Merseytravel have followed the trend for marine-named smartcards by
introducing the Walrus card

http://www.walruscard.com/index.asp

On 2011\09\19 18:05, Matthew Dickinson wrote:
Merseytravel have followed the trend for marine-named smartcards by
introducing the Walrus card

http://www.walruscard.com/index.asp

That's actually a Beatles theme!

On Sep 19, 6:38*pm, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\09\19 18:05, Matthew Dickinson wrote:

Merseytravel have followed the trend for marine-named smartcards by
introducing the Walrus card

http://www.walruscard.com/index.asp

That's actually a Beatles theme!

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.

But could never have happened:

a. not something the Islington political class eat*; and
b. not multicultural - indeed quite culturally insensitive.

*There was the wonderful (no doubt apocryphal) story of Peter Mandelson
going into a chippie to try to boost his older Labour credential and
asking for haddock, chips and "some of that guacamole" - mistaking the
mushy peas for avocado dip.
--
Robin
PM may be sent to rbw0{at}hotmail{dot}com

On Sep 19, 8:42*pm, "Robin" wrote:

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.

But could never have happened:

a. * *not something the Islington political class eat*; and
b. * *not multicultural - indeed quite culturally insensitive.

Sigh... welcome to the comments section of Britain's best selling mid-
market paper.


*There was the wonderful (no doubt apocryphal) story of Peter Mandelson
going into a chippie to try to boost his older Labour credential and
asking for haddock, chips and "some of that guacamole" - mistaking the
mushy peas for avocado dip.

If we were to want to talk about vaguely transport related apocryphal
sayings, then how that which was (and still is) widely misattributed
to Maggie about men over 26/30 on buses being failures in life.

What other classic misattribitions or apocryphal stories are there in
the railway (or public transport) world?

"Mizter T" wrote in message ...

On Sep 19, 8:42 pm, "Robin" wrote:

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.

But could never have happened:

a. not something the Islington political class eat*; and
b. not multicultural - indeed quite culturally insensitive.

Sigh... welcome to the comments section of Britain's best selling mid-
market paper.


*There was the wonderful (no doubt apocryphal) story of Peter Mandelson
going into a chippie to try to boost his older Labour credential and
asking for haddock, chips and "some of that guacamole" - mistaking the
mushy peas for avocado dip.

If we were to want to talk about vaguely transport related apocryphal
sayings, then how that which was (and still is) widely misattributed
to Maggie about men over 26/30 on buses being failures in life.

What other classic misattribitions or apocryphal stories are there in
the railway (or public transport) world?

I know of somebody who refers to the working classes as "bus poor"

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 08:42:44PM +0100, Robin wrote:

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.
But could never have happened:
a. not something the Islington political class eat*; and
b. not multicultural - indeed quite culturally insensitive.

How is it "culturally insensitive"?

--
David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence

We found no search results for "crotchet". Did you mean "crotch"?

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:52:04 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 08:42:44PM +0100, Robin wrote:

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.
But could never have happened:
a. not something the Islington political class eat*; and
b. not multicultural - indeed quite culturally insensitive.

How is it "culturally insensitive"?

Because its English. Didn't you know that the union flag apparently upsets
ethnics too? English or even British culture isn't worth spit as far as the
liberal elite are concerned.

B2003

How is it "culturally insensitive"?


I had assumed Mizter T suggested "jellied eels" as rhyming slang for
"wheels". I'd understood that rhyming slang was not inclusive language
and hence was deprecated.

There's also the point that jellied eels are almost unknown outside
London (and mainly working class East London at that) and so do not
resonate with London's multiracial, multicultural selling points.
Oysters are much more a worldwide, up-market product. That said, when
the Oystercard was launched ISTR a Chelsea Blue of my acquaintance
remarking with a laugh that they may have overlooked the fact that "the
only Kosher oyster is a prairie oyster"


--
Robin
PM may be sent to rbw0{at}hotmail{dot}com

On Sep 19, 8:27*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On Sep 19, 6:38*pm, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\09\19 18:05, Matthew Dickinson wrote:

Merseytravel have followed the trend for marine-named smartcards by
introducing the Walrus card

http://www.walruscard.com/index.asp

That's actually a Beatles theme!

London should have had the Jellied Eel card of course.

The Cockel Card scans rather better though.