Unlucky fella from work...
Back in 2005 one of our guys working in the London office I think had the worst luck.

I'm sorry to post this a bit, I hope some don't see it in bad taste, but it may just make you reflect that your trauma really isn't all that bad..

The guy went for his morning commute in July. Got to the tube station, getting down to the tube and one of the July bombs went off... he gets evacuated.

You think phew, that's a lucky escape isn't it?

Unfortunately not. He then gets on a bus to go to work. Yes, you may be thinking... he got on the bus that exploded in Tavistock Square. Unfortunately he was one of the 52 fatalities of that day.

I remember being at a comedy gig and one of the comedians was taking the piss out of the bombings, then he asked the audience if anyone had any experience of the bombings as he was swearing at the Council for stopping public transport for the day...

I told him that story. The room went kinda quiet. No witty retort from said comedian.

So whenever I have a bad commute with screaming babies, drunk people, snoring people, over-cramped carriages, I just think of the poor bloke from work that died and quite frankly, I've got nothing to be miffed at.
(Wildchild, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 20:46, 43 replies)

I've never understood
Why comedians want to make light of things like that. I don't really care what your politics are, or whether you agree with the "motivation."

Somebody died. What's funny about that?
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:13, closed)

That's a horrible bit of bad luck
*frowns*

"Somebody died. What's funny about that?"
Depends how they died, surely?
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:16, closed)

^^
If Linda Barker was strung up, slit down the middle and left to drip-dry over her own shitty furniture, that would make me laugh.

"It can railly make a differeunce t' yaw huuume!"
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:33, closed)

^ YES!
I'm glad you grasped my point so eagerly.
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:38, closed)

^^
Yeah, any ironic death is good.
Like the Queen being mauled by a Corgi, or Simon Cowell being strangled by his waistline, or Diana hitting a concrete wall with an Egyptians cock in her mouth......Er, that last wasn't ironic; just funny.

I hasten to add I'm not attempting to cheapen or mock Wildchild's friend's unfortunate demise.
It reminds of the bloke who survived the Horishima bomb and was moved to a hospital. In Nagasaki.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:49, closed)

"It reminds of the bloke who survived the Horishima bomb and was moved to a hospital. In Nagasaki."
Damn...
That's horrible too *frowns*
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 21:51, closed)

Or irony of ironies
That gun campaigning wifey who was stabbed to death the other day. Tragic but ironic.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 4 Jun 2008, 22:52, closed)

I burst out laughing
When I read the story about her, yeah.

Then had to explain it to the people in my office.
They worry about me...
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:07, closed)

Not just me then?
And I've been feeling guilty about sniggering when I read that story...

But then when I think about it, I shouldn't be surprised to find a similar frame of mind around here!
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:13, closed)

^ Yep, you're
Not alone.
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:14, closed)

Really?!
*starts checking under the bed*

*whimpers nervously*
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:16, closed)

Awh!
You can stay with me tonight if you like?

If you pass The Test...
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:18, closed)

The Test?!
Erm....

Much as I'd love to stay with you, that sounds a bit ominous!


What is The Test?!
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:20, closed)

Are you male or female?
That is the test.
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:34, closed)

Female
Did I pass?!?!
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:36, closed)

Yes!
With flying colours.
*makes room for you in bed*
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:40, closed)

Go me!
Can I bring my teddy bear please?
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:42, closed)

Not enough room
Sorry.
It'll be conveniently cramped as it is.
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:45, closed)

Just you and me then
*starts to feel scared again*
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:49, closed)

It's ok
I've got a knife under the pillow in case anything bad happens.
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:50, closed)

That's
alright then.

What more could a girl ask for?!
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:51, closed)

To not
Spend the night with a knife-wielding maniac?
*grins*
( Cawl, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:53, closed)

Good point
But I do like a man with a bit of colour in his life.
(Moniker, Wed 4 Jun 2008, 23:55, closed)

Hmm...
*paints himself red*

*goes for the yawn/arm trick*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:01, closed)

Subtle.....
Smooth....

Perhaps waiting for the paint to dry would have been an idea though?
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:04, closed)

Yeah...
It really might have been.
Ah well.
*passes out from skin strangulation*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:06, closed)

Hello?
*prods Kaol gently with a big stick*
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:07, closed)

*cunningly awaits
mouth-to-mouth*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:16, closed)

cunning....
*prepares to use big stick*

*tests for tickly spots under the ribs*
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:21, closed)

*clenches*
*squeezes eyes shut*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:22, closed)

*grins evilly*
*takes a feather duster to Kaol's feet*
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:26, closed)

Oh dear...
That's quite enough foreplay...
*grins*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:31, closed)

Ahem
You're easily pleased then....

*smirks*
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:34, closed)

Ouch...
I don't think it would have worked out anyway between us...
unless you're into being tied up and threatened with knives
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:36, closed)

wow!
How did you know?!
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:37, closed)

OooooOOOOooooh...
It's fuckin' on...
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:39, closed)

Ace!
*looks round quickly for a way out the hole she suddenly seems to have dug herself*

*shrugs and grins*

I like an adventure.
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:44, closed)

*grins*
Nothing like an adventure eh?
*considers gaz-mailing you*

*gets cable ties*
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:47, closed)

Hold on
I'm sure I've got a couple of spare ties around here somewhere....
(Moniker, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:50, closed)

Kaol...
Is there anyone you don't flirt with?
(Belgaer is, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:53, closed)

Er...
Yeah.
The people who don't pass The Test.
( Cawl, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 0:58, closed)

I didn't pass...
And you still flirt with me.

Maybe it's just 'cause I'm so damn sexy. *flicks hair*
(Belgaer is, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 1:00, closed)

Sorry to question this, but...
If he died, then how do you know that he was initially about to board a tube train just as the bombs went off and it was evacuated? Did he call someone and tell them the story, and that he would then be taking the bus?
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 9:29, closed)