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I HATE you, Verizon!!
I was having a conversation and my cell phone abruptly conked out. For the next 30 minutes, no matter what I tried, I couldn't use it. Your service prevented me for engaging in a very juicy story. I couldn't find out what happened, I didn't know the outcome.
Aaarrggghhhh!
Sorry, I just had to VENT!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 9:50 AM
Bay Ridge is a DEAD ZONE. Cutoff completely from the rest of civilization. Everybody knows that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 9:54 AM
I finally went to see Slumdog Millionaire last night. It is excellent, in all ways: the story, the artistry and the technical aspects. Best movie I've seen in a while.
Coming in this morning, I heard that the Oscar nominations were out, and Benjamin Button was nominated for best picture along with Slumdog and others. How Hollywood could put these two movies in the same league is beyond me, other than it showing their propensity to pat themselves on the back.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 9:56 AM
i have a legitimate concern about the chirrun of park slope.. ive noticed, especially since it's cold out i think? maybe in the summer i didnt notice as much cuz it was so hot? i dont know. but walking to the train every day seeing kids being escorted by their parents... they ALL always have their (the kids) tongues hanging out. it's the weirdest phenonemon i have EVER witnessed. if you live in the area please see if you notice this too. it's not like they are sticking their tongues at me or anything, it's just their tongues sorta hang out of the side of their mouths. creepy town fer sure! i'd take pictures, but i think that would be slightly weird. so im asking others to take notice and see what im talking about.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:04 AM
Verizon totally sucks.
I happened to see some of Real World: Brooklyn last night. Oh man, the style of clothes they were all wearing is so absurd. It was like knock-offs of knock-offs of a style.
Posted by: infinitejester at January 22, 2009 10:07 AM
Mouthbreathers???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:07 AM
oh yeah and the eyebrowless closted gay mormom is the worst offender sporting hipster style circa 2001. really lame.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:08 AM
'Bay Ridge is a DEAD ZONE. Cutoff completely from the rest of civilization. Everybody knows that.'
-Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 9:54 AM
I was in Chelsea when it happened. You should know where that is!! Cuttoff completely TO the rest of civilization. Every Gay knows that!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 10:09 AM
I notice that a little Rob, now that you mention it. Mostly I notice how funky kids' clothes have gotten. And also, it's 9 o'clock - don't those well-dressed parents have to get to the office already??
Posted by: infinitejester at January 22, 2009 10:09 AM
Sorry Rob, but I've never witnessed this particular phenomenon.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:11 AM
dave ive heard the term mouth breathers before. but i thought mouth breathers was a derogatory term for native born outer borough new yorkers? i dont think this is the case really.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:11 AM
I remember going to a film festival years ago and checking out this college-age woman dressed in hippie attire. I caught myself thinking, "This year's hippies are coming along nicely." It's like seeing a 5 year old kid wearing a Ramones t-shirt.
Posted by: infinitejester at January 22, 2009 10:12 AM
All the gays have left Chelsea for Hells Kitchen. Do try to keep up.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:13 AM
'Sorry Rob, but I've never witnessed this particular phenomenon.'
- Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:11 AM
[as Snark rolls his tongue back in his mouth]
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 10:13 AM
No need to go to Chelsea to pick up guys anymore. I use the Internet and txt messages. It's faster.
Chelsea's full of retail clerks with attitude. Their lives revolve around Starbucks, Old Navy and their gym.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:13 AM
Nice opening salvo, BRG. Let's see if you can maintain momentum.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:17 AM
quote:
And also, it's 9 o'clock - don't those well-dressed parents have to get to the office already??
lol seriously. actually ive noticed in most office kids with parents always get to come in later using the old kids excuse. :-/
if i ran an office i honestly dont think id ever hire anyone with kids under 10. they are THE worst to work with. (sorry parents and stuff) but there are other industries you can work in.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:21 AM
'Nice opening salvo, BRG. Let's see if you can maintain momentum.'
I thought so myself, Snark!!!
Let Cobble learn from that! Unfortunately, the momentum is over, I need to do some serious work today and probably won't be on that much.
Cobble, wake up. Did you hear that? SOTD is yours today...by default, biatch!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 10:21 AM
quote:
Chelsea's full of retail clerks with attitude. Their lives revolve around Starbucks, Old Navy and their gym.
omg YES. i lived in chelsea for 18 months. i cant tell you how many times i was hissed at (in a mean way btw!) by catty gay guys prancing along 8th avenue. (im gay btw so i can say this). it's like uh, seriously, stop with the damn tude you work at the gap.
speaking of, did you all know that the cattyshack in park slope closed down for good due to some very sketchy business practices!?!?!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:26 AM
Snark is right. Chelsea is so 90s. You people really need to watch where the gays are moving to (hint,hint...pssstt...Bed Stuy, Hell's Kitchen) in order to make any money in real estate.
Remember the Will & Grace episode when Will was going to buy some house in some small country community and all the neighbors threw a party because they thought their real estate values would then skyrocket.
It happened all throughout Chicago in the 90s as well...Old Town, Sheffield, Andersonville, Wicker Park.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:27 AM
Yeah, I hear ya BRG. I've got a lot to get done today myself.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:27 AM
What were the "sketchy business practices" rob??? Lipstick lesbian hate??? Dress code violations (only Timberlands and plaid shirts allowed)??? Over consumption of Jagermeister????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:29 AM
'You people really need to watch where the gays are moving to (hint,hint...pssstt...Bed Stuy, Hell's Kitchen) in order to make any money in real estate.'
You Gays really need to watch where the artists are moving to (hint, hint....pssstt...Soho, Chelsea, Meatpacking District, Williamsburg) in order to make any money in real estate.
Wake up Gay People, the world doesn't revolve around your asses!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 10:32 AM
I was thinking last night: You know what's interesting about the fall in real estate prices? The cut doesn't seem enough to switch from one price category to another. For instance, if you couldn't afford Park Slope before you still can't. (Sorry, Hoboken.)
Posted by: mopar at January 22, 2009 10:35 AM
quote:
You people really need to watch where the gays are moving to (hint,hint...pssstt...Bed Stuy, Hell's Kitchen) in order to make any money in real estate.
i REFUSE to follow the faint scent of santorum just to make a few money in real estate.
and please stop saying gays are moving to bed stuy. that is pure hogwash and you know it.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:35 AM
"Wake up Gay People, the world doesn't revolve around your asses!!"
Our world does revolve around our asses. In fact, the sun shines out of mine.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 10:37 AM
I see Bay Ridge is not included in either of those destinations.
Don't you think SoHo, Chelsea, Meatpacking & W'burg have all hit their peaks!!!!!!?????? Certainly as compared to Bed Stuy and Hell's Kitchen.
