Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Transport Tweets - The "Is That A Book Reading Machine?" Edition

London has werewolves; Melbourne has transport tweets. Here they are:

  • A man on the tram has a sword! http://twitpic.com/2jw7ly
  • I had 15 minutes to wait for my train, so I did what any reasonable person would have done - gorged on churros. #OHSWEETJESUS #SOGOOD
  • Melbourne Tram Rule 4: On the 78 and 79 trams, everyone will give you a dirty look. But if you don't mind, neither will they
  • Got my @SarahKSilverman book in the mail today! Now I can read a book about bed wetting on the tram. Oh yeah
  • Of course it's raining and of course I missed my tram. It just wouldn't make sense otherwise.
  • Jennifer is my stoned friend. She hopped on the Craigieburn train, thinking it was the Sydenham Line.
  • RT @smperris: Older gent on train was so fascinated by my iPad he just had to ask: "Excuse me, is that a … book reading machine?". Gold
  • I LOVE my pocket wifi, i'm like a walking hotspot! Brilliant lil bit of tech. Equal to my #myki in my heart (yes i love it, sue me)
  • #sundaywriterage7 just made me laugh out loud on the train! Burning bums and runs - did Colin just have his first curry?
  • 19 tram stops from roast lamb.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Transport Tweets - The " Richard Dawkins Vs The Abusing Nuns" Edition

Tweets. More of them. Accept it.
  • Help! I am ipodless and a lady on the train sound like Fran Drescher but MORE nasal. Oh god!
  • Drove across Melbourne to see a client: 1 hour to travel 40km. Makes me glad I catch the train!
  • Smoke on the water,Tram on the horizon.
  • Pakula, Mulder and Barber talk PT with commuters; Melb Town Hall, Wed 8 Sep 5.30 pm http://tiny.cc/84p6m
  • The Australian Sex Party suggests you vigorously touch on and touch off your myki.
  • I think the bad guy from the original die hard is on my tram.
  • swiping a myki is like a harry potter spell in its complexity- and I have the feeling I just failed charms class
  • Nothing says bad ass like a tram running a red light. Fight the power, little driver man!
  • bummer. myki rocks, metcard should just die.
  • There is an American on my tram to work reciting spoken word poetry into his phone's recorder. I love Melbourne
  • A nun sat next to me on the tram this morning & asked what I do for a job; I told her & she said "that sounds really boring."
  • My tram driver looks like a Malaysian Richard Dawkins.
  • People who don't move up in the tram to allow people to get on board deserve to wash Tony Abbot's speedos.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Transport Tweets - The "Hottest Ranga on the Train" Edition

  • Darvo110: Cute.. An old man and lady just met on the train and are totally getting their subtle, old fashioned flirt on.
  • thebrothahood: To these fake kids on my train: We get the msg loud and clear. You're madoggs, u have alot of friends and you do drugs. You want a medal?
  • @sbawe32 how do you know the train is female. Did you take a peek at her caboose?
  • odernPrincess: same kid was hanging from balcony by his ankles just before fight w' bus driver started
  • Macgyverite: There's a young woman smoking at the train station with her baby and bags from a sex shop...
  • Zoezora: Eating toffee on the tram. I look like a fool. A tasty, tasty fool.
  • Stacey_MCRmy: I love the little tune before the myki announcement :) it makes you feel happy XD
  • TerryRNewton: Should I be concerned that the majority of vision from the police add for knife violence was filmed at my train station?
  • NereadersDigest: FSCK! How did I miss South Yarra station?! Bugger bugger bugger - express to Caulfield. Too used to slow tram journeys.
  • dbxii: the train driver just breathed heavily over the intercom and creeped out 200 people simultaneously. good work m8.
  • timsterne: Taking lots of drugs & riding the overnight bus from Eden to Melb. Did you know there are flouro talking owls in Bairnsdale? #reasonstolive
  • sbawe32: Train woman is hot but has knuckle hair. Not cool
  • ixvix: @CocoBambi Some trolls reside in the train taking up more than one seat >:\
  • oh_sitara: Cannot suss out if bus driver was a little slow, or was looking down my top. Note to self: button your shirt BEFORE you leave the house.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Transport Tweets - The "Sammy's asking the right questions" edition

Transport Tweets of the Week.. You know why.
  • @Jacey_Ray: standing in the middle of the road will not make the tram come any faster you stupid motherfucker! Someone hit him pleeese!
  • @alex4point0 @mykimate Institute for Sustainable Transport this morning on RRR alleged UV light in Summer reset bus readers. Do they need SPF50? #myki
  • @andrewgould: 3AW on my iPhone while waiting for a train. This excites me a little bit too much.
  • @Miss_Melbourne: Wearing my little train driver hat has cheered me up immensely though. Leather caps ftw.
  • @deccles26: @essjayeff Was the guy who gave you the evil stare on the tram reading Narnia a Family First candidate? :-P
  • @rantingpudding: is contemplating violence due to the most obnoxious asshats on the train and now believes there should be a weight limit on tights
  • @yonderboy: how many guys does it take to install a vending machine at a train station? seven. in case you were wondering..
  • @sergicles: I think I need more sleep, that, or a tram just did a U turn.
  • @Cabenrizisles: A lady just sat next to me on the train and 'crossed' herself. Should I be offended???
  • @Higlak: I feel that the taxi service in Melbourne invokes the battle rage or at least the urge to chase them around town, barking and biting tires.
  • @ambiej: Fishballs are not a pre 12pm food... RT @robodelta: Hey lady, fishballs are not a tram friendly food.
  • @lydia_rape: OH MY HOLY FUCK! MY BUS DRIVER SOUNDS LIKE SANTA CLAUS!!!! ahahahahahaha
  • @robodelta: Seething public transport rage tempered by novelty of train passenger that looks uncannily like mister potato head.
  • @sammyjones: Why do we thank bus but not tram drivers?
  • @robbiedashwood: Damn the hot guy at the train station is wearing a school uniform...
  • @phil_up81: Heard a brilliant mashup of twinkle twinkle little star, and humpy dumpty on the bus today. Give that kid a mic.
  • @PotatoChrisp: Hurry the fuck up train i need to pee!

