"Mr. Sopwith, aren't you in fact a train spotter? Don't you in fact spot trains?"

"Oh, you're no fun anymore."

Is it just me or does it seem like Monty Python and Blazing Saddles are prerequesites for railroading?

"Somebody better ride back into town and bring back a sh**load of dimes!" ;-)))

"We damn near lost a $25 handcar..........................."

P@ss on you i work for Mel Brooks!!

OK, here we go......once again, the devil made me do it....

"Is that a PLEDGE PIN I see on your coveralls????"

To take apage out of yet ANOTHER book, (or movie that is..)

From Von Ryans Express when Frank Sinatra and crew comandeer the train. The scene is on the footplate of the engine with the Italian engine driver who's fireman has been shot and killed. Sinatra tells the British Saregent to take over the driving, The Italinan driver crosses his arm in defiance and won't give up his engine. Then Sinatra needs a fireman when another British POW step up as says:

"I can stoke the boiler sir. I know a bit about steam"

(C = customer, O = owner)
(owner of the pet shop, remember?)


O: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in Bolton, he'll replace the parrot for you.

C: Bolton, eh? Very well.

The customer leaves.

The customer enters the same pet shop. The owner is putting on a false moustache.

C: This is Bolton, is it?

O: (with a fake mustache) No, it's Ipswitch.

C: (looking at the camera) That's inter-city rail for you.

The customer goes to the train station.

He addresses a man standing behind a desk marked "Complaints".

C: I wish to complain, British-Railways Person.

Attendant: I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS JOB, YOU KNOW!!!

C: I beg your pardon...?

A: I'm a qualified brain surgeon! I only do this job because I like being my own boss!

C: Excuse me, this is irrelevant, isn't it?

A: Yeah, well it's not easy to pad these python files out to 200 lines, you know.

C: Well, I wish to complain. I got on the Bolton train and found myself deposited here in Ipswitch.

A: No, this is Bolton.

C: (to the camera) The pet shop man's brother was lying!!

A: Can't blame British Rail for that.

C: In that case, I shall return to the pet shop!

He does.

C: I understand this IS Bolton.

O: (still with the fake mustache) Yes?

C: You told me it was Ipswitch!

O: ...It was a pun.

C: (pause) A PUN?!?

O: No, no...not a pun...What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards?

C: (Long pause) A palindrome...?

O: Yeah, that's it!

C: It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob"!! It don't work!!

O: Well, what do you want?

C: I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly!

Sergeant-Major: Quite agree, quite agree, too silly, far too silly...

How many of you Monty Python Circus Train fans have seen this skit?

http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode24.htm#5

I have to admit, I wasn't laughing as I watched it. I kept thinking "So what's so funny about this? Sounds like a normal discussion to me....."

:Oh, I GET IT... They're making fun of me.... D'oh!

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I see the Eggnog is flowing freely here these days. does it get worse?
Yes, because I am going to drink some too...
If only Hume allowed Smilies......
Or even allowed Eriks........................

Heritic

You just have to use "old school" smilies... ;-)

How about Eric the Half a Bee?

Try these emoticons, imported from Japan: (^_^)