Possibly The Saddest Thing Ever: Rat Stuck In Sidewalk

Gothamist ^ | October 23, 2009 | Jen Chung

[Daffynition]

Reader Wayne sent us this photograph and explains, "I was walking along and texting. Not really paying that much attention. Then something caught my eye. I thought I was about to step in dog shit, but quickly realized it was a rat stuck in the sidewalk. A big rat. It had tried to squeeze through a crack in the sidewalk and failed."

Update: Another reader created the second photograph in the gallery, adding, "hopefully this makes it a little better!"

We are still awaiting a reply from Wayne to ask if he tried to help the little guy (or gal) out, where it was located and whether we needed to send out a rescue squad. And if you want to pass the time with some Photoshopped sad rat images... well, you can send them to tips@gothamist.com and we'll compile them into a gallery later.

Update 7:50 p.m.: We've added some of the rat-in-sidewalk Photoshops—if you're not doing anything this Friday night, send 'em our way!

Update 10/24: More Photoshopped Sad Rat photographs here, plus a poll asking what you would do if you saw a rat emerging from a sidewalk. And Wayne got back to our questions. He says, "It was on my block on the Upper West Side. 82nd Street between CPW and Columbus. I thought it was alive, but after getting up the nerve to poke it with a (long) stick, I realized he was dead. I did what any wonderful caring masculine New Yorker would do, I told the doorman about it and ran off to work. That night the sidewalk with spic and span. I hear the Eulogy was beautiful and moved some to tears."

[txhurl]

LOLOLOLOL

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS!!!

OH LAWDY, I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING!!!

[Redcitizen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MchhtofbgJI&feature=fvw

=)

[bigjoesaddle]

Very good. A little culture in this thread.

[Nateman]

Very good. A little culture in this thread.

I'll kick it down a notch with the Rat Lisa.

Then I'll hit bottom.

[50mm]

Two can play at that game.

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[Nateman]

I call this one "the persistence of the rat thread".

[50mm]

[50mm]

Beautiful interpretation of the Dali original! Bravo! Bravo!

[Nateman]

Kind of looks a hat don’t it? Too bad I can’t copyright the design !

[Nateman]

So is the rat thread over yet?

[50mm]

So is the rat thread over yet?

Not until Eaker has his say.

[Bellflower]

A very big grass snake came into the restaurant where I worked. As others freaked out I picked it up and took it outside. I thought he might enjoy living under the streets so I put him down the street drain. Also, when I worked somewhere else I worked with a strapping young man who was going to school to become a fireman. A snake came into our work so while he nearly fainted, I simply picked it up and tossed it out the door and into the grass. He could not believe that I wasn't afraid of the snake.
I love all of God's creatures and will kill them only if necessary.
I have had in my life, though, many dreams about violently killing huge poisonous snakes in all kinds of imaginative and gruesome ways.

[Snoopy88]

Which one of these two is the rat?

[Snoopy88]

So we’ve got a rat and a fink in the same picture....

I’ll give you liberals out there a minute to figure out which is which.