UK Government Advice on Preparing for an Emergency.

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UK Government Advice on Preparing for an Emergency.

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No! Not the real website that would be boring.

This site just launched is a spoof website created almost overnight as a parody of the real one which probably contains much more worthwhile advice.

The Blairites have already attempted to get it taken of the web so if you want a laugh read it quick.

http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/

p.s. For those who want to compare here is the address of the real site.

http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/
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If you like that, you may appreciate the creative genius some of these caption writers have displayed

http://houstonjusticenotwar.org/article ... st_attack/

All from official pictures at the equivalent US emergency web site.
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Cheers Didz, I'd be surprised if the 'Blairites' are trying too hard to get it removed since it's such an obvious parody. And a very funny one too[:D]
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ORIGINAL: Kevinugly

Cheers Didz, I'd be surprised if the 'Blairites' are trying too hard to get it removed since it's such an obvious parody. And a very funny one too[:D]

Apparently, they claim it might cause confusion amongst the stupid British public. Just goes to show how little respect they have for the intelligence of Joe Public really[:D]
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The UK one is quite funny, but you're right, the US one is funnier. Thanks.
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I suspect the guy who failed to register the ".co.uk" address is being fired right now... [:D]

I hope they take it down, though. Mildly amusing, unless of course someone happens to come across it looking for advice in a hurry after a REAL emergency, when all of a sudden it isn't funny after all.
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Are people really likely to sit searching the Web for advice in the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack? Will the nearest computer be working? Will its Internet connection be working?

Surely this is stuff people read beforehand, or not at all...
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