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February 18, 2009
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*********a note to Mr. B.!!*********
please take my idea into consideration. it's an amazing opportunity both for this site, you, and for it's readers. i had this great idea while watching Drag Race with RuPaul last night (which is America's Next Top Model but with trannies and RuPaul as Tyra.). you need your own show! Brooklyn's Next Top Stoner!! the winner could get 500,000 dollars towards buying a specific brownstone. It would be great cuz there's definitely a pool of bitter renters and bench warmer homebuyer-to-be's on this site to pick from! You can be the role of tyra and have a special guest judge like she does every week from already brownstone owners!!! think of the great challenges.. A landscaping challenge where DIBS is the special guest judge and whoeever lands the hottest landscaper wins that challenge, montrose could be the judge for whomever could pick out the funkiest creepiest piece of furniture, a competition where you have to do the most ridiculous viral marketing touting the greatness of a neighborhood with 11217, a backyard bubble gum bubble blowing contest with the What!!! the possibilities are endless!
This show would work cuz it would give spotlight to any specific neighborhood, and would be great to give exposure to home buying during a housing crises. if im not mistaken, i think top model started around the time when high fashion started being poo-poo'ed but that show turned it around (okay i could totally be just making that up in my head, but you get the idea).
I hope you take my idea into consideration and contact an agent.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 9:19 AM
How about a show pitting one neighborhood group against another....bar hopping in each neighborhood and trash talking each other. Could also break it down into socio-economic,racial and/or lifestyle groups...hipsters vs. fags (I can use that term) for example. We could do a show interviewing whiny adolescents who've had their ipods stolen or better yet, like they do in Japan, arrange for a bunch of kids to get mugged on camera but it turns out not to be a real mugging!!!
It seems the more banal the reality show, the more successful it is.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 9:28 AM
that sounds more like I Love Money 2 or Real World / Road Rules Challenge though. which could be just as fun!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 9:35 AM
I want my neighborhood (BH) to have a chance. So rather than trash-talking and gang-style rumbles, how about a competition on who can tell the best war stories. I mean this literally; stories of their experiences during the US Civil War.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 9:35 AM
I can only remember back as far as the Korean War. You're just worried that all the wussies in BH are gonna get their asses jacked in a trash talking, gang-style rumble.
Your bowl of Skittles is gonna get PWNED.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 9:40 AM
oh snap, taste the rainbow! dave is on fire this morning
:-/
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 9:42 AM
DIBS, why do I get the feeling you have fantasies of being a POW in a North Korean prisoner camp?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 9:42 AM
odd. i picture him more as having fantasies of being a mexican border guard..
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 9:45 AM
What how about this. Your mother is tellin stories of days gone by when she used to pull the train all day to keep food in your sorry ass little mouth.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 9:53 AM
Biff....years ago a friend of mine arranged a fasntasy on my birthday where I was arrested in bangkok by four men in police uniforms. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 9:58 AM
AWW Come on Brownstoner. Why did you pull my Ghetto Game Show idea! I wanted to welcome Dave to the neighborhood ; ^ )}! Ok the Baseball bat thing was a little too harsh. Maybe I get to throw bricks at him. What do you think (Brownstoner)?
"What how about this. Your mother is tellin stories of days gone by when she used to pull the train all day to keep food in your sorry ass little mouth."
At lease mine stopped. You Mom's is still out there...
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 18, 2009 9:59 AM
So...any cat lovers out there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 10:00 AM
LOL...the What's post got pulled. What a low life.
Good comeback on the mother thing, What. You're at the height of your game these days I see.
You ain't never gonna be let into the skittles club...PERMANENTLY PWNED.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 10:03 AM
quote: bankgkok!
i kid you NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
im reading a book right now called Brooklyn was Mine, a collection of short stories, and this one authoer compares Red Hook to Bankgkok!!!!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 10:08 AM
"LOL...the What's post got pulled."
Yeah, and now your 9:53am post looks like you just insulted Rob's mother!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 10:09 AM
LOL i totally thought that was a rob's mother joke. i did laugh. it actually made a lil bit of sense but totally coming out of no where hahahahah
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 10:10 AM
Sorry rob...the What knows whose mother pulled the train. Besides, I think your in the skittles by birthright. What's reference to skittles is being turned back on him and its getting to him.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 10:15 AM
What's with The What and baseball bats in all the wrong places?
