“My transit pass went through a wash cycle and still works!”
These are words I thought I would never shout in my life. Having graduated from a small school in DC with a possibly as much as fifty bucks held up in completely useless cracked metro cards, demagnetized metro passes (thank you, cell phone!), and unrecognizable pulp-masses. Anyone who has ever lived in DC for any length of time has had to deal with at least one of these hopeless endings to their vaunted passes to the DC metro system. However, given my new situation in Chicago, I am happy to report that passes here are made of more than mere paper and magnet-thingies. They can withstand the destructive forces of “water” and “spin cycle” that do so much damage to lesser materials. So in their honor, I will share a list of quotes I have compiled a list of things that you might say in Chicago, but probably wouldn’t say in DC.
“Hey, the president’s visiting our city today, isn’t that cool?”
“I’m sure our baseball team will be better next year.”
“Only 1 inch of snow? That can’t cancel school!”
“Dah Bears”
“You know I can honestly say I don’t know anyone who works for ‘the government.’”
“How is it possible to hate the entire city of Dallas?”
Okay, so it’s a really short list. And also populated with a lot of inside jokes. I guess DC and Chicago are more alike than I thought, or their differences are for the most part uninteresting. Either way, I’m very glad Chicago doesn’t simply print their fare cards on paper.
If you have any questions about the quotes, please comment below, but be prepared for a thoroughly boring explanation. Also, if you have any other funny comparisons between the Mid-Atlantic Coast and the Central-Inland Coast, please share them also.
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I was thinking about your post yesterday when I pulled my now squeeky clean metrocard out of the back of the laundromat dryer, and just thought I'd let you know that apparently NYC metrocards are also quite durable as it still (thank goodness!) worked this morning.
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