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October 12, 2009
Columbus Day Open Thread
We're on a school calendar around here so no posts today. For those of you trapped at your desk today, though, feel free to amuse yourselves in the open thread. 'Til tomorrow then...
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The cats away...
Posted by: IMBY at October 12, 2009 9:09 AM
Am I the only extra-pathetic PLUSA having to work today? And I've just had to listen to 45 mins of screaming girls and some twit called JustIn Beiber outside my office window. What a start to the week.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 9:10 AM
The Second Annual End of the World Party for Friends of Brownstoner will be held Thursday, October 15 at Union Hall in Park Slope.
The gathering starts at 6pm. From 7pm on, we will have our own dedicated space at the back of the bar. Hope to see you there!
Below are directions to the venue and the website for Union Hall:
Directions
http://tinyurl.com/ybvkfd5
Website
http://www.unionhallny.com/home.php
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 9:12 AM
And no ditto, I'm also here plugging away.
Or at least keeping my seat warm.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 9:12 AM
Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 9:17 AM
Good morning everyone!
BTW, back to a topic from last week; i read this morning in AM New York that Ghandi oddly never won a Nobel Peace Prize. Pretty hard to believe...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:18 AM
Giants WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
I'll leave the other team's victory to ENY to scream out
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:18 AM
Hey Biff, did you go last year? It would be pretty strange to meet anyone I knew exclusively from a message board much less all of you mofos!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:20 AM
Cat representatives are here...
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 9:22 AM
I'm here. Stock market is open. Posting from my laptop as my office desktop has some worm, virus or trojan horse!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 9:22 AM
Joe, come out to meet us! We can share some Gravesend memories with Benson.
Loser here working on Columbus day checking in.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 9:24 AM
im working today. im glad. our company laid people off on friday :( that wasn't supposed to happen. if i got laid off i'd give it 2-3 weeks MAX before being literally homeless.
and i think i have lung cancer but im afraid to go to the doctor.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 9:25 AM
Why was there layoffs Rob? I thought your boss was going the reduction of salary way before.
Lung cancer? How did you figure that one out? You're in your early thirties. It happens but statistics are pretty damn low for lung cancer at that age. Unless you have a family history of that particular cancer that is.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 9:27 AM
Dibs - Times says the markets are closed today. Maybe the virus tricked you into going to work? Most viruses keep you at home until you're well...
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 9:28 AM
i do ken, my grandmother and mother both died of lung cancer as well.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 9:29 AM
Rob, if that's what you suspect, better go check it out and start treatmt when you have insurance coverage - vs your fears (unemployed, homeless, and have the disease)
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:29 AM
Markets are not closed today, Arkady. Don't believe everything you read in the Times.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 9:30 AM
Morning all. Am I the only dilweed who didn't realize that there would be no trash pickup today? Sigh. Gotta go bring it all back in before I wind up with a ticket.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 9:30 AM
Arkady, bond mkt is closed. stk exchanges are open
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:31 AM
Rob, get your butt to a doctor. I doubt you actually have lung cancer, but go see a doc anyway.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 9:31 AM
Rob - Ditto, in spades. Unlikely but check it out!!!
Dibs - I gave you that - early bday present.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 9:33 AM
Trapped at your desk in this economy is a good thing.
THAAAA YANKEEEEEEEEEEEES WINNNNNNN!
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 9:33 AM
Rob, M4L is right. If caught early enough, it may be cured. Look at it this way, if you go for treatment, you start disability insurance and wont be left jobless for at least some time since boss can't really lay you off while on disability. At least I don't think he can.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 9:33 AM
"BTW, back to a topic from last week; i read this morning in AM New York that Ghandi oddly never won a Nobel Peace Prize. Pretty hard to believe...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:18 AM"
It's official, AM New York uses Brownstoner for factchecks...
"Oh, and Ghandi never won the Nobel Peace Prize....
Posted by: the chicken at October 9, 2009 9:53 AM"
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 9:34 AM
"and i think i have lung cancer but im afraid to go to the doctor.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 9:25 A"M
What makes you think that Rob?
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 9:34 AM
Thanks Ken! Depending on my schedule for this week I should be able to get there. BTW, I now live in South WT very close to Kensington...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:34 AM
Of course AM New York uses B'Stoner for facts...what newspaper doesn't? WE ARE THE NEWS! lol
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 9:36 AM
Joe, awesome. We're a friendly bunch. I was hesitant to come out to meet everyone at first too and Snappy had to be begged by multiple people at first and now she can't keep away!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 9:38 AM
Oh, and thanks, Mr. B for giving us the OT so I don't do all the tasks on my to-do list today!
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 9:38 AM
"Hey Biff, did you go last year?"
Joe, yes, I went (I was the one who organized it).
"It would be pretty strange to meet anyone I knew exclusively from a message board much less all of you mofos!"
And what's more fun, around Halloween time, than meeting a bunch of scary pathetic losers?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 9:38 AM
Chicken, the training still going great? pumped for the fight? you think you're the fav, dog, or even odds for the fight?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:39 AM
"Oh, and Ghandi never won the Nobel Peace Prize....
Posted by: the chicken at October 9, 2009 9:53 AM"
Beat me to it I see... = )
Rob, please get yourself to a doctor... I feel like I know you
in real life from your postings! I'm concerned about you brother...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:40 AM
Phillies won too!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 9:42 AM
The yankees win!!
it's amazing how the national league looks like junior varsity at the moment compared to the american league teams.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 9:43 AM
"And what's more fun, around Halloween time, than meeting a bunch of scary pathetic losers?"
Hah! I'm looking forward to it Biff. Takes one to know one...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:43 AM
Rob, if you confirm you don't have it, will you fucking quit please. not only will it save your life but save you some $$$$ too
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:43 AM
"Chicken, the training still going great? pumped for the fight? you think you're the fav, dog, or even odds for the fight?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:39 AM"
Going to a little light sparring tonight but will be taking it easy tomorrow.
Dunno about the odds. My opponent is 8kg heavier than me and has better technique and fitness than me. I've got better reach and am a little bit faster. Too close to call at the mo (in my head at least!)
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 9:46 AM
Joe....lots of fun at these get togethers. Wear your drinking boots.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 9:46 AM
The TV Networks want Dodgers Yankees. as fan, I would like to see that too
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:47 AM
"Joe....lots of fun at these get togethers. Wear your drinking boots."
They're ready and waiting, right next to my shitkickers!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:48 AM
So, does anyone know what to do with partial fare metrocards?
I have at least 5 cards with less than 1 fare on them, probably about $7 total.
Do I just keep collecting them until my brain gets addled and I start making MetrocardArt or something?
Bonus question: Do I have change my log in here now that I live in Center Slope?
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 12, 2009 9:50 AM
No postings today? Boo - what if something crazy happens in Brooklyn today?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 9:51 AM
For any of you who thought you had a terrible name: (hint...say it out loud)
http://tinyurl.com/cmq9ly
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 9:52 AM
northsloperenter, you can get all the cards consolidated into one card at a ticket booth. if the clerk says they can't do it, look them straight in the eye and say they are lying, because they can, sometimes they just dont like to do it for some reason and blatantly outright lie about it! hahah
*roB*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 9:53 AM
NSR, I just add whatever amount to them is needed to make it a full fare. It's a pain, but easier and faster than sending them in to the MTA for a refund.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 9:54 AM
Northslope, I find that they make excellent bookmarks
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 9:54 AM
NSL - Just think of yourself as a real estate agent - nomenclature is flexible.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 9:57 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the world's best name...
http://bit.ly/1seFlT
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 9:57 AM
Hey Rob, when did you become "Butterfly"?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 9:57 AM
Bonus question: Do I have change my log in here now that I live in Center Slope?
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 12, 2009 9:50 AM
yes you do but if you're going to change ID, change it to something less hood-centric - ie what if you end up buying in cobble hill? another ID change?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 9:57 AM
omg in the times this week i died reading an article about the chick who was a contestant on one season of america's next top model. anyway, she was one of my fave. contestants. kim, the lesb0, from nyc. anyway, they had an article featuring her in the times this weekend about her inheriting a rent stabalised 3 bedroom apartment on the UES from her parents that she only pays 2150 for!! and she just lives there by herself. her parents moved. she needs to learn to share! and the article about owners becoming renters was funny. apparently it is "no longer cool to own" im pretty sure was a direct quote :-/
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 9:58 AM
Chicken I love it!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:00 AM
quote:
Hey Rob, when did you become "Butterfly"?
my pitbull account got all screwed up when i got post restricted a while back. also are check cashing places open today? the thing is i have a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE cough, i was coughing all night long. ugh. i should definitely see a doctor this week, but i figured ill buy some cough syrup first.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 10:01 AM
"Ms. Stolz, the daughter of a stockbroker (her father worked at Goldman Sachs) and a supermodel (Carol Brandt, who modeled for Givenchy and Ralph Lauren)"
That's exactly the kind of family that I think of when the phrase "rent stabilisation" is used.
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 10:03 AM
Rob - That's how Snappy's flu started.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 10:04 AM
OK, thanks for the metrocard tips. I like the bookmark idea.
I'll have to think about whether or not it is worth the $7 to deal with an MTA employee...
I guess I'll have to come up with a new log in. Definitely will not be centersloperenter.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 12, 2009 10:04 AM
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/unemployment_fuels_gotham_mortgage_Ve6OQNGzdhdHgqlpeVJxeK
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More New Yorkers than ever are falling seriously behind on their mortgage payments and a 57 percent spike in unemployment in the city last year makes it unusually tough for homeowners to dig back out of the delinquency ditch.
Add to this massive credit card debt loads and lower home equity levels and it adds up to a huge hike in metro area foreclosures over the coming months. They have already jumped 26 percent to 43,000 in August versus a year ago, according to metro New York mortgage data tracked by rating agency Fitch Ratings.
Alarmed at the growth of unemployment-related foreclosures, New York state's top banking official, Richard Neiman, is pushing for sustainable loan modifications and expanded outreach to troubled borrowers.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 10:04 AM
Gotta love the times real estate, it has the best Booojhee
ignorance. I love the stories about the couple that have to "settle" for a Million dollar home.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 10:05 AM
Rob, seriously. Please listen to me. If you are getting sick with what I had you really really need to get to a doctor immediately. I barely avoided a hospital stay and if you insist on being stubborn and holding out, you may wind up in the hospital. Need I remind you that there are no 40s and Newports in the hospital? Just go!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:06 AM
I'm slowly starting to learn that reading the articles in the RE section of the Times is a bad idea unless I feel like getting annoyed and spiking my blood pressure.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:08 AM
Rob, I had a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE cough last week. I coughed for 2 nights and couldn't fall asleep. Snappy had the same thing. I still have a little bit of cough almost 3 weeks later. There is some crap going around for sure. Drink cough syrup and take some cold medication. It might take over a week for it to start getting better.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:08 AM
"No postings today?"
Why, are there usually other threads in addition to the Open Thread??
NSR, it's a royal pain. I tried doing that when the fares increased to $2.25 and everytime I would add an amount that I thought would make it work, I got some bonus amount that screwed it all up again. I let it run down to a dollar or so and then just added enough to make it good for one ride. I was ready to toss it as I couldn't be bothered figuring it out, but then it became like a spy vs. spy game - me against the MTA to see if I could possibly win the exact fare battle. I know...PATHETIC!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:09 AM
are there any doctors offices in park slope? like a clinic type thing? where i can just go in a a walk-in? my regular doctor is in chelsea and i dont wanna go there anymore.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 10:09 AM
Is that you, chicken? And if it is, why would you call yourself "the chicken" if you're actual name is so much more impressive?
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 10:11 AM
Rob, there is a super cheap clinic on 13th street between 4th and 5th aves. You can do walk in but you need to get there at 8:30am.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:11 AM
Gotta love the times real estate, it has the best Booojhee
ignorance. I love the stories about the couple that have to "settle" for a Million dollar home.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 10:05 AM
What's amazing is how many people have been reprogrammed in the last few years that a nice home in a nice hood is INDEED $1M or more.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:13 AM
Rob, go see a doc today else I'll be a royal pain in the behind demanding that you DON'T show up to the gathering
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:16 AM
thanks snappy, i might go tomorrow before work.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 10:16 AM
When looking for 500k or less homes several things came up in Marine Park...where the hell is that and how is that hood?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:16 AM
"Is that you, chicken? And if it is, why would you call yourself "the chicken" if you're actual name is so much more impressive?
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 10:11 AM"
I only wish I could be that handsome.....and young...
My real name is rather less distinctive than "the chicken"
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 10:18 AM
rob, GO TO A DOCTOR. cough syrup will only make you feel more comfortable. Don't mess around with your health, please.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 10:18 AM
What's amazing is how many people have been reprogrammed in the last few years that a nice home in a nice hood is INDEED $1M or more.
I would start directing potential home-buyers to Marine Park but that would just cause prices there to get out of control. Besides the prices there are already too high, just not when you compare it to the rest of Brooklyn
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 10:18 AM
Very true Rob...if you plan to go to the gathering you owe it to people to get yourself checked out before then. You CANNOT go and breathe on people if there is a chance that you have the flu.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:21 AM
"Ms. Stolz...is a member of a small and exclusive club of New Yorkers, those who continue to live in the place where they grew up long after reaching adulthood."
LOL
Rob do you have a fever?
Posted by: IMBY at October 12, 2009 10:21 AM
Rob- Cough syrup is only soothing you. It's not helping to fight any illness.
Morning everyone!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 10:22 AM
Snappy, Marine park is a great nabe (right by Kings Plaza if you know where that is). Problem is, it's a shlep to Manhattan or Downtown Brookyn and almost not direct train lines. You would have to take a bus to trains almost from any point in Marine Park.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:22 AM
Snappy, it's right down at the end of Flatbush Ave.
Don't know the nabe but the property seems cheap (relatively).
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 10:22 AM
"When looking for 500k or less homes several things came up in Marine Park...where the hell is that and how is that hood?"
I'm guessing its reasonably priced because the homes are under water
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 10:22 AM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125530360128479161.html#mod=todays_us_page_o
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Wall street Journal today:
Foreclosures are rising in some of the market’s top tiers - About 30% of
foreclosures in June involved homes in the top third of local housing values, up from
16% when the foreclosure crisis began three years ago. Foreclosures are rising in more expensive markets as home values in those areas fall. WSJ.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 10:24 AM
"I'm guessing its reasonably priced because the homes are under water"
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:25 AM
One of my girlfriends live in Marine Park. Great House, pretty nabe, but very inconvenient. She has to use a car for everything. Her boyfriend has to drive her to the subway or she walks 8 blocks to the express bus stop to get to her job in lower Manhattan. Takes forever.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 10:25 AM
Oy! All the way down there? That's so damned far. Sigh. It takes about a week of mental preparation just for me to go to Kings Plaza Mall. I don't think I'd survive living down there. Transportation is an epic fail down there. No wonder it's so darned cheap.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:26 AM
dandel, can you please keep cutting and pasting articles for us to read? It's much more informative than just posting the links with the headlines. You seem like a lot of fun...care to join us this Thursday night?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:26 AM
Damn...she needs a ride to the subway station? Yikes!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:27 AM
When looking for 500k or less homes several things came up in Marine Park...where the hell is that and how is that hood?
