Weather? But this is The City!

[kickaha]

Alright, quotes from clueless Brooklynites about how you'd expect 3" of rain in an hour "in Kansas, but this is Brooklyn!" (what, you think the city limits protect you from weather, as well as the real world?) aside...

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[badger.livejournal.com]

"Things will be better for us Eloi when the dome is finished!"

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

OMGZ!

I hope you were listening to NPR when you drove to work.

There was one woman who called in to say--honest to god, but paraphrased--"I'm an Upper-East-Sider lost on the Upper-West Side. I had to call my husband to pick me up in his truck because I was so confused."

*Blink*

People were calling in to talk about how helpless they were *walking* today. I'm sorry. Yes, traffic was bad. Get out and walk. Buy a map at a bodega. Learn your freaking city. Sheesh.

People who didn't know how to walk on the surface were criticizing the MTA for not being able to move them. Certainly, this would be an issue if there were a catastrophic event. Not knowing how to walk your own ass is no reason to put the blame solely at the feet of the MTA.

Rhar.

Done for now.

Maybe.

:D

[dhw.livejournal.com]

Back in Denver for a wedding a number of years back, a woman was asking the clerk at the hotel how to get somewhere. Clear, sunny day.

"Go south on Monaco, you can't miss it."

"How do I get to Monaco?"

"It's one block that way." (points)

"Well, how will I know which way is south?"

Me: "The mountains are to the west."

"How does that help me?"