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Title: Waiting for the platform Post by: grahame on September 03, 2014, 13:16:49 Thanks to Ollie's post of Facebook ... such a giggle (and so true) I had to share here!
http://wheninlondontown.tumblr.com/post/23190053623/waiting-for-the-platform-number-at-paddington-station Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: chuffed on September 03, 2014, 13:36:24 Oh, the 'Depps' FGW will sink to, just to keep the 'crews' on their toes.
No chance of muddling up Helena Bonham Carter and the Ribena ladies in Pirates of the Paddington then ! Have I unleashed the dogs of war for more piractical cunning and punning ? Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 03, 2014, 15:16:53 You haven't a leg to stand on, but I'll turn a blind eye this time. ::)
Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: trainer on September 03, 2014, 16:37:08 I suppose we'll all be parroting the same-old jokes.
Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 03, 2014, 18:03:15 Probably a pirate of Penzance, waiting for his train home. :P
Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: chuffed on September 03, 2014, 18:38:41 Mabel's song from G&S 's operetta seems most apt for FGW....'Poor, wandering one ....!'
Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: JayMac on September 03, 2014, 21:55:12 Arrhhh. Shiver me timbers.
Had my Penzance pun all ready to go after reading the OP. Beaten to it. A similar scene is played out at other London terminuses. It's good fun watching the stampedes at Euston from the upstairs pub balcony. Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 03, 2014, 22:22:22 Had my Penzance pun all ready to go after reading the OP. Beaten to it. ;D Title: Re: Waiting for the platform Post by: TeaStew on September 04, 2014, 12:38:19 I might be pushing the boat out a little too far with this... but my favourite piece of 8+2 HST is probably coach C.
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