[INGLÊS]Beijar esta proibido na Inglaterra!!!

por **Yugoloth** em 07 Mar 2009, 18:14

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In the classic film Brief Encounter, Celia Johnson faces Trevor Howard on the station platform for a lip-quivering emotional farewell.

It is a scene played out by couples every day of the week as they part.

But one station is putting an end to such lingering goodbyes with a 'no kissing' sign - on the grounds that overlong clinches are causing delays and congestion.

If couples want to say a romantic farewell at Warrington Bank Quay station in Cheshire they have to walk to a Kissing Zone in the short-stay car park - where they can indulge themselves for up to 20 minutes.

Coincidentally, the station is on the same line as Carnforth in Lancashire, less than 60 miles away, where Brief Encounter was filmed in 1945.

The 'no kissing' sign - the first of its kind in the country - is outside the station where couples saying goodbye were causing traffic congestion, delaying other passengers who then had to rush for their train.

It was put up at the suggestion of Colin Daniels, chief executive of Warrington Chamber of Commerce, as part of a £650,000 station refurbishment part-funded by Virgin Trains.

Mr Daniels said: 'It was all a bit of fun, but there is a serious message underneath.'

Virgin Trains say the station has become 'increasingly busy' since the introduction of faster trains between London and Glasgow and the sign is intended to speed up access for passengers.

The kissing ban brought a mixed response. Ruth Sargeant, 38, who uses the station to travel to Manchester, said: 'Surely people are entitled to say their goodbyes.'

But Jenna Seddon, 23, from Warrington, said: 'I think the signs are quite sweet. It's romantic and a bit of fun.'

John Finney, 29, from St Helens, whose partner Lynne Surgenor is from Glasgow, said: 'Someone in an office somewhere must have a good sense of humour. We're law-abiding citizens, though, so of course we won't be breaking the rules.'

Miss Surgenor, 24, added: 'His car was parked beneath the kissing sign and I thought he'd put it up as a joke. It made me laugh.'

A Virgin spokesman confirmed that those kissing in the wrong place will not face any penalty.

In Brief Encounter a suburban housewife falls in love with a local doctor. They decide to part, but their final meeting at the station is interrupted - and he is only able to squeeze his lover on her shoulder instead of the longed-for embrace.

Fonte: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -sign.html