10 July, 2008

Random queries no. 148

One of a series of genuine search engine enquiries which successfully brought visitors to the Ministry.  Can I help?

connection between misty mountain in Scotland and a bollard

a) One is small, whilst the other is far away, but either would hurt immeasurably if dropped on one's head.

b) A 2005 ruling of the Scottish Parliament requires bollards to be installed on all cliffs above 500m in altitude, in order to prevent people accidentally straying in fog.

One of the foregoing statements isn't strictly accurate.