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Deterrence is a myth : "We behave ourselves because of our social contract, not because of CCTVs" - Cory @doctorow at http://j.mp/ohO5TK

And the wooden garden chairs are 'wobbly' because they need tightening with an Allen key. How many times have I told her that ? :-)

Strict yet unclear “community guidelines” against honest disclosure are the reverse of the #tummel effect.

@jasonriedy Pestilience. We've have the riots.

Ah - it all becomes clear now. Her work colleagues are coming round for a BBQ on 28 August. Why not just say so ?

@jasonriedy In England ?

'Spontaneous plastic garden chair combustion' - now that would earn us millions of YooToob. Where's my camcorder ?

'I am worried the white plastic garden chairs will spontaneously crack'. The weird, inner workings of my wife's mind. Why would this happen?

@jpope 'If you like it, get it'. She has a job and earns money. No doubt I'll be dragged to the store to see 'what I think' & say 'Lovely'.

Wife's obsession with replacing our tired but functional garden furniture continues. It's like dripping water torture. I just gave in.