Question on bizarre usage of the English language

pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no
Wed Feb 28 01:35:20 UTC 2001


Looking through some of the earlier emssages here, I found a link to 
Virgin Trains, which i immediately went to (I am a closet rail-fan, 
plus I needed info for an rpg-instalment).  On the list of on-board 
facilities that Virign Trains found they had to boast, I find among 
other things, the following:

*Get engaged!*
All Virgin trains have toilet facilities situated at the end of each 
carriage. 

Naturally, this had me a bit puzzled, as the heading seems to have 
little to do with the facility described.  Is this a case of bizarre 
and dry English humour, or is it proof that one of the web-designers 
of Virgin Trains too eagerly has embraced Tony Blair's slogan 'Cool 
Britannia'?





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