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Today's FGVOTD is dedicated to Cobble and Snappy, who are both celebrating their birthday today!
This must be the most famous rendition of "Happy Birthday" ever performed. It ties together the birthdays two of our most beloved PLUSAs and the recent death of Ted Kennedy (and yesterday's historic PLUSA Presidential election, but I digress...)
Cobble and Snappy, have a wonderful day and very happy and healthy year.
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SLSlSmW74
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:16 AM
Here are over 11,700,000 birthday cakes....
http://tinyurl.com/mxvblm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:18 AM
Mr. B - seen the NYDN story about the Kent Avenue fiasco?
Posted by: dittoburg at August 28, 2009 9:19 AM
Ditto - is it available online? Or do I actually have to buy a newspaper (who does that anymore?)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 9:21 AM
Thanks Biffy :) And thank you Dave for the cakes!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:21 AM
Happy Birthday, CHiller & Snappy!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 9:21 AM
Well, 9:15, not 9:30. I'll shut up now.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at August 28, 2009 9:22 AM
Thanks Bitter!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:23 AM
happy birthday ladies! ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 9:23 AM
so can anyone summarise why yesterday's OT was nearly 1,100 posts long? I couldn't read throught it all.
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 9:24 AM
Thanks DH :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:24 AM
Chicken, chalk it up to PLUSA nonsense at its best!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:25 AM
Happy Birthday Snaps & CHiller! I hope you get your every wish & that Rob is allowed to wish you well!
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:26 AM
Bitter retort, it was delightful meeting you and brighton beoch last night. You two are absolutely hysterical and fun to hang out with. Hopefully you'll make it out to the next big 'Stoner gathering and meet many more PLUSAs, PITs (PLUSAs-in-Training) and lurkers. Thanks for inviting people out.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:27 AM
Thanks Arkady :)
Hari tried some tuna this morning...loved it! May be a bad idea for him, but I always spoil the fuzzies on my birthday...I figure I can't treat myself to yummies and leave them out!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:27 AM
Happy Birthday to the founders of CobbleSnaps Productions!
I was at the cleaners this morning and they had the Today show on. Miley Cyrus was on stage, singing her little heart out and I thought of Rob :(
As for Swallow, yes, it's sad but true. I came back from Sixyears' place on Sunday morning and found the little guy floating at the top of his mini-tank. I didn't want to tell you Snappy, with Hari having his problems.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 9:28 AM
The large number of postings on the OT came from stimulating chats about trenchant ideas & deep philosphical musings, of course.
Among other topics discussed was why Rob was banned while Ghetto wasn't.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:28 AM
Thank you Biff, I love Marilyn, I have a great Bert Stern print of her.
Thank you DIBS!
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Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:28 AM
DH - its available online. And Curbed has linked it. Or you can just go down there and check it out for yourself! Take a chair though.
Posted by: dittoburg at August 28, 2009 9:28 AM
Btw, DIBS, it's too bad you couldn't make it over to Clover Club. In addition to the fact that bitter and beoch were anxious to meet you, I think you would have been very impressed with the young, Asian male tending bar.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:29 AM
Oh, Jessi...sad news inded :( But, we'll have to get another Official PLUSA Pet. Perhaps we can name him Mini Swallow? :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:30 AM
Even the world is crying because Rob's not here - we'll get sunshine when he comes back.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:30 AM
Ah, Biffy, give us the lowdown on Brighton and Bitter!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:30 AM
Did someone's cat eat him???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:31 AM
Btw, DIBS, it's too bad you couldn't make it over to Clover Club. In addition to the fact that bitter and beoch were anxious to meet you, I think you would have been very impressed with the young, Asian male tending bar.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:29 AM
NOW HE TELLS ME!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:31 AM
Or Swallow Redux?
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Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:31 AM
Biff, is Clover Club an acceptable venue for the next meet up??? You've piqued my interest.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:32 AM
" I think you would have been very impressed with the young, Asian male tending bar."
That's a little unfair Biff, a good friend would have ping'd him as soon as he knew that info! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:33 AM
"Ain't no sunshine when Rob's gone.
It's not warm when Rob's away.
Ain't no sunshine when Rob's gone
and Rob's always gone too long
anytime Rob goes away.
Wonder this time where Rob's gone,
wonder if Rob's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when Rob's gone
and this OT just ain't no home
anytime Rob goes away."
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:33 AM
thanks ditto!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 9:33 AM
Happy birthday everyone. Off to the closing in a few minutes. Gemini, how did everything go yesterday?
Posted by: mopar at August 28, 2009 9:33 AM
I like Swallow Redux :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:34 AM
It was great fun meeting bitter retort and brighton B last night. Lucky I ran into DH on Smith. Biff, you may want to buy some milk thistle for the liver.
The bartender at Clover was adorable, though stingy with the gin. One could manage.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 28, 2009 9:34 AM
How about getting 2 goldfish - they like to school - & name them Gulp & Guzzle in honor of get-togethers?
Or maybe Rob & Robert on Fridays?
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:34 AM
"Biff, is Clover Club an acceptable venue for the next meet up??? You've piqued my interest."
I'm certain it is more than just your interest that is piqued. Clover Club is a very nice place. Probably not enough space in the bar area, but it seemed there was a nice lounge area in the back, although I didn't get a good look at it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:34 AM
Thanks Mopar and good luck!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:35 AM
GOOD LUCK with your closing mopar! Will you post photos at some point?! Better yet, have us over! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:35 AM
Good luck mopar. Where did you buy????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:35 AM
why did Rob get banned?
Posted by: dittoburg at August 28, 2009 9:36 AM
Good luck, Mopar!
Is that why Rob isn't here - he's going with you?
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:36 AM
Happy Birthdays Cobblehiller and Snappy!!
sooo...we going back to Ellis to celebrate??
Posted by: etson at August 28, 2009 9:36 AM
" The Parlor at Clover Club can accommodate up to 45 people." — Just saw this on their website...may want to charge us though...UH-OH!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:36 AM
Good luck Mopar. If you need some incompetent legal advice while at the table, don't be afraid to ask!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 9:37 AM
I like that idea Arkady :) We will be requiring back-up mascots as they don't seem to last too long!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:37 AM
"I like Swallow Redux :)"
It sounds better than Swallow Reflux
DeLepp, I'm surprised to hear about your drink. The Jack and Cokes (yes, I'm so boring - didn't try any fancy schmancy cocktails) were pretty strong. And I've been known to drink doubles and triples.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:38 AM
Thanks Etson :) (someday I'll forgive you for snatching 1111 from me!)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:38 AM
Happy Birthday Snappy and Cobblehiller! I think rain is good karma for a birthday. I could get all new-agey but I'll just leave it at that. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 9:38 AM
ditto...I think rob might have just got caught in the crossfire. Mr. B banned What & randi & rob yesterday on the carlton Mews thread for going after Jscheff.
ghettoazzpnkbtch should have been banned too but wasn't.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:39 AM
Feliz Cumpleanos Cobblehiller and Snappy!
Posted by: DeLepp at August 28, 2009 9:39 AM
Thanks etson!
No plans to be at Ellis....today!
"Or maybe Rob & Robert on Fridays?"
Or maybe "Pathetic" and "Loser"!! In which case there actually could be 5 fishies if you add Usual, Suspect, and Asshat. A veritable school!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:39 AM
T-minus 3 hours to Bangkok!
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 9:40 AM
Charging PLUSAs for space??? NEVER! If we do wind up there at some point, someone will have to explain to them that we are a bunch of loser lushes who will pad their nightly receipts and no space fee is necessary.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:40 AM
Ditto - That's an excellent question. We don't know why Rob's been banned.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:40 AM
Thanks CG and DeLepp :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:41 AM
Hello everybody.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 9:41 AM
"It sounds better than Swallow Reflux"
Sorta like the opposite of Swallow's trip down into the bowels of my toilet...
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 9:41 AM
Mr. B seems to have a very short fuse when it comes to our dear Robert on Fridays. I guess we all have our hot buttons, and Robert on Fridays is his.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:42 AM
Snappy,
2222 is all yours (at about 3pm today)
Posted by: etson at August 28, 2009 9:42 AM
Jessi, ROFL!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:43 AM
If we hit 2222, heaven help us all!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:43 AM
Hey! Don't you think "Sad sad little man" is Ghetto? (As in ghetto the hell out of here!)
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:43 AM
T-minus 3 hours to Bangkok!
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 9:40 AM
Yeah, that's nice, rub it in my face.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:43 AM
Biff, we had so much fun with all of you last night! And Dibs, the bartender was hot.
Dirty, what time did you get home?
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 9:44 AM
biff, it was the teeny vessels. Her place on 19th, "flatiron lounge" has giant martinis. The g&ts were quite good though. After you left I "dipped" into the guy trying to pick up the girl. He could have used your coaching.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 28, 2009 9:44 AM
chicken, just let me warn you....don't let ghettoazz find out that you've paid for sex over there!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:44 AM
The bartenders at Clover Club are nice to look at but I don't recommend it for a meetup space. The front area isn't conducive to a big crowd and the backroom is seating only. No standing, like Angel Share or Little Branch. And they enforce it. Which is kind of silly but eh. There are other local bars in BoCoCa that are lots of fun. What about Brooklyn Inn? Or Abilene? Or MiniBar?
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 9:45 AM
Chicken - But text the rest of us - & Rob if you have his email.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:46 AM
No, I am not ghetto. I like daveinbedstuy and my name is an homage to him.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 9:47 AM
They dont let people stand? Not that it would be a bad thing for you and I, CG! But I don't see this crowd sitting politely and sipping drinks :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:47 AM
Well in the interests of full disclosure, here are a few of Rob's comments from yesterday:
***
“3pm outside any school in nyc is liking being locked in a cage with a pack of wild animals.”
and…
“it's just that too many stupid people breed. it's disgusting. it's absolutely disgusting that people in nyc get benefits out the a$$ and paid to breed even more stupid people who breed. barf.”
and…
“it's just lame, the whole dynamic of housing prices and schools and parents and kids and everything. it's all LAME”
and….
“whatever. maybe one or two of them. but the majority are borderline retarded, violent, and dull.”
**
There were others. I guess they're not so bad individually, but he really went off. I think the final straw that for Mr. B's was Rib going out of his way to insult jscheff. Long story short he was acting like a jerk. I'm sure it pissed off Mr. B., the only umpire in this ballpark. But I don't imagine it's long-term. I think Rob needed a time out. I also think he needs to get laid. But I imagine Mr. B. will bring him back after a while. And he should be back - he's a funny guy.
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 9:50 AM
Clover Club is fantastic. Space could be an issue if a lot of people show up. Another nearby favorite of mine is Brooklyn Inn.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 9:50 AM
No, I am not ghetto. I like daveinbedstuy and my name is an homage to him.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 9:47 AM
Tell us more about yourself. Do you live in the ghetto and have you made bad financial decisions??? Have you ever paid for sex?? Are you male or female?? Or in between??? :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:50 AM
"They dont let people stand?"
