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All CTA Tattler Entries in the Best reader Tattler Tales Category
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01/ 4/07
How to sit by yourself on the train
12/25/06
A Christmas miracle: An empty Purple Line appears!
11/14/06
Getting around is fun and easy in Indy, P-burgh
08/29/06
Cool U-Pass purse
08/28/06
Photos from Soul of Chicago Express tour by missjasmine
08/23/06
Give up your seat and make someone's day -- whether they're pregnant or not
08/15/06
Makeup sex? Who needs the Hobo Corner?
07/18/06
The difference between Paris and Chicago transit systems
06/16/06
Great insights and Tattler tales from fellow readers
05/26/06
Nude woman on the Jackson platform
05/25/06
Riding the El with Frank
05/20/06
Photo of rude supervisor, and CTA's response to complaint
05/19/06
Train supervisor harasses bummed out passenger
05/17/06
More tales from the "Crazies" front
05/10/06
Nude man on the Sheridan platform
04/27/06
Turning the tables on nosy ladies
04/ 1/06
From the shameless self-promotion department
03/17/06
Giving up your seat? That's gratitude for ya
03/15/06
Delayed police action confuses riders
02/15/06
Meeting the love of your life on the CTA
02/ 3/06
"The things you learn (and see) at 4 am"
01/17/06
Cockroaches infest #65 Grand bus
01/11/06
Cheap haircuts on the CTA
12/22/05
Happy Holidays and Happy CTA Trails from the Tattler
11/25/05
CTA workers get lost wallet to owner
11/17/05
Urban earwax art
11/16/05
Whoopi G. must avoid the Cottage Grove bus
11/14/05
Of handcuffs and sock puppets
11/ 4/05
Frustrations on CTA rule enforcement
10/28/05
Cellers get separate admonishments
10/14/05
The popsicle-sucking map protectors
10/11/05
Two things: CTA photo blog, iPod sharing techniques
10/ 6/05
Some shorties: More creative ads; another lost vibrator
09/30/05
It's either out the door or out the window
09/24/05
Dazed, drunk and depants-ed
09/10/05
Van Halen fan sports bloody brick, head gash
09/ 4/05
H-O-R-S-E hijinks yields headache, delays
09/ 2/05
Pizza, pervs and pets on the No. 56
08/25/05
A picture is worth 1000 words -- except on CTA?
08/24/05
Slithering Blue Line entertainment
08/21/05
Welcome to the 151 Freak Show
08/20/05
More Jesus sightings
08/19/05
Hairy moments on the Orange Line
08/18/05
Poor sense of direction; good reading
08/ 6/05
Tips for the late-night trixies
07/29/05
The Gordita-eating Trannies
07/29/05
The "laughing crazies" and "staring crazies"
07/17/05
View from the south end of the Red Line
07/16/05
Leotard man leaves nothing to the imagination
07/15/05
Blade Man, the protector
07/ 9/05
Tourists oogle Chicago landmarks
06/12/05
Thanks for anniversary celebration
05/28/05
Tasty napkin, plus dessert
05/21/05
Betty Boop lives on the Metra
05/20/05
Unwanted show for Cubs fans
05/ 7/05
Crazy cellers and just plain crazies
05/ 6/05
CTA, the rolling toilet
05/ 2/05
Reader's first-person account of El accident
04/30/05
The showdown turned stalemate
04/22/05
A call to the president from Fullerton platform
04/18/05
A poetic Tattler tale
04/16/05
A pinch and a snort in Hobo Corner
04/15/05
A smashing good time
04/ 9/05
Crazy Mary dislikes sandals
04/ 8/05
Instant celebs for freed ex-con
04/ 3/05
Some details on Easter Brown Line suicide
03/27/05
The train car streaker
03/26/05
For medicinal purposes only
03/19/05
The missing conversant
03/ 5/05
Gypsy musicians, drunks, incontinence - via IM!
03/ 4/05
Midnight Cowboy at rush hour
02/25/05
Don't dictate his ice cream choices
02/18/05
Wild times in Hobo Corner
02/12/05
Double whammy of CTA wierdness
02/ 4/05
CTA water games
01/28/05
Trio of incredible tales
01/25/05
Sunflower seeds don't make you a player
01/16/05
Train service in DC
01/15/05
The Pink Lady always sits alone
01/ 8/05
El evangelist evacuates train
12/31/04
"All I want for Christmas is my blood mold excised"
12/28/04
Beware the Puffy Jacket
12/11/04
A hair-raising moment
12/ 4/04
Fending off a great pickup line
11/27/04
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's shirt
11/21/04
Samurai sharpening chef
11/21/04
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