= = = = = = = = = = = =
"No Asshead, you get a Baseball bat smashed upside your head then shoved up you Ass!
Posted by: Return of The What at February 17, 2009 9:28 PM"
= = = = = = = = = = = =
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 10:22 AM
SnarkSlope, can we combine that into a song with other pieces of baseball equipment?
How about, "Looking for gloves in all the wrong places, looking for gloves..."
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 10:32 AM
Did they have baseball bats in prison in the athletic yard, What?? Is that where your obsession comes from??? I guess you were always the "catcher," never the "pitcher!" Like mother , like son.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 10:34 AM
[rimshot]
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 10:35 AM
So...any bat lovers out there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 10:42 AM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29411395@N03/2966744916/
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 10:50 AM
An asshat, a bat and a cat lover...sounds like an ideal date.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 11:50 AM
An asscat?
Posted by: dittoburg at February 18, 2009 12:31 PM
In a hat?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 12:41 PM
With green eggs and ham.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 12:49 PM
Stop using NABE, please
Posted by: Pragonetti at February 18, 2009 12:49 PM
cobblehiller is BoCoCa a NABE or is that too all-encompassing????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 12:53 PM
Would you eat them in my nabe?
Would you eat them in Abu Graib?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 12:54 PM
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asshat
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asscat
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hat
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cat
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 12:56 PM
more:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ham
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eggs
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 12:57 PM
BRG...I bet I can guess which one had a picture of you there!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 12:59 PM
here you go Dave...these have Pictures of me!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cheap
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slut
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whore
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 1:04 PM
You should use spellchecker and grammarchecker as much as you use urbandictionary.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 1:30 PM
Damn, I missed all the fun. I was at the accountant - which is usually painless! But this year was more like a root canal without novacaine...
Dave, I'm ignoring your comment! [I'm turning over a new leaf - I no longer hate bococa, even if it is bocrapca.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 1:37 PM
Bocaca.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 1:57 PM
I was trying to be polite Snark!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 2:04 PM
Boshitca???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:08 PM
Boskatca has a better ring actually!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:08 PM
bopoopca?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 2:11 PM
CH....is the name cobble hill derived from cobblers, cobblestones, or what???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:15 PM
It's the birthplace of cobbler. Little known culinary fact.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 2:19 PM
http://tinyurl.com/anzmq9
"Sometimes a broker will come up with a name for a neighborhood that will stick. In the 1950s -- when Cobble Hill was basically considered a part of Brooklyn Heights -- a local broker rediscovered the old Dutch name for the area between Atlantic Avenue and Degraw Street on the western end of Court Street (Cobleshill) and called it Cobble Hill.
Brooklynites have been referring the area that way ever since."
Cobleshill sounds like a Brownstoner login name.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 2:20 PM
Cobble stones, I guess. There are plenty of them still around. And it is on the side of a hill - Court and Atlantic being the top of the hill.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 2:22 PM
http://tinyurl.com/bap7j4
"The Dutch name for the area, Cobleshill, referred to a hill centered around the area where Court Street meets Atlantic Avenue. The hill was leveled during the Revolutionary War by the British, who wanted to keep George Washington, who had occupied the hill with his troops in the summer of 1776 during the Battle of Long Island, from having a strategic vantage point over their headquarters in Brooklyn Heights."
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 2:24 PM
I know times are tough but I was wondering where did all our wonderful brownstone renovators go that had been posting on Brownstoner? I was particularly enjoying the couple in Bed Stuy, haven't seen a posting since July.
Posted by: Pluto at February 18, 2009 2:25 PM
Pluto...I too am dismayed at the lack of renovations being posted on the renovations Page as well. Nothing like renovation porn!!!!
Thank you for that, biff.
So all the Asshats in BH were loyalists??? Figures.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:42 PM
The Battle of Brooklyn is a sad story.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 2:45 PM
Someday that war is gonna end.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:52 PM
And the streets will flow with milk and honey.
