> > One part that gives me a little chuckle is hearing the 'airline style'
> > annoucement by some drivers. It goes some thing like "On behalf of the
> > PTC we'd like to welcome you aboard our service to Sandringham today
> > ....." - I keep waiting for the dry martini's to be served.
> >
> The all time classic used to be the driver who would put on a 'pilot'
> type deep voice, do the announcement on approaching Flinders Street
> about thanking people for travelling on the xx.xx (insert time from
> originating station here) from Hurstbridge this morning and then proceed
> to read the quote from his desk calendar for the day (at least thats
> what it sounded like). The reaction in the carriage ranged from not sure
> what to do to laughing out loud.
>
My favourite is the "All stations to Macarthur" - at Campbelltown!
-- RegardsDavid Proctor daproc@bigfoot.com