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“ When I worked at the old New Statesman magazine in London, we had an annual competition for advice to tourists visiting the city for the first time. “Try the famous echo in the British Museum Reading Room” was, I remember, one of the winners. We also advised people that prostitutes could be easily recognized by their habit of rattling collection tins, that it was considered ill-mannered not to shake hands with all other passengers before taking your seat on the London subway, and that readers doing the Times crossword on trains were always glad if you offered to help.
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Christopher Hitchens on New York City’s Petty Policies | Politics | Vanity Fair

Hitchens sets out to break as many unfollowable and ill-conceived laws as possible.  The whole thing is fantastic, but I especially liked this bit of bad advice he uses to contrast London with New York.

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~ Sunday, September 20 ~
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tbridge: jasonpermenter: whileyouweresleeping: The Ultimate Uncluttered Tube Map Further to the disappearance of the Thames and the fare zones on the beloved London Tube Map (as probed reported by the design police Jason) and before the Mayor’s orders are complied with (as applauded, again, by Mr. Permenter), The Londonist has a proposal that concerns itself with the needs of the real users of said Tube Map. In other words, kindly sod off, Tube Map bullshit redesign. — From London. I might now have to wash my hands of all that designy mess I’d mentioned before. You’ll likely have to take my word for this, but everything on the simplified Tube map above is, oddly, completely true. History might indeed show this to be the very best London Tube map of all time. Still: there’s no Thames on it, is there? I suppose I’d just like to see some River, for good measure. Bah. Washing my hands of it all. Reblogging this for my British friends. I think there’s way more to the Tube than this, but this is pretty hilarious nonetheless. Whatever did the tourists do before the Jubilee Line?

tbridge:

jasonpermenter:

whileyouweresleeping:

The Ultimate Uncluttered Tube Map

Further to the disappearance of the Thames and the fare zones on the beloved London Tube Map (as probed reported by the design police Jason) and before the Mayor’s orders are complied with (as applauded, again, by Mr. Permenter), The Londonist has a proposal that concerns itself with the needs of the real users of said Tube Map.

In other words, kindly sod off, Tube Map bullshit redesign.

— From London.

I might now have to wash my hands of all that designy mess I’d mentioned before. You’ll likely have to take my word for this, but everything on the simplified Tube map above is, oddly, completely true. History might indeed show this to be the very best London Tube map of all time. Still: there’s no Thames on it, is there? I suppose I’d just like to see some River, for good measure. Bah. Washing my hands of it all.

Reblogging this for my British friends. I think there’s way more to the Tube than this, but this is pretty hilarious nonetheless.

Whatever did the tourists do before the Jubilee Line?

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