Real Doom, the return of The Black Death.

[Mich the Tester]

So, to sum up, Black Death is caused by guiness drinking fleas from Kyrgystan who live in mobile telephonic devices.

I think that's correct.

Wrong! You've left out the earth rays and the negative energy hotspots!

[Mich the Tester]

Ah!

Thanks.

My mistake.

I'm not bothered by the fact that she's a loon; I need loons like her as a sort of contrast to make almost sane people look good. What bothers me is that the town councillors are so shoddily edjumacated that they take her seriously instead of telling her where to shove it.

[Mich the Tester]

Don't mention David Icke.

He's a splitter!

The councillor has contacted this lot; University of Twente

He is suggesting they carry out a study in the area to find out whether 'earth rays are interacting with mobile phone signals to create negative energy hotspots'. Seriously.

Now just imagine you're a professor at a reputable technical university and you get a phone call asking for that. Where do you start? OK, if you're a really cynical contractor you just might do it for the money, but if you have to consider things like your reputation in the science community, it's a bit different.