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A similar story involved two revellers travelling home by train after a night out. Anxious not to miss their stop, one of them scanned the platform as they drew into the station. Catching site of the nameplate he announced to his colleague that thy had arrived in Cheltenham (not their destination) so they relaxed and continued to the next station.
Looking out the observer read the sign and again he announced that they had reached . . . Cheltenham. Thinking that there may be two stations serving a city as large as Cheltenham they relaxed and carried on.
When the next station turned out to be Cheltenham again his mate insisted that he would read the next station sign, only to come up with Cheltenham again. At this stage they became concerned as they hadn't noticed the train changing direction, so they decided to ask another passenger to assist them and together they looked at the signs. The stranger said it was Bromsgrove.
"But that sign says Cheltenham!" said the traveller guy.
"No," says the other passenger, "That sign says 'Gentleman' . . . "
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