Last Call.
London Revelers Plan Last Cocktail Party Before Tube Booze Ban
By Brian Lysaght
May 30 (Bloomberg) — Revelers are planning a final cocktail party on the London Underground tomorrow evening before an alcohol ban takes effect on June 1.
Mayor Boris Johnson announced the ban on May 7, six days after his election, fulfilling a campaign pledge. The new rule will bar alcohol consumption on city buses and trains and is aimed at making traveling safer and more pleasant, Johnson said.
”The Final Circle Line Party” will take place in the rear cars of the 9 p.m. Circle Line train leaving from the clockwise platform at Liverpool Street station. Revelers should bring their own cocktails, said James Darling, 20, a Web site designer helping to organize the event, in an interview yesterday. Similar parties are happening on other lines.
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With the kind of weather that could drive Richard Simmons to depression – one of London’s greatest assets is the drinking culture. Walking down the street with a pint is a beautiful and glorious feeling. The drunken Sunday sprawl of Brick Lane out in Eastie could be the alcoholic’s equivalent to the Sound of Music.
It’s not the worst loss for the Big Smoke, banning open containers on public transport, and at least it results in the most massive underground party since the awkward tribal dance in The Matrix.
Just be careful of setting dangerous precedents fellow Londonists, don’t let a public transport ban become a citywide ban. Meanwhile, see you on the Circle Line.
For your moment of zen, I leave you with the lyrics from…
The Jam – Going Underground
What you see is what you get
You’ve made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You’ll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I dont get what this society wants
I’m going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
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