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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on May 14, 2012, 01:04:55 PM
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html)
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.
The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.
Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.
A month to learn a few lines eeek: eeek: eeek:
Among the announcements passengers will hear are:
"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck."
"For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life."
"We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver."
"Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."
Hilarious noooo:
Perhaps the VP could offer alternatives rubschin:
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Good grief eeek:
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I could use my natural Wessex accent and do impersonations of Phil Harding saying things like: 'Ere ~ 'ave a look a' this Tonee"
Or I could do a reasonable Brummy accent and pretend to be Mick Aston saying things like "It's either ritual or high status"
rubschin: Wonder how long before one of the Train Managers appears wearing his underpants on his head, knitting needles stuck up his nose and saying "Wibble"
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Tony Robinson should die. I volunteer. Is strangulation too good for him?
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You could do your running Cow TV commentary - it's a rib splitter :thumbsup:
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cloud9:
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Tony Robinson should die. I volunteer. Is strangulation too good for him?
Drown him in a vat of his own drivel.
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"For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life."
The humour's on a par with the grammar ::)
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:thumbsup: noooo:
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Ackchewly, the last time I went up to Brum on the train I got really pi$$ed off with the never ending announcements ... evil:
They even come through in the "Quiet Zone" ::)
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Babies-Cant-Just-Grow/dp/1862079528 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Babies-Cant-Just-Grow/dp/1862079528) :thumbsup:
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london underground funny song (uncensored + lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIjLhbnBK-c#)
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Luxembourg appeals .... rubschin:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356)
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I got stumped when it asked for pre tax monthly income ...haven't a clue without working it out redface:
Only really know what I should take home redface:
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The only message that would make my morning commute bearable would be one telling my why my fooking train gets cancelled 3 minutes before it is due to arrive which means I either have to take the bus or next train and not have enough time to get a coffee before work starts!!! cussing:
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Inadequate planning on your part dear boy whistle:
Always assume the worst - that's my life motto lol:
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Naff orf Miss D, I have to get up early enough as it is. whistle:
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Inadequate planning on your part dear boy whistle:
Always assume the worst - that's my life motto lol:
Mr Left is on his way :thumbsup:
Unfortunately noooo:
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Naff orf Miss D, I have to get up early enough as it is. whistle:
Naff orf - ;)
You obviously completed your Cornish education whistle:
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Finger:
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Now, now children... or 'uncle' as they say in Cornwall.... whistle:
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Finger:
Did you lose the other fingertips getting them caught in the till ? whistle:
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Finger:
Did you lose the other fingertips getting them caught in the til ? whistle:
Nah - it is an in-breeding birth defect.... whistle:
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I'll take a lot of mickey taking but questioning my integrity is a tad too far.
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I'll take a lot of mickey taking but questioning my integrity is a tad too far.
scared2: scared2: scared2:
Ooooohhhh a Tad too far .....a tad eh ;)
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I will go and put myself on the naughty step redface:
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I will go and put myself on the naughty step redface:
I'll join you... lol:
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I will go and put myself on the naughty step redface:
Sitting...or kneeling...
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Whatever earns me forgiveness quicker lol:
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God would prolly prefer you kneeling...I know I would...either way...
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Good grief... noooo:
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IS Nick going to claim copyright ? lol:
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prolly...or part thereof...
Do you mean the image...or the DOuble capital
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MR THread?
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Ahh...there you are...
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Oooo I like small blue and red boxes. noooo:
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It that what Sanatogen packets look like these days? whistle:
scared:
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I thought she was referring to Tena Lights
scared:
(Have you see the actress in the current advert?) eyes: Must be Miss C
Tena Lights advert (UK) - Oops / Trapped Dress (June 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNABjf3sLc0#ws)
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html)
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.
The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.
Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.
A month to learn a few lines eeek: eeek: eeek:
Among the announcements passengers will hear are:
"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck."
"For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life."
"We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver."
"Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."
Hilarious noooo:
Perhaps the VP could offer alternatives rubschin:
Daahling one should have a little man who drives. ;)
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I have a little man who dives ...does that count ? whistle:
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.html)
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.
