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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?"

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours 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 2 points 12 hours 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.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, but they (presumably) already paid for the bread. The issue is that the worker in the family is on the MTA.

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