please empty your brain below
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OK I admit it. I did think you had made it up.
ganching | Homepage | 11.09.17 - 7:11 a.m. | #
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I literally have no idea if this is true or not.
Tom | 11.09.17 - 7:21 a.m. | #
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I was vainly hoping a change of mayor might do something about the dangleway. Clearly not.
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 11.09.17 - 7:25 a.m. | #
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Surely it should be 'our regular commuter' rather than commuters
Euan BCFC | 11.09.17 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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I did assume this was a typical DG spoof, even to the point that when hovering over the links to reveal the URLs, I thought they were obviously-fake web addresses.
shirokazan | 11.09.17 - 7:39 a.m. | #
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Perhaps they'll be a special display of Lady Penelope's millinery at the hat museum.
Still anon | 11.09.17 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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Anyone sparing a thought for the terminal staff who will have to hear the same music throughout their working day? And was there a Thunderbirds adventure in which a cable car full (ha!) of passengers needs rescuing before the cable snaps?
Waterhouse | 11.09.17 - 7:59 a.m. | #
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Thunderbird 0 (passengers going on the thing at midday on a weekday)
EonLeader | 11.09.17 - 8:03 a.m. | #
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So, they are only running 5 cabins during this period? Will they be able to keep up with the inevitable spike in demand, we ask?
Or will we have Thunderbird 17 and 31 and so on?
Andrew | 11.09.17 - 8:20 a.m. | #
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Think of the fun you could have with all those other press releases you make a point of ignoring!
100andthirty | 11.09.17 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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Classic episode 'The Cham Cham' featured Lady Penelope, Tin-Tin and Parker in a runaway cablecar, rescued just in time by Thunderbird 2.
Don't expect to see this clip in the on-board video montage.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 11.09.17 - 8:22 a.m. | #
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Ha! Poor old Gordon.
Kevin | 11.09.17 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Three cheers for Thunderbird 2! Does anyone know Which pod they used in the rescue?
scrumpy | 11.09.17 - 8:41 a.m. | #
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More important, are the original shows on TV anywhere these days?
scrumpy | 11.09.17 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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The original series are on Amazon on dvd and Blu-ray.
dg writes: HMV, DVD, £17.99
Joho | 11.09.17 - 9:14 a.m. | #
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As a Dave Fisher myself, I have to know... is "TfL Head Of Cable Car" a real title, and if so, does my namesake really hold it?
dg writes: Here's Dave Fisher's LinkedIn profile.
Formerly Head of Operations on the London Eye.
David Fisher | 11.09.17 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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Well I'm going! That's me convinced. Now, if they have helicopter rides through the gap in Tower Bridge like they did in the live action film...
Uncle Audrey | 11.09.17 - 10:17 a.m. | #
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I'm only having the Lady Penelope cocktail if the glass is shot out of my hand by a machine-gun mounted in the radiator grill of a pink Rolls-Royce as I bend to drink it.
Uncle Audrey | 11.09.17 - 10:18 a.m. | #
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@scrumpy
No pod required - the rescue was achieved using T2's grabs (and Parker's umbrella).
timbo | 11.09.17 - 10:20 a.m. | #
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F.A.B DG
Grumpy Anon | 11.09.17 - 11:15 a.m. | #
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Thank you for writing the last paragraph in this post, because until that I did think it was a wind up, but a quick google search confirmed it is not! Oh dear.
On another note see "Oh Dearism" by Adam Curtis. That pretty well sums it up.
Mark | 11.09.17 - 11:46 a.m. | #
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For once I knew this wasn't a spoof. I'd seen something about Thunderbirds and the Dangleway so it was more "oh DG's blogging about that today". You almost have to admire the things people dream up to part the gullible from their money. 5 years on and I still haven't been on the Dangleway - along with cycle hire the only regular "services" TfL provide that I've never used.
PC | 11.09.17 - 2:53 p.m. | #
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Oh. My. God.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
Cornish Cockney | 11.09.17 - 3:58 p.m. | #
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Dear Mr Geezer
Whatever your views of the Airline are, it is totally unacceptable to knock Thunderbirds.
That is all I have to say, except that I had already marked it in my diary to make sure I have a ride on the Airline whilst the Thunderbirds promotion is on.
Geoff Lumley | 11.09.17 - 6:22 p.m. | #
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Very much a 'day satire died' piece!
TVM.
Chris | 11.09.17 - 8:24 p.m. | #
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DAve Fisher "Head of Operations on the London Eye" - the Dangleway has got a lot of catching up to do in terms of themed on-board attractions then. Do they do tonsils and bunions?
Waterhouse | 12.09.17 - 7:38 a.m. | #
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A fine London tourist atraction. Well done Boris!
Agent Z | 12.09.17 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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I think the saddest thing is that I didn't think it was made up when I started reading it. I believed someone could actually set about doing this....
Paul | 12.09.17 - 1:33 p.m. | #
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It's now 21st September, and all of this has come to pass.
• The pods have numbers stuck on the outside, along with cartoon vinyl characters.
• Both terminals have been sporadically decorated, including a Tracy Island cut-out across the lower window at North Greenwich, and a giant Thunderbird 2 up in the boarding area.
• Themed announcements are playing over the PA.
• The Lady Penelope afternoon tea is already being shared on Instagram.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 21.09.17 - 7:14 p.m. | #
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