Saturday evening, I had a couple with four boxes of Gerbils on their way home from some sort of show. They took 10 with them and came back with about 15!
Somebody did once move a complete farm, apart from the buildings, by train.
Somebody did once move a complete farm, apart from the buildings, by train.
Apparently it also used to be common for whole circusses [circii?] - animals included - to move from town to town by train - usually on Sunday mornings.
Saturday evening, I had a couple with four boxes of Gerbils on their way home from some sort of show. They took 10 with them and came back with about 15!
Had a passnger with a snake in a box once (only realised when they were getting off), a passenger regulary gets on with her turtle in a cat box. Also had a lad with a small tank with two bearded dragons in with a complete set up.
I think they bought themThat was fast breeding!
Apparently it also used to be common for whole circusses [circii?] - animals included - to move from town to town by train - usually on Sunday mornings.
Surely there must've been another one unless these poor elephants were loaded at Kensington Olympia, taken around the country on trains, then unloaded again at Kensington OlympiaI seem to remember being told that Kensington Olympia station, was the only station in the UK with a dedicated elephant dock.
Surely there must've been another one unless these poor elephants were loaded at Kensington Olympia, taken around the country on trains, then unloaded again at Kensington Olympia
*gets coat*
I used to work in Munich, Germany
I used to come "home" (UK, for me) for Christmas but not all of the ex-pat community did. I got told this tale when I got back after New Year.
A group of mostly English speakers decided to have a traditional UK/Ireland Christmas dinner on Christmas day. The centrepiece was to be a Turkey with all the trimmings. They had a suitable venue with an oven but none of them had access to a car.
Things did not quite go to plan I gather:
On Christmas eve they collected the turkey from a butcher's and conveyed it to the venue by U-Bahn (Munich's Underground).
They prepared the turkey and stuffing etc., put it in the oven. The oven did not work!
One of the group said they could use the oven at their place. The oven-ready turkey-with-trimmings is covered in foil and taken on the U-Bahn to said individual's digs. The turkey would not fit in the oven!
Another of the group said that it would fit in the oven at their place. Another U-Bahn ride for the turkey. This time everything worked to plan except that the turkey took ages to cook.
It is now Christmas day. They take the hot, freshly roasted turkey on the U-Bahn back to the venue where it is belatedly enjoyed by all.
I think some of the journeys involved changing U-Bahn lines at different levels and so-on.
I can just imagine the Muncheners on the U-Bahn thinking "These foreigners are crazy" :roll:
Good times
"How quickly can you take this cooked turkey to every Zone 1 London Underground station?" I can see a challenge coming on!
"How quickly can you take this cooked turkey to every Zone 1 London Underground station?" I can see a challenge coming on!
No livestock allowed on LUL! LOL!