Badges

[emmie]

I now have three, didn't get that many when i was in the Brownies. x x

[Psybbo]

Surely that's the point, silliness is fun

[mike11111]

!I had to have words with the steward on East Coast mainline who thought I didn't look worthy of a first class ticket. bitch."

Oh good heavens! That takes me back to 1969 when, as a young airman, I was travelling home on leave from Bristol to Newcastle, one hell of a journey even in those days. As the train had started from Penzance it was choc a bloc by the time it got to Bristol, and the the only place I could find to sit was on my suitcase in the corridor. My ticket must have been checked at least four times between Bristol and Sheffield. At Sheffield there was a changeover of crew and when the new ticket inspector came along and checked my ticket (which he could recognise as being of RAF origin, and obviously an ex-RAF guy himself), said, "Blimey, mate, have you been sitting in the corridor all the way from Bristol?"

I replied, "Yes, all the seats are taken".

He said, "Come with me, I'll put you in first class, don't worry"

He then led me to a first class compartment which was empty, save for a little old lady reading her book. She looked for all the world like Miss Marple as depicted by Joan Hickson, but without the charm. As I heaved my case onto the luggage rack she lifted her eyes from her book, lowered her specs and said, "Excuse me, young man, but this is a first class compartment. Do you have a first class ticket?"

I replied, "No, missus, but I have a friend who is a ticket inspector!"

If looks could kill, but she said nothing more till I got off the train.

[DTCwordfan]

Mike, buy cheap, travel cheap.

The standard conversation in Penzance, at the ticket counter, being:

"I would like a return ticket, Madame." (or "Sir")

"Where to, Sir?"

"To here, where else would I bleddy well go."

[petal54]

badges seem a popular theme today

[petal54]

what can we do with badges?if?when we get 10,do we get som sweets?

[emmie]

petal what a good idea.

[DTCwordfan]

You get another badge, petal, decorated with marigolds and cake.

[emmie]

i still have three, if you get four, seems something to be proud of, do you get as petal has suggested something for it, T shirt would be nice, emblazoned with the girl done good.. x

[DTCwordfan]

I'll have to grow boobs then if I am going to wear a tee that says "the girl's done good."

[emmie]

don;t you have them already, manboobs or whatever they are called. Perhaps the team could do a T shirt with the boy done good, sure that would please you.

[DTCwordfan]

lol......got to be going in a few mins - have a good day

[gness]

Oi!! Sunny-Dave!! I have two badges.....one earned when I was tucked up in bed!
How' that? x