Friday, August 13, 2010

Transport Tweets - The "Friday Night is Bittersweet Human Night" Edition

Transport tweets, because Friday night is... Well.... It's like this... It's when the human comes out.
  • @nehiroyku: On the train now on my way to see "let the sunshine" at the arts centre I love Melbourne Theatre Company
  • @imaginarywen: Witnessed a man putting blu-tack in his ears in the place of earplugs on the train to uni this morning. Was sufficiently weirded out. :|
  • @HaiSooDesu: On the 48 tram as the post AFL game crowd piles in outside the MCG. Bogans. Fuck. My. Life.
  • @ZeeZeeWednesday: I'm actually sitting on a train crying,because I was just surrounded and followed by pigeons and seagulls
  • @sdecampo: Shootings a block from work.Police cars fly past lights blazing during dinner.Waiting at station and bunch of police board train. #melbfail
  • @BenJ_D: I could write an album about my hour & a half tram ride home. 'You Smell' would be the first single from 'On the 86'.....move over J Lo.
  • @thistornado: Omg I just saw an extremely attractive girl pick her nose and eat it on the tram. #shocked
  • @Dotti28: Ah fri the 13th.. My shoe came off n i stood in a puddle, missed my train and my bag broke.. Glad I can always see the funny side! Lol
  • @MykiFlog: @croops Myki is a smartcard. It knows you are going to get on the turps at the Walkabout and pull a dud root. myki -looking after your cred
  • @nolamjames the people who eat dim sims on the train are even worse/smellier!
  • @BenJ_D: Catching the number 86 tram from Bundoora to the city.....if this was 1998 I'd be so cool right now. Perhaps even fully sick.
  • @Marxamus: Was just called a sweetie for letting a few women on before me on the train. Makes you feel good :)
  • @injerarufus: @peregrinari7 He's just warned me of some nutters about to pass by... but maybe they jumped on the tram
  • @jassie6: so many collingwood nuff nuffs on this train! Come on @essendon_fc
  • @imTHEsinger: Hahahaha work it out boy (says in a high pitched voice and snaps finger). RT @neilsgardiner Hello hot people on the tram! *wipes drool*
  • @eamcook: I drunk too much at work and passed out on train #thisishowitis

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Transport Tweets - The Styrofoam Head Edition

Transport tweets. We share because we care. This week we cruised the interwebs for these moments of pure thought...


  • @LyndalMay: styrofoam head procured - got some strange looks carrying it home on the tram though
  • @benfultongillon: Old bloke rolling a joint next to me in the train. #ifonlywewerefree
  • @swirlability: If this train crashed and the survivors were stuck for days, I wonder which person on this carriage would be eaten first.
  • @MRKANGAROOSTA: RT @leeaah88: Guy sitting opposite me on the train home is listening to Justin Bieber. He needs a refund on his dick.
  • @genkitten: Today on the train a lady asked me where I was going and I said work. Then she said "I thought you were going on a date you look so pretty!"
  • @rcadegazette: RT @incrediblemelk: Overhearing two 'horsey' teen girls on tram talking about 'spirited' horses, etc. This Saddle Club shit is REAL.
  • @museumofdirt: Dear the Lady on the train between Hallam and Dandenong this morning, eating boiled eggs ON the train WAS NOT FUCKIN FUNNY!!!
  • @TehShadowman: Tram was packed so I decided Toto's on Lygon st was a better option. Red, check. Steak, ordered. Slurp.
  • @leeaah88: Vegemite & cheese on toast for breakfast, then a pb & jam sandwich on the tram to uni. I have now eaten enough carbs for a third ass cheek.
  • @nevbetts: Someone on this tram is wearing au de tandoori.
  • @theofficial_lj: A guy on train just ate an entire packet of butter menthols & their individual wrappers in under 2 min.
  • @NereadersDigest: That's right, arsehat - when you deliberately drive up the tram line to try to get ahead of the traffic, other drivers won't let you in.
  • @stephfng why? My dad owns yarra trams bitch
  • @fanny_fair: @juzzytribune so, do you reckon the newer metro trains sound like cylon raiders?
  • @andyblume: @mrthill haha yes it's a good job. Especially when you wait for people running for the tram, then shut the doors in their face and fuck off

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