As useful as a chocolate trolleybus conductor

摘要

While Mrs M and I were queuing in Florida, Sholto Thomas was in Switzerland and did a double-take in the city of Lucerne while riding on one of its fine fleet of Hess trolleybuses. Number 211 indeed. For while a few British places had some festive fun with a driver dressed as Santa Claus, this one had a larger-than-life chocolate Santa aboard looking like a gigantic inert conductor. He tells me it weighed 150kg, which is almost 24stones in imperial or around twice the weight of an average passenger. No wonder two seats were removed to accommodate this edible installation.