By adamg on Sun., 8/11/2019 - 10:07 pm 
First, there's the seemingly still working pay phone outside the Shaw's on Hyde Park Avenue. And then there's the page with the Latin on it, a phrase that literally means "A crow doesn't pluck out another crow's eye," which is reassuring, at least if one is a crow, but which is an old Roman saying that's equivalent to our "honor among thieves." The saying has been popping up in the southern reaches of the Athens of America for several years now.
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In these new days,
By Daan
Sun, 08/11/2019 - 11:05pm
between a corruption in the nation executive and legislative branches, and dubious conduct at the local levels of governance, thieves in honor of thieves makes perfects sense.
Aka Stop Snitching
By thomas
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 12:21am
Aka Stop Snitching
That was my first thought but
By Damaged
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 7:59am
That was my first thought but how many thugs know Latin?
At least one gang does
By Waquiot
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 9:17am
The Latin Kings.
Thanks, that made my day!
By Damaged
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 9:26am
Thanks, that made my day!
wat?
By Old Groucho
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 8:06am
Its the opposite of that.
Statistically, Mass is one of the if the smartest states in the union, however I don't think that study was suggesting we have an erudite criminal element.
2 things going on here...
By Old Groucho
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 9:41am
the packing tape shows the quote and the tree above it were posted by the same person
the quote's meaning has been established but not it's intention (many are saying its a gang of latin scholars but it COULD be a Harry Potter fan, who knows?)
the tree however could be a reference to Lincoln;
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
While this may seem to have some kind of deeper meaning, it's also convoluted and not dissimilar to "the writings on the subway wall".
Discuss.
Thats not all
By Old Groucho
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 12:47pm
both quotes are used closely together in a Sherlock Holmes book.
Curiouser and curiouser...
The tree ...
By alkali
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 2:22pm
... appears to be the tree from the Roxbury Latin seal. This is clearly the work of a very dangerous prep school gang, declining and conjugating without restraint as they terrorize our community.
The Roxbury Latins, are they
By anon
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 2:40pm
The Roxbury Latins, are they some kind of hood gang
Related?https://twitter.com
By anon
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 10:18am
Related?
https://twitter.com/DonRedwood/status/838349294163...
Star market
By Dancin rose
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:17am
Let me give you back your family time, while Instacart shops for your groceries and gets delivered within 2 hrs. Now at your local Shaw’s market. Ps I can see the refrigerator in the window where the groceries are held.
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