feeling listless

Journalism(ish) I usually skip over the columnists in 'The Guardian' -- I prefer my fellow amateurs, but something in Simon Hoggart's piece today caught my eye -- genuine announcements on the London Underground: "Ladies and gentlemen, upon departing the train may I remind you to take your rubbish with you. Despite the fact that you are in something that is metal, fairly round, filthy and smells, this is a tube train and not a bin on wheels."