The world doesn't revolve around your sketch pads.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:37 AM
quote:
What were the "sketchy business practices" rob??? Lipstick lesbian hate??? Dress code violations (only Timberlands and plaid shirts allowed)??? Over consumption of Jagermeister????
there is a big scandal that one of the business owners "a hetereosexual man" was doing shady things with the finances... i read about this on i think brooklynian (tho i take that site with a grain of salt cuz that site always seems like a bunch of gossip queens with too much time on their hands) but i have noticed cattyshack has been closed down for weeks now. i wonder if it has anything to do with that hideous unoccupied finger building condo next to it? they also had tons of violations because of their illegal status roofdeck and tons of drug arrests in there. i was there one night when the place got raided, just a few months ago for drugs or something. one of the few times i didnt get kicked out on my own volition. that said it was always my fav. bar in the neighborhood. i cant stand exselsior at all.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:40 AM
It's so bright, Miss Chiff, I gotta wear shades.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 10:41 AM
Rob, I heard Catty closed because an underage girl overdosed in there on New Year's Eve. Don't know how true that is though. I do know they had been raided a few times (cops checking for underage girls and drugs). There was always weed-a-plenty when I was there. That was basically what the upstairs balcony was used for. They now have 'traveling' parties at various bars and whatnot around Brooklyn.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 10:44 AM
Rob, as far as I can tell, gay people live just about everywhere. There are certainly plenty in Bed Stuy and Crown Heights, and always have been. One of the oldest bars in Crown Heights, the Starlight, on Nostrand and Bergen, has been here forever. Gay people, like everyone else, live where they want to, and can afford to, live.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 10:44 AM
There's a gay guy in our building, actually I think he's probably the only one in the entire neighborhood.
'Don't you think SoHo, Chelsea, Meatpacking & W'burg have all hit their peaks!!!!!!??????'
Yes, I used those areas as an example that the artists changed the neighborhoods, not Gay people. They just come in after the fact and suck off all the hard work that others did in the area.
Oh, Miss Chiff, a big hug and wet slobbery kiss to you. where have you been? I missed you!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 10:45 AM
The Starlight is a gay bar. That did not come across clearly.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 10:47 AM
i was there on new years eve!!! i was kicked out just a little bit after midnight lol. sucks about the girl over dosing. i know there was a lot of coke dealing in the bathroom tho.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:49 AM
Rob: Bed Stuy is crawling with homosexuals. I am not joking. There were always gay people in the area, but there has a huge influx over the past few years. The neighborhood is cheaper, the housing stock is teh same as other brownstoner neighborhoods and it's accessable to mass transit. Although the schools could use some work and people are trying to make changes, gay people aren't as concerned about living in PS 321 so we take the cheaper rent/mortgage and grace Park Slope, et al, with our shiny asses.
Snark: Just don't wear your sunglasses at night.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 10:50 AM
yeah i wouldn't expect something called the starlight to be a straight bar anyway hahahah
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 10:51 AM
Why did you get kicked out? That's a major feat to be thrown out of that joint! I've seen people high as hell practically doing the horizontal rhumba on the stage and all they got were cheers, free drinks and shout-outs from the D.J. !!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 10:52 AM
I've seen Starlight listed in HX magazine, MM. Is it more gay or more lesbian??? Never been. Only been to Caddyshack (unimpressed) and Excelsior (OK). I'm not into the white hipster crowd (nor the lesbian crowd) so not longing to go back.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 10:52 AM
Are there any queer dance spots left in Bk?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 10:53 AM
Come on, DIBS, we lesbians are a fun bunch!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 10:55 AM
"Cobble, wake up. Did you hear that? SOTD is yours today...by default, biatch!"
[Oh g*d, now what.]
I was trying to get some actual work done today people! I have a lifestyle to support here!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 10:57 AM
Yes you are, InsertSnappy. I have a lot of lesbian friends in Provincetown and my best friend in Bed Stuy. I was just speaking about what I'm interested in as it gets towards closing time and I've got my beer goggles all cleaned off.
Since others have already brought up the ass issue, my Mexican bf has, without a doubt, the hottest ass I've ever seen on a man, anywhere in the world, anytime.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:01 AM
quote:
Why did you get kicked out? That's a major feat to be thrown out of that joint! I've seen people high as hell practically doing the horizontal rhumba on the stage and all they got were cheers, free drinks and shout-outs from the D.J. !!
do you know the bouncer who is usually there on weekends? she's sorta mean but sorta nice? she kicked me out THREE times. i can honestly say i dont know why. each time she came up to me, tapped me on the shouldar and says "u gotta go!" i was like uh im not doing anything. and she just kicks me out. the second and third time i went back after the first time getting kicked out she was nice at the entrance but then did the same thing after me being there for like an hour. someone said maybe i was talking to her girlfriend? but it's like hello im gay and youre all lesbians wtf? oh well. i thought maybe she just had a love hate relationship with me. or maybe i was really drunk and said something off the cuff. i dont know, i feel like i was thrown out for no good reason. oh and the last time i went there i actually brought a truce gift! two barbie dolls (one black and one white) limited editions from McDonalds happy meals and i STILL got thrown out. that was new years eve. honestly i dont remember much from that night tho just that i was kicked out cuz i wound up in another bar telling them what happened.
ooooooh, MAYBE this has something to do with it. most of the summer on sundays i would go there when they had tons and tons of food out. i would just take a plate and eat! (i did buy beer tho). but after like 3 - 4 weeks of doing this someone (i dont remember if it was her, i dont think so) comes up to me and was like "ive been watching you. you do know you have to pay for that right?" so i think after that i was on their radar as a scrub or something.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 11:01 AM
See, what happens when a conversation between two heterosexual people gets cut off in Chelsea!!
Carry on....
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:02 AM
"They just come in after the fact and suck off all the hard work that others did in the area."
No, the trannies did that even before the artists "came"
Mistress BRG!!!!! I have been working. In the office, not my usual street corner. A big sloppy wet one to you!
Been trying to follow things on the sly. Snark is giving out his own awards, eh?! Thank goddess he is not up for any awards himself. We would never win.
C'Hiller, do WE know who Misterbubble was?
Robby Benson, what do you think of Obama's first day in office. (Seriously.)
Saw the picture on the cover of the Times, which I get delivered to my house every day (thank you very much!) and they were taking pictures of Obama's pen. Get a life. What's next? His poo mist?
Mistress BRG: I have to go outside to get my paper so the world sees me in my pj's. Don't be afraid.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 11:06 AM
One of them is probably still in the closet if they live in Chelsea.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:06 AM
Rob, I think only the super-butch softball players are *allowed* to dog the food! The barbie dolls were a nice touch. And yes, that bouncer has 'tude for days. She's always been nice to me, though (showing MASSIVE cleavage may be what saved me!)
DIBS: Beer Goggles + Room Full of Lesbos = TROUBLE! HA
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:10 AM
misterbubble is your friend, that's who.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 11:12 AM
"C'Hiller, do WE know who Misterbubble was?"
Miss Chiff, where have you been, I find this unexplained absence unacceptable!
You know, I was trying to draw bubble out a bit..I have my suspicions...you know I have a little crush on bubble right? I mean snarky has my heart, but bubble was intriguing me...
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 11:13 AM
Miss Chiff;
I am not some kind of rabid Obama-hater, watching his every move. I've already told everybody about my concerns about the man. Only time will tell. As such, I have no comments about his first day in office.
I repeat my assertion that I wish the press would do their job and stop their Paris Hilton adulation of Obama. The democrats are getting ready to spend $850 billion dollars (or more) of money we don't have, and no body is serving as a watchdog. They call this exercise a "stimulus", but that is just nonsense. What will this be - the third stimulus? We can see what a bang-up job the previous two did.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 11:14 AM
Anyone ever been to The Web on West 58th Street next to Tao???? That used to be my regular hangout.
