Commuters queue up in typically British fashion to use puddle bridge made from NEWSPAPERS
This is the hilarious moment London commuters queued up in typically British fashion to use a bizarre makeshift bridge across a giant puddle – made using hundreds of soggy newspapers.
Chris Tough, 32, was heading home from work at around 6pm after a day’s heavy rain on Wednesday when he spotted the peculiar scene near Victoria Station.
The interior architect claims the commuters were using the bridge “as if it were an official crossing set up by the council” and says it was made from editions of the London Evening Standard.
But the bridge was deemed fit for purpose by Chris, who says he used it himself and remained dry.
Chris, from Croydon, London, said: “I was running for my train when I spotted the queue of people waiting to cross this giant puddle by this strange newspaper bridge.
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“I thought it was so funny that I actually stopped and videoed it and took a few pictures, risking missing my train.
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“In a typically British fashion, people had formed an orderly queue waiting to use it and then were walking across it as if it was the most natural thing in the world. It was as if the bridge had always been there or like it had been put there by the council or something.
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“It was made out of hundreds of copies of the London Evening Standard. There is usually one or two sellers in the area so I have no idea how they got there. Maybe a member of public found them and laid them across like that.
“In the end I crossed it myself and it was very effective actually. It worked very well as a bridge, it was very sturdy and there was no moisture coming through.
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“People were so focussed on crossing the bridge that they didn’t even notice me filming them. I have never seen anything like it before.
“I went past the same spot the next day but both the puddle and the newspapers had gone.”
Commuters queue up in typically British fashion to use puddle bridge made from NEWSPAPERS
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