Thursday, October 08, 2015

Papaya!

Believe it or not, there is a village in Cornwall called Minions.  Too good an opportunity to miss, eh? Universal Studios, who produced the film of that name paid to have the roadsign announcing that you were entering the village redone so that it featured some of the Minions characters and had the village's name spelled out in the font used to advertise the film.  The council have now taken it down and replaced it with the old standard sign, maintaining that it was only ever meant to be temporary. Some of the villagers - particularly those reliant on visitors - are demanding its reinstatement.  Given that Cornwall relies so heavily on tourism, I would have though this was a no-brainer, but the council have quoted (surprise, surprise) health and safety issues caused by motorists stopping to have their pictures taken by the sign.  I would have thought that a compromise would be to erect the sign somewhere else in the village where it would not be a hazard, and people could still come and see it and have their pictures taken.  Will commonsense prevail?

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