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― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
I don't deny that there's a possibility of a central location tho for some reason I always assumed it was just some kids who wanted to make pocket money
No, dude.
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
what about the breakdancing kids
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
are they also working for the mob
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
That old secret platform at the edge of Grand Central that was built for FDR? Filled with peanut M&Ms.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Haha
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5213468&page=1
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
One of the groups I investigated gave the children 40 cents for each $2.50 candy they sold. The bars wholesaled for 35 cents, so the crew leaders made a tasty profit.
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
They sell sweets, but bite in deep enough and you will taste the truth.
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
REAL NEW YORKERS DONT BUY CANDY FROM KIDS MWA AH AHA AH
http://www.elisabethleamy.com/images/custom/B4S_Leamy030610_111003d.jpg
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Breakdancing kids IDK -- they seem much more ragtag and there's nothing standardized that I notice.
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
the mob copyrights certain breakdancing moves, such as the flip the hat from your shoe onto your head
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
the mob also runs a ring of overly earnest hippieish 20-somethings with belt-clip amps covering dylan
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
one time (in the bay area) I heard 3 different buskers do 'knocking on heavens door' in one day
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
I think people like that one cause you don't have to remember very many lyrics, also cause if you want to 'take it to the next level' you can knock on your guitar when you say 'knock knock knocking'
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
favorite subway denizen is this african preacher with a long spiel about the perils of hell should one not accept jesus christ as one's lord and savior. he has fantastic intonation.
you WILL go to hell
part of the jesus mob, i guess
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
one time i saw this crazy subway preacher mid sermon get all offend and say 'you all dont listen to me anyway fine then im just not gonna share the lords word w/you anymore' and sit down in a huff as if we were gonna feel bad and ask him keep preaching again, it was v funny
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
calling him favorite seems cruel but i'll never forget the legless amputee beggar pushing himself thru subway car singing "amazing grace" and then abruptly seguing into "do ya think i'm sexy." dude could actually sing too.
― higgs boson (the deli llama), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
thinking about the candy-bar kids makes me wonder: do yo guys ever buy books etc from street vendors
― higgs boson (the deli llama), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
a man singing sam cooke's "a change is going to come" on the train yesterday made me shed actual tears.
― bene_gesserit, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
ya but it's kinda cynical for him to use 'change' like that
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes I'll hear people singing on the subway and think "he/she learned to sing in church" and this always chokes me up
― higgs boson (the deli llama), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
theres a guy on the a/c line sometimes who sells dvds and hes got great patter, "forecast outside: miserable. forecast inside: $3 dvds" or something
― max max max max, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
haha there are a lot of change-is-gonna-come singers groups on the trains lately. I guess word is out about it making white people choke up.
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
one of my favorite subway dudes was the metrocard holder dude: "It's the NEW metrocard holder. Slides in, slides out, only a dollar."
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite ever candy seller spiel (an older guy, not the not-selling-for-no-basketball-team kids) was somthing like, "God told me not to rob, steal, or sell drugs. God told me sell peanut M&Ms. He said, 'White people love peanut M&Ms. And they got money.' So far he's been right."
― chjips ahoy (sandbox dmr), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
funny cause god told me they love weed
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
ppl haven't openly sold weed on the subway since Dinkins days, man, u kidz shoulda been here then
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
^^last car on the train amirite
― higgs boson (the deli llama), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
bet it was beat
― higgs boson (the deli llama), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
fyi if you're in asia all the panhandlers have handlers
no reason to think NYC would be different! ^_^
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really care though if you choose to sell candy on a train that's fine I'll buy your peanunt M&Ms
dunno dayo if you bite in deep enough and you will taste the truth
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
er minus 'and'
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
I guess the kids are probably making the equivalent of after-payroll-tax minimum wage and it's probably more fun than mcdonalds, but
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
I mean on one hand it's relative to their other options, but on the other hand it's the same SYSTEM that MAKES those welch's fruit snacks that leaves them with no options
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah those welch's fruit snacks, who the hell is gonna buy that? that's really what I don't get about this scheme
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
if this were a well oiled machine they would be selling cheetos instead
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
they must be like the absolute cheapest thing you can get in bulk
― Hurting, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
guys which is the better airport to fly into: laguardia or jfk? convenience-wise
― river wolf, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
maybe the syndicate bought a single box of those at the start of the scheme and they've just been trying to get rid of them for years
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno why you would be grudging these kids just because they're organized. maybe because this is AMERICA where we SHOULDN'T GIVE HANDOUTS because everybody must WORK for their LIVELIHOOD
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
staying in brooklyn
― river wolf, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
jfk
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
awes, thanks
I mean CONGRATULATIONS for seeing the BIG PICTURE and having CLEAR EYES about NOT GETTING SWINDLED
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
where in brooklyn -- lga might be better if you're in wburg or greenpoint
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
ya in a certain sense buying m&ms from duane reade is prob going to even worse people in the end
― iatee, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link