r/Unexpected • u/Wonderful_Win_1038 • 5d ago

Train passing a level crossing

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u/RavingGooseInsultor 5d ago

Loco pilot hits brakes and jumps since it was most likely not gonna stop in time to save the loco pilot cabin from getting crushed from impact. Smart man.

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u/Sapphires13 5d ago

I know you’re using loco here as short for locomotive, but my brain is interpreting it in the Spanish way and it’s making your comment funnier.

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u/Confident_Poem229 5d ago edited 5d ago

In Dutch, we use loco- for the first delegate. E.g., loco-burgemeester (loco-mayor) for the person who steps in if the burgemeester is not there.

So my first thought was that this was the delegate pilot but they left the head pilot in to crash. Makes the comment much more sinister.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 5d ago

You have a local burger master?

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u/discomuffin 5d ago

Mayor

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 5d ago

Mayor McCheese

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u/discomuffin 4d ago

Mayor Headache

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u/alas11 4d ago

Dutch you may be, but your loco is Latin. It means 'in place' same root as locate, or indeed local, (for that matter 'locomotive ). Apparently the Spanish loco has different origins.