tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754473066591282065.post2093991463419843172..comments2023-05-03T13:02:24.649+01:00Comments on The Train Fellow (who also uses the roads): Nice ThingsThe Train Fellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863990058598348139noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754473066591282065.post-53201810392957602962007-10-11T23:35:00.000+01:002007-10-11T23:35:00.000+01:00Is it Stroud or Stonehouse where you are only allo...Is it Stroud or Stonehouse where you are only allowed to use the first 2 coaches of the train due to teh length of the platform???<BR/><BR/>I was on a train recently (Paddington to Cheltenham) where there was a Very Posh Lady who obviously hadn't travelled on a train in many a year who hadn't listened to the Very Funny Train Manager (Imagine Billy Connely but short, fat and not funny) who said that 'passengers wishing to alight (is that a word that is used anywhere but on trains) must use the first 2 carriages. Needless to say Very Posh Lady had NO IDEA at all and tried to get out the 7th carriage...and when failed came running in with arms flailing, Gucci bags fling around and shouting...'I can't get out'....unsurprisingly the regular commuters looked at her in an amused sort of way (we needed light relief as we had been travelling for 95 minutes and most laptop batteries (with the exception of my MacBook Pro) had run out. Anyway...she waddled up the carriage to find a door that:<BR/><BR/>a)opened<BR/><BR/>b)didn't involve a abseil to ground level<BR/><BR/>Some bright spark was heard to comment that 'she probably had people to sort out things like this'.<BR/><BR/>Trains...the great leveller.<BR/><BR/>WWJD - Probably have helped her and mentioned camels and needles.<BR/><BR/>WWJBD - Probably have realised that she was unwittingly carrying the launch codes and must be stopped before El Akbhar Sharif could remove them from her...<BR/><BR/>NOTE: J - Jesus, JB - Jack BauerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com