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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

I asked a bunch of people "If you had to be a London Underground train driver, which line would you choose to drive on?"

In my view, the sensible people said the Metropolitan line. As Helen put it "The Met without doubt. It goes outside more than the other lines, is less prone to tourists and piss heads, and you can drive for longer stretches without stopping cos the stations are far apart." Precisely. As McGuinness says "Metropolitan, obviously."

Johan and Kev did note that the Waterloo and City line only runs on weekdays so you'd get weekends off. Is that a good enough reason to limit yourself to just two stations and shuttling back and forth?

Some people, namely Mark and Polly, said that they would choose the Northern Line because it is the line they live on.

A few people said the Jubilee Line for varying reasons including that it is newer and that "The trains sound like space ships" from James Schmidt. Some mentioned that the Jubilee goes above ground and gave that as a reason. But it doesn't really compare to the Metropolitan for its outside stretches.

Michael showed exquisite knowledge of the tube when asked which line he'd like to drive on and replied "The blue one".

Susanne simply said that she wouldn't work on any line! Are we missing anything? Comment below - which is the best tube line to drive on?

Is the future looking back?

Heart Shaped Crisp

A lovely woman sent me this picture. I was touched, until I realised she'd cc'd it to some other people.
Life is a bag of potatoes....

Nutella Snack and Drink

My Ma and Pa went to Italy on holiday recently and brought me back this fantastic snack device from Nutella!
Its a combo in the style of chocolate spread and biscuit dips that we've seen before on UK shores, but they've jimmied in a compartment for some refreshing lemon tea.

This is a good combo, as the tea is not too sweet and is very refreshing when placed with the thick and gludgy chocolate spread.
Of course, the make or break factor if sold here would be the price. If this was around the 75p mark I would probably indulge.

It doesn't appear to be available in the Uk, indeed doesn't look like a product that we'd tend to get here. If you'd like to know more and can read Italien, you can view this nice flash page about Nutella Snack and Drink.
True to European form, the name of the product is in English despite not being able to buy it in England. Why are they so keen on using the English language??