Pardon Me, Boy. Is That The Stockholm Choo Choo?

A very large rat caused a major electric outage in the central train station of Stockholm. The power was out for three hours as a result of the vaporized rodent.

The early morning outage led to some delays in train traffic, said Jesper Ekenlund, a spokesman for power company Fortum. Nearby hotels and shops also were affected, he said.

"The rat had sneaked into a secondary substation and came into contact with some parts that caused it to short circuit," he said.

Of course, the parts the rat provided a path between were rather far apart, proving that gigantic rats are found not just in New York City. But the report misses the really important point altogether. Obviously the ginormous rodent was at the train station looking for a job.

As a conductor.