Geology Lesson To Metropolitan Diary Entry In Less Than Six Seconds!

I can’t believe that of all the quotes to pull out of this Times article about the mammoth pothole that formed over the weekend on 56th Street I’m going to pull out such a cloying, obviously Metropolitan Diary-worthy one such as this:

“I told my son that that’s exactly how the Grand Canyon was formed,” said John Trials, who took a break from his job at Xerox at 40 West 57th Street to examine the hole around noon yesterday. “It’s amazing what a little water can do.”

But I did!

Where else does a pothole become a geology lesson? Only in New York, Kids! Only in New York! [That loud crash being the sound of Cindy Adams bitchslapping me. Ouch!]