--- In [email protected], David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Another thing noticed while commuting was the ability of the London commuter to operate on a narrow pavement very like boats often need to operate on narrow shallow canals. Namely, commuters coming from opposite directions approach each other with both in the centre of the pavement and just as they meet each moves over a bit to slide past with (left) elbow withdrawn. Just as on the canals when this is done by those in the know it works very nicely but if a regular commuter met a tourist then often the tourist would panic and veer wildly away - just as some boaters do when confronted with an approaching boat. > >SNIPPED > David Cragg > > One wonders what the commuters would think of such a wonderfully thought out analogy. Ben
