🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext · 2 months agoAnon's dad left for cigarettesimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down17
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minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI love that song. I always assumed she couldn’t get a dime because the breadwinner was now trapped on the MTA. I shudder to think what happened to them when the sandwiches finally ran out.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoAccording to google, a sandwich in 1949 (when the original song was written) cost 4 cents. Three days trapped on a subway and you’ve already made a colossal financial mistake.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, but they (presumably) already paid for the bread. The issue is that the worker in the family is on the MTA.
I love that song. I always assumed she couldn’t get a dime because the breadwinner was now trapped on the MTA.
I shudder to think what happened to them when the sandwiches finally ran out.
According to google, a sandwich in 1949 (when the original song was written) cost 4 cents. Three days trapped on a subway and you’ve already made a colossal financial mistake.
Yeah, but they (presumably) already paid for the bread. The issue is that the worker in the family is on the MTA.