On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:58:54 GMT, David CL Francis
wrote:

Have you all heard of the Englishman, who while in America, saw a sign
saying, 'Do not walk on the pavement', and was shortly afterwards killed
by a truck?

That was Winston Churchill, wasn't it?

Oh no, he was only knocked down by a taxi cab because he looked the
wrong way when crossing the street.

When I lived in England, I used to shout silently at myself whenever I
stepped into the street: LOOK RIGHT UP! (The "up" helped, somehow.) I
is hard to break the habits of a lifetime.