Apparently
If you knock a station master over while he is opening up the barriers at an old fashioned manual rail crossing, you are legally obliged to take over his job and life FOREVER.

FACT.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:10, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I can see the advantage if his wife is hot, his house large and grand and his children well-behaved and talented.
Otherwise I cannot.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:11, Reply)

All of that matters not a jot
The law is the law. Knock down a station master - the Fat Controller, if you will - and your life is OVER.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:14, Reply)

Well, it would matter to me
If I knew of a station master with such assets, I might well knock the blighter down with my traction engine. Otherwise I should be careful not to, the risk of his humdrum life becoming mine being quite a firm deterrent.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:15, Reply)

Humdrum?
Not with manual barriers. Every day is a dance with death.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:17, Reply)

Yes, but what would I go home to?
After a hard day gambling my very life upon the timely raising or lowering of the barrier, would I be welcomed into my comfortable suburban detached by a doting Christina Hendricks-lookalike and two angelic children, or would I push open the creaking wooden door of a stone hovel, to have my safe return acknowledged in indifferent grunt by a fearsome australopithecine harridan by the name of Bertha?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:21, Reply)

There's the gamble
If you intend to knock a station master down with your traction engine you had better ensure a thorough knowledge of his circumstances.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:23, Reply)

Well, with no guarantee of a job after I escape this place,
I may as well spend a bit of my spare time snooping round the nearest level crossing.

May need to acquire a traction engine as well...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:27, Reply)

Never let it be said that b3ta is useless
A whole new career awaits you.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:32, Reply)

Bonjour madame.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:33, Reply)

^ that's French.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:33, Reply)

Bonsoir monsieur.
Comment?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:37, Reply)

What indeed.


I'm fuckin' A1 tip-top at the mo. Are you? And your charming chap?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:39, Reply)

We are all fine here.
He's currently very happy as he serviced his forks last night - much grease and oil for lubing up. I had to help by ramming the spongy rings back into place. That was a joyous five minutes I can tell you.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:41, Reply)

Sorry - I have to go.
My euphemism-ometer has gone into meltdown. I'm heading for a Fukushima-style innuendo leak if I don't secure the perimeter immediately.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 May 2011, 17:42, Reply)