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On 14 Jan 2005 16:10:29 GMT, Robin May
wrote: wrote the following in: roups.com Some people might find this funny. It's not. I have to say that I laughed my head off when I heard it. That would probably be deemed to be "unacceptable" for someone in my position in LUL if I was being hunted down by the PC Thought Police. The point is whether you believe all the lyrics to be true - I don't but whether you or I like it or not there is a cross section of the public who hate LUL, its staff and the way they feel they get treated when they use the system. I've been treated pretty roughly on here on occasion and the only reason for that is simply that I work for LUL and admit to it - I personally think that is a stupid reason to attack anyone but just look at some of the posts in another thread over the last week for evidence of how some people think. I see the weekly public correspondence snapshot that gets discussed at a director level meeting each week - believe me the public who complain do not mince their words and the sentiment is not far away from the lyrics. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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Neil Williams wrote to uk.transport.london on Fri, 14 Jan 2005:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:16:38 +0000, Mrs Redboots wrote: I wouldn't go that far - there are far more offensive things on the Internet. It did make me grin, but it wasn't especially funny, I didn't think - I don't find things funny merely because they use the f-word a lot (like Billy Connolly, who would be a lot funnier if he didn't). I actually find I'm totally unable to take offence at Billy Connolly at all, whatever words he uses, despite the fact that I don't like other comedians who go over the top with it. I don't take offence at him - I just sometimes wish he'd change the record.... As for the "song", it was mildly amusing but would probably have worked better without the excessive use of the C word. Zigackly! -- "Mrs Redboots" http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/ Website updated 2 January 2005 |
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In message , Mrs Redboots
writes I wouldn't go that far - there are far more offensive things on the Internet. It did make me grin, but it wasn't especially funny, I didn't think - I don't find things funny merely because they use the f-word a lot (like Billy Connolly, who would be a lot funnier if he didn't). I'd go along with that. It was pretty funny but the use for the F and C words didn't actually add anything to the humour. -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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Paul Corfield wrote:
I see the weekly public correspondence snapshot that gets discussed at a director level meeting each week - believe me the public who complain do not mince their words and the sentiment is not far away from the lyrics. They must not pick the worst ones to put on the web site he https://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/customer_complaints/ Also special thanks to Richard J. without whom I wouldn't have discovered this. When you said you asked the site to remove it, I figured I just *had* to see what the fuss was about. -- Michael Hoffman |
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Michael Hoffman wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote: I see the weekly public correspondence snapshot that gets discussed at a director level meeting each week - believe me the public who complain do not mince their words and the sentiment is not far away from the lyrics. They must not pick the worst ones to put on the web site he https://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/customer_complaints/ Also special thanks to Richard J. without whom I wouldn't have discovered this. When you said you asked the site to remove it, I figured I just *had* to see what the fuss was about. Glad I got something right. :-) Actually, I've withdrawn my request to remove the file, as there's no evidence here that any LU staff are bothered about (what I regard as) the offensive abuse directed at them. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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Richard J. wrote:
Actually, I've withdrawn my request to remove the file, as there's no evidence here that any LU staff are bothered about (what I regard as) the offensive abuse directed at them. I can assure you that many of the LU staff who post here will have suffered worse and for longer than two minutes.... -- Kat |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:08:58 +0000, Kat
wrote: Richard J. wrote: Actually, I've withdrawn my request to remove the file, as there's no evidence here that any LU staff are bothered about (what I regard as) the offensive abuse directed at them. I can assure you that many of the LU staff who post here will have suffered worse and for longer than two minutes.... Precisely. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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--- Paul Corfield said... The point is whether you believe all the lyrics to be true - I don't but whether you or I like it or not there is a cross section of the public who hate LUL, its staff and the way they feel they get treated when they use the system. I'm still wondering whether the singer *does* believe the lyrics to be true, or whether he's just *parodying* the sort of people who do. Either way, it isn't clear, ad so the song totally misses its target -- whatever that target just happened to be. As a result, it's not funny at all, just a confused ugly mess. Didn't even make me smile once. (Still, it's interesting that some posters here did enjoy it. Odd that you're so easily amused. Maybe I paint a wall and you could all watch it dry. That would give probably give you hours of fun!) |
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