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. [Right now – it tends to be overwhelmed]
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.”…
* “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.”
The British do have a sense of humor. Sadly, their bureaucrats are just as stuffy as our own.
Maybe they could hire her for Family Guy.
The Brits are so dry ! Love it !
People like her should be rewarded instead of fired. Whats wrong with adding a little levity to a mundane experience? I would bet the passengers found her amusing.
Should’ve given her a raise not fire her.
It would appear that she wasn’t fired for the parodies, it was because she told The Mail that she didn’t ride the tube any more, as it was “dreadful.”
From Bloomberg News:
Nothing as great as British humour. As a prime example…..read the Bloomberg New’s blurb above.