Accosted by a Green Meanie

[SirTainly]

This lunchtime whilst out and about in London, I was accosted by a Green Meanie (well actually she was quite friendly) from Friends of the Earth. I have never met someone so ignorant of the natural world of which she was supposed to be a friend. She thought water came from under the earth, I had to explain that it's driven off the seas by the sun, and flies around the earth as clouds before falling as rain. I then had to explain that tidal waves were not caused by global warming, but infact by movements of tectonic plates, she really didn't get this one. Lastly she had never heard of Krakatoa....


Is it me or is even the quality of the green meanies declining these days ? It's less fun when the adversaries handicap themselves.

[mybrainhurts]

Sounds about right...

[Taita]

I had a lovely conversation with one in Liverpool on Friday afternoon. Was tempted to ask her for a drink

[mybrainhurts]

Steady on...

[Flintstone]

You should have offered her special teachings.

[Fezant Pluckah]

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Tidal waves are caused by the errr... tide.

Tsunamis are caused by tectonic activity.

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[FourWheelDrift]

Fezant Pluckah said:

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Tidal waves are caused by the errr... tide.

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5/10

Tidal waves are caused by the moon and sun's gravitational forces.

[SirTainly]

Fezant Pluckah said:

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Tidal waves are caused by the errr... tide.

Tsunamis are caused by tectonic activity.

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Yes actually that's what were discussing, I just typed tidal wave in my post.

[Fezant Pluckah]

I'll let you both of then

[Fer]

Fezant Pluckah said:

I'll let you <MISSINGWORD> both of then

EFA.

[bob1179]

More importanatly, was she cute and could you have 'converted' her to our ways?

[sparks87]

The green people down my way always get me, one girl in particular is so incredibly cute that I don't mind having a chat!

[FunkyNige]

Greens generally aren't bothered about scientific fact or reasoned debate, they just want to cause trouble and shout down anyone who disagrees with them...

[bob1179]

sparks87 said:

The green people down my way always get me, one girl in particular is so incredibly cute that I don't mind having a chat!

Cute, but probably quite hairy.

[srebbe64]

Well shows how much you know:

Have you not heard of wells? You dig down and you find water. That’s where all the water comes from. If it came from the sea then the rain would be salty!

Tidal waves are definitely caused by global warming. Did you not see the big waves on “An Inconvenient Truth”?

Krakatoa was also caused by global warming, because apparently after the eruption they measured significant levels of CO2 in the air.

You sir, need to understand real science.

[BenjC]

http://www.student-jobs.co.uk/job-details_Street_F...

£400 a week for on your feet ball breakingly demoralising repetitive chat...and you expect them to be educated in the field of environmentalism too?

Wow.. you look for a lot in your chuggers dont you!

[s2art]

Fezant Pluckah said:

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Tidal waves are caused by the errr... tide.

Tsunamis are caused by tectonic activity.

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Not convinced. Tidal wave in common usage just referred to any big wave hitting the coast. Possibly because a big wave causes tide like effects. You get storm tides and hurricane tides as well, nothing to do with solar or lunar effects.

[Jimbo.]

She thought water came from under the earth...

Groundwater?

[bimsb6]

as we are not japanese it's tidal waves ,tsunami is a relatively new terminology for us westerners .

[SirTainly]

bob1179 said:

More importanatly, was she cute and could you have 'converted' her to our ways?

Nice face (better if she lost the lip and nose rings), but a bit lacking topside for my tastes.