Pothole pranking

The local government of Cambridgeshire, U.K., would like locals to report potholes through a form on a website. One impatient Brit had a different idea. Frustrated by the slow progress of fixing a massive pothole in the village of Castle Camps, James Coxall added legs to the road hazard Feb. 23. Working with his family, the 41-year-old stuffed an old pair of jeans with rags and buried it upside down in the pothole. He added a bright pair of shoes to garner more attention. “The shoes were going to charity anyway, so we thought we’d give them an outing first,” he told the BBC. According to Coxall, the pothole has been a problem for eight months, but he said local authorities have promised to soon inspect and fix it.