Pixie
09-04-2002, 15:41
To all you guys who have travelled on the tube
...............
Here's something to think about......
If you are a regular traveller on the London
Underground, here are some
facts which you are going to wish you hadn't read.
During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the
Department of Forensics
at University College London removed a row of
passenger seats from a
Central
Line
tube carriage for analysis into cleanliness. Despite
London Underground's
claim that the interior of their trains are cleaned on
a regular basis, the
scientists made some alarming discoveries.
The analysis was broken down. This is what was found
on the surface of the
seats:
4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)
7 types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)
vomit originating from at least 9 separate people
human urine originating from at least 4 separate
people
human excrement
rodent excrement
human semen
When the seats were taken apart, they found:
the remains of 6 mice
the remains of 2 large rats
1 previously unheard of fungus
It is estimated that by holding one of the armrests,
you are transferring,
to your body, the natural oils and sweat from as many
as 400 different
people.
It is estimated that it is generally healthier to
smoke five cigarettes a
day than to travel for one hour a day on the London
Underground.
It is far more hygienic to wipe your hand on the
inside of a recently
flushed toilet bowl before eating, than to wipe your
hand on a London
Underground seat before eating.
It is estimated that, within London, more work
sick-days are taken because
of bugs picked up whilst travelling on the London
Underground than for any
other reason (including alcohol).
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
...............
Here's something to think about......
If you are a regular traveller on the London
Underground, here are some
facts which you are going to wish you hadn't read.
During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the
Department of Forensics
at University College London removed a row of
passenger seats from a
Central
Line
tube carriage for analysis into cleanliness. Despite
London Underground's
claim that the interior of their trains are cleaned on
a regular basis, the
scientists made some alarming discoveries.
The analysis was broken down. This is what was found
on the surface of the
seats:
4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)
7 types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)
vomit originating from at least 9 separate people
human urine originating from at least 4 separate
people
human excrement
rodent excrement
human semen
When the seats were taken apart, they found:
the remains of 6 mice
the remains of 2 large rats
1 previously unheard of fungus
It is estimated that by holding one of the armrests,
you are transferring,
to your body, the natural oils and sweat from as many
as 400 different
people.
It is estimated that it is generally healthier to
smoke five cigarettes a
day than to travel for one hour a day on the London
Underground.
It is far more hygienic to wipe your hand on the
inside of a recently
flushed toilet bowl before eating, than to wipe your
hand on a London
Underground seat before eating.
It is estimated that, within London, more work
sick-days are taken because
of bugs picked up whilst travelling on the London
Underground than for any
other reason (including alcohol).
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: