http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26331 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26331/comment-page-1#comment-145715 Hyacinth Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26331#comment-145715 When I lived in London years ago, we used to think they did this just because there hadn't been a holiday in a while. I was fortunate enough to be able to stay home if public transportation wasn't running for whatever reason. Trying to cram all the Tube riders on the busses is impossible. Check out London on New Year's eve! When I lived in London years ago, we used to think they did this just because there hadn’t been a holiday in a while. I was fortunate enough to be able to stay home if public transportation wasn’t running for whatever reason. Trying to cram all the Tube riders on the busses is impossible. Check out London on New Year’s eve!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26331/comment-page-1#comment-145565 Nikki Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26331#comment-145565 The tube workers are utter cretins. I have heard that their starting wage is £24,000! I was travelling through London on Monday and would have been royally screwed if they were striking then, since I was on a tight schedule. They are so selfish; they don't think of anyone but their bank balances. The tube workers are utter cretins. I have heard that their starting wage is £24,000!
I was travelling through London on Monday and would have been royally screwed if they were striking then, since I was on a tight schedule. They are so selfish; they don’t think of anyone but their bank balances.

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