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Says videographer Lindsay on Instagram:
“Oh my shit, it’s 1988.”
Some things—Bush, Sr.’s “read my lips” speech chief among them—are best left in 1988. Other things—A Fish Called Wanda, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and rapping along with one’s boom box on public transit—are absolutely not.
I especially enjoy how the boom-box toting Muni Metro rapper is, maybe intentionally, rapping at the guy on the iPad ignoring him.
Let’s play Name That Tune. Go!
Time for another round of What Is It on a Muni Seat?
This looks like some sort of portal to another dimension, or something. Any guesses?
Previously
Muni seat cookie: om nom nom?
Muni Seat Chicken: Left Behind
h/t: Muni rider misserikasf
Image by AFP/Getty, via Daily Mail
What’s so much better than a boring print advertisement? A four-legged one, of course! Or so say the folks behind a recent advertising campaign that brought a couple of goats, an alpaca, and a lot of cuteness to the Vauxhall Underground Station in London.
The Daily Mail reports that Fred, Barney, and Ben were part of an effort to entice Londoners to visit a local attraction called Transport for London’s Without Leaving London.
Works for us. Now, when can we have Muni Farm Animal day? Bring on the llamas, please!
Read more in the Daily Mail story.
You might be of the opinion that we at Muni Diaries have a thing for dogs on transit. You would be correct in this opinion.
We at Muni Diaries have a thing for dogs on transit. And then Sneakers the Corgi shows up on an F-Market, and we briefly consider that the pinnacle has indeed been reached.
“My first time on a San Francisco streetcar!”
Sneakers the Corgi showed up on the F-Market, you guys. YOU GUYS!
Photo by Patrick
Muni never disappoints, does it?
This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by fellow riders @taylorenay, @cxarli, @jaimichnew, @MissNoraSF, @JillianWould, and @tettoffensive. Life is short, even if you feel like you’ve been on Muni forever. Share your Muni moments here and @munidiaries.
Photo by Jeremy Brooks