# Dumb ways to die - Train safety ad.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 21, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696 "2012-11-21T07:21:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/41 "2012-11-23T18:36:24Z")
Scroll down a bit.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/42 "2012-11-23T19:27:18Z")
> [@runner pat](#):
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> I pushed it.
> Give it a try. I dare ya.
But the song warns us against pushing red buttons.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/43 "2012-11-23T19:33:31Z")
> [@runner pat](#):
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> Scroll down a bit.
I don’t think it’s there on the mobile version.
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/44 "2012-11-23T19:49:59Z")
I like the girl’s singing voice. She sounds almost like a child, but is too polished to be just another child actor. She even exhibits a nice blues inflection. Anyone know who she is?
ETA: Looks like she is [Emily Lubitz,](http://mumbrella.com.au/dumb-ways-to-die-viral-singer-126794) who did it “cause she had bills to pay.” I’ll bet her band sells a lot more songs now.
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/45 "2012-11-23T22:32:55Z")
> [@Musicat](#):
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> I like the girl’s singing voice. She sounds almost like a child, but is too polished to be just another child actor. She even exhibits a nice blues inflection. Anyone know who she is?
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> ETA: Looks like she is [Emily Lubitz,](http://mumbrella.com.au/dumb-ways-to-die-viral-singer-126794) who did it “cause she had bills to pay.” I’ll bet her band sells a lot more songs now.
You might also like Sarah Blasko: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CJkBELcCMAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpaoFmPW8lLo&ei=5\_evUN2GMauviQerwYHQAg&usg=AFQjCNHLTbkfJ22pGgaGgaxnPW1iztfAig](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CJkBELcCMAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpaoFmPW8lLo&ei=5_evUN2GMauviQerwYHQAg&usg=AFQjCNHLTbkfJ22pGgaGgaxnPW1iztfAig)
Kate Heidke Miller: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGIDarYJHCpA&ei=g\_ivUMbvCM\_kmAWsuIDoBg&usg=AFQjCNGUzNLgPv0XcQA\_olkJLsuEiYJiBQ](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGIDarYJHCpA&ei=g_ivUMbvCM_kmAWsuIDoBg&usg=AFQjCNGUzNLgPv0XcQA_olkJLsuEiYJiBQ)
Lisa Mitchell: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D90DflEOXi9E&ei=SfmvUIPTEMPumAWMoYGwDA&usg=AFQjCNG3yC1ZZ2mpEnHhSQOSu44SDDDvPg](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D90DflEOXi9E&ei=SfmvUIPTEMPumAWMoYGwDA&usg=AFQjCNG3yC1ZZ2mpEnHhSQOSu44SDDDvPg)
They’re probably the “name brand” versions of the singer from the ad.
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/46 "2012-11-23T23:15:57Z")
> [@Eliahna](#):
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> You might also like Sarah Blasko: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CJkBELcCMAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpaoFmPW8lLo&ei=5\_evUN2GMauviQerwYHQAg&usg=AFQjCNHLTbkfJ22pGgaGgaxnPW1iztfAig](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CJkBELcCMAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpaoFmPW8lLo&ei=5_evUN2GMauviQerwYHQAg&usg=AFQjCNHLTbkfJ22pGgaGgaxnPW1iztfAig)
> Kate Heidke Miller: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGIDarYJHCpA&ei=g\_ivUMbvCM\_kmAWsuIDoBg&usg=AFQjCNGUzNLgPv0XcQA\_olkJLsuEiYJiBQ](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGIDarYJHCpA&ei=g_ivUMbvCM_kmAWsuIDoBg&usg=AFQjCNGUzNLgPv0XcQA_olkJLsuEiYJiBQ)
> Lisa Mitchell: [http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D90DflEOXi9E&ei=SfmvUIPTEMPumAWMoYGwDA&usg=AFQjCNG3yC1ZZ2mpEnHhSQOSu44SDDDvPg](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D90DflEOXi9E&ei=SfmvUIPTEMPumAWMoYGwDA&usg=AFQjCNG3yC1ZZ2mpEnHhSQOSu44SDDDvPg)
> They’re probably the “name brand” versions of the singer from the ad.
Interesting. I’d say that Emily Lubitz fits right in; all those artists/songs certainly do have a similarity to her and to each other. Is this a trend, perhaps just in Australia? They seem to have an “ingenue sexy” flavor (I just made that up).
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### Author:  [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/47 "2012-11-24T03:33:27Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> I think the Brits covered this much more explicitly decades ago in their Public Service Announcement [The Finishing Line (condensed version)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITa5oNj_BkU) or [the full version in all its glory.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QzrG9h_Y4Y)
I remember this gore from my childhood. Nobody scared the crap out of its constituents like the COI.
I love the video and the song. Very cute. I’m also a fan of the kidney donor. I see this as a public service for the world; perhaps it won’t have a huge effect on train safety in Melbourne, but the fact that it’s a worldwide smash might benefit people across the world.
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### Author:  [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/48 "2012-11-24T04:25:32Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> I think the grizzly and moose (not to mention rattlesnake) prove that they were kind of aiming at the “going viral” thing right from the start.
Of COURSE! :smack:
Thanks, **Aspidistra**. I still find it vaguely annoying though. Why not:
\*Set fire to your hair,
Play chicken for a stupid dare..
Stand behind a military jet,
Sell both your kidneys on the internet..
Swim with shoals of sharks during mating season,
Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason..\*
Generic enough I think; without sounding like the 51st State.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ways-to-die-train-safety-ad/641696/49 "2012-11-26T23:23:01Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> I think the Brits covered this much more explicitly decades ago in their Public Service Announcement [The Finishing Line (condensed version)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITa5oNj_BkU) or [the full version in all its glory.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QzrG9h_Y4Y)
I was looking for the plump, well-dressed man with the top hat telling the kids with his stern voice…
“You have caused confusion and delay.”
So disappointed that he wasn’t there at the end of the video.
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