It's where I grew up, nice, quiet Middle/Working class neighborhood which until recently was almost completely Irish, Italian, Polish and German Catholic and non religious Jewish. The new homebuyers are a mix: people who grew up there, Eastern European and Chinese immigrants, religious Jews and the occasional lost yuppie...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 10:29 AM
I knew Biff would get my awful pun
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 10:32 AM
the occasional lost yuppie....rofl!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:32 AM
Biff, i will go if DIBS, 11217, and fsrg all show up.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 10:33 AM
Snappy, I always tease her about that since she's an avid runner.
It has a great hometown vibe going on. Some people prefer to be out of the fray and some people crave it. Her fiance is a fireman who works and drives to his house in Brooklyn so they're a very car centric family. She likes the feeling of getting out of the city when she goes home.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 10:33 AM
THL, I would love that feeling too, but I have to admit when I look at places to live if it's more than 2 blocks from the subway it's a deal breaker for me. I suppose it matters not since I'm as broke as a joke and won't be buying a damned thing anytime soon :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:36 AM
GOODMORNING ALL
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 10:36 AM
"I knew Biff would get my awful pun"
I used to work at Awful Puns 'R Us.
In fact, I was the owner and only employee.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:36 AM
Oy! All the way down there? That's so damned far. Sigh. It takes about a week of mental preparation just for me to go to Kings Plaza Mall. I don't think I'd survive living down there. Transportation is an epic fail down there. No wonder it's so darned cheap.
That's why I live here in WT! It's a neighborhood that was basically built for city workers who drive to work. The Ave U Q or Kings Highway B and Q are the closest stations. It's about an hour to Midtown door-to-door. You could always petition the MTA to extend the 2 and the 5 past the junction, otherwise the bus to the train it is...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 10:37 AM
snappy, you're just curious or doing some serious research for buying decision in a yr or 2?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:37 AM
dandel, you got it.
*psst, okay PLUSAs, we know DIBS is going for sure - who is volunteering to impersonate 11217 and fsrg?*
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:37 AM
I love riding the bus, but to take the bus *to a train* is beyond ridic. And I don't drive :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:39 AM
What is wrong with painters and the landlords who hire them that makes them think putting a new thick coat of paint over EVERYTHING in an apt. is a reasonable thing to do?
I mean, at some point, don't they take a step back and say, "hmmmm, this cabinet has 6 layers of paint on it already, maybe we should just give it a good cleaning rather than adding a 7th" or possibly even consider stripping it....
Cabinets painted shut so badly that in order to open them you have to break off chunks of paint, doors so caked up with layers of paint that they stick and I'm just going to have to sand some of the paint off, phone jacks painted over so gloopily that I can plug a phone in, electrical outlets painted over.
Sheesh.
I hate moving.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 12, 2009 10:39 AM
Biff, i will go if DIBS, 11217, and fsrg all show up.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 10:33 AM
dandel, how will you really know? DIBS will be there and other 2 PLUSAs could claim to be 11217 and fsrg.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:39 AM
I always go.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 10:39 AM
Biff we just had the same though. I say Rob will be 11217 and M4L will be fsrg. That should be fun.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:40 AM
Kens, thanks for ruining my dastardly plan!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:41 AM
M4L, mostly just curious. I am really into real estate (despite the fact that I spend all my time in the OT section of this blog!) and like looking at home prices in Brooklyn and what you get for the money in numerous areas. The only way I'll be buying in the foreseeable future is if my lotto ship comes in...of course I need to start buying tickets and then bother to check the numbers of the ones I do buy :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:41 AM
snappy, if ever consider giving NJ a slim consideration for house purchase, please check out Forest Hills section in Newark. it looks like a nicer Ditmas Park
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:41 AM
Biff we just had the same though. I say Rob will be 11217 and M4L will be fsrg. That should be fun.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:40 AM
Kens, I can pretend to be chicken and might get away with it (albeit fatter and no brit accent) but I'm sure fsrq is NOT a chinaman
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:43 AM
M4L, he'll never know what nationality he is. Are you even making it to this get together since you bailed out on the past few?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:45 AM
Anyone know what fsrg stands for? Could be For Sure Real Girl.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 10:46 AM
M4L, no Jersey for me. I'm a Brooklyn girl through and through. When I finally do leave Brooklyn, it will be for some southern state.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:47 AM
I put a couple of offers on investment properties this last week and I got overbid on all of them.. 3 iN ALL.. Some are even going over ask... I guess I will never get that BHEIGHTS TOWNHOUSE AT A MILLION..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 10:48 AM
Kens, unless I get sick (which isn't hard when my inconsiderate co-workers are coughing around me vs staying home), I'll be there.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:48 AM
or Fashionably Sipping Real Gin? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:48 AM
DIBS, great. maybe we could have a conversation about how TARP money has been supposedly mostly repaid so you could show me the evidence. Why is Bank of American still holding on to $45 Bill of TARP; Key bank also, and I can go on and on; their employees are expecting fat bonuses for this year. They are paying bonuses with taxes collected from ordinary hard working families struggling to make a living, and then using the bonuses to buy high priced brownstones and pricing them out of the reach of the same hardworking families.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 10:49 AM
MORE4LESS, One of my friends just purchased a home in the forest hills section of newark.. I here the housing stock is great but NEWARK is scary..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 10:50 AM
Anyone get the H1N1 vaccine yet?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 10:50 AM
So - how bout that kid on Dallas - Miles Austin? 250 yds - 2 TDs. Freakin incredible!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 10:51 AM
dandel, that sounds good. I wouldn't mind working some sports into the conversation as well at some point, if you're up to it. See you there!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:51 AM
HoboROCKS, the prices are still low even though you got over-bid right?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:52 AM
Dandel forget about the TARP..These f#ckers like Wells got 30 billion in tax credits.. These guys are laughing all the way to the bank..WAIT THEY ARE THE BANKS.. This is all bs.. But it lets me make some money..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 10:53 AM
HOBOKEN...I've bid on a few as well and gotten outbid, or they were already under contract when I put in bid...talking mostly NJ as well...condos
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 10:53 AM
dandel = Dan Cantor?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 10:53 AM
HoboROCKS, heard forest hills is safe but that's a relative term one needs to see with own eyes given the rep of Newark
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 10:54 AM
dandel, we try not to talk serious crap at these. I don't know about companies that still have TARP money but those that HAVE repaid will be able to and will likely pay big bonuses. It's called capitalism and seems to still be the best system out there. If you don't want a certain company getting TARP money, you have to take it up with your Congressman.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 10:56 AM
THL, I'm supposed to get one on Friday
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 10:56 AM
dandel, sorry to disappoint you but TARP and economy are usually not the primary conversations at the get togethers. The convos are usually how many beers would it take to get to the 'curious' stage or something along those lines.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 10:57 AM
M4less I was bidding on properties in THE JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS SECTION.. Rents are good and properties are still cheap but I don't think they are going to get any cheaper.. I thought I was the only guy that had cash nowadays.. On one property the agent got 5 offers after listing it on thursday by friday.. The bank had already accepted a offer over asking.. It was a foreclosure though.. Very attractive price..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 10:58 AM
So we got a new rug for the dining room. When they come they are rolled up so when you unroll it and lay it down one edge stays curled up. We put a bunch of bricks down along the edge to weight it back into flatness.
So what do I see when I just went downstairs. Three cats sitting perched on top of bricks looking back and forth at each other with this "Why are we sitting on these bricks again looks on their faces?"
Weirdos.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 10:59 AM
Late morning all! Did someone say holiday? Not here. Is there a Columbus Day parade on 5th Avenue that I can't go to? A year ago today I was in Buenos Aires, and let me tell you, the Argentines go all out celebrating Columbus.
Everyone have a good weekend?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 10:59 AM
Dibs where in Jersey?
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 11:00 AM
"The convos are usually how many beers would it take to get to the 'curious' stage or something along those lines."
The number depends on whether the wife is there or not.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 11:01 AM
"We put a bunch of bricks down along the edge to weight it back into flatness."
Hmm, I wonder if that would work on my abs.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:01 AM
HOBOKEN, care to share details? I liked Jersey City Heights section but when I looked, none make financial sense for me to buy as an investment. This was over 2 years ago though.
My friend still swears by opportunities of buying a commercial property in Jersey City (a warehouse of some sort). Those will fair out well in the future given the proximity to Manhattan and warehousing moving to either Bronx or Jersey.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 11:02 AM
Maybe if you put them on your chest and did some sit ups but directly on the abs? I'm thinking not.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:03 AM
Ditto, you coming out on Thursday or still keeping anonymity?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 11:04 AM
Good morning, THL. Pleasant weekend???
Try doing a reverse roll and tucking that edge under. It should flatten out as long as critters don't mess with it. I'm sure they can't stay away from it!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:04 AM
Rob, there's a doctor's office on Flatbush at Plaza St. on the Prospect Heights side of Flatbush. It used to be Dr. Kurz' office, but he retired. (The address is on Plaza St. but the door is on Flatbush.) There are 2 docs who are good for regular stuff and they are cheap. I think an office visit is $60 and they will write prescriptions, take health insurance, etc.
Here's the phone number:
718-638-2551
Posted by: rf at October 12, 2009 11:04 AM
I had a good weekend CG, I went hiking in the Shawanagunks and cooked pork with autumny apples thatwe picked last weekend. I love this time of year best along with spring.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 11:05 AM
http://walshal.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/good-billions-after-bad-where-did-the-tarp-money-go/
Gouging Needy Students
KeyBank of Cleveland is another institution that was given the nod by Treasury officials—and another bank whose lending practices prompt the question: What were they thinking?
Last fall KeyBank received $2.5 billion in tarp money. Its parent company is KeyCorp, a major bank holding company headquartered in Cleveland. With 989 full-service branches spread across 14 states, KeyCorp describes itself as “one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies,” with assets of $98 billion. It also ranks as the nation’s seventh-largest education lender. In the summer of 2008, as banks and Wall Street firms were unraveling faster than they could count up their losses, KeyCorp delivered a decidedly upbeat report on its condition to investors. “Our costs are well controlled,” the company stated. “Our fee revenue is strong.…Our reserves are strong.…We remain well capitalized.”
What the report did not mention was a host of other problems. KeyCorp was in the midst of negotiations with the I.R.S. over questionable tax-leasing deals, and had had to deposit $2 billion in escrow with the government—forcing it to raise emergency capital and slash dividends after 43 consecutive years of annual growth. Meanwhile, consumer advocates had KeyBank in their sights because of the way it conducted its student-loan business, which they described as nakedly predatory. The Salt Lake Tribunereported that “KeyBank not only funds unscrupulous schools, it seeks them out, strikes up lucrative partnerships, and, in the process, suckers students into thinking the schools are legitimate.”
Over the years, thousands of students have secured education loans from KeyBank to attend a broad range of career-training schools—schools offering instruction in how to use or repair computers, how to become an electronics technician or even a nurse. One of the schools was Silver State Helicopters, which was based in Las Vegas and operated flight schools in a half-dozen states. During high-pressure sales pitches, people looking to change careers were encouraged to simultaneously sign up for flight school and complete a loan application that would be forwarded to KeyBank. Once approved, KeyBank, in keeping with long-standing practice, would give all the tuition money up front directly to Silver State. If a student dropped out, Silver State kept the tuition and the student remained on the hook for the full amount of the loan, at a hefty interest rate.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 11:06 AM
HoboROCKS, that's consistent with my experience bidding on places to live or investmt ppties - getting out-bid or beaten by all-cash offers from some super deep pocket buyers.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 11:06 AM
HOBOKEN, I can't remember. I'm in with an ex-colleague who works over there for UBS and he's doing all the legwork.
I think we're past the stage of finding real deals like a place that'll rent for $1,500 or so and we can get under $200,000.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:07 AM
kens - keeping the anonynity till now, like East New York does. If I wasn't anonymous I wouldn't have been in the running for any PLUSA award. As it is now I was named in the "poster one would most like to meet or punch" category.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 11:08 AM
Getting the rugs flat is the easy part. Discouraging the cats from rolling themselves up in said rugs like pigs in a blanket is a whole other ballgame.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:09 AM
I 'love' the KeyBank guys...what a bunch of schemers/thieves.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:09 AM
"Maybe if you put them on your chest and did some sit ups but directly on the abs? I'm thinking not."
Then they might roll all the way up and over my tummy and damage some other parts. Maybe I should just tape the bricks over everyone's eyes when they're around me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:09 AM
DIBS, you said that TARP money has mostly been paid; where is the evidence?
GS has been able to pay back TARP because tax payers took over AIG at the cost of $190Bill and bailed out GS from the losses from the trades they did with AIG.
This is not capitalism, it is socialism for the wealthy.
Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 11:09 AM
Lovely weekend, why wouldn't it have been?
Reverse roll and tuck? Dave I thought you didn't do drag!
I actually thought about that but it wouldn't work. I have one critter that keeps trying to dive under it. She's way to fascinated by the "new toy".
The bricks are working. I'm just praying I don't trip over them since we didn't have the foresight to put that edge along the wall. Instead we put it right in the entryway. I'm not switching it thought since the table weighs 2 tons and was a real pain to center perfectly.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:11 AM
rob, its the cash you have to spend if you by a cheap tent without a rainfly. The tarp money, or tarpaulin money to give it its proper name, is a minimal extent to save the day.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 11:11 AM
"If I wasn't anonymous I wouldn't have been in the running for any PLUSA award. As it is now I was named in the "poster one would most like to meet or punch" category."
Ditto, or you can take my approach and show up and vie for the Poster One Most Regrets Meeting Award. Although I think I have that one all locked up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:12 AM
"what is "tarp money" ?"
Rob, you never fail to surprise me.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:13 AM
I don't have the numbers, dandel. if it's so important please post them yourself.
GS is the only financial services stock that we own right not and that's all that matters. Back when it was around $140-160 I had many arguments with people here who said my target of $200 was nuts and ridiculous and that it was more likely to go to $100. Well, it's $189 now, fast approaching $200.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:14 AM
Oh, and can someone tell me how to properly cook a salmon steak? I usually cook salmon fillets so this salmon steak threw me for a loop. It refused to cook all the way through. I wound up having to decimate it to get it to cook. By the time I was done it looked like salmon bits :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:15 AM
Reverse roll and tuck? Dave I thought you didn't do drag!
