Smile in 3, 2, 1: Balloon Animal on Muni

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Rider Anthony sent us this picture of ol’ yellow on a “very crowded 38L.” When you’re ass-to-crotch with strangers during commute hour, it’s the little things that count.

Balloon animals on Muni is my favorite meme, short of actual pets on the bus. (And the even rarer meme of the bus arriving just when I needed it.) I spotted my first balloon animal on a snoozing Muni in October, after which rider Kristin sent us a pic of its twin (or perhaps the same one?) on a 16X. Rider Heather sent us a blue balloon dog from 2010, and, stretching even further back, we’ve got this orange one on the 5-Fulton, via telluomo on Flickr:

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Muni News: New transpo board members, tunnel driver, new streetcar, Muni violence

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Photo by Robert B. Livingston

  • Supervisors Campos, Wiener picked to lead transportation board (City Insider)
  • Man Who Drove Through Muni Tunnel Blew A 0.20 BAC (SFist)
  • Man Who Drove Into Muni Tunnel Last Month Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charges (SF Appeal)
  • The C-line is back! (Market Street Railway)
  • Fare Hack: Exploiting a Clipper Card Flaw Is Easy (SF Weekly)
  • Another addition to the F-Market fleet (Market Street Railway)
  • Miffed Muni mom mauls fellow passenger for crowding her (SF Examiner)
  • Man Beaten And Robbed While Waiting For Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • BART expansion to Livermore to be studied (SF Examiner)
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‘You’re Already Dead!’

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Photo by MetaGrrrl

Pull your chairs closer to the campfire, kids. Ariel‘s got a doozy for us.

I’d been on the bus for one stop and already had a lady with face tattoos spit in my face.

The young lady who spat in my face was saying really hateful stuff in another lady’s face, almost making her cry, but nobody was doing anything about it. I had just gotten on and took my ear buds out to hear what she was saying. Just as I did that she spat in the other lady’s face. I put my hand on the tattooed-face lady and said, “Hey!” She spun around and gave me an evil look and said, “You’re already dead!”

I told her to get off the bus and she spat in my face. I tried to keep cool and told her again. She got off and made a big fuss about her bags, then the lady she first spat on had the operator call the cops. Then I saw the spitting lady handcuffed with a mask over her mouth, led into the cop car. We all had to get off the bus, probably so the operator could file a report.

As I told Ariel, the whole “You’re already dead” bit is already giving me nightmares. And I haven’t even gone to sleep. Got a fireside chat to share with your Muni-riding brothers and sisters? Do it here.

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Strangest PSA Video Featuring BART

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There is a tech conference in town over President’s Day weekend, and reader Jeremy A. shared its incredibly strange yet hilarious PSA video about the closure of the westbound deck of the Bay Bridge that holiday weekend. Notice the wind in Barbie’s hair as she rides through BART with her rotund companion.

From what I can gather, the people who made the video are a part of the SMB MVP Community Roadshow (Sponsored by HP and Microsoft), an event featuring Windows Storage Servers. Alas, my geek cred has its limits. But who cares — there’s a talking Barbie and a garden gnome telling you to ride BART!

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