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The Password is, “Fencing”

Guy: Is that for picket or chain link?
Old man: No, it’s for an Olympic event.

–Whole Foods, Columbus Circle

Overheard by: Ray Fisher

  • Posted on March 4, 2015
  • Manhattan, Old People, Retail Therapy, Stupidity, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center
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