Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 22, 2015
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richard's poor almanac inauguration day changes by richard thompson please be advised- metro will remove all of its trains and allowing only pedestrian traffic. fare cards will be 5% off. please enjoy your walk. thank you. if you have to bring your car into dc you'll be required to push it. thank you. kid: where's obama? mom: ask your father. guy: ten more inches, guys. all buildings on the mall will be skootched back about ten feet to make the place look bigger. any help would be appreciated. thank you. to confuse terrorists, various d.c. buildings will be painted with wile-e.-coyote-style fake tunnels. please be careful, especially if you're pushing your car. thank you. and we ask that you make any "rest room stops" before you enter the district. preferably in richmond, pittsburgh or boston. thank you. kid: i gotta go.
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
Tell me again why we’re bothering to attend in person?
pumaman about 9 years ago
You can go in the empty paint bucket Jimmy.
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
Inauguration parking was jammed all the way out to St. Louis and we had to walk in from Kansas City.
OldestandWisest about 9 years ago
Those of us who live in Washington know that Metro trips would probably be faster if they used the system indicated above after 30 years of failing to do routine maintenance and acting like Metro’s purpose is not to move people around the DC area efficiently but instead to provide lots of jobs with good pay and benefits that don’t require much actual work to a certain political constituency.