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Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 16, 2020
November 15, 2020
November 17, 2020
Transcript:
richard's poor almanac by richard thompson tips for tourists first time in dc? clip this out & refer to it often. stand to the right on all metro escalators. british subjects stand to the left. families/groups of 6 or more must wear match-ing hats at all times. man: it's showtime! ha ha! if you spot smithsonian secretary lawrence small, don't call him "larry the cable huy." he hates it. impeding pedestrians for photographic purposes in excess of 5 seconds is a criminal offense. no sitting on the bollards. and jersey walls aren't some kind of picnic table. vivid-colored clothes worn in conjunction with flip-flops will make squirrels "swarm."
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
Swarming squirrels is a seasonal hazard around here, too.
fishbulb239 over 4 years ago
The addendum regarding British tourists aside, I do wish that staying to the side if you’re going to stand still on an escalator was a universal rule. I cannot fathom why anybody who is physically capable of walking up and down stairs would stand still on an escalator, and doing so in tandem and thereby obstructing the passage of people who aren’t exceedingly lazy should be a capital offense.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Alas, what is this thing, “tourist”? —Although D.C. is a pretty scary place even when observed from a distance….
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Someone in DC did a doctoral dissertation on squirrels, and one observation noted was that where there wasn’t tree or telephone wire passage overhead, they were observed waiting at a light behind the tourists and crossed behind them just out of their reach—they knew the humans knew when it was safe to go past all those cars.