No, San Francisco MUNI Buses are not Gluten-Free

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By Jefferson Adams

December 16, 2016
By Jefferson Adams • December 16, 2016

No, San Francisco MUNI Buses are not Gluten-Free

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Fake signs declare to San Francisco MUNI buses to be Gluten-Free.

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Celiac.com 12/16/2016 - Gluten-free news is everywhere, but so is fake news. Thanks to someone's sense of humor, the two collided recently, when signs recently appeared inside San Francisco buses, declaring:

THIS IS A GLUTEN-FREE BUS.

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Riders of San Francisco's buses may have seen these and other tongue-in-cheek ads, including signs that read:

CHEESEBURGERS AND LIQUOR UPON REQUEST

No, you cannot actually get cheeseburgers or liquor on the bus, or any MUNI bus in San Francisco. Nor is the bus in any way gluten-free.

The signs sport the wry Twitter hashtag #MUNIFACTS

Sometimes fake news, and satire sites make it easy, and sometimes they make it harder to discern the truth of the claim.

These pranksters seem to be having a good time doing the latter, as witnessed by another sign that read:

FARES MAY BE PAID BY CASH, CLIPPER, OR MAGIC BEANS.

So, if you're lucky enough to see one of these, be sure to smile, because that seems to be the culprit's main intent.

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Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University. His articles, essays, poems, stories and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and websites, including North American Project, Antioch Review, Caliban, Mississippi Review, Slate, and more. He is the author of more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His university coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, physiology, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously devised health and medical content for Colgate, Dove, Pfizer, Sharecare, Walgreens, and more. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of numerous books, including "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

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