[Gllug] OT travel in town

[Formi]

 And they planned to use parfum...

 That would be a good mix, I guess the fleas are the only ones
 who get a good deal, they travel for free.


 I think the transport situation in london is beyond repair unless
 somebody(1) comes out with pretty radical ideas, one I would agree with
 would be to ban private cars with only one person inside them. Including
 dodgy mini-cabs.

 (1), not a politician, more like a dictator.

                                                       Formi.





> Good job I always stand I guess ;-)
>
> Lee
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, George Saxby wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, well this will put you off your lunch is it true or Urban Myth I
> > know we have lurking Uni types on the list who may be able to dig
> > around
> >
> >  > > > London Travel News
> > If you are a regular traveller on the London Underground, here are some
> > facts which you are going to wish you hadn't read.
> >
> > During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the Department of
> > Forensics at University College London  removed a row of passenger seats
> > from a Central Line tube carriage for analysis into cleanliness. Despite
> >  London Underground's claim that the interior of their  trains are
> > cleaned on a regular basis, the scientists  made some alarming
> > discoveries.
> >
> > The analysis was broken down. This is what was found  on the surface of
> > the seats:  4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)  7 types of
> > insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)  vomit originating from at least 9
> > separate people
> >  human urine originating from at least 4 separate people  human
> > excrement
> > rodent excrement  human semen hen the seats were taken apart, they
> > found:
> > the remains of 6 mice the remains of 2 large rats 1 previously unheard
> > of fungus It is estimated that by holding one of the armrests, you are
> > transferring, to your body, the natural oils and sweat from as many as
> > 400 different people.
> >
> > It is estimated that it is generally healthier to smoke five cigarettes
> > a day than
> > to travel for one hour a day on the London Underground.
> >
> >  It is far more hygienic to wipe your hand on the inside of a recently
> > flushed toilet bowl before  eating, than to wipe your hand on a London
> > Underground
> > seat before eating.
> >
> >  It is estimated that, within London, more work  sick-days are taken
> > because of bugs picked up whilst  travelling on the London Underground
> > than for any other reason (including alcohol).
> >
> >
> > George F. Saxby
> >     Systems Engineer
> >        I.T.S. Team
> >
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