Correct. I tried doing it a couple of times and immediately the bartenders jumped out from behind the bar and bodyslammed me to the ground. They are very adamant about that rule.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 9:51 AM
I think Rob needed a time out. I also think he needs to get laid. LOL
I think there are a few others here that need the latter as well.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:52 AM
Oh, Dave....let's not engage the angry people today! PLEASE!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 9:52 AM
i was banned too. thanks for not noticing.
Posted by: Randi banned at August 28, 2009 9:53 AM
Dirty, You are a champ! Fist bump, high five and all that..
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 9:53 AM
ENY - This blog is unusual & laudable for not being particularly politically correct. Rob may've stepped near the line but others have gone further over it.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:53 AM
"I also think he needs to get laid."
Yes, but with which sex!?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:55 AM
"ENY - This blog is unusual & laudable for not being particularly politically correct. Rob may've stepped near the line but others have gone further over it."
I agree 100%. But, I repeat - Mr. B is the only umpire in this ballpark. If HE thinks Rob went over the line, he's going to ban Rob, as he did. Mr. B is the only one here with his hands on the controls. Rob got on his bad side, and paid the price.
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 9:56 AM
Arkady, that's true and oftentimes I'm one of the biggest offenders but I only do it in the OT and that's where rob steps over the line, in almost all of the other threads. A good dust up in the HOTD usually at least sticks to real estate talk and calling names but rob has to learn that there are limits to the snarkiness in the other threads.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:57 AM
"Yes, but with which sex!?"
He's not fooling me. He's a homosexual male.
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 9:57 AM
InsertSnappyNameHere, I come in peace. I am not angry and adore the regulars here.
daveinbedstuy, I live somewhere much worse than the ghetto. There are lots of old, decrepit townhouse type apartments that I believe people refer to as brownstones.
Everybody pays for sex, in one way or another.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 9:57 AM
dh, I'm impressed.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 28, 2009 9:57 AM
Everybody pays for sex, in one way or another.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 9:57 AM
You are a wise sage,SSLM. Truer words have never been spoken.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 9:58 AM
"Rob may've stepped near the line but others have gone further over it."
Agreed.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 9:59 AM
I think Rob's comments, while not polished, are one of the best things about this blog. I think, as THL wrote, Mr. B just doesn't "get him."
Randi banned made me spit coffee.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 9:59 AM
Sad sad little man, do you prefer to be called "Sad", "Sad sad", "SSLM" or something else. If you post more than three times, you are awarded an honorary abbreviated name here.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:00 AM
In other more significant news, Snappy just got post # 1,200 in yesterday's OT.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:01 AM
I WAS 1200!!! HAHA BIOTCHES!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:02 AM
My login name is ghettoazzpnkbtch. I post nonsense here whenever i can get away from my mundane day job. I know I am bitter. I have no life.
I am actually someone else's sockpuppet. Today Dave thought I got banned so I went ballistic. I sound like a crazy lady on the street. I am jealous of dave's sex life but that makes him a small man. He has paid for sex but no one will pay me for sex.
Now I want you to take my lunatic ranting seriously.
QED
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 27, 2009 7:06 PM
This is all you have Dave?
I would tell you to get back to work, but you don't work you post on brownstoner all day.
You should be banned Dave for engaging in illegal activity and then talking about it on this site. Mr. B's advertisers must be so happy to be supporting your childish and emotionally stunted life. HOnestly, I am surprised Mr. B hasn't had a word with you about cleaning up your act.
You can try to insult me all you want, but it just points to your pathetic little life.
Though I never liked Whuh or The What, they certainly had your number, Dave.
Get a life, Dave. One that doesn't require you to pay for peopel to be your "bf"
Posted by: ghettoazzpnkbtch at August 28, 2009 10:02 AM
Someone mentions "swallow" and "3 hours to Bangkok" and I show up.
Happy Birthday Snappy & Cobble!!! Hope you get plastic pumps and get to eat lots of cake.
Enjoy the day.
Posted by: Return of bayridgegirl at August 28, 2009 10:02 AM
Sad sad little man,
Welcome!! Your PLUSA manual, tiara, and membership card are in the mail.
Please be advised that upon attending your first PLUSA gathering, you will be expected to buy the first round of shots. Identification of one or more PLUSAs will earn you extra credit.
Please send Snappy your membership dues by the 15th of the month, she gets cranky if you're late, and we stop sending the newsletter after two late payments.
Also, please advise your boss that s/he needs to lighten your workload so that you can keep up with posting regularly. Spotty posting is frowned upon!!
Best, Mgmt.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:03 AM
Cobble and Snappy, BIG HAPPY BDAYS!!!!!
I hated Clover Club, yuck!
Yesterday on the F train home (yeah I know dreaded F train) I heard THE BEST rendition of MJ's Billie Jean played by 2 Latinos (I think they were Mexican but not too sure). One played the melody on the guitar while the other imitated the lyrics (with high pitch MJ's voice) pattern on the violin. It was AWESOME! The whole cart clapped and pretty much everyone gave them money. They were by far the best musicians I've ever heard on the train or stations.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:03 AM
I kind of like SSLiM..for sad sad little man..
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:03 AM
On mute.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:04 AM
Thank you etson, DeLepp and RoBRG!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:04 AM
Kens...if you ever see them again, get their number. i want them for a party!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:05 AM
DH, 3:30?!! how do you do it man? I know you're young and everything but how do you do it
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:06 AM
Thanks Return and Kens :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:06 AM
But if it's Ghetto in disguise, I prefer Slimey.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:06 AM
3:30?????!!!!!! ...and that moron thinks' Im a sad,sad man!!!! :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:07 AM
Cobble / Snappy,
remember, it's 34 yrs & X months - if asked and you want to give your age. never cross the 35 line.
you don't mind me splitting the mega million pot with you two tonight right?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:07 AM
Arkady, ghetto is a sociopath, not a schizophrenic.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:08 AM
I have no idea what you are talking about M4L, I am only 32! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:09 AM
M4L, if you have the winning ticket, then sure, let's split it! If I however am holding the winning ticket, I'm afraid amnesia will set in instantly and you run the risk of being forgotten :) LOL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:10 AM
Dave, sounds like my brother!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 10:10 AM
And I'm only 28!!! Stop trying to make me older! LOL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:11 AM
Nice meeting you both Bitter and Beyoch - you're both quite lovely (for siamese twins)
But bitter - not very nice saying I look like the actor corkey from life goes on!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
snappy- if you read the OT yesterday you would have seen me posting in your name so you could win. Hmmmph. No gratitude.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
DIBS, will do if I see them again.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
maybe robert doesn't want to come back? maybe robert is ghetto?
Posted by: Randi banned at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
ghetto - how do you know dave's paying for it was illegal? You're making a geographic assumption.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
I'll split the mega millions with anyone here if I win if they will split it with me if they win. That money could buy a lot of bfs and gfs!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
And Happy birthday to you and cobble (Sunday is good to go, cobbs. We'll email you)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:13 AM
Bxgirl, I saw that and thank you :) I'll share my mega millions winnings with you!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:13 AM
DH, that's karma biting you in the butt for calling my bag a knock-off the first time we met! (p.s. you're so not Corky!)
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 10:13 AM
Thanks bxgrl!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:17 AM
I know I said it in yesterday's endless OT, but it's worth saying again: Snappy and Cobble, in the immortal words of Stevie Wonder, "Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday!"
Snappy, I hope you know once they've tasted pure tuna, there's no going back. Especially Hari. His uncle isn't called Piranha Boy for nothing, you know. He can consume an entire can, lick Charlie Tuna off the label, call it lunch, and look for more.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at August 28, 2009 10:17 AM
Yeeps. I was babbling a lot last night. Did I say anything weird to you guys at Clover Club? I can't remember what was real and what was my booze addled dreaming. I did have a dream about a kitten. I blame Snappy. ;)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:19 AM
ROFL! Thanks MM :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:19 AM
JB, if I was there that time, I would've stepped right in and gave your the usual line of "This is the alcohol speaking and is NO reflection of my boy DH who is a great guy whom you shouldn't hesitate to introduce to your friends". that said though, I might've laughed a few laughs before stepping in cause that sounds pretty funny exchange.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:20 AM
"Stevie Wonder, "Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday!""
Couldn't ask for better MM! Thank you! [I'm going to listen to that now!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:21 AM
"DH, 3:30?!! how do you do it man? I know you're young and everything but how do you do it"
I dunno - $12 cocktails get me rowdy.
Haha jessi - i'm glad you don't think I look like a guy with downs syndrome - and I loved your ferragamo bag!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:21 AM
CG...but kitten dreams are good dreams :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:21 AM
Yeah, MM. We had a Care for Kittens book when I was a kid & it said, "Never, ever give your cats people tuna" & made it sound as if something really lethal was in it. My mother happened to meet the author many years later & asked him why it was dangerous to feed them w/ the tuna & he said, "Because they'll never go back to cat food or they'll drive you crazy."
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:22 AM
Happy Birthday cobble and snappy! Many happy returns.
Greetings from Nimes (where Levi Strauss found his magic fabric--hence it being called "de nimes"). I will have some spectacular real estate porn for you guys when I get back. Staying in a villa built by the Perrier family, as we are near the source of the Perrier spring. Anyway, happy Friday to all and talk to you guys next week.
Gemini10--if you are reading, I apologized to you in the thread the other day about buyers being "dumb."
Posted by: wasder at August 28, 2009 10:22 AM
haha you were cool CG Ups - just a little saucy
glad you liked your ramos gin fizz!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:22 AM
man, sounds like a ton of you went to the clover club. would've came over too instead of trying to help neighbhor out with installing the digital converter and figuring out why they can only receive 4 spanish channels only. I was bummed DSK was off and now more bummed the event effectively moved to Clover.
hey Arkady, you got your TV working? did you have to get a new antenna? I think my neighbor needs a new antenna cause their old antenna aint cutting it
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:24 AM
Thanks Wasder :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:24 AM
Perhaps Swallow wanted to give his life for Hari?
Congrats Snappy on finally winning! I did my best for you but certain others- who shall remain nameless- cared not and showed no sympathy whatever. I saw the epic battle between you and cobble. I am wondering if as legal counsel and cobble as PLUSA management that, perhaps there isn't a conflict of interest in winning the prize?
In which case, aforementioned prize should revert to.....ME!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:25 AM
Thank you everyone for the nickname suggestions. Any and all are fine, although I would prefer not to be called Slimey.
cobblehiller, thank you for my welcome package. I know I'm new and all and don't want to speak out of turn or rock the boat, but isn't there some sort of application package / enrollment process / initiation? Or do I get the manual, tiara and membership card for this prestigious club automatically?
I will read the manual cover to cover, but could you kindly direct me to the section that covers the minimum posting requirements so I don't jeopardize my new PLUSA status?
