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By: Monozygote

Monozygote — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:53:32 +0000

Well, I don’t know how you can be travelling on the Circle line and not have seen a ticket inspector. They work in pairs. Ok, I haven’t seen many in the last year or so, but I’ve seen them nab plenty of people, and have a try at me. Never a pigeon though.

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By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:10:17 +0000

Did you really do the “I’m sorry Mr Pigeon…” out loud? God I hope so.

By: Kerri

Kerri — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:38:19 +0000

The lazy little bugger, in my day pigeons used to get around by using their wings!

By: sooz

sooz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:33:34 +0000

Briliant Mr Angry! *applauds*

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:47:49 +0000

Fantastically hilarious!! The guy on the tube had obviously had a sense of humour bypass. Although maybe he was just having a post traumatic tube stress flashback. I have only been on the london underground twice and was equally petrified and squashed both times. There was no room for even a very small pigeon, let alone enough breathing space for witty repartee.

By: ie

ie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:28:04 +0000

Ok, well don’t ban me from the site, but that was just damn cute!
Here in Las Vegas we have no such make-sense things like trains (although we do have a scuzzy bus system) and you will not make it past the front doors without proper change (or so I have heard, don’t even think I will ride one of those things, even if there is a chance for a pigeon-waiting-for-the-doors-to-open opportunity I will be missing).

By: clarissa

clarissa — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:13:26 +0000

Funny. I just posted this week about the fact that in the span of 5 days I witnessed ticket checkers two times on the Central Line and once on the 414 bus.

By: Ladyshambles

Ladyshambles — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:47:31 +0000

That pigeon wasn’t scrotty enough to be heading for Trafalgar Square. All that white plummage? Nelson’s diehards would duff him up in seconds. I expect he was off to meet some bird for a fancy dinner up west.

By: skinnyskinny

skinnyskinny — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:35:36 +0000

probably got off at the wrong stop because he doesn’t speak the lingo. It’s hard to get by on pigeon English.

By: TheBoy

TheBoy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:46 +0000

I suspect he was actually a ticket inspector in disguise. You probably missed his miniature oyster card reader. Either that or he was heading to the British Library. That’s where they all went after Red Ken scared them away from Trafalgar Square.

By: gnarlyswine

gnarlyswine — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:31:05 +0000

I hope you have the decency to smell of piss and alcohol , and act in a manner that suggests repressed violence and mental issues (beyond the obvious)when you strike up conversations on public transport. Or Is it only me every time I get on a bus , tube or train. My favourite would be from Edinburgh to Kings Cross with as a raving psycho sat next to me telling me about his time in the SAS and the people further down the carriage tailing him. Pretending to sleep – with one eye open, for four and a half hours is hard(yes I know – this was a few years ago when they occasionaly ran as timetabled).

By: Léonie

Léonie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:35 +0000

Does mentally telling people who push me to fuck off count as talking to people on the tube?

I think he was going to get a ticket, but in the end he was late so he thought he’d just wing it.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:36:04 +0000

Have you been to Trafalgar Square lately?? Nary a pigeon to be seen, thanks to the morning hawker…

By: GH

GH — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:21:38 +0000

How do you know he didn’t want GPS? Maybe he was visiting friends or the hospital or something? I mean, this is a city pigeon, they probably know their way round better than black cab drivers!

PS I will be in Windsor on Saturday, so will keeping a look out for old men pushing bikes, berating shop assistants or consumer activists taking pictures of dodgy pigeons. Do you have any suggestions what else I should be out there looking for, Mr A?

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:56:11 +0000

Can’t believe you survived a brush with an inner city pigeon.

By: Todger

Todger — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:25:52 +0000

You have failed your country. This pigeon was clearly a terrorist in disguise. We are constantly reminded when travelling on the tube to report anything suspiscous to the transport police, and a terrorist disguised as a pigeon is definitely catagorised as ’suspiscious’ in my book. You should have followed the example of the metropolitan police and shot it on sight before it had a chance to prove it’s innocence.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:47:46 +0000

excellent- this is the best post i have seen in ages!! i though it was quite acceptable to wonder where he kept his oyster card! if you had said that to me i probably would have wet myself laughing! i know i am easily pleased!!