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Most Hated Railway Puts 15-Year-Old In Charge Of Their Twitter Account, And Things Escalate Quickly
Beleaguered UK railway company Southern Rail isn't exactly used to good press these days. Industrial disputes, reduced services, and late-running trains have seen public anger at the rail firm grow exponentially over the last year, but all of that seems to have been temporarily forgotten thanks to an unlikely savior in the form of a 15-year-old student called Eddie.
Southern Rail have recently put the teenager, who's currently on work experience at the firm, in charge of the company's Twitter account, and it seems like people can't get enough of his cheery charm. He's even spawned a hashtag - #askeddie - thanks to his willingness to answer all sorts of weird and wonderful questions that the public have been throwing at him. Putting Eddie in charge has been one of the most popular decisions the rail company has made in quite awhile. Let's just hope they offer him a job!
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Helping Panda 8 years ago
Glad this was the first one, I don't even have to read further... Eddie, you do know how to suck up to people, you'll go far I am sure! You should get in touch with that aspiring stock broker from yesterday, you two will make a great team!
Claire Killian 8 years ago
Eddie, I love you for this answer. I hope my one year old son will become a person just like you!!
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Rivkaka 8 years ago
He has a whole page on Bored Panda isn't he kinda already famous?
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Markus Janssen 7 years ago
Actually, as you listen to the song "sooner or later you'll be screwing around" -I won't do that.. So, there, he will do anything for love, but not screw around.
Nymeria Of Rhoyne 8 years ago
I was Eddie and Pakalu papito to have a war of wits ! This guy is funny AF
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Leoninus Fate 8 years ago
sorry I kinda like this one{since I kinda know why no one commented on it}, I only know who those people are in passing cause no one shuts up about that show, Not everyone watches it, for some of us, it's as dreadful and dreadful as the news
Master Markus 8 years ago
I don't think it's dreadful, but when people talk about the series like it's high-stakes politics I'm like "Lol, don't care".
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Elizabeth Scarborough 8 years ago
Game of Thrones talk at the office is akin to Sports talk, I don't watch or participate in either.
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 8 years ago
John Snow is a British news presenter.
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Jeeves 8 years ago
That's HARD. One duck sized horse would be awesome. But 100 duck sized horses... I'll take them. I will tame them and they will become my forever friends and they will follow me everywhere. Yeah.
Mia Rennie 8 years ago
100 duck-sized horses... horses are nicer than ducks and what could they do? if they stood on you it would feel like some one tapping you, and if they bite you... well it would feel like this: bite your finger (the harder the better), after you bite it there will be a weird feeling in it for a few seconds... this feeling is the bite... (at least that's what i think)
PARANOIDANDROID 8 years ago
at list its not a horse size d**k, even a duck size d**k is kinda scary
Maggie Grover Bacher 8 years ago
ducks fight dirty! you don't want to fight a duck sized duck much less a horse sized one.
Samuel Vardier 8 years ago
Have you ever looked at pictures of a duck's penis? I'm not kidding. Thing is horrific. I'll take the horses anyday. At least you know what to expect. There's WAYS. Not with a duck's d**k.
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Steve Bowman 8 years ago
When a 10-year-old can run the USA, a 15-year-old could drive a train...
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Meara 8 years ago
I don't know that!!! *gets pulled to the sky and thrown down the Gorge of Eternal Peril*
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Caroline Driver 8 years ago
Maybe he's too young and not been brought up right. My daughter would know the 'African or European swallow' answer.
Ryebread the White 8 years ago
North America swallows! Don't get it confused with swifts. R cause they go over 300kph
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TC 8 years ago
Not really. You can actually run down stairs provided you do it sided with the tip of the booy. It's pretty easy actually if you do know how to skate
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Ged Maybury 8 years ago
So clever. (Notice he doesn't actually suggest which type of chair would be *less* steady? Guy's a natural diplomat!)
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Wyndmere 8 years ago
Yes, he does. Maybe you should catch up on news stories.
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Nicklas Linder 8 years ago
Damn... If that was me as a 15 year old, my advice would have been "Take lots of party pictures and stay drunk because when you're drunk you're funnier!". Eddie will be one amazing person!
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Mara Evers 8 years ago
So southernrailuk guy would teleport to get somewhere quicker than he can now.... figures :P
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coffee zombie 8 years ago
Eddie goes to twitter when he's at work at the railway station. My guess is he likes twitter more.
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madcow 3417 8 years ago
It's the egg. Think back to the very first thing you'd call chicken, that evolved/mutated from some other bird/dinosaur. That previous animal laid eggs.
Heather Keedy Bateman 8 years ago
If it's the egg....then what HATCHED it?!
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Bo Bednar 8 years ago
BUT THERE WERE EGGS OF OTHER THINGS LONG BEFORE CHICKENS EXISTED! And if you mean chicken eggs, I can prove that one too. The first chicken was born out of an egg. Whatever laid that egg was a very close relative to the chicken, but was slightly (and I mean like a tiny tiny tiny amount) different/less evolved than the first chicken.
Šimon Špaček 8 years ago
It has to be egg. You need something what is not-a-chicken. This creature will lay eggs and from one of them nearly-a-chicken will be born. After few generations there will be egg from nearly-a-chicken and from this one a real chicken will be born. So you must have chicken egg BEFORE you have chicken, but this egg was produced by nearly-a-chicken.
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Richard Shockey 8 years ago
And here i'm wondering what kinds of barbarians put dairy products in tea?!?
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Felicia Dale 8 years ago
People used to put the milk in first because tea cups could break from the heat of tea. Nowadays that's not a problem.
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Steve Bowman 8 years ago
That goes for the Germans as well (any tourist, really).
