• @[email protected]
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    116 hours ago

    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.

    • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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      215 hours ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 hours ago

        Yeah, but they (presumably) already paid for the bread. The issue is that the worker in the family is on the MTA.