tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post292814829774101287..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: A woman selling crickets and worms in the NYC subway "suddenly threw them all over the crowded car" — and it was so crazy...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17730730346325689692016-08-27T11:21:25.190-05:002016-08-27T11:21:25.190-05:00@Robert Cook You got a great story out of it. In t...@Robert Cook You got a great story out of it. In the How to Build a Fire genre.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78868478542134962362016-08-27T08:45:24.249-05:002016-08-27T08:45:24.249-05:00"According to Pugh, police removed her from t..."According to Pugh, police removed her from the subway car, and escorted her—handcuffed—to a nearby hospital. There, she played along with the doctor’s questions, never breaking character. She said she was effectively let go at the hospital, where she was picked up by her camera crew.<br />A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed that an incident had taken place at 6:07 on a subway, and that Pugh had been taken to Methodist Hospital where she was checked for injuries. But the NYPD’s story diverged in several key ways from Pugh’s. The spokesperson said that Pugh was 26, not 21, for instance, and that the emergency brake was never pulled and the train never lost power.<br />Not everything in Pugh’s prank was staged, however. “I did really pee,” she admitted.<br />What an artist."<br /><br />She should be held financially responsible for the police and medical resources diverted due to her "art". And some part of her punishment should be cleaning urine from the crevices of the NYC subway system. She won't have to fake vomit.<br />walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8439867221515768762016-08-26T21:21:13.931-05:002016-08-26T21:21:13.931-05:00The fact that it was a prank makes it even more of...The fact that it was a prank makes it even more of a hassle. NY has enough crazy people without artists thinking up clever, new, imaginative ways to be crazy......it was all in play, but the crickets did not die in play.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49336162145306180322016-08-26T20:39:00.203-05:002016-08-26T20:39:00.203-05:00You've got to hand it to Meryl Streep though. ...You've got to hand it to Meryl Streep though. She totally inhabits the part.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386165669907559416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76495358467907413192016-08-26T20:35:31.979-05:002016-08-26T20:35:31.979-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58468408416233139772016-08-26T20:28:58.105-05:002016-08-26T20:28:58.105-05:00performance artist
You mean a topless dancer?<i>performance artist</i><br /><br />You mean a topless dancer?mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28133815741179660322016-08-26T20:27:49.945-05:002016-08-26T20:27:49.945-05:00"The people on their period ride the subway a..."The people on their period ride the subway and might appreciate not having to stop by the drug store. It's not such an odd thing to think."<br /><br />Selling single Kotex on the subway to women in need.<br /><br />THAT will make money.<br /><br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71234159199115476112016-08-26T19:14:28.347-05:002016-08-26T19:14:28.347-05:00And it appears the woman selling the insects was a...And <a href="http://fusion.net/story/341360/that-woman-who-had-a-cricket-throwing-meltdown-on-an-nyc-subway-now-says-it-was-all-an-act/" rel="nofollow">it appears</a> the woman selling the insects was a performance artist. Hope they perform her ass into jail.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386165669907559416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20540348859454601292016-08-26T15:22:10.068-05:002016-08-26T15:22:10.068-05:00Because in capitalism, you have to weigh the deman...Because in capitalism, you have to weigh the demand for something by the amount of effort you would expend to provide it. Certainly, there are a lot of reptile owners in NYC, but enough of them use the same station? Or does she just ride the trails every day with her jars of grubs, and have enough visibility to make enough sales to make it worth her while? How many pet owners would buy their grubs from a crazy lady in the subway, anyway? That's why we have pet stores, the supply is concentrated in an easily found central location.<br /><br />Also, I imagine her coming up with this:<br /><br />I need a hustle. Single cigarettes? Nah, a guy died selling those....<br /><br />Felt circles for the bottom of furniture legs? Nah, too boring....<br /><br />I've got it! Grubs and crickets! I can grow them in my bathtub. I'll ride the subway all day! Think of the interesting people I'll meet!<br /><br />Believe me, this will not keep me up tonight - I'll let it go if you do...just seems like a strange choice with low payoffNjallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618517359029420936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78598130193704424692016-08-26T14:58:34.785-05:002016-08-26T14:58:34.785-05:00Sure Ann, it's just creative commerce..with a ...Sure Ann, it's just creative commerce..with a little urination and vomit for effect.<br />Gets people talking..walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36378710445766010232016-08-26T14:47:47.967-05:002016-08-26T14:47:47.967-05:00Aren't there sufficient cockroaches in NYC to ...Aren't there sufficient cockroaches in NYC to feed those hungry reptiles?mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55630453520875622872016-08-26T14:43:36.982-05:002016-08-26T14:43:36.982-05:00I like to use my insect politics tag whenever I ca...<i>I like to use my insect politics tag whenever I can, but I didn't see how to make the stretch here.</i><br /><br />So...you've never actually seen the movie?Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86071923567522084412016-08-26T14:35:10.171-05:002016-08-26T14:35:10.171-05:00Why wouldn't people be open to buying somethin...Why wouldn't people be open to buying something they need on the subway? Typically, it would be a person who might otherwise be begging. The people with reptiles at home ride the subway and might appreciate not having to stop by the pet store. It's not such an odd thing to think.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15426778579680961972016-08-26T14:29:46.971-05:002016-08-26T14:29:46.971-05:00Lamar,
You think YOU got problems...
