Friday, May 30, 2008

Booze Tube

Hello from London avid Readers! So for those of you unaware of the British political scene(as I was until about nine days ago), then I must preface this story with a primer. Boris Johnson was recently elected to become the new Mayor of the fair city of London, England. One of his first acts in his new position was to prohibit the drinking of alcoholic beverages on the Underground Trains running throughout London. This ban will go into effect beginning on June 1st, two days from today. From then on all those caught with inappropriate beverages will be asked to discard it or leave the train. Of course, those with whom I have discussed this had no previous knowledge that drinking was in fact permitted up until now.
All the attention has given rise to an event on the night of June 31st. On this night, the Circle Line will play host to a mobile party filling the carriages with drunken Brits. Many protesters have created facebook groups calling for one last hoorah. Newspapers have reported the support of over 10000 confirmed attendees. The party will be starting at noon and continue well on into the night. The transit police have vowed to step up in number making sure that passengers remain safe. As I'm sure I won't be able to resist, I will return with an update in the coming days.
And for those with weak bladders, don't forget your circle line bathroom map.

1 comment:

An Experiment Gone Awry said...

Your little party even made it on CNN all the way over here... http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/06/01/sesay.uk.tube.drinking.cnn