"The French doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin invented the guillotine."
He didn't invent it... he just suggested using a machine to do the killing. Antoine Louis was the designer of the machine that became to be known as the Guillotine, which took ideas from things like the Halifax Gibbet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Gibbet
Apparently true. Wikipedia says it may indicate they're not a threat, but it also may help healing: http://cats.suite101.com/article.cfm/purring_helps_with_healing
The other two characters are Pigsy and Sandy. The whole thing is inspired by one of the greatest TV series ever: Monkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_%28TV_series%29 which was itself based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Actually the UK system can get confusing, and more expensive. For example, my ageing father forwards on a small amount of mail to me, usually in an A4 envelope. Prior to the change it cost £1 to send; post-change it cost £1, unless the envelope was too thick, in which case it cost £1.11. However, the Post Office themselves can get confused, and charge £1 when deposited, but refuse to deliver it because it's missing postage at the other end. They left a note (which they normally do for free with packages too large for the letterbox) saying it would cost me 11p plus a £1 penalty fee to pick up the letter.
Lasse, it's because everyone is thinking "if I leave room for the people on the roundabout to get off at the exit after my entry point, then people on the roundabout not exiting there will take my 'place' on the roundabout and there will be no room for me so I should enter now, even if I will block the exit."
I've seen it happen at more than just roundabouts - but on roundabouts it's doubly stupid to think that way. When you're driving a bus, as are many of the drivers blocking the upper two exits, it may even be triple.
He didn't invent it... he just suggested using a machine to do the killing. Antoine Louis was the designer of the machine that became to be known as the Guillotine, which took ideas from things like the Halifax Gibbet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Gibbet
Apparently true. Wikipedia says it may indicate they're not a threat, but it also may help healing: http://cats.suite101.com/article.cfm/purring_helps_with_healing
It's part of London. I've driven past the sculpture a couple of times - thought it was real the first time :)
I've seen it happen at more than just roundabouts - but on roundabouts it's doubly stupid to think that way. When you're driving a bus, as are many of the drivers blocking the upper two exits, it may even be triple.