In the mid 90s I had the following related to me by a meterologist at Stornoway.
(By way of explanation, and for those readers unfamiliar with the gentle ways of the Western Isles, at this time, due to Church sensitivities, there were no scheduled flights or sailings to or from Stornoway on Sundays. As such the Sunday papers didn't arrive until Monday.)
It had been the practice for the Stornoway SAR crew's Sunday morning ex to include a landing at Ullapool where they stocked up on Sunday newspapers. This persisted until the Church elders found out about the practice, whereupon it stopped.
Thankfully there are now both flights and ferries to Stornoway on Sundays, Sunday newspapers can be read on Sunday, some pubs even open, and the world hasn't ended.
Last edited by alwayslookingup; 3rd Oct 2009 at 22:58.