I work down on Lake Union in Seattle. Specifically, it's South Lake Union. Neat place, our office is situated right behind the NOAA docks, and we've gotten to tour their research vessels in the past. We're about a mile away from the Seattle EMP, Seattle Center, and Pacific Science Center, and about five miles away from Pike's Place Market. It really is a neat place.

A few years ago, Paul Allen thought it'd be a great idea to put a trolley down there. I won't get into the specifics, other than to say it was a poorly thought out idea since it didn't travel to any of the places I listed above. It's slated to open in the next couple of months. What's the service's name, you ask? Try the South Lake Union Trolley.

That's right. The SLUT.

It's amazing that in spite of the millions of dollars Seattle poured into this project, they didn't catch the acronym they had inadvertently made. A couple of guys who own a nearby coffee shop did, however. They sell T-Shirts now to advertise riding on the SLUT, and their business has been booming ever since.

Now, recently they changed the name to the South Lake Union Streetcar, but it's a little too late. The acronym has caught on. They claim it was never called a "trolley." Tell that to Mayor Nickels who has been calling it a trolley for years.

Step on up, who wants to ride the SLUT?

...Of course, this begs the question: since Paul Allen is really the creator of the SLUT, does that make him the PIMP?

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