Re: Urban Myths?
Terry Burton (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 05:40:53 GMT
rcook@pcug.org.au (Owen Cook) wrote:
>Chap I took to the airport the other morning was a bus tour
>driver returning to Alice Springs..he was convinced the line
>would go on to Darwin RSN. Anyway got him talking about the Ghan.
>" It was four weeks late once" he said, "but it had the good
>grace to arrive at the right time, and on the right day of the
>week"
>Well it seemed a reasonable story, but then he tossed in a golden
>oldie..A nine month pregnant lady got off the train, and the SM
>said to her "You shouldn't have been travelling in that
>condition" to which she replied.."I wasn't when I joined this
>train"
>I reckon my passenger would be a great tour driver, but is there
>anyone prepared to vouch for the first part of the story, or is
>it just part of Ghan folklore?
>Cheers
>Owen
The trouble with old Ghan stories is that so much has
been tossed around, it is very hard to separate fact
from fiction. There was an orgy of famous Ghan tales
in the final year of the narrow gauge, with about 90%
of them pure crap, even the BBC's Great Railway
Journeys joined in with the pregnant lady story.
Local groups along with taxi and bus drivers in Alice
Springs have helped to perpetuate a few of them.
----Tell
Alice Springs NT