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Brawl over spaghetti in NYC subway ignites debate
Tampa Bay Online ^ | March 24, 2011 | Chris Hawley (Associated Press)

Posted on 03/24/2011 10:01:49 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

NEW YORK (AP) -- The city's subway riders can handle panhandlers, rats and tuneless street musicians. But eating spaghetti in a crowded subway car? Well, that's just going too far.

An Internet video that shows New Yorkers brawling over a passenger's right to nosh noodles on the subway has ignited a debate about what people should and shouldn't do in the nation's largest mass transit system.

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: baa; baaing; crazy; fight; hiss; hissing; lol; maniacs; nyc; papawasarollingstone; rats; saxophone; spaghetti; subway
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Read the whole article. It is funny.
1 posted on 03/24/2011 10:01:51 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; JRios1968; martin_fierro; pax_et_bonum; ...

Funny stuff going on in NYC. Read the whole article.


2 posted on 03/24/2011 10:03:11 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Follow me on Twitter @mpetrie98)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

AP has to print stories like this. It keeps AP from having to cover the real stories of our failed president.


3 posted on 03/24/2011 10:06:25 AM PDT by mlocher (Is it time to cash in before I am taxed out?)
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Flying Spagetti Monster when the train stops ...


4 posted on 03/24/2011 10:06:28 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Lordy...this is insane...Me, I wouldn’t mind..Some people have to eat on the run, and if they clean up after themselves, then there’s no issue...trouble is when they don’t.


5 posted on 03/24/2011 10:06:51 AM PDT by Braak (The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

New Yuk reverts to its old self.


6 posted on 03/24/2011 10:09:23 AM PDT by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --"Deacon," "Waterworld")
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Why would anyone get upset with soeone else eating? Did they ever consider that they might need to eat? A ban on eating would mean that someone with diabetes could very well be in a dangrous consition by the time they were ble to get off of the train and be unable to take care of themselves.


7 posted on 03/24/2011 10:12:04 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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Why would anyone get upset with soeone else eating? Did they ever consider that they might need to eat? A ban on eating would mean that someone with diabetes could very well be in a dangrous condition by the time they were ble to get off of the train and be unable to take care of themselves.


8 posted on 03/24/2011 10:12:19 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There is not enough money in New York City to get me to live there.


9 posted on 03/24/2011 10:12:35 AM PDT by texmexis best
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Because people are pigs and don’t clean up after themselves...here in Philly the cops police the subways and throw people off for eating....As Jerry Seinfeld used to say - “we are trying to have a civilization here” !!


10 posted on 03/24/2011 10:16:33 AM PDT by mick (Central Banker Capitalism is NOT Free Enterprise)
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There’s not enough money in NYC to run the city.


11 posted on 03/24/2011 10:16:46 AM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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Why would anyone get upset with soeone else eating?

Why don't people eat soup, salad, pizza in the theater? Because spills happen. Then you, wearing your suit, through no fault of your own, have food spills all over your clothes - now add the mice, flies and rats that will happily follow the mess. When you are standing in a subway that starts and stops abruptly - do you want a lap full of somebody's meal?

There are rules, and the rules state that you can eat before you get on the subway, you are free to eat after you get off the subway. But, out of consideration for fellow passengers, you may not eat on the subway. That's why.

12 posted on 03/24/2011 10:18:41 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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Stupid. Just mind your own business for pete’s sake. Our population is now comprised of millions of Gladys Cravitzs on steroids.

I was listening to the news yesterday and there was a story about some woman whose toddler apparently was crushed to death after a piece of furniture tilted over on him. Well the mother gave the obligatory interview about how terrible it is that “no one tells you these things can happen”, “I was a new mother and “didn’t know” what to watch out for” etc etc. She is now on a quest to get laws enacted. (another madd only this time it will be maf = mothers against furniture) Oh and did I mention she had a heavy spanish accent?

The answer? (I kid you not) It is being recommended to bolt furniture to the walls: including T.Vs; chests etc etc


13 posted on 03/24/2011 10:21:37 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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John Rocker spent about 30 seconds of his life rendering perhaps the most concise, spot-on description of NYC that’s ever been uttered, and then spent the rest of his career apologizing for it.


14 posted on 03/24/2011 10:22:07 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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"People will fight about all kinds of things," Augustine said. "Are we going to legislate against every one of them?"

After 60+ years of watching DemocRATS and Republicans I have to say that the answer is "yes". RATs enthusiastically regulate everything and Pubbies reluctantly regulate most everything and the result is the same either way. Never forget that some of the greatest expansions of the welfare state occurred under Pubbie Presidents. BushI & II, I'm talking about you.

15 posted on 03/24/2011 10:23:12 AM PDT by Seruzawa (Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for good blaster kid.)
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I like to ask people from Brooklyn to say "Ollie North and Fawn Hall."

OK, I'll read the article now... ;-)

16 posted on 03/24/2011 10:24:48 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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I don’t want anyone eating near me on the subway; it’s not disgusting, I just don’t want it on me when the train stops abruptly.


17 posted on 03/24/2011 10:31:43 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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Why would anyone get upset with someone else eating?

Because some people are self-righteous control freaks who have a pathological need to get involved with things that they don't consider acceptable behavior.

18 posted on 03/24/2011 10:32:24 AM PDT by GSWarrior (To activate this tagline, please contact the board administrator.)
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To: chris_bdba
Why would anyone get upset with soeone else eating? Did they ever consider that they might need to eat? A ban on eating would mean that someone with diabetes could very well be in a dangrous consition by the time they were ble to get off of the train and be unable to take care of themselves.

So bring a granola bar, bag of peanuts, or something else not likely to make a mess on other people's clothing if it spills.

19 posted on 03/24/2011 10:33:50 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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I’m so glad they didn’t have to brang Amber Lamps.


20 posted on 03/24/2011 10:40:05 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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