Religious travel tips...
Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger
The UK is known for rather careful attention to public safety, whether it be the Tube's perpetual admonitions to "Mind the Gap" or the tendency of pharmacists to make sure that you are taking exactly the right medicine. But one of the least-known yet most important public safety measures can be heard every Sunday, as church bells continue to ring not just once or twice, but for a good fifteen minutes or so. This gives ample warning to the citizenry whenever the gods have returned to feed, calling on the faithful elect to attend the sacrifice while warning heathens of all stripes to flee, flee, for the gods are upon us and shall not depart until their hunger is sated. Ia! Ia!
Chalk up a point for ordinary British thoughtfulness, in not just ringing the combination dinner gong and warning bell once and hoping everyone hears it.
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