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Direct from the N-Judah, @skreefermadness put this in the Twittertube for our perusal. In the land of iPads and smartphones, this man is on a calculator. I personally think he’s mocking us screen slaves.
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Just yesterday, we told you about bus-top gardens in NYC. Now Christopher shares some in-bus flora with us. “Tropical Paradise on outbound N Judah today!”
Happy Friday!
The Tenderloin Geographic Society posted this one today, pointing out the irony of quietly freaking out on a 71.
Who is freaking out on your Muni? Send us a Muni diary today.
Feeling trapped on Muni Metro? Stuck on a 30-Stockton or 45-Union/Stockton in Chinatown? What you need is your own emergency exit. Kelsey found one for you on Van Ness.
Happy Thursday!
Photo: Staś Małolepszy
Muni rider Jessica has had it with Muni. She writes:
I had been a long time Muni commuter until a job took me to Oakland and forced me to start commuting via bicycle/BART. Now I’m back in the city and at the mercy of Muni when it rains. Last week was particularly bad, and inspired me to start rhyming.
This commuter’s frustration culminated in a very Seuss-ian poem, “An Ode to Independent Transportation.”
I do not miss you Muni bus, who squished and threw and jostled us
I do not miss you 45, recycling and chickens (live!)
I do not miss you 41, iPhone in hands of everyone
I do not miss you 19, too, you smell of B.O. and of poo
I do not miss your route through town, drivers wearing tan and brown
I do not miss your speed, a crawl; I do not miss you, not at all!
Send us your Muni musings, rhyming or otherwise, today.
Improv Everywhere has detailed photos of how they set up this entire process late at night on an N train in Astoria.
Last year New Yorkers were also treated to a dinner party on the L. I’m eagerly waiting for the next stunt on Muni/BART/Caltrain!
Thanks to @tbiz for the tip!