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A lesson on subway etiquette: Pole-iteness counts!

Unnecessary violence on the Metro? Check. Random nudity on Line 1? Check. Alas, it looks like there’s yet another top runner in the category for the weird and offensive that goes on in the metro line and becomes a viral hit on the web: pole dancing.... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, May 28 2009

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