It's No Free Ride

[snopes]

There's no such thing as a free ride - even if you're born on a bus or subway.

That's the word from New York City Transit.

But Lydia Irvin is still convinced the old urban legend is true, and she hopes her granddaughter's birth certificate is as good as a lifetime free MetroCard.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08062007...t_reporter.htm

[diddy]

Sounds like somebody was taking the Edgar Winter Group a bit too seriously.

[zman977]

"Too many people have told me they give at least a year's worth of free rides," she said.

And of course many people repeating the same story means that it must be true.