The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.
Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.
A month to learn a few lines eeek: eeek: eeek:
Among the announcements passengers will hear are:
"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck."
"For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life."
"We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver."
"Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."
Hilarious noooo:
Perhaps the VP could offer alternatives rubschin:
Daahling one should have a little man who drives. ;)
TMR? rubschin:
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I have a little man who dives ...does that count ? whistle:
shutup:
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I have a little man who dives ...does that count ? whistle:
shutup:
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Dirty Great Minds...
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Back to the OP, wtf is the point of this? Connecting 2 Olympic venues, completion some time this summer, prolly after the Olympics noooo:
£50m cable car over London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUOZikDH5ao#ws)
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Facepalm noooo:
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Back to the OP, wtf is the point of this? Connecting 2 Olympic venues, completion some time this summer, prolly after the Olympics noooo:
£50m cable car over London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUOZikDH5ao#ws)
Indeed - lets locate 2 difficult to get to places by building a cable car Banghead Banghead Banghead
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Would I be being overly cynical if I suspected that Seb has a friend who owns a cable car making company? rubschin:
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Back to the OP, wtf is the point of this? Connecting 2 Olympic venues, completion some time this summer, prolly after the Olympics noooo:
£50m cable car over London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUOZikDH5ao#ws)
Indeed - lets locate 2 difficult to get to places by building a cable car Banghead Banghead Banghead
Cross are we?
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Would I be being overly cynical if I suspected that Seb has a friend who owns a cable car making company? rubschin:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15959.aspx (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15959.aspx)[/url]
The EMIRATES AIR LINE ::)
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Would I be being overly cynical if I suspected that Seb has a friend who owns a cable car making company? rubschin:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15959.aspx (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15959.aspx)[/url]
The EMIRATES AIR LINE ::)
Fixed for you. :thumbsup:
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Back to the OP, wtf is the point of this? Connecting 2 Olympic venues, completion some time this summer, prolly after the Olympics noooo:
£50m cable car over London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUOZikDH5ao#ws)
Indeed - lets locate 2 difficult to get to places by building a cable car Banghead Banghead Banghead
The service, due to start next year, directly links ExCeL, Europe’s biggest conference venue, to the O2, Europe’s biggest entertainment complex.
London Underground map showing the new east London river crossing as a ‘step free’ interchange between the DLR and Jubilee line.
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rubschin:
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The Emirates Greenwich Peninsula noooo: noooo: noooo:
Are different parts of London now to be sponsored and rebranded ? noooo:
If that was the case shouldn't it be the EDF Southbank ( courtesy of London Eye) noooo:
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Streatham: sponsored by Lidl noooo:
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Lidl - that's bloomin posh ...Poundland :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
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Camberwell, sponsored by Robinsons jam.
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Spank2:
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Spank2:
What?
I said Robinson's not Robertson's.
That would have been quite improper. angel1
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Camberwell, sponsored by Robinsons jam.
You need updating DS ;)
Camberwell, sponsored by GanjaMan
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rubschin: Trying to remember the last time I used public transport.
The Local County Council issued me, unbidden, a free bus pass when I was registered as "Disabled". That was 11 years ago. I have used it once. Public transport is not, as I recall, a pleasant experience.
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Probably 1988-ish for me
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rubschin: Trying to remember the last time I used public transport.
The Local County Council issued me, unbidden, a free bus pass when I was registered as "Disabled". That was 11 years ago. I have used it once. Public transport is not, as I recall, a pleasant experience.
I hadn't for years - until I went to Istanbul last week! inane:
They have a staggeringly cheap, clean and efficient system! Thumbs:
As far as I can see it is about €1 per journey - any distance and the trams arrive every few minutes....
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angel1 I'm wondering if I can use it on the Emirates Air Line rubschin:
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cussing:
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cussing:
happy100 I've paid quite enough over the years cry:
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Make yer mind up Miss D ~ which would you prefer? Free public transport or youth. whistle:
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I am a wumman ....I never have to make me mind up :thumbsup:
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I'll take that as a "maybe" then. ::)
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For the moment ;)