is that legit??

I wish I subscribed to this sub/asked this whilst I was studying there... this stuff sounds awesome.

There's a top secret mode on most Oyster Top-Up machines. Not the ones on National Rail stations which also vend rail tickets - only the ones London Underground operate, which comprise the blue preliminary screen and are always flat at the front.

If you swipe your card, select Up, Cash then hold your card on the reader for 15+ seconds, it will unlock a small game of pong which plays for 30 seconds. You tap the screen's top or bottom corners to move the row up and down.

If there's another individual on the network, you'll be paired alongside them. If you're the only one on the system playing at the time, you'll play against simple A.I.

Your high-score is recorded on your Oyster card when you discharge after the game. One game won = 10 points. 100 points can be redeemed for £1 off any fare.

Don't do this when there's a line though for fucks sake, one and all will hate you.

For me, one of the principal highlights of my weekend is going to a hectic main line station (Victoria, Euston, King's Cross etc.) and lining up to obtain a travel card. It literally kills HOURS. And the best thing is, as you get to the front of the line, you don't have to purchase a travel card! (You could just say, stupid me, I already have an Oyster card! and then you can abandon the line and join it again. cast iron fun for eight plus hours and all for free. (Don't forget to grab a gratis Tube plan as a souvenir)

famous person Spotting in London is a enjoyable hobby, but the first and only rule is DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THEM OR POINT, it's rude plus intrudes on their day, and then we won't get to see them again.

Boy George hangs out at Cargo in Shoreditch relatively frequently for example. Go out and hang around the pubs and clubs and see how many celebs you can spot in one night.

Each celeb has a card punching tool which verifies you have seen them. Ask courteously when they're not occupied and they'll punch a tag for you. Once you have a card with ten punches on, the City of London police will let you have a go on their taser shooter (in the safety of their instruction course).

I tasered an owl out of a tree on my go, and it was fucking hilarious.

Not to question mark your authority on this issue or anything, but I know for a fact the CoL Police do NOT let you have a go on their taser rifle at 10 card punches. It's a least 12 and even then they only follow you round in those red and yellow ride-on cars.

Went there a short time ago and the 'bouncer' who sits next to the entrance told us it was full :-(

Between 3am and 4am (usually, weather conditions permitting), the London Eye is put in to a self-cleaning sequence and rotates at around 6RPM. That doesn't sound like a lot, except that's one revolution every 10 seconds! It gets all the rain, dust, filth etc off, all the mud and so on ends up in the thames.

They don't permit you to ride it in this time, except slipping the cleaners (who aren't the normal ride operators) £20 will get you on one of the pods.

It's a hell of a rush although tbh only a matter of time until somebody gets hurt then they stop this.