Huh?

I've seen lots of strange things on the train but this morning I saw something that was just - well - odd. It made laugh because it was 1. unexpected 2. being done by a seemingly 'normal' person 3. so damn early in the morning.

Scenario - standing outside waiting for the T when a woman all done up her biggest, fluffiest, warmest winter finery gets in line. She has two backpacks, a purse, gloves, and about 50 other things flying around her as she prepares herself to get on the T. One of the things I notice is something wrapped in a paper towel - this she shoves in her coat pocket. I'm curious though - what is it that's wrapped in that paper towel?

On the train she is sitting across from me - still messing with her things - zipping and unzipping - taking out and putting in - when to my delight she whips out the paper towel mystery from her pocket. SCORE!

She takes off her gloves - what could it be? She unwraps it....the anticipation is intense...it's long and yellow - a banana perhaps? No, not your typical breakfast item but... an ear of corn. AN EAR OF CORN. She unwraps an ear of corn and starts gnawing on it for breakfast. Please see the numbered items above for why this made me laugh. It's just not something I expected to see - I wouldn't eat on the T if you gave me all the Kit Kats in the world - it's just so germ infested - so to see this woman touch that ear of corn with her dirty T hands and then eat it - ick! She might as well have licked the floor or the homeless person's a** sitting next to her.