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Kissing banned at railway station

telegraph.co.uk — Couples have been banned from kissing at Warrington Bank Quay Station because it holds up commuters. The means an end to passionate platform scenes like the one between Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the 1945 film Brief Encounter. No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated...

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  • Haoie, on 02/16/2009, -0/+79And no more running along side the train as it speeds your lover from your life either.
  • one504, on 02/16/2009, -3/+72I'm the government and I'm here to oppress you.
  • RRRewind, on 02/16/2009, -1/+68This is so stupid
  • Lucas123, on 02/16/2009, -0/+57Whatever happened to romance? What's more romantic than kissing at a railway station?
  • gridbread, on 02/17/2009, -0/+56Getting railed at a kissing station?
  • MooseOfReason, on 02/17/2009, -0/+44You know what ACTUALLY slows down commuters?

    TRAINS THAT AREN'T ON TIME, OR THAT MALFUNCTION, OR ARE JUST REALLY ***** SLOW.

    But let's ban kissing. That'll solve it.
  • oboshoe, on 02/17/2009, -0/+37So how do they enforce this sort of thing.

    Do they have a train conductor with a squirt gun shooting people who kiss?
  • BuzzEdition, on 02/16/2009, -2/+37Where's the love?
  • jeffiek, on 02/16/2009, -0/+34I see you're from the Department of Redundancy department.
  • Bloodwine, on 02/17/2009, -0/+31Honestly, what number cruncher actually sat down and quantified the amount of time saved by banning kissing? Are we really that impatient these days?

    While we're at it, let's ban old people from driving on the roads, because it slows down commuters.
  • Maeveone, on 02/17/2009, -0/+29Wow, so you can't kiss your partner goodbye anymore? :(
  • mmittimm, on 02/17/2009, -1/+29I'd do it anyway. *****'em.
  • AaronCo, on 02/17/2009, -0/+21Is there a no f*cking sign too? Or is that still okay?
  • LadyA, on 02/16/2009, -1/+18It's ok. It just means you can't kiss if you're a man wearing a hat, or a woman with bobbly hair.
  • mmittimm, on 02/17/2009, -1/+18Oh that's fresh, you took what I said figuratively and responded as though I had said it literally. Well done my friend, well done.
  • jjones20, on 02/17/2009, -0/+16I dug you because banning old people from driving is a fantastic idea.
  • GeckoSlayer, on 02/17/2009, -9/+23"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --
    Because I was not a Socialist.

    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.


    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --
    Because I was not a Jew.

    Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me. "
  • BxBoy, on 02/17/2009, -0/+12Not at the Warrington Bank Quay station.
  • misterparry, on 02/17/2009, -0/+12F*CK YOU, I will kiss where I want!
  • GeckoSlayer, on 02/17/2009, -4/+16they're slowly taking away every right you have.

    this quote applies to today's society quite well.
  • quaunaut, on 02/17/2009, -0/+11That may just make it hotter. It'd be so much harder to leave the girl I just kissed if she had a wet shirt on.
  • Evermin7, on 02/17/2009, -1/+11No, the law says you can't kiss. Free choice is always available.
  • GeckoSlayer, on 02/17/2009, -1/+11it isn't a conspiracy theory, you are losing your rights as a person every single day.. and hey, i'm not a fan of people showing public signs of affection... but for it to be banned, especially when usually at train stations you say goodbye to someone for the last time...
  • BxBoy, on 02/17/2009, -1/+11Hi Fives still works well!
  • L0NER, on 02/17/2009, -0/+10Don't worry, hookers charge extra for kissing anyways
  • goffy59, on 02/17/2009, -0/+7The U.K. sucks. Is it really becoming the country I saw in the movie V for Vendetta? Ok, maybe I've being a bit to harsh. But that is a pretty stupid law.
  • cmart332, on 02/17/2009, -0/+7I'm flying out of New York right now to go Warrington Bank Quay Station to make out with every chick I see on the platform. Fight the powah
  • ninalama, on 02/17/2009, -0/+7How ridiculous. People should be allowed to kiss wherever they please.

    Honestly, the policing is getting out of hand. Not that it already wasn't out of hand..
  • oboshoe, on 02/17/2009, -0/+6If I ever saw the people depicted by the silhouettes in the sign, I wouldn't want to get on their train anyway.

    freaky.
  • shiftless, on 02/17/2009, -0/+6Why yes... this is completely enforceable... right...

    Stupid.
  • viper233, on 02/17/2009, -0/+6Was this decree issued by the Ministry of Love?
  • KibblesnBitts, on 02/17/2009, -4/+10Thank you
  • To0pak, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5for some reason this makes me want to kiss at a railway station...
  • MooseOfReason, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5Privatized train stations?

    Hh-whaat!?

    B-but how will bureaucrats control your every movement and activity?
  • santixx, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5What's wrong with the world mama?
  • Aethirig, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5What they don't tell you is the squirt gun is full of urine.
  • howea, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5old movies
  • SendUsWest, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5What a sad and aggravating story. Who is the heartless drone that came up with this one? I think they might need a hug, or, a kiss? Melt that calculating heart and learn to love again!
  • hymneforthedead, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5dey ain't bein black enough lil cuh.
  • seena91, on 02/17/2009, -0/+5Kissing is for terrorists. Anyone who kisses there raises suspicion around themselves. The government loves us, they want to keep us safe from the terrorists!

    /s
  • PopcornDave, on 02/17/2009, -1/+6Knocking boots behind the ticket counter?
  • SpartanGod, on 02/17/2009, -1/+5What Happened to freedom of expression. since when is a kiss not an expression?
  • pingudownunder, on 02/17/2009, -0/+4British Rail / Virgin / Regional Railways/ RailTrack are definately the pot calling the kettle black.

    This is the same rail network that has decades old trains held together by sticky tape, which all fall apart when there are leaves on the line, the wrong type of snow or if the temperature rises above 16 degrees.

    Before blaming the commuters, i think the train companies should get their own house in order.
  • DrewPeacock, on 02/17/2009, -0/+4Yeah, you'd need a massive civilian surveillance system in place to enforce something like this, and no way any sane population would jump for that. What could possibly go wrong.
  • Evermin7, on 02/17/2009, -1/+5There is no way that this is real...like...for real?! Seriously? Are people really obeying?
  • spoonchucks, on 02/17/2009, -0/+4I'm just here for the comments...

    Half the ***** submitted to Digg lately nowadays doesn't really warrant a click-thru anyway...
  • PhilMoskowitz, on 02/17/2009, -1/+5I never thought the UK could become the absurd, nanny state joke that it is today.
  • censormagnet, on 02/17/2009, -0/+4some free country we have here

    first we have to wear pants now we cant kiss..
  • StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -3/+7....so, you don't do British trains often do you?
  • froggertv, on 02/17/2009, -0/+4This is really stupid.........we can kiss where we want
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