Re: no kissing area at Flinders Street Station
Ian Jelf (ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:07:40 +0100
In article <3532CFDD.737C@tbsa.com.au>, peter berrett
<pberrett@tbsa.com.au> writes
>Roderick Smith, concerned about the possibility of no-smooching at
>Flinders Street station, mused;
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>>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.
>The following I ripped off altavista.digital.com by searching usenet on
>"no-kissing" and "area"
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>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?
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>> 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.
>So I think it is true!
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>> Hi all,
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>> I don't know whether to believe this story heard on Radio 5 news
>> this morning but maybe someone else knows about it?
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>> 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?
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>> I heard this and still can't decide whether its a wind up!
No, you're not being wound up. The story made the local and national
news here in Britain. I can't see it spreading much though!
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