Brownhills and Biggleswade
Having grabbed your attention with the snappy subject, you are now all agog to find out 'WTF is Nilsigma on about now???'
Well, dear reader, what I am on about is places that only exist on road-signs. Take Biggleswade. It is signed for over 100 miles on the A1 (big main road freeway type thingy). But why? a few miles further on is London. Why not signpost that? It is a mystery, presumably understood only by the Guild of Road-sign Makers, a secret passed down from man to boy in arcane ceremonies held in the middle of roundabouts at the dead of night. But at least Biggleswade is a town, and presumably the people of Biggleswade take some pride in it.
That is no excuse for Brownhills though. Brownhills (such an ugly name) is signed for at least a radius of 30 miles on several major roads. Now I am one of the few people who have actually driven through Brownhills (such an ugly place). It is a very dull village. It has no feature of interest. It is, to put it politely, utterly insignificant.
I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THAT THE ROAD I AM TRAVELLING ON GOES TO BROWNHILLS IN 30 MILES.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING MORE INTERESTING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ROAD THEN SAY NOTHING.
FOR GOD'S SAKE - LEAVE BROWNHILLS TO THE OBSCURITY IT DESERVES.
There, I feel better now, and those nice men in white coats are coming with my morning drink. But, before I drift off into happy-land, I must know one thing. Is this just a British phenomenon, or are there places all over the world that only really exist on road-signs?
Well, dear reader, what I am on about is places that only exist on road-signs. Take Biggleswade. It is signed for over 100 miles on the A1 (big main road freeway type thingy). But why? a few miles further on is London. Why not signpost that? It is a mystery, presumably understood only by the Guild of Road-sign Makers, a secret passed down from man to boy in arcane ceremonies held in the middle of roundabouts at the dead of night. But at least Biggleswade is a town, and presumably the people of Biggleswade take some pride in it.
That is no excuse for Brownhills though. Brownhills (such an ugly name) is signed for at least a radius of 30 miles on several major roads. Now I am one of the few people who have actually driven through Brownhills (such an ugly place). It is a very dull village. It has no feature of interest. It is, to put it politely, utterly insignificant.
I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THAT THE ROAD I AM TRAVELLING ON GOES TO BROWNHILLS IN 30 MILES.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING MORE INTERESTING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ROAD THEN SAY NOTHING.
FOR GOD'S SAKE - LEAVE BROWNHILLS TO THE OBSCURITY IT DESERVES.
There, I feel better now, and those nice men in white coats are coming with my morning drink. But, before I drift off into happy-land, I must know one thing. Is this just a British phenomenon, or are there places all over the world that only really exist on road-signs?