http://www.massobserver.com/2009/03/hand-dryers-from-around-the-world/ Eyes wide open Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.massobserver.com/2009/03/hand-dryers-from-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1389 Geosopher Tue, 19 May 2009 02:17:46 +0000 http://www.massobserver.com/?p=353#comment-1389 A bit of a Fabian, Orwellian tinge to that Mass Observation group, wouldn't you say? Evokes featureless winter afternoons in the Midlands, women in scarves pushing prams across the cobblestones stalked by officious social engineers with clipboards . Not to mention the conceit of treating a class of people as if it were a species of wild animal in its natural habitat. A bit of a Fabian, Orwellian tinge to that Mass Observation group, wouldn’t you say? Evokes featureless winter afternoons in the Midlands, women in scarves pushing prams across the cobblestones stalked by officious social engineers with clipboards . Not to mention the conceit of treating a class of people as if it were a species of wild animal in its natural habitat.

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