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Has anyone ever pulled the emergency cord on a train?

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  • #32
    Dave!
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    Is "the emergency cord" a euphemism? ;)


  • #33
    ergonomics
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    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    Kind of related but has anyone ever pressed those emargency buttons in lifts? Everytime I'm in one it's as though they're staring at me, mocking me, calling out to me to push it. I've always wanted to know what would happen.

    I was in college in Glasgow for a while and one of the buildings was 20+ floors high. The lifts in it were really old and one day, somewhere between the 15th and 20th floor the lift stopped. We pressed the button and nothing happened but after much persuading one of the people in the lift told us to start jumping up and down. Strangely it worked. I got stuck in the lift a few more times and after a few jumps up and down off it went again!


  • #34
    Dave!
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    ergonomics wrote: »
    I was in college in Glasgow for a while and one of the buildings was 20+ floors high. The lifts in it were really old and one day, somewhere between the 15th and 20th floor the lift stopped. We pressed the button and nothing happened but after much persuading one of the people in the lift told us to start jumping up and down. Strangely it worked. I got stuck in the lift a few more times and after a few jumps up and down off it went again!
    Hah I seem to remember when I was younger, we used to go to Spain on holidays and the apartment block had an elevator. I used to play a bit of a game where, as the elevator started to slow down, I would press the 'open doors' button and have a bit of a step to climb up to get out :) One time I mistimed it and there was only a small gap to get out :( Had to press the emergency button frantically until the porter came along. Can't remember how I ended up getting out in the end.....


  • #35
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    no, but saw it being pulled when some bird went in a heap on a dart into town from raheny one very busy friday morning in the summer a few years ago


  • #36
    ojewriej
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    120_Minutes wrote: »
    ok if ever there was a time to use "pics or it didnt happen" this is it.

    There you go:

    blizna.jpg


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  • #37
    RxQueen
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    The Real B-man wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Omk6qFftEs


    :D:D:D

    :D:D lol!


  • #38
    connundrum
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    DaveMcG wrote: »
    Is "the emergency cord" a euphemism? ;)

    Lol, never copped that ;)

    As it happens, I was in the disabled bathroom in work yesterday (there are no disabled people in work so I wasn't taking anyone's bog time), and the water in the tap was very cold. So I looked up and saw a red cord hanging from the ceiling - looked exactly like the one in my bathroom for turning the hot water on.

    I pulled it and an alarm went off through out the building! I nearly shit myself whilst looking for the reset button, found it about 2 mins later and walked out to a small crowd who'd gathered to find out what the alarm was about :o


  • #39
    Victor
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    Off topic.

    When I was young, my father was in hospital with a hand injury. While visiting him, I was asked to escort my younger bother to the en-suite toilet. We found this cord hanging from the ceiling and wondered "whats this?". Cue three nurses arriving to the room in a panicked fashion.


  • #40
    Tom Cruises Left Nut
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    Off topic too but still related to emergency buttons !

    Was getting a flight to Amsterdam not too long ago, wandering across the tarmac to the plane having an oul smoke and sirens start going off and 3 guys running towards me near wrestled me to the ground to put the cigarette out.

    Got on the plane and it turns out the pilot hit some emergency intercom that brought the heavies running, announcement then when i got on the plane saying "sorry for the delay, blame the idiot smoking next to the 20,000 gallons of aviation fuel"... mortification... :o:o:o


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
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    We have those cords in the disabled toilets where I work. Can get really annoying when a small child gets curious, pulls it and sets off the alarm. Usually ends in tears for the child and embarrassment for the parents as we knock on the door asking, "is everything ok?"


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  • #42
    ixoy
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    A friend of mine was hopping onto a busy train and his bag got trapped outside the doors when they closed. Some enterprising young fella pulled the chord as we started to move out and we all enjoyed our mate's mortified embarassment as he delayed the whole Northern line for about ten minutes :)


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