A few years ago in Paris I was waiting for my train to Marseille and the announcer was rambling about our destination like he were paid to advertise it. "Marseille ! its cicadas ! its legendary sunny weather ! the smiles on people's faces !" after a while he seemed to run out of things to list so he went on with random stuff "its horses ! the ladies' perfume !" I had a good laugh
The funniest announcement in my railway station has been: "The train xxxxx coming from y and directed to z has been canceled because someone stole the electrical cables on the line".
Funny only since it wasn't my train.
That happened near me. They dumped all the cables down the alley next to me and the weight of them collapsed the fence.
The hren hrifty hree hrervice to York is delayed by ahrhohrihry hrehren hrinutes.
No, but I learnt to speak in the Tannoyese dialect when I did some work over on the Tannoy Islands a few years back.
It's technically a form of English, though as one of the more isolated former colonies, the "patois" has become quite difficult to understand - which is quite amusing, given the Tannoy Islanders' tendency to apply to jobs which involve amplified public speaking.
Remind me of a time where the announcer called the three-car train arriving 'petite'.
Got to have fun where you can!
What magicial land di you live in where u can understand shit when they talk ...
A few weeks ago I got on the train home and whoever had control of the intercom (not the guy at the front, though he was having a grand time) proceeded to yell a bunch of stuff about anime (mostly names) during the time when they normally say to hit the button to request street level stops. I will always wonder who that hero was, it totally made my day.
I bought a vehicle when the pandemic hit, but the last time I took a public transit train we had hometown boy Seth Rogan doing the announcements.
