[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Great pointed archer phobia

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Great pointed archer phobia
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1179419271.shtml


   I was in the crowded 34th and 6th Subway station, (somewhere below the
   Manhattan Mall and Macy's) waiting for the D train to take me downtown
   to Brooklyn when I heard a weird scratching noise on the pipes over my
   head.

   Every instinct told me not to look up because there was only one thing
   that could be running with scratchy little claws on those slippery
   pipes - and if it fell, it would be falling onto my upturned face.

   The scratching overhead turned out to be not one but two rats, who
   began screaming at each other, making that queer 'yeek, yeek' sound
   you hear in Willard movies. As the skittering grew louder, a single
   bone fell to the floor.

   The normally unflappable New Yorkers around me were totally skeeved.
   It's okay to see rats on the tracks where they belong, but over our
   heads? That has to be my grossest [1]great pointed archer sighting on
   record.

References

   1. http://www.greatpointedarcher.com/