Posted on 07/16/2007 5:53:19 AM PDT by Renfield
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No one at the 28th annual Mooning of Amtrak seems to know exactly why they pull down their pants every time a train goes by.
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Exhibit A: Gramma Charleen Sandoval of Chino says this about her 10-year-old grandson who's mooning with her:
"He was practicing last night in front of the house."
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I was wondering about the pointlessness of their “efforts” until I read that the practice started in Orange County, CA. LOL.....enough said.
CA - the butt of jokes for the entire nation.
Guess they didn’t hear about the amtrak once a year red ryder giveaway day.
It’s cheaper to fly from Detroit to Chicago than to take Amtrack, even with the subsidies. Worse yet, even figuring in taxi / bus time between the train station in Detroit to the airport, then transportation between the Chicago airport and Union Station in Chicago, the airplane fare is still cheaper (or about the same price?) and much quicker.
One of the problems is that Amtrack must stop in every county seat to pick up passengers, if for no other reason than to appease the local politicians. This makes the train ride (otherwise a very nice trip) into a “milk run”.
Such class.
Leni
Stop in every county seat? The lines I’m aware of only stop in major cities (and major tourist attractions, such as National Parks).
stupid is as stupid does
And that's the problem with a lot of transportation today. Most of the transportation options are in the cities. The rural areas get left out in the dust more often than not. In other words, the areas that could most use public transportation (the ones that would use it to get between small towns) are the ones that more often than not don't have it.
I hope you are joking.
Airports and highways are paid for with tax money - they get WAY more money than AMTRAK gets, by a huge factor.
Airlines in the US could not survive without government subsidies, nor could our road system.
Why do most people have no problem with billions of tax dollars going to the airline industry and the highways and then throw a fit when the railroads ask for their share?
Cut off all government funds for highways and airports and see how long they last without government support.
If it's good enough for the airport and the Interstate highways - its good enough for Amrak.
“There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.”
This can fix that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching
Is there a proctologist in the dome car?
That route between L.A. and San Diego has been renamed The
Anus Express.
Do those two cuties folks know what they are doing? Oh excuse me...that’s the whole family there!
What does that sign on the fence say? Can’t read it by “moonlight.” The yellow tape, either.
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