So let me guess
The Channel Tunnel now has a traffic jam of ostriches and you have to deal with the resulting complaints. Serves them right for putting a big pile of bird-seed in the middle of the tunnel.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 20:44, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Oh, don't say that. We're doing well so far this month - no delays more than an hour!
I will be amused if I get into work tomorrow and that's on the alert screen, though...
( Maladicta, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 20:45, Reply)

But these are cartoon ostriches
They can eat birdseed at lightning pace and be done in just a few seconds. The delays may be short, but the backlog will be huge.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 20:48, Reply)

D: I hate backlogs!
We had the mother of them all this time last year and I was begging the boss to get me some temps...
( Maladicta, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 20:54, Reply)

Was this when one of the tunnels was b0rked?
This coincided nicely with my move back to UK after having previously lived on the continent. And to make things even more awkward that day, all the trains were taking bizarre routes.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 21:06, Reply)

Oh yes. Don't talk to me about reaccommodations and the amended timetable.
Mal does not like. I would fireproof the tunnel myself to never be that stressed again!
( Maladicta, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 21:16, Reply)

I now have a mental image of Maladicta strapped to the front of a Eurostar train with a spray-gun spraying fire-retardant foam everywhere as she goes along.

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 21:26, Reply)

Works for me!
hur hur hur, you said retard
( Maladicta, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 21:34, Reply)