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Thought for today

'All are but parts of one stupendous HULL!' Got that wrong Olly. As I avoided the rain in Borders Oxford (noting the lack of non fiction) I saw on a shelf 'Crap Towns' which though Hull is number one has Oxford in it (but oddly not Watford, Crawley, or Guildford).

Is it unfair to call Oxford a 'crap town'? No.

Now I'm no bigot (unless you count thinking that people like Hilary Clinton and Tony Blair should be shot a bigot) but there is nothing that p*sses me off than the label wearing mobile phone carrying 'beggars' that have invaded Oxford. How stupid do they think we are.

Then you have the let's repave Cornmarket again, and again, and again, and again and just to make everyone's life complete again.

Or you can see the joys of 'posh' Oxford Uni students walking down the pavement in a group so they push others into the road. I just walk into them. One thing Oxford students forget is that they may be 'clever' but that doesn't stop others being 'cleverer' (and taller).

Also you have the oh so lovely pointlessness of owning a car in Oxford. No parking or meters (I live here so why the French Connection UK can't I park in front of my house), Park and Ride (which for 3 people plus costs more than parking in St Giles for a few hours (d'oh) and a one way system that is so confused that it must be an attempt to raise the devil.

Then you have tourists who ask the stupidest questions. I know loads of Americans but how come you send the ones who voted for Jimmy Carter twice here?

Does this make Oxford 'crap'? Yes. A 'town'? No it's a city. I'm a pedant, do dah, do dah...

Taking all of this into account do I want to move? No.

I like it here.