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Seems like a bit of a storm in a tea-cup,


Not according to the Evening Standard:

COMMUTER TERROR AS TUBE DOORS OPEN ON A MOVING VICTORIA LINE TRAIN

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Seems like a bit of a storm in a tea-cup,


Not according to the Evening Standard:

COMMUTER TERROR AS TUBE DOORS OPEN ON A MOVING VICTORIA LINE TRAIN

I ask you!


It rather makes you want to go and pop a balloon in the ES newsroom, seeing
as they're all so on edge...

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In message , Recliner
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Seems like a bit of a storm in a tea-cup,


Not according to the Evening Standard:

COMMUTER TERROR AS TUBE DOORS OPEN ON A MOVING VICTORIA LINE TRAIN

I ask you!


No doubt they've found the usual mousy timid types afraid of their own shadow
to recount their stark terror as they watched the doors open while they
sat on their seat 10 foot away.

B2003


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Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Recliner
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Seems like a bit of a storm in a tea-cup,


Not according to the Evening Standard:

COMMUTER TERROR AS TUBE DOORS OPEN ON A MOVING VICTORIA LINE TRAIN

I ask you!


No doubt they've found the usual mousy timid types afraid of their
own shadow to recount their stark terror as they watched the doors
open while they sat on their seat 10 foot away.


Probably more a case of the journos asking, "Were you terrified?", and
the pax mumbling something unintelligible. Or they just ask enough
people till one of them agrees they were indeed terrified (anything to
get their name in the paper, not that the ES even did that).


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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:43:07PM -0000, Recliner wrote:

Probably more a case of the journos asking, "Were you terrified?", and
the pax mumbling something unintelligible. Or they just ask enough
people till one of them agrees they were indeed terrified (anything to
get their name in the paper, not that the ES even did that).


According to the Substandard, it was at 18:30, during the evening peak.
If I was one of the poor sods jammed up against the doors I'd be
somewhat more than "mildly perturbed"!

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According to the Substandard, it was at 18:30, during the evening peak.
If I was one of the poor sods jammed up against the doors I'd be
somewhat more than "mildly perturbed"!


Luckily there's seldom anyone still jammed up against the doors by the
time a southbound Victoria line approaches Brixton. But the consequences
could have been horrendous if it had happened further up the line.
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