The Londonist tells us a story of someone who criticised one of those metal detectors that have been placed in some Tube stations.
My friend Phil and I were going through a metal detector on the way out of Highbury & Islington tube on Friday evening around 8.30pm, on our way to a gig. Phil, who has a degree in physics, said to me in a low voice that the metal detector was a "piece of shit that wouldn't stop anyone". Obviously, someone was listening, as all of a sudden, half a dozen policemen jumped on him and hustled him over to the corner of the tube station, where he was detained for about 20 minutes for the grave crime of swearing in public, and fined £80 for the privilege. For swearing! On the tube! If it's such a crime, then I owe them about a million pounds, as swearing on and at the tube is the only way to deal with the pain of having to travel on the dratted thing every day.
It is also wise not to buy any of these T-shirts as it has already been proved to be dangerous in a few documented cases. Last November a gamekeeper was arrested for wearing one and last week people fined (£80 again the same as "swearing" on the Tube) for selling them.
I only know I don't like it.
