who laid the rail
adv. phr.— «I know I’ll end up getting spammed, or flamed, to who laid the rail because I’m using my real e-mail address, but that can’t be helped.» —“Questions About Mass Mailing” by John Swegan Usenet: alt.spam Feb. 11, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
If you’re the type of person who wants so badly to sit alone on a train that you have strategies for deterring other passengers from taking the seat next to yours, the Irish train system is onto you. Irish Rail’s #GiveUpYourSeat campaign...
A mobile-phoney, as defined by the Irish rail system’s new ad campaign, is someone on a train who pretends to be having a phone conversation in order to prevent fellow passengers from taking the seat next to them. This is part of a complete...