The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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Not funny...But I'm in a shit mood today, sorry.
Someone threw themselves in front of my tube home last night. The carriage I was in was in the tunnel and we had to break the emergency door lock thing to get out. Only no one said that it was a suicide, just that there'd been a serious incident and we all had to evacuate. Needless to say we all thought there'd been a bomb. So, a shit journey for all on the tube, for the woman on the platform who saw it happen, for the poor sod of a tube driver and for the person they had to remove from the track.
But thanks very much to the guy who got the emergency exit open, the other people in the carriage for being incredibly cool (despite the fact that I think everyone was freaking out a bit), the police for getting everyone out quickly and calmly and the nice Spanish lady at Hyde Park Corner who gave me a cigarette and directed me to where I could get the bus home. Much appreciated!
Can't even be bothered with a length joke. Meh.
(, Wed 13 Sep 2006, 13:00, Reply)
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