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Will you be a Spod volunteer DG, your vast knowledge of the Underground system would be invaluable, or are you able to see this latest idea for what it really is?
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Tee hee. More of this and you could be in line to become an LU strategy wonk DG.
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Brilliant! Almost believable.
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Agree with Waterhouse! Be careful, someone will steal this idea..
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perhaps we should arm Spods with spades to dig out the concrete at Victora?
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As the London Olympics were a great success partly due to the volunteer London Ambassadors and Gamemakers perhaps having some trained volunteers who love the tube network might be a good idea.
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Just about believeable until "Semi-Professional Operating Deputies". But why not, eh?
TfL shop? Is that at the Transport Museum? |
Excellent!
Straight from the newsroom at 'Newsbiscuit'. (newsbicuit.com) It adds to my conviction that there is not one Diamond Geezer but several - surely no one person can have such a range of interests AND visit so many places AND hold down a full-time job? |
Indeed, a colleague (tongue-in-cheek) thinks I'm DG - it's true that he often goes to where I've been or am planning to be, sometimes only a day or so apart.
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Sounds exactly like what's already happening on the waterways.
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And the libraries.
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I was about to launch into a rant about the economic problems of using unpaid volunteers over paid employees, until I got to SPOD and noticed the irony flag waving madly!
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I got completely overexcited by the first paragraph, then "oh...it's satire" *disappointed sigh*
I am *such* a Spod! Excellent post as always, DG :) |
they know the difference between 1972 Stock and 1974 Stock
Please sir, I know the difference. 1972 tube stock exists and 1974 stock doesn't. But I bet you put that in deliberately to get a nerdy comment. dg writes: damn, I meant 1973 stock. I guess I just failed the entrance exam. |
i don't get it. what irony? are you being funny or something? the staff at the tube station where i hang out most days are glad of my help, and let me run the gateline whilst they go and make tea. Got to dash, i've lost my white socks i normally wear, and i need to find them before i head out to the trains today.
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Miaow! You know fine well that plenty of us, your loyal readers, could easily qualify as SPODs. Is this revenge for the constant low-level pedantry in your comments box whenever a rail-based article appears?
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Where do I sign up?!
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Station Customer Assistant Bodies would be a better title and they could wear clothing bearing the initials for easy identification too.
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Until relatively recently, I worked in TfL ivory towers. For most of the article, I actually thought this was genuine - until the names rang no bells. How many times have they offered you a job DG? I bet it's more than once...
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However Geoff doesn't tell them the quickest way to get to their destination, he tells them how to get there via another 268 stations.
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In the olden days SPOD was an acronym for the sexual problems of the disabled. I don't know the new one for it but I'm sure SPOD is now available for other use.
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Kim, maybe the Station Customer Assistant Bodies could assist the Passengers Requiring Assistance To Services?
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Fantastic! Easily my favourite part is "so long as we promise every Spod a free trip down Aldwych tube station once a year..."
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Argh! I hadn't clocked who's blog I was reading. You had me going for a minute.
Oh, and my middle name is Gullible. |
Upstairs at the tfl shop? Is that a reference to the museum proper?
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