Britain Today.

[Ninurta]

I still have full faith in British resolve to take care of problems - I'm just of the opinion that you
folks have a pressing need for more abandoned mine shafts around those parts.

Should be a lot of them in Wales, though - is Wales too far to drive with something making a
thumping noise in the car boot?

It's true, the mining communities have been devastated and those mines are laying idle.
Any unwanted noises emitting from a car's boot/trunk should be shrouded by the Welshmen
swinging their leeks and singing in the valleys.

My maternal grandfather's people came from Wales (Griffiths). The first of that branch to wade ashore here was a gent named Eoin Gruffyydd, same as the Welsh actor in "King Arthur", in the company of two of his brothers around 250 years ago. He was the most recent import from the old country into my family tree - the rest had been here a good deal longer. Curiously enough, we have wild leeks around here that we call "ramps", and which we seek out in the spring. I guess all that is left is for me to polish up my singing voice...

... but now you know where the abandoned mine shaft disposal method comes from!

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