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Things I saw on my way to work this morning...

A man in a black shirt and striped tie carefully carrying a large flower arrangement along the platform at Reading station. It was made of pink carnations, and shaped like a crucifix. A small plastic holder held a message card.

A smartly-dressed lady with spirally-curled hair staring at the departure boards. What she saw made her look terribly worried.

A teenaged girl standing on the escalator with her eyes closed. Her bright purple headphones were vibrant against her dyed red-orange hair.

A middle-aged man in beige slacks dancing to The Supremes as he lovingly polished his extremely elderly and decrepit Jaguar.

Date: 2012-03-23 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exspelunca.livejournal.com
A possible, if sad, explanation for the flowers is that they were a funeral tribute to a breast cancer victim.
Departure boards - the old one at New Street (pre varifocal lenses) was too high for reading specs, too near for distance ones. It was worrying.

Date: 2012-03-23 04:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
The flowers certainly looked like they were heading to a funeral - I initially wondered if there'd been an accident on the station, but I guess the guy may just have been taking the train to a funeral and taking his own flowers? I was quite curious, but it didn't really seem like the time for questions.

Date: 2012-03-23 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beckyl.livejournal.com
You can't hurry love, Phil Collins.

Colour featured a lot then...

Date: 2012-03-26 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
Well, it was really You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes, but you can have a kudo for close enough :)

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