>At 05:48 PM 4/13/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>Peter Berrett <> Sat.4.4.98
>>Some of you may have caught the recent news article about the
>>introduction of no-kissing areas on British transport.
>>I wonder how long it will be before our Victorian Liberal Government
>>clamps down on this heinous practice (just look under the clocks).
>>
>>Peter:
>>This is entirely in character with the tenor of various April fool 1.4.98
>>posts. How did you obtain the British news?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Roderick B Smith
>>Rail News Victoria Editor
>>
>>
The following I ripped off altavista.digital.com by searching usenet on
"no-kissing" and "area"
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Paul Marsh wrote:
> > Apparently there is now a "No Kissing" zone at Warrington station
> > because it speeds up the dropping off of rail passengers from
> > cars - alledgedly they got the idea from their twin town of
> > Deerfield, IL where many people commute to Chicago?
>
> Gavin -- this MUST be true! Deerfield police found that when everyone
> tries to kiss the spouses while waiting to leave, there is such a lot of
> bickering over who gets to kiss whose spouse, or how many spouses,
> should the spouses stay in their cars in their bathrobes, should the
> kissers get into each car, should the kissers get into each bathrobe,
> etc., that trains were being greatly delayed. This became finally
> intolerable last Feb 14th, when one train crew dismounted and started
> kissing the spouses, too.
Could have been worse. They might have mounted the..........
Fred D. <fdabney@nmsu.edu>
Watching the action from BNSF MP 1112, El Paso sub, blushing furiously.
So I think it is true!
and also...
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know whether to believe this story heard on Radio 5 news
> this morning but maybe someone else knows about it?
>
> Apparently there is now a "No Kissing" zone at Warrington station
> because it speeds up the dropping off of rail passengers from
> cars - alledgedly they got the idea from their twin town of
> Deerfield, IL where many people commute to Chicago?
>
> I heard this and still can't decide whether its a wind up!
no, you are not the recipient of a early April fools joke. I saw the
same thing on a local channel here and it even had video of the signs
that are being used......shows two outlines, one of a man and one of a
woman with their lips puckered up ready to kiss. The only difference
between the two signs is the typical red circle with a slash through the
circle........ I guess they even have "police" who enforce the new
rules...........
Mike Riley
Perhaps under the clocks at Flinders Street station should be designated
a 'kissing area' to encourage users to do the deed there rather than
elsewhere on the station.
cheers Peter