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Which Jail Cell Seat Is Best, NYPD Would Like To Know
"5 is a power move," one New Yorker replied. "Before too long you have real bargaining power."
NEW YORK CITY — Some questions have no right answer, but this one has one that is very wrong.
The NYPD — poking fun at an internet meme sensation demanding to know which subway seat is best — posed a similar query: which jail cell seat would you prefer?
"Drunk drivers," The 19th Precinct tweeted Monday night. "Which is the best seat?"
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Among the options are four on a bench. The fifth is not so much a seat as a porcelain (or in this case metal) throne.
"Unlike the other seating opinion polls out there, we’ll give you the answer," the twitter missive reads. "NONE! Don’t drink & drive!
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The answer posed by the Upper East Side precinct was immediately disputed by New Yorkers.
"First in takes 4 through 1 lying down," suggested Onivasa316. "The rest get the floor unless they’re badass enough to move the first. 5 is as needed."
"5 is a power move," replied @NYJake2016. "Before too long you have real bargaining power."
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