Overheard today on the Long Island Railroad:
Asian tourist chick: How do I get to Patchogue?
Conductor: Take this train to Jamaica and transfer to the Speonk.
Asian tourist chick: What's a Speonk?
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5 comments:
1. What is Patchogue?
2. Jamaica??
3. What IS a speonk?
Isn't Speonk a great name? So odd. One of those old Indian (Native American) names.
It just sounds so weird. :)
More importantly, what were you doing on the Long Island Railroad?
-kh
Why, I was going to Fire Island! It was 94 in the City yesterday, I wanted out! And it was fantastic. (You take the Speonk line after transferring at Jamaica from Penn Station, but you get off in Sayville, which is before Patchogue.)
I have to agree with Joel on this one ...
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