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Wait, I'm a big fan of Ajax and the Dutch national football team because that's what ESPN shows in the early to mid 90s so it's all I got to see....

Will there be any "common decency" testing of all the people who got off the train while the guy was still sitting there? Can't someone reach over and tap the guy on the shoulder and let him know the...

Um, that's what elevators are for. And by taking these out of service adn no longer spending man-hours and money on them, Metro could spend those resources on keeping the elevators running. So thank...

In all seriousness, why doesn't Metro just permanently turn off the escalators between the mezzanine and the platform levels? It'll free up resources to keep the other escalators and elevators runnin...

Holy Crap. I just got back from the Glover Park WholeFoods. It's like Armageddon is coming....

"No injuries were reported to people or animals," Good thing no one tried to report anything to the dogs. They can't actually understand us, you realize, right?...

It's hard to feel that bad for the rich folks by AU after touring Flanders Field in Belgium where they dig up leaking mustard gas cannisters and unexploded shells every day, everywhere. Not a couple,...

I'd like to see Metro pull all the 1000 series cars just to see the fall-out. And I ride the Red Line every day, so it'd royaly f-up my commute....

Oh holy christ, do NOT read that article unless you want to be haunted by it for the rest of the day (week, year!)....

Two comments: 1. Shouldn't the camera have caught their flashing lights also? After all, if it's an emergency, they should have their lights flashing. 2. People are trying to extend the same arg...

The whole thing. Was it meant to be self-depricating?...

"There's a lot of dumb people out there..." Really?...

The list of people voting dip-shits into office is very very long. If they all lost their right to representation...wow. Let's start with the recent goings-on in Illinois. Then how about the foot...

I realize it's not nearly as important (or at all), but yesterday at the same time as this horrible wreck, there was a problem at the Tenleytown station that was delaying trains going towards Shady Gr...

Anyone know why New York Ave/Rt. 50 eastbound was closed from Bladensburg until somewhere short of the South Dakota entrance yesterday (Sunday) morning?...