New York City Subway
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I find that it's easy for me to read the news, and not register what it said.
The subway rucus in New York last week was traced to threats in Baghdad. It disrupted the travel plans of the 4.5 million people who use the NYC subway every work day.
What?!
Combine the entire population - men, women, and children - of Pittsburgh, Albany and Rochester, and you get 4,450,000. So, put ALL of them on trains each day. The folks in Pittsburgh (2,400,000) split up, and half go to Albany and half go to Rochester. EVERYONE in Rochester (1,050,000) goes to Pittsburgh, and so does everyone in Albany (1,000,000). The Governor and the legislature too. Then, do it again each day for the rest of the week.
That's a lot of people.
It really puts the Pittsburgh people at a disadvantage, though. Imagine all of those New Yawkers endlessly complaining.
I find that it's easy for me to read the news, and not register what it said.
The subway rucus in New York last week was traced to threats in Baghdad. It disrupted the travel plans of the 4.5 million people who use the NYC subway every work day.
What?!
Combine the entire population - men, women, and children - of Pittsburgh, Albany and Rochester, and you get 4,450,000. So, put ALL of them on trains each day. The folks in Pittsburgh (2,400,000) split up, and half go to Albany and half go to Rochester. EVERYONE in Rochester (1,050,000) goes to Pittsburgh, and so does everyone in Albany (1,000,000). The Governor and the legislature too. Then, do it again each day for the rest of the week.
That's a lot of people.
It really puts the Pittsburgh people at a disadvantage, though. Imagine all of those New Yawkers endlessly complaining.
posted by Greg Finnegan @ 5:24 PM
2 Comments:
At 8:01 PM,
Unknown said…
I didn't think the subway threat was real. It didn't seem very wise to broadcast the threat over CNN either.
At 9:06 PM,
Greg Finnegan said…
Well, there's something to be said that wackos who want to attack the subway may be wacko enough to spill the beans. I think the image of the suicide bomber as some kinda stoic Arabic James Bond type who is cool, calculating and clever doesn't apply to most of the ones who actually blow people up.
My word verification? uwuqzwdu = nonsense
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