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Title: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: Marlburian on September 11, 2023, 17:56:42 Kim Jong Un's train: a luxuriously decorated, armoured and slow-moving train. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/11/kim-jong-un-armored-train-north-korea-putin/)
One of the more informative webpages I could find during a brief Google. (What happens to the hapless officials should there be an infrastructure or other engineering problem?) Title: Re: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: TonyK on September 11, 2023, 18:36:05 Kim Jong Un's train: a luxuriously decorated, armoured and slow-moving train. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/11/kim-jong-un-armored-train-north-korea-putin/) One of the more informative webpages I could find during a brief Google. (What happens to the hapless officials should there be an infrastructure or other engineering problem?) They would probably be fired. And if being fired sounds quite benign, ask an artillery shell or earthenware pot what it feels like. Title: Re: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: Oxonhutch on September 11, 2023, 18:40:38 They would probably be fired. And if being fired sounds quite benign, ask an artillery shell or earthenware pot what it feels like. Reminds me of the lines from the HHG2TG in which Ford Prefect says 'it is unpleasantly like being drunk', to which Arthur asks what is unpleasant about being drunk? 'Ask a glass of water' says Ford. Title: Re: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: TonyK on September 11, 2023, 18:45:33 Reminds me of the lines from the HHG2TG in which Ford Prefect says 'it is unpleasantly like being drunk', to which Arthur asks what is unpleasant about being drunk? 'Ask a glass of water' says Ford. Exactly where I stole the idea from. ;D Title: Re: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: TaplowGreen on September 11, 2023, 21:42:41 Kim Jong Un's train: a luxuriously decorated, armoured and slow-moving train. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/11/kim-jong-un-armored-train-north-korea-putin/) (What happens to the hapless officials should there be an infrastructure or other engineering problem?) There's a short notice cancellation due to "crew shortage" (......and the burgers on the Pyongyang depot Sunday BBQ taste a little different) Title: Re: Kim Jong Un's train takes him to Moscow Post by: TonyK on September 12, 2023, 11:22:51 There's a short notice cancellation due to "crew shortage" (......and the burgers on the Pyongyang depot Sunday BBQ taste a little different) The spelling may be a little different too. Burghers, maybe This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |