Discussion (8) ¬

1. 
   Wolf Emperor

   December 19, 2011 at 12:14 pm | #

   Just to be a geek, I searched for “Hell” on the TTC website. I got two results! Yikes!!

   Btw, veliadear.com is now partially blocked by my work web filter because it designates the site as “Pornography”! Lmao. Incorrectly categorized.
2. 
   chibidani

   December 19, 2011 at 1:02 pm | #

   I did not realize that Velia was in TO!

   I’ve taken the TTC a handful of times, its not that bad on a small scale. And the above ground trams sure are better than the buses we have out here (Vancouver).
3. 
   TorontoGirl

   December 19, 2011 at 1:54 pm | #

   Oh, Rina – how appropriate. You know the old joke, TTC = Take the Car :0)
4. 
   Bill Minkler

   December 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm | #

   I’ve never had the pleasure of riding the Toronto Subway, so I can’t comment on its proximity to Hell, though I love your joke. I like to ride the Toronto streetcars because you can see the nifty neighborhoods they go through.

   New York Subways, definitely, some of the stations are very close to Hell.
5. 
   Bob

   December 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm | #

   @chibidani,
   At least Vancouver’s transit system actually leaves the city’s boundaries! The moronic officials around Toronto are simply too stupid to comprehend that commuters regularly work in a different municipality than where they live. The province puts billions into Toronto transit projects to buy votes – only where transit is already available – but puts zero cents into expanding or integrating transit coverage where it is needed!
6. 
   Bob

   December 19, 2011 at 7:53 pm | #

   It is surprising Velia wouldn’t recognize the subway rumble… it’s pretty distinctive, and is heard from stores, theatres, apartments, even ventilator gratings near the lines. Visiting Paris this summer I heard the same thing coming from the Metro from my hotel’s basement beakfast room. Probably most subways are like that, except Montreal’s Metro – it uses tires rather than steel wheels on rails.
7. 
   David T.G. Riches

   December 19, 2011 at 7:54 pm | #

   St. Wenceslaus RC Church! It would take me half a dozen churches to get that close! Nice.
8. 
   Bill Minkler

   December 19, 2011 at 9:35 pm | #

   When you’re in a creepy church basement after dealing with malocchios and evil nuns and things, any sudden loud noise would be alarming, no matter how familiar. Velia asking “What’s that?” when she heard the subway rumble allowed the priest to explain, in a panel and a half, what it was and how close the church basement was to it, which allowed Velia to tell her Toronto joke in the last panel. Economy of space and story line. (How’s that for analyizing a day’s strip ro death?