MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames

[James A. Landau]

A railfan from the San Francisco area gave me these backronyms for the  parts
of the New York subway system:

IRT = Incredibly Rancid Transit
BMT = Bowel Movement Transitr
IND = Incredibly Noisy Derailments

The practice of thinking up spoofs on names of railroads goes way  back.  In
England the London Chatham and Dover was the "London Crash-em and  Turnover".
Many such spoofs were fond rather than sarcastic, e.g. the  Maryland and
Pennsylvania was universally known as the "Ma and Pa" and the  Hoosac Tunnel and
WIlmington was the "Hoot Toot and Whistle".

    chew chew!

    Jim Landau

Aside to Barry Popik---somehow this Easter season has gone past without  that
unforgettable candy item of previous years, Russell Stover Foil  Eggs.