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February 1, 2006

Diamond Geezer's rules for tube escalators


12) Walk swiftly off the escalator, moving away from the crest with good speed. Do not stop at the very top in search of thy tube ticket, nor to mop thy brow, neither to read any newly-delivered text messages.

Keep in mind, you dirty Americans, that Londoners are just as furious about people standing on the left side as we are about standing on the right side. It has something to do with how they drive their dinky little Euro-cars on the wrong side of their narrow little streets.

To think that the English colonized this country at one point...

Post Author: rj3 | 5:21 PM | Link | TrackBacks
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Londoners also get the benefit of having escalators that move about twice as fast as ours do here in D.C. ... that really would solve a lot of Metro's worries about the safety of people walking up/down.

Posted by: Ed at February 2, 2006 2:45 PM
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