[edit: April Fool] (Bloody Typical) Another Damning Example of “Broken Britain”

** This was an April-Fool post; I'm not really a miserable, ranting misanthrope **

This is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a very long time. I hate to use the phrase “political correctness gone mad” but I think this really is a legitimate case.

In line with the redevelopment for the 2012 Olympic Games, TFL have just unveiled plans “to rebrand what is currently the Metropolitan line as the Neopolitan line… a term synonymous with European culture and grandeur"(http://www.tfl.gov.uk/neopolitan_line_announced.htm). WTF?? As if it wasn’t a big enough hassle getting into work with the amount of work going on, and a massive drain on resources getting ready for the olympics, we’re going to have to endure months of delays for pointless “re-generation” – decorating stations in “tasteful chocolate hues”! and why? To give the bureaucrats in Brussels a sense of smug self-satisfaction? Fucking waste of time if you ask me.