Floods

[ivor4781]

i know it's bad for the people in these areas but to add to their misery none of the homes will be sell-able after this

[AB Editor]

Why is that Ivor?

[ivor4781]

why? who wants to buy a house from someone that's now been flooded and looks like being repeatedly so for the foreseeable future

[tonyav]

Probably will be expensive to insure as well.

[DTCwordfan]

Everything has a price, ivor.

Remember the story about the man who approached this woman and asked her, "Will you go to bed with me for a million pounds?"

The girl thought and responded, "Well, of course."

"Will you go to bed with me for £20?"

"What do you think I am, a bloody ***?"

"We've established the fact; now, we are negotiating the price."

Same with houses, cars, you name it.

[Ken4155]

That's assuming that any insurance company will be willing to insure properties that constantly run the risk of being flooded. I have friends who live by the River Ouse in York and they just cannot get any worthwhile insurance.

[Peter Pedant]

one claim and the property tends to become uninsurable....

shall we all goand lie by the Thames ?

[Peter Pedant]

DTC this is said to be George Bernard Shaw

along with a Diva saying : we should have a baby - with my looks and your brains he could conquer the world - -
shaw (for it is he ) - yes my dear but with my looks and your brains....

[DTCwordfan]

It might help to hold on to your anagram of goand, Peter - i.e. gonad!

[Peter Pedant]

goand lie

go and live - sorry getting too excited...

but go and lie by the Thames is sorta more poetic

[Baby_Sham]

Absolutely.
The land will no longer be insurable.

The only thing it'll be good for it sale - for fracking.

Funny that....