What Londoners think of the latest bombings...or wanna be bombings

'At least the IRA's bombs went off...'

This is in regards to the two (or was it three?) car bombs found in London over the weekend (Mare and I are ok, by the way).

One of the almost-bombs was outside a trashy club called TIger Tiger - if it went off it would have done everyone a favour :)

The above quote is what our British housemates think - pretty funnny I recon. And it shows the situation in a new light. All this hype around terrorists and all is over done. The truth is that Londoners are used to bombings here, its not big deal. I personally forgot that the IRA used to mess with England all the time. They would drive a bomb into the underground carpark of a business building, call the occupants and warn them (as you would expect from a polite Irishman), everyone would be evacuated, then blow the building up. Job done, the government's pissed off, nobody hurt.

The ones from the weekend didnt even go off. And the driver couldnt even drive the car - he swerved and crashed the damn thing. It makes you wonder, how serious are they? Or is it just a houx to scare people? Even so, they were nothing compared to what the city has been through in the past, and the people know it. Its like water off a ducks back. Even when the underground bombs went off a few years ago, they just dealt with it. The next day everyone just walked to work instead of catching the train. A couple of terrorists arent going to stop them. What? The new Burrberry coat isnt gong to pay for itself...

So Londoners dont think much of the latest bombings. As for the media, police and government, they are going crazy! There are constant updates on the situation which is pretty much the same all the time - 'a person has been held because they could have done something, we can't tell you what, when, how or why, there may or may not be others, but what we do know is be scared - we're on critical alert (whatever that means).' Besides that hype, life goes on as normal. If we switch off the news and dont read the paper, life doesn't change and we feel a hell of alot better!