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You know how, when you're leaving the house sometimes or whatever, you sometimes realise you've left your keys on the kitchen bench? Or how sometimes you drive away and your sunglasses are on the top of the car still? Or how you come home from a really good party and realise you have no idea where your mobile is and have to call it and call it but noone answers because they've stolen it and don't want to incriminate themselves?
WELL. We experienced something of the sort in Denmark.
We had awoken at the startling hour of 3.30am in order to catch the first train from Hjoerring to Aarhus, thusly to make our way to Amsterdam. Having done so, we found ourselves (rather luckily, I must say) in Aarhus, on the platform, looking for the carriage within which we were to spend the next seven hours. We passed carriage 257. We passed carriage 258. We passed carriage 260.
We stopped.
Did you, also, stop? Have you noticed what is wrong with the above passage? It's like one of those Spot the Difference puzzles, but without differences.
CORRECT! There was no carriage 259, ie OUR carriage.
Tegan approached the conductor.
"Excuse me," she said, indicating her ticket, "where is carriage 259?"
"Errrrr," replied the conductor, with some hesitation, "well... actually, we forgot it."
"You... forgot it?"
"Yes."
THEY FORGOT IT.
IT'S A TRAIN CARRIAGE. IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO FORGET. IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE IT'S THE LAST CARRIAGE. IT'S BETWEEN TWO OTHERS.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A WALLET, OR A HAIRPIN, OR A, A, CHILD OR SOMETHING.
IT'S AN ENTIRE CARRIAGE WHICH CAN HAPPILY SEAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. IT'S REALLY REALLY BIG.
Surely, SURELY someone looked out the window as they were leaving and said
"Er... excuse me? We seem to have left some sort of large metal tubular sort of thing on wheels behind... oh, a CARRIAGE, THAT'S what it's called. OUR WHOLE TRAIN IS MADE UP OF THEM."
So that was wtf moment of the day and no mistake.
We will post more extensively later, only we had to tell you this.
Lots of love,
Katherine and Tegan
p.s. A CARRIAGE!
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[info]vaxwell
2005-12-31 08:48 am (local) (link) Track This
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Carriage! :D
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-01 07:31 am (local) (link) Track This
*iconlove*
And also, BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHACARRIAGE.
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(Anonymous)
2005-12-31 12:39 pm (local) (link) Track This
Well you know 259 is an unlucky number. It was the 259th edition of Physics News Update that confirmed the Ozone depleting qualities of CFS. In 259CE areas of Spain and Britain rebelled from Rome to join the Gallic Empire. There were 259 jelly beans in the jar when I guessed 475. On page 259 Lizzie aquiesces to her father's approval of Lydia's trip to Brighton. You were therefore obviously doomed to failure the moment you were placed on carriage 259. I wonder that they even have a carriage 259. I suspect that in the end it had become an SEP (as in Douglas Adams.....somebody else's problem) and nobody even sees the poor forlorn thing sitting in the railway yards. By the way through our wonderful organisational skills it seems we are off to see Twelfth Night at the gardens tonight and will have to fight our way though the New Years Eve hordes. Luckily though the predicted 42 has been toned down to 33 after yesterdays 39.2. Bit different to the weather over there in euroland. Post early and post long. Love Ya.
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(Anonymous)
2005-12-31 12:40 pm (local) (link) Track This
Oops meant CFCs.
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-01 07:31 am (local) (link) Track This
As if I would have known!
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-01 07:34 am (local) (link) Track This
Well, I never would have known any of that. The P+P one was particularly interesting.
Hee! Have fun with that? It would have been... interesting.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Love you too.
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(Anonymous)
2006-01-01 08:14 am (local) (link) Track This
We did enjoy the show. It was the typical mixture of serious shakespear with a bit of fun. Quite comic in parts. I though the Kath and Kim mini take off was well done inside Shakespear. By the way God managed to completely mamboozle BOM and so itr was going to be 42 but then it got cooler at 11 sdo they said 33 but it ended up being 42.9 just after 5 and it was still over 42 at 7. Mum was very red by the time we sat down. Still a couple of Amsterdam beers and a cool breeze half way through the show made it better. I think it must have got down to mid twenties by midnight.
