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Everett seeing a horse car for the first time in 12 years (1906-12-27) (fedia.io)
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[–] m_f@midwest.social 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've seen all of this jay town I want to see!!

We've since lost this term, except for in the word "jaywalking". It means A dull or ignorant person

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 11 points 8 months ago

I was wondering, thank you

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

People 118 years later: "please bring back any kind of trams, well accept horses, no problem!"

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Some rails pls

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Rails in a sundress

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What a bunch of rubes!

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago

Come-ons, even!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Times have changed, we've completely done away with the horse and the driver in the big city

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Quite a foul mouth there, Everett.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

I feel like there must be a layer to this joke I'm not getting.

Like, who is this targeted at? People who overestimate the sophistication of their city? Surely there must be more to it than that.