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Magnetic Levitating Trains Get Go-Ahead In Japan
An anonymous reader writes "They've been on the drawing board for 40 years but the politicos have finally approved routes for the 500kph maglev trains to replace bullet trains." I wonder if they'll let me test out maglev rollerblades on the track.
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As long as they don't go over water, then you need POWER!
You were able to take out 3 letters from Magnetic but you got Levitating right...?
Anyone else read that as "Magic Levitating Trains" ?
Not really. Though now you reminded me of Hogwarts Express.
To make it worse, I had to concentrate so I wouldn't type "Hogswatch Express", which would have been pretty embarr... oh, never mind.
Ignore this signature. By order.
Well, to most people, they would be Magic Levitating Trains...
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Meh just buy it now on credit. I'm sure the japanese will lend us the money. It's foolproof!!
Freudian DiscWorld slips are more embarrassing than reading Harry Potter?
I like both, but DiscWorld definitely has more geek-chic.
which is totally what she said
I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook. And, by gum, it put them on the map.
Thanks, no really - I wanted my milk to come out my nose
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What are you going to mistake 'Levitating' with?
That's all I can think of.
Those are really hard to kill.
Anyone else read that as "Magic Levitating Trains" ?
I read that as "Magnetic Leviatans"... whatever that means.
Fine, let's just _surrender_ to the fossils, shall we?
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
4) Profits!
You need to remember that you don't have that costly climb to 10 km.
You realize you also get to come down from 10 km for free...
I wanted my milk to come out my nose
Milk out of nose? Okay...
NOSE
Change N to P: POSE
Change S to L: POLE
Change P to M: MOLE
Change O to I: MILE
Change E to K: MILK
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
(And I'm not making this up. I'm living in San Jose and hearing what the people around me are saying about the light rail, the BART extension, the HST project.)
So you are not actually in America after all.
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
Great Scott!
Yeah, it's somewhere between 273K and 373K.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
Sorry, neither obscure Shakespearian words nor proper nouns are allowed.
Cherry Littlebottom? Sounds like the sluttier sister of Strawberry Shortcake.
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Is there a chance the track could bend?