Most cab drivers have too much trouble with English to say “dese, dem, and dose”, but the ones that can speak Brooklyn natively most certainly do say that.
And steam does come up from some grates - not often, but it does happen.
Most cab drivers have too much trouble with English to say “dese, dem, and dose”, but the ones that can speak Brooklyn natively most certainly do say that.
And steam does come up from some grates - not often, but it does happen.
The “greek” cups are in Philadelphia, and are used by sidewalk lunch carts.
More often from manhole covers, as that’s where the steam pipes are. (And we are all aware that what we see is water vapor, not steam, right?)
To quote the City Lights Books back cover copy from Charles Bukowski’s short story collection Tales of Ordinary Madness: “Bukowski’s farts are realer than the Empire State Building.”
Yeah, I know. I’ve been there.
Laughing Lagomorph, born in NYC.