White Bike of Amsterdam

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Wed Oct 23 09:35:52 CDT 1996


At 10:05 AM 10/23/96 -0400, Ethan Jones wrote:
>Or...NYC.  I hear the plan is going very well over there.  Free 
>Bicycles?  It's a dream come true.  Take advantage of them.
>
Actually, the plan here in NYC runs (rolls?) into trouble from time to time.
Not too long ago, I saw a guy actually leap out of a line to Soup Kitchen
International (inspiration for Seinfeld's Soup Nazi) and rush across busy
street traffic to maintain possession of the bicycle he'd been riding.  The
guy who'd been working on the lock actually backed off apologetically.  Go
figure.   

davemarc




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