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Photo: L Train Rider With Open Pot Of Oatmeal Wins Breukelen
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 24, 2013
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Published Apr 24, 2013
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Writing an entire album about reconnecting with that girl at Barcade who grazed your hand as the two of you reached for the same Time Crisis pistol is mentally exhausting. You'll need the nourishment that only a piping hot saucepan of Sir Phillips' Sieve-Cut Stoney Bulgur Oat-Mealé can provide. But when taking the L into the Village to pick up a pack of cellulose papers (the good kind), think of your fellow straphangers and leave the pot of sticky scalding breakfast napalm at home. Is oatmeal the Hipster Durian?
As much of a mess as this oatmeal could have made, we have it on good authority that Sir Phillips' product is of such high quality (its oats come from the Elysian Fields!) no mortal can stand to let a single husk go to waste. Look at what happened when this guy dropped some on his shoes.
[Thanks, Reddit]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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