Sounds like some real nice advice...
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FINALLY, we stated on 30 June that several readers had sent us what
appeared to be a photograph of a sign outside Northampton General
Hospital saying "Family Planning Advice - use rear entrance". We
appealed to readers to help us decide whether the photo was genuine or
a fake.
Things still aren't totally certain. One reader wrote to say: "I was
born and raised in Northampton, and can verify the existence of the
sign. Given its advice, though, it's amazing that I was born at all."
However, Theo Fenton tells us: "The public relations department at
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) issued the following statement to
its employees: 'I am sure many of you will be aware of a spoof NGH
directional sign for a family planning clinic that is being widely
circulated via email and the internet. Although it is amusing, it is a
hoax. We do not provide a family planning clinic at NGH.'"
A spokesperson for Northampton General Hospital confirms that such a
memo was indeed sent out last year, so on balance it looks like the
hoax theory is right. Meanwhile, Fenton and several other readers tell
us that there is a sign "that really might exist" at Southampton
General Hospital reading "Maternity Department - Deliveries at Rear".
So now we want to know: does that one exist or not?
From issue 2615 of New Scientist magazine, 04 August 2007, page 80
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2 comments:
Theo Fenton! Fenton! Jesus Christ!
Do you know Theo Fenton?
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