‘In Pakistan you can walk across the track.’Hey, if it saves one life, right?
His death prompted his family and a local councillor to call for greater emphasis on rail-side warnings, especially in an age when more people are travelling to Britain to live and work.ARGHHHH! *hurls PC out of window* FFS!
Afterwards Mr Choudhary said: ‘What we have to do is make the public more aware of the dangers of people jumping onto the tracks.
‘A large number of people are coming from Europe, Asia and Africa and there needs to be a system to let the public know it’s dangerous.
‘The warnings have to be on the platform, in front of you.’In how many bloody different languages!!!??? And what's wrong with this?
They are at every train station I've ever visited...
"ARGHHHH! *hurls PC out of window* FFS! "
ReplyDeleteIt says a lot about a country when no matter whether 'PC' stands for 'personal computer','political correctness' or even 'police constable' that sentence remains the only sane response...
From the Wail .. "Teenager fatally electrocuted after putting his ear to live rail to listen to the tracks to see if his train was coming"
ReplyDeleteI know I'm going to hell for it but ... how can you not laugh?
Only warnings in English, or no warnings at all.
ReplyDeleteIt is common sense to know human body against 300 tons of steel you will come off worse, it they get killed it will be doing the gene pool the world of good.
It's a classic Darwin. The gene pool is sometimes a lot healthier for a bit of metaphorical bleach.
ReplyDeleteAdd it to the Life in the UK test for new citizens.
ReplyDeleteBunny
ReplyDeleteMy Fahrenheit has beaten me to it, classic Darwin Award. The live rail, a classic.
Finally Leg-Iron has a conclusive link between smoking and adverse health effects.
ReplyDeleteI asked a New Zealand rail worker why there were no fences along the railway. He answered ,"Because only a fool walks on a railway track,and its one way of getting rid of them".
ReplyDeleteGosh ! Could this be the first contestant / nominee for the 2014 Darwin Award ?
ReplyDeleteGood start if it is.
Obviously there are trains in Pakistan, but perhaps not electricity?
ReplyDeleteI suspect I will be accompanying Fidel to Hell.
ReplyDeleteI feel a bit sorry for his parents though, can't be nice learning the hard way how badly you brought up your child.
"A large number of people are coming from Europe, Asia and Africa and there needs to be a system to let the public know it’s dangerous"
ReplyDeleteThe people of Thailand seem to be able to co-exist with trains on a daily basis.
What warning sign? Where?
ReplyDeleteAn ignorant peasant might "think" those signs mean, "no black benders" & "watch out for lightning"!
ReplyDeleteThe American Indians used to put an ear to the rail.
ReplyDeleteDifferent train and a different Indian
"It says a lot about a country when no matter whether 'PC' stands for 'personal computer','political correctness' or even 'police constable' that sentence remains the only sane response..."
ReplyDeleteHeh!
"I know I'm going to hell for it but ..."
You'll have good company... ;)
"He answered ,"Because only a fool walks on a railway track,and its one way of getting rid of them"."
:D
"The people of Thailand seem to be able to co-exist with trains on a daily basis."
Good lord!