These armchair ghouls couldn't even point to Chile on a map/October 15th 2010.

Richie - The scenes in Chile this week reminded me of an incident that occurred on the outskirts of our village several years ago. Bob Eagleburger, a US reporter from the Florida Daily Mash, was researching an article on English pond life when he fell down a disused mine shaft. The emergency services swung into action and within minutes the area was alive with police, ambulance and fire rescue teams. It was soon established that although the shaft was dangerous it had long since been filled in and the intrepid journo had only fallen a few feet, receiving minor injuries. But when, after a couple of hours, no attempt had been made to pull him out, the attitude of the rescue services was questioned. They seemed content to chat and drink tea while the poor chap fretted below the earth's crust! Was it a case of our lunatic elf n safety laws we wondered ? Richie - they mistakenly thought that YOU had fallen down the shaft and when they realised their error pulled out Mr Eagleburger pronto!