I was on the train once and a guy whose face and skull were fully tattooed sat next to me - I carried on reading while wondering what his story was, thinking he had inked himself out of any possibility of employment, what did he do for money - then I noticed bird noises, lots of chirping and cheeping - a woman in another seat started talking to him asking him "what type of birds are those?" - that's when I realised the bird sounds were coming from the luggage rack behind us - there were about 30 little chicks sitting in cardboard egg trays - he started telling the woman that the chicks were fighting bantams, that "the traveller lads" would pay a £1000 each for them for their cockfighting sessions, and then it struck me that there was about £30,000 just sitting there in the luggage rack and he maybe the richest person in the carriage.. then some officious businesswoman started storming down the aisle intent on complaining about the noise, saw his fully tattooed head and promptly turned on her heels, her complaints no longer verbalised...