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title: Early delays
date: "2006-11-21T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - london-2005
wp_id: 178
description: After a brief hiatus, I share a humorous encounter on the London Underground. A Jubilee line train was held at North Greenwich specifically because it arrived sixty seconds early, prompting a paradoxical apology from the driver.
keywords: [london underground, jubilee line, north greenwich, train delays, humorous announcements]
---

I haven't been blogging the last 6-7 weeks. This is partly because I've been averaging 1 book or movie per day, but mostly because I ran out of things to say. I will start again soon. In the meantime, this is an announcement I heard when travelling on the Jubilee line. (The train had halted at North Greenwich.)

> "Ladies and gentlemen, we're being held at this station for a while. This is because, you're not going to believe this, but we're slightly early! We're not due at North Greenwich for another 60 seconds. Once again, I apologise for the delay, which is because we're early.