Attention: Platform 7.
There has been a delay
On train A13
To Smudgers Bay.
It is now expected
Next Thursday.
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Attention: Platform 7.
There has been a delay on the delay.
Train A13, expected tomorrow,
Is now due in May.
So sit back, relax,
And enjoy your stay.
***
Attention: Platform 7.
We're certainly keen
To restore our delays to their usual time,
In ten years - or fifteen.
We'd like to personally thank you:
What a great audience you've been.
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Attention: Platform 7.
There is - ha ha - no train.
It's all been - ha ha ha - a little joke
To make you wait in the rain.
We apologise for any convenience caused.
Now you can go home again.
Ah, yes: isn't public transport a wonderful thing?
It seems as though public transportation IS the same everywhere.
ReplyDeleteHey, at least it's reliable in its unreliability.
ReplyDeleteI think the best thing to do is to turn up at a train station at a completely random time, and if you're lucky, the train will turn up for you, then and there. It's worth a try ...
To be fair, I wrote this post when we had the Commonwealth Games, which made things rather difficult.