Top Ten Signs of Spring in New York City


March 1996



10.

New York City cab drivers go from wool to cotton turbans

9.

Streets are filled with the intoxicating aroma of thawing garbage

8.

Drug arrests soar as the Yankees return to town

7.

Street vendors start selling robin-kebabs

6.

Ed Sullivan Theater warms up to a balmy 38 degrees

5.

Number of murders committed with snow shovels drops way off

4.

All of the rats go down to Florida for spring break

3.

Rudy Giuliani has a spring tune-up done to his comb-over

2.

New York City cops start wearing nothing but a holster

1.

The Mets are mathematically eliminated from the pennant race


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