When Gothamist reader Wayne sent us a picture of a rat stuck in a sidewalk, apparently trying to emerge, others readers decided it was depressing, hilarious, tempting, disgraceful, an opportunity for considering ethics and morals, and time to bait other commenters. Finally, we have an update from Wayne plus a number of Photoshop renderings of the Sad Rat:
It was on my block on the Upper West Side. 82nd Street between CPW and Columbus. I thought it was alive, but after getting up the nerve to poke it with a (long) stick, I realized he was dead. I did what any wonderful caring masculine New Yorker would do, I told the doorman about it and ran off to work. That night the sidewalk with spic and span. I hear the Eulogy was beautiful and moved some to tears.
So there—he did check out Sad Rat's condition!
And thank you to all the readers who spent some time on their Friday nights and Saturday mornings creating ways we can remember Sad Rat forever.
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these pictures are amazing, i'm rolling on the floor laughing over here!! hahaha!
pudeljung
somewhat offtopic... but I was just over at the NY Post, reading reader comments there - and have you guys ever noticed that a whole lot of people are really racist? And seem to not realize it, I mean they betray a racism/ sexism/ bigotry that is alarming! Yikes!
Gwinny
well, it's the Post... what did you expect?
Spirit of 76
Oops. So poor "thefacts" is proven wrong yet again. Yesterday he was writing that it wasn't an NYC sidewalk and that "IT'S A HOAX. IT'S A HOAX. IT'S A HOAX." He was so absolutely sure, just like he's so sure about everything else. I bet he wouldn't admit he was wrong even if he went up to W 82nd and inspected the sidewalk to see that it is stone and that the crack exists.
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