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« on: August 19, 2009, 21:16:03 »
I was tempted to post this in The Lighter Side but if I had been on this service I wouldn't have found it very amusing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8210158.stm

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Passengers are to be compensated after a train broke down twice and took seven hours to complete a two-hour journey from London to Norwich.

The train left Liverpool Street at 2330 BST on Tuesday, but broke down at Ingatestone and Colchester in Essex. Delays in dealing with both problems meant the train was stuck for several hours. It reached Norwich at 0630 BST on Wednesday.

National Express apologised and said it would carry out an investigation.

Many on board were football fans returning from Norwich City's defeat at Brentford.

I bet the atmosphere on that train was jolly after yet another defeat for Norwich City. They are obviously very well behaved fans as it doesn't report that the train was trashed.
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 21:21:42 »
I saw the topic headline and having read the story on bbc.co.uk only minutes before, knew to whit you were refering.  Cheesy

Poor folks, I feel for them. Is there some analogy we can draw from canaries stuck in their cages. Grin
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 21:39:44 »
They were a bit stuffed on and off the field it would appear.
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 21:46:58 »
Be careful Timmer, we don't want to rufflle any feathers....
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 22:00:48 »
Quote from: bignosemac on August 19, 2009, 21:46:58
Be careful Timmer, we don't want to rufflle any feathers....
Grin very good.
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2009, 22:03:00 »
 Angry Why is everyone stealing my Sleeper term of phrase for this train (on another forum this morning)- even the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) !! LOL▸ ('laughing out loud') Grin  
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Quote from: Cornish Traveller on August 19, 2009, 22:03:00
Angry Why is everyone stealing my Sleeper term of phrase for this train (on another forum this morning)- even the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) !! LOL▸ ('laughing out loud') Grin  
First thing that came to my mind when I read the article.  Smiley
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