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Comic #1064

1 {scene: the train platform at Kiev railway station}
1 Ginny: Zdrastvuitye! Is the train to Moscow running today?
2 Train Guy: Da. Leaving for Moscow on time.
3 Monty: On time? It's been stuck in Kiev for two days!
4 Train Guy: Soviet government defines on time when train arrives. Train running late impossible!

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The state-operated rail network in my home city of Sydney changed their definition of "on time" a few months ago, with the result that trains running up to 10 minutes behind their scheduled time are now not considered to be running late. Ah, bureaucracy.

But it did reduce the stats on the percentage of late-running trains... so that's good... I guess...

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