Monday, February 15, 2010

The signs of a cold and damp home

And today at work the ‘Hot News’ newsletter arrives courtesy of npower 'Health Through Warmth' – the December edition (with this being 15th February...) It includes a page entitled ‘Do you know the signs of a cold damp home?’

It then tells you how to spot a cold damp home...

Point 1 is ‘The room feels cold’
Point 5 is ‘the house smells damp and musty’
Point 2 is ‘there are no visible sources of heat – e.g. radiators or heaters’ and point 6 is ‘someone is wearing lots of layers, maybe gloves and a scarf indoors’

So there you go – if you go into a house that feels cold and smells damp and a little old lady is wearing scarves and gloves inside – they may be living in a cold damp house. It took a 2 and a half month late glossy brochure to tell me but now I know.

It’s good to have a little technical knowledge

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What were points 3 & 4. And why did you address them out of seqence?

Wrong Colin said...

Hi John,

I hope you are well.

I would like to comment on Anonymous' comment (come out of hiding - don't be scared!)...

First of all, I note that you fail to finish your first question with a question mark. Secondly, you have mis-spelt 'sequence'. Thirdly, why don't you just fuck off!

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John Parkes said...

They were too boring and didn't add to the comic effect...

Anonymous said...

Dear Colin Wrong (oh how true!)...nearly a perfect reply old chap but perhaps you should have also pointed out that you shouldn't really start sentences with 'And'. And this would have got you a fourth point.

Paragraphs with just one sentence are pretty bad form too.