Overheard on Muni: Twilight Zone in your shoes

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If Internet, radio, video games, and television suddenly disappeared, we’d still have Muni to entertain us.

For example, the other night, Muni rider Brinn was treated to:

Then it took a turn south. Literally.

What did you overhear on Muni today?

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs

J-Church rider makes nail-clipping look like bathing puppies

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This came into our inbox with subject: “I can beat nail clipping on Muni.” You be the judge.

Our submitter, who wishes to remain anonymous, emailed this with, “How about crack smoking on the J-Church at rush hour?”

HEY, LOOK, if real-life SNL skit Rob Ford can smoke crack “maybe once,” maybe this person can smoke crack “maybe once,” too.

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Transit News: Muni budget fight, “unreliable” 54-Felton, BART contract vote, Central Subway work

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  • Muni Streetcar Derails In Front Of West Portal Station; Causes Commute Backup (CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Muni Power Outage Causes Supervisor Wiener To Be Late For Transportation Meeting (CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Supes Squabble Over Muni Service Budget Proposal (SF Appeal | CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Warriors arena transit blueprint: America’s Cup (SFGate)
  • Parents: Muni’s 54-Felton unreliable, makes students late (SFGate)
  • BART “mistake” threatens its contract agreement with workers (SF Bay Guardian)
  • BART Board to Vote on Labor Deal Today (SF Weekly)
  • Boring machine work underway on Central Subway tunnel (SF Examiner)
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Video: H.P. Mendoza and his ukulele pay homage to old Mission theaters

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We really had no idea what was in store when H.P. Mendoza told us he was going to bring his ukulele with him when he returned to the stage at Muni Diaries Live. Boy were we all in for a treat.

Around 2:01, H.P. shared his amazing childhood journal technique, gluing Muni transfers to the pages to denote the date:
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He then serenaded (yes, serenaded) us in the most charming way with a song about a bygone era in San Francisco, as seen from inside the 14-Mission. Captured in full in the video above, the song begins around 2:45. Lyrics below.
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Na na na na na na na na Batkids!

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Today, San Francisco Chronicle’s Matier and Ross said it cost SF roughly $105,000 for Batkid to save our fair city. These Batkid assistants probably don’t care, though–nor should they.

Muni rider Sheila shared this on the Muni Diaries Facebook page on the most festive Friday San Francisco ever saw, noting that the kids were “on their way to assist Batkid in SF’s own Batmobile!”

Maybe thinking of Muni Metro as the Batmobile will make your commute more palatable? SFBatkid lessons live on.

Thanks for sharing, Sheila!

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Video: The Third Muni Haiku Battle

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Muni Haiku Battle has its legs, you guys. At Muni Diaries Live on Nov. 9 (full event recap here), we brought back our reigning, two-time champ James Nestor to square off in a 17-syllable slugfest against MDL favorite Jesse James. Oh, the haiku, they did volley from one microphone to the other and into our ears and psyches forever and ever and ever. Try to unsee, for example, “Neighbor’s Us Weekly holds her interest. Casually she tongues an open sore.”

The vote was close, but Jesse took Round 1. Our champ was down, but not out. Round 2 video below.
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