Thursday, September 22, 2011
A Yorkshireman writes in
There's shale methane over them thar hills, so they say. But we already knew that Lancashire is full of gas (BBC).It has to be extracted through a fracking process. Why they feel the need to be so rude about it, I don't quite know.It turns out you smash a few rocks and extract the gas that way. It's controversial, with some people saying it could cause problems if we break the wrong rocks. Perhaps, but look on the bright side. If it all goes wrong, it's only Lancashire.On the other hand, if it all goes right, Lancastrians could be rather better off than Yorkshiremen. And that can never do. The only solution is a peacekeeping force from Yorkshire to secure the Western petrochemical supply line. Who's with me?
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5 comments:
Could I be chief engineer?
I'm in. I'll meet you with the black puddings at Slaithwaite and we can go from there. Bloody Lankies.
I'm a southerner, but I did 3 years at Hull University in the 70's.
Does that qualify me as an honorary Yorkshireman for the humanitarian operation and for a hand-out from the massive money fountain?
Hull Brewery, men only bars, a different and recognisable accent, their own bloody telephone company, no Humber Bridge, so it really was the end of the line.
I can handle a AK-47 if the natives get restless.
I worked in or around Hull for many years, and loved the place. They used to call it the biggest village in England. Until the M62 was built, it really was isolated. Funnily enough, I moved from that area to work in Milford Haven, which is similarly 'at the end of the line' and had a feel just like Hull's, right down to the eclectic array of foreign surnames. Lots of Italian and Scandiwegian here too.
Now - to the barricades!
It the time of reckoning for Todmorden, which side will they choose?
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