I don't and I consider them upholstery terms, which I have done for my cars
Disclosure: I have never used TARP money to pay for cars or guys.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:16 AM
Cobble, when did you sneak in here? How are ya :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:16 AM
"Getting the rugs flat is the easy part. Discouraging the cats from rolling themselves up in said rugs like pigs in a blanket is a whole other ballgame."
No joke. It's really heavy so once that edge is flat I'm thinking they won't be able to mess with it.
The coolest part, I won the rug in a giveaway one of my fav. design blogs was having. Well, $200 off but still. It was also in the clearance section and was 65% off the original price so I got an pretty amazing rug for practically nothing. I lucked out.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:17 AM
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dandel, lots of TARP money has been repaid. GS is less than $11 from what I said it'd go to ....$200.00. Everybody here thought I was nuts. GS bonuses will be huge. So will others.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 7, 2009 2:45 PM
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Posted by: dandel at October 12, 2009 11:19 AM
dave is right. the stock market is open. the ny times states that "financial markets are closed today". what a dumb-dumb mistake. the times can't figure out whether the ny stock exchange is on holiday or not.
newspapers are becoming such useless relics.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 11:21 AM
did anyone see the RAP that miley cyrus put up on youtube telling everyone she is quitting Twitter forever? good stuff!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 11:22 AM
Hiya Snappy! Oh, I've been lurking/reading off and on this morning. Heading out shortly — my friends hired me for a few days, again. I'm fine, a little chilled by this weather.
How are you feeling?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:22 AM
Miley Cyrus rapping? CALL THE MEDICS....I'M DYING OVER HERE!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:23 AM
dandel, note that I said "lots of TARP money," not MOST.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:23 AM
I'm doing well Cobble...feeling much better...flu be damned!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:24 AM
Very glad to hear it! Must be a relief after all that.
I'm a little burned out at the moment, but have a long list of stuff I have to do these next few days.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:27 AM
Are you still cooking up a storm over there? Keeping busy is good. I've started disinfecting my house...washed the bathroom and kitchen walls the last two days. Today is the living room's turn.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:33 AM
Yep, made a very nice Fettucine Al Freddo with sauteed chicken last night. I think I'll do a Spinach Souffle tonight. Otherwise, not that much cooking this weekend. Had some work to do for the Non-profit over the past several and upcoming days, along with working for my friends again.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:39 AM
Hello all;
Biff, I will gladly come to the gathering as FSRG. I like FSRG's posts alot. I recently suggested to Mr. B. that he start a new feature, akin to Walkabout with Montrose, called "Kicking Ass with FSRG".
Rob, hope everything works out OK. If you are looking for a good GP, I heartily recommend Dr.Raffinan, whose office is at 35 8th Ave.
This was a great weekend for me, for two activities:
-I tended bar at a fundraiser in my old neighnorhood of Gravesend. It was a Texas Hold 'Em tournament. Given that we did not have a liquor license, I won't say the organization for which this was done. What was great about it was that a bunch of Iraqi war veterans showed up at the tournament, and I really enjoyed speaking with some of them (they all knew each other - one vet is a member of this organization and he brought his buddies).
-On Sunday I took my mother-in-law out to Gargiulio's in Coney Island for her 80th birthday. God I love that place. My vision of heaven is unlimited baked clams from Gargiulio's. I must have eaten a whole loaf of Italian bread in the process of sopping up every last drop of the baked clam broth. My mouth is watering just writing about it.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 11:41 AM
OMG! I'll be right over with my fork and bib :) Are souffles hard?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:41 AM
Hard to make I mean?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:41 AM
Just caught up on the OT during a long conference call.
*rob* - I started coughing at Ratifico, and am almost over it only now; Snappy, Kens, DH, and I were all hacking away a week later at Mezcal's, but DH and I dodged the bullet and didn't get the flu; I doubt you have lung cancer, but please go to a doctor.
Snappy, chicken - those truly were horrible and great names, respectively, but if I had that guy's name I would change it.
NSR - name change is optional; I haven't lived in CG for 3 years.
ditto - agree that Fall is the best time of year; this is great sleeping weather.
Biff - unlike dandel, I didn't realize there was a provision in the PLUSA Manual allowing us to demand that certain people show up at gatherings (Cobble, the index needs work), so I'd like to add THL and chicken to those required to be at Union Hall.
Joe - please come to Union Hall; don't think of us people from a "message board" but people who like to go out drinking; if you do, as Kens said to me before my first gathering, just look for the group of people least likely to be seen out in public together.
Finally, YANKEES WIN, RED SOX LOSE!!!!!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 11:44 AM
M4L, ever think of buying in Bensonhurst?
http://tinyurl.com/ylneyzq
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:44 AM
benson, you said you'll be at Union Hall on the later side, correct?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:44 AM
Spinach Souffle? Yes please!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:45 AM
LOL! Dinner is at 7pm!
They have a bunch of steps, but if I can make a souffle, anyone can! I am NOT a natural cook.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:45 AM
I had pasta last night for the first time in weeks. Spaghetti and meatballs, I'll go to the Alfredo once it gets a little cooler... I love carbin' it up this time of year...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 11:46 AM
"so I'd like to add THL and chicken to those required to be at Union Hall."
It'll never happen. Me at least- can't speak for chicken.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:46 AM
Ok gals, off I go, I'll check back in late today. : )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 11:47 AM
**note to self...get cleaned up by 6:30 to make it to Cobble's for dinner at 7**
:-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:47 AM
I can't even recall the last time I had spaghetti and meatballs. Damn that sounds good right now.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:49 AM
I'm making spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight. One of my all time favorite meals. Well, depending on the meatballs I should say. I'm VERY picky about them.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:49 AM
Biff;
Yup, I'll be there on the later side, probably around 10 PM.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 11:49 AM
kensington, I have a realtor who sends me properties that look very cheap. Some foreclosures... If you are serious about looking into these opps.. You should call up a couple of Realtors in Jersey city and tell them what you are looking for and tell them you will pay cash.. You should get some good things to look at... I found a 3 family for 180k , crazy cheap.. Needed about 30 k in work but would rent for around 3k.. For my 200k after taxes I would be making over 2k profit a month..Not bad
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 12, 2009 11:50 AM
"So - how bout that kid on Dallas - Miles Austin? 250 yds - 2 TDs. Freakin incredible!"
Not so incredible when you do it against the KC Chiefs.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 11:50 AM
so snappy pretty much infected EVERYONE?! damn girl, you need your own bubble!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 11:50 AM
THL - I rolled my rugs under so it made a little tunnel - boys had a great time!
Snappy - Really hot grill or pan to sear the salmon - flip it over to sear other side, turn down heat & cover. Time depends on how well you want it done.
I'm guessing dandel is Dan & Ellen.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 11:51 AM
benson--how do you feel about Randazzo's?
Posted by: wasder at October 12, 2009 11:51 AM
Here's a factoid for all: spaghetti and meatballs is not an Italian dish (meaning, you won't find it in Italy). In fact, there's not even a word for it in Italian. Spaghetti and meatballs is an Italian-American invention.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 11:51 AM
Joe - "please come to Union Hall; don't think of us people from a "message board" but people who like to go out drinking; if you do, as Kens said to me before my first gathering, just look for the group of people least likely to be seen out in public together."
Gardened, It's sounding better and better... I hope I see you there! (schedule permitting, I won't know for sure until Tues. night)
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 11:52 AM
"It'll never happen."
I've resigned myself to the fact I'll likely never meet The What and THL. However, I'm still holding out hope for ENY and ditto! Here is how I voted:
26. Brownstoner poster/lurker you’d most like to meet
My response: The What (Honourable mention to TownhouseLady, East New York, dittoburg)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:53 AM
Rob, don't blame me! Kens had the cough first!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:53 AM
I eat my red sauce and meatballs with vermicelli. I make spaghetti carbonara and use fettucini, linguine and pappardelle for other things, depending upon the ragu or sauce
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 11:54 AM
How do you make your meatballs THL?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:54 AM
It's possible we ALL caught the cough at Ratifico. Must be rat-borne, right Snaps?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 11:55 AM
Arkady...I tried that...after 35 minutes it was still raw in the center :-( Maybe my pan just sucks.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:55 AM
"spaghetti and meatballs is not an Italian dish (meaning, you won't find it in Italy). In fact, there's not even a word for it in Italian. Spaghetti and meatballs is an Italian-American invention."
Yes and no to that, it's basically an American adaption of a peasant dish that wouldn't be served in RESTAURANTS in Italy but I'm sure you would find something similar in the small towns around Naples... (similar to pizza in the way that pizza slices is an adaption of the single-person Neapolitan pies...)
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 11:55 AM
Rats are the root of all evil, Cargar :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 11:56 AM
"Finally, YANKEES WIN, RED SOX LOSE!!!!!"
HA! HA! Hell yeah.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 11:56 AM
Sounds good benson, we'll leave the light on for you! Email me if you are on your way and want to confirm we're still there. I'm sure we will be at 10pm.
"Ok gals, off I go, I'll check back in late today. : )"
Cobble, no love for the guys? :-)
"Here's a factoid for all: spaghetti and meatballs is not an Italian dish (meaning, you won't find it in Italy)."
Pasta was invented in China.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 11:56 AM
Wasder;
I haven't been to Randazzo's for years, so I really can't say. I seem to recall that the last time I was there, I wasn't impressed.
For old-school, red-sauce restaurants, I'd recommend the following two places:
-La Palina, on Ave O between West 4th and 5th. This place hasn't changed for years, and food is always excellent. Same management, same staff, for years. Go with the home-made manicotti, or whatever the specials are.
-Cucina Napolitana, on Columbia St. between Union and Sackett. When this place was written up in Brownstoner, some folks said that they didn't feel welcome because there is a regular "group" that hangs out there. I haven't seen this when I've been there (admittedly, I might get more of a pass than others, but I've seen lots of outsiders walk in there). Their spaghetti with seafood sauce is really, really excellent.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 11:58 AM
"My response: The What (Honourable mention to TownhouseLady, East New York, dittoburg)"
I beat you, ditto.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 11:58 AM
Snappy!!!! Don't drop the ball on me!!!!
Wasder, Randazzo's is really really good in my opinion for baked clams, lobster and other standard seafood dishes.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 11:59 AM
"I'm sure we will be at 10pm."
benson - DH, lechacal and I will certainly still be there at 10, as we have reputations to uphold
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 11:59 AM
Snaps - 35 minutes!?!? How thick was it?
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 11:59 AM
"It's possible we ALL caught the cough at Ratifico. Must be rat-borne, right Snaps?"
I was fine after Ratifico. I guess I'm immune to diseases transmitted by vermin. Must be a tolerance built up from years of working at The Death Star.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:00 PM
Columbus wrote of the Arawaks: "They are the best people in the world, and above all the gentlest–without knowledge of what is evil–nor do they murder or steal. They have the sweetest talk in the world…always laughing. They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features. They do not bear arms. They would make fine servants. With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 12:00 PM
It was super thick...I guess therein lies the problem! I'd say about 2"
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 12:01 PM
"some folks said that they didn't feel welcome because there is a regular "group" that hangs out there"
Cucina Napolitana has just been voted Official Restaurant of the OT
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 12:02 PM
Columbus returned with 17 ships and 1,200 men and attack dogs to bring back slaves and gold. Within two years, half of the island’s 250,000 Indians were dead. He wrote, “Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be...sold.” By 1515 there were only 50,000 Arawaks surviving; by 1550 there were 500. By 1650 none of the original Arawaks or their descendants had survived.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 12:02 PM
"35 minutes!?!? How thick was it?"
If it lasted over half an hour, I would say it must have been thick enough.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:02 PM
"Yes and no to that, it's basically an American adaption of a peasant dish that wouldn't be served in RESTAURANTS in Italy but I'm sure you would find something similar in the small towns around Naples... (similar to pizza in the way that pizza slices is an adaption of the single-person Neapolitan pies...)"
Joe, sorry, not true. My family (on both sides) originated from these small towns around Naples, and meatball wasn't a staple there. In fact, even up to 30 years ago, it was hard to find any beef at all in these regions, due to the poverty levels. Veal and some pork was much more prevalent.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:02 PM
"It was super thick...I guess therein lies the problem! I'd say about 2""
I wish I met women back in the day who thought 2" was super thick.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:03 PM
ENY - You have to read Montaigne's essay on the comparative "civilisation" between new world cannibals & old world gentlemen in which he admires the "savages" since they humanely kill their enemies before eating them whereas the French tortured theirs - eviscerating them, etc. while still alive.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 12:03 PM
"How do you make your meatballs THL?"
I use ground beef, veal and pork. With plenty of onion that is minced super fine- you don't even see it in the meatball, I make my own herbed bread crumbs (that I pulverize- No chunks), fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese. I don't like to use a lot of bread and I don't like the milked soaked chunks of bread thing either. You shouldn't have to make them juicy if you're using a good combo of veal and pork with the ground beef. I also make mine small and don't overwork them. I can't stand those softball sized ones. they always taste kinda gummy to me.
I fry them in a pan with very hot olive oil till they are really crispy and then cook them off the rest of the way in the sauce. At least an hour. I always add a good few glugs of a nice red wine to my sauce so that also infuses flavor as well.
I don't measure anything so I can't give you exacts. Sorry.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:06 PM
East New York - you did, serves me right for spending too much time ogling over on the What's blog.
Benson, thats nothing - apple pie ain't American. The English were making apple pie before Columbus even got here.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:08 PM
Cristopher Columbus was a great man.
It is easy today to judge him for his faults, which were those of all societies of those days. The slave trade was prevalent in all the societies of the world at that time.
I prefer to judge him by his extraordinary courage and accomplishments, which will continue to be admired long after the fashionable political correctness of the day has faded away.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:08 PM
Shout out to Marco Po-lo Court Street, great food in a semi-formal atmosphere! The real southern Italian cuisine is Apuglian more specifically Barese!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 12:08 PM
"so I'd like to add THL and chicken to those required to be at Union Hall."
It'll never happen. Me at least- can't speak for chicken.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 11:46 AM
No can do for this one I'm afraid - still on the other side of the Atlantic (and will also most likely be convalescing from my fight the previous night).
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 12:09 PM
Very similar to how I make mine, THL.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 12:09 PM
THL that sounds divine. Crap. Now I'm really hungry. What's everyone having for lunch?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 12:10 PM
The beef thing is definitely true! No green grass, no friggin' cows. Lamb and goats (and sometimes horses) were the meats eaten inland, fish of course as you get closer to the water...
Didn't mean to start a "beef"...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 12:11 PM
For Italian I strickly stick to Rocco's on Ft. Hamilton but will venture to Fernandino's as per Benson's suggestion one of these days.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 12:12 PM
I am getting a burger from NY Burger & Co. in about a minute.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 12:13 PM
Sorry, I forgot-
Depending on the amount I make, one egg (sometimes two but not usually) to bind them.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:15 PM
Joe;
I used to really like Marco Polo too. However, last time I went there it seemed to me that they were "going through the motions" - it seemed tired. Has it improved?
