The Bishop of Southwark has been behaving most strangely. He's been accused of being drunk and getting in someone else's car (without their permission) and throwing the toys found inside it out of it. When challenged on his behavior - he reportedly said "I'm the Bishop of Southwark. It's what I do."
He says he couldn't, just couldn't have been drunk - and must have had a head injury - because he was able to get from Southwark (an area just south of the Thames, home to London Dungeons, the Globe Theatre and Southwark Cathedral) to his home in Streatham (a South London area - not too far from where I live - and home to a movie theatre, gay bath house and the Bishop of Southwark - apparently).
The Bishop said that his Oyster travelcard records show that he used public transport from central London to his home in south Streatham, a trip which he insisted would be difficult to undertake while drunk. "I really do defy anyone who’s had too much to drink to make that journey," he said.
I just had to laugh. Not just laugh, but bloody guffaw. Negotiate London Transport - drunk? Make the journey to Zone 3 - drunk? I defy anyone who's been on the Underground after 1o on a weekday and after 8 on a weekend to question the fact that millions of drunken journeys are taken on public transport every year. I've contribulated to that statistic myself.
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The bishop has obviously been spending entirely too much time in the restaurant/bar just across the carpark from the cathedral.
Of course, changing at and negotiating the Westminster tube station trying to leave the area would tax anyone's sanity.
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