2004-11-12 - 11:54 a.m.

What a crappy day, it is just pissing down here. Usually I hate getting on the subway when it is raining because 1.) MTA can never seem to get it together and the trains are all screwy 2.) the wet dog smell 3.) inconsiderate people making my newspaper into paper mache with their wet umbrellas. But today I had a crazy to ride down with so it was worth it!
On the newer trains there are prerecorded announcements at each stop. Which is great because on the older ones you would invariably end up in the Bronx because you couldn’t understand the conductor’s announcement. A few stops in this seemingly normal guy sat down next to me. I am trying to sculpt my paper into a swan when I hear him giggling. “Stand clear of the closing doors, bing bong, the next stop is XXX.” He was just giddy with delight by these and would repeat each announcement like it was the funniest thing he had heard. I think he actually slapped his knee once. I was trying to make eye contact with anyone else in the car to see if they had noticed this, apparently this show was only for me. He made me start giggling when he just kept repeating, “bing bong, bing bong” in falsetto. God I love the sound of crazies in the morning.

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