Before that it was Saphire on 1st Ave at 59th St. I'd love to tell you about what went on there the last night they were open.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:16 AM
I think benson would be thrown out of Caddyshack :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:18 AM
'(showing MASSIVE cleavage may be what saved me!)'
Snappy, you're gonna get alot of attention now from some of the posters!
Miss Chiff, you are sly, indeed!! Paying attention to my posts ;-)
You can come to my office and work here if you'd like. What will you be working on?
Do you want to read the newspaper together? We can switch sections every so often!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:18 AM
BRG, if there are any single ladies in the audience, the attention is more than welcome - I'm as single as a dollar bill!
DIBS, what happened in Saphire?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:21 AM
Come to the next drink up, March 20, InsertSnappy.
Hint: It involved the pool table.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:23 AM
DIBS;
No doubt. If you saw my appearance,you would say so even more. When I go to work,I wear a 1930's style top coat and a fedora. I sort of stick out in Park Slope.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 11:23 AM
Snappy, what about a married woman that'll give you all the attention you want?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:24 AM
^^^^^Ooooops, did I just say that!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:25 AM
And wing tips, benson? I think I kind of stick out a bit on the A train riding in from Bed Stuy!!!! We're pretty old school here at the Mutant Hedge Fund, suits and ties, wingtips, etc.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:26 AM
ROFLMMFAO BRG! Oh, you straight girls always find a way to get me into trouble! Haven't you heard, once you go Snappy you'll always be happy! lol
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:29 AM
A pool table, eh? Something tells me 'eight-ball' was not the game being played!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:31 AM
Never liked wing tips. At my place of work, it's the contemporary "business casual" style: slacks, sport jackets, etc. I'm ok with that, though I would prefer that ties be worn.
With my moustache, top coat and fedora, I look like an extra from "The Godfather". Folks give me alot of space when I pass them on the sidewalk!
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 11:32 AM
If there were 4 guys on the table it'd be eight ball!!!
The Eight Balls Lounge was the gay bar in Albany back in the 70s and 80s and it was called that because 4 guys owned it.
You're on the right track though, Snappy.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:33 AM
Miss Chiff, my dear, you're getting your Bloomberg monitors confused.
Posted by: mopar at January 22, 2009 11:34 AM
DIBS, I don't know, I've never been there. I'm not a bar person. If I don't go with a bunch of friends, I don't go, and if I need a drink, I usually drink at home, which is much cheaper. (Images of MM, swilling at home). From what friends have told me, it's more gay than lesbian, per se, although they may have special girls only nights. If you ever want to give it a try, let me know. My male gay friends have dragged me into most of the good gays bars in Manhattan. They are much more fun than straight bars.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 11:35 AM
'I wear a 1930's style top coat and a fedora.'
Benson, stop it!! I'm liking you more and more.
I bet you look very dignifed....prrrrrrr.
Hubby has several winter fedoras....
http://www.jjhatcenter.com/index.php?productID=123
and for the summer a couple of straw hats....
http://www.jjhatcenter.com/index.php?productID=212
Hubby used to buy all his hats from JJ, but I recently discovered Worth & Worth on 57th Street and bought him another straw hat...gorgeous stuff and believe it or not less expensive than JJ, and they'll customize for your big fat head :-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:35 AM
Worth & worth is THE BEST place for a hat. Real 'old school"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:39 AM
Rob, is Caddyshack a lesbian bar? They have no way of knowing you're gay. They probably think you're there to hit on the women, seriously.
Posted by: mopar at January 22, 2009 11:40 AM
is there some sort of significance for march 20th for the next meetup? is that the first day or spring?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 11:43 AM
BRG;
Thanks for this info!! I bought my fedora in JJ - I didn't know about Worth and Worth. I'm thinking about buying a straw hat for the summer, so your tip is timely.
I think I look pretty snazzy in my fine top coat (imported from Italy) and fedora, if I do have to say so myself.
My role model is my immigrant grandfather from Italy. Even though he was an ordinary cobbler, he looked so dignified in the way he dressed and carried himself.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 11:43 AM
Well Helloooooooooo, Snappy!!
God, I have so much work to do, but you guys lured me into your follies...stop it!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:43 AM
Mopar, trust me, they know if the man is gay. They don't even let the straight ones in. I've seen countless straight guys get turned away. It was the unwritten rule there.
Anyone know where a good hat can be found for women (not the Aretha Franklin type, but more masculine or andro looking) in larger sizes?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:44 AM
mopar, come on. If he brought the bouncer two barbie dolls do you think they might mistake him for beint hetero??? LOL
BAck in the day I can remeber being out with two friends and we were pretty wasted and we were thrown out by the doorman before we got in. I could never figure out why. Of course there's always another bar with lower standards.
And what the HELL is with this "waiting in line" to get in a bar here sometimes in NYC??? This is pure ridiculousness. When I used to live on the UES, Townhouse would have a line outside at 10:00 to get in. Oscar Wilde (now O.W.) is across the street...no line, better looking crowd.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:44 AM
rob...Biff and I were chatting and were thinking about March. I said march 20 because that would be Obama's first sixty days and we could have a thread about it before the party with lots of racism and hate spewed all over and then we could all get drunk together that night.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:49 AM
I think some places make people wait in line so it looks like they are more important or exclusive than they really are. The wanna-be-hipsters see a line and figure if people wait to get in the place must be good (not!).
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 11:51 AM
hahahah id assume they have their gaydar. actually a friend of mine, who is a straight man, went there with me once, but he was let in. maybe they thought it was my boyfriend or something.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 11:51 AM
Benson: Not trying to cause trouble. Just interested in your thoughts. I am guessing you are not the robo-Republican you say you are. (Come out of the closet, Robby Benson)
Mistress BRG: If I worked in your office, I would only be there to serve you (and Snappy, it seems)
C'Hiller: We need to work on popping Misterbubble's ..... bubble. Come clean, Mister Bubble!
mopar: Did you confuse me with DIBS? I don't have a Bloomberg screen.
Gotta go to a meeting. Phooey!
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 11:51 AM
Benson,
Definitely check out Worth & Worth, I was hesitant at first thinking they'd be really expensive, being on 57th Street.
I went to JJ and saw a hat I liked for hubby and it was about $350 and then went to WW and saw something very similar; actually the weave on the straw was finer which is what hubby likes, and it was about $175.
Here's a link to their site...but they had more styles in the store and they will also custom make anything for the same price.
http://www.hatshop.com/
Go get yourself a nice straw hat and wear it to the next get together. Between You, Snappy, Miss Chiff and one other, I'll be all hot and bothered!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:52 AM
Snappy, I'm sure that's true in a lot of places but when I was speaking of Townhaouse it was because they actually were filled to capacity, which is no fun. God forbid I have to wait at the bar long for a drink.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 11:53 AM
Whatever the date of the next get together, just give me enough time to get my glass pumps re-heeled!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 11:57 AM
No one seems to be interested in "Inside Third and Bond"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:00 PM
misterbubble favors transparency.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 12:01 PM
"C'Hiller: We need to work on popping Misterbubble's ..... bubble. Come clean, Mister Bubble!"
But, but, but...he's such a clean man.
Why do you cast these apersions on one misterbubble, Miss Chiff?
[benson...Are you paying attention here? We may need your help!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 12:04 PM
Any realtion to misterfoam????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:05 PM
Anyone here a Battlestar Galactica fan?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 12:06 PM
My twentysomething Marine date last week asked me if i had any video games.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:10 PM
'Why do you cast these apersions on one misterbubble, Miss Chiff?'
