Don't know if you've read this but lets just say I'm glad I don't take the tube anymore.





> > Believe it if you will.......
> >
> >
> > > BBC Local London Travel News
> > >
> > > If you are a regular traveller on the London
> > > Underground, here are some facts which you are going
> > > to wish you hadn't read.
> > > During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the
> > > Department of Forensics at University College London
> > > removed a row of passenger seats from a Central Line
> > >
> > > tube carriage for analysis into cleanliness. Despite
> > > London Underground's claim that the interior of their
> > > trains are cleaned on a regular basis, the scientists
> > > made some alarming discoveries.
> > >
> > > The analysis was broken down. This is what was found
> > > on the surface of the seats:
> > >
> > > . 4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)
> > >
> > > . 7 types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)
> > >
> > > . vomit originating from at least 9 separate people
> > >
> > > . human urine originating from at least 4 separate people
> > >
> > > . human excrement
> > >
> > > . rodent excrement
> > >
> > > . human semen
> > >
> > > When the seats were taken apart, they found:
> > > the remains of 6 mice
> > > . the remains of 2 large rats
> > > . 1 previously unheard of fungus
> > >
> > > It is estimated that by holding one of the armrests,
> > >
> > > you are transferring, to your body, the natural oils
> > > and sweat from as many as 400 different people.
> > >
> > > It is estimated that it is generally healthier to
> > > smoke five cigarettes a day than to travel for one
> > > hour a day on the London Underground.
> > >
> > > It is far more hygienic to wipe your hand on the
> > > inside of a recently flushed toilet bowl before
> > > eating, than to wipe your hand on a London Underground
> > > seat before eating.
> > >
> > > It is estimated that, within London, more work
> > > sick-days are taken because of bugs picked up whilst
> > > travelling on the London Underground than for any
> > > other reason (including alcohol).

Oh well, maybe there is a silver lining to the fact the I couldnt even get into Vauxhall station this morning and had to walk from there to piccadily to work...

Doesnt make me any happier though....

Hate to be a pedant, but University College London doesn't have a Department of Forensics. Ah well. It was a good story

It's probably true in itself tho, the tube is manky, I hate getting on the Northern Line evey day, its sooo dirty :(

Look here for the version without the >>>>'s :D

FB

Sounds like it could be true, don't you think?

David