Malcolm & Nika wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:

Mrs Redboots...thats the way the old urban myths start isnt it? You can say
anything you like but put a proviso on it...soon its repeated without the
proviso...just like the story about the 52 days holidays, its not true but
hey it sounds good.
Think i'll start a few myself......
I did hear that the public sometimes - and I'm sure this can't be true in
all cases........
Insert anything here.

As I said, it may not be true today but was, I believe, in the 1970s.
If your union is governed by New-Labour-voting moderates - but I don't
believe it is!
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"Mrs Redboots"
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