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Has anyone else seen a masturbating man on the Victoria Line?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
35 responses
I was on the Victoria Line from Seven Sisters to Walthamstow, at the Tottenham stop this slightly shifty looking bloke gets on looks around then jumps off again and (the train was held up at the station) returns with a crumpled copy of the Metro. He then stood in one of the doorways leaning against the glass, hel...
Metro Lady - Tooting Bec tube?
Posted by vapourtrail about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
1 response
Who is the friendly old lady who hands out the Metros at Tooting Bec tube station? Is she employed by Metro, or just took it upon herself to hand them to the morning commuters. If it’s the latter it’s quite sweet, but I get the feeling it gives her some purpose in life that might be missing elsewhere. Sh...
Can anyone help me find old copies of the Evening Standard?
Posted by OneFishTwoFish about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
13 responses
I’m trying to do some research for a dissertation on the role of local newspapers in last year’s local elections, but have come across a HUGE stumbling block: local libraries chuck the Standard and Metro away after 3-6 months, but the British Newspaper Library in Colindale don’t get them on file fo...
Anyone been to an exhibition featuring a Turkish Teddy Girl?
Posted by Oooonah about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
1 response
This is very, very specific, but it’s worth a go. A couple of weeks ago I was on the tube (end of Feb?) when I became transfixed by a woman’s face. She was on the floor in a copy of the Metro that had fallen open on an inside page. All I can remember was that she was a Turkish Teddy Girl and the photo of her was ...
Have you read the news today?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active over 2 years ago
4 responses
Have any real people actually written to Metro? It’s letters page seems to have turned into the Daily Mail recently – homeless (they earn more than we do you know), immigrants (see previous), the disabled (aren’t they brave), gay and asian policemen (aren’t they disgusting) all ge...
Should the stupid girl who fell off a roof now get compensation?
Posted by Babb about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
26 responses
I read a story in the Metro this morning about the girl that got drunk and climbed out of her window on to a garage, only to step backwards without looking where she was going and fall through a sky light. Now she’s suing her landlord for not making her aware of the dangers of getting drunk and climbing out of a ...
Deadline for freesheet waste agreement - do they have the teeth?
Posted by Ben about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
2 responses
So it looks like Westminster Council are going to tighten up on the freesheets, and make them pay for the waste they create. Apparently the free papers account for four tons of extra waste a day! Looks like a pretty good idea to me, but have they got the teeth to go through with the threat of making them illegal ...
premiumQuestion of the Day: what do we actually know about Jean Charles de Menezes’ reading habits?
Posted by kudocities about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
13 responses
The first five pages of today’s Metro were devoted to yesterday’s ruling in the Jean Charles de Menezes case, and the fact that the Met were found guilty of endangering the public, one member of the public in particular. What caught our attention however, was this tiny piece of editorial on page 5: ‘Mr de Menez...
It isn't. Are you?
Posted by UncleGeorge 11 months ago
Last active 11 months ago
6 responses
The latest edition of Private Eye has extracts from Flat Earth News, a supposed exposee of the machinations of the global media. I doubt the underlying premise of the book will surpise many of you: That consumers are – intentionally and unintentionally – fed a mass of false information. From the Milleni...
premiumCold calling: phone a bit of melty ice
Posted by Beagleskin
Took place
00:00 on 1st Jun at Vatnajokull Glacier (probably)
2 people attending, 50 responses
I saw this in the Metro one morning last week, so there is my tenuous London link… Apparently some arty chick called Katie Paterson decided it was art to drop her mobile phone by a melty glacier and let you phone it. This morning I did. Now I can say I have phoned a glacier. It wasn’t the bes...
What brightens your London morning
Asked by MarkE 8 months ago for 0 kudos
Last active 2 months ago
35 responses
Good morning. How lovely to see you. Can I get you a cup of tea or coffee ? What (preferably Londonesque) sight/sound/experience, big or small, takes the dull edge off your morning ? This was prompted by noticing that the latest KFC posting when I got in was 9 hours ago and I’m struck by the thought of b...
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