i saw a woman almost fall down on the El this morning. she was holding onto a bar and everything, but she was with her husband/boyfriend/manperson, and she was standing at an odd angle in order to talk to him. we went around a curve and she went backwards like she was on a surfboard - it was actually kinda miraculous that she didn't end up in the lap of the girl reading the david balducci novel.
i am a bad person, because it took every ounce of willpower i had not to laugh out loud.
When I was a kid growing up, my buddies and I like to "subway surf". This involved riding the T, standing in the center of the car, and maintaining one's balance without aid of handholds. Fun stuff. I was good at it on the orange and red lines, but the green line was another thing entirely.
ReplyDeleteI definitely would have laughed.
ReplyDeleteI would have needed to use that willpower to not point.
ooh, the green line is tough for a subway surfer, indeed. you ever stand on those swiveling circles that hinge two sections of a car together? those were nausea-inducing, for sure.
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