Greater Anglia not amused by prank stickers (From Essex County Standard)
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Greater Anglia not amused by prank stickers
2:54pm Monday 22nd October 2012 in News By James Cox
Greater Anglia not amused by prank stickers
PRANK stickers designed to look like official warning notices are appearing on Greater Anglia trains.
The humorous transfers have been spotted on services between Ipswich and London.
In one instance, a sticker in the train toilets read: “Press handle downwards to flush. Do not use in stations, except in Ipswich”.
Another urges passengers to pull the emergency lever, claiming that it pours gravy on the driver’s sausages.
The train operator is warning passengers that anyone spotted putting up the stickers could be fined.
Full story in the Gazette.
Comments(25)
seikothrill
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4:17pm Mon 22 Oct 12
seikothrill
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4:17pm Mon 22 Oct 12
Im_Like_HELLO
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6:34pm Mon 22 Oct 12
jammin
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8:31am Tue 23 Oct 12
thecapedcrusader69
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9:32am Tue 23 Oct 12
romantic
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10:59am Tue 23 Oct 12
I notice that they are starting to go a bit "mainstream" (having an article in the Mail about it is as mainstream as you can get). I hope that people keep it creative and humorous. The whole thing is that you have to do a bit of a double-take because they look like real signs. They bring a smile to people´s faces, and that´s no mean feat on the Tube.
Arthur Fonzarelli
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11:21am Tue 23 Oct 12
ColchesterBelgian
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11:38am Tue 23 Oct 12
DShep
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12:55pm Tue 23 Oct 12
pjhrt
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12:58pm Tue 23 Oct 12
wardyt
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1:31pm Tue 23 Oct 12
DShep wrote:I was born there and it is!
seikothrill: Ipswich is not a 'SH**Hole' as you put it, it has better shops, better public transport (i.e. park and ride) and a better road system
PROOFREADER
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2:06pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Allan Whitehead
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6:03pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Nonsense story, then it is getting like our Government past its sell by date. If some lunatic wishes to waste his /her money and time making and posting these idiotic signs then so, be it.
It is the responsibility of the company who is having its property defaced who should be doing something about it. Publicity will only give the perpetrators some recognition and that will encourage them to carry on.
The columns of the gazette should be being filled with more enterprising news,
Like when are the roads a walkways going to repaired, then keep the pressure up until some positive action is taken.
zt00013
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11:17am Wed 24 Oct 12
Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.
wardyt
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11:29am Wed 24 Oct 12
zt00013 wrote:Agreed
@ Allan Whitehead Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.
Allan Whitehead
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11:34am Wed 24 Oct 12
zt00013 wrote:Did not wish to offend anyone I know the “DANDY COMIC” is coming to an end. Nevertheless, I prefer papers to have cartoon strips rather than fill their columns with useless information.
@ Allan Whitehead
Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.
Allan Whitehead
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11:42am Wed 24 Oct 12
wardyt wrote:Did not wish to offend anyone I know the “DANDY COMIC” is coming to an end. Nevertheless, I prefer papers to have cartoon strips rather than fill their columns with useless information.”
zt00013 wrote:Agreed
@ Allan Whitehead Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.
wardyt
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11:51am Wed 24 Oct 12
Allan Whitehead wrote:How very grown up of you to resort to insults. Its a local newspaper, get over yourself.
wardyt wrote:Did not wish to offend anyone I know the “DANDY COMIC” is coming to an end. Nevertheless, I prefer papers to have cartoon strips rather than fill their columns with useless information.”zt00013 wrote: @ Allan Whitehead Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.Agreed
Allan Whitehead
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12:07pm Wed 24 Oct 12
wardyt wrote:Sorry if you consider the truth to be an insult I was just stating a fact!
Allan Whitehead wrote:How very grown up of you to resort to insults. Its a local newspaper, get over yourself.
wardyt wrote:Did not wish to offend anyone I know the “DANDY COMIC” is coming to an end. Nevertheless, I prefer papers to have cartoon strips rather than fill their columns with useless information.”zt00013 wrote: @ Allan Whitehead Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.Agreed
I have accepted your comments wholly. Yet I did not consider you’re insulting. We both have our own views of what local newspapers should print. I trust that you will hopefully have more of these amusing uneventful columns professing news.
We're not singing anymore!!!
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1:31pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Allan Whitehead wrote:You're stating a fact !!! I thought we lived in a country with democracy. Meaning equality. This could also be taken as reporting on good and bad news, funny and serious news etc...
wardyt wrote:Sorry if you consider the truth to be an insult I was just stating a fact! I have accepted your comments wholly. Yet I did not consider you’re insulting. We both have our own views of what local newspapers should print. I trust that you will hopefully have more of these amusing uneventful columns professing news.Allan Whitehead wrote:How very grown up of you to resort to insults. Its a local newspaper, get over yourself.wardyt wrote:Did not wish to offend anyone I know the “DANDY COMIC” is coming to an end. Nevertheless, I prefer papers to have cartoon strips rather than fill their columns with useless information.”zt00013 wrote: @ Allan Whitehead Lighten up mate, I quite enjoy seeing a funny slice of news to break the day and the somewhat boring and familiar stories that appear in the Gazette.Agreed
While you may not enjoy a light hearted story, others do. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, which you have expressed yours. It doesn't mean that you are right or wrong.
As you've suggested anyone wanting light hearted/joke stories should read a comic. Perhaps you won't mind when I suggest that instead of reading local papers, you should try reading a dictionary or maybe an encyclopdia. That is pretty serious stuff.
P.S If you start with the dictionary, may I suggest you look up Sense of Humour.
irememberwhen
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3:01pm Wed 24 Oct 12
EssexBoy1956
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9:29pm Wed 24 Oct 12
We're not singing anymore!!!
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10:32pm Wed 24 Oct 12
EssexBoy1956 wrote:Look it up online on the Oxford dictionary.
Democracy doesn't mean equality. You're thinking of communism, where everyone is equal ( except some are more equal than others ).
One of the definitions : the practice or principles of social equality:
icecoolmark
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1:59pm Mon 29 Oct 12
SOMETHING2SAY says...
4:13pm Mon 22 Oct 12