From what I've heard, it's Oss-tralia, but the people are Ozzies (spelled Aussies).
Correct.
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
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Angus G - Apr 14, 2003 9:47:55 am PDT #3543 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Madrigal Costello - Apr 14, 2003 9:52:15 am PDT #3544 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
Leaves don't bother the buses, but they are known to stop to gawk at car accidents and have hit police cars - something that results in all passengers having to remain on the bus to give statements, esp when the driver takes off immediately after ramming the cop's car.
meara - Apr 14, 2003 9:57:56 am PDT #3545 of 9843
In DC there are any number of reasons for the trains to be backed up...sometimes during rush hour, it's just that you're too close to the next train, so you have to pause. Or occasionally, it's some kind of freakish malfunction. Sometimes bad things, like a train that jumped the tracks, or a guy who jumped onto the tracks...They stopped running the trains when we had the blizzard this year, but that was mostly understandable...
The London Tube freaked me out a little because it was so obviously old and the ceilings felt really low (edit: I was only in a few stations, so I have no idea if that's typical)--I guess I've spent too much time in DC, which is overly concrete-bunker-looking, but roomy!
Holli - Apr 14, 2003 10:01:47 am PDT #3546 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
My theory about the D.C. Metro is that everyone would like it a lot more if they brought a few classes of kindergarteners in to paint murals on all those acres of concrete. It'd really brighten up the place.
Nutty - Apr 14, 2003 10:06:41 am PDT #3547 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Also if it didn't smell like pee on a regular basis.
The Boston T is wicked slow and loud, and is full of quirks, but it hardly ever smells like pee.
Holli - Apr 14, 2003 10:09:09 am PDT #3548 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
This is also a good point. Also, it would be nice to not get an overwhelming urge to wash your hands after holding on to the poles in the Metro cars for any length of time, but I'm aware that's about as likely to happen as Gregory Smith turning up on my doorstep with three pints of ice cream. More's the pity, alas.
meara - Apr 14, 2003 10:13:54 am PDT #3549 of 9843
Smell like pee? Huh, I've never noticed it smelling like pee....though I am quite frightened of some of the elevators, after hearing about someone who accidentally shared one with a rat one evening (ICK!).
I think kindergarten murals would liven it up quite nicely.
Julie - Apr 14, 2003 10:16:34 am PDT #3550 of 9843
Also, it would be nice to not get an overwhelming urge to wash your hands after holding on to the poles in the Metro cars for any length of time
After the first time I used the subway in NY, I was convinced that the sign read "Do not use the handrail" (It doesn't, it says "Use the handrail" but I can't imagine who does.) I thought it was very NYish to leave them up and then warn people not to use them.
Yes, I am a eejit.
Fay - Apr 14, 2003 10:50:13 am PDT #3551 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
The London Tube freaked me out a little because it was so obviously old and the ceilings felt really low (edit: I was only in a few stations, so I have no idea if that's typical)
Totally depends which line you're on, fwiw - the Jubilee Line Extension, for example, is gorgeous and shiny and brand spanking new. Then you've got pretty much every other era represented between now and the Victorian period...and I was never fond of the Northern Line carriages. Still, I don't think the tube is nearly as bad as people often say - not that it's perfect, but it's pretty good. I agree with Am, basically. (Although I v. rarely travelled into or out of the centre during rush hour. Rush hour on the tube IS hellish, imho.)
Sheryl - Apr 14, 2003 11:23:25 am PDT #3552 of 9843
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
My theory about the D.C. Metro is that everyone would like it a lot more if they brought a few classes of kindergarteners in to paint murals on all those acres of concrete. It'd really brighten up the place.
Have you seen the Silver Spring station? :)
I wonder who's got the penguin fetish in Silver Spring...
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