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Your San Francisco Giants return home tonight following their brave effort in the War on Dodgers/lesser-evil-but-still essential bad baseball teams. Our fellas were triumphant, so what better way to honor their heroic efforts than to sardine it up and head to the ballpark in a crowded Muni train? The Giants will play games at AT&T Park starting tonight and every day through Sunday. Yay!
Image by Avner Geller.
Photo by analogskirt
Remember the Muni toilet seat cover we saw on eBay? Well, lookee there. It turns out a Muni Diaries favorite, Josh Ellingson, ended up with the thing.
We talked to Josh about his recent acquisition. Here’s what he had to say:
Muni Diaries: How did you find out about the toilet seat cover?
Josh Ellingson: A friend of mine saw a post about it and passed it along via email. She knew I’d want it and she was right.MD: What prompted you to buy it?
JE: I’ve lived in San Francisco for fifteen years but only recently have been getting into the history of the place, particularly the SF Railway. Last year I started riding the F Line a lot and became interested in all the different historic streetcars. I collect odd things too, so when this came along, I couldn’t pass it up.
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Photo by Sonny Abesamis
And wouldya just lookee there. Many of them are about drinking and the hot, hot heat we suffered this weekend. Coincidence?
This week’s astute Muni observations were made by @taylormadeSF, @IvanVanderbyl, @LorenaBennett, @brendenguy, and @Zurib19. What’s happening on your Muni commute? Tell it to @munidiaries.
BART rider Nick enjoyed a greatest hits of bad behavior recently. Here are the goodies, with captions from his point of view.
1. (above) “Gee, you’re precious, but it’s the last fucking train to the East Bay on a Giants game night.”
2. “I work too hard all day to put my little-ass bag on my lap so an old lady can sit.”
3. “Wow, I miraculously woke up to transfer to the Richmond line, but I’m still an inconsiderate asshole.”
Photo by Todd Lappin
If you’re not at the beach right now, you’re probably tweeting about how hot it is in San Francisco today and the heatwave on the bus. Like these fine folks …
To the dude sweating profusely on Muni… I feel your pain bro.
— Marcus Torrey (@MJTorrey) April 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/mimozsa/status/461533263408795648
it’s way too fucking hot on this muni!
— A.X (@aaalisson) April 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/leftynerak/status/461289449943355392
Hot day in sf translates into smellier people than usual on #muni
— Lizzie Rossiter (@lizzierossiter) April 29, 2014
It's so damn hot! Swear I could strip on muni right now 😂😎😂
— ShEs_IrOnIc (@BaD_nEwsBeAr) April 29, 2014
I am not getting on a sardine can called the 44 Muni in this heat. #commuterlife
— Connie S. Mendoza (@SnoopConnieCon) April 30, 2014
Sitting on the bus, starting to sweat cause it's so effing hot. And I couldn't be happier 😊👏☀️🍺
— kayla winter (@kayladubz) April 30, 2014