Comments | great_stoneface: Lucky, lucky tourists on the downtown 2 train

great_stoneface

Lucky, lucky tourists on the downtown 2 train

Feb 11, 2011 02:03

Overheard this afternoon on the 2 train: A high school student loudly insisting that Africa is a country, even though her friends were telling her that it's a continent ("How can a country have other countries in it ( Read more... )

fail, crazy people, new york city

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starbuck92 February 12 2011, 01:04:47 UTC

You mean I missed a part of the authentic New York experience? DAMMIT!

:)

great_stoneface February 13 2011, 03:54:05 UTC

Yes, I'm sorry that you were insufficiently exposed to subway lunatics. But you got CREPES!

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great_stoneface February 13 2011, 04:06:28 UTC

Yep, a toothbrush. When I got on the train they were talking about how a mutual acquaintance of theirs smells. . . and the conversation went on from there to ass hygiene and then geography fail. A lot of ground to cover in one stop!

On the blog People of Public Transit, almost half the pictures are of crazy people on the MTA. I once saw this crotchety old dude stand up and try to kick some rowdy teenagers. He was seriously PISSED, and 3 or 4 fellow commuters got up to hold him back. Highlight of my day. :)