Lamar,<br />You think YOU got problems...<br /><br />walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20265533157963421032016-08-26T14:03:40.690-05:002016-08-26T14:03:40.690-05:00Yes, no need to be obtuse. I expressed surprise no...Yes, no need to be obtuse. I expressed surprise not that there is a market for worms and crickets - clearly there would be for pets, as you stated - but that owners of those pets shop on the NYC subwayNjallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618517359029420936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9201026883451937952016-08-26T12:23:16.491-05:002016-08-26T12:23:16.491-05:00"People have pets?" What? Don't act ..."People have pets?" What? Don't act as though this is normal. I have never seen someone buying crickets and worms on the train. The woman is mentally ill.<br /><br />Madison Man, you have no idea how much building is going on here to accommodate all of the yuppies (is that still a word?) that want to live here. LI City has apartments going up right next to the 59th Street Bridge ramps. Why anyone would want that apartment with a noisy ramp view, I have no idea, but they are filling the apartments before the whole building is complete. I am thinking those yuppies might say, "who wants to live in Madison, WI?"CatherineMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909616844180482228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88822607905919152572016-08-26T11:40:04.146-05:002016-08-26T11:40:04.146-05:00Mealworms are not worms but larvae (of the mealwor...Mealworms are not worms but larvae (of the mealworm beetle). Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32590400491746345722016-08-26T11:38:20.772-05:002016-08-26T11:38:20.772-05:00I'm going to just guess that the "worms&q...I'm going to just guess that the "worms" were mealworms. <br /><br />Mealworms and crickets are typical food for your reptiles, no?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79967611750818573542016-08-26T11:37:04.960-05:002016-08-26T11:37:04.960-05:00"By the way, is there a big market for cricke..."By the way, is there a big market for crickets and worms on the NYC subway? That is new to me."<br /><br />People have pets. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91893185835270624452016-08-26T11:25:14.899-05:002016-08-26T11:25:14.899-05:00By the way, is there a big market for crickets and...By the way, is there a big market for crickets and worms on the NYC subway? That is new to me.Njallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618517359029420936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58556073832021640262016-08-26T11:23:48.776-05:002016-08-26T11:23:48.776-05:00Yellowjackets stink too, in quantity.
We came hom...Yellowjackets stink too, in quantity.<br /><br />We came home from vacation once and there were yellowjacket corpses everywhere, but especially near doors, windows, etc. Went into our bedroom and there was the biggest pile of corpses - it was like a yellowjacket Auschwitz. It was a shocking thing to see.<br /><br />They had a nest that kind of rotted a little hole in the ceiling, where the hive entrance was. Yellowjacket after unsuspecting yellowjacket came into our house and eventually succumbed to starvation there.<br /><br />The stench was unbelievable.Njallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618517359029420936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56928698031830051312016-08-26T10:58:30.069-05:002016-08-26T10:58:30.069-05:00Snakes would have been more fun.Snakes would have been more fun.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11283869954429196342016-08-26T10:25:49.905-05:002016-08-26T10:25:49.905-05:00So how many crickets did she sell before the fun s...So how many crickets did she sell before the fun started?dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247978051740722623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57303444864672085492016-08-26T10:16:44.696-05:002016-08-26T10:16:44.696-05:00Human beings in large numbers in a closed space al...Human beings in large numbers in a closed space also smell.<br />Especially dead ones.Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648146528637449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60998366895757238272016-08-26T10:15:26.132-05:002016-08-26T10:15:26.132-05:00"Nowadays the subways are far, far better tha...<i>"Nowadays the subways are far, far better than when I was young, but if you use them often enough a bad experience is a historical inevitability."</i><br /><br />My worst subway experience was when I was stuck on the 7 train heading out to Queens near midnight in sub-freezing temperature for hours. I was heading in for a midnight shift at a hotel by LaGuardia Airport where I worked at the time. I was not scheduled to work the shift, but someone asked me as a favor to fill in for him.(This was in the early 80s; I had been in NYC for only about two years, or less.) <br /><br />In Queens, as New Yorkers know, the 7 Train rides an elevated truck above the streets. A near-blizzard snowstorm had commenced and the tracks were so iced up the train could not move. We were stuck between stations. Moreover, the electricity was off. I was fortunate, having boarded the train at Times Square, (the beginning and end point for the 7 Train in Manhattan), in that I got a seat. The train had got crowded and many people had to stand in this dark, freezing, immobile train for hours. <br /><br />I had boarded the train at 10:30 PM. As we could not move, the MTA decided to send an empty train out from behind us to try to push us forward enough that the first car or two of our train would be in the next station. This would allow the passengers to walk through the cars until we reached the front of the train, where we could exit onto the platform. The plan worked, but by the time it was completed and we exited the train, it was 3:00 AM. I was ill-clothed for the weather, wearing only Chuck Taylor high top sneakers for footwear, and an old army fatigue jacket for warmth. The snow on the ground was probably four feet or higher. No other trains were running, and I was miles from Manhattan and miles from my job. <br /><br />I managed to find a payphone in the train station and I called my job. Being an airport hotel, they had a jitney used to convey people to and from LaGuardia Airport. They said they'd send it out for me. It took an hour to reach me--I was only a couple of miles from the hotel--and an hour to get back to the hotel, so it was 5:00 AM when I got to my job. The guy who had stayed overtime to fill in for me dropped his pen and said, "Okay, Bob, it's all yours!"<br /><br />We were trapped in the hotel for the weekend, employees and guests alike, and food and supplies were running short. Finally, by Sunday afternoon, transportation was restored such that I could go home at the end of my Sunday shift.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.com