Pothole painting makes for good life philosophy

Since the heavy snow at the beginning of the year, pothole problems have never been far from the news. Likely to cause a surge in the number of car accident claims on women's car insurance, the pesky holes have proved a menace on roads around the UK.

While attempts have been made to fill in the craters by some councils, others have decided to try and disguise them by painting road markings across them.

This is true of council workers in Birmingham who were sent to repaint the white lines along a busy road in Birmingham. Being particularly conscientious, the workers even painted over a 3ft pothole.

Commenting on the decision to paint the pothole, a local resident said:
"The council should be doing something about it [the pothole] – not painting over them. Do they think we wouldn't notice?"

However, it seems that UK isn't the worst for covering up road problems as one British holidaymaker in France reported seeing a fallen branch on the road being painted over.

Perhaps instead of slating them, we should praise and encourage their diligence and determination to complete their work regardless of the hefty craters that stood in their way.

Their ability to complete what they set out to do despite the obstacles that stood in their way could almost make a good metaphor for how life's troubles should be tackled – like potholes, you can't avoid them, so you might as well get on with it and work right through them.

# posted by Fuse @ 6:35 AM