[Gllug] OT travel in town

[George Saxby]

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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