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nightcore.nerd 8 years ago
Yea, but it's a tradition for most male Gents from Germany or unknown origins from there
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Hazel Waring 8 years ago
Do ... do they? I've never seen any of my male friends or family do this - I thought it was German men?
Laura Hurme 8 years ago
It's a man habit regardless of nationality. Men don't have blisters though.
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Bill KOT 8 years ago
I wonder how he's gonna get it powered up. No electricity or Xbox or PlayStation or anything.
Joanne Dix 8 years ago
Perhaps the boat is more of a ship, with electricity?
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Andrew Cas 8 years ago
It's a great white And no chance! If the shark wanted to catch him it would without hesitation!
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Jan Feline 8 years ago
I suppose my answer would be pretty obvious. That being said, there are some really awesome dogs.
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Sheralyn 8 years ago
I get what he means. Sometimes you prefer Chinese but only in occasional doses, if you had to eat it your whole life you would hate it.
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Jan-Kjetil Jess 8 years ago
Nah, I reckon every time he squeezes his abs someone gives birth effortlessly.
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Master Markus 8 years ago
Oh Bruce Lee... Why did HE have to die young while we are left with religious-right hatemongers like Chuck Norris?
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Tiffany Zhu 8 years ago
... Jump off a 4,000 foot cliff without a parachute or ropes or anything holding him on and not die...?
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Justin McDonald 8 years ago
Australia again hi Eddie. The original Ringo Starr version or the remake?
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Ged Maybury 8 years ago
I love the way he bounces these back - asking "You?" on the end. A nice way to extend a convo, or signal that his answer is personal, not absolute.
Allana Rose 8 years ago
UGH Dominos Pizza is the worst kind of pizza ever! Out here, people only eat dominos as a last resort to nothing. PIZZA HUT RULES!!!
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Markus McCloud 8 years ago
Did anyone else read that in a snarky British voice? XD
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Emy Reynoso 8 years ago
200 grams per person!? I live in Italy and thats a lot of pasta ofr only 1 person
Allana Rose 8 years ago
Dumb question. One can never make too much pasta as it is always better the next day as left overs!
Sarah Malcolmson Palmer 8 years ago
He's a growing boy... he probably eats that much ... I know my kid would
Carolyn Kane 8 years ago
That's what I was thinking. At 15, 200g is probably about right
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BoredBirgit 8 years ago
Perhaps he will get a lifelong supply from HEINZ for this advertising!
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Brett Gieger 8 years ago
A woodchuck would chuck all the the wood that a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
Cayman 8 years ago
I prefer about as many cookies as cookie monster could muster if cookie monster could master cooking cookies.
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About as much ground as a groundhog could hog if a groundhog could hog ground.
David Stuckey 8 years ago
About 17.25 kilos per minute, given the rate at which a woodchuck can dig.
Jennifer Hunter 8 years ago
A woodchuck would chuck as much as he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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Belinda Coldhill 8 years ago
I'm assuming it's sports related. Also claret is a type of red colour.
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Mangirdas Riešuta 8 years ago
Soo true... he would wait it out till the end hidden and then defeat the last opponent cuz he/she would be tired after previous battle! BAM! Eddie - GENIUS
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Allana Rose 8 years ago
You gotta love this fearless kid. he just says whatever comes to mind and he is a funny kid!
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Adogcalledkitty 8 years ago
Ok, but has asking weird questions changed anything about the late-running trains?
Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
Ok, cool, the kid has a sense of humour and patience, for now ;) I get it improves the PR rating, but it doesn't improve the rails service. So unless that goes along with Twitter, it's just gonna be an episode.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
Well, to be fair, he was supposed to be answering questions related to the rail service, people just aren't doing that.....because that's ow Twitter works. ;)
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Olivia W 8 years ago
Funny. But not as funny as waiting 2 hours stranded at a station because all the trains were cancelled :/
Boštjan Žlak 8 years ago
That's why he is there... So you can read his tweets for those two hours while stranded... Customer service at it's best ;)
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Nicola Morley 8 years ago
Eddie will probably make #askeddie his job when he leaves school. He's already got a following. It d be bad for Southern Rail when his tenure expires.
MysticalMan 8 years ago
I've wondered how long it would take companies to recognize who can do what's popular now. Of course it's going to be someone who is of the now. Nice going Eddie at #askeddie
Darryl Kerrigan 8 years ago
That old Meatloaf song joke is annoying. He says what 'that' is during the song: Sooner or later you'll be screwing around I won't do that No, I won't do that Anything for love But I won't do that
Adogcalledkitty 8 years ago
Ok, but has asking weird questions changed anything about the late-running trains?
Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
Ok, cool, the kid has a sense of humour and patience, for now ;) I get it improves the PR rating, but it doesn't improve the rails service. So unless that goes along with Twitter, it's just gonna be an episode.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
Well, to be fair, he was supposed to be answering questions related to the rail service, people just aren't doing that.....because that's ow Twitter works. ;)
Load More Replies... Olivia W 8 years ago
Funny. But not as funny as waiting 2 hours stranded at a station because all the trains were cancelled :/
Boštjan Žlak 8 years ago
That's why he is there... So you can read his tweets for those two hours while stranded... Customer service at it's best ;)
Load More Replies... Nicola Morley 8 years ago
Eddie will probably make #askeddie his job when he leaves school. He's already got a following. It d be bad for Southern Rail when his tenure expires.
MysticalMan 8 years ago
I've wondered how long it would take companies to recognize who can do what's popular now. Of course it's going to be someone who is of the now. Nice going Eddie at #askeddie
Darryl Kerrigan 8 years ago
That old Meatloaf song joke is annoying. He says what 'that' is during the song: Sooner or later you'll be screwing around I won't do that No, I won't do that Anything for love But I won't do that
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