Friday, September 17, 2010

Mystery tour

A felicitous mishearing on the train:

"We will shortly arrive at Lancaster. This train will then become the service to Bahrein and Morecambe."

6 comments:

  1. Talk about taking the scenic route!

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  2. The best translation I can conjure is Barrow!

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  3. The twisty, pretty route?

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  4. Morecambe and Wise?

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  5. Must be all the sand. And the millionaires.

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  6. Courtesy requires that I point out that the station was Bare Lane. The guard's diction was even worse than mine.

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