So I'm sitting on the Chiltern Chugger, just around High Wycombe.
the train is now 45 mins late because of the selfish gesture of someone hurling himself in front it. Quite what he was hoping to achieve, other than endorsing various theories of Einstein I am not sure.
Most frustrating, as seemingly it's not a good look to have a dead body splattered all over the front of the train, the Police, rather pedantically, are insisting it is scraped off before we continue with our 'onward journey'.
Very frustrating. My words may sound harsh but I have no tolerance for suicide attempts as I consider them hugely selfish. If they want to do the "look at me thing" buy a Murphy aged AAAAA Les Paul and post it on here, as I would if I needed to cry for help.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Not all are successful. There was one incident on the tube where someone jumped from a bridge and fell between the two tracks. There was another where someone jumped out and upwards and hit the door on the front of the cab and ended up in the cab with the driver.
On a more lighthearted note this one has to be the best:
http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2014/01/23/victoria-line-concrete-flooded-signal-room-photos-not-a-hoax/
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
The job I really would not want to do is work for LU's Emergency Response Unit. They have to go to these situations and clear afterwards. I don't know how much they get paid but it's probably not enough.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Do what....come to Birmingham...? No, I have no idea either....
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
jesus, that IS a delay and a half! No wonder you were pissed off....
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
This might help alleviate the boredom
http://www.coda-music.com/
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I've a friend who basically said it's the most thorough way of doing the job... not likely to go wrong.
and I've been on two trains where people have thrown themselves under - Romford is a good spot I've heard. Once I saw the front and the other time we all felt something knocking on the bottom of the train.
I pity them, the voice that a suicide victim is killing is not their own - they percieve death as a greater comfort than the shaming voice droning on in their head.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
My mate Stu used to work on the station at Shepherdswell. On Thursday mornings, a train known as 'The Pension Special' used to come down the line to Dover, stopping at all the piss-pot little villages on the way, filled by OAP's. It was always late because the pensioners used to take so long to get on the train, and Stu used to announce various different bullshitexcuses over the station tannoy including such classics as -
"Cow on the line at Teynham."
"It's not this train that's late, it's the next one that's early."
"Points failure at Cockfosters."
"Train driver injured by a British Rail sandwich falling on his foot at Snowdown."
These were only a few of Stu's extensive repertoire of fictious apologies, which were usually dreamt up on the spot.
The majority of the would-be travellers stood on the platform were entertained, apart from one old woman who, after Stu had announced that the Pension Special would be late due to it having been "attacked by Red Indians at Faversham", made an official complaint, and he was sacked by the stationmaster, who hated him.
When the landlady of the local boozer where the stationmaster used to drink heard what had happened, she banned him from the pub, and told him the only way he could get back in was to reinstate Stu. Still, they say every dog has its day.
Because they have to investigate as if it's a murder instead of a suicide. Running trains over the spot coud damage forensic evidence.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I always think it's the height of self obsession.
Not suicide, but complaining about it cos it's made you a little bit late.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.