Cobble thinks that Miss Chiff, who is not who she says she is, is calling misterbubble out about his identity????
Miss Chiff, you really are a sly one! Stop it, already and just admit that you know you're hot.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 12:10 PM
'My twentysomething Marine date last week asked me if i had any video games.'
I guess you weren't entertaining enough for him.
SNAP!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 12:12 PM
Oh DIBS, don't be ridiculous. Bubble is obviously a distant cousin of the famed Scrubbing Bubble clan of Scotland.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 12:13 PM
I'm 50% Scottish, cobblehiller. I don't think that clan has a dress or a war tartan.
BRG, you'd have to ask him that. He's coming back tonight for more.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:17 PM
'BRG, you'd have to ask him that. He's coming back tonight for more.'
I hope you set up the video games for him, like you promised.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 12:20 PM
misterbubble transcends the notion of nations.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 12:22 PM
MM i completely forgot to dvr the premiere of the new battlestar galacta last friday. do you know if they ever repeat it again? :( im not a huge fan, but i do watch it.. but i was going to tape all the shows for a friend who doesnt have cable.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at January 22, 2009 12:25 PM
misterbubble was in Holland a while back with that crazy tulip bulb thing.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:28 PM
Rob, I think your friend can watch it on line, accessed through scifi.com. A schedule of repeats may be there, as well. They do repeat it later that Friday night, after the first airing, at 10, usually at midnight.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 12:32 PM
daveinbedstuy is correct. misterbubble is now planning his "next big thing."
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 12:32 PM
> "Anyone here a Battlestar Galactica fan?"
I am. Though I confess my interest in it has trailed off a bit. The first season was awesome. It kind of trails off after that, though I think it is still better than most of the dreck clogging the airwaves these days.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 12:35 PM
"misterbubble is now planning his "next big thing.""
Oh? Do tell bubble...
[DIBS, I'll defer to you as I am only 1/8th Scottish].
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 12:46 PM
Clan McLean & clan Kinary here, cobble
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 12:48 PM
> "Anyone here a Battlestar Galactica fan?"
Yes, I am. I watched the first episode and wasnt impressed. However, when they did a marathon about a year ago, I caught up and realized how well put together it is. It's just not particularly accessible for casual viewing though.
Posted by: slick at January 22, 2009 12:54 PM
DIBS, MacDonald here - as in Old MacDonald - I'm totally not joking!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 12:57 PM
Did you catch that, cobblehiller- DIBS said clan mCLEAN. AHA! I have no idea why i said aha- seemed like fun at the moment.
Battlestar galactica has come a long long way since Lorne Green and that annoying kid with the robot dog. It's really well written-
DIBS- I have some computer games you can have for your Marine buddy. When you do stuff with the military you wind up with odds and ends. However my taste has not yet gone over to "raging Battle" or "sacred war." But hey- the guy's a Marine. They love that stuff. Marines are probably the most fascinating branch of the military (IMHO). Every marine is taught a history of the corps as part of his military traiing. No other branch does that. Just yell Chesty Puller or frozen Choisin in a room full of 'em.
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 1:04 PM
Old Cobblehiller had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on her farm she had misterbubble
Ee i ee i o
With a blub-blub here
And a blub-blub there
Here a blub, there a blub
Everywhere a blub-blub
Old Cobblehiller had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:04 PM
bxgrl...the most fascinating part is when the uniform come off!!! ;)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:07 PM
You couldn't resist it, couldya! Remind me never to tell you my middle name!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 1:10 PM
I knew that song was coming, cobblehiller. So predictable, so old, so tired, so NOT QOTD, so nat snarky, so BRG!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:12 PM
I once had a fling* with a Marine. He was from Staten Island, so it was doubly exhilarating! Talk about being in charge...wowzer!
*Hubby, This was before you. I Love You!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:12 PM
SOTD is mine today!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:13 PM
'so nat snarky, so BRG!!!!!'
Yeah, Beat my 10:13 post!!!
Snarky, Subtle and confirmed by the Grand Snarkmaster himself at 10:17!
SOTD = Suck On This, Deadbeats!
(I had another word for 'D' - a word 'the what' loves to use, but couldn't bring myself to type it)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:17 PM
BR...seeing my Marine on Monday was especially appropriate as it was MLK Day!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:20 PM
Actually Miss Chiff seems closest to snagging the coveted SOTD.
BRG, you peaked early. Momentum lost. Sad really.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 1:23 PM
'MLK'
I made an acronym just for you. MLK = Marine L......
Can't write it here...naughty me!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:30 PM
YES! The coveted SOTD is mine, all mine I tell you!
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 1:30 PM
D'OH!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 1:31 PM
BRG, you peaked early. Momentum lost. Sad really
QOTD
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:32 PM
"Cobble, wake up. Did you hear that? SOTD is yours today...by default, biatch!"
Is anyone watching this! How quickly she forgets...
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 1:32 PM
Biff, Biff, Biff!!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:32 PM
How 'bout those Steelers?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 1:33 PM
You've all seen the story about ex-Merrill chief Thain's $1.2MM office makeover??
Here's the furniture list.....
Area Rug $87,784
Mahogany Pedestal Table $25,713
19th Century Credenza $68,179
Pendant Light Furniture $19,751
4 Pairs of Curtains $28,091
Pair of Guest Chairs $87,784
George IV Chair $18,468
6 Wall Sconces $2,741
Parchment Waste Can $1,405
Roman Shade Fabric $10,967
Roman Shades $7,315
Coffee Table $5,852
Commode on Legs $35,115
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:33 PM
Cobble...WAKE UP, biatch!!!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:34 PM
Use a lifeline, BRG. Phone a friend and get a new SOTD.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:35 PM
Let it go, ignore it, no one is noticing. ;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:36 PM
Oh dear. I'll have to consult with the awards committee after that last shocker.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 1:36 PM
Y A W N!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 1:36 PM
Steeler fan here, since 1979, when my mom brought home my first Steeler jersey of Franco Harris. GO STEELERS...
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at January 22, 2009 1:37 PM
Snark...NO!
Let it be...no more mention...please.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:37 PM
Pennsylvania...Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:39 PM
See, it's all good!! ;-)
'Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle!!!'
Yay, it'll be a PAP smear.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:41 PM
Nice post, DIBS. Thain was obvously not a reader of this site. Any search of the archives here could saved him a bundle on sconces and the rug. To think, for that money, he could have bought and gutted a Bed-Stuy brownstone, gutted it and finished it high end. Tombstone likely to read: "He overpaid for everything."
Posted by: slopefarm at January 22, 2009 1:50 PM
Watch out Miss Chiff, BRG is stepping up her game.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 1:52 PM
You're right, Miss Chiff, it might have been more accurate to say Dave was confusing his Bloomberg monitors. Or the screens on his Bloomberg monitor. (Not sure how many he has.)
Are you coming to our March 20 meetup, then?
Posted by: mopar at January 22, 2009 1:54 PM
Here's his house in Rye...
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41035/view/?service=1
If you click on "More info" I like the fact that he keeps bees.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 1:56 PM
Thank you Snark!
;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 1:56 PM
This game is dead to me.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 2:01 PM
mopar, Miss Chiff was at the last meetup.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:01 PM
DIBS!!!!!!!
