Examples of strange sightings on subways:

-- Last night as I was headed home from work on the MTA's R line, a blind and toothless man got onto the crowded train and started to sing acapella. He tapped his way through the car, trying to keep his balance while he held onto a tip jar. He sang minute-long snippets of a number of songs. I can't get his rendition of "Do You Think I'm Sexy" out of my head.

-- Another blind man, another subway car. One morning a few years ago, I got onto a train that was packed with surly, sleepy, caffeine deprived New Yorkers. A man with an accordian entered one end of the train and without hesitation or apparent concern, he started to play his instrument and politely push his way through the crowd. No clue what he played.

-- A couple of weeks ago, I heard a commotion on the other end of my train. I looked down to see what looked like a flash twirl around a subway pole. It was a boy, maybe 10, being twireld around the pole by a man in his late teens or early 20s. They were a breakdancing pair and they put on a show in the middle of the train. I couldn't see much, passengers blocking my view. Just every now and then, I saw the boy get flung in the air. And then there was applause.

I gave my change to the singer and the accordian player but not the breakdancers. I'm not so fond of breakdancers.

 

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