In Competition 2748 you were invited to submit snippets of misleading advice for tourists visiting Britain.
For those who are less than enthusiastic about the impending Games and the resulting hordes that will descend on the capital and beyond, this week’s postbag provides a potent arsenal of sadistic misinformation guaranteed to add an interesting twist to any Olympic visitor’s trip. It was another cracking performance all round. The winners are printed below and earn a fiver per snippet.
London cab drivers prefer to be paid with an Oyster card.
Wherever you go, you will find the hip, creative, boho crowd at your local Wetherspoon’s.
Call a number on any of the promotional National Lottery cards left in telephone boxes to see if you have won a prize.
The middle lane on British motorways is reserved for foreign visitors.
Basil Ransome-Davies
As a tourist you are allowed to drive a hire car in London bus lanes provided you cheerily acknowledge the shouts/waves of other road users.
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