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Burton Speaks

Irony: i·ro·ny n The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

I'm Burton from Portland, Oregon, United States. I'm 33 and live in the Portland Metro Area. I work hard. I drive fast. I play often. I'm sarcastic, appreciate irony, and find humor in even the darkest of events. I'm non-traditional. I question authority. I'm a know-it-all and a planner. And most days, I wake up thinking the world is full of fundamentally good people... and have a lot of problems when I'm proven wrong. Any other questions?

They'd have to pay ME!

Friday, November 25, 2005

Apparently in Britain you have to have a license to watch TV. And some people, amazingly enough, aren't paying it. A bit of research shows that the average household's colo(u)r TV cost them just over £10 a month last year. While this may go to support things like the BBC (yay BBC!), it still strikes me as odd to have to PAY to watch TELEVISION. Admittedly my broadcast/cable television consumption (at home) is less than about 10 minutes a month. It would be EVEN LESS if I had to pay a fee to do so. (According to the TV Licensing Authority, you don't have to pay if you just watch movies. )

How do they check this?

1 Comments:

Laura said...: HOHO! I CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE AGAIN!; 1:46 PM, November 27, 2005

Burton Speaks

They'd have to pay ME!

Friday, November 25, 2005

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