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Video: Move Over Pizza Rat, Here's Pizza Rag
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 21, 2016
Modified Feb 15, 2019
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Published Sep 21, 2016
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Pizza's got a brand new rag.
The Internet was inflamed and engorged with delight exactly one year ago today when that highly relatable Pizza Rat scampered into our hearts and minds like a viral virus. Now, by some incredible chronological coincidence, here comes another irresistible unit of universally sharable content! Check out this CRAZY video of a rag struggling to descend the subway stairs all the while burdened with a slice of pizza.
Man, that rag is all of us. Hopefully this isn't another one of Zardulu's elaborate pranks, right?
What's next, Pizza Flag?
UPDATE: As if on cue, this appears! Only in New York, right?
Donald Trump is a sociopathic walking catastrophe who must be stopped.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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