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-02 12:36 am (local) (link) Track This
Lovely! 'Twelfth Night'is my favourite Shakespeare play, so I'm sorry to have missed it. Which characters were Kath and Kim?!
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(Anonymous)
2006-01-02 08:25 am (local) (link) Track This
Sir Toby Belch did a 'Kimmy look at me' moment'. He was played by that little energetic bloke who played Puck in Midsummer. I think the other character was Sir Andrew. Yeah it was pretty good and they of course made the most of the cross gender stuff and even managed an ad-lib at the early family oriented NYE fireworks that went off in the first half. All good stuff.
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-15 10:58 pm (local) (link) Track This
Sounds awesome. *Sigh* And me not there to see it.
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[info]alisso
2005-12-31 01:22 pm (local) (link) Track This
*lmao* That's insane! Hehehe...good to see world train services living up to the standards set by Cityrail here in Sydney *G*
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-01 07:31 am (local) (link) Track This
UNbelieveable.
But funny.
But unbelieveable.
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[info]cadbury_kel
2005-12-31 02:42 pm (local) (link) Track This
*grin*
aah, the brilliant european attitude!
*sigh*
Will see y'all very soon! Let me know if i can bring anything from oz..
See you in rome,..
KEL>
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-01 07:33 am (local) (link) Track This
Brilliant OR annoying. Or whatever.
Tegan and I are planning to get into Rome in time to meet the woman person, but it depends on our train connections and if we're not there, are you happy to meet her and pay the deposit?
Do you need any info to do so?
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[info]cadbury_kel
2006-01-01 08:10 pm (local) (link) Track This
eek! Um.. if necessary i suppose thats ok, but pref would like to meet with you guys there to do it.. jordan and i aren't brilliant at taking charge of things if somethings gone bad, we tend to take the hurt puppy approach rather than the one tegan took in JB with the iriver debarcle!
Let me know.. anyway, i have global roaming, so feel free to msg (by the way, long story short, whats teegs number overseas?)
See you soon.. happy new year!
xx
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-02 12:38 am (local) (link) Track This
We'll do our absolute best to be there on time, but Italian trains are notoriously unreliable, so I'll email you and we'll try and sort something out, OK?
Will also mail you Tegan's number.
Happy new year and lots of love!
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[info]bonnie_may
2006-01-01 05:04 pm (local) (link) Track This
i cant believe that about the train! funny stuff! hope your new yeasr was WUNDERBAR (thought i'd add a slight european touch for you - i do feel left out of it all!!!)
kisses to you both and once again, give each other a nice big hug for me!!!
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-02 12:39 am (local) (link) Track This
Kisses to you back, and I KNOW your new year was wunderbar, having read your entry. Way to go darling.
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[info]dawnglider
2006-01-01 06:28 pm (local) (link) Track This
...they forgot an entire carriage? o.0 And I thought I was disorganised at times!
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-02 12:39 am (local) (link) Track This
I KNOW! So weird.
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[info]clarencedarcy
2006-01-01 07:25 pm (local) (link) Track This
Darlings I have so been neglecting you!!!
But please do not fret, I still love you both very much and a combination of laziness and business has unfortunately prevented me from telling you both so!!!
I hope your new years was fabulous, your reply message was much appreciated!
Hehehehe bout the train...so random!
Love and hugs!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Love always, your darlingest friend, Clarence xoxoxoxoxoxo
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-02 12:40 am (local) (link) Track This
You SO have. We thought you'd dropped off the face of the planet. Please update ASAP, as we have NO idea what's going on with anything and it sucks.
Hope your new year was good too, and much love to you!
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ice_prinsessa
2006-01-02 07:49 am (local) (link) Track This
cool LJ.. mind if i added you girls?
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[info]teganandkat
2006-01-15 10:58 pm (local) (link) Track This
Not at all! Much flattered. :)
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