On the morning of August 1, 2013, a baby was born on the platform at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. In honor of that baby, named Amir Mason (and not, I’m sorry to tell you, Pierre), here’s a look back at some of the best jokes tweeted about that unusual situation. Happy birthday, Amir, and thanks for giving me the excuse to trot out the #metrobaby hashtag one more time.
Original post below.
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day: Metro Transit Police tweeted Thursday morning that a baby had been born on the platform at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. Within minutes, #metrobaby was trending as Washingtonians delivered (hehe) their best jokes about the occasion. See below for some examples—and leave yours in the comments.
Baby will go down in history for being the first person to ever arrive ahead of schedule at a Metro stop.
Baby Born on Metro Platform Leads to Plenty of Twitter Jokes
Un enfant was born at L'Enfant Plaza a year ago today.
On the morning of August 1, 2013, a baby was born on the platform at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. In honor of that baby, named Amir Mason (and not, I’m sorry to tell you, Pierre), here’s a look back at some of the best jokes tweeted about that unusual situation. Happy birthday, Amir, and thanks for giving me the excuse to trot out the #metrobaby hashtag one more time.
Original post below.
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day: Metro Transit Police tweeted Thursday morning that a baby had been born on the platform at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. Within minutes, #metrobaby was trending as Washingtonians delivered (hehe) their best jokes about the occasion. See below for some examples—and leave yours in the comments.
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