And another thing…

Labours’ core voters perchance? The KFC carry out (or ‘take away’, in non Scottish speaking countries)was a dead giveaway. LOL

If it’s deep-fried, it must be the Scots, Tom!

‘it must be the Scots’

Nah. Buckie bottles don’t look like that. Actually, we don’t throw them away, we hold on to the empties, just for self-defence like

Next week we’ll find instruction manuals in toilet paper packs.

It also appears to ban levitating in the loo. Or wearing white socks.

Tom

A visit to Wembley Depot the other day where the Pendolini are maintained revealed that in 80% of cases where a train arrived at the end of the day with one of more toilets locked out of action the cause is blockage.

Next question, is it possible to design a blockage resistant toilet?

Some systems do have a macerator – bit nasty if you drop your phone down the pan.

Its like the signs you see on hot taps saying ” very hot water”.

I remember pre 1997 when there was less of this.

‘It also appears to ban levitating in the loo. Or wearing white socks.’

So it does. It also bans having no neck. So, it does indeed discriminate against the Scots then.

Believe me, having owned a holiday villa that was, for a time, let out to the public, you would not believe the things that people will try to put down a toilet. Nor, unfortunately, would you believe where (in a perfectly nice house) they will put things that damned well should go in the toilet.

In my experience, it tends to be the extremes of the social scale who behave worst in these respects; the gentry, and the welfare-dependant. In other words, those whose sense of entitlement always leads them to be quite happy with the idea that somebody else will just clear up their mess.

Oh, and those commons posters are up in the bathrooms of most Whitehall departments now. They appeared back when the swine-flu panic got underway.

PS. The Virgin sign looks to me like a firm injunction against some bizarre form of bathroom garbage-basketball. Maybe you get triple points for the KFC packet.

Just be grateful they didn’t give graphic examples of what is SUPPOSED to go in.

So who, exactly has been guilty of chucking in bottles, glasses and

Tom

Well..Um! some of those instructions are not as clear as you suggest..And it easy to mistake where you are supposed to throw away your non recyclables.

anyway the for the prices they charge

Some signs on the Japanese metro, which could be a bit confusing:

http://newmedia2.funnyjunk.com/pictures/japan.jpg

Trains. Yes, I remember them. Indeed, I went to our local station to catch one yesterday; there hadn’t been any since the previous evening and they weren’t sure when the next one might be – an hour late at least.

So another £20 taxi ride to get me to a station that did have trains.

We love you, First Great Western. All the more so that now the taxpayer subsidises the railways more than when they were publicly owned.

It is however, a huge delight that my tax goes helps to pay the dividends for share holders in such companies.

New Labour, working for the people^h^h^h^h^h^hbosses.

When you’re right, you’re right, Sarj. If only we could go back to the glory days of British Rail when there were more services and trains were much more reliable and clean and safe… oh, hang on… I’ve just remembered – there were fewer services, they were less reliable, less safe and definitely less clean. Still, it’s good to know that my regular commenters are offering the same level of objective analysis of public services as the script writer for Reginald Perrin.

No Tom . . . you’re just plain wrong about rail travel.

BR was a leviathan which was prone to problems BUT it was cheap, it didn’t try to rip off the travelling public – because it was a “public service” (remember them do you?) it was a hell of a lot more reliable then; the trains usually ran on time and I used it constantly in the 70’s & 80’s – I don’t now, because you need to have a degree in astrophysics to understand the pricing & ticketing policies – It’s a safe bet to go with the mindset that whatever you pay for the journey, it will be ridiculously expensive.

Labour have managed to screw up the railways just like they have managed to screw up just about every ‘public service’ they have got their corrupt hands on.

Perhaps YOU should be watching the re-runs of Reginald Perrin as a guide to how C. J. Brown (“I didn’t get where I am today . . . by being elected!”) likes to ‘run’ (I use the term in its loosest sense) things. LOL

An objective analysis of public services should include the observation that they exist in order to perform a function which cannot as efficiently and effectively be carried out by a non-public body.

Olden Labour, and perhaps a proportion of New Labour, appear to maintain a position which is the reverse of that.

They have similar iconography on aeroplanes as well, so maybe it’s because of the fact that most people are too selfish/simple minded/stupid to use the appropriate receptical for different wastes.

Thiking of trains, nice to know that the railway bosses are getting bonuses for failure again. >£100,000 as an incentive, even when you fail; must be nice knowing that a healthy bank balance and doig the work have little or no relationship in labour Britain.

I was pleased when the west coast line refurbishment was said to be done.
I really should remeber that meeting planned targets has little or nothing to do with actually finishing the job properly.

‘may contain nuts’

Indeed, Tom. I think if we still had BR, you’d need far more of those signs. After all, my abiding memory of travelling with BR is how hard it was to tell the difference between the toilet and the rest of the train.

Keldorne

You talk utter nonsenses the train was always were the smelly excrement was smeared. And the toilet was occupied by a drunk being sick

Tom, this made the diary section of the Herald. I think that should entitle you to a state funeral when the time comes.

[...] Guido pointed out the new hand washing procedure posters that now litter toilets in Parliament and Tom Harris points out a simply ridiculous sign on a [...]

On the subject of hygiene, yesterday I came across, for the first time, one of those alcohol gel dispensers at the entrance to a hospital ward.

Can hospital bugs now resist filthy wards but not alcohol gel?

Absudly, I believe there are posters now available showing the full rules of ‘Mornington Crescent’, the game on ‘I’m Sorry, I haven’t a Clue.’

I haven’t seen the poster yet, but I believe that double line switching is not now permitted after a solo reverse.

Apart from this one change, is there anyone who could be in doubt about the rules?

Should be Absurdly.

Apologies.

‘Silent Hunter’ seems to be suffering from selective memories:

“BR was a leviathan which was prone to problems BUT it was cheap, it didn’t try to rip off the travelling public – because it was a “public service” (remember them do you?) it was a hell of a lot more reliable then; the trains usually ran on time and I used it constantly in the 70’s & 80’s – I don’t now”

It was BR who introduced the idea of pricing demand off the railways by increasing fares at peak times.

As for trains being more punctual then. No – also untrue. I too travelled in the 70s and 80’s – the difference is that I still travel now. Services are much more punctual – even tho’ there are many more trains running.

As for the toilets – sadly idiots guides are needed nowadays.