Watch your claim.
Be a 'friend'
Talk about the Marines.
Hey, is that the What over there calling you an Asshat and to loooooooobe up your ass, cause you're going to be PWNED.
Go...address it!
Please.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 2:08 PM
BRG...what the hell are you babbling about???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:18 PM
[Men in white coats came and wrapped BRG in the jacket, they tightened the clasps behind her, dragged her to the waiting ambulance, as she was screaming 'Miss Chiff, Miss Chiff']
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 2:25 PM
"BRG...what the hell are you babbling about???"
DIBS, what the hell is BRG EVER babbling about?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 2:26 PM
More like "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."
and "I am 'big' its the 'pictures' that got small"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:31 PM
Separating the wit from the chiff?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 2:32 PM
Snark, very good!
I heard it's going to be very cold and wet on the weekend. Hopefully Mother Nature will not bring Hale to the Chiff.
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 2:38 PM
Darn, make that Hail to the Chiff! (Not having a good day)
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 2:39 PM
To be great is to be misunderstood.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 2:40 PM
Buy J Crew...JCG...website overloaded with volume because of the Obama girls!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:42 PM
'Snark, very good!'
Yep, that's right kiss up!! He could bring it all down.
'(Not having a good day)'
Gee what happened?? It was all going so well untill YOU showed up.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 2:43 PM
All very snarky comments but none worthy of the coveted SOTD award of which there are only two extant.
Biff you missed my award ceremony yesterday. BRG and cobblehiller were grovelling like little Park Slope brats at a froyo shop.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:47 PM
Come on Snark, you gotta give it to me, huh at 2:43!!
SOTD is mine again!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 2:48 PM
"SOTD is mine again!"
Um, "again" would imply you've been a recipient of the award already. Care to do a re-write?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 2:51 PM
Perhaps she was just thinking of a STD when she said "again."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 2:52 PM
DIBS congrats on the award yesterday. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. And I think you should get a second one for your 2:52 post!
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 2:56 PM
Oh, SOTD will go to DIBS
[my head is bowed, I shuffle away]
'Um, "again" would imply you've been a recipient of the award already. Care to do a re-write?'
Um, care do do a re-write of something you wrote earlier!!!
D'OH!
Actually with this, SOTD will now be mine, all mine I tell you!
Snap it up!!!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 3:02 PM
It's awful when the little people try to think big.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 3:07 PM
This thread is making me laugh out loud!
I am coming to the next meet up. I was at the last one.
Snark, I will leave it to your good judgement as to the winner today.
Is someone accusing me of being misterbubble? No, I am not.
misterbubble = lisa. Right, Benson?
BRG: Does your husband have a log in name here or is he a lurker?
MM: Nothing compares to the original Battlestar. Who was the guy who starred in that tacky show?
DIBS: Thank you for taking down the Christmas decor.
OK, I have to go back to work. I will be back to see who has won snark's award today.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 3:13 PM
Hey, when I was working in Rye I actually shared a taxi from the train station with the maids who worked in that Twain House. Yes, maidS. Who expense taxis.
I think it's kind of cheap they didn't send the chauffeur to pick them up at the station, though.
Posted by: MrsCWB at January 22, 2009 3:13 PM
Miss Chiff...I miss them. The front door looks naked now. Did you hear about the lady across the street from me who froze to death last friday night because of no heat???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 3:16 PM
MrsCWB...he paid his chauffeur $230,000 last year, mostly overtime. Well, Merrill paid him.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 3:18 PM
'This thread is making me laugh out loud!'
Gald you're having a laugh at this thread. It's all about you, honey!!
'I am coming to the next meet up. I was at the last one.'
I don't remember meeting you? Did we sit down and chat?
'Snark, I will leave it to your good judgement as to the winner today'.
Yes, Snark, please expose the winner!!!
'Is someone accusing me of being misterbubble? No, I am not.'
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - you already told us who you were, right!?!
'BRG: Does your husband have a log in name here or is he a lurker?'
I'm sure there are spouses who are lurkers on here!
Ouch, that's gotta hurt.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 3:23 PM
My goodness- what a feeding frenzy. Mr. Snark- I would be afraid to walk down the street with these aspirants snapping at your heels. You will notice that DIBS and I, being the class acts that we are have not rubbed their noses in the fact that WE are the first 2 recipients of the coveted SOTD awards. there are some of us who remain above the fray. Ahem.
But I love the ..er...little people. they make it all so worthwhile.(Wafting through the crowd, dipping and nodding with eloquent hand gestures as children walk before me tossing rose petals in my path).
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 3:34 PM
DIBS: No, I didn't hear about that death. That is horrible!
On a lighter note: Are you complaining about something looking naked?
BRG:
It is always all about me.
No, we did not sit down and chat nor did we dance in hooker heels on the bar. I have left that for the March Madness meet up.
Please don't beg for SOTD, Mistress. It is below you.
No, I am not misterbubble. I never admitted to it either. (C'hiller, we have another game to play!)
I can only imagine the trouble you get into with your husband when the lights go out. Choose your safe word carefully.
Snark: When will you announce a winner.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 3:42 PM
If anyone is interested in what kind of person Bishop Gene Robinson is check out this video clip:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/gay-bishop-gene-robinson_n_159773.html
which only makes me wonder yet again, why Rick Warren and not him?
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 3:43 PM
bxgrl: Do you waft with a well-heeled shoe?
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 3:47 PM
"BRG and cobblehiller were grovelling like little Park Slope brats at a froyo shop."
Hmph!
DIBS, I'll have you know that MY groveling was a damn sight better than BRGs sad little attempts! Did I shed tears? Did I make a sad face? No. I was adult about it! I may have moped a bit though...In fact, I'm still moping....
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 3:55 PM
Ms. Chiff;
I don't suspect that Mr. Bubble is Lisa. His zippy one-liners are not her style.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 3:56 PM
Sorry to interrupt all the gay sex talk, or whatever it is that's going on here, but anyone in Bed Stuy have an opinion on this?
http://www.trulia.com/property/1072549216--Brooklyn-NY-11233
Posted by: cwbuecheler at January 22, 2009 3:58 PM
I beg to differ cobblehiller. From yesterday...
I can only sit and wonder where I went wrong in my life, sniff, where did I veer when I should have swerved, sniff, sniff, how is it that I have come to this deep dark place in the valley of the shadow of death. sniff, sniff. A place where there are no SOTD awards for a bitter renter in Cobble Hill, a place where the there is no love for...boo-hoo-hoo...I can't go on! But I must, I must try to carry on...but sniff, sniff...I'll find a way. Somehow. sniff.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 21, 2009 3:03 PM
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:02 PM
DIBS, can't you tell the difference between a deep dark sadness that wrenches the soul...and pathetic crying? I have allergies...
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 4:04 PM
Miss Chiff, are you sure we didn't meet. I recall seeing you there. What do you look like? Do you look like anybody famous?
Depending on spouse, I might not be attending the March Madness! So, you might be the only heel dancing.
PWNED!!!
I don't beg for the SOTD. I don't beg for anything...well....never mind ;-)
'(C'hiller, we have another game to play!)'
I don't think we finished playing the first one!!
'I can only imagine the trouble you get into with your husband when the lights go out.'