Posted by: Sad sad little man at August 28, 2009 10:25 AM
I think the pics on today's threads are really great after yesterday's Carlton Mews imbroglio.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:25 AM
Bxgirl...there is a PLUSA rule that says conflict on interest worries do not apply to Cobble and I. We can win all we want!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:27 AM
But bitter - not very nice saying I look like the actor corkey from life goes on!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:12 AM
Dirty, I didn't say you looked like him! You sounded like him for a split second on our way out last night though. The mind plays tricks.. ; )
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:27 AM
wait.. everyone went to clover club last night? That's one of my favorite drinking places. I didn't get the memo. Not that I'm on the distribution list per se. I'll be nursing my ego for the rest of the day.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 10:27 AM
M4L - Yes, I have to get an antenna. Have the name of a good one from a helpful vendor if you want but I'm still working out about a signal splitter for multiple t.v.s & how to snake the cables to all floors.
Antenna requirements are dependent on how far you are from towers, how high up you are & how many degrees separate the channels you want. There's a site for it if you want it.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:28 AM
Snappy, I just sent you an email.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:30 AM
Wasder, I wouldn't be too worried with g10. you're cool dude. your posts never come across over-bearing, unreasonable, insulting,... your posts are often a good & gentle reality-check - ie checking us on the loose & frequent use of dumb/sucker was appropriate. One thing about you is people might not always agree with your view pt but suspect most usually respect YOU.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:30 AM
lechecal - you missed even more. biff, dh and delepp are too much the gentleman to say anything but bitter and beoch are very attractive ladies too. that said, i'm scared of you. do you hang out at clover club often?
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:31 AM
To the snappy email or my real one?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:31 AM
"Yeeps. I was babbling a lot last night. Did I say anything weird to you guys at Clover Club?"
CG_Ups, I think you should ask the dude you were talking to all night. All we got was basically "hi" and "bye"!
Just teasing, you definitely didn't say anything weird - or weirder than usual. Thanks again for making it all the way over, despite the gimpy leg.
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:33 AM
Arkady, yeah give me the site. We live in a high rise so neighbor is basically restricted to a quality internal antenna - ie doubt bldg mgt will allow her to install external one on the roof
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:34 AM
I didn't know if it was appropriate or not, but ditto to what CG_Ups said at 10:31. Our two newest female PLUSAs are quite the lookers.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:35 AM
CG Ups, you are too kind
and how funny were you hanging out with the mad physicists? Now, THEY were scary...
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:35 AM
I go to clover club a couple of times a month. The Mrs. and I alternate Friday nights out (one of us stays home with the kids and the other goes out) and on my Fridays out I usually hang out with a friend who lives around the corner. I have had many a ramos gin fizz (not on the menu) and many a corpse reviver (on the menu) at clover club. We generally hit Brooklyn Inn, clover club, maybe ceol or camp.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 10:36 AM
i know, i'm sorry. :(
it's not often someone wants to talk to me about italian film directors, math/physics and religion in one sitting! sorry for being a doof.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:36 AM
Lechacal, I missed the memo too and my son was sleeping over at the in-laws so I could've been there early (vs. my usual 9pm appearance) and my wife would've came along too.
Biff, I will vote against you on the next election if I miss another such memo. It's not your fault but as President, you get the blame when something goes wrong
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:37 AM
ATTENTION ATTENTION FELLOW PLUSAs. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ROB TO RELAY THE MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOU!!!
quote:
could you relay the following for me in the OT?
1. sorry for referring to children as crotchfruit. ENY (or maybe denton?) claimed that in the past i specifically called posters' childrens that term. that is not the case. ive only used that term in the general sense referring to children. but if it offends people, sorry. from now on i'll just refer to the chirrun as organic crotchfruit.
2. i am none of the stupid ghostnics that have popped up, i don't do that. not my style, and i wouldn't be able to get away with it anyways, i'm pretty sure everyone would know it's me.
3. in regards to jscheff, i'm pretty sure the only thing i've ever said directly to him was that the one photo in that thread he posted was poor quality and you couldn't see what it was.
4. Mr. B needs to take a chill pill or something.
5. and yes, i do need to get laid.
6. snappy & cobble happy birthdays!!!!
*robert on fridays*
THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:38 AM
"cobblehiller, thank you for my welcome package. I know I'm new and all and don't want to speak out of turn or rock the boat, but isn't there some sort of application package / enrollment process / initiation? Or do I get the manual, tiara and membership card for this prestigious club automatically?
I will read the manual cover to cover, but could you kindly direct me to the section that covers the minimum posting requirements so I don't jeopardize my new PLUSA status?"
SSLM, Thank you for your extra due dilligence, and for your interest in adhering to all things PLUSA! [Some one give this SSLM a cupcake! My g*d, the man read the manual before lunch!]
Application? Uh, you did log in didn't you? Done.
As for posting minimums, you are of course expected to post as much as you can. We understand that some people have to work for a living and so this can get tricky. But once you carefully explain to your boss that your work load needs to accomodate posting, this shouldn't be a problem!! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:38 AM
CG, no worries, was very funny though
Please check to see if your pants aren't on backwards this morning. ; )
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:38 AM
Clover Club is great but a little too genteel for us I think.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 10:39 AM
m4l, it was a lot more impromptu than you might think. It was basically beoch & bitter on the OT late yesterday saying they would be at Clover. Biff responded he was around there. I was actually eating about a mile away at Stan's Place on Atlantic and Biff phoned saying they were really a lot of fun but even I didn't make it over after 2 bottles of wine at Stan's.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:40 AM
Actually my mother in law was in town last night so I could have taken the Mrs. as well. I would say her interest in meeting the brownstoner crowd is probably about a 3 out of 10, but her interest in clover club cocktails is higher.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 10:40 AM
M4L - Email Mike AT SolidSignal.com
F.Y.I. The indoor amplified antennas don't work well unless there's clear line of sight thru a window. Even leaves and tree branches interfere with the much less penetrating UHF transmission band. Also, if you're down a hill, you won't have line of sight. Thru masonry or concrete, the signal degrades by at least 60%. You can purchase a GE amplified digital antenna #TV24746 for about $30 and try it, but it too has to be mounted in the highest window in the house facing magnetic North. BTW, the compass pts often cited are based upon magnetic North, not true North; i.e. the curved face of the anntenna should point at 350 degrees from Magnetic North.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:40 AM
Kens...tell Robert on Fridays thanks! Can he read the OT and just not post or is he banned from accessing the site all together?
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:41 AM
To Snappy.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:41 AM
M4L, I know you're kidding, but I didn't organize the outing. Bitter and bioch casually mentioned they were going there on yesterday's OT and said everyone was welcome. Sheesh, this President gig ain't all it's cracked up to be. :-)
lechacal, let me know when you're out in my hood drinking. I'm always up for a cocktail, or JD & Coke at least.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:42 AM
what is everyone talking about invited / not invited? no need for any bruised egos, it was on the OT yesterday, clover club at 6:30pm. sillyheads.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:42 AM
Is bitter and/or beoch Latinas and a fairly close age to mine? If the answer is YES, I am not voting for Biff as president in next re-election since I didn't get the memo as well!!!!! Bad job Mr. President, bad job.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:42 AM
Wait, so are Bitter and Beoch attractive, single, straight ladies?
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 10:42 AM
Sad- you gets yer tiara afters yer payz yer doos.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:43 AM
lechacal, sorry we missed you. we shall discuss your affection for juliette binoche another time.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:43 AM
I think the "honeymoon" for the President is over Biff. Wait 'till Helen Thomas starts on you!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:44 AM
i'm not sure about the single part but attractive yes. considering that the last brownstoner party was a big old sausage fest, i think the boys were very happy last night. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:44 AM
Kens - Thanks for the Rob message.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:45 AM
Wait, so are Bitter and Beoch attractive, single, straight ladies?
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 10:42 AM
Who cares?? I'm more interested in the bartender. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:45 AM
Arkady,
thanks. the antenna might work for her then. her apt windows are unobstructed (no trees, bldgs,...) and as I tried to claim unsuccessfully (thx Snark & g10) last time, Clinton Hill is highest elevation in downtown BK.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:46 AM
I just like messing with Biff.
Biff, I was actually thinking of emailing you yesterday to see if you were out but then decided to say home. Had some co-op business nonsense to handle.
Snappy, Rob can read but can't post.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:46 AM
jessi, we are indeed single & str8 (that's for *rob*)
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:46 AM
OK, my ego is not bruised. I was not deliberately not invited to an organized brownstoner event. I failed to pick up on an impromptu gathering.
For the record - don't care how attractive anyone is. As long as I'm going out drinking with strangers it's a little easier for them all to be guys, like our sausage-fest in Williamsburg last Thursday. I don't want to be coming home half in the bag telling my wife about how there were actually a couple of hot chicks there.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 10:47 AM
Biffers is President, not Social Director! See Staffing List from yesterday's OT before you criticize.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:47 AM
Can we get some cute, thick, single lesbians in here? Jeesh!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:47 AM
CG ups - does "sausage fest" refer to what I think it does? (ROTFL)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:48 AM
jessi, correction..single meaning we are not conjoined!
beoch is single, bitter is hitched.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 10:48 AM
LEAVE OUR MIGHTY PRESIDENT ALONE!
There will be no picking on President Champion, by order of the PLUSA Legal Counsel.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:49 AM
bitter...what was the "Siamese" thing that Biff kept referring to then????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:49 AM
Wow- lechacal is intimidated by his wife! :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 10:49 AM
Snappy, aren't you glad to keep your "one of the kind" brownstoner status?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:50 AM
CG_ups, stop ruining the fun of us busting on the PLUSA president. He knows or should know that as president, he might not always get the credit but he most definitely will get the blame when anything goes wrong. I'm his constituent (or however it's spelled) and I have right to bitch to the president I kind-of, sort-of voted for
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:50 AM
Hey Lechacal - you sound like a fellow cocktail snob
you hit up any of the legit cocktail places in manhattan at all?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:51 AM
Any of you losers like Women's basketball? I can get corporate box seats (6 total) for a couple of games in September.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:52 AM
Okay, so Kens and DH will fight over the Beoch. It was Bitter that made the Corky comment so we're in the clear...cage match?
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 10:52 AM
Kens, that only secures my status of 'not gettin' any'!!!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:52 AM
Remember, Biff, THE BUCK STOPS HERE. And I don't want to see you drag cobble or someone down as your "Karl Rove."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 10:52 AM
Kens, did Robert on Fridays say whether his ban was temporary or permanent?
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:52 AM
"6. snappy & cobble happy birthdays!!!!
*robert on fridays*"
Thanks Rob!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 10:53 AM
"Biffers is President, not Social Director! See Staffing List from yesterday's OT before you criticize."
Thank you, Arkady! I realized I must immediately assign a Secretary of Social Gatherings so I can have someone to blame when things go wrong, er, I mean delegate the social planning to.
