On the train today, a construction man was exhausted. It’s a good enough reason to hog two 3-seaters and rest his dirty construction boots on the seat. The commuters who have to stand up and those who will eventually dirty their pants when they sit there will surely understand that it’s perfectly acceptable.
Dirty construction boots on seat
After all, the sign did read “place feet on seats”
Vandalised sign that now reads "place feet on seats"
On the train today, a good man was thirsty for alcohol. But the good man did not want to break the law. So he changed the law. The good man made it legal to drink alcohol on trains. Cheers good man! But fines still apply.
Vandalised sticker reading Alcohol permitted
On the train today, someone tried to block us in, sarcastically using a train warning sticker that says “Keep clear of moving doors”.
Moving doors sticker blocking doors
On the train today, I looked at the view. When you take the same train everyday, it’s so easy to take the nice views for granted. But I still remember how excited I was the first time I caught the train over the harbour bridge.
View from the train
It’s a pity some of the windows are too scratched though.
City skyline through train
On the train today, ‘Moops’ is everywhere. And not just today. And not just on this train. I’ve been seeing the ‘Moops’ signature engraved on any engravable surface since I started taking the train.
It has a very distinctive design. Always zig-zag-engraved; The top of the ‘M’ barely a curve; A mouth underneath the double o’s to form a smiley face on the same baseline; And the top part of the ‘S’ double as high as the bottom part.
Moops engraving
And I’ve always wondered… what is ‘Moops’? or who is ‘Moops’? Is there a gang of ‘Moops’? And would one be called a ‘Moop’? If google cannot define ‘moops’, then ‘Moops’ does not exist. Or does it?
According to the Urban Dictionary, it has two possible definitions:
1) Misprinted word in Trivial Pursuit of Seinfeld episode which is actually Moors. George says to the bubble-boy “It’s not the Moors, it’s the Moops!“
2) Term used as slang in some parts of Great Britain. “Moops” or a “Moop” originated from a comical act in many northern industrial towns. Later used to express group of comical or crazy people in jest.
I don’t think train ‘Moops’ refers to any of this, other than perhaps the “crazy people” part.
Another Moops engraving
If you have any information about ‘Moops’, please zig-zag-engrave a comment below
Yet more Moops engravings
On the train today, someone really wants to know more about the delay and what’s the f*ck! (see picture)
what's the f*ck with the delay?
I wonder what he got out of vandalising the sticker. Well he got featured on my blog if that’s anything! I’m not promoting it though.
