A delayed train event was the reason why a guy from London, UK started to play crosswords and challenge other passengers while waiting. As a way to keep them busy and entertained so the delay wouldn’t seem frustrating. He and a couple of his friends had been traveling from a small town towards London when the train stalled because of some water floods in a part of the track.
It seems like the floods which delayed the train would make the group of friends and the passengers remember this seemingly routine trip, for a long time. Due to this problem the train staff suggested everyone to go in the first wagons, which made it very crowded. The people started complaining as some people were sitting on the floor.
He took it upon himself to boost morale of the whole wagon and a video of him on a social media platform has surpassed 3M views. It cheered everyone up and everyone was trying to interact and guess the correct answers. Something rather rare in today’s world where everyone seems so detached with the reality always staring at the mobile screens. What’s even more interesting is that had a paper puzzle.
To ease the tension the almost-drunk group of friends came up with this to ease the tense passengers.
The paper crossword puzzle was an old newspaper which the guy had in his pockets. This made the friends make fun of him for keeping old newspapers in his jacket. In the video Brown is shown asking crossword clues to fellow passengers who didn’t pay much attention to him.
“London street off Trafalgar Square 6 letters?” the puzzle guy asks and his friend tell him you he has no idea what the answer is.
“Animal Doctor in 4 letters”. The silence starts.
A few more questions and some persistence from Brown and the strangers in the train started to relax and started responding and guessing the answers more eagerly. And from a tense delayed train the atmosphere changes and now it resembles a tavern in an old town with people talking from one table to another. The whole wagon started getting involved and to their surprise there were actually people who knew how to answer the clues. It was fun to witness this collective interaction, where people from all age groups were talking and joining in. There was a senior who answered one clue and helped the tipsy guy to spell it on paper.
The video of it became viral on social media as it is something very unique.
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