The queue

Ode to the QUEUE: queue (-ed, -s), queue up, form a queue, join the queue, find the queue, follow the queue, queue starts here, is there a queue?, queue people queue, you're not in the queue (dirty look)! Maybe it's a human desire or need for order or organization or fairness (everyone plays by the same rules and is equal in the queue, everyone has his or her place) that perpetuates the prominence of THE QUEUE in English culture (or at least London culture). But also, it seems there is a certain degree of camaraderie, oneness, unity, a sense of security, even comfort in queues. In London, everyone moves in her or his own universe-on the Tube, on the bus, up the stairs, down the street, but in the queue EVERYONE stands still, TOGETHER. There are rules. Everyone participates. Maybe it's really a strange city folk way of bonding, without admitting you really want to or have the time. It is something we all have to do no matter where we're going or where we're from or what's going on with us. It's the queue. And people seem to usually happily, or at least complacently, JOIN THE QUEUE. It's just a line, really, but it's so much more.