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Whistle
Young Gordon was with his parents and they were taking refreshments in the bar at Reading station when they heard a whistle.
The three of them rushed out of the bar onto the platform only to discover that they had just missed the train.
‘The next train is in one hour,’ intoned the stationmaster.
The three went back into the bar. The parents had another drink, Gordon had a coke. Again they heard a whistle, rushed out and discovered the train pulling away.
‘Next one is sixty minutes from now,’ grunted the stationmaster.
An hour later, Gordon, with his mum and dad, raced out onto the platform, and his parents leaped onto the train as it pulled away.
The boy was left standing on the platform and began to laugh uproariously.
‘Your parents just left you,’ said the stationmaster. ‘Why are you laughing?’
Gordon smiled, ‘They only came to see me off.’
The three of them rushed out of the bar onto the platform only to discover that they had just missed the train.
‘The next train is in one hour,’ intoned the stationmaster.
The three went back into the bar. The parents had another drink, Gordon had a coke. Again they heard a whistle, rushed out and discovered the train pulling away.
‘Next one is sixty minutes from now,’ grunted the stationmaster.
An hour later, Gordon, with his mum and dad, raced out onto the platform, and his parents leaped onto the train as it pulled away.
The boy was left standing on the platform and began to laugh uproariously.
‘Your parents just left you,’ said the stationmaster. ‘Why are you laughing?’
Gordon smiled, ‘They only came to see me off.’
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Actually happened to us once! We were helping our daughter to get the train home with her baby in a pram and her bags, very crowded platform, OH lifted the pram onto the train, I took one of her bags and the train suddenly moved off, daughter on the platform with her other bag! We had to get off at the next station, 40 minutes away, wait for the next train back. Luckily...
21:22 Tue 17th Oct 2017
Actually happened to us once! We were helping our daughter to get the train home with her baby in a pram and her bags, very crowded platform, OH lifted the pram onto the train, I took one of her bags and the train suddenly moved off, daughter on the platform with her other bag! We had to get off at the next station, 40 minutes away, wait for the next train back. Luckily the baby had just been fed before we got to the station.
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