not quite what was meant...

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

Since people on this newsgroup seem to like constructing lists, perhaps
we can construct a list of the best bloopers made in PA announcements.

This is prompted by a gem tonight (6/6) at Sydney Terminal:

"The Wyong train is due to depart in one minute. All intending
passengers please leave the train."

Just to show this is a truly national pastime (and therefore can't be
kurkowskied), I also offer the following two from previous experience:

"This train stops all stations to Belgrave. Passengers for Ringwood
change at Lilydale."

"Because of a derailment at South Brisbane, all Cleveland and Beenleigh
trains will run via Ipswich."

Two suggested rules for the competition (if such it be):

1. The bloopers have to be (on balance of probabilities) the result of
ignorance or mistake rather than being deliberate.
2. DVA bloopers don't count (because there are too many, especially now
that the Airport line is open).

Eddie Oliver