Reminds me of the Kingston Trio song M.T.A. about a dude stuck on the Boston subway forever because they raised the fare from 5 to 10 cents and he couldn’t afford to get off. His wife handed him a sandwich every day through the window so he wouldn’t starve to death. As a kid I was like “bitch, why not put a fucking dime in the sandwich?”
Anon's dad left for cigarettes
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ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I love that song. I always assumed she couldn’t get a dime because the breadwinner was now trapped on the MTA.
I shudder to think what happened to them when the sandwiches finally ran out.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
According to google, a sandwich in 1949 (when the original song was written) cost 4 cents. Three days trapped on a subway and you’ve already made a colossal financial mistake.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is this cosmic horror?
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Only to the dad.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fair. But you seeing your dad in a line forever would be pretty weird. Maybe not indescribable or non-euclidean though.