View source for The unspoken rules of New York City

Context: "I'm going to New York for the first time next month. What are the unspoken rules of NY?"

== True story ==

If you get cut off by an undercover squad car while legally crossing a crosswalk, do not slap the vehicle as it roars by. 

My friend did this in 1983.  Four men in suits frog-marched him to the car, while I, visitor from Minnesota, gaped in dismay.

They let him go, very scared.

== In the News ==

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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

== External links ==

* [ Post] @ Twitter (8 September 2022)

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