Hasn't anybody told you the trouble I get in with hubby??
'Choose your safe word carefully.
I think I'm going to change my phrase to 'Ouch, you're chiffing me!'
I don't need to 'win' SOTD!
Believe me, I know most of my comments today are winners or should I say zingers.
Care to engage in some more Miss Chiff?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 4:05 PM
cw...533 Hancock st...between stuyvesant and lewis...about 6-7 minute walk to the A train...good block
Probably worth checking out
tell the broker that the listing site SUCKS THE BIG ONE.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:06 PM
A king louie, miss chiff, as befits my SOTD Royal status :-)
sigh.... c'hiller- did we not have this discussion last night? Did I not say there is no crying in SOTD? True Snarkies never let them see you weep. remember- our beloved founder looks for the rarest talents, the most elegant turns of phrase, the sharpest of tiny nips. You must have real Snarkitude, as MM eloquently put it. (Which is why she will NEVER get SOTD- she writes too nice).
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 4:07 PM
'In fact, I'm still moping'
Oh, Cobble, stop your balling, dry your eyes, you're being bamboozled. When all is clear, you will be moping for certain!
Another zinger, Miss Chiff, another one!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 4:09 PM
I didn't meet Miss Chiff either. Who did?
Posted by: mopar at January 22, 2009 4:09 PM
Looks interesting, cwb. It's between Lewis and Stuyvesant, so that's DIB's territory. If you have a car, you should check it out. This is near the Lewis Ave restaurant and shopping areas, as well as Solomon's Porch, Dave's hangout. Maybe a 10 minute walk to the A train at Utica Ave. You've been interested in less desirable locations, so I wouldn't cross this one off without a look.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 4:09 PM
The Marine made me beg. Begging can be fun.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:11 PM
maybe its me but wouldn't you feel odd taking professional advise from someone whose website looks like your late Aunt Matilda designed it from a template in Homestead?
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 4:12 PM
Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 4:13 PM
Miss Chiff is 11233...he lives around the corner from me...he was at the party.
MM...10 minutes if you're a slow walker.
It's a good location in Bed Stuy, cw. Ask the broker if she can send you more pics/floorplan
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:13 PM
We're not going there dave. Unless you beg.
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 4:15 PM
A-HA! Mystery solved.
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 4:15 PM
bxgirl, once again it is as if you have peered into the dusty depths of my soul. Are you sure you aren't me, logging in under a different name?
Anyhoo...
Without further ado...
Today's SOTD goes to....
Miss Chiff.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 4:17 PM
cwb: I agree with DIBS. Good block. Close to the trains and shops on Lewis. Near the super market on Malcolm X. I think they have a good block association too, but I would have to check on that. You can be Miss Chiff's and DIBS' new neighbor. (Don't expect a pie from DIBS though!)
BRG: What famous person do you think I look like, or should I say looks like me? I saw you but we did not chat, or kiss, or dance that night.
I only dance in flats.
Sweetness, I am not misterbubble. OK, misterbubble = DIBS
Being "chiff'ed" is a good thing in my book, thank you.
IMHO, SOTD cannot be forced. If you want to attempt a zinger, go for it, but I might add that your normal commenting often leads to some of the best snark in response, so please keep posting.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 4:17 PM
DIBS & MM - Thanks. I was thinking it looked pretty decent. Price isn't too bad either. Needs interior pics in a big way tho.
I'll ask the broker if she's got more to offer. Too cold to go out there today and take a look :)
Posted by: cwbuecheler at January 22, 2009 4:19 PM
Snark...what did Miss Chiff (that bitch) say to deserve the SOTD???? I'm not giing up the crown until I see it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:19 PM
" I don't beg for anything...well....never mind ;-)"
BRG, I could change that for you....
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 22, 2009 4:21 PM
OMG. Thank you Snark! (Wait, let me put on my tiara that I bought at Ricky's)
I would like to thank Snark for selecting me today. I would like to thank Mistress BRG for supplying the material that made it possible to be snarky. Adn I what to thank all the little people who begged and cried and completely turned snark's stomach, thus taking themselves out of the running.
I love you all.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 4:23 PM
Miss Chiff,
Re:Battlestar - who do you mean? Lorne Greene? Richard Hatch, who played Apollo, now he's on the new one as the evil Vice President? Or Dirk Benedict, who played Starbuck?
I love science fiction, even bad scifi, but I HATED the original BG. It had all of the bad scifi cliches, but took itself too seriously. Corny plots, cute moppets with robot friends, uninspired and go nowhere villians, over the top acting, and everyone under 30, including the extras looked like a model. It is genetically impossible that the only surviving humans in the universe were all gorgeous.
Plus, they had the worst sci-fi cliche of all - taking current earth culture and speech (in this case, Southern California, circa 1980) and giving it little tweaks to make it "alien". Like having blue cows with 2 tails, and calling them "foofa" or something. Like we can't see a dyed Guernsey. Always reminds me of the hilarious Star Trek episode where Kirk and Co. pick up the alien "beatniks".
Too much time on my hands today......
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 4:23 PM
misterbubble is not DIBS
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:23 PM
The SOTD couldn't go to a nicer person!
Better luck next time BRG : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 4:23 PM
Funny thing is that without BRG there could be no snarky comments!!! LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 22, 2009 4:25 PM
Dave, I'm getting old, can't walk fast anymore.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 4:25 PM
Yesh, Snark, which of Miss Chiff's comments deserved the SOTD?
D'OH!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 4:30 PM
MM: The very things you describe made it perfect. To be honest, I wasn't watching for the story. I was hot for one of those young guys. I can't remember which one. (It wasn't Lorne Greene!) And that Erin what's-her-name had great hair. I bet she used Wella Balsom, though she could have been a Breck girl. I can tell you that was NOT a Toni home perm.
DIBS: Bitterness is so unbecoming.
Thank you, C'Hiller.
misterbubble = Biff
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 4:31 PM
Alright, alright...let's get to it:
So far we think that misterbubble is not:
DIBS
benson
Miss Chiff
BRG
cobblehiller
Biff
Hints bubble?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 4:31 PM
I am honored by your remark, great founder. Indeed I often feel we were separated at birth.
miss chiff- welcome to the exclusive club of SOTD.For your inauguration I thought perhaps we could have snacks, like good cheeses and little wienies in blankets. Do you waft well also?
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 4:34 PM
I am honored by your remark, great founder. Indeed I often feel we were separated at birth.
miss chiff- welcome to the exclusive club of SOTD.For your inauguration I thought perhaps we could have snacks, like good cheeses and little wienies in blankets. Do you waft well also?
I'm going to be ill...
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 4:39 PM
Miss Chiff, Richard Hatch has dark hair, Dirk (nobody names their baby Dirk) was a blond.
Dirk is one of those names people give themselves when they go into tv acting, stripping, or porn acting.
Hi, I'm Dirk Manly. Hooha!
I think my Diet Coke from lunch was laced with LSD.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at January 22, 2009 4:43 PM
I AM FUMING!! I've had it with you all, blinded by this, this, Miss Chiff!!
Oh, if you only knew! I hope the day will come when you all realize that I gave you so many great posts, So many hidden messages, so many play on words, so much to work with and you ignored me, taunted me!
However, I will laugh last, because you don't see it.
Small minds.
I gave up on Cobble a long time ago but....
