Posted by: creativerajat | September 1, 2008

London Tube – A spectacular place !!!

 

Its been few months now that I have been travelling in London Tube , and everyday I experience something which is my first time in life . My todays experience was meeting someone dressed as one of our ancient soldiers . Dressed in black high heeled shoes with a leather belt and body -pierced in ears , eyes, nose our Mr Brave , aged about 40, sat down coolly sporting visible muscles, apparently oblivious of the silent stares generated among his curious fellow passengers. I admired his high sense of modern fashion , he had a dyed brownish hair erupting from back of his bald head and extending till his waist over his greenish robe. Only missing thing was perhaps his sword. My eyes could not stop rolling over him  . I regretted missing my camera  else it would have fetched a good photogenic moment.. This made me think that organizing a Rapid-fire fashion show in London tube and giving spot awards for the most interesting dressed ones can be a great business idea. Anyone ready to sponsor this ? :)

The most visible sight about tube commuters is reading books and magazine. Coming from a different country, I find this a good cultural symbol. Even in the rush hour in the morning, I find girls mostly lost in two things, one their beauty-kit or reading a last bit of their crime thriller squeezing between two already pressed passengers. The men I find mostly sleeping  or glancing through “Metro”, the daily tabloid.

The tube drivers I guess are the most courteous of all. For every minute of a delay in journey, they apologise to the passengers 3 times. There is one line in London tube which I guessed have heard a million times by now. Guess the Line !…….Well it is the line “Mind the Gap”. I remember on my initial arrival days I use to feel intrigued by the fact “ why they are repeating the single line so many times ? ” I have seen 5 times more gap between the train and the station in my country, but never there was ever an announcement being made for that.

The advertisements in the tube are really cool ones . The advertisements claim to do wonders they can help anyone overweight to reduce their weight 50% in 30 days. . Whether you have a broken roof, u need a blind date , need a lowest cost car insurance , or beautifying your body parts , there is a solution for all. Luckily I did not think of verifying those yet.

Overall it is a good experience for me and I look forward for posting my new stories soon :)

Cartoon by Andy Vine from my main site


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