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How do you like your eggs in the morning...

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    How do you like your eggs in the morning...

    ...not splattered all over the railway would be a good start!

    At least 65 Dead in Pakistani train fire.

    Minister for railways, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, said the fire was caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder being used by passengers cooking breakfast.
    Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

    #2
    That's not funny

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      #3
      Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
      That's not funny
      The human tragedy isn't funny, I agree.

      The fact that people are taking gas stoves onto a train to cook breakfast is funny/strange.
      Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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        #4
        Warning that thousands could starve to death on rail network after food ban

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          #5
          Food ban?

          Who's asking for that, a "bringing your own stove onto the train ban" is surely something that needs to be enforced! I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
          Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
            The fact that people are taking gas stoves onto a train to cook breakfast is funny/strange.
            But it's fairly common knowledge that people in that part of the world do this sort of thing, isn't it? I've certainly seen a few documentaries showing it.

            Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
            That's not funny
            Why did you think it was meant to be?
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #7
              Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post



              Why did you think it was meant to be?
              The title implied something light hearted whereas the content was not.

              Yes, I know that happens a lot around these parts.

              I am not sure what point you are making?

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                #8
                Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                The title implied something light hearted whereas the content was not.

                Yes, I know that happens a lot around these parts.

                I am not sure what point you are making?
                That's ok. I wasn't sure what point you were making. I found the title/contents to be an excellent example of black humour, where the intention is not to elicit a laugh, but rather accentuate the tragedy through juxtaposition of opposing concepts.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                  But it's fairly common knowledge that people in that part of the world do this sort of thing, isn't it? I've certainly seen a few documentaries showing it.
                  I was never aware. Have I led a sheltered life?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    I was never aware. Have I led a sheltered life?
                    Yes. Well... a lot of it in shelters, I believe...
                    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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