Mind the Gap

I read in the newspaper today that the woman who provides the voice for the London tube/underground/subway system was fired for telling the news media that she avoids using the tube because the service is so poor. When we were in London, we heard her voice. I thought it was ever so quaint and totally British to say, "Mind the gap." Here, in plain old USA, we would probably say, "Don't fall in the hole!" "Mind the gap" sounded so refined to me. And now her voice will be replaced by another. Well, what she did would be similiar to Mr. Whipple saying, "Squeeze the Charmin if you want, I prefer Soft N Gentle." Or what if Marge said, "Soak your hands in Palmolive but if you want clean dishes, use Dawn." What if the Michelin Man was seen driving on Goodyear tires? The Marlboro man smoking a Camel cigarette? The Pillsbury Dough Boy eating a Krispy Kreme? Wrong, all wrong.