Re: Train announcements

tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:40:03 +1000

David Penna wrote in message <3533D33D.2267@one.net.au>...

>> Guys, lighten up ... nothing like a bit of comedy on the train of an
>evening ... like the time I caught the "Paris" train from Central
>Station, Sydney. You know "This train goes to Paris, first stop Refen,
>then Strayfeel, Granveal, Pa'ama'a, Seven Hills and all to Paris"

:-)

Unfortunately they're not all amusing. What about all the tourists for
the Olympics - which is why that sheila was here. How are they going to
cope with poor English? And poorly maintained sound systems, they're
usually so quiet you have trouble hearing them or so loud you can't
understand them.