Snarkslope, I'm disappointed. You don't see everything I've thrown out at Miss Chiff.
D'OH, D'OH, D'OH!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 4:45 PM
misterbubble is mischievous.
misterbubble looks fetching in a fedora.
misterbubble is semper fi.
misterbubble likes cheese.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 4:46 PM
bxgrl: We should have some - what were they - buggles with Roquefort? If DIBS is joining, no bacon allowed.
Unfortunately, I do not waft. Though my constitution can be fragile, my gait is not.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 4:50 PM
Excellent on all accounts bubble...
Hmmm..."semper fi" - Always faithful...or a Marine?
Have you and I met before bubble?
"I think my Diet Coke from lunch was laced with LSD."
That was hilarious MM!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 4:51 PM
'BRG, I could change that for you....'
Snappy, by your description of yourself, I think I will be begging.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 4:58 PM
misterbubble have you and Miss Chiff ever met?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:01 PM
"misterbubble is mischievous.
misterbubble looks fetching in a fedora.
misterbubble is semper fi.
misterbubble likes cheese."
From these clues, it sure seems to me that misterbubble=DIBS
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 5:05 PM
Miss Chiff, Why do you think Biff = bubble?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:06 PM
Cobble, have you ever met Miss Chiff?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:06 PM
Yes, I met Miss Chiff as 11233 at the Union Hall event, I believe.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:08 PM
MM: I was looking at their asses, not their hair.
Yes, BRG, the world revolves around asses!
MM: Where did you buy that Diet Coke? Did bxgrl hand it to you?
misterbubble is BRG's husband?
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:09 PM
misterbubble is single and looking to mingle.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:10 PM
misterbubble is just for the taste of it.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:13 PM
I think biff would be Mr. Bubbela, not mr bubble.
Miss Chiff- not to worry. We can artfully toss a long chiffon scarf around your neck to blow ethereally in the breeze as you stride dirk manfully forward. (I think MM wasn't the only one drinking the LSD laced kool-aid today. I need a nap).
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 5:15 PM
hmmmm, DIBS, Pete or sam?
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:16 PM
Yes, Cobble, you met Miss Chiff as 11233, or so you believe!
'Yes, BRG, the world revolves around asses!'
Yes, I see and there's plenty around here.
Tell me do you like look at asses in Boxer Briefs of lacy undies? or both?
'misterbubble is BRG's husband?'
So, another fall guy. Shameless!
I was your fall guy for a while and now hubby is misterbubble's
How come you don't log on as 11233 anymore? I think you should, just to amuse us and confirm your identity as Miss Chiff.
Miss Chiff + misterbubble + Biff [in one room] = Paranormal pehenomena
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:17 PM
I'm starting to lean towards someone else MC. Pete's too grumpy. sam is a possible.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:18 PM
"misterbubble is just for the taste of it."-
fantastik! I bet you clean up in the SOTD and QOTD categories!
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 5:19 PM
"come in later using the old kids excuse. :-/
if i ran an office i honestly dont think id ever hire anyone with kids under 10. they are THE worst to work with. (sorry parents and stuff) but there are other industries you can work in."
Rob, that would be against the law.
Posted by: denton at January 22, 2009 5:21 PM
Catch me if you can, BRG.
Posted by: 11233 at January 22, 2009 5:22 PM
bubble, do you live in a house or an apt. Own or rent?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:22 PM
misterbubble lives in your heart.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Denton: Rob wouldn't understand unless you put your comment in like, I don't know, some sort of ghetto/fringe speak with like poo mist refs. OMG, THE TWEENS ARE OUTSIDE MY WINDOW AGAIN AND I AM AFRAID! I NEED TO GO TO THE FORM AND POST ALL ABOUT IT.
Posted by: 11233 at January 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Catch me if you can, BRG.
-Posted by: 11233 at January 22, 2009 5:22 PM
????????????
hhhhhhmmmmmmmm, okay, I have to read some of your older posts as 11233.
I'm not convinced.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:29 PM
Happy now, BRG?!
I think we already guessed who misterbubble is. He is being opaque for a reason.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:30 PM
misterbubble wants to live in your tub.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:30 PM
I like rob. I sometimes see him as the puppydog in the Fakin Bacon commercial- BACON!!!!! BACON!!!! OH OH I LOVE YA!! I LOVE YA!! I GET EM OUT MYSELF BUT I GOT NO THUMBS!!!!BACON!!!!
All that enthusiasm- ya gotta love it.
Posted by: bxgrl at January 22, 2009 5:30 PM
I do not usually deign (look that word up Rob) to post on the so-called "Open Thread" but I must defend myself against the accusations that I am posting under the second pseudonym "Mr Bubble" -Yuk! the very idea is revolting.
I think it is fairly obvious that is is Biff who also posts as, you know, that other name.
Good night ladies and gentleman -and you too Rob.
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 5:32 PM
misterbubble loves bacon.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:33 PM
good goddess, mistress BRG, I am 11233. Are you misterbubble?
bxgrl: I hear ya, but some of the thoughts are .... interesting.
I got nothing done today!
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:34 PM
sam, I only post under one handle. But I'm curious to know who you think my alter-ego is.
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 5:35 PM
misterbubble wants to kiss sam on the lips.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:35 PM
misterbubble is THL.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:36 PM
misterbubble, sam is a grandfather. Are you still interested?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 5:37 PM
aaaarrrggghhhh, you all are driving me mad!!!
Question for 11233 - Did you understand (I mean really understand) EVERY single comment I made to you and in reference about you?
That's right Miss Chiff, keep deflecting to misterbubble to steer the light from you.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:39 PM
"I think we already guessed who misterbubble is."
Give me a hint as to who you think it is MC.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:41 PM
Miss Chiff, I got very little done today, also. I'm going to have to stay in my office very late tonight. Care to bring over some dinner?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:42 PM
misterbubble likes the biff and the chiff.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:43 PM
"misterbubble is THL."
Definitely high on my list MC.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:43 PM
"aaaarrrggghhhh, you all are driving me mad!!!"
Fortunately, It's a short trip! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:45 PM
misterbubble is in the basin, but not mill basin.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 5:51 PM
BRG: I have a business dinner tonight. I must leave in 30 minutes. We can chat tomorrow. If I didn't have an architect coming ocver on Sunday to begin the process of redoing my kitchen - look that up, BRG! - I would have to work Sunday to make up lost time and I hate that.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:51 PM
misterbubble, why thank you! Just for that you can sit in the VIP section at the next 'Stoner party!
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 5:56 PM
bubble are you currently posting as someone else as well as yourself?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 5:56 PM
misterbubble is MM? She is on "coke" today.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 5:56 PM
misterbubble is dancing on Snarky's last nerve.
I kid, I kid. Follow your bliss, bubble.
I think it went that way >>>>>>>
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 5:57 PM
COBBLEHILLER!!!
I give up! I truly give up!
Miss Chiff, did you see the cover story in the Home Section of the NY Times? It looks like a gorgeous kitchen to me. There was no mention in the article of the great designer, only the architect!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:58 PM
I am truly getting aggrevated with all this.
I don't like head games!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 5:59 PM
BRG, what are you giving up?
By the way, have you been watching the PBS series "Make 'Em Laugh"? I figured it would be right up your alley. I've only seen Part I so far, but it is really good.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/makeemlaugh/
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 6:01 PM
You mean "aggravated"?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 6:01 PM
BRG, chillax, who loves ya baby?!