And Skittles. Millions and millions of Skittles.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 2:53 PM
LOL!
Snark are you 'tasting the rainbow' a little too much today?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 2:55 PM
Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 2:56 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dietrich/2620257682/
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 3:04 PM
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
[Repeat all verses]
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 3:11 PM
So, I was going to post the lyrics to 'Somewhere over the Rainbow', but then I realized that's too obvious.
Now I realize that there is no mention of rainbows in 'My Favorite Things'
Leave me alone, I've had a hell of a day.
Everybody, just sing.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 3:13 PM
off topic, but who are these various women that have been posting stories on bstoner? kara the latest one. and there was someone else a couple weeks ago. i thought mr.b. had to let go of the 1 person he had (i forget her name)
Posted by: goldie at February 18, 2009 3:13 PM
He let lisa go. I don't pay attention to a lot of the women except for the annoying ones that are always in your face. Some of them are here now. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 3:17 PM
DIBS, are you talking about me????
I like being in some of the posters faces.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 3:20 PM
In some of the posters faces or on some of the posters faces?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 3:22 PM
In some and on some and.....
You win some.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 3:23 PM
Asshats in brownstones and transplants in condos
All of them feeling like they have been PWNed though
Free market meltdown, the panic it brings
These are a few of my favorite things...
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 3:24 PM
I started laughing out loud after reading just the first of Snark's lines (in anticipation of the next ones). He might be the only poster here who has that effect on me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 18, 2009 3:27 PM
You mean like SOMF???
Or just plain poster girl for the "Keep your daughter off the pole" effort.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 3:29 PM
BRG...I think you'll be pleased that I made mention of you and hubby and the upcoming party in the Cortelyou road thread. Bowlofdicks is single and looking for a date.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 3:33 PM
When the job leaves
When the tax comes
When I'm feeling suicidal [ok, it doesn't rhyme...sue me!]
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad...at all!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 3:34 PM
when the mice run, when the pipes burst,
when the floor starts to sag,
I simply remember my refinanced rate
and then I don't feeeeeel soooo bad
P.S. I think goldie's talking about Gabby. I saw her by-line too. I don't care who Mr. B has posting content. I never get mad about that stuff. It is just to start a conversation.
Posted by: slopefarm at February 18, 2009 3:34 PM
DIBS, Thanks for always looking out for me. But I have my eyes on another here.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 18, 2009 4:05 PM
Always looking out for good friends, darting eyes notwithstanding.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 4:07 PM
I'm overdue for a reno post. I'll get to work!
BedStuy is coming along, I'll harass them, they're friends of mine.
Posted by: denton at February 18, 2009 4:11 PM
denton...as long as you can suffer the slings and arrows of the green contingent on that range we're behind you!!! I suspect my electric bosch oven consumes more energy and it ain't 1/10th as nice to look at.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 18, 2009 4:14 PM
Kitchen looks great denton! [ Just looked at it earlier today.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 18, 2009 4:15 PM
Looking forward to it Denton. Overall, your reno looks great and you seem to have tailored the house to your life and enjoyment. Will you be showing off any shower doors?
(Sorry if I am coming off like a stalker. My obsession isn't with you, it is with a certain supplier. Grrrrr.)
Posted by: slopefarm at February 18, 2009 4:27 PM
HEY! they totally stole my idea for coney island and turned it into a contest!!!!
quote:
Last night, get-out-the-fun organization LVHRD sponsored its fifth annual ARCHDL, a contest in which two teams of architects are presented with a design challenge and then execute a creation on stage while people sip beers in their general vicinity. Last night's throwdown asked the teams—from firms Front Studio and Weiss/Manfredi—to construct a Coney Island-based spaceport to launch white-collar criminals to a moon prison. (No, really.) We'd tell you who won, but we really can't stop staring at that thing on the right.
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 18, 2009 4:46 PM
Thanks, Biff. Check is in the mail.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 18, 2009 6:13 PM
SF, you can stalk anytime you want. In fact you can come over and see it in person!
No shower doors. Stay tuned.
Posted by: denton at February 18, 2009 9:07 PM
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