I'm perfectly nice to lost tourists. I just move them out of the fucking way first.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Dec 28, 2006 2:05:03 pm PST #8474 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Scrappy - Dec 28, 2006 2:06:02 pm PST #8475 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Moving IS nice, Trudy! it keeps them from getting trampled.
Trudy Booth - Dec 28, 2006 2:08:46 pm PST #8476 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It IS.
And I always tell them "now go home and tell them New Yorkers are nice"
It's my own little campaign.
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 2:19:34 pm PST #8477 of 10007
brillig
"now go home and tell them New Yorkers are nice"
" . . . or else."
Cass - Dec 28, 2006 2:20:29 pm PST #8478 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And I always tell them "now go home and tell them New Yorkers are nice"They were chatty to me. I felt betrayed.
Jessica - Dec 28, 2006 2:39:45 pm PST #8479 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm fairly sure that food and drink has never been allowed on the DC metro, because of the messiness that ensues. But yeah, there used to be more trash/recycling bins in stations.
There's never been food/drink allowed on the DC Metro in my lifetime. I can't say I have any distinct childhood memories of trash bins, but it wasn't something I was paying too much attention to.
Here, they just make sure the train interiors can be easily hosed down. I shudder to think what cloth seats would look like after a few weeks on the A line. (And in my personal subway rulebook, it ain't an open container if it's got a lid. If someone tried to get on with a mug of coffee, I might have a problem with it.)
Trudy Booth - Dec 28, 2006 2:42:10 pm PST #8480 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
They were chatty to me. I felt betrayed.
But they gave you chopped liver and you got over it.
bon bon - Dec 28, 2006 2:49:12 pm PST #8481 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
(And in my personal subway rulebook, it ain't an open container if it's got a lid. If someone tried to get on with a mug of coffee, I might have a problem with it.)
I'm fairly sure I've ranted this before, but this is in line with what pissed me off SO MUCH about the MTA banning beverages. I saw a board member on NY1 outraged about the idea of people getting on the train in the morning and spilling on people, which is why he voted for the ban...but what fool gets on a train with something that's going to spill all over
himself?*
Not that it doesn't happen, but I've never seen anyone spilled on in the train. Christ. Presumably this board member was not appointed because of his vast commuting subway experience.
*The answer is, some fool who is unaware of the ban, anyway. Like those two girls I saw the other day who decided to stay upright on the train by hanging on
to each other,
rather than a
fixed object,
thus meaning they fell over onto Bob when the train left the station. Those are the people that bring open containers into the train.
Jessica - Dec 28, 2006 2:55:35 pm PST #8482 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So I'm on caviarteria.com looking at prices for NYE, and everything is currently listed as "Market Price / Please Call." Including the silk ties and mother-of-pearl spoons, so I'm thinking it's a website glitch rather than a worldwide caviar shortage.
And Russ & Daughters only sells caviar online in packages that include overpriced blini and creme fraiche. Hmph!
Cass - Dec 28, 2006 3:15:21 pm PST #8483 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
But they gave you chopped liver and you got over it.You gave me chopped liver and I got over it. They just kept talking, talking, talking. Why did they want to talk to me?