Category Archives: subway
monday mornin’ haiku
I sort of like the idea of a bright red fleece, but would I wear it? *About this Poem: I was on the subway and there was a guy wearing a bright red fleece across the way, prompting me to … Continue reading
1-800-Margarita
I was thinking about writing some slightly-culturally-insensitive post about those subway ads for Trolman, Glaser, and Lichtman, you know that law firm which specializes in representing Latinos and that has the phone number, 1-800-Margarita (not to be confused with 1-800-Tequila). … Continue reading
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what’s your favorite subway euphemism?
Now don’t get me wrong. The NYC subway system is a pretty miraculous thing. But like any public, crowded, aging great-work, it can be irksome, particularly when it stops mid-tunnel and the engineer comes on the loudspeaker to give us … Continue reading
Filed under crazy world, subway, throwing it out there
subway-turnstile-fraud
Gee, Golly. What a week. First locksmith-blackmail now this. Ok. So I’m entering the C-train at Lafayette this morning, sort of in a hurry since it’s around 9:02 AM and the train has been wont to arrive between 9:04 and … Continue reading
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metrocard anxiety disorder
Ok so there was this incident a couple of weeks ago. I was going to work in the morning, about to enter the L train, at the Lorimer stop on Union Ave., where there is just one turnstile btw, and … Continue reading
Filed under anecdotes, subway, tall-tale-ish musings
