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hank

August 05, 2020 08:45AM

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Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> access. One anecdote was about a female passenger
> who complained that she may give birth on the
> train if they didn't get to Alice Springs soon,
> the conductor replied that she should not have
> been travelling in that condition anyway, she
> retorted that she wasn't in this condition when
> she got on the train!
>
That's a joke that has been told of many a railroad in many a land. (and of many a gauge,too)

I wonder what line it was first told about?

Hank

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