FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
J. Charles | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 12:00AM 
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Rise and shine FIPS'ters, and welcome to your day! In today's crazy news, a Transgender contestant was kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada for being "dishonest about her sex." And look at what visionary a-hole James Cameron is up to when he's not patting himself on the back for making Avatar. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this tacocopter is the answer to all my prayers.
ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1899):
Oh snap! Back in the day there was a trolley strike threat in Red Hook! Apparently, motormen and conductors were pissed off because they had to clean the cars before their runs. The PO'd conductors claimed it was a hypocrisy that no other line conductors had to bear. President Michael Murphy of the Van Brunt and Erie Basin Trolley Line called bullshit, saying that the complaining conductors were only required to clean their cars if they were dirtied during their runs.
Some interesting facts about the Van Brunt trolley line: It still does not stop at Fairway or Ikea and "is the only 3 cent railway in the state." It is only one and one quarter miles long (so clearly this trolley is an absolute necessity). There are but six cars in daily service (refer to previous parenthetical barb), and only twenty conductors and motormen run the line. Another odd feature is that these cars are perhaps the only trolley cars in the world where advertising cards are not found in the interior overheard panels or elsewhere. So sorry Doctor Zizmor, no ad space for you on the VB trolley.
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