| and as the clowns have it...
2005 - another fantastic year for architects!
January
The Scottish Parliament passed a law requiring everyone to admire its
design.
Ireland's smoking ban was extended to architecture, with steep fines for
public chimneys.
Welsh conservationists warned they could be destroyed by climate change
and poor diet by 2025.
In the Philippines, an architect successfully sued his IT service
provider after software deleted a 'mid-rise development scheme' as junk
mail.
Ancient buildings in Rome were threatened by
* "burrowing, opera-singing mice"
* "floods"
* "tourists pretending to understand Latin"
* "typical Italian municipal incompetence!"
* "atmospheric acidity"
* "Time Itself"
* "fierce competition from ancient buildings in Athens".
cont'd...
http://www.spa.uk.net/review_2005.htm