*Throws another bag of Whine Cabinet positions to Arkady*
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:53 AM
M4L, you did not vote in yesterday's election therefore you don't get to criticize his Biffyness!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:53 AM
Snappy, Rob didn't mention anything. I don't think he knows either way.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 10:54 AM
If the buck is gonna stop anywhere, let it be with me...I'm unemployed :) LOL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 10:54 AM
I like women's basketball. Basketball in general.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 10:54 AM
bxgirl - i think it is! :)
DIBS - there were three bartenders. One is medium height, slim, cute in a preppy boy gone slightly hipstery retro kind of way. Medium brown hair. One was tall and slim, handsome and possibly of southeast asian descent. very tan. the other one is kind of a blur, all i remember is tall and white.
does anyone know if brad still works at Clover Club? short dude with crazy dark brown hair. bordeline emo looking.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:55 AM
Biff, you need to hire ENY now cause you got some PR issues popping up. Make sure it's AMERICAN (vs. Eurotrash) beer you're paying him with.
if President is impeached, who's next in line and/or want to be next in line for the hot sea?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:56 AM
If CarGar would only finish the manual we'd have the cabinet posts to refer to. (Or some PLUSA w/ serious OCD can winnow through yesterday's thread for it.)
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:56 AM
CG ups - do you remember when Guiseppe worked at Clover Club? I think Dave would like him better. (and he's actually gay)
unfortunately he works at dutch kills in LIC now.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 10:57 AM
Kens, yo yo, sign me up for bball.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 10:57 AM
"LEAVE OUR MIGHTY PRESIDENT ALONE!
There will be no picking on President Champion, by order of the PLUSA Legal Counsel."
Thank you Snappy. And feel free to use Air Farce One for your next trip to Park Slope North.
(Psst, can you also please add lechacal, M4L, DIBS and Kens to "the list"?)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 10:58 AM
Um Giuseppe is married to a lady! I've seen her.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 10:59 AM
Biffy was 200!
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 10:59 AM
"4. Mr. B needs to take a chill pill or something."
It's nice to hear from Rob, but I don't think this will help with his reinstatement.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:00 AM
Snappy, as I said, I "kind-of, sort-of" voted for Biff cause I could've easily voted against him. Besides, isn't it norm here to not vote but then bitch? Hello, it's America.
shhh, I would vote for you if we impeach the freaking canadien. cant trust 'em running our organization. we can't have a conflict neutral person heading organization.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:00 AM
DIBS - giuseppe looks like sylar from heroes (the same guy who played spock in the recent star trek redux). cool guy but married to a lady.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 11:01 AM
"Um Giuseppe is married to a lady! I've seen her."
i have a theory - we'll discuss in person.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 11:01 AM
Biffy's Whine Cabinet:
I know present my Official Whine Cabinet:
Secretary of State - CGar
Secretary of the Treasury - Finance Guy
Secretary of Defense - denton
Secretary of Justice - Snappy
Secretary of the Interior - THL
Secretary of Agriculture - anybody by Rob...TBD
Secretary of Commerce - Kens (this is a role that can only be served by a Jewish PLUSA)
Secretary of Labor - DIBS (he can deal with illegal immigrants too)
Secretary of Health and Human Services - The What
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Mr. B
Secretary of Transportation - CG_Ups (she's a cyclist)
Secretary of Energy - cmu
Secretary of Education - sixyearsandcounting
Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Arkady
Secretary of Homeland Security - lechacal
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:01 AM
Biff, I know, BUT he wanted me to relay his message so I did abide to his ruling.
Biff, DIBS, etson and DH...women's bball? We got infinite and M4L so far.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:02 AM
i'm guessing the theory has to do with something green. and something cardlike?
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 11:02 AM
Sylar looks to "white" for me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:03 AM
Oh, no! I don't wanna be President M4L! Too much work :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:04 AM
Snappy, thank you for wading through the 1200+ posts yesterday to dig up my Whine Cabinet:
A few additional ones were:
Secretary of State (Street) - Cobble
Secretary of Wordplay - Arkady
Secretary of Swordplay - DIBS
Secretary of the Posterior - DIBS
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:04 AM
Excuse me- is there no Secretary of Visual Communications and Headwear?????????
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 11:04 AM
DH - My cocktail snobbery pretty much starts and stops with clover club. My manhattan drinking consists of the endless series of cocktail parties and clients drinks and recruiting dinners that get filtered through work.
bxgrl - No, I just have a policy of of not doing things that wouldn't be comfortable telling her about. I don't report every detail of every night I have ever had out, but just for example I wouldn't go to a strip club with friends (which happens on occasion) unless I was perfectly willing to say, when asked, that I had gone to a strip club. Of course it's fine to go out with the brownstoners if there are a couple of attractive ones there. But it's slightly easier - and the married guys can back me up here - if you can go home and report that it was a sausagefest.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 11:05 AM
Snappy, according to that cabinet list, who would I bitch to if I let the prez off on this one?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:06 AM
"Biff, DIBS, etson and DH...women's bball? We got infinite and M4L so far."
Well, I DO almost fit the demographic of the typical WNBA fan seeing as I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:06 AM
I'll pass on the women's basketball. basketball is the only sport i really have no interest in and women, well, some of my best friends are women.
But thanks for the offer.
Call me back when you've got tickets to a Mexican Liga de Futbol game.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:06 AM
Bxgirl, ROFL! She should get that post Biff! And I still demand to be named Surgeon General!!! Oh, and CobbleSnaps Productions is the Official Bangin' Party Planners :)
Aint no party like a CobbleSnaps party cause a CobbleSnaps party don't stop, say whaaaa!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:07 AM
Lechacal - I'll stay away from gatherings if it'll help your domestic bliss...
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 11:08 AM
Arkady, ROFL!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 11:10 AM
Dave, I love watching soccer (futbol for non americans here). Let me know if you ever want to go to a game. We'll have to get tixs though.
The women's bball would be free. Oh well, I don't like it either but figured if enough PLUSAs wanted to go, I would go and pick up the tix from Santa's workshop. NEVER MIND!
I am waiting for hockey season to start. MSG seats are waiting for me ass to warm them.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:11 AM
M4L, complain to Lechacal, if you dare! LOL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:11 AM
Lechacal, exactly. to pass a grilling by wife is a lot easier when you're telling the truth (ie f'ing hard to lie when a little buzzed and then to remember the lie the following morning when one has to pass another grilling but now head pounds a little too). key is rack up brownie pts for the break-out-of-jail outings where it's understood boys will be boys and no repercussions forthcoming.
you single lads taking notes. don't learn via mistakes. take it from the guys who already learned it the hard way (& paid the dues)
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:11 AM
Well that strategy can backfire, lechacal. When I was living in Hong Kong I'd go to Bangkok almost every weekend with a straight friend of mine. We'd head off in different directions after dinner and a few past dinner drinks.
At one point his wife accused him of being gay because he went down there so often with me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:12 AM
"I am waiting for hockey season to start."
NOW you're talking!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:13 AM
OK OK I'm not saying attractive people are unwelcome or that I am only interested in going to gatherings if it's just male brownstoners. sheesh.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 11:13 AM
Snappy, if you didn't notice, I have the "HOT Head" imagine. you think I would be scared by the one with the "intimidating" look? besides, how can I complain to him when he got stiff'd too
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:15 AM
Exactly M4L. You get what I'm saying. Life is just so much easier when you don't have to worry about remember versions of the truth. And let's be honest - no guy wants to go home and admit that he just spent the evening getting drunk with a bunch of hot chicks. Marriage really is an institution that can only be fully understood from the inside.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 11:15 AM
Kens, I would be willing to brawl with anyone who dares to cut me off on the hockey hookup. that is one sport seeing LIVE is tons better than on TV
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:17 AM
"At one point his wife accused him of being gay because he went down there so often with me."
Prior context is very important to a proper understanding of this sentence.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 11:18 AM
Yeah, Lechacal, that's why I got out of mine - all that ugly viscera on the inside.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 11:18 AM
Marriage:
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusional and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal and exhausting conditions continuously until death do them part.
- George Bernard Shaw
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:19 AM
"Aint no party like a CobbleSnaps party cause a CobbleSnaps party don't stop, say whaaaa!"
Say Hayy! [wave arms to the left]
Say OHH! [wave arms to the right]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 11:19 AM
LOL, lechacal
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:20 AM
M4L, those are the breaks :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:20 AM
Rob just emailed me and told me he is going through PLUSA withdrawal. I feel bad for him :o(. I would totally crack and hack my work server to switch over my IP. My second degree in Information Systems would automatically become useful for once.
Biffy, I always take my little brother with me to hockey games cause he is a die hard Rangers fan and hockey in general. If I ever get an extra ticket against Montreal or Toronto, it'll have your name on it.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:20 AM
After yesterday, hitting 500 posts seems anti-climactic.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:20 AM
according to this pace, we aint gonna crack 500 today
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:20 AM
M4L, I'll keep you on my hockey watching buddies roster as ell.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:22 AM
Thanks for the basketball offer. I'm kind of ambivalent on basketball, I'm afraid. If you have the odd unwanted seat let me know and I may come just to hang out.
Posted by: etson at August 28, 2009 11:23 AM
"Rob just emailed me and told me he is going through PLUSA withdrawal."
Could we all post over on Curbed today?
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 11:24 AM
WAIT! Today is not only historic and all-important because it's mine and Cobble's birthdays!
On this day in history:
From History.com
"On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to about 250,000 people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrators--black and white, poor and rich--came together in the nation's capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination.
The peaceful rally was the largest assembly for a redress of grievances that the capital had ever seen, and King was the last speaker. With the statue of Abraham Lincoln--the Great Emancipator--towering behind him, King used the rhetorical talents he had developed as a Baptist preacher to show how, as he put it, the "Negro is still not free." He told of the struggle ahead, stressing the importance of continued action and nonviolent protest. Coming to the end of his prepared text (which, like other speakers that day, he had limited to seven minutes), he was overwhelmed by the moment and launched into an improvised sermon.
He told the hushed crowd, "Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettoes of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair." Continuing, he began the refrain that made the speech one of the best known in U.S. history, second only to Lincoln's 1863 "Gettysburg Address":
"I have a dream," he boomed over the crowd stretching from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument, "that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."
King had used the "I have a dream" theme before, in a handful of stump speeches, but never with the force and effectiveness of that hot August day in Washington. He equated the civil rights movement with the highest and noblest ideals of the American tradition, allowing many to see for the first time the importance and urgency of racial equality. He ended his stirring, 16-minute speech with his vision of the fruit of racial harmony:
"When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:24 AM
Kens, thanks. I wouldn't mind buying tix to a few games this year. Let me know if you're interested.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:24 AM
lechacal, m4l, i'm feeling a little like kryptonite right now.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 11:25 AM
Could we all post over on Curbed today?
haha jessi - thats an awesome idea
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 11:26 AM
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." OW
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:26 AM
Biff, I usually get em for free from the job place (great seats too) so I don't really buy any tix and sometimes I get lucky and get more than 2. In that case I'll keep you and M4L updated and maybe we'll get to catch a game or two.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:27 AM
Arkady: Sorry to hear that.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 11:30 AM
What is this Curbed everyone talking about? I dont like such evil terms and only ventured there once. That was enough for me.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:33 AM
bitter, can't speak for Lechacal but my wife has no issues with me hanging out with pretty ladies. She knows I don't dare pull any stunts (snappy can vouch for the head slapping risk I avoid at all cost). In other words, it would not have been an issue hanging with you and beoch last night
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:34 AM
Oh, for everyone who wanted to see this...Tonight at 11pm the History Channel will be airing the documentary "Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way". Set your dvrs!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:35 AM
if anyone doesn't mind being seen at a knicks game...
they are so frustrating. used to get box seats via work and everyone would just get drunk because it was so depressing. stupid knicks. but i can't bring myself to get behind any other team. Patrick Ewing, you're always in my heart!
