Penguins Take Public Transportation: A Collection
- Avril Graffe, Astrid Leppig, Anna Wood
- Mar 3
- 1 min read

“People climbing the poles in the metro like they're monkey bars” - Nirvan Welagedara (‘27)
“Once a random guy told me his whole life story about how his mom died and now he writes poetry and goes to college for psychology. He told me I looked like a character from The Amazing World of Gumball and that he wanted to write poetry about me.” - Sam Broquard (‘27)
“A guy asked for my number so he could be my mentor in life” - Charlie Compagnucci (‘27)
“Once saw a guy with a blowtorch lighting something on fire in the back of a metro” Calvin Day (‘27)
“[A] man released pet mongoose on Red Line” - Omarion Hampton (‘26)
“My bus crashed but everyone was OK” - Mia Ferris-Artiga (‘27)
“Someone got on the bus and started dancing and played ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber so loud and then when I left he tripped me and started singing ‘Sorry.’” -Ann G. (‘28)
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