subwaysights.com » stories http://subwaysights.com As seen underground in New York City Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 German Children Are Frightening http://subwaysights.com/2009/10/german-children-are-frightening/ http://subwaysights.com/2009/10/german-children-are-frightening/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:34:50 +0000 subwaysights http://subwaysights.com/?p=72 Saw a family of German tourists.  Two boys—maybe 8- and 10-years-old—got into a fight. The mom broke it up, and the 8-year-old starting protesting wildly, waving his arms, gesticulating madly, grunting, huffing, puffing, furious. I know he’s 8, but we’ve all seen clips of Hitler Youth, and there’s still something really terrifying about an angry German giving a speech in a public place.

-Submitted by Sam R., seen on the uptown 3 train.

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-Submitted by Shira D., seen on the morning 6 train.

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- Submitted by Mike, seen on the platform at the Brooklyn Bridge 4/5/6 stop.

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