Take a ride on the Genre Line to Nonlinear Rant Again

December 8, 2015 10:22 AM

Someone Turned the (Washington DC) Metro System Map Into Hilarious Anagrams. [via Reddit]
posted by Rob Rockets (18 comments total)

This is kinda fun, but I just want to point out that the title is incorrect, Nonlinear Rant Again is not on the Genre Line, it's on the Lube/Lye Owl Line.

Glad to know my point of entry/exit every day is Shaved Orgy.
posted by numaner at 10:57 AM on December 8, 2015 [2 favorites]

Feels kind of appropriate that so many meetups happen at Arcane Lizard.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 11:05 AM on December 8, 2015 [2 favorites]

Over on the opposite coast, I'm not surprised to learn that the endpoint of my commute is Wet Leaks.
posted by wanderingmind at 11:12 AM on December 8, 2015

The station local to my childhood home is "A Fresh Cult Clash". I see ignorant armies clashing by night...
posted by tavella at 11:18 AM on December 8, 2015

...Somewhat disturbingly, two adjacent stops on the light rail here in Let's Eat anagram to "Bemoan Kurt" and "Cobain Hell".
posted by wanderingmind at 11:26 AM on December 8, 2015

I could go for a Laudanum Gelato right about now.
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:41 AM on December 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I just realized the Green Line doesn't go to National Airport. I combined my favorite line with with favorite anagram. Sorry about that.
posted by Rob Rockets at 12:06 PM on December 8, 2015

Some of these are quite on the nose! Federal Triangle – above which is the Reagan Bldg – becomes "Faltering Leader."
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 12:39 PM on December 8, 2015 [2 favorites]

I get off for work every day at Laudanum Gelato, which, frankly, seems about right.
posted by OmieWise at 1:07 PM on December 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

As a proud resident of the Station Elsewhere service area, I can confirm that that is the proper name of the station.
posted by Naberius at 1:25 PM on December 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

"Spring Livers" is, um, well, you know what? I have a ball, perhaps you'd like to bounce it?
posted by The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal at 2:16 PM on December 8, 2015

This is not helping me get over the liberties Fallout 3 took with Metro.
posted by wintermind at 3:09 PM on December 8, 2015 [1 favorite]

I am strangely disappointed to live closest to the Oak Mat station. I mean, when the leaves start falling it's actually accurate!
posted by mkhall at 3:18 PM on December 8, 2015

I really like this sort of thing. My first experience was with the London anagram Tube map. That seems to be the first (popular) one, and it even has a Wikipedia page covering the TfL takedown.

Nothing can really be removed from the internet, though. See?
posted by cardioid at 7:08 PM on December 8, 2015

I have only really taken the DC Metro to go to Beta Shed for a conference but this is still delightful to me and I want one for Boston post-haste.
posted by en forme de poire at 9:13 PM on December 8, 2015

Hah, found one!

Queer Parrots 6evr
posted by en forme de poire at 9:16 PM on December 8, 2015

And here is one for BART.
posted by en forme de poire at 9:19 PM on December 8, 2015

My facebook memories reminded me just a couple of days ago that I'd been laughing at the London on a couple of years ago. The Wimbledon branch of the District line has a distinctly Lovecraftian theme.
posted by corvine at 6:05 AM on December 9, 2015