bon bon, you've met me - ain't nothing wrong with yelling at strangers on the street.

I think you are the New York personage that Bob was thinking of. I have started muttering at strangers on the street. Well, more accurately, people SITTING on the only exit at the South Ferry station. OH HELLS NO.

I'm in complete agreement about scream control techniques. Believe me...I'm down...but the slobbery, smear the sticky everywhere thing just seems disrespectful and unsanitary. I'd be lying if I said I've never snuck a morsel on a train...I just don't want to sit on or grab someone else's mess on a handrail.

I just don't want to sit on or grab someone else's mess on a handrail.

Heh. Stop riding the train then. Chances are you are grabbing onto something much more sinister than popsicle sticky.

Coffee on the train is like food for babies. It prevents fussing. Let's all just embrace it.

Strollers on busses, however... I know its necessary. But so are basic manners. So when people are trying to use the aisle you're blocking make eye-contact and at least a token scooch of the thing instead of ignoring all the world around you whilst you yak on your cell phone.

Oh, and if your child starts shrieking? GET OFF THE PHONE. I know ignoring the negative behavior might be a valid parenting technique but none of us CARE about your parenting technique.

I have started muttering at strangers on the street.

Oh god, I do that all the time. Of course, I also mutter at myself.

Chances are you are grabbing onto something much more sinister than popsicle sticky.

Ew.

Ah, yes, the "get off the escalator and come to a complete stop" crowd. Which is why my recommendation for getting to the Mall includes "go up the escalator, take a couple of steps, and turn around" for the view of the Monument.

"We're going to walk four abreast, we don't care if we're taking up the whole sidewalk" is starting to be met with elbows. They're the sort of people that I want to give directions to with, "Get on the Capitol Beltway, and keep going until you reach the Capitol."

Baby New Year was mentioned on the radio, somewhere. I can't remember where, though.

Chances are you are grabbing onto something much more sinister than popsicle sticky.

Oy. Now I'm totally squicked. Fortunately, the Metro is way, way cleaner than most public transit I've taken.

They're the sort of people that I want to give directions to with, "Get on the Capitol Beltway, and keep going until you reach the Capitol."

Ah, deliberately giving bad directions to people who so richly deserve it. Quite satisfying.