The Northern Line
Why is that unassuming little black line the biggest source of insanity this side of LSD?

Only on the Northern line have I come across the following:

* A roaring drunk, 6ft black transvestite blocking the doors loudly proclaiming his love for everyone in the carriage for a full five minutes before a deputation of bored and late passengers (including yours truly) physically threw him out onto the platform;

* The worst version of the Macarena ever created (yes, even worse than the original), by a smelly bearded man wearing a kilt and playing a banjo. The only person who gave him money was wearing an iPod, and thus was the only person on the carriage not to hear him;

* A man (looked in his 50's sober suit) who became so annoyed at the usual wait outside Morden station that he harangued a total stranger about it before screaming and banging his head on the doors. He had a bus to catch, apparently;

and...

* A bizarre incident involving my ex on the down escalators at Tooting Broadway. At the top we were sharing a hearty chuckle at a particularly thick woman who couldn't for the life of her figure out why holding her paper ticket to the Oyster reader wouldn't open the barriers, about halfway down she went a bit quiet, and at the bottom, she was furious at me, just growling at me to "fuck off" whenever I asked what the matter was. She ended up not talking to me for two days, never apologising, never explaining.

I guess the madness of the Northern Line got to her.
(Axeman Jim, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:01, 3 replies)

I don't think it is just the Northern Line...
For some reason when I went to London and got the tube, at the station I was fine, first few tube stops a bit "off" and then when we got of the Tube I stormed off - nope, I have no idea why either
(deadly_sinners, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:43, closed)

I really, really,
REALLY want to know what the problem with your ex was. Was it something in the conversation you were having? Were you berating the lady, and maybe said something that applied to her too? Or was it actually just Northern Line? CAN IT BE THAT SIMPLE??
(bacontrout got ska, Fri 30 May 2008, 19:20, closed)

Actually
It was because she was a bipolar cannabis addict with violent unpredictable mood swings. But that incident on the escalator was the fastest she ever did.
(Axeman Jim, Sat 31 May 2008, 0:55, closed)