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So Apparently There's One More Way the City Can Fine You for Enjoying Yourself

  • 8/28/07 at 1:33 PM
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Funny thing we learned from the Times today (no, not that Bush thinks Alberto Gonzales was the victim of overpoliticization, though that's funny, too): Apparently it's illegal to wade in fountains in New York City. Which means all these kids frolicking in Washington Square Park earlier this summer were potentially liable for $50 fines. And all this time we thought it was merely gross.

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