Kens;
My father really likes that place (Rocco's ) too, but I've never tried. I have to go there one of these days.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:15 PM
Processed cheese was invented in Canada. Impressive.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:16 PM
Did you're family ever make bragiole (good thing dialect isn't a written language!) with horse meat? When my American-born mom was first brought to meet my father's grandmother they didn't tell her until later what it actually was! My mother never trusted anyone again... (just kidding)
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 12:18 PM
So we have Canada to thank for giving us Biff and processed cheese. Some combo.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 12:19 PM
Don't forget Celine Dion. :(
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 12:21 PM
snappy, until I get a job in NYC, would never consider bensonhurts or other hoods that would add that much more time onto my already not pleasant drive into NJ each day
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 12:23 PM
"So we have Canada to thank for giving us Biff and processed cheese. Some combo."
And poutine...and...
Alanis Morissette
Alex Trebek
Alexander Graham Bell
Anna Paquin
Art Linkletter
Arthur Hailey
Atom Egoyan
Avril Lavigne
Ben Heppner
Blue Rodeo
Brendan Fraser
Bryan Adams
Burton Cummings
Caroline Rhea
Carrie Anne Moss
Catherine O`Hara
Christopher Plummer
Corey Haim
Corey Hart
Cowboy Junkies
Crash Test Dummies
Dan Aykroyd
Dave Thomas
David Cronenberg
David Wilcox
Diana Krall
Donald Sutherland
Elisha Cuthbert
Emily Carr
Eric McCormack
Eugene Levy
Evangeline Lilly
Farley Mowat
Genevieive Bujold
Glenn Ford
Glenn Gould
Gordon Lightfoot
Hayden Christiansen
Holly Cole
Howie Mandel
Hugh MacLennan
Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Warner
James Cameron
James Doohan
Jeff Healey
Jim Carrey
Joe Flaherty
John Candy
Jonas Salk
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Karen Kain
Keanu Reeves
Kiefer Sutherland
Kim Cattrall
Leslie Nielsen
Lorne Greene
Lorne Michaels
Louis B. Mayer
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Laurence
Margot Kidder
Marie Dressler
Martin Short
Mary Pickford
Meg Tilly
Michael Buble
Michael J. Fox
Michael Ondaatje
Mike Myers
Monty Hall
Natasha Henstridge
Neil Young
Nelly Furtado
Neve Campbell
Nia Vardalos
Nickleback
Norm MacDonald
Norma Shearer
Norman Bethune
Norman Jewison
Our Lady Peace
Pamela Anderson
Paul Shaffer
Peter Jennings
Phil Hartman
Raymond Burr
Raymond Massey
Rick Hansen
Rick Moranis
Robert Munsch
Ryan Gosling
Samuel Bronfman
Samuel Cunard
Shania Twain
Stephen Leacock
Terry Fox
The Group of Seven
The Guess Who
The Tragically Hip
Thommy Chong
Tom Green
William Shatner
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:24 PM
"So we have Canada to thank for giving us Biff and processed cheese. Some combo."
The go together...processed cheese and my cheesy jokes.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:25 PM
"bragiole ..with horse meat?"
That's a new one on me! My mom went with pork.
When I was a kid, our cuisine consisted of the "scrapyard" of meats: pig's feet, goat's head and cow stomach (tripe), among others.
When I was a teenager, I worked at a butcher in Gravesend called "Schwarz and Geraci". As the name implied, it served the two biggest clientele in the neighborhood (as well as the sizable Greek population). I had to handle every animal part you could think of.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:26 PM
Biff do you keep that list of famous Canadians in a folder on your desktop named "Chip on my shoulder"?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:29 PM
"I had to handle every animal part you could think of."
Sounds like a German porno I once saw.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:29 PM
When I was a teenager I worked at a place out on the Island called Meatfarms. It was basically a butcher shop with a small supermarket component.
I'm not easily skeeved but the one thing that I could never get accustom to handling was The sawed in half lambs head with the eyes looking at you from either side for Greek Easter and Tongue.
Gag!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:31 PM
"Biff do you keep that list of famous Canadians in a folder on your desktop named "Chip on my shoulder"?"
1) Yes
2) Ditto has fallen in my list of Posters I Would Most Like to Meet. He is now tied with PropJoe and BrooklynGreene.
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:32 PM
Yeah, I'm ready for a vegetarian lunch now
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 12:33 PM
Veal? Doesn't that come from a baby cow?
Posted by: rf at October 12, 2009 12:33 PM
Biff, who are any of these people again?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 12:34 PM
Ditto, am immigrant therefore that's more than close enough
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 12:34 PM
Don't take it too hard Biff, I'm trying to get recognition for apple-pie-inventing-nation bragging rights.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:35 PM
Another food invented in Canada is instant mashed potatoes.
Nothing like some processed cheese on instant mashed potatoes. No wonder we're such a hardy people.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:35 PM
m4l, I was just thinking you said bensonhurts to please Bxgrl.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:36 PM
If it weren't for the United States there would be no Canada.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 12:37 PM
In and out, mostly out, all day, as I have a deadline for tomorrow. Nice to see everyone here.
Just to keep up my rep as benson's foil - I think I agreed with fsrg once. We agreed that it was a Monday, one Monday.
Columbus accomplished great deeds. No one can take that away from him. I don't think it is merely politically correct, or sacriligious to also point out that he was far from perfect. He may have been a product of his time, but that doesn't excuse his participation in the eradication of the Arawaks, it's all part of who he was and what he did. I think it's possible to remember him for his positive accomplishments, while remembering that he also had major flaws, and participated in some heinous deeds. I think that is much more historically correct than to act as if those events did not take place.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 12, 2009 12:37 PM
my USA exit strategy is to save enough $$$ so Canada will take me in as a qualified immigrant
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 12:38 PM
Yes, veal is young calf. It's very very cruel and delicious meat.
Anyone remember the Southpark episode where the boys try to rescue the veal?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:38 PM
DIBS - what are you talking about? The Canadian's still have 'er majesty's 'ead on their stamps and coins.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:40 PM
Ditto, no hard feelings, of course. Growing up as a neighbour to the US, every Canadian quickly develops an inferiority complex. So whenever we feel the unprompted need to be defensive, we quickly respond by presenting people a Government-issued list of individuals revered in
Canada and pretty much unknown in the rest of the world.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:40 PM
Biffers - i didn't see Ted Koppel.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 12:40 PM
Instant mashed potato flakes are fabulous for thickening up soups!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:42 PM
I'm not Italian, but Lydia of Lydia's kitchen, who I trust as the oracle of all things Italian, said in one of her shows that Italians did make meatballs, but that they were much smaller than the American ones. but she comes from way north Italy, near Trieste.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 12:42 PM
"It's very very cruel and delicious meat"
[I think I've already said enough today]
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:42 PM
m4l, I was just thinking you said bensonhurts to please Bxgrl.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:36 PM
That would be a slick jab but not my style. if I'm going to say something negative about someone, it'll come across very blunt and black & white.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 12:42 PM
Did anyone go to Open House New York this weekend?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 12:42 PM
Arkady, that's because Ted Koppel was born in Lancashire, England. Maybe you're thinking of Bernie Koppel (he was born in Brooklyn, by the way).
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 12:44 PM
Isn't Lydia actually Yugoslavian or something bonkers?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:44 PM
I've just asked the Star Trek Computer (ie Wikipedia) and she told me Lydia was born in Yugoslavia, which was Italy a few days before, and it wasn't her fault but the Italian's fault who backed a loser in WWII.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:46 PM
Yes, ditto, I believe she is. And trieste has a very weird history and is basically an amalgam of parts of E Europe and Austria as well.
EUROTRASH. But I do love Lydia. I make her duck guazzetta (sp?) on pappardelle and a number of other dishes
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 12:47 PM
Minard;
I repeat: there is no Italian word (or phrase) for the concept of "meatball". As I write this I am looking at my Penguin Cambridge Italian dictionary, and re-confirmed this point. The fact that there is no word or phrase for this item ought to say something.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:48 PM
polpette?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 12:50 PM
They call them polpette.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:50 PM
After WWII, a corner of Italy east of Trieste was made a part of Yugoslavia -Italy was on the losing side of the war. Now there is no Yugoslavia, I think that chunk of geography is now part of Slovenia but I'm not sure.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 12:51 PM
"born in Yugoslavia, which was Italy a few days before"
My grandmother always said she was born in Poland, only it turns out that Poland didn't exist that year, and she was actually born a subject of the Hapsburgs in Austria-Hungary
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 12:52 PM
People interested in a non-moral take on why what happened happened when Europeans "found" the Americas (or anywhere else for that matter) should check out Guns, Germs, and Steel (Amazon.com link: http://bk.ly/Ms).
The prose isn't the best, and the author does beat the idea to death (in my opinion), but the ideas are interesting. Well worth a read.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 12, 2009 12:52 PM
"that's because Ted Koppel was born in Lancashire, England"
I've just updated my Word file in my desktop folder Biff, thanks for the tip.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 12:52 PM
Hey there Cg, we've missed you!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:54 PM
"polpette";
Not so. Please go to a restaurant in Italy and please find this item on the menu. I don't mean a restaurant on some tourist track.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:54 PM
THL, you still there??? Someone over there>>>> wants to talk to you.
Not sure what the subject is though
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 12:55 PM
polpette is the word that Lydia used.
thank you.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 12:56 PM
So typical.
My in-laws says her mother family made them. They started back from when there wasn't refrigeration and the scraps and trimmings had to be used before they spoiled. They threw nothing away not even the littlest tidbits of meat.
But since Benson says not so I'm going to have to tell her that her mother made it all up.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:59 PM
Barry Goldwater was born in Indian Territory later to be known as Arizona. I was reading somewhere that it was an issue when he ran for president back in the 60's because of the native-born rule.
When the Mormons first settled in Utah, it was part of Mexico.
Sorry, I am a history buff.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 1:00 PM
Palline di carne macinata = meatballs
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 1:01 PM
It's usually a second course served with greens not pasta.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:02 PM
Frankly I don't care Dave.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:03 PM
In Italy, polpette and polpettoni, meatballs and meatloaf, are in many ways a holdover from an earlier time, when refrigeration was not as dependable as it is today and trimmings and leftover meats had to be dealt with quickly or they would spoil. Meatballs, in particular, are true home cooking of the sort you are unlikely to encounter in any but the most mom-and-pop type trattorias that cater to a local clientele. Nor are you likely to be served them if you are invited to someone's house, unless you are considered family.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:04 PM
Mama Mia, thats a spicy meatball commercial.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErgdUhZteqw
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:04 PM
hey THL. just glancing in here and there but had to come out of exile for delicious polpette! heh.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 1:08 PM
Benosn, you're right - Columbus was a great man in many respects. To be able to accomplish what he did in terms of navigation and discovery took incredible courage, will, dedication, skill and daring. As you also say, the slave trade certainly did not begin with Columbus and has continued generations after his death. However I recall my grade school years when we learned that Columbus "discovered the New World" and heard nothing about the full impact of his expeditions. It's a good thing that now all sides of his story can be "explored," so to speak.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:08 PM
"I've just updated my Word file in my desktop folder Biff, thanks for the tip."
Ditto, good thinking. And benson can update his Work file to add Bernie Koppel to his list of famous Brooklynites.
Arkady, maybe you were thinking of Peter Jennnings (or John Roberts), who are both Canadian born anchormen.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:10 PM
Glad you did CG.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:10 PM
B-E-N-S-O-N. Sorry about that.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:10 PM
Good grief, folks are trying to tell me about my own people's history!!
As I mentioned above, beef was an extremely rare commodity in modern Southern Italy up until 30 years ago, due to the general poverty and poor agricultural conditions. When my dad travelled to his family's town (Boscotrecase) about 35 years ago, beef was still not a staple. The best they could do was veal.
The concept of "spaghetti and meatballs" is an Italian-America invention.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 1:11 PM
classic commercial
in the same vein as Lucille Ball's classic "vita-meata-vegamin" routine.
Love it.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 1:12 PM
"Frankly I don't care Dave."
THL, Rhett Butler has got nothing on you!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:12 PM
Let's discuss Rice A Roni now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:13 PM
i thought italian polpette were made with pork and veal, which were more common in italy. though i find it funny that the biggest controversy today is the origin on the meatball. what about italian wedding soup? aren't those considered meatballs? don't tell me that's fake too. i love that soup!!!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 1:13 PM
"After WWII, a corner of Italy east of Trieste was made a part of Yugoslavia -Italy was on the losing side of the war."
I visited Trieste a few times as a travel writer - it's a great city that pretty much lives in Venice's shadow. A writer friend and I were walking along the harbor late one evening, and began talking to the crews of yachtsmen moored at the pier in preparation for a big yacht race that would begin at dawn. Being a New Yorker, I asked a guy on one of the boats, "So, are you guys going to win this thing?" He said, "We have nothing to lose."
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:14 PM
weird question, but if someone is running a fever, does your hair smell like burned hair smell? ugh one of my supervisors told me to go home if im sick because im touching everything around the office. i think im going to leave in a bit and get to a doctor tomorrow morning early, thanks for the suggestion snappy. it's on 13th street you said between what avenues again?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 1:15 PM
"Good grief, folks are trying to tell me about my own people's history!!"
Well, thank goodness you're not the only one who's family has history in that country or we'd be getting a very one-sided history of events wouldn't we?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:16 PM
Benson - Polpette doesn't stipulate what kind of meat is used. Spaghetti & meatballs is an American term for something that was served probably before Columbus arrived here. The English had similar meatballs called rissoles. There are versions of meatballs in almost every culture - everyone wanted to make the most of whatever meat was available. Hamburgers were invented here too but there were versions of it almost everywhere.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:17 PM
Roni is an Italian name, no???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:17 PM
Rob, between 4th and 5th aves.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:18 PM
Rob - Unless you have a fever high enough to start a fire, your hair shouldn't smell charred.
Drink lots of liquid (non-alcoholic) & bundle up in bed (or on couch.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:19 PM
"The concept of "spaghetti and meatballs" is an Italian-America invention"
are people really arguing with this?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 1:19 PM
Does the Open Thread stay running even if no one is in the office??? How does that work?? Did they have to come in this morning and start it up???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:19 PM
That meatball recipe is the same as my Aunt Rose's and she was Calabrese to the core and a great cook. Not so much breadcrumbs (always homemade), quite a bit of grated locatelli, only difference is, we drop them into the sauce raw.
Posted by: dylanfan at October 12, 2009 1:19 PM
And no beanbagging, rob.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:19 PM
"weird question, but if someone is running a fever, does your hair smell like burned hair smell?"
