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Links: Big News From All Over
• And people say we don’t have any celebrities in this town. [Philly Gossip] • The son of former City Councilman Joe Vignola allegedly met a girl on Craigslist for sex and then tried to murder her. [Daily News] • While trackless trolleys are back in the Great Northeast, they’re not returning to South Philly because SEPTA doesn’t want them. Oh, and that Route 23 trolley (with tracks)? Ha ha hahahaha. [Inquirer] • Hey, Edward Anderton pled guilty in federal court to crimes of some sort. But he’s not a hot girl, so who the hell cares? [NBC 10] • Big news in Carlisle: “Someone stuffed a large wad of hair into the tailpipe of a car parked in the 1300 block of Grandview Court… Police said they don’t know when the culprit plugged the exhaust, but it prevented the car, owned by a 40-year-old woman, from running properly.” [PennLive.com] • Also in Pennsylvania, a school yearbook was spellchecked and a bunch of students’ names were changed! And what awesome names they are: Max Supernova, Kathy Airbag, Alexandria Impolite. [Language Log] |
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Apparently you call trolley buses “trackless trolleys” down there. That is what we called them in the place where the 1993 World Series was won. I think that was about the same time the TTC got rid of them for not being practical to replace. Perhaps you could find some bus/streetcar foamer to peg down the date.
I keep getting the giggles over Kathy Airbag. It’s probably not that funny but I can’t stop laughing