Aprosexic - Old age should burn and rave at close of day

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Never a truer word

Today's lyric:
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"I'll read a story if it helps you sleep at night.
I've got some matches if you ever need a light.
Oh I am just a man
but I am doing what I can to help you."

Pulp: "Dishes"
From the album: "This is hardcore"

When my train pulled in this morning - albeit a different service - I should have sensed something was amiss..

It was apparently a delayed-by-one-hour service and when we arrived south of Penge West (somewhere I'd only ever seen fly by at 90mph - we shuddered to a stop. The driver announced that either a door was open or someone had pulled the emergency cord and he'd have to investigate. A nanosecond later, off we set again. Quick solution there, then?

A hundred yards further up the track, another shuddering stop.

"Guess what, ladies and gentlemen?" he intoned. "Now the emergency brake's come on!"

At which point, the demure young woman opposite me muttered "A problem shared.."

And we laughed.

Labels: Commutage