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kajr@mwfree.net January 14th 05 12:12 PM

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Some people might find this funny. I don't think tube drivers will
though.
http://www.flybudget.com/LondonUnderground.mp3

Kevin


Robin May January 14th 05 03:10 PM

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wrote the following in:
oups.com

Some people might find this funny.


It's not.

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Steve Fitzgerald January 14th 05 04:06 PM

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In message , Robin May
writes
wrote the following in:
roups.com

Some people might find this funny.


It's not.


Oh, I don't know..... it had us rolling in the messroom :-)
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Richard J. January 14th 05 04:26 PM

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Robin May wrote:
wrote the following in:
oups.com

Some people might find this funny.


It's not.


I agree. It's offensive rubbish, and I've asked the site to remove it.

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Les & Claire January 14th 05 04:29 PM

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Sorry dude.. it's bloody brilliant! You have a sense of humour failure I
think..

Les


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Some people might find this funny.


It's not.

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Paul Weaver January 14th 05 05:00 PM

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:26:11 +0000, Richard J. wrote:

Robin May wrote:
wrote the following in:
oups.com

Some people might find this funny.


It's not.


I agree. It's offensive rubbish, and I've asked the site to remove it.


Ahh, I bet you complained about Springer too
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Paul Weaver January 14th 05 05:03 PM

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:12:20 -0800, kaj wrote:

Some people might find this funny. I don't think tube drivers will
though.
http://www.flybudget.com/LondonUnderground.mp3

Kevin


Wonderful, although not worksafe.

Perhaps they should get a job as buskers?
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Mrs Redboots January 14th 05 05:16 PM

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Richard J. wrote to uk.transport.london on Fri, 14 Jan 2005:

Robin May wrote:
wrote the following in:
oups.com

Some people might find this funny.


It's not.


I agree. It's offensive rubbish, and I've asked the site to remove it.

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).
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 2 January 2005



Adrian January 14th 05 05:24 PM

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Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

I agree. It's offensive rubbish, and I've asked the site to remove it.


"I didn't find it funny, so I don't see why anybody else should get the
opportunity to listen to it. I'm going to write to the Daily Telegraph.".
Oh, ffs. Get a life.

checks link
Luckily, your humourlessness hasn't taken effect yet. So I'm going to
download and listen to it just to **** you off.

1min57 later

That is absolutely PRICELESS! I *love* it. Thank you, Richard, I'd have
missed it otherwise.

Was it a bit ooooh! sweary for you, Richard? Poor love.

Neil Williams January 14th 05 06:07 PM

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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.

As for the "song", it was mildly amusing but would probably have
worked better without the excessive use of the C word.

Neil

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Paul Corfield January 14th 05 06:25 PM

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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!

Mrs Redboots January 14th 05 06:27 PM

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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



Joe January 14th 05 09:18 PM

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wrote:
Some people might find this funny. I don't think tube drivers will
though.
http://www.flybudget.com/LondonUnderground.mp3

ROFL
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Paul Cummins January 14th 05 09:52 PM

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In article ,
(Adrian) wrote:

1min57 later

That is absolutely PRICELESS! I *love* it. Thank you, Richard, I'd have
missed it otherwise.


AOL!

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Ian Jelf January 14th 05 10:31 PM

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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.
--
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Birmingham, UK

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Michael Hoffman January 14th 05 11:48 PM

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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

Richard J. January 15th 05 12:05 AM

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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)


Kat January 15th 05 01:08 AM

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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



Paul Corfield January 15th 05 08:33 AM

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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!

Solar Penguin January 15th 05 11:08 PM

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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!)





Michael Hoffman January 15th 05 11:22 PM

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Solar Penguin wrote:

(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!)


Hahahahahaha! Oh, even the thought of it makes me break into hysterics.
--
Michael Hoffman

Paul Corfield January 16th 05 09:17 AM

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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:08:31 -0000, "Solar Penguin"
wrote:


--- 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.


Thankfully I am not you and you are not me. Praise the fact that we are
all different. Any way it really makes no difference to anyone's life
what this song was or was not trying to achieve.

(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!)


You could come and paint some walls in my house for free. I'm sure I
would smile for hours after that.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Adrian January 16th 05 10:30 AM

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Paul Corfield ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

(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!)


You could come and paint some walls in my house for free. I'm sure I
would smile for hours after that.


Gerrof 'im. He was talking to me.

Oi! Penguin! I found the song *really* funny, and desperately need some
walls painting. Do you do plastering, too?

Nick Cooper January 16th 05 01:50 PM

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:07:26 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

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.

As for the "song", it was mildly amusing but would probably have
worked better without the excessive use of the C word.


"Commuters"?!
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Paul Weaver January 16th 05 06:05 PM

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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:05:26 +0000, Richard J. wrote:

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.


Did you happen to complain about Springer on the BBC too?

--
Everything I write here is my personal opinion, and should not be taken as fact.


TheOneKEA January 16th 05 09:43 PM

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wrote:
Some people might find this funny. I don't think tube drivers will
though.
http://www.flybudget.com/LondonUnderground.mp3

Kevin


ROTFLMAO.


Richard J. January 17th 05 10:16 AM

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Paul Weaver wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:05:26 +0000, Richard J. wrote:

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.


Did you happen to complain about Springer on the BBC too?


No.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Paul Weaver January 17th 05 07:21 PM

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:16:21 +0000, 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.


Did you happen to complain about Springer on the BBC too?


No.


How strange. On one hand you are a complaining busybody that thinks LU
workers are too timid to complain if they felt it was offensive and
concerned them (not that anyone is forcing them to download), yet on the
other hand you dont complain when tens of thousands of busybodies are
complaining over a program noone forced them to watch.
--
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Richard J. January 17th 05 10:25 PM

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Paul Weaver wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:16:21 +0000, 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.

Did you happen to complain about Springer on the BBC too?


No.


How strange. On one hand you are a complaining busybody that thinks
LU workers are too timid to complain if they felt it was offensive
and concerned them (not that anyone is forcing them to download),


You may think you know what I think but you are wrong.

yet on the other hand you dont complain when tens of thousands of
busybodies are complaining over a program noone forced them to
watch.


I don't complain about TV programmes that I haven't watched, unlike most
of the people who complained to the BBC before the programme went out.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)


General Von Clinkerhoffen January 21st 05 02:11 AM

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http://www.amateurtransplants.com/

These are the people responsible, where do they live, I'll send the boys
round, oh hang on they're are on strike.

They are raising money for Macmillan, and are doctors, scarey or what!

Paul Weaver January 23rd 05 12:47 PM

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:46:15 +0000, Richard J. wrote:
were they not offended but they found it funny. Who am I to deny them
their enjoyment?


Or anyones enjoyment, busybody.

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