One of these cities is Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Historically important for meh; well-known for the Bull Ring (which seems a bit short on bulls), Spaghetti Junction (I see no pasta sauce) and Cadbury's chocolate; exports include: Ozzy Osbourne (musician), Jasper Carrott (comedian) and Cat Deeley (babe).
The other one is Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Historically important for its civil rights struggle; well-known for its steel production, its high murder rate and the Nascar Nextel Cup; exports include: Spider
Even a complete and utter numpty could tell them apart.
Especially if they lived there.
And worked on the local council.
And were responsible for printing and distributing 720,000 leaflets to the local residents, with a picture of Birmingham plastered across the middle.
Surely?
Oh, dear.
The dangers of using stock photo sites!
ReplyDeleteHilarious...I especially love their excuse of using a picture of a generic landscape. Suuure....
Jacki - It gets worse - they paid for the stock photo, which was apparently labelled "Birmingham, Alabama". Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for Walsall's turn.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for sCUNThorpes turn!!
ReplyDeletePlease tell me you are joking!
ReplyDeleteDaffers - Har-de-har. Reminds me of the time my Auntie Madge went to Ankara and her luggage went to Anchorage. True story.
ReplyDeleteJohn - The Scunthorpe Problem even has its own Wikipedia entry.
Tina - I was joking in the Georgia post below, but not this time. Just Google news birmingham leaflets and see what pops up.
Oh and hello. Do come again.