Farewell, Old Friend
The rumors are true: London is getting rid of their old fashioned double-decker buses.
This is an unmitigated disaster. Under the watchword of modernization, these beautiful, idiosyncratic machines are going to be shelved for some boring, ubiquitous, single-decker model that's guaranteed to suck. What are they thinking?
San Francisco used to be covered in cable cars and street cars. After the quake of 1906 leveled the system, all the lines (close to 50, I believe) were back up in a matter of months. Sadly, today there are only 3 cable car lines left. The rest were taken out in the 1940s because buses were the wave of the future. Now, everybody rues the switch--regular buses are no comparison to the sleek, smooth, charismatic cable car.
London, learn from this! Imagine the catastrophe of New York without its yellow taxis, the horror of Venice without its gondolas and vaporettos, the tragedy of Pittsburgh without the Duquesne Incline, and reconsider just how terrible losing the old fashioned double-decker bus will be!
Save the double-decker bus!
posted by Matt Stewart @ 2:02 AM
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Here here. Double-decker busses are SEXAY. What will London be left with??
Speaking of saving the double decker, maybe someone needs to start a campaign to Save the Upper Decker - the classic prank of taking a poopin in the water collection part of the toilet. Sadly, the Upper Decker (also sometimes referred to as The Top Shelf) has lost a lot of its status as a prank, in favor of more modern techniques such as killing your classmates.
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