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Replies: 9 - Last Post: Oct 11, 2012 5:37 AM Last Post By: fowler9

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Alex2306

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Oct 10, 2012 4:19 AM
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Anybody noticed any these

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19858746

I wonder what the anal types in LUL management make of this.

KoalasRule

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Oct 10, 2012 5:22 AM
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I'll be in London in a couple of weeks ... I'll make sure I keep an eye out for them.

Alex2306

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Oct 10, 2012 5:27 AM
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I like the one about Shepherd's Pie. I did read a book about London names and it explained why a shepherd needed a bush.

battybilly

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Oct 10, 2012 6:55 AM
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Fwoggie

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Oct 10, 2012 1:22 PM
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WaterhazardJack

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Oct 10, 2012 6:18 PM
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I like the one about Shepherd's Pie.

Mornington Crescent will never be the same...

Aribo

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Oct 11, 2012 2:12 AM
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the anal types in LUL management
As a native Dutch speaker, I find this a very, err, interesting phrase. I wonder what I should make of this.

Alex2306

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Oct 11, 2012 2:54 AM
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In English were refer to a narrow minded, jobs worths with no sense of humour as anal.
A few years back the woman who did all the train announcements did a spoof announcement along the same lines as these signs. LUL management did not see the joke and fired her. LUL are very quick to paper over their own cracks and can't bear any sort of criticism.

Alex2306

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Oct 11, 2012 5:17 AM
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LUL=London Underground Limited

fowler9

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Oct 11, 2012 5:37 AM
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I like the connection between papering over your own crack and being anal. Ha ha.
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