You're about to see a steam ENGINE. A steam ENGINE, lovingly restored. The official re-OPENING of the line, and we can be part of it. We can be among the passengers on this first historic journey.
As long as we don't have to walk.
I can't see telling people they were adopted.
You should have known that I was JOKING. People couldn't afford to adopt; they had to do it by installments. They only got as far as adopting one of your legs, and then the war broke out.
It used to be a tradition round here if you were hungry, you could KNOCK on any door and without a moment's hesitation they'd slam it, straight in your face.