26th April 2007, 04:49 PM
Wow, 506.
That's eight more than the petition "...to create an emergency access from the A46 into University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire at Walsgrave in Coventry", and an exciting 12 more than the desperate and mis-spelled request to "Stop Roadworks In lowestfoft [sic]" which are apparently "...causing much desruption [sic] with the residents in the town". And it's over a hundred more signatories than the one from naturists asking the PM to "facilitate the provisional [sic] of more Clothing Optional Places".
So we might be onto a winner here.
However it is still a way to go before we reach the dizzy heights of those who are calling the government "to allow the sale of elephants in pet shops in the UK" (535 signatures), or attempting to "ensure that Steve Harris, founder member and bass guitarist of Iron Maiden be included in the next list of honours" (652 signatures).
Hopefully we might even get as much support as the 1,114 people who have petitioned to "Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister". It might be too much to hope for as many as 1,666 signatures though, which would see public support for archaeologists overtake that for people wanting the government "to endorse a scheme that would see the child benefit scheme extended to cats".
I have signed, by the way (archaeology that is, not cats, naturists or Jeremy Clarkson - although that last one is tempting).
That's eight more than the petition "...to create an emergency access from the A46 into University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire at Walsgrave in Coventry", and an exciting 12 more than the desperate and mis-spelled request to "Stop Roadworks In lowestfoft [sic]" which are apparently "...causing much desruption [sic] with the residents in the town". And it's over a hundred more signatories than the one from naturists asking the PM to "facilitate the provisional [sic] of more Clothing Optional Places".
So we might be onto a winner here.
However it is still a way to go before we reach the dizzy heights of those who are calling the government "to allow the sale of elephants in pet shops in the UK" (535 signatures), or attempting to "ensure that Steve Harris, founder member and bass guitarist of Iron Maiden be included in the next list of honours" (652 signatures).
Hopefully we might even get as much support as the 1,114 people who have petitioned to "Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister". It might be too much to hope for as many as 1,666 signatures though, which would see public support for archaeologists overtake that for people wanting the government "to endorse a scheme that would see the child benefit scheme extended to cats".
I have signed, by the way (archaeology that is, not cats, naturists or Jeremy Clarkson - although that last one is tempting).