Pictures of the fields near my house

**northernladuk** · 12 June 2013, 11:08

You know what happened to the last guy that tried to tell water what to do....

And some say Canute took off his crown soon afterward, and never wore it again.

**Mich the Tester** · 12 June 2013, 11:10

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

You know what happened to the last guy that tried to tell water what to do....

That's why I'm asking politely.

**SueEllen** · 12 June 2013, 12:38

The Canute story isn't actually true. He was trying to prove that he wasn't a god and couldn't control the seas rather than the other way round.

**VectraMan** · 12 June 2013, 12:45

I remember when all this was fields.

**bobspud** · 12 June 2013, 14:45

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

ondergelopen graslanden langs de IJssel | BlikOnderWater

OK, Mr River Ijssel, that's quite enough now, we've seen what you can do and we're ever so impressed, but can you go off to the sea now and leave our houses alone?

You are aware that you are standing in a country thats mostly below sea level aren't you?

**Mich the Tester** · 12 June 2013, 14:48

Originally posted by bobspud View Post

You are aware that you are standing in a country thats mostly below sea level aren't you?

Yep, but my house is above sea level. Slightly. Very, very slightly. 1.9 metres to be precise. And there's a hillock nearby that's 70 metres high! They call it a 'berg'.

**bobspud** · 12 June 2013, 15:03

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

Yep, but my house is above sea level. Slightly. Very, very slightly. 1.9 metres to be precise. And there's a hillock nearby that's 70 metres high! They call it a 'berg'.

It's not an encouraging starting point is it?

Do the Guys from the Maldives send you emergency rafts ?

**Mich the Tester** · 12 June 2013, 15:07

Originally posted by bobspud View Post

It's not an encouraging starting point is it?

Do the Guys from the Maldives send you emergency rafts ?

No, we have dykes instead.

Cue groanworthy jokes...

**shaunbhoy** · 12 June 2013, 15:10

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

No, we have dykes instead.

Cue groanworthy jokes...

Have no fear Mich, it is around about this time that a plethora of volunteers step forward and start sticking their fingers into them!

Pictures of the fields near my house