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 11:35 AM
Kens, come on over! DH and I are hanging out in the One Hanson Place thread (a link from Brownstoner!)
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 11:35 AM
Hi everyone. Sorry I missed Clover Club. I didn't see your last post, Bitter. After we hit 1000 I ran off to my two hour yoga class.
Yes, I passed up Brownstoner drinks for a yoga class.
I guess that makes me an EMP* PLUSA.
*Even More Pathetic
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 11:40 AM
OK so I just tried to get domain name PLUSA.com or PLUSA.net and make a website just for shits and giggles but BOTH are taken and beign offered at obsene amounts. Did any of you PLUSAs actually buy that domain name. I am left with MYPLUSA.com or THEPLUSA.com!!!!!! WTF!!!!!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:40 AM
CG_ups, I would love to see the knicks. I focus on the young players and day dream how they would work with King james. As bad as they are, I still watch, cheers then cry over them along with my pathetic Mets and Rangers (Kens, you have to agree they've underperformed big vs how good they look on paper entering season the last few seasons).
I occassion bust out some old taped games of the recent glory days of the knicks - ie the thug crew of Ewing, Oakley, Mason, Starks & anthony (almost forgot X man)
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:41 AM
The box seats is what persuaded me...never had box seats to anything before.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 11:42 AM
"Kens, come on over! DH and I are hanging out in the One Hanson Place thread (a link from Brownstoner!)"
Cobble, what does the PLUSA Manual say about PLUSAs spending time on other blogs?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:42 AM
jessi, I don't feel like registering. I'll stick with Brownstoner plus I am off to home in an hour. Gotta go to parent's house and install a TV wall mount and run some cables in the kitchen so mom and dad can watch TV while hanging out in the kitchen.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:43 AM
Jon Starks is the man. I loved that punk. Glory days knicks. sigh. That was a great group, and don't forget Doc Rivers!
Bill Bradley, my second favorite knick of all time (after Patrick Ewing). Terrible public speaker (big handicap for a politican) but such an awesome dude.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 11:44 AM
"Chicken - But text the rest of us - & Rob if you have his email.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 9:46 AM"
I'm taking my laptop so will be stopping by occasionally
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 11:44 AM
Really sorry about what happened to *rob*. He was having an "off the meds" day yesterday, but he didn't deserve to get cut off like that.
This ghettoazzz fellow on the other hand is Hannibal Lecter-level smarmy. His posts are so creepy and slimy that when I encounter them, my fingers start slipping off the keys of the keyboard.
Please bring back *rob* and silence the sockpuppet.
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 11:44 AM
"Cobble, what does the PLUSA Manual say about PLUSAs spending time on other blogs?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:42 AM"
there's another blog out there?
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 11:45 AM
Ok, fine, Kens. But tell Rob about it.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 11:45 AM
Here at The Death Star, employees are offered discounted tickets to monster truck rallies, cock fights and tractor pulls.
Anybody interested?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:45 AM
Kens, you're a good kid.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:46 AM
Dave, speaking of futbol, I have two words for you:
J League.
Oooooh.
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 11:46 AM
chicken, go to Tawan Bar and give a couple hundred Baht to #42 for me, will you?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:46 AM
Biff, I was at a cock fight in The Philippines many years ago. No rewrites necessary....I'll miss them...headed out to lunch meeting now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:47 AM
Biff, as an Asian, sign me up for cock (Chicken) fights
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 11:48 AM
I actually...gasp...went to curbed and posted. I don't know what's happening to me!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:48 AM
"chicken, go to Tawan Bar and give a couple hundred Baht to #42 for me, will you?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:46 AM"
Will do. Who shall I say it's from?
Posted by: the chicken at August 28, 2009 11:50 AM
[digging out from under a pile of sh#$]
CHiller 'n Snappy - many happy returns!
Biff/Dirty/DeLepp/CG - loved meeting y'all last night.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 11:51 AM
WonTon...YES, I am VERY familiar with J League!!!!
Also, there's a "host bar" in Tokyo Shinjuku ni-chome called "J League"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 11:51 AM
Thanks M4L!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 11:52 AM
Dirty - I'm afraid the Corky misunderstanding is all my fault. I said that I used to see him in the elevator at 666 (yep!) Bway where I used to work, not that you looked like him. But I can see where the miscommunication happened. Ummmm.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 11:54 AM
Thanks Brighton!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:56 AM
haha beoch - i know i was just kidding!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 11:57 AM
I was at the Lincoln Memorial that day!
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 12:02 PM
I've been called Porky and Dorky, but never Corky.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 12:02 PM
Damn...the party really slowed down in here!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:02 PM
"haha beoch - i know i was just kidding!"
Dirty, I was hoping that was it, but w/the # of cocktails consumed (with the absinthe kicker), u never know what got through.
3:30. I bow down to you.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 12:02 PM
well, that comment about lechacal and his wife was good for a few posts :-).
Biff? Where's my desk?? Where's my engraved name plate? Notice: I am sending cobble and snaps the new PLUSA logo for their approval. As I set up the layout and design for the manual I will not ask for your personal picture. Instead, biffy, I will insert interpretative portraits (are you catching my drift here?) No pressure.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:05 PM
Oooohhh...an Official PLUSA Logo! I can't wait to see it.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:07 PM
BTW, BHO is still posting today so BHO is not The What. That theory is flawed.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 12:10 PM
I posted the Official PLUSA Logo yesterday. Please stay with the program.
http://tinyurl.com/can3kw
"I will insert interpretative portraits"
Somehow i have a feeling they won't resemble Hugh Jackman or the other dude discussed on the OT yesterday.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 12:11 PM
snaps- check your email.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:12 PM
Sorry, President Biffy, I napped yesterday and missed quite a bit! I do like that logo, but it lacks color! Where are the colors? The flair? And most importantly, the glitter???!!!
http://tinyurl.com/can3kw
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:13 PM
How do I open a 'png' file? What program opens that?
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:14 PM
Sorry biffers- as President you cannot designate the PLUSA logo. Only the yet unconfirmed Secretary of Visual Communication and Headwear can do that. I'll email it to you.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:16 PM
I got it open...that's cute bxgirl!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:20 PM
It works like a jpg- use whatever program you open pictures in. If not let me know and I'll resend. (You can also open it by importing or copy and paste into word (easiest explanation)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:25 PM
Notice the All OT All the Time snaps?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:26 PM
That was my favorite part bxgirl!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 12:27 PM
Look at this guys! Check the comments....
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/28/renderingreality_surprise_ending_on_north_5th_street.php#reader_comments
Posted by: 11217 at August 28, 2009 12:46 PM
Hey Dh:
What's your take on the comment the owner of Otte made in this article in Crains. True? Just bitter...?
WILLIAMSBURG—Trendy little boutique Otte has been holding a closing sale for a while, but it's about to get turned up a notch. Per the store: "In the next 2 weeks we will be clearing out our Brooklyn store completely and offering extreme deals on anything that's left! Currently nothing is over $80 and there are a lot of items in the $10-$20 range. We have select Commes Des Garcons wallets on sale, and Earnest Sewn and Current Elliot jeans for under $50." In an article in Crain's, Otte's owner was pretty blunt about leaving the 'Burg because nobody there has money anymore, so perhaps it's not a surprise that they've settled on Tribeca as their new home. [RackedWire; Crain's]
Posted by: 11217 at August 28, 2009 12:50 PM
""When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 11:24 AM"
Snappy, You're so awesome! This speech brings me to tears EACH and EVERY TIME! [darn you, I'm all choked up!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 12:52 PM
ok, i got permission from biff to let you all know that he very closely resembles A TV STAR!
Adam Gertler on the foodnetwork's Will Work for Food. google away curious masses! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 12:54 PM
Everytime I watch that newsclip I cry too. I get goosebumps watching MLK speak and that speech is still just as powerful today as it was then. I have never stopped feeling his loss to this country.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 12:56 PM
"Cobble, what does the PLUSA Manual say about PLUSAs spending time on other blogs?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 11:42 AM"
Biff et al, According to the PLUSA Manual, chapters 35-37:
PLUSA members may post on other blogs, but only if they use their PLUSA login and are prevented from posting on Brownstoner.
Now, this isn't really definitive and we may have to take it all the way to the PLUSA upreme Court.
Uhm, do we have a PLUSA Supreme Court?? ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 12:56 PM
So The WHAT is on curbed Hanson thread dissing Brownstoner left and right and dissing Rob. he said he's hanging out on Curbed from now on cause he "likes the Manhattan flavor". LMAO!!!!
He can hang out on Curbed all he wants. Dave you can go sparring there for now lol.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 12:58 PM
Watch the guys in the background, the security and his entourage. They're like, "Hmm, this is a pretty good speech..." They totally lose their composure.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 1:00 PM
Biff is better looking that this Gertler character. Don't think they look alike at all. The only comparison is that both are white with dart hair.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 28, 2009 1:00 PM
Ha! The What showed up in the One Hanson Place thread over on Curbed!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 1:01 PM
Cobble, I am the PLUSA Supreme Court :) I'm the self appointed Chief Justice! Cargar, Lechacal, Slopefarm are on the bench as well.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:01 PM
OMG, I just went to look at that on CURBED!
ALERT: ALL PLUSAs: WE'RE TAKING THIS THING GLOBAL!! LOL!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:01 PM
Kens, I have to go check that out! Thanks for the tip.
"ok, i got permission from biff to let you all know that he very closely resembles A TV STAR! Adam Gertler on the foodnetwork's Will Work for Food. google away curious masses! :)"
Not sure I would label a guy on a Food Network show a TV STAR! :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:03 PM
"Biff is better looking that this Gertler character. Don't think they look alike at all. The only comparison is that both are white with dart hair."
I don't have any comment on this. I just wanted to post it again in case anybody missed it. :-)
Thanks Kens!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:05 PM
"Cobble, I am the PLUSA Supreme Court "
Oh! RIght! Sorry 'bout that Snappy.
Uhm, so how do you Supreme Justices rule? I mean I know you rule, but how about on this delicate matter?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:05 PM
Biff, you're better looking than that Gertler character.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 1:05 PM
Ouch. Just Googled Adam Gertler and think I don't look at all like the pix that came up. CG_Ups, just how many drinks did you have last night! You sure you remember what any of us look like? :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:07 PM
gertler's not dreamy? tough crowd! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 1:07 PM
Cobble, the PLUSA Supreme Court's official ruling on this is that posting on curbed is ok for as long as Rob is banned. When Rob returns, posting on curbed will no longer be allowed.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:07 PM
Agree, Biff is better looking. There is something a little Adam Carolla about you, though. ; )
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 1:08 PM
jessibaby, have I told you lately that I love you?
