Shecky on the Green Line

Yesterday, the Green Line train stopped between Boylston and Arlington. The driver made an announcement: "There's a situation on the platform at Arlington and we're not allowed to move yet. We'll keep you posted." He offered no further details, and no promises of "we'll be moving shortly."

A couple of minutes later, he gave us an update, "Once again, we're not allowed to move yet. The Boston Police and the MBTA Police are on the scene..." Again, no word of how long the delay would be, but my fellow commuters and I were patient.

And then, his final announcement: "I gave you the bad news... and now I'll give the good news," he deadpanned. "I just saved a lot on my car insurance... with Geico."

Everyone on the train was in hysterics as we pulled into the station.

Comments

[Karen]

That's really funny. I don't fly that often anymore, but I always kind of like when the pilot has a sense of humor, too.

[~bc]

It's a shame, I was riding in another trolley, I got no comedy, and my iPod wasn't funny at all. We only had to wait maybe 5-10 minutes, max, so my guess is that you were ahead of us and waited longer than our train.

There is one guy on the Green Line that does tell jokes fairly regularly, and he's pretty funny with a good delivery. I miss him, now that I've moved out of Green Line territory...

[jason]

Once while I was on a plane, the pilot was discussing the rules of the plane and said, "If you unbuckle your seatbelt before the seatbelt light goes off, we'll beat you like they did to that boy in Singapore."