Posted on 11/26/2007 8:30:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON (Reuters) - An official announcer for London's Tube system has been sacked after making spoof messages mocking American tourists, peeping Toms and sweaty commuters.
Voiceover artist Emma Clarke, 36, recorded the announcements in the same smooth tones that have warned millions of passengers to "Mind The Gap" and posted them on her Web site.
The messages include:
* "We would like to remind our American tourist friends that you are almost certainly talking too loudly."
* "Would the passenger in the red shirt pretending to read the paper but who is actually staring at that woman's chest please stop. You are not fooling anyone, you filthy pervert."
* "Would passengers filling in answers on their Sudokus please accept that they are just crosswords for the unimaginative and are not in any way more impressive just because they contain numbers."
* "Here we are crammed again into a sweaty Tube carriage ... If you're female smile at the bloke next to you and make his day. He's probably not had sex for months."
Clarke said it was "just a bit of a laugh." But Tube operator Transport for London (TfL) failed to see the funny side and dropped her, after eight years.
"London Underground is sorry to have to announce that further contracts for Miss Clarke are experiencing severe delays," a TfL spokesman told the Evening Standard on Monday.
All the recordings are at: www.emmaclarke.com/fun/mind-the-gap/spoof-london-underground-ann ouncements.
What a bunch of sour little jerks. Of course, since this is London, she can probably sue them to get her job back.
No sense of humor.
Those are so mild it seems ridiculous to fire her over it. Not questioning their right to do so, only their JUDGMENT.
But now they’re making her famous, so she should land on her feet and do much better for herself anyway.
As an occasional “American tourist” I am not offended by the suggestion I might sometimes talk too loudly. Shhhhh, I’ll try to keep it down.
It's funny because it's true.
www.emmaclarke.com/fun/mind-the-gap/spoof-london-underground-announcements
is choked. Try in a few days, it says...
btw, if there’s anyone in London who desperately needs to be fired it’s that jackal of a Mayor, “Red Ken” who is one of the most obnoxious and revolting leftists around. I certainly don’t plan to visit London while that POS is Mayor.
Emma Clarke
Hi - thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately, my site is currently overwhelmed by the sheer number of people wanting to download MP3s of my spoof Tube announcements. Please check back in a day or so.
Thanks, Emma.
Emma darling — quick, you need to get on YouTube, Google Video, and Yahoo Video..... your 15 minutes of fame is beckoning. Play your cards right now and you’ll never have to work a real job again. I’ll be happy to be your agent!!
It IS true. I was in England and after a few days you get used to the british accent. I heard a couple of people from New Yawk talking and it was actually jarring to the ears. And that supposedly is a "favorite" american accent to the brits, the New Yawker.
Never try to use humor around bureaucrats.
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