Stationary Piccadilly Line train enters third decade of ‘regulating the service’

An announcer has told passengers on the 0710 Piccadilly Line service of 18 March 2003 from Cockfosters their unscheduled wait at Wood Green will continue “to even out the gaps in the service”.

Kenneth P. Miles-Green, a chartered accountant posting on X, formerly Twitter, said: “My expectations of more than one Piccadilly Line train per generation were clearly unfounded. Who says accountants can’t be optimistic?”

A London Underground spokesperson responded: “The belief that the Piccadilly Line resumed service after its tunnels provided wartime air-raid shelters is a popular misconception; it’s really just been a ghost service to avoid the cost and administrative hassle of closing the line. And this alleged ‘announcer’ is clearly a malicious prankster — though I admit we probably shouldn’t have let him have a TfL uniform.”

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Canine Loyalty 'Tested to the Limit' by New Bacon-Scented Backpack.

Winner: Flash Arry

Runners-Up:

"For a brief moment, Snowy thought he'd spotted Tintin in the crowd" (Lockjaw);

"‘There’s no point being a guide dog’, he thought ‘if she keeps taking over’." (Dick Everyman)

Associated Press asked 'why no photo kill notice on all images of Piers Morgan?'

Millions of people around the planet are somewhat dumbfounded by the media's choices of which snaps have something so heinously wrong with them that they need to be retracted, when others are apparently perfectly fine. Of all the photos in the world, a kill notice on one of a mother with her children? Really?

What about every single image of 'innocent' presidential candidate Donald Trump?

Those pics of Vladimir Putin, winner of a 'free and fair' Russian election?

And there's a chap in Downing Street claiming to be Prime Minister when only a handful of chums voted him in.

'Right, Honorable' Member of Parliament, Chris Pincher, when there was a lot more touching up going on?

And what about Member of European Parliament Nigel Farage standing in front of a clearly doctored massive image of 'millions of people queuing to enter the UK' right before Brexit? That one was OK was it?

But if you ever come into possession of a photo of a £37 billion world-beating track and trace system, do let the Brits know.

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