tim Worstall

It’s Miles Better in Skegness

This climate change stuff really is going to make a difference. The EU reports that the Med will become a desert this century, leading to Skegness becoming the must go to summer resort. The Med, topless beaches, decent food, history, culture and sensible taxation rates on booze and fags. Skegness:

“We have the highest concentration of caravans in Europe and some of the best beach donkeys in the country.”

You know, maybe we ought to think about doing something about this climate change stuff after all?

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  1. Kit Avatar
    Kit

    Won’t Skegness will be under sea-level? I hope the donkeys can swim.

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  2. wrinkled weasel Avatar
    wrinkled weasel

    Yes but Skeggy will have to get used to a more cosmopolitan clientele, like myself:
    A year or two ago I visited the said resort and was impressed to find a cafe with a real coffee machine in it. I confidently strode in and asked for a double expresso, to which the very nice lady behind the counter said, “You know that is very strong and doesn’t have milk in it, don’t you?”
    What made this worse was I nodded conspiritorially, as if I was mildly surprised at this information, but was somehow just putting up with it for a bit of exotic entertainment – “Foreigners, eh? sheeesh!”

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  3. Glenn Athey Avatar
    Glenn Athey

    Maybe the demolition and redevelopment of the Spanish City in Whitley Bay was a total error in the long term.
    However, lots of undeveloped land on the North Sea Coast, lots of cheap or underutilised farmland. Maybe a bit of speculation would be worthwhile?

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  4. Mike Davies Avatar
    Mike Davies

    Wrinkled weasel’s pose of sophistication might be more convincing if he knew how to spell espresso. Did he pronounce it like that too?
    If so, perhaps some other blogger is recounting the tale of overhearing a pair of gormless yokels in a cafe in Skeggy, one asking for an X-presso, the other replying “You know that is very strong and doesn’t have milk in it, don’t you?”

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  5. wrinkled weasel Avatar
    wrinkled weasel

    Well done Mike Davies for pointing out my spelling mistake, but I didn’t expect piss and vinegar, especially from a nobody.

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  6. Mike Davies Avatar
    Mike Davies

    The phrase “piss and vinegar” means
    “Rowdy, boisterous, full of youthful energy.”
    Is that what wanted?

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