Commuting is a drag, but UK illustrator and author Joe Butcher keeps himself entertained by giving his fellow train riders alter egos. Their new identities are unveiled on Twitter by Butcher's own alter ego, <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FOctoberJones" target="_blank" target="_blank">October Jones</a>. "OMG YOU GUYS I'M ON THE BAT-TRAIN," he tweeted.
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Commuting is a drag, but UK illustrator and author Joe Butcher keeps himself entertained by giving his fellow train riders alter egos. Their new identities are unveiled on Twitter by Butcher's own alter ego, October Jones. "OMG YOU GUYS I'M ON THE BAT-TRAIN," he tweeted.
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"This guy just caught me taking a photo of him. How did he KNOW?!" Butcher tweeted. Butcher is behind the blog <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftextfromdog.tumblr.com" target="_blank" target="_blank">Text from Dog</a>, which has generated two books. He's also a software designer who commutes between Birmingham and Derby, England. Thus, the super hero dispatches.
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"This guy just caught me taking a photo of him. How did he KNOW?!" Butcher tweeted. Butcher is behind the blog Text from Dog, which has generated two books. He's also a software designer who commutes between Birmingham and Derby, England. Thus, the super hero dispatches.
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"THOR. THIS HULK. HULK BE LATE TO OFFICE. NO EAT HULK'S BAGEL," Butcher tweeted about this bright puffy commuter.
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"THOR. THIS HULK. HULK BE LATE TO OFFICE. NO EAT HULK'S BAGEL," Butcher tweeted about this bright puffy commuter.
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"I'm on the train. It's nice to see that some things never change," Butcher wrote.
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"I'm on the train. It's nice to see that some things never change," Butcher wrote.
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"The idea really came about as a way to combat boredom on the train. I started tweeting the photos because I thought they might brighten up the mornings of fellow commuters on Twitter," Butcher told CNN.
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"The idea really came about as a way to combat boredom on the train. I started tweeting the photos because I thought they might brighten up the mornings of fellow commuters on Twitter," Butcher told CNN.
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Butcher is stealthy about his in-transit artistic endeavors: "I'm like a Post-it Ninja," he said via e-mail.
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Butcher is stealthy about his in-transit artistic endeavors: "I'm like a Post-it Ninja," he said via e-mail.
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"This guy just caught me laughing at his squeaky voice," Butcher tweeted about this disgruntled mouse.
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"This guy just caught me laughing at his squeaky voice," Butcher tweeted about this disgruntled mouse.
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ET's tweet: "I just told this guy off for using his phone in the Quiet Zone. I don't care who he's phoning." Home, presumably.
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ET's tweet: "I just told this guy off for using his phone in the Quiet Zone. I don't care who he's phoning." Home, presumably.
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"It's Monday morning. I am on the train. This guy looks like poo." Poor Pooh.
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"It's Monday morning. I am on the train. This guy looks like poo." Poor Pooh.
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"On train. Cyclops is really pissed off," Butcher tweeted.
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"On train. Cyclops is really pissed off," Butcher tweeted.
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"Dude c'mon. You knew Danger Mouse wasn't going to last forever."
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"Dude c'mon. You knew Danger Mouse wasn't going to last forever."
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"I'm on the train. This Ewok looks high."
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"I'm on the train. This Ewok looks high."
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"I'm on the train playing 'Where's Wally?' AH-HA!" There's Waldo.
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"I'm on the train playing 'Where's Wally?' AH-HA!" There's Waldo.
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"Monday morning. On train. This guy keeps whistling. Annoying."
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"Monday morning. On train. This guy keeps whistling. Annoying."
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"On train with Notorious C.A.T. Word up."
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"On train with Notorious C.A.T. Word up."
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