You Bet | London Underground Challenge 2

[JamesUK1985]

@idiustidius I have Aspergers just like you, so first of all well done Jay! Great job... I do have 2 questions for you: 1. Did you get to go out on the train like they said you would? 2. If so did Matthew come with you?

[TheKardiacKid]

That is such an epic prize. Especially for an eight year old.

[idiustidius]

To this day I have no idea how I remembered it all, but I am delighted that I did.

I suppose being an autistic, girlfriend-less, socially inept, tubbster with Aspergers had a lot to do with me leaving the studio with the trophy. HAHA Of course I'm joking about that (I left with a medal as well) ;-)

[hakc97isback]

@idiustidius I'm like you. Autistic and intrested in the Underground. But if this challenge was in 92 then I wouldny have known

[mistofoles]

Gotta love Matthew's shaggy perm!

[nriab23]

@Squmbumf24 Yeah but damn, I'd rather be reasonably smart and social, than incredibly smart in one subject and socially inept

[taylorjsj]

WOW

[TransportBoy]

smart kid even I couldn't guess all the stations. If it was after the NSE split up he would have had to say the National rail operator!

[sw1pe]

Very surreal to see this again; I was a Yank studying in the UK in '92 and saw this episode then--on a black and white telly (I guess the program hosts weren't willing to foot the color TV tax). Thanks for posting!

[nriab23]

@sw1pe black and white in 92? lol

[kd84afc]

@nriab23 you had colour TVs in 1992 lol but the TV license was cheaper if you had a black an white TV so if the bloke was renting it was cheaper for the land lord i guess...

[nufcdazzla]

@Squmbumf24 TBH it doesnt really matter if is was able minded or suffering from Aspergers, its a quite incredible feat in itself and deserved all the praise he got at the time.

I remember my mum and dad watching this and looking in disbelief everytime he got one right.

[jakamneziak]

i wonder is he sick of the london underground song now?

[hyderpotter]

@MrGriser He did say Metropolitan line 6:09

[MrGriser]

@hyderpotter He may know about the lines and stations but does he know about the rolling stock used as well!

[nriab23]

@MrGriser I wonder if he has a girlfriend now? lol probably working in a ticket office

[MrGriser]

@hyderpotter Yeah what I meant was the fact that the Metropolitan goes further out than the District!

[hyderpotter]

Metropolitan line Stations served 34  Length 66.7 km (41.4 mi)

District line Stations served 60 Length 64 km (40 mi)

Piccadilly line Stations served 53 Length 71 km (44 mi)

[MrGriser]

@hyderpotter Central line covers 51 miles I've heard!

[hyderpotter]

@MrGriser Central line Stations served 49 Length 74 km (46 mi) look like the longer line.

[hyderpotter]

@MrGriser District line got more stations.

[MrGriser]

I know lots about the underground too!

[markriley128]

this kid was amazing

[DeanieBoi07]

That kid knows his stuff. I remember when I got a tour around Upminster Depot when my grandad went in to help his mate with some bits. We took a District Line train on a test run to the end of the depot, and I got to drive it back, I was only 7 lol.

[Visonu]

If you were only 7, how could you know how to drive the train?

[DeanieBoi07]

Its simple, twist the handle and push foward, a 4 year old could do it. I was shown what to do, obviously, and did it.

[Visonu]

Are you a train driver?

[DeanieBoi07]

I hope to be in a few years.

[Visonu]

When you become a driver, which line will you work on?

[DeanieBoi07]

Debating between Central and Jubilee to be honest. Central would be the better one as it's my most local line.

[Visonu]

Which Central line station is nearest to your house?

[DeanieBoi07]

Newbury Park.

[Visonu]

I'm sure that boy knew which lines were not use after the underground fire

[Visonu]

This was broadcast on 11 September 1992

[Visonu]

I think I remember seeing this episode

[RobinCarmody]

I made my own grand-scale British Rail map when I was six, so I know the territory. I'd have been *seriously* proud to have done something like this at that age - and I also had the privilege to go in a cab, in my case of a Class 50 locomotive.  Simon Cowell would probably think it was "sad" - but fuck him and everything he stands for.