I'm Up For A Chat On The Tube

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Are you up for a chat on the tube?

Yes
7
24%
No
6
21%
Sometimes
7
24%
Maybe
1
3%
Only with handsome/pretty people
4
14%
Only if I'm drunk
0
No votes
Only to the friend/acquaintance I am on the tube with
3
10%
Only with people wearing an 'I'm Up For A Chat On The Tube' badge
1
3%
 
Total votes: 29

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I'm Up For A Chat On The Tube

Post by hannah b »

I'm an artist/barmaid living in South East London, and I'm undertaking a project...

To find people who are Up For A Chat On The Tube!

Anyone who is up for a chat on the tube is entitled to wear an "I'm Up For A Chat On The Tube" badge. If people chat to someone on the tube, they pass on the badge and I send them another. So far it's onto 4-people-removed from myself, and there are over 200 badges out there... a lot, a little ripple, but to get people going we need a bit of a stir!

To get a badge (for £0, but 100% identification to the cause) people have to send an SAE to:
Hannah's Cafe, PO BOX 45362, London, SE14 5UG

There's a bit more info, and an image of a badge at http://www.hannahscafe.co.uk

Comments/Suggestions/Mean Remarks/Nice Remarks to:
hannah@hannahscafe.co.uk

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Post by tubeguru »

Ah yes, I looked at your website when I saw you register, Hannah.

Looks interesting enough to me :-)
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Post by Nutteronabus »

Ahhh- I've just e-mailed you about this.

Goes to show I should check forums before my inbox..
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Post by petermiller36 »

ahhh - (thought id start with that seeing as the other 2 did hehe).

the only people ive talked to on the Tube are fellow football fans and hot women. Havent seen someone that is both yet though :(
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Post by Going Underground »

ahhh, if you cant beat them then join them theory!
Yeah like Neil I checked out Hannah's website already through the memberlist...... :wink:
Sounds good to me, are you about on Zone 1 challenge day Hannah?
See link "Zone 1: May 19th 2006"
Maybe you could bring some badges along and distribute amongst the challengers :)
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Post by CrunchySaviour »

The only people I've talked to (or rather, have talked to me) on the Tube, beside people I know, have been tramps and nutters, or both. One was convinced he knew Max Clifford.

This chat business sounds great, though!
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Post by hannah b »

Yep likewise
I met Jesus, apparently
He was very nice

I think there's an unwritten rule that you *can't* speak, and if you do you're the nutter.

A female friend of mine got head-butted on bus, with people all around, and no-one asked if she was okay!
This could act for and against the badges in a way, but the sworn silence in this example can only be a bad thing?

There seems to be a dehumanisation apparent that polite exchange could help remedy?

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Post by Waveform »

no talk, more fear.
more talk, less fear.

makes sence but i dont see how we are going to get more people to talk.
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Post by Root »

So, as previously mentioned, are you coming to Zone 1 2006 this Friday? I'm sure you would get at couple of dozen takers. Sending an SAE is just so much hassle... but I'd love a badge! The silence of everyone else makes me feel strange talking, even when I have a friend on the train with me :?.
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Post by hwolge »

Which also reminds me of the absolutely worst aspect of GWR attempts - the signed witness reports from fellow passengers... I really had a hard time both in forcing myself into trying and then actually in getting any!

Stupid GWR rule!
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Post by Waveform »

No im not coming. I would like a badge. But do i have to wear all the time on the tube. :oops: Since i said im not coming i dont a badge anyway. :cry:
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Post by tubeguru »

You can always get a badge by sending an SAE to Hannah, as outlined at the top of this thread.
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Post by Waveform »

A stamped addressed envelope! No i dont mind. I really want to come tto z1 just to meet you guys. But rain and time dont like the lime.
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Post by tubeguru »

Root wrote:So, as previously mentioned, are you coming to Zone 1 2006 this Friday? I'm sure you would get at couple of dozen takers. Sending an SAE is just so much hassle... but I'd love a badge! The silence of everyone else makes me feel strange talking, even when I have a friend on the train with me :?.
Good point - if Hannah comes to the Zone 1 Challenge thing (and I bet the First Time Club have never done THAT before), she can give out badges to everyone!

There should be enough of us there.
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Post by Going Underground »

There seems to be a cross thread here, both Root and myself were asking Hannah if she was coming to zone 1 day, as I am sure we would all probably take a badge from her.......... 8)
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