You're in line for the PLUSA Medal of Honour.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:09 PM
Oh, Jessi is on the PLUSA Supreme Court as well.
Have I left out any other PLUSA lawyers?
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:10 PM
"Cobble, the PLUSA Supreme Court's official ruling on this is that posting on curbed is ok for as long as Rob is banned. When Rob returns, posting on curbed will no longer be allowed.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**"
As the fifth justice (you do need an odd number, btw) I agree 100%!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 1:12 PM
"Cobble, the PLUSA Supreme Court's official ruling on this is that posting on curbed is ok for as long as Rob is banned. When Rob returns, posting on curbed will no longer be allowed.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**"
Posted by: The PLUSA Supreme Court at August 28, 2009 1:07 PM
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, The Court has ruled!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:12 PM
Cobble, What says happy birthday!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:13 PM
Adam Carolla??
This is going from bad to worse!
I just looked at Curbed. That site blows. The only thread with any comments is the one from PLUSAs who went over to say hi to Rob. Pretty funny avatars and comments from jessi, Rob, et.al.
The What might get banned from two different blogs on two different days after he just insulted Curbed over there!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:14 PM
You all need to see Lechacal's avatar on curbed! Too funny!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:15 PM
Yes, the What is going for a doubleheader on the banning thing!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:16 PM
"The What
"It's mine and Cobble's birthday, ya know. Shall I pass on birthday wishes to her from you?"
Happy Birthday ISNH and Cobblehiller! Maybe you can strip in front of a web cam!
Please post the URL, Thanks!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..."
I don't know about you Snappy, but I have mixed feelings about those birthday wishes!
Well, actually, it's kind of in line with the 1-800-PLUSA-HO thing from the other day!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:17 PM
I think robert on fridays still needs a bit of a time out. He's still posting the same stuff he did on the Sunset Park High School thread- and frankly, it was offensive and unnecessary. But I do think banning him for his photo comments was ridiculous.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 1:19 PM
LOL Cobble! And watch out with posting What's exact words...you may be next to get the axe from Mr. B!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:21 PM
lechacal- thought you were navy? Isn't that a Marine Sergeant avatar?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 1:23 PM
What has created his own blog! I won't post the link, but you can find it if you go to curbed.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:24 PM
Yes, Curbed totally sucks. The comments are like teeny tiny and all the ads clutter up everything. Dave remarked once most blogs have formatting that really, really stinks; man is that ever true.
There's a reason why Brownstoner gets all the press. He earns it.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 1:24 PM
OMG, Biff does look a bit like Adam Gertler (though I wouldn't advertise that, Biff. I think AG is a bit of a tool.).
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 1:25 PM
Maybe all that's true but I bet Curbed gets to raise his ad rates after he's swamped w/ all the PLUSA input today.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 1:26 PM
bxgrl - yeah, but that's just because snappy thought I was a Marine, and also because that is one of the best military characters in any film ever.
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 1:27 PM
"What has created his own blog!"
ROFL!! That's so great!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:29 PM
"OMG, Biff does look a bit like Adam Gertler (though I wouldn't advertise that, Biff. I think AG is a bit of a tool.)."
I think I might have to reconsider my comment earlier regarding bitter and beoch.
"Our two newest female PLUSAs are quite the lookers."
Hmmm, maybe I can think of a different word that rhymes with "lookers". KIDDING!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:29 PM
bxgrl - He also did it 'cause marines hook more babes.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 1:30 PM
I think 1-800-PLUSA-09 is funnier...it sounds like a real number.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 1:30 PM
Never thought I'd hear a Navy man say that about a Marine! :-)
I can't see the picture clearly- what movie?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 1:31 PM
"you may be next to get the axe from Mr. B!"
OMG!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:31 PM
Biff, just to clarify, I remember AG from the FN - did not google pics now, which I gather are not flattering.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 1:32 PM
OMG...I just looked over at Curbed. This stuff is really getting out of hand....and funny!!
I LOVE "The What"'s avatar! Snappy, yours is VERY cute, too! I LIKE it!
I need to do some work!
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 1:33 PM
Biff,
[back pedaling] What I meant to say was that you bear a startling resemblence to Hugh Jackman.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 1:36 PM
Ok, beoch, you get a pass. And of course when I said "maybe I can think of a different word that rhymes with "lookers".", I was thinking of "cookers"!
I have lost all hope of doing any work today at The Death Star. One blog was enough to waste my whole day, now I have not one but THREE blogs open on my computer!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:37 PM
My avatar is my inner child :) Mr. B needs to bring the ability to have avatars on this site. Just think how much quicker we could identify who is saying something just by seeing the little pic.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:37 PM
Biff, LOL...I'm having trouble keeping up with two browser windows open in firefox and having safari open just so I can post on What's new blog! This is insane!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:39 PM
How funny. Rob and CGar have people here posting on their behalf and I'm going to have to have people post on What's blog on my behalf because I can't use a different browser at The Death Star.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:40 PM
We've officially ALL lost our minds.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:42 PM
We are really living up to the Pathetic part of our club name today! I don't know whether to fly a PLUSA flag with pride or hang my head in shame!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:43 PM
bxgrl - Full Metal Jacket.
Marine: Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential
Posted by: lechacal at August 28, 2009 1:44 PM
The What's blog is seriously funny!!
"Yeah I have a Blog now and I'm going to take over the world...Muhahahahah!!!!"
I am dying laughing...every bit of it is sheer comedy!
asshathill.blogspot.com
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 1:44 PM
At least now I know I have other options if I ever decide to commit Brownstoner blogicide.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:44 PM
Wait 'til Dave comes back, I can't wait to see his reaction.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 1:46 PM
I've heard before that fidgeting can burn some calories. How many calories can a PLUSA burn while typing furiously on 3 different blogs? Enough to justify a luscious meal and a few beers? Maybe? :)
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:48 PM
We are now a free floating band of asshats, we can move anywhere at a moment's notice!
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with 3 browser windows open! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:48 PM
Dave is gonna love this sh!t!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:48 PM
Dave should be back soon. I think the hourly rooms in Manhattan have a two hour time limit.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:51 PM
Poor ENY...he's over on curbed watching all this unfold and all he can manage to say is "unbeliveable"!!! ROFL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:52 PM
I can't believe it either.
[And I have to leave now for a few hours, DAMN IT! Back at 5.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 1:54 PM
I kinda feel like I'm cheating on Mr. B or something, but this is all just too damned funny and entertaining.
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:55 PM
So much for Rob's new-found heterosexuality. His avatar on Curbed is something I would expect to see from a 14 year-old Jonas Brothers fan.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 1:55 PM
This is getting so meta. My brain hurts. I'm sticking to bstoner, so post back if anything exciting happens on all the other blogs.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 1:57 PM
Full Metal jacket- you're right about the character. I thought the movie was totally disturbing and powerful and I honestly didn't know what to feel about it except to say we expect a hell of a lot from our soldiers and don't do nearly enough to help them. It was a brutal watch, though. Don't think I could see it again.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 1:57 PM
The What's blog profile lists his interests as:
"Spending dollars at strip clubs! I support single mothers!"
Posted by: Capital PLUSA at August 28, 2009 1:57 PM
Biff, cut him some slack...he's still learning! LOL
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:58 PM
Snappy, now you'll have THREE chances to hit 500!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 1:59 PM
Has anyone alerted BHO and BO that their buddy is now running his own show?
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 1:59 PM
LOL Bitter! I can't possibly keep up.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:01 PM
"Snappy, now you'll have THREE chances to hit 500!"
Fat chance. I bet all the comments on all the threads on Curbed added up don't hit triple digits. And that includes all the PLUSA posts over there.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:03 PM
"Poor ENY...he's over on curbed watching all this unfold and all he can manage to say is "unbeliveable"!!! ROFL"
What can I say? I'm stunned!
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 2:04 PM
"Journey" is playing outside my window. I am defintely a PLUSA for going to check it out.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 2:05 PM
Very true Biff. But someone has just challenged Lechacal on his 'mouthbreathers' statement re curbed posters. If he takes the bait, this could get interesting.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:05 PM
Lechacal, get back to curbed. We're about to have our first Brownstoner vs. Curbed dust up!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 2:07 PM
I'm totally developing eye strain over this nonsense!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:09 PM
"Lechacal, get back to curbed. We're about to have our first Brownstoner vs. Curbed dust up!"
My money is on lechacal. He is one eloquent and persuasive dude.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:11 PM
"I'm totally developing eye strain over this nonsense!"
It's not doing much for my hangover either, I dare say.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:11 PM
I don't know how eloquent his response would be considering that the person called him a mouthbreather! I predict curses!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:14 PM
you know what's good for a hangover?
pinot noir lunch
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 2:15 PM
Now I can't get on to blogspot at all to see The What's blog. Oh well, at least I have a shot at getting a few things done around here today.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:18 PM
Bxgirl's post on What's Blog:
"So I hear you're going to give MM a column to write: Gentrification Skittles, a politically unsafe look at ridding Brooklyn neighborhoods of hipsters. ;-)
I like it!"
ROFL!!!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:18 PM
dirty cork, you're still drinking!?
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 2:18 PM
"dirty cork, you're still drinking!?"
I only had 2 glasses - so it wasn't a binge ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 2:20 PM
What must be laughing. I'm still trying to figure out why brownstoner banned them for those particular comments. As said before, they've all said much worse in the past.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 2:24 PM
Bxgirl, I have a feeling (unconfirmed of course) that perhaps Jscheff and/or others complained about the statements against him or the pictures and Mr. B. got fed up and didn't want to deal with it while on vaca and just decided to boot em all out off frustration.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:26 PM
bxgrl, this blog is a business. if Jon feels traffic is off and thinks its their banning, he would restore 'em. If traffic holds, then who knows.
I can see DIBS going berserk looking for a good adversary to exchange with
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 2:28 PM
Coup d'etat always do happen when the leader is out of the country.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 2:29 PM
Yeah, I agree w/ Snappy. Although they've said worse to Mr. B himself. Maybe he was just putting them on notice before he goes to Hawaii & they'll be allowed back on Monday - presumably more subdued (but that is unlikely - esp. given all the traffic on Curbed & What's new blog.)
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:29 PM
Maybe we need another big gathering soon and if Jon shows up, suggest Rob buy Jon a drink to smooth things over
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 2:30 PM
I hate curbed- I won't register for an account there but What's blog is fun!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 2:32 PM
Anyone see this bit of hysteria on curbed? ROTFL
NYC-Themed Hotel Opening in...NYC —
The Hotel Hell of West 40th Street is getting a whole lot weirder: HotelChatter has the details on the Distrikt Hotel opening in the fall, "with floors representing 10 different neighborhoods or districts beginning with a Central Park living wall in the lobby and renderings of Manhattan's grid around the elevators." Finally we can spend a night on the Upper East Side without having to go there. [HotelChatter via Real Deal]
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 2:34 PM
I honestly think it's Mr. B's right to have the final say on who gets booted and why, but I really hope that Rob is simply on a time out and not permanently banned. That I wouldn't agree with at all. But, again, this is Mr. B's house and his toys we are playing with. True, without all of our clicks, the house and toys lose some value, but still. Our protesting may not do anything as he can't allow himself to be bullied by us and our desires. Argh...I just don't know.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:35 PM
Oy! I don't wanna go to the UES for real or virtually!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:36 PM
Did I miss anything????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 2:36 PM
Where's Dibs?
