"Online” (on the internet) is different than “on line” (as in a train track).

“So i said to this bloke how can i find out when’s the next train. He said look online i thought thats a bit dangerous!!!” was posted on Twitter by david hopton on June 26, 2011. “I asked ‘could you tell when the next train is from London to Glasgow?’ He told me to look online. I said ‘that’s a bit dangerous isn’t it?’” was posted on Twitter by Daniel on February 15, 2012. Authorship of the joke is unknown.

“Can you buy clothes pegs online?” and “Have you seen the new fishing website?"/"No, it’s not online yet” and “What do you call a teller on a tightrope?"/"Online banking” are other “online” jokes.


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david hopton
@hoptond
So i said to this bloke how can i find out when’s the next train. He said look online i thought thats a bit dangerous!!!
3:35 PM · Jun 26, 2011·Mobile Web

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Daniel
@Westyyyyyy
I asked “could you tell when the next train is from London to Glasgow?” He told me to look online. I said “that’s a bit dangerous isn’t it?”
5:42 PM · Feb 15, 2012·Twitter for Android

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Luchabeero
@Ross1875lang
Just asked a guy when the next train to Wolverhampton was, he told me to look online. I thought to myself, thats a bit dangerous!
9:38 AM · Mar 2, 2012·Twitter Web Client

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Colin Sharkey
@colinsharkey
@VirginTrains Just asked the guy at Lockerbie train station ‘What time is the next train to London?’ His reply was ‘Why don’t you look online?’ I thought to myself ‘That’s a little dangerous isn’t it?’ Man shrugging High-speed train with bullet noseDash symbol #Lockerbie #VirginTrains
1:03 PM · Mar 27, 2018·Twitter for iPhone

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Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
I asked a bloke at the station when the next train was coming?
He said “Have a look online!”
I said “That’s a bit dangerous isn’t it?”
3:11 PM · May 4, 2018·Twitter for Android

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Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
I asked a guy at the station when the next train was coming?
He said “Have a look online!”
I said “That’s a bit dangerous isn’t it?”
4:47 AM · May 5, 2018·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/HugoZHackenbush2 September 2, 2020
I asked a guy at the station when the next train was coming. “ have a look online “ he said to me, so I replied..
..” That’s a bit dangerous isn’t it ? “

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Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
I asked a guy at the station when the next train was coming. “ have a look online “ he said to me, so I replied..
..” That’s a bit dangerous isn’t it ? “
3:04 PM · Sep 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#mondaymirth
“Excuse me Can you tell me when the next train is coming”
“Have a look online!”
“That’s a bit dangerous isn’t it?”
3:57 AM · Nov 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone