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no more drinking on the tube :(

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  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    could imagine what a disaster it would be if we were allowed to drink on the subways?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Boygabriel wrote: could imagine what a disaster it would be if we were allowed to drink on the subways?
    brown bag!
  • carmen
    carmen
    I have definitely drank a sparks or two or five on the train "hiding" it in a brown bag. I am always already intoxicated at this time.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    alafairnadia wrote: [quote=Boygabriel]could imagine what a disaster it would be if we were allowed to drink on the subways?
    brown bag!

    true
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    For one night, the usual ritual of "mind the gap" became one of "mind a grope?"

    D'oh.
  • rtraindweller
    rtraindweller
    brown bag is a good friend.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    hmmmmm...

    Britain: Dry Subways’ Rough Departure
    World Briefing | Europe
    By SARAH LYALL
    Published: June 3, 2008

    London’s new policy of banning alcohol on the subways got off to a poor start when a party called to mark the last night of legal drinking descended into a chaotic free-for-all, with revelers vomiting, urinating, climbing onto train roofs and assaulting and pouring beer on one another, subway workers and police officers. Seventeen people were arrested, six stations were closed and several trains were so badly damaged that they had to be removed from service. The party on the Circle Line on Saturday night was advertised on the Internet. Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, said that at least 12 union members had been attacked at one station alone.

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