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:37 PM
Very funny Dave, now get your narrow @ss over to What's blog!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:38 PM
Yeah, Dibs. The What has a blog:
asshathill.blogspot.com
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:38 PM
I still can't post on What's blog. I feel so strange being a lurker.
"Coup d'etat always do happen when the leader is out of the country."
Note to self: don't log off while PLUSAs are still posting on Brownstoner...
Someone just registered as "Sausagefest" on Curbed with an avatar of the Oscar Meyer car. AWESOME!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:39 PM
"Yeah, Dibs. The What has a blog:"
*buying a giant tub-o-popcorn and Diet Coke*
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:41 PM
Ok, I'm down to two blogs (closed up Curbed).
CGar has requested if anyone can think of any indoor activities (g-rated) for his friends and their neices.
I said Ellis Island, musuems, Top of the Rock, Broadway Show.
Any other ideas?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:45 PM
I still recommend laser tag in times square.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:46 PM
MTA museum, FAO, Dylan's Candy Bar
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 2:47 PM
thought laser tag in times square closed. there's a dave n busters somewhere in the city, though.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 2:48 PM
Bowling!
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 2:48 PM
I like Natural History Museum w/ kids.
Boating in Central Park. Merry-go-round depending on their ages.
Staten Isl Ferry - nice ride, see the Statue.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:49 PM
Ah, yes! bowling! I love to bowl. Wonder if they rent a single shoe? :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:50 PM
I got a dull thud w/ MTA - boys 5 & 10.
Bklyn Children's Museum - again depending on age.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:51 PM
Oooooh, I always love the Guggenheim and then tea and linzer torte at Cafe Zabarsky afterwards. Heavenly! (sub any museum of your choice, including the Neue Galerie, which also houses Cafe Zabarsky).
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 2:52 PM
"CGar has requested if anyone can think of any indoor activities"
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:45 PM
"Boating in Central Park."
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:49 PM
Did they put an indoor lake in Central Park? :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:54 PM
We need a PLUSA bowling night. Melody lanes does an all you can bowl from midnight to I think 2 or 3 am one night a week.
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:54 PM
Arkady, every boy needs an NYC MTA subway map shower curtain.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 2:55 PM
Well, the carousel is sort of indoors, as is the Ferry.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:55 PM
Thanks, passing on all your suggestions to CGar.
bitter and beoch, when are we going out in the hood again? we can round up Cobble, jessi, CG_Ups and other non-hood gamer types like DIBS, Corky, Kens et. al.
Email me at biff dot champion at yahoo dot com if you're planning anything spontaneous over the weekend and I can tell the others.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:56 PM
Excuse me Biffy, the rest of us aren't invited??? Ahem!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:57 PM
holy gravy, you mean to START bowling at midnight?!? :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 2:58 PM
I'm on vacation the next two weeks.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 2:58 PM
On What's blog where a comment was:
"This post has been removed by a blog administrator."
What is censoring comments? Oh, the irony.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:59 PM
Yup, CG! Fun fun fun! Of course I would have to take an afternoon nap first to be able to stay up that late :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 2:59 PM
No Rob, No Dave, No What. This site is gonna suffer for a while!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:00 PM
"Excuse me Biffy, the rest of us aren't invited??? Ahem!"
I still cannot believe this is from the same PLUSA who we had to beg to attend her first gathering.
Of course you are invited. I was just contemplating if it's last minute and in the hood and after hours or the weekend.
Funny that the two disabled PLUSAs want to go bowling!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:01 PM
yeah, yesterday's 1000 + day may end up being the record for a while.
I, too, will be returning soon to Hong Kong.
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 3:02 PM
:) Even if I can't make it, I like to be invited...makes a PLUSA feel luved! And yes, I wanna go bowling! CG, which foot is messed up for you? My left foot is effed up...if your right foot is messed up we can save money and rent only one pair of shoes! LOL
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:04 PM
bowling in those boots you definitely get better traction.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 3:04 PM
i'll be out of commission sat and sun but will be around later tonight after dinner at marlow - holla at me if anything is up
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 3:04 PM
Wonton, you are leaving us too? What's with all the PLUSAs jumping ship??
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:04 PM
rats, my left foot is effed too. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 3:05 PM
Those boots were made for bowling...
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:06 PM
Darn! So much for renting only one pair of shoes between us. It would have been a great thing though :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:07 PM
I'll probably post from over there from time to time. But the time difference is 12 hours, so I won't be quite in synch with the rest of you PLUSAs.
OTOH, I can post some Hong Kong "COTD" in case any of you all are interested in taking your real estate money offshore.
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 3:07 PM
Ha! Someone called HippyRenterBicycleMan over on Curbed just wrote this in the One Hanson thread:
This is like the geekiest party I've ever been to.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 3:09 PM
My left ear is effed up ! (At least more than the right, which is also well effed up).
Oh oh! And my surgery last year was on my left foot!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 3:09 PM
I'd love to see Hong Kong COTDs!
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:09 PM
Hey Biff, brighton and I just got our Halloween costume idea from you!
http://www.fashionfollower.com/threescompany.asp
I am rockin' the side pony today, too.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 3:09 PM
"This is like the geekiest party I've ever been to."
Damn, just imagine if he saw yesterday's OT!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:11 PM
bitter, as a show of appreciation, you have to let me be the Mr. Furley to your Chrissie.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:12 PM
Biff,
Bitter Half and I will keep you posted on any impromptu cocktail [read in here: Jack & DC] sessions over the weekend and you do the same.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:13 PM
Done. Who'll be Larry?
Posted by: bitter retort at August 28, 2009 3:14 PM
I'm not a techie. Can The What see IP addresses of the people who post on his blog and is there any way one could trace an IP address to a specific computer to get info on the poster? I'm not at all suggesting The What would do this himself. It's more of a general question I thought of when I first saw his blog.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:16 PM
dunno what you're talking about but i like the name larry
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 3:16 PM
Oh Crap. Biff, thanks alot for giving me an effing heart attack. YIKES!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:17 PM
Biff, we await your State of the Blog Union address.
Posted by: Capital PLUSA at August 28, 2009 3:18 PM
Dirty Fashionista -
Bitter Half and I are sneaking out early to see the 4:50 showing of The September Issue at Landmark on East Houston. We'll save you a couple of cans of Colt 45 to top off the pinots . . . not sure if they sell PBR in that nabe. Of course, this invite is open to everyone.
That's all.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:18 PM
I know it is taking artistic license but can we work a Corky guest appearance on an episode?
beoch, let's try to meet up at some point - even if it's an afternoon margarita. I'll alert the others if we end up doing it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:19 PM
I hear you Biff, brings new meaning to the term "blackmail."
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 3:19 PM
I don't think you can trace IP addresses back to individual computers.
But if you are posting from work, oftentimes, the IP address will reveal the company name.
Posted by: WonTon at August 28, 2009 3:19 PM
Phew, WonTon. What a relief ;)
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 3:22 PM
Biff, I had a blog on Blogspot for three years, Blogger itself has no IP tracking but if he installs a hit counter, then yes.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 3:22 PM
A friend of mine does a blogspot & can't get any info. Mind you, he's not terribly tech savvy.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 3:23 PM
"Oh Crap. Biff, thanks alot for giving me an effing heart attack. YIKES!"
Snappy, for all his ranting, I wouldn't be too concerned about The What. I don't think he's really a nutjob. It was really more of a general question.
"Biff, we await your State of the Blog Union address."
Capital PLUSA, I'll (meaning Arkady) will put that together very soon.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:24 PM
too late to worry now. you guys already posted there. can't be undone so chill.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 3:25 PM
Funniest thing about The What is how he never breaks character...I fell over laughing when I saw the "nametag" and his avatar on Curbed is hilarious. He actually takes the time to redo the whole persona!
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 3:25 PM
Time for me to put up my foot and get my b'day celebration started (ie...cans of bud light and a movie!) See you all Monday :)
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 3:26 PM
Rob's email thru K @10:38 states:
1. sorry for referring to children as crotchfruit. ENY (or maybe denton?) claimed that in the past i specifically called posters' childrens that term. that is not the case. ive only used that term in the general sense referring to children. but if it offends people, sorry.
Yes, I claimed that. And you are lying. Proof is below.
Rob, you spew out so much sh*t that you can't keep track of it all. Below pls find your message to cmu on 6/12, in the bike thread. The reason I have this text is that I copied it and sent it to Mr. B in complaint. The only time I have ever done so.
""cmu. u are barking up the wrong tree. i grew up feral for the most part and took the bus to port authority from jersey to nyc from when i was 9 years old. (that would be the year 1986).
i do think it's lame when parents dump their kids on their bikes as fashion accessories and or political statements, which i see ALL the time in park slope. these same parents wont even let their kids eat peanuts.
beleive me dude, i grew up much more hardcore than you or your crotchfruit ever will."
Sound familiar? I find the term offensive. Stop using it. I agree what you said in the Carlton Mews thread was not up to the banning level, but you compensated for it elsewhere. I hope Mr. B lets you back when he comes back from vacation, but probably he doesn't need the aggravation meanwhile.
Who knows what this Schiff's guy relationship is to Mr. B. Could be closer than anyone knows.
I hope he brings back the What. At least he has a point of view and is funny most of the time.
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Posted by: denton at August 28, 2009 3:28 PM
Bye, Snappy. Have a great birthday!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 3:28 PM
I have a Blogspot blog and a counter and yes, you can. It's limited though. You'd have to match the specific post time to the address blah, blah, blah. It's not the simplest thing in the world.
Let's just say I got into a pretty vicious argument here and almost immediately after I had an "Annoymous Poster" who spewed vile comments at me on my blog for a little while. My husband the techie guy was able to figure it out and find out exactly who it was.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:29 PM
cool beyoch - holla at me at dipster11211 at gmail.com if either of you have a blackberry i'll be somewhere near work grabbin some booze
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 3:29 PM
When does school start back?
I really can't stand this little pansy's crying any more.
Neighbor's kid who fake cry/whines about EVERYTHING!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:30 PM
Happy Birthday to Snappetta and Cobble!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:33 PM
"My husband the techie guy was able to figure it out and find out exactly who it was."
Whoa. The moral is be careful what and where you post!
Thanks for the info, THL.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:33 PM
"My husband the techie guy was able to figure it out and find out exactly who it was."
Oy vey.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:35 PM
"CGar has requested if anyone can think of any indoor activities"
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 2:45 PM
"Boating in Central Park."
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 2:49 PM
Did they put an indoor lake in Central Park? :-)"
No Biff, haven't you been in the submarine tho?
BTW I was in the Museum of Natural History today, which I hadn't been in quite a while. What a zoo!
Posted by: denton at August 28, 2009 3:35 PM
THL, who was it? Anyone you knew?
