Trainspotting

[ms_1316]

Since moving here it has rather amused me to note how some people's morning routines run. I specifically notice the same crowds that get certain trains in the mornings, despite the fact I fail to spot the same people on the way home.

It's something that people miss when getting the tube. I don't think I ever saw the same person more than a few times; they pick up and drop off so frequently thus ensuring the lives of millions of strangers interweave invisibly and seamlessly.

Now the same people arrive those few minutes early while the same few queue for a ticket as I walk up the path. I've seen the same girl run past me more than a few times on my way to the station, either lacking the confidence I have in my own watch set forward 3 minutes or her ability to make it in an allotted time.

The same rules of engagement still seem to apply though and no one speaks to each other nor acknowledges the familiarity. What exactly is national rail etiquette when standing next to the same person 5 days in a row? I'm afraid a smile might put me in the 'weirdo train guy' category, although I'm tempted to try it anyway one day. :)

[Brendan]

If you absolutely have to acknowledge them a simple, ?I grow closer to you with every carriage we share.? followed by a lick on the cheek will do.

[HonaloochieB]

Always ensure you have a bus/train book on you to ensure you don't have to have any truck with your fellow travellers. I recommend 'Hollywood Crows' by Joseph Wambaugh.

And if you follow Brendan's advice then some reading material will be handy for whiling away the hours in your cell.

[ms_1316]

Good call on the licking front, plus my current Milan Kundera novel bares a fitting title concerning the obvious intention of such an act. In any case, it will surely pay to have a character to empathise with should the police be called.

Can you go down for licking a strangers face? Surely it's a caution jobby. Maybe this requires a rethink, and a logical abandonment for the sake of all concerned...

[HonaloochieB]

ms_1316 Wrote:

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> Can you go down for licking a strangers face?

I suppose it could be seen as restorative justice.

[Brendan]

ms_1316 Wrote:

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> Good call on the licking front...

I never suggested anything about licking front. I think you could definitely go down for that.

*Head explodes from childish pun overload*

[Annasfield]

There's a fella who quite often sits in the same carriage of the train as me in the morning. I quite fancied him until I heard him speak and then it was a load of bile about Chelsea. :(

[Mick Mac]

If he talks about Liverpool tomorrow you will know he 1) reads the forum and 2) fancies you back.

[HellNoHellYeah]

Have you seen the movie "Derailed" with Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen? If you get friendly with your fellow passengers things could go down the same way they did in that movie!

[HonaloochieB]

HellNoHellYeah Wrote:

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> Have you seen the movie "Derailed" with Jennifer

> Aniston and Clive Owen? If you get friendly with

> your fellow passengers things could go down the

> same way they did in that movie!

And so of course we're back with the OP.

Who'd've thought an innocent enquiry about making friends on the train would lead to this sort of smutfest.

All responsible should be bowing their heads low.

In shame.

If capable.

[ms_1316]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> There's a fella who quite often sits in the same

> carriage of the train as me in the morning. I

> quite fancied him until I heard him speak and then

> it was a load of bile about Chelsea. :(

How does the Chelsea fan get a seat? I have to make do with the isle :(

[KalamityKel]

you have to speak a little louder ;-)