Sounds more like a stroke Rob. Whatever it is get to a freakin' doc man!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 1:20 PM
Amazing, isn't it, dh!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:21 PM
THL;
Give it up already, will you? I already well understand that you don't like me, and I don't lose any sleep over the fact.
If you think I'm wrong, show some facts. I'm sure there are some statistics on beef consumption in Italy before WWII.
Also, again I ask everyone to go the the Penguin Concise Cambridge Italian dictionary edited by Barbara Reynolds(which is both Italian-English) and vice-versa. Look up the phrase "Meatball" and see if there is any listing.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 1:22 PM
DH, what topic would you like to introduce to shift the debate toward?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 1:22 PM
I heard Al Gore once say in a speech that HE invented spaghetti and meatballs, in addition to discovering America.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:22 PM
The argument is about intractability in the face of compelling evidence.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:23 PM
Benson,
You give it up. I never said beef and I pointed out that it was usually served with greens not spaghetti.
Why don't you try googling polpette?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:24 PM
Spaghetti & meatballs is a moot point to me. As i discussed above, I serve my meatballs and red sauce with Vermicelli.
Now if we really want to argue about something, is it red sauce or is it gravy????
Tawk amongst yourselves.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:24 PM
"DH, what topic would you like to introduce to shift the debate toward?"
I dunno - how about if water is wet or not?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 1:24 PM
"are people really arguing with this?"
I'm washing my hands of this discussion...there are too many WORTHY thing to argue about..ah much ado about nuttin'
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 1:25 PM
Biff, I don't think you can rightly say that Canada gave us poutine. I have never, ever seen poutine south of the border.
Posted by: serpentor at October 12, 2009 1:26 PM
I had a lovely meal at Grocery on Smith Street this weekend, They have spicy fried artichokes as an appetizer that is really weird but good. Their duck dish is always magnificent. I am impressed that they are still there lo these many years later.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 1:26 PM
i like how people talk about columbus as if they used to chill with him or something lol
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 1:26 PM
Strictly speaking, I don't make spag & meatballs since even if I spend a lot of time & effort making balls they inevitably deteriorate in the sauce & I end up w/ a meat sauce.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:27 PM
"I dunno - how about if water is wet or not?"
I predict benson will claim it's dry, at least in it's gaseous or frozen form.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:27 PM
Let's just go ahead and argue about whether or not it's cold outside today.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:27 PM
"Biff, I don't think you can rightly say that Canada gave us poutine. I have never, ever seen poutine south of the border."
serpentor, you need to get out more
http://www.tpoutine.com/
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:28 PM
ROFL Rob!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:28 PM
"Give it up already, will you? I already well understand that you don't like me, and I don't lose any sleep over the fact."
And this? It's just one more example of your feeble attempts to shift a conversation and make things personal rather than sticking with factual information.
You're bob and weave is very rhythmic and predictable. You need to work with a new trainer.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:30 PM
Folks;
Here is my original statement on the matter:
"Here's a factoid for all: spaghetti and meatballs is not an Italian dish (meaning, you won't find it in Italy). In fact, there's not even a word for it in Italian. Spaghetti and meatballs is an Italian-American invention.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 11:51 AM"
Now folks are claiming that they meant a different use for meatballs.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 1:30 PM
Sorry- your not you're
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:30 PM
And yes, Ditto, that came out of a folder on my desktop named C:\Chip on my Shoulder\Poutine Restaurants in New York
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:31 PM
I always thought spaghetti and meat balls invented by Chef Boyardee.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:31 PM
"Now folks are claiming that they meant a different use for meatballs."
I bet DIBS can think of more than a few uses for meatballs.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:31 PM
**pounding head against the wall**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:32 PM
I can't believe I don't see Joni Mitchell on Biff's list.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 12, 2009 1:32 PM
This right here is proof positive that we as a group will fight about ANYTHING!!! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:33 PM
O.K. Here's a substantive issue of concern to all of us:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/trash_can_thieves_strike_victorian_S1cARGcY5p7aacu3mlEZmK
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:33 PM
"You're bob and weave is very rhythmic and predictable. You need to work with a new trainer."
NICE sports metaphor THL! Benson may have problems with you, but to me you are a true Renaissance woman! That Mr. THL is a lucky guy.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:33 PM
"I can't believe I don't see Joni Mitchell on Biff's list."
Thanks Pete. I'm adding it to my desktop file and alerting the Canadian authorities as we speak.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:34 PM
Somebody call me????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:34 PM
"Minard;
I repeat: there is no Italian word (or phrase) for the concept of "meatball". As I write this I am looking at my Penguin Cambridge Italian dictionary, and re-confirmed this point. The fact that there is no word or phrase for this item ought to say something."
"Also, again I ask everyone to go the the Penguin Concise Cambridge Italian dictionary edited by Barbara Reynolds(which is both Italian-English) and vice-versa. Look up the phrase "Meatball" and see if there is any listing."
You deviated twice from your original statement.
So I repeat yes there is such a thing as meatballs in Italy. They are called polpette. They are not typically made from beef and are not typically paired with Spaghetti.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:35 PM
some place on 4th avenue in park slope serves poutine.
i just wish the canadians would just keep those geese on their side of the border.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 12, 2009 1:35 PM
Damn. Stealing garbage bins. Now that's cold.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:36 PM
"This right here is proof positive that we as a group will fight about ANYTHING!!! LOL"
It's proof positive we, or I, will refute misinformation.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:36 PM
"They are not typically made from beef and are not typically paired with Spaghetti."
Then they are not meatballs as we know them.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:37 PM
Either way we are a crazy bunch :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:38 PM
mmmmm.....Subway meatball footlong....
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 1:38 PM
Chef Boyardee
Legends have it that Chef Boyardee was named for the men who created him (Boyd, Art, and Dennis), and given the other made-up food mascots, you'd be forgiven if you believed it.
Chef Boiardi appearing in his own TV commercial, c. 1953 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSFIdYcClrs
But in this case, there actually was a real-life Chef Boyardee! His name was Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (1897-1985). Boiardi immigrated to the United States when he was 16 years old and worked himself up to head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York. When Chef Boiardi opened his own restaurant, so many of his customers asked for extra portions of his spaghetti sauce to take home that he opened a factory to keep up with orders. To help Americans pronounce his name correctly, he named his brand Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (later the company got rid of the hyphens).
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:38 PM
Why thank you ENY.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:38 PM
That garbage can thing is an old trick in NYC. I can guarantee that if you set out fancy new garbage cans without securing them in certain Brooklyn neighborhoods, the cans will promptly walk away.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:39 PM
If any of you meatballs want to see violent home renovation porn in Victorian Flatbush, check out www.crazystable.squarespace.com today. I would whore the entry to the B'stoner tips column but Mr. B has the day off. Wish us luck that the patient survives the surgery.
Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at October 12, 2009 1:40 PM
"You're bob and weave is very rhythmic and predictable."
Benson wears his weave in a very rhythmic and predictable bob?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:40 PM
You're welcome, THL.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:40 PM
You're bob and weave is very rhythmic and predictable. You need to work with a new trainer.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:30 PM
I would like to negotiate rights to using this line - I can see me using this line quite frequently as it comes in handy for me on so many situations
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 1:41 PM
"But in this case, there actually was a real-life Chef Boyardee! His name was Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (1897-1985)."
Thanks, Biff!
See, I TOLD you guys that Chef Boyardee invented spaghetti and meatballs! Glad we got that settled.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 1:43 PM
"i just wish the canadians would just keep those geese on their side of the border."
Pete, careful or you might get a goose from a Canadian on Thursday night.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:44 PM
"Chef Boyardee invented spaghetti and meatballs!"
And Ronald McDonald invented hamburgers.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:46 PM
Have at it M4L. Just make sure your use the right "your" since I had to go back and correct myself after I saw it post.
Funny story about meatballs though. In elementary school it was discovered that the meatballs served were in fact so rubbery that the boys would take them outside for recess (which immediately followed lunch) and use them against the handball court wall. They had such a bounce to them you could actually play for 10 minutes or so before they started to break apart. How gross is that?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:47 PM
Rob, Columbus Day in this country is celebrater today as an Italian-American heritage day. Of course Italy had not yet been invented when Columbus was around, he was Genoese, but lets not quibble. In Latin America, Comlumbus is celebrated as part of Hispano-Latin heritage, Spain was a newly-minted country back then and the monarchy was interested in doing business in the Far East without having to go through the Turkish and Venetian middlemen. That's really the crux of the story.
Anglo-Saxons have always been a little dubious and miffed about Columbus. They prefer the Leif Ericson story (he wasn't a Brit but at least he wasn't Catholic).
If columbus had not succeeded in his exploration it may have been some time before someone else tried it. The Portugese were much more sensibly trying to reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 1:47 PM
Looks like a lot of folks have to work on Columbus Day.
I honestly didn't even realize that today was a holiday until a few minutes ago.
Posted by: DistractedMom at October 12, 2009 1:49 PM
Now that's a bad meatball!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:49 PM
thanks for that history lesson minard
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 1:50 PM
"They are not typically made from beef and are not typically paired with Spaghetti."
Then they are not meatballs as we know them.
DIBS;
Thanks. At least one person understands the point.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 1:50 PM
For your viewing/giggling pleasure:
http://tinyurl.com/yjrwtp3
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:51 PM
DH, that was my hanging curve ball to you to shift it to some sports talk man? ie g-men vs saints games, has big brother Manning reclaimed best qb throne, Yanks - angels,...
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 1:52 PM
Snappy, they were inedible. I don't just mean from a tasty standpoint either. I'm sure if I'd have looked more closely they'd have surely had "Spalding" stamped on the side
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:53 PM
And let's not forget that Ferdinand & Isabella expelled all the Jews from Spain in 1492 & Torquemada began the Spanish Inquisition so that infidels didn't take back the country for the Muslims who had held sway for years.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:53 PM
THL, I just used that line on someone here at work and they said that's a great line which I responded "of course, it came from a great lady"
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 1:54 PM
"of course, it came from a great lady"
I thought Chinamen had yellow noses, not brown noses.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:56 PM
Thanks.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 1:57 PM
I'm pretty sure it was the Chinese who invented spaghetti, not the Canadians.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 1:57 PM
Next topic, courtesy of Linda Richmond
Rhode Island, it's not a road, nor an island...discuss!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 1:57 PM
So that's where the worn out gym tennis balls went to... Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 1:59 PM
Dibs - There's a topic for you on the forum about heating bathrooms.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:59 PM
I'm sure the Chinese invented noodles but they certainly DID NOT invent spaghetti.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:59 PM
Rhode Islands are chickens.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 1:59 PM
"of course, it came from a great lady"
I thought Chinamen had yellow noses, not brown noses.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 1:56 PM
kissing ass is something I dont do else my idiot boss would've been working for me the last few yrs
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 2:00 PM
Here is a list, many with pics, of all the different pastas....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pasta
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:02 PM
I like the "Martin" episode where Sheneneh tells Pam "you have to bob and weave....BOB and use your WEAVE!"
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 2:03 PM
On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.
The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.
So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 12, 2009 2:03 PM
I'm pretty sure Ditto repeated what I said at 11:56 am.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 2:03 PM
Dang. This would have been a good day to go to the movies.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:04 PM
My mother was born in Danzig which was Germany before WWI, a free city between the wars, and now Gdansk in Poland.
Posted by: rf at October 12, 2009 2:05 PM
"Rhode Islands are chickens."
Next topic, who came first, the chicken or his wife?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 2:05 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To America, I meant!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 2:05 PM
Not to quibble over a seemingly small matter, Biff, but, really, there is no such place as "Rhode Island" (and, even if there was, I doubt spaghetti and meatballs was invented there). Are you perchance speaking of the "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 2:06 PM
What happened to the house porn around here today??
All there is, is talk of meatballs.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 2:07 PM
"My mother was born in Danzig"
I went on a celebrity cruise there once.
They called it Danzig With the Stars.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 2:08 PM
eah, right, Biffy:
I used to work at Awful Puns 'R Us.
In fact, I was the owner and only employee.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 10:36 AM
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 2:09 PM
I like Tony Danza when he was young.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:10 PM
Biff, I'm pretty sure I made a joke about Canadians.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:10 PM
Glenn Danzig/The Misfits are awesome.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 2:10 PM
jessibaby - that rhyme reminds me of the potato scene in Everything is Illuminated.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:11 PM
"And the Most Annoying Word in English Is… "
It is what is, but, you know, it wouldn't have been my pick. Anyway, here it is:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33223848/#
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 2:12 PM
I was in Gdansk once. Grim, grim northern European milltown with a jewel-like historic center that was rebuilt almost from scratch after WWII.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 2:15 PM
Whatever, CGar.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:16 PM
Any old school hip hop fans out there? I'm trying to recall who did a particular song and I'm stuck...google is giving me what I'm pretty sure is an incorrect answer.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:16 PM
Ditto, never saw it. Worth checking out?
DH, we'll have to sing Mother on Thursday.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 12, 2009 2:16 PM
"whatever" is annoying because it carries the import of dismissing what one is saying. "Like" is annoying because it is a word-virus, but it doesn't challenge one's ego like "whatever" does.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:17 PM
Doesn't Gdansk make china?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 2:17 PM
Seriously, Snappy, you should ask the What.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:17 PM
Ditto, stop it or you'll force me to post a list of famous Canadian fur traders!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 2:17 PM
I dropped a meatball on the floor - "Gdonk" was the sound
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:18 PM
what yo uthinkin about snappy?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 2:18 PM
"DH, we'll have to sing Mother on Thursday."
Yes!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 2:19 PM
what's the name of the song?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 2:20 PM
Okay gang. Things are picking up here at work.
I am out of here like Vladimir...
Have a great day all!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 12, 2009 2:20 PM
"Any old school hip hop fans out there? I'm trying to recall who did a particular song and I'm stuck...google is giving me what I'm pretty sure is an incorrect answer."
Clues?
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 2:21 PM
DH, this is what's stuck in my head...do you remember the song that went "I know a fat girl, she wears an orange skirt, give her $20 and you can do work..." (I know, I know, see what happens to my brain when I'm jobless!). Google is saying LL did it but I would have sworn it was Kool Moe Dee or someone else. Do you know what the name of that song was or who did it?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:21 PM
Snappy, that sounds kind of like Biz Markie's "The Vapors."
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 2:23 PM
Uh folks, I was advised to go to google and type in "polpette". Well, I did so, and here is what I found:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36588.asp
Please see the first sentence "Meatballs are often hard to find in Italy" and that is TODAY, in 2009, when Southern Italy is much more prosperous. Turn back the clock to 100 years ago, when the Italian migration to the US began, and you're talking almost no meat in the diet.
Finally, let me add a few things:
-I once again make my challenge to go to the English-Italian dictionary and insert the word "meatball" and see if it comes up with anything. As to "polpetta" it is the diminuitive form of "polpa", which, means flesh. As some of you might know, Italian allows the diminuitive form of almost any noun to become a word itself. The actual word you will find in the dictionary, however, is "polpa".
-If you really want to get into the origin of the modern incarnation of the Italian version of the meatball (as known in the US), it came from the US government. The US government was concerned that the Italian diet was too heavy in startch, and in the 20's actually launched a campaign to convince Italian immigrants to eat more meat. This fact can also be looked up.
I may not be a cunning linguist,but I do know the facts!
;-)
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 2:23 PM
no china in gdansk. Steel, yes.
if you want china go to Meissen.
A charming town miraculously unbombed and intact.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 2:24 PM
The Vapors? Really? That doesn't sound right.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:26 PM
Sounds familiar Snappy but I don't know.
In other news I just went outside to feed my three girls (momma cat and two kittens) and one of the kittens Zorra just brought me a bird (sparrow). ACK!!!
This was her first present to me. So I gave her high praise as she did the happy proud dance all around it.
So gross.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 2:26 PM
OK, it's NOT "The Vapors." I'm stumped.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 2:26 PM
FOR FUCKS SAKE. YOU STILL WANNA ARGUE ABOUT MEATBALLS BENSON??? BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT.
**sorry...had to let that out. carry on**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:28 PM
Hi All,
Stopping by to say:
I admit that I'm reading the blog and am now posting.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 2:29 PM
Ha! THL I'm so glad my wee ones are indoor only. Can you imagine me if they brought me something? I'd DIE!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:29 PM
Snappy Bristol Hotel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcwkiqW4ok
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 2:29 PM
THL...my neighbors in Bucks have a cat that is a terrific hunter and is out all day and night....they have three entrances to their home and typically each one of them is littered with mice, birds and snake carcasses from the day's kill.
Across the street from us in Philly, there used to be a cat named Lily who was also out all day. She would bring back her catch and be able to store it under the steps so every week the owner had to clean out "Lily's Graveyard"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:30 PM
Snappy;
Let me once again remind you that this is an open thread.
You wanna talk about cats?
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 2:31 PM
What up, Textpert!
CGar, how was the CGar Birthday?
Posted by: jessibaby at October 12, 2009 2:31 PM
benson, you win. no meatballs in italy.
how do you people do this every day?
The OT is kinda fun, but so time consuming.
I'm outta heah.
Rob, you're welcome!
Posted by: Minard Lafever at October 12, 2009 2:32 PM
Textpert, you coming to Union Hall on Thursday???????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:32 PM
whereas Dresden produced lovely china, was completely flattened and firebombed, and then rebuilt in replica.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:34 PM
And speaking of cats, my sister's cats once brought a half-dead Chipmunk into their kitchen as an "offering", which my sister apparently wasn't quick enough to "accept" because the cat then started batting the poor thing around and playing with it. The only thing the dog has ever brought me is a dead mouse.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 2:34 PM
THL, that is the song!!! For some reason I didn't associate LL's voice with it. Now that I hear it I realize it was him. Thank you...now I can get that bug outta my brain :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:35 PM
I shudder!
Thing is, we've been feeding her since she was just a tot. I even put toys outside for them (I know, I know they like the little balls with the bells inside) so she's never really needed to hunt.
Benson, What ever hapened to moving on? That's right, you can't fathom being proven wrong so you couldn't allow yourself to in fact move on.
I will say, I am continually amazed by your editing prowess. You've done a fine job of handpicking the selective tidbits of information amongst the vast pool of contrary information google provides on the subject.
Kudos.
Moving on...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 2:37 PM
Oh and to the person/people sending me hateful emails.
While the email account is still open, I'm not reading them. So it's not affecting my life!
And to the person that leaked my email address.
Go F*ck Yourself!!!!
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 2:39 PM
You know what Benson, I'm done trying to deal with your ass. You sit over here and whine about every fucking thing. When someone doesn't agree with you you run off to bitch and moan and complain that nobody likes you or that no one is listening to you. You have the longest list of no-no topics of anyone on this damned blog and when people get tired of hearing your crap you shit enough bricks to build a fucking house. I know it's a damned open thread. Say whatever the hell you want. And when I get tired of listening to you moan like a bitch I'm gonna tell you. Open thread right? Now don't talk to me.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:39 PM
Movin on up.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:40 PM
You know what Benson, I'm done trying to deal with your ass. You sit over here and whine about every fucking thing. When someone doesn't agree with you you run off to bitch and moan and complain that nobody likes you or that no one is listening to you. You have the longest list of no-no topics of anyone on this damned blog and when people get tired of hearing your crap you shit enough bricks to build a fucking house. I know it's a damned open thread. Say whatever the hell you want. And when I get tired of listening to you moan like a bitch I'm gonna tell you. Open thread right? Now don't talk to me.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:41 PM
sorry everyone. I will compose myself now.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:41 PM
No idea Snappy - not familiar with tha tsong
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 2:42 PM
I knew this was going to all end in tears. The same thing happened in elementary school every time the teacher stepped out for too long. Mr. B?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:42 PM
WOW, textpert. My email address has been out in the open for quite some time and I've never gotten anything like that at all. Why you???
Crazy.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:43 PM
"Textpert, you coming to Union Hall on Thursday???????"
I'll be there only if I can tell you what kind of a douchbag you are!!!!!
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 2:43 PM
Expert, hola! Sorry to hear about the bad emails. Some folks have nothing better to do than to try to make others miserable :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:44 PM
Right on cue ditto steps in to chuckle at the scuffle.
You and Benson train at the same gym?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 2:44 PM
Whoa, Textpert, what the heck is going on??? Holy crap.
Shut that puppy down/off if it's happening you, seriously. There is no reason you should be disturbed by crazy people.
Btw, you never did send me your new email address : (
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 2:44 PM
You can tell me whatever you want. I can't even remember what we argued about that actually mattered. Apparently I hit a nerve though.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:45 PM
No, no moustaches at my gym.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 2:45 PM
"I'll be there only if I can tell you what kind of a douchbag you are!!!!!"
I would take this as a "no."
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 2:49 PM
You can "out" them, if they are sending you creepy email.
You can also call the DA. Remember when I told you my story about the creepy calls I got a long time ago? Email me, and I'll tell you again. There is a very simple way to make that stop, and quick.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 2:49 PM
"I'll be there only if I can tell you what kind of a douchbag you are!!!!!"
I didn't know there were different kinds actually.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 2:51 PM
Could we have a new PLUSA award?
"Least liked by the women PLUSA's". I think I might win this one by a landslide!
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 2:53 PM
True Expert...you can have the person in real trouble. All you need is the email address the messages came from.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 2:56 PM
"You can "out" them, if they are sending you creepy email."
Believe me Cobble, I would love to "out" them. And "out" them on Brownstoner cause it's all related to this sight. But without actual proof, I'm not going to name names if I'm not 100% certain.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 2:57 PM
Oy
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 2:57 PM
"Least liked by the women PLUSA's". I think I might win this one by a landslide!
That's not true benson. You are liked, in person, when we chat you seem very nice. It's just that online you seem to go kind of off your nut sometimes. I put it off to stresses in your life.
But your tension level is so amped up, it's almost impossible just to chat with you and enjoy any conversation. Hit the ignore, or think about it.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 2:59 PM
""Least liked by the women PLUSA's". I think I might win this one by a landslide!"
Just like an insolent child. Desperate for any kind of attention even negative.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:00 PM
Nevermind outting them on the blog...out them to the cops.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:00 PM
Snappy, you can actually get someone in trouble for harrassment over the phone or email? I never knew that. How would you even start to do that?
I never had it done to me but that's a generally useful piece of info.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 3:02 PM
"You are liked, in person, when we chat you seem very nice. It's just that online you seem to go kind of off your nut sometimes. I put it off to stresses in your life. "
True for alot of people on here
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 3:02 PM
I think he was just making a joke, THL.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:03 PM
Okay folks, my rant is over! so Sorry.
Just sick of it a bit.
Carry on.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 3:03 PM
Yep, Kens. It's harrassment all the same. The police take it serious now in all forms. All you need to do is take the emails to the police or contact the D.A.'s office.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:05 PM
I think there's a handful of intemperate posters on here, Benson only occasionally is so, perhaps he's picked out because of his politics. Sense of humor failures abound on some sacrosant issues.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:07 PM
Expert, I'm telling you, go to the DA.
DA's Action Center 718.250.2340
or better yet, call the FBI: New York Field Office - 212.384.1000
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:08 PM
Sense of humor failures abound on some sacrosant issues.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:07 PM
Like meatballs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:08 PM
Where's Rob - did he go to the see the quack?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:09 PM
"I think there's a handful of intemperate posters on here"
Ditto, I think there might be more than just a few, including myself, according to the dictionary.com definition of intemperate:
"given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages."
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 3:09 PM
Oh, and sorry Cobble. I'll send you my new email from that address. Not using the old one you had for the obvious reasons.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at October 12, 2009 3:10 PM
CH;
I appreciate your post, but I don't think that's what happened here. Look through today's OT. I chatted with folks about good Italian restaurants and Columbus. I was also chatting with folks about meatballs,and then this exchange happened:
"polpette";
Not so. Please go to a restaurant in Italy and please find this item on the menu. I don't mean a restaurant on some tourist track.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 12:54 PM
(snip)
So typical.
My in-laws says her mother family made them. They started back from when there wasn't refrigeration and the scraps and trimmings had to be used before they spoiled. They threw nothing away not even the littlest tidbits of meat.
But since Benson says not so I'm going to have to tell her that her mother made it all up.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 12:59 PM
Um, who heightened the tension level?
Oh well. Basta! Talk to you tomorrow!
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 3:11 PM
And get an Order of Protection, if you think they might be physically stalking you, as well as cyber-stalking. Protect yourself!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:11 PM
Dave- Who says I'm not?
Ditto- What sacrosanct issue are you making reference to today? Meatballs? LOL!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:11 PM
No worries, Textpert, just don't want to lose touch.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:13 PM
So, speaking of cops, here's something to discuss...I think we could all agree that anyone who gets shot at for a living shouldn't make any less than say 70k a year...if it were solely up to you, what would you cut in the city/state budget to give cops a big raise?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:14 PM
Biff, interesting. I wonder if thats because of Prohibition in this country?
"•(of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
•excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
•given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn"
So windy or enraged perhaps?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:14 PM
"given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages."
thanks biff, finally a discussion I can opine on.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 12, 2009 3:15 PM
meatballs, obama, national origins, taxes, and hi-density housing.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:15 PM
Want some cheese with that whine? My 6 years old goddaughter doesn't pout that much.
You need a bigger set of 'polpette' my friend.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:16 PM
I have to go interview a candidate, don't do anything fun while I'm gone.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:16 PM
Don't forget strollers, ditto!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:17 PM
Snappy, good question. I think cops make enough and they do have great benefits and retirement plans. I have a couple of friends who are cops (one is out in Nassau county though). The other one is in NYPD task force. Both make over 100K with their overtime included. I think it's a pretty nice salary. They make crap at the beginning but so does most of the careers and then you work your way up.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 3:18 PM
I suspect that any of you who have been receiving annoying emails might want to see who's sending them...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluffyavenger/8216148/
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:18 PM
The DOJ on Cyberstalking/harassment: It appears they have a few things to say about it.
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:19 PM
ensuite master bathrooms have been the discussion venue for a lot of name calling
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:21 PM
snappy, they should cancel all of the parades. Save on police costs.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 12, 2009 3:24 PM
Kens, I think the starting salary is way too low. Of course I'm in the camp of thought that no one, and I mean no one, should make more money than a cop, armed forces personnel, firefighter or teacher. Period.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:24 PM
Cobble,
That's very true. One of my girlfriends that tried internet dating had one guy who when rejected was over the top aggressive and wouldn't take no for an answer (she never went out with him).
The DOJ takes that stuff very seriously.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:24 PM
Snappy, you'll like this suggestion - cut sanitation to give raise to cops.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 3:24 PM
I think I should also get an award for bringing out the most trivial topic that brought out the sandy vaginas! Whoops, shouldn't have said that, but what the hell!
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 3:25 PM
I agree with Kens.
To answer Snappy's question, I would cut generous retirement plans for some city / state workers (including cops) to fund increases lower down the age / experience range. The lower ranks are those most likely to get shot at anyway.
Actually may have to reduce pensions anyway as many state retirement plans are very underfunded.
Posted by: etson at October 12, 2009 3:25 PM
I step away for a few minutes . . .
"tsong"
DH, is that what they tsang in Tsarist Russia?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 3:26 PM
I live in a studio so my bathroom is essentially ensuite. Oh no, Rob is going to hate me for poo mist.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 3:26 PM
M4L!! Sanitation!!!
Delepp, interesting idea about the parades. Any idea how much a parade costs in terms of security?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:27 PM
I love a parade.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:28 PM
Snappy, get ready for a Yankees Parade.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 3:29 PM
benson, i sense heavy incoming wounded to the thread next door. we have you covered.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:31 PM
I love a charade.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 3:31 PM
"I think I should also get an award for bringing out the most trivial topic that brought out the sandy vaginas! Whoops, shouldn't have said that, but what the hell!"
Another desperate plea for- Look at me! Look at me!!
Dave's already announce your impending arrival elsewhere so why don't you take your cue...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:32 PM
"DH, is that what they tsang in Tsarist Russia?"
huh?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 3:32 PM
Can I just say that the "sandy vagina' thing is just bullshit and disgusting.
Really benson. Disgusting. Go home and tell your wife you use language like that with women you barely know.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:32 PM
Snappy, get ready for a Yankees Parade.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 3:29 PM
Parade of Fools
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:33 PM
I'll never forget the first Yankee parade I saw. I was still in law school at the time. I was amazed at all the "ticker tape" dumped in the streets and then was equally impressed by how fast sanitation managed to make it all like it never even happened.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:33 PM
back home. picked up lots of meds and gonna relax til i see the doctor befor ework tomorrow. tyra is on right now and one of my fav. authors is on!!! Cupcake Brown!! she was a child runaway prostitute who turned her life around and became a lawyer. the book is really good, it's called A Piece of Cake, really sad book, but really good and inspiring.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 3:34 PM
Sorry, DH, just a bad attempt at a joke riffing on your 2:42 post to Snappy about "tha tsong"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 3:34 PM
"Parade of Fools"
Says The What's messenger boy.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 3:35 PM
Yeah benson, go over to What's secret new blog! LOL! It's like the club house that 9 year olds have! "All BOT's with Sandy Vagina's KEEP OUT!" ROFLMAO!! Jerk offs.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:35 PM
Snappy, get ready for a Yankees Parade.
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 3:29 PM
Parade of Fools
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:33 PM
dont ignore the signs. if ARod can look this good, Yanks will win it. but if you want to have friendly wager, you know I'm up for it
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 3:36 PM
Rob, I LOVE that book! It was soooo good.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:38 PM
"Says The What's messenger boy."
