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Pug Licks Stranger's Elbow on Subway

This is a two-panel screenshot of a public post on X (formerly Twitter). The post text shares a funny personal anecdote: the author brought his pet pug onto the subway, hiding the dog inside a canvas tote bag. The pug ended up licking the elbow of a woman standing in front of the author, and the woman reacted with an extremely loud, frightening blood-curdling scream that the author describes as the worst he has ever heard. The two photos show the pug peeking out of the open top of the tote bag: the left photo shows the pug looking quietly out, while the right photo shows the pug sticking its pink tongue out, illustrating the licking action that caused the chaotic funny incident.
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@kristofer thomas X (Twitter)

just took my pug on the subway in a tote bag. he delicately licked the elbow of the woman standing in front of me, who then let out easily the most blood-curdling scream i have ever heard in my life

Overview

This is a two-panel screenshot of a public post on X (formerly Twitter). The post text shares a funny personal anecdote: the author brought his pet pug onto the subway, hiding the dog inside a canvas tote bag. The pug ended up licking the elbow of a woman standing in front of the author, and the woman reacted with an extremely loud, frightening blood-curdling scream that the author describes as the worst he has ever heard. The two photos show the pug peeking out of the open top of the tote bag: the left photo shows the pug looking quietly out, while the right photo shows the pug sticking its pink tongue out, illustrating the licking action that caused the chaotic funny incident.

Origin notes

The original post was created and posted by user kristofer thomas (@kristoferthomas) on X (formerly Twitter). This specific meme screenshot was shared in the WholesomeMeme community on X, as indicated by the given source information, and has been reposted widely as a funny wholesome animal meme.

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