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2004-12-17 Afghanistan/South Asia
No chance of crashes on New Delhi's shiny new metro, chief claims
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Posted by Steve White 2004-12-17 12:53:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Considering how many times this sort of thing has blown up in the face of the fool who says it, you'd think this guy would keep his yap shut, lol! Musta flunked History - or mebbe he went to a Madrassah or some equally pointless institution.

Reminds me of Famous Last Words... that aren't true. My favorite is Oscar Wilde's famous last words... that he didn't say:
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!"
Posted by .com 2004-12-17 3:33:44 AM||   2004-12-17 3:33:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I have met that better idiot guy.
Up to this point I haven't seen him about any trains. But this is India we are talking about.
I haven't been there. I have see pictures of wrecked train from India however. It's often SRO on the roof.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-17 3:57:57 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-12-17 3:57:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I've been looking for about 40 minutes... I finally found it - and you had posted what I was thinking, lol! Great minds, bro...

Posted by .com 2004-12-17 4:06:26 AM||   2004-12-17 4:06:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "And for our next trick, we will build an ocean-liner that cannot sink. It will be a titanic success, I am sure."
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-17 4:15:00 AM||   2004-12-17 4:15:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Lol, AC. This image was from a terrific Something Awful photoshop-style contest, often a rather bizarre place to browse, to spoof CNN and its style of Terrorism reportage... You may get a kick out of it...
Posted by .com 2004-12-17 4:23:54 AM||   2004-12-17 4:23:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Obviously, Mr. Sreedharan is hoping to capitalize on the superior safety features of his German-engineered rural bus sytem:
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-17 5:17:48 AM||   2004-12-17 5:17:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Good Lord! Where are their parasols?!? Don't they know that sunburns lead to skin cancer?
Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-17 6:39:34 AM||   2004-12-17 6:39:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Delhi smells alot , prolly best to travel underground :)

On a side note , an undergound in delhi provides extremists with a VERY target rich enviroment , I hope my Indian colleagues have thought long and hard about the security inmplications ...
Posted by MacNails 2004-12-17 7:55:33 AM||   2004-12-17 7:55:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Having ridden in traffic in India, I can say that even if this magic train managed to never crash on its own, cars and trucks and guys on motorcycles carrying sheet glass (no joke) will find ways put themselves under its wheels.

I hope he salted those words well, he's going to eat them, probably soon.
Posted by Laurence of the Rats  2004-12-17 10:26:22 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/]  2004-12-17 10:26:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Ah, its a subway. Didn't catch that. Still, not wise to say no chance of crashes. Like painting a bullseye on your head.
Posted by Laurence of the Rats  2004-12-17 10:28:21 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/]  2004-12-17 10:28:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 â€œWe have the most advanced signalling and operational philosophy. There is no chance of any type of collision,” Sreedharan told reporters.

The question is, do the operators obey the rules?
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-17 2:34:52 PM||   2004-12-17 2:34:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Just stay away from Calcutta's underground...
Posted by mojo  2004-12-17 3:43:29 PM||   2004-12-17 3:43:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 mojo:
Vaishnabite banians, zaminders turned rajas, maharajas, babus wanted a suitable goddess to show off their riches; and the inevitable emergence of Duga Puja.

I saw that coming a mile away.
Posted by Shipman 2004-12-17 5:12:54 PM||   2004-12-17 5:12:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Ship - sometimes you scare me
Posted by Frank G  2004-12-17 5:18:33 PM||   2004-12-17 5:18:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De! Kali Ma Shakti De!...
Posted by mojo  2004-12-17 5:24:27 PM||   2004-12-17 5:24:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 That is quite enough of that, Mojo. Sit yourself down right now and behave yourself. Do not make go over there, or you will be very sorry, young man!
Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-17 8:34:32 PM||   2004-12-17 8:34:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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