Posted by: Capital PLUSA at August 28, 2009 3:37 PM
if he shows up at your work place, home,.., just bust out a smile and say "Hiya, WHAT brings you here on this lovely day?"
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 3:37 PM
denton, I've been in a submarine, but not in NYC.
Museum of Natural History is one of The Champettes favourite places but I can imagine it's packed these days.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:38 PM
me too - hi.infinitejester at gmail
saturday anyone interested in meeting up?
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 3:39 PM
Interesting. If What figures out the name of my firm that's what he'll have, the name and the address. We don't have a website with any more than that.
At that point I'll actually be able to post for everyone what our investment performance is. I suspect we will then get inquiries to accept money.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 3:41 PM
I'd never tell but yes, I knew who it was.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:41 PM
I went on a date. I blogged about how rude she was. I noticed someone had searched for my name and found my blog from the place where she told me her friend worked. She emailed me to go out again, saying she'd not do the rude thing she did before.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 3:43 PM
Biff, are the Champette's boys or girl's and what age range? Just asking because I was considering taking my goddaughter there and I didn't know if it'd interest her (as much as it does me).
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:45 PM
THL, the better question is whether you'll whoop ass when you do come face to face with the person. btw, I put my $$$ on you in a throw-down
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 3:45 PM
beoch, I'm going out tonight in East Village and not available until later. Are you expecting a late night or do you think you two will pack it in more on the early side?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:45 PM
I asked Mr. B at Rope & he said he can't track info.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 3:47 PM
THL, how old is your goddaughter? I find kids of all ages love that museum.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:49 PM
Arkady, were you expecting a diff answer than that when you asked the question?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 3:49 PM
"I asked Mr. B at Rope & he said he can't track info."
Sounds like THL's other half is more computer savvy.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:50 PM
"I asked Mr. B at Rope & he said he can't track info."
I'd be skeptical. I'm just saying.
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 3:50 PM
Biff - With a few Colt 45s in us, who can say. Will let you know.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:52 PM
I see nobody posted on What's blog after I posed the question above. I hope I didn't C-block him (C-blog him?). I really didn't mean to do that whatsoever.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:52 PM
OK, beoches. I'm outa here.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:53 PM
later biatch
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 3:55 PM
Ok, beoch. It's probably a long shot on my end tonight anyway (re-write). If not tonight, another time. Email me if you're up for it.
jester, re: tomorrow. It's possible. I am waiting to hear from a couple of people. Email me either way about your plans tomorrow.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:56 PM
Electonric trace evidence is everywhere (hey I see enough TV shows to know that) so it's a matter of does someone have the skillz and/or the desire to track & trace.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 3:56 PM
Have you all been following the State of New Jersey's plight to keep Muammar Qaddafi from inhabiting his own house when he's at the UN??
Qaddafi actually wants to pitch a tent on the property while he's here because he always lives in a tent when he travels.
Of course it's all about the Lockerbie bomber's release.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 3:56 PM
Bravenet hit counters are free and easily added to the HTML source code in blogs. They show "referrals" from the website which the pageviewer clicked to get to your site. You can resolve the data to show either IP addresses or the names of the networks.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 3:56 PM
Biff, she's 7.
Regarding the tracking. It honestly wasn't the simplest thing to do. He worked on it for a little while and I never would just ask him to do it for the heck of it. That's ridiculous. This was an extenuating circumstances situation. I had a suspicion who t was and he was able to confirm it for me.
Mr. B has the IP's so yes, he could if he really determined to do so but, I suppose he's got bigger fish to fry.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 3:56 PM
l8r corky
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 28, 2009 3:57 PM
THL, she will absolutely love it. 7 is a great age to go there. Go straight to the fourth floor to start and wow her with the dinosaurs. Have fun!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 3:59 PM
Biff, I am celebrating a bit so am going out no matter what. I promise you that email my good man!
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 4:00 PM
Thanks Biff!!
She's getting to that 'I'm SO cool' stage and anything that's not Hannah Montana glittery and sparkly seems to fall flat with her jaded little 7 year old heart.
You're right though, a giant dinasaur could so totally kick Hannah's butt.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 4:02 PM
THL, also remember to go to the lowest level where they have the giant whale suspended from the ceiling. That's another "WOW"-inducing sight for sure. Even for the most jaded 7 year old Hannah Montana fan.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:05 PM
The whale!! That's right. He has major wow factor indeed!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 28, 2009 4:08 PM
"You're right though, a giant dinasaur could so totally kick Hannah's butt."
Don't let Rob hear you say that.
Posted by: East New York at August 28, 2009 4:08 PM
Biff, give some credit to the giant Octopus too. or am I thinking of something else with a whale and octopus?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:08 PM
Biff, get this. My friend's sister is looking to move to BK Heights and she heard that it wasn't safe north of Orange Street.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 4:09 PM
M4L, you're right. There is a display on the lower level with a giant squid battling another sea creature (forgot what it is though)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:11 PM
JB, everyone knows the Fruity streets are iffy - some are sweet and some are sour
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:14 PM
jessi, where the heck is she from, Antarctica? Unless she is considering the Bronx as north of Orange Street.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:14 PM
The giant whale is one of my favorite things in NY. It rules.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:16 PM
Cranberry is ghetto - there's wilding bunches of elderly women in low-rider jazzy scooters
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 4:16 PM
biff is 500
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:18 PM
The jewel (rock) display is always a hit w/ little girls & I think they've got a frog exhibit still - they're really magic!
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 4:18 PM
500?????
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:18 PM
500!!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:18 PM
DH, LOL.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 28, 2009 4:19 PM
500 is nothing these days.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 4:20 PM
Arkady was 500 actually. Ok, only 700 to go to match yesterday.
Arkady, good call. THL, take her to the Hall of Gems and Minerals (called something like that). A bit off the beaten path. There is also a beautiful sitting area in the Japanese section with a koi pond. The Champettes like it there too.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:21 PM
Biff, you're making me look bad. you're missed the x00th post the last 2 times where I predicted it would be you. come on man!!
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:21 PM
Arkady you are Zen.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 4:22 PM
7yr old girl might like the American Girl store? They have some cafe and it's supposed to be heaven for girls around that age. It's exactly the nightmare-ish place my mom would've dragged my 7yr old butt. Ugh. Shudder.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:22 PM
DIBS, normalized for post banning + aug month + Fri + a few PLUSA chkg out early for b'day's,..., it's still worth something
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:22 PM
The American Girl store: I cannot think of one single place in New York I would hate being at more than there.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:24 PM
OK...headed to pennStation...back once i board the train
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 4:25 PM
Am Girl is incredibly expensive & sometimes you have to book for it. It's mega-depressing for adults - awful Disney-fied supposed culture but really a BeanyBaby consumption thing.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 4:25 PM
DH, that would be the Fruity Street Security patrol you're referring to - they not too receptive to young hipsters strolling or loitering their streets
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:26 PM
Jester - More Dionesian, really.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 4:27 PM
I once took a niece to Am Girl Store. By the time we left I felt like French kissing a 22 millimeter.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:28 PM
hmmm. i want chicken and waffles from buttermilk channel. on one hand, it's friday night so that would mean it would be packed. on the other hand, it's the second to last real weekend of summer so everyone is out of town. hmmmm....?!?!?
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:30 PM
Yipes! Dionysian.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 4:30 PM
CG_ups, cant you call them to ask about crowd size b4 you show up?
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:32 PM
Abnormal number of cars on my block for summer weekend - poor weather forecast keeping people at home.
Posted by: Arkady at August 28, 2009 4:32 PM
good point arkady. ok, i will chicken and waffle myself one night next week.
m4l, restaurants always want you to come in anyway. oh we'll squeeze you in somewhere crap, then make you wait 2 hours for a table hoping you'll just stick around.
10 minutes to departure time. to this week : kiss my a**!
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:35 PM
anyone been to watty and meg recently? have they ironed out early opening problems?
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:36 PM
" then make you wait 2 hours for a table hoping you'll just stick around."
sounds like every visit to Diner/Marlow I've ever had.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 4:38 PM
CG_ups, true true on what they say. I usually pay attention to people's tone and for any hesitation. call them about something else (ie store hours) then hit them with the crowd size. if the person hesitates, then the answer is probably a lie. but if next wk is an option, that works too cause more people are off that week than this week.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:41 PM
DH, next time you should tell them - "you know who I am?!! I'm Corky man. You know from that show on TV"
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:44 PM
oooh, you're so sneaky! haha
Posted by: CG_ups at August 28, 2009 4:44 PM
haha m4l !!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 4:46 PM
CG_ups, not sneaky but observant
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 4:47 PM
Uh oh, somebody is in trouble!
From cnn.com: Coroner rules Jackson's death a homicide
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:49 PM
Ok, all - have a great weekend.
DH and jester, we'll keep in contact re: drinks.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 28, 2009 4:51 PM
cg, buttermilk was only about half full last night.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 28, 2009 4:57 PM
Hello Asshats.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 5:02 PM
Back so soon, dibs?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 5:07 PM
Happy birthday to Cobble and Snappy.
Happy weekend to all.
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 28, 2009 5:11 PM
7 yo's will do fine at the Museum. The wildlife dioramas are awesome! There was about 10,000 7 yo's there today, all having a great time.
American Girl's, yuck. Is feminism dead here?
Posted by: denton at August 28, 2009 5:12 PM
On the train, bxgrl. Away on vacation the next two weeks so if you see me on here, it's probably raining. LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 5:18 PM
> Away on vacation the next two weeks
No DIBS, no rob, no What?
Who am I going to tussle with?
Rather, with whom am I going to tussle?
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 28, 2009 5:24 PM
outta here. back Tues
bxgrl, I'll see you / MM tomorrow.
Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 5:26 PM
you suck snark.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 5:27 PM
Have a great one dave. We'll email if we have any news.
"American Girl's, yuck. Is feminism dead here? "-denton
Hell no!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 5:28 PM
Let us know when, M4L.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 28, 2009 5:29 PM
you suck snark.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 28, 2009 5:27 PM
Who does???
A hipster lifestyle is not an excuse for imperfect punctuation.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 5:35 PM
Dave, have fun. Forget us.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 28, 2009 5:37 PM
Thanks for trying, DH, but I can tell your heart ain't in it. Have fun, DIBS. Is this you P-town vacation?
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 28, 2009 5:41 PM
Only 543—LOSERS! [running and hiding...]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 5:44 PM
Yes, Snark.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 5:46 PM
Cobble, go enjoy your birthday! :)
Happy weekend all and thanks to Snarky and THL for the birthday wishes!
Smoohces!
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 5:56 PM
Enjoy. I'm outta here.
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 28, 2009 5:57 PM
Thanks Snappy! You too!
I just tried to post a note to thank everyone for the birthday wishes, but it didn't post?? I thought maybe I'd been blocked!! LOL!
Thanks everyone!
And DIBS, have a great relaxing sun-filled vacation!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 28, 2009 6:02 PM
See, Cobble! I warned you about posting exact quotes from the What!! LOL
**Bring Back Robert on Fridays**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 28, 2009 6:08 PM
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