Not to worry snark...don't be jealous of bubble, you'll always be close to my heart.
[Oh g*d, I hate these reports about Microsoft...my stomach is doing double flips today. 5,000 jobs including Marketing. Take me now, Lord.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 6:05 PM
> "Fortunately, It's a short trip! ; )"
There's SOTD hope for you yet, dear cobblehiller.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at January 22, 2009 6:05 PM
I did like that kitchen. Light and bright. Would be good since I want my kitchen on the ground floor in the back. I think WE (that's the royal WE) are going to go for a light wood for cabinets and thinking of stainless steel for counter tops. WE need to have a lot of reflective surfaces to maximize the light in that area. Trying to mix something modern with a more Arts & Crafts feel. WE think that the A&C style can allow us to mix natural and man made in a way that our Eastlake style house would not if we were to stick with something more victorian. I also want glass-doored upper cabinets, even if it means I ned to keep things clean and organized.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 6:06 PM
How do you know I like Comedy?
No, I havent' seen it. I think yesterday was the second in the series. I'm never home to watch TV. I've hinted to hubby that the series will make a great Valentine's Day present.
btw - I already gave the link to the show a while back, when the series on India was being discussed. You're late again.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 6:10 PM
Don't tease me snarky!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 6:12 PM
here's the link to the kitchen I was referring to, it's a nice article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/garden/22women.html?scp=1&sq=redmond&st=cse
It's an all white kitchen, actually the entire apartment is all white. From the plan that kichen counter looks like its the longest piece of white marble slab in the universe.
Miss Chiif:
Stainless counters are hot!
clear glass or colored glass or textured glass for uppers?
Backsplash?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 6:18 PM
bubble, lovely transparent ephemeral being that you are...[is that overkill?]...will you tell us who you are if we guess?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 6:27 PM
We need to decide on type of glass, but not colored. Probably go for something opaque but not textured. Perhaps have the backsplash be stainless as well with a splash of colored tile for fun and interest.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at January 22, 2009 6:37 PM
be carefull with stainless backsplash mixed with tile.
They're diffrent thicknesses and if not done right, the planes will vary and not be flush, unless that's the look you want.
I all about the details, things like that would irk me to no end.
Milky white glass...hhmmmm. If there's alot of it, it might not look right. Maybe mix it with clear and opaque. some cab's clear.
fyi....Red is hot!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at January 22, 2009 6:51 PM
BRG, Quick!...
...while everyone is gone...do you think that bubble is someone that's been here for quite awhile, made some pretty funny statements when we were guessing Miss Chiff's alternate identity, and this is key...is someone we ALL like? I don't want to pop the bubble this time, so I'm not going to say his name.
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 7:13 PM
first of all, the bubble person is not I;
secondly, I think the one-liners and the occassional very clever puns are similar to what one would expect from Biff Champion; and lastly, when defending himself against the implication that he is bubble, Biff has, on several ocassions, timed his own comment to appear a minute after bubble's, hence giving the impression that he could not possibly be the same person. But as we know if one has a computer and a blackberry (and who doesn't?) it is possible to practically (though not exactly) simultaneously post. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen of the jury I believe that Biff Champion is none other than Marlene Dietrich -no sorry, wrong script...... none other than Mister Bubble!
I rest my case and I will have my brandy now.
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 9:06 PM
misterbubble says "make mine a double."
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 9:35 PM
sam, you present your case very well. I will happily cross you off my list. [Actually I think it was Miss Chiff that presented the idea of you as misterbubble.]
I don't think it's Biff at the moment. That said, Biff has been unusually and oddly absent for periods of time lately.
Your point re: Blackberry and computer is well taken, and has not escaped my consideration - in fact, I'm pretty certain that misterbubble his alter ego are posting almost simultaneously.
I have narrowed my list to three particular characters. I'm not sure I will actually go so far as to announce my findings this time...I haven't decided, but it really ruins the fun! I also think that there have been one or possibly two red herrings set out to throw me/us off the scent! I will say no more!
Say, what kind of Brandy are you sipping over there ?
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 9:40 PM
ha! clever!
and you are pretending not to be the renowned wit and word meister Champion?! What do you say Mister Double Bubble Toil and Trouble?
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 9:43 PM
Ah, you can't stay away, can you bubble! I'm on to you!
The intrigue, the suspense!
Posted by: cobblehiller at January 22, 2009 9:47 PM
fie! fie!
double, double toil and trouble;
fire burn and cauldron bubble
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
wool of bat, and tongue of dog
you are Biff and he is you
wicked bubble cease your trouble!
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 10:03 PM
misterbubble might be biff
but then again he could be chiff
this bubble bloke, he likes a thriller
trust your instinct, cobblehiller
is misterbubble just a scam?
is misterbubble really sam?
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 10:10 PM
very cute....biff
you are a wit.
it is why we love you....
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 10:16 PM
In an extremely rare evening visit to the blog, Biff Champion appears to see how the new mystery is unfolding. I am not misterbubble. However, I cannot say the same for sam, my new key suspect. Just take the 10:10 PM post for example. The prose is structured very much like the popular Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham. Why is this significant? Of course!! Look at the admission at the end of the prose below. The Walrus was Paul and misterbubble is Sam-I-am!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not eat them with a mouse.
I will not eat them in a house.
I will not eat them here or there.
I will not eat them anywhere.
I do not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 10:19 PM
sam, I could say the same about you! Will we have to get a few drinks in you at the next 'Stoner Party to get you to fess up?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 10:20 PM
Biff-o
alas I cannot
Like caroline, mine are personal reasons,
actually, I am caroline kennedy.
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 10:29 PM
"I rest my case and I will have my brandy now."
Who is Brandy? Are we now going to have to guess her identity?
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 10:34 PM
Biff, I used to have a very sweet dog named brandy, but I was sort of spinning from the classic film "witness for the prosecution" with the gorgeous Marlene Dietrich playing dual roles and the marvelous Charles Laughton playing the eminent barrister with brandy in his thermos. a great old movie.
Posted by: sam at January 22, 2009 10:49 PM
sam, I love old movies. My grandmother used to work as an office manager in Manhattan for an agent to some stars. She knew Marlene Dietrich and said she was one of the meanest women she ever met. It really burst my bubble (no pun intended). She is such a powerful presence on the screen. For the record, my grandmother said Burt Bacharach (sp?) and Angie Dickenson were the sweetest stars she ever met.
sam, I really hope to meet you at the next 'Stoner event. It will be close to or in our neighborhood. I'm signing off now. Have a wonderful evening.
Posted by: Biff Champion at January 22, 2009 10:55 PM
"misterbubble is mischievous.
misterbubble looks fetching in a fedora.
misterbubble is semper fi.
misterbubble likes cheese."
From these clues, it sure seems to me that misterbubble=DIBS
Folks;
I noticed that MrBubble made no response to my post above.
I still say he is DIBS. All of his statements above point to DIBS.
Posted by: benson at January 22, 2009 11:18 PM
misterbubble suspects miss chiff in the dining room with the candlestick.
Posted by: misterbubble at January 22, 2009 11:36 PM
cw, if that two-family has a two-bed (or bigger rental) and is in decent conditions with original details, we are probably overpaying for our heap. Can't wait to hear what it looks like.
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