OH SNAP!
SNAP!
SNAP!
SNAP!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:38 PM
Cobble,
Unfortunately since he's not winning any props points over here he's needing to resort to trying to fit in with the *coughcoolkidscough* over there.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:39 PM
I'm picturing the handpainted sign about the Sandy Vaginas KEEP OUT. ROTFLMMFAO
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:40 PM
ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 3:40 PM
"Sorry, DH, just a bad attempt at a joke riffing on your 2:42 post to Snappy about "tha tsong"
oh haha - my bad - haven't been following very closely today!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 3:41 PM
And apparently someone who has said that she had enough of theat site and won't be back is actually lurking . LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:41 PM
Benson - you're a dickhead (sorry, felt left out ;) )
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 3:44 PM
I see the What has posted a pic of a half-naked Serena Williams, perhpas he's trying to tempty Snappy over. Still adopting a "no homo" policy though, even though DIBS is probably doing wonders for his page hits.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:44 PM
Are there Swedish meatballs in Sweden???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:45 PM
DIBS - is that avatar actually you?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:45 PM
"I see the What has posted a pic of a half-naked Serena Williams"
Ditto, I dare say that comment will attract far more traffic to the What's blog than anything DIBS has ever said!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 3:46 PM
whoa @ meatballs being made by the government! and double whoa that scientists just found a gene in men that makes them cheat! and kens, a bathroom in a studio doesnt count as a poo mist chamber at all because you really have no other option. uuuuuuuuh im watching tyra and they ar etalking about the sex industry and this man stole my friend's idea!!!! after college she wanted to start a business cleaning peoples houses called Oops I Lost My Top cleaning. :( i was going to schedule the cleanings and places and she was gonna be the one losing her top. then she killed herself so it never came to be :-/
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 3:47 PM
Yeah well since he had a messenger boy ask me to come by for a "chat" I thought perhaps it best I pop in and see what's been said.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 3:47 PM
ditto, it is me. Now everyone from the BOT will crash the What's server going over to see.
Mission accomplished
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:48 PM
It's me on BBERG TV
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:48 PM
DIBS, You look quite convincing - I actually might believe some of the financial stuff you were no doubt spouting.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:50 PM
You'd all be amazed what good friends the What and I have become.
I'm going to get the Nobel peace Prize for my efforts.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:52 PM
"Mission accomplished"
Yeah right. You're just - to use a phrase uttered here earlier - desperate for attention. Why else would you be stupid enough to post on a site hosted by someone who threatens and insults you and regularly denigrates your sexuality?
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 3:52 PM
ditto, I was talking about stocks in Asia so you know I was passionate about things Asian.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:53 PM
I'd love to see the actual stats for over there. Let's see there are 6 posters, maybe only 3 today. And a few BOTs peeking to check the "freak level". Hmm. I'm going to say 60 hits a day. 11-15 unique visitors.
Sorry What, you know I like you, but it's a Fool's Paradise.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 3:53 PM
ENY, as we all know, at least those of us who know benson, one's real personality is typically nothing like one's blog personality. I bet you're even a likeable guy. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:54 PM
"I'm going to get the Nobel peace Prize for my efforts."
A case of premature congratulations.
"Sorry What, you know I like you, but it's a Fool's Paradise." - And I hate the bastard but I still take a look. Porn sells.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 3:57 PM
cobble, blogs start off slowly and gain momentum. :-P
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 3:58 PM
Yeah, OK Dave, rationalize all you want. All I know is I wouldn't be doing favors for and otherwise kissing the ass of someone who told me stuff like, "Motherf*&k you." But that's just me.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 3:58 PM
why do you ALWAYS say that dave? that people in person are different online, ive found most people here are pretty much the same in person as on here. also what does "BOT" mean? maybe people have a little less diahrhea of the mouth i guess, i know i do
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 4:00 PM
You all can rationalize it anyway you like DIBS.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:00 PM
DIBS' Sandy Vagina comment was #500
(for those scoring at home)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:02 PM
"ENY, as we all know, at least those of us who know Benson, one's real personality is typically nothing like one's blog personality."
Really? I'm exactly the same in person. I'm not trying on a persona for shiggles.
That's actually pretty pathetic.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 4:03 PM
Those are the facts, Benson. I'm not going to sugar-coat it to spare Dave's feelings. He should be far more concerned with the things The What has said to and about him. But instead, he kisses The What's ass and runs back and forth between here and The What's blog to deliver messages because he wants to be a part of some silly blog clique. It's pretty transparent from where I sit.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 4:03 PM
"that people in person are different online"
Rob, perhaps you find it hard to visualize that becuase you are an open book, as indeed DIBS seems to be. You are hiding nothing and are comfortable with yourself. I suspect there is a wide gulf between some people's online persona and their "real life" self.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:05 PM
can i just say that everyone is nuts. myself included.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 4:06 PM
Those are the facts, Benson. I'm not going to sugar-coat it to spare Dave's feelings. He should be far more concerned with the things The What has said to and about him. But instead, he kisses The What's ass and runs back and forth between here and The What's blog to deliver messages because he wants to be a part of some silly blog clique. It's pretty transparent from where I sit.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 4:03 PM
Or I could just be having fun.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:06 PM
THL - you mean you're always judgmental??
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:06 PM
"I suspect there is a wide gulf between some people's online persona and their "real life" self."
I think WonTon proved that more convincingly than anyone.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:07 PM
I'm going to ask THL's cats. I have their emails.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:07 PM
"Or I could just be having fun. "
Your raison d'etre!
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:07 PM
And you aren't ditto? Please, you're pretty quick with your opinions, too, pal.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:08 PM
"how was the CGar Birthday?"
jessi, thanks for asking. I had a blast, which says a lot considering I wouldn't have gone out to celebrate at all had a close friend not insisted. I must say that my non-OT friends don't drink nearly as much as PLUSAs!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:08 PM
"ENY, as we all know, at least those of us who know Benson, one's real personality is typically nothing like one's blog personality."
You're not as bright as I thought you were if you actually believe that, Dave. The only thing that is different is we can't see each other. That's about all. Even people using "personas" are likely reflecting their true feelings here. Don't kid yourself.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 4:08 PM
CG ups, I notice the squirrels are going nuts this year - there are so many acorns this autumn its out of control.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:09 PM
CG, how's it hangin :-) I gave that 'snappy' drink recipe to a friend and she loved it! You are now the mixologist to beat!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:09 PM
Now wait a minute. Just to set the record straight: I'm a dickhead on-line, and I'm a dickhead in person. I'm completely consistent!
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 4:09 PM
I am indeed Cobblers. But thanks for putting me back in the "pal" category. I thought I'd been pushed out the clique.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:10 PM
Biff - whats the story with WonTon - i missed that
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:10 PM
"I must say that my non-OT friends don't drink nearly as much as PLUSAs!"
And after today's OT, the gap might be even wider by tonight.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:11 PM
Cargar, what did you do for your B-Day? Did you shake your body down to the ground? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:11 PM
republican dickhead, Benson, republican.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:11 PM
my dog has started eating acorns. it's ... nutty. har har. and the squirrels have built a nest in my hanging herb garden. any my upstairs neighbor is stomping around upstairs. it's amazing how the loudest people are always the smallest. stomp stomp stomp
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 4:11 PM
Ditto, I don't pull punches. If I have a problem with you or a comment you've made I'll let you know. I'm not trying to win any popularity contests. Some people can't deal with it, others respect me for it. I say take it or leave it. I'm not needy and I don't seek approval.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 4:12 PM
I am a Republican too, ditto. As far as the "dickhead" part, I'll leave that to be rewritten by others.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:13 PM
Seems like were back in the old west and miss kitty has stopped serving and the locals are shooting left and right as if they're in a mel brooks spoof.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 12, 2009 4:13 PM
Ditto;
Isn't the word "republican" superfluous, when one has already identified oneself as a dickhead? I always defer to you Brits on such matters.
Posted by: benson at October 12, 2009 4:13 PM
"my dog has started eating acorns."
Is he a pecanese?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:13 PM
[Picks up segue and grasps tightly]
"I notice the squirrels are going nuts this year - there are so many acorns this autumn its out of control."
I noticed that, too. The CGar-dog chases every squirrel she sees, nearly pulling my arm out of the socket.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:14 PM
DIBS, I know, you told us last year a hundred times you were a republican voting for Obama
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:14 PM
"I am indeed Cobblers. But thanks for putting me back in the "pal" category. I thought I'd been pushed out the clique."
ditto, as much as there've been times I would've liked to, it seems we're stuck with you! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:17 PM
Cargar, you've got a segue...I've always wanted to ride one of those! giggle giggle :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:17 PM
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13530098
Posted by: guikazoid at October 12, 2009 4:19 PM
Has anyone noticed that Republican squirrels keep parading like fools down the street, eating meatballs like they were underpaid cops?
Posted by: Brokedeveloper at October 12, 2009 4:19 PM
"Biff - whats the story with WonTon - i missed that"
ditto, long story short, most, if not all of us, assumed she was an Asian male. We were quite surprised at the Ellis Bar gathering to find out WonTon is a Caucasian female. The look of disappointment on DIBS' face was truly priceless. However, he did seem to warm to her once they started talking and he realized she's very cool plus she blew the room away with her karaoke.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:19 PM
"what did you do for your B-Day?"
We just went out drinking. Ended up at Floyd's, though I have no idea how I convinced the Manhattanites to come to Brooklyn. A really nice group of friends got together, many of whom had never met before; a couple of people didn't make it, which was really disappointing, but there were also some surprise guests. I was the last man standing.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:20 PM
Oh yippee, I have a starring role on What's Blog today.
At least it's not big tits, or a sandy vagina, and it's a nice looking island.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:20 PM
"And after today's OT, the gap might be even wider by tonight."
Why wait for tonight, Biff? I've started keeping a flask in my desk.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:21 PM
I leave for a couple of hours and all hell breaks loose.
In a very brief fit of social conscience, I actually toyed with the idea of joining the police force when I get to NY. Unfortunately I'm already older than the new joiner cut-off age so looks like I'm stuck with financial services.
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 4:22 PM
"my dog has started eating acorns."
"Is he a pecanese?"
Or a Bouvier des Planters?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:22 PM
"The look of disappointment on DIBS' face was truly priceless"
I would have liked to have seen it. Was he like George Constanza's mom in Seinfeld when she found out Jerry's girlfriend Donna Chang wasn't chinese?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:24 PM
chicken, you in a police uniform might be too much for me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:25 PM
don't think about that too hard DIBS. I'm too skinny to wear a uniform well.
Posted by: the chicken at October 12, 2009 4:26 PM
For some reason, every word out of Estelle Harris's mouth on Seinfeld cracks me up. So glad she's doing the Seinfeld reunion on Curb.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:27 PM
^^^^waiting for the rewrites.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:28 PM
- chicken, you in a police uniform might be too much for me.
- don't think about that too hard DIBS.
Too late. It might get messy.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 4:28 PM
Biff - I heard the What's dog is a sandy labia-dor
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:29 PM
"Has anyone noticed that Republican squirrels keep parading like fools down the street, eating meatballs like they were underpaid cops?"
ROFL, brokedeveloper!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:30 PM
"chicken, you in a police uniform might be too much for me."
Not to mention the handcuffs on his belt.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:30 PM
My fav Seinfeld episode is where she winds up in the hospital after catching George "treating his body like an amuuuusement park"!! ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:31 PM
"Was he like George Constanza's mom in Seinfeld when she found out Jerry's girlfriend Donna Chang wasn't chinese?"
Ditto, I think at the time I described the look as what I would expect if I told my kids we were going to Disneyland and ended up taking them to the dentist instead.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:33 PM
Snappy, I was just about to quote that episode!
Did I hear someone say "handcuffs"?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:37 PM
"chicken, you in a police uniform might be too much for me."
Not to mention the handcuffs on his belt.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:30 PM
And the batton.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 4:38 PM
"At least it's not big tits..."
Cobble, do you have something against well-endowed women?
(and in my best Groucho Marx voice - I haven't had something against well-endowed women in quite some time)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:38 PM
Anyone go upstate for the foliage yet? Would it be too late to go this coming weekend? I can't seem to find a map or site that is giving up to date info.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 4:38 PM
Biff, if you do take them to Disneyland I'd be more than happy to look after your asian Kim Kardashian for the duration of the vacation.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:40 PM
No Biff, I have nothing against them. Other than I hear they hurt to lug around sometimes.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:41 PM
chicken...ever seen the HK movie "Bishonen" about the gay HK cop????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-l-ooTZ6gg&feature=related
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:43 PM
brownjokester - you'll be fine, I went to Castle Point up in Minnewaska state park on Saturday. Took some lovely snaps. This weekend the foliage will be good if the weather cooperates.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:43 PM
How bad is it to have a glass of suds while still on steroids? Sigh. I miss beer.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:43 PM
BJ: http://www.yankeefoliage.com/foliagemap/
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 4:44 PM
- Other than I hear they hurt to lug around sometimes.
I hear that they hurt from the tug sometimes.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 4:44 PM
Ditto,
Minnewaska state park and the lake are absolutely gorgeous. I went there for a weekend a couple of months ago.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 4:47 PM
stay away from beer while on the meds otherwise you will get the squirts and hate life.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 4:47 PM
OK, lets recap the last 6 posts...
gay Hong Kong policeman
Fall foliage
large breasts
steroids+beer
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 4:47 PM
wow, I missed some interesting posts before while attending yet another no value-add mtg.
Textpert,
albeit I wish you came back via orig ID, welcome back. if you like it here, hang out more. if not, dont. free country. free speech. you won't like everyone and not everyone will like you but key is you've got to like & be happy with yourself. welcome back. Can I expect soon the old vocabulary definition help?
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 4:49 PM
Kens, it is lovely.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:49 PM
regulation size big boobs are okay with decent support (good bra). only the really ginormous ones hurt. like double letters beyond D.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 12, 2009 4:50 PM
"How bad is it to have a glass of suds"
Snappy, how many times must I tell you to stop doing shots of Mr. Bubble?!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 4:51 PM
Thanks Ditto and Cobble.
Looks like this weekend will be peak.
Was it at peak when you were there, Ditto?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 4:53 PM
:-( Ok...no beer for a while longer.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:54 PM
"Biff, if you do take them to Disneyland I'd be more than happy to look after your asian Kim Kardashian for the duration of the vacation."
Ahh, Ditto, you're too kind. Just make sure while I'm enjoying Space Mountain and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, you're not trying to enjoy Lace Mountain and offering Ditto's Wild Ride.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 4:54 PM
No, I think it was pre-peak, lots of colored mixed in but still plenty of greens.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 4:55 PM
Ditto, did you venture all the way on top of the rocks to get the full lake view?
I love that area overall. New Paltz is a great town to spend a summer long weekend in.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 12, 2009 4:56 PM
Ok, I'll put the Mr. Bubble down too!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 4:56 PM
I love that definition: Regulation sized boobs.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 4:57 PM
it should be an industry standard to build in some warning device (ie beeping sounds trucks make while reversing) on large bra's and large panties. Ladies who are well stacked need to understand that when you turn, you can knock someone's eye or tooth out (ie like getting clobbered by a hook punch)
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 4:57 PM
M4L- Are you complaining about a freebie rub?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 4:59 PM
"I love that definition: Regulation sized boobs."
One can use the standard boxing classes, e.g., flyweight, cruiserweight, heavyweight, etc.
That's one weigh-in I want to attend!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:00 PM
M4L, we try to be careful! It's just that sometimes the 'girls' get away from us!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:01 PM
"I hear that they hurt from the tug sometimes."
"M4L- Are you complaining about a freebie rub?"
So now we've been reduced to talking about a rub and a tug?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:02 PM
Ditto, I'd recommend driving on route 39, then 37 and then and route 7 in Connecticut.
Route 39 rides along Lake Candlewood and has a few state parks along the lake for great views and fly fishing. There's a great rock scramble along the lake by the dam. Also two covered bridges in two adorable towns. The names escape me.
Very scenic drive.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:02 PM
I'm just saying that most men I know love a free brush of boob or butt.
M4L are you the guy that sued the stripper for whiplash when she whacked him in the head with her tatas?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:05 PM
M4L- Are you complaining about a freebie rub?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 4:59 PM
not when it's unexpected and feels more like a punch to head - I'm talking about the ginormous ones. one time (while sitting on subway) I got hit hard enough where I saw stars in my right eye
Posted by: more4less at October 12, 2009 5:05 PM
- Regulation sized boobs
Mine have been Deregulated.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:05 PM
I don't understand all this talk about boobs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 5:07 PM
"I got hit hard enough where I saw stars in my right eye"
ROFLMMFAO!!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:07 PM
Kens - I was carrying little Ditto in a backpack kid-carrying contraption, so no rock scrambling for me. He fell fast asleep on the return journey to the trailhead and for that seemed to weigh twice as much, which I know is scientifically impossible but..
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:08 PM
"I'm just saying that most men I know love a free brush of boob"
Not really a breast man myself. But I love pussies.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 5:09 PM
- I got hit hard enough where I saw stars in my right eye.
Some men love when they're hit so hard that they see a shooting star out of their one eye.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:09 PM
As in cats! Get your minds out of the gutter, people!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 5:09 PM
DIBS, just go to the pulldown men and do a "replace all" boobs with c*&ks
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:10 PM
Cargar!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:10 PM
I'm not going to say what I've had shot in my eyes at times.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 5:10 PM
Biff, rest assured that I am entirely unreliable.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:11 PM
"I'm not going to say what I've had shot in my eyes at times"
Yes, but no matter WHAT you're referring to, dave, you should always keep your eyes closed.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 5:12 PM
I meant pulldown menu, but I suppose men is just fine also.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:13 PM
"Yes, but no matter WHAT you're referring to, dave, you should always keep your eyes closed."
Or wear safety goggles.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:14 PM
- just go to the pulldown men and do a "replace all" boobs with c*&ks
Yep, pulldown men!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:15 PM
- "Yes, but no matter WHAT you're referring to, dave, you should always keep your eyes closed."
Or wear safety goggles.
A blindfold works for me.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:17 PM
Speaking of shots in the eyes.
So a pregnancy kits come with more than one test.
Is that because if it's positive you do another one to make sure or because if it's negative you do another one to make sure.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:20 PM
Ever been blindfolded and tied up, jokester???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 5:21 PM
Jokester - Both situations - then when you get a split decision you buy another kit.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 5:24 PM
Arkady Arkady not quite contrary how does your garden grow?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:26 PM
I thought a split decision is when the test confirms that your girlfriend is pregnant and you decide to leave.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:28 PM
I guess it's best to buy the kit with 3 tests.
And a gallon of water.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:28 PM
BJ- That's a result you always want a second opinion on!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:29 PM
I always wondered why women spend money on pregnancy tests...no matter what the stick says they go to the doctor for another test anyway. May as well save whatever it costs to buy those things. Which by the by I've seen them in the dollar store! I don't think I'd trust a thing like that from a dollar store.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:29 PM
"I'm just saying that most men I know love a free brush of boob or butt."
Pretty much. When I was a young guy working in a restaurant, we had a well-endowed manager who was quite proud of what nature gave her. She would "accidentally" hit us young line cooks up with a free rub whenever the mood struck her. Those were the days.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:31 PM
"And a gallon of water."
Or a six pack of beer in case you feel like hedging your bets.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:31 PM
ENY_ Yeah, now she'd be scared you'd want to make a quick buck by suing her for sexual harassment.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:33 PM
- Or a six pack of beer
Why do you think some women need the pregnancy test!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:34 PM
Biffy - The garden is in the middle of going night-nights for the winter. I'm obsessively pruning & tidying up so I can keep putting off closing the pool.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 5:34 PM
ENY - you sure she wasn't making you an invite?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:35 PM
- talking about a rub and a tug
- I thought a split decision is when the test confirms that your girlfriend is pregnant and you decide to leave.
A rub and a tug and a dash.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:35 PM
Dollar store pregnancy tests???? NO WAY!!!
Snappy, you want to know because you then immediately have to stop drinking, smoking, caffeine...the nightmare begins.
Besides that, the Dr. visit can take a while to get.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:35 PM
- The garden is in the middle of going night-nights for the winter. I'm obsessively pruning & tidying up so I can keep putting off closing the pool.
Is she really talking about her garden or her 'garden'?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:36 PM
"one time (while sitting on subway) I got hit hard enough where I saw stars in my right eye"
And you're complaining? I've had that happen when boobs (or women, for that matter) weren't even involved! I'd take an boob-delivered eye jammy any day of the week. Volunteers?
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:36 PM
Arkady, the good news is that if you don't get around to closing the pool, I can bring the family over there for some ice skating.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:38 PM
ive always found flat chested woman much sexier. boobs are silly, does anyone else agree?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 12, 2009 5:38 PM
"Snappy, you want to know because you then immediately have to stop drinking, smoking, caffeine...the nightmare begins."
No booze, smoking or caffeine = TOTAL nightmare!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:39 PM
"ENY_ Yeah, now she'd be scared you'd want to make a quick buck by suing her for sexual harassment."
Yeah, definitely THL. Times have changed. At the same place (the Macy's 34th Street 8th floor restaurant), the "big boss" came by one day to inspect the joint, and blatantly grabbed the ass of a young office assistant we had working there. Several people saw it, and the assistant told us guys "He felt my ass!" But everyone, including her, knew there was nothing she or anyone else could do about it.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:40 PM
Yep, dollar store pregnancy tests. I thought I was seeing things, but it was real. Good point about the drinking.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:40 PM
- boobs are silly, does anyone else agree.
I agree completely.
Signed,
Flat Chested
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:40 PM
Rob, I do prefer a woman with smaller boobies.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:41 PM
"boobs are silly, does anyone else agree?"
I think the Champs would disagree. They would have been starving for the first 12 months of their lives without boobs.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:41 PM
"ive always found flat chested woman much sexier"
Well that does surprise me coming from you.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:41 PM
"ENY - you sure she wasn't making you an invite?"
Oh yeah, later on I got drunk and high w/her and we had some fun. But then again, she wasn't exactly exclusive in that regard.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:42 PM
I hope you're dating flat chested guys rob. Moobs are gross.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:42 PM
"ive always found flat chested woman much sexier. boobs are silly, does anyone else agree?"
NO
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:43 PM
Why do men have nipples? What bodily purpose do they serve?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:43 PM
I bottle feed my dates.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:44 PM
I think the areloa to boob ratio is important. I like em all shapes and sizes, but if they're big with tiny jean-rivet sized nips, thats no good for me.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:44 PM
Pirate's delight - sunken chest.
Carpenter's dream - flat as a board.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 5:45 PM
Man teats are no good.
Signed,
The Lesbian
:-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:45 PM
"I think the Champs would disagree. They would have been starving for the first 12 months of their lives without boobs."
Biff I think you have some heads scratching. I'm sure many people are not in fact aware that they serve a purpose other than entertainment.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:45 PM
Agreed - that is indeed a key distinction, ditto.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:46 PM
But ditto, one can have small nips and huge areolas.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:48 PM
- Man teats are no good.
Man teeth are no good. They bite woman teat.
Signed,
Scarred
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:48 PM
"I'm sure many people are not in fact aware that they serve a purpose other than entertainment."
THL, good point, but I think even the Champs aren't aware of it given most people have no memory of the first 12 months of their lives. Some even have no mammaries in the first 12 months of their lives.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:48 PM
Good gravy...we are seriously discussing boobies! I wonder if Mr. B ever imagined *this* when he said to himself years ago, "Yeah, I'll start a blog. A blog about Brooklyn real estate."
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:49 PM
Snaps - Probably not but he must've realized what he was doing when he put up the OT today.
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 5:51 PM
- "Yeah, I'll start a blog. A blog about Brooklyn real estate."
People that buy brownstones don't have boobs??
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:51 PM
Snappy, thats right, a fine point. I think its the areola to breast ratio that I'm most interested in.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:51 PM
Snappy, your 5:49 post was #666.
By the way, today is Canadian Thanksgiving.
I'm thankful for boobies!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:52 PM
My husband and I once had a (wine fueled) contest to see who could think up more names for boobs. He'd say boobs, I'd counter with tatas and on it went. He won. I'd guess we came up with at least 30 or so names though.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:52 PM
- the areloa to boob ratio is important.
There's a ratio?
Some men are so picky. Be happy with what is exposed to you.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:52 PM
^^^^^^^^
The gravy reference reminded me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:53 PM
"I bottle feed my dates."
Well I find the comment hilarious, I certainly won't be dating you.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:53 PM
"But ditto, one can have small nips and huge areolas."
Yeah, I guess that's true, too. This is a confusing subject!
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:53 PM
666? DAMMIT! NOOOOOOOOO!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:53 PM
knockers
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:54 PM
juGGs
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that contest!!!
"Be happy with what is exposed to you."
ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
THL - did he say "meatballs"?
Though "Devil's Dumplings" is more apt.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
"He won."
No surprise there, as (straight) men tend to spend a lot of time pondering this very subject.
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
gazongas
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
What I don't like in boobs? All one bland color. There needs to be a light to dark grade as you head towards the center from boob to areola to nipple.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:55 PM
OMG, areola to nipple ratios, I've heard it all.
You beggars have the nerve to be PICKY!!??
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 5:56 PM
- "I bottle feed my dates."
Well I find the comment hilarious, I certainly won't be dating you.
What if I told you I have 12oz bottles!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:56 PM
i prefer seeing melons in a red satin over the shoulder bolder holder
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 12, 2009 5:56 PM
fun bags
hooters
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:56 PM
"Why do men have nipples? What bodily purpose do they serve?"
None - its all part of unintelligent design.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:56 PM
fun bags
(am I the only one playing this game?)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 5:57 PM
You can all play 'name the tatas' game on Thursday. You have 10 seconds to come up with an answer or you do a slippery nipple shot.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 5:57 PM
"What I don't like in boobs? All one bland color. There needs to be a light to dark grade as you head towards the center from boob to areola to nipple."
Well, THL and me agree on something at least.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 5:57 PM
mosquito bites (for the smaller ones!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 5:57 PM
Sweater meat
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:58 PM
Snack Trays
Posted by: Brokedeveloper at October 12, 2009 5:58 PM
- I'd guess we came up with at least 30 or so names though.
30!?!?!?!?
I guess if you don't have much of something, you don't know what to call them.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 5:58 PM
Yaboos
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 5:59 PM
rib cushions
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:00 PM
"What if I told you I have 12oz bottles!"
Well I'd have to re-assess my position.
More standing up perhaps.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:00 PM
sweater puppies
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:00 PM
THL, your 5:55 post!! When I first posted on Brownstoner, I really didn't expect to get turned hearing a pregnant woman discuss the types of breasts she likes!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:00 PM
I'm really trying to "rack" my brains here.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:01 PM
- Sweater meat
- Snack Trays
Never heard of these.
I've heard:
Buttons :-(
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:01 PM
tig ole bitties
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:01 PM
droopy snoopies
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:02 PM
tractor beams
"She wasn't much of a looker so I wasn't going to bother but then she revealed her tractor beams and pulled me in"
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:02 PM
Snappy, sweater puppies was #700!
How about casabas?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:02 PM
Flotation devices
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 6:03 PM
Milk wagons
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:03 PM
headlights
milk wagons
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:03 PM
Coconuts
Speed bumps
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:04 PM
Well Biff, I've seen some things man, and some stuff. I wouldn't recommend it!
I also hate implants. SO revolting. I do not get the appeal whatsoever.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:04 PM
OK, I'm gonna bounce. See you guys tomorrow!
Posted by: East New York at October 12, 2009 6:05 PM
chesticles
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:05 PM
honkers
"the girls"
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:05 PM
Sanppy - usage of "headlights" requires visible nipple contours even when clothing is being worn. Preferably a tight sweater.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:06 PM
Breastisess
Chesticles
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:06 PM
sag and gee
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:07 PM
Tune In Tokyo's
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:08 PM
We are sick, sick people!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:09 PM
"OK, I'm gonna bounce."
Pun intended?
THL, I completely agree with you re: implants. I can't stand them - seriously. I much prefer small, natural ones to ginormous fake ones.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:09 PM
Blouse bunnies
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:09 PM
Sin Cushions
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:10 PM
knee slappers
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:11 PM
jiggly jugs
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:11 PM
the brown bombers
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:12 PM
"We are sick, sick people!"
You're just figuring this out? ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 12, 2009 6:12 PM
"The cats away...
Posted by: IMBY at October 12, 2009 9:09 AM"
IMBY called it!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:12 PM
did anyone say Rack yet?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:12 PM
Where's DIBS?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:13 PM
mole hills
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 6:13 PM
Are you making up phrases now???
Cause I can make up a few also.
- knee slappers
ewwwww....thank god, I'm a perfect small size.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:13 PM
appetizers :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:13 PM
bodacious tata's
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:13 PM
natures kegger
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:14 PM
Happy Columbus Day! I'm going out to dinner. (Hope they're not serving spaghetti & meatballs.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 12, 2009 6:14 PM
Mr. B' gonna kill us.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:14 PM
fried eggs
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:15 PM
"did anyone say Rack yet?"
Yes, somewhere up there.
Angel Cakes
Dueling Banjos
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:15 PM
Ear Muffs
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:15 PM
globes
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:16 PM
"natures kegger"
ROFL!!!
He is gonna kill us!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:17 PM
mn -]
/mkl'/m
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:