Beldon Rule #12
Never go into the sewers unless you're a sewer guy.
I swear every couple years a story comes out saying some variation of "There are people living under NYC!" and people act shocked but forget as soon as something shinier pops into the news.
Also, I'm just gonna say it: I, the real and actual Thomas Pynchon, invented the story of aligators in the sewers.
CHUDs are real???
the 'C' stands for Chabad
Hasidic guys just can't stop with the tunnel stuff, they dig and dig.
but never dug :(
"Might as well! You say I'm a C.H.U.D. So fine, I'll be a C.H.U.D. if that makes you happy!"
don't forget about the mole people who live in our precious sewers
People haven't really lived in the tunnels in significant numbers since the MTA cleared people out and sealed up entrances after the '93 wtc bombing.
This seems to be more of an Always Sunny in Brooklyn situation. Get some headlamps and shovels, take off your clothes, go on some sewer adventures with the boys.
brace going for the unconventional honeymoon activities
If anybody ever doubted that Zohran Mamdani is a true Sewer Socialist, just look at this shit.
Sewers. Socialism. Hamas tunnels. The Mayor is silent. Coincidence????
sewer spelunking? I've done it before. Article doesn't mention how they were dressed, but I have to assume with how homeless folks are treated that were it homeless people the article would have made that clear. That or it was the Hasidic Sewer Jewish, again.
First 3 levels of Turtles In Time have the goated background music. Maybe they're just rocking out to 16-bit tunes
Big Apple 3 AM
I'm partial to Alleycat Blues đź’™
Between TMNT and Ghostbusters 3, it's a small miracle I didn't become a sewer guy.
Williamsburg isn’t underground enough anymore.
Bushwick isn’t underground enough anymore.
Where’s the real underground scene in Brooklyn these days? That’s right, the realest underground there is, the sewer system.
Were they trying to expand a Synagogue?
All hail Ratma
How did they survive the sewer 'gators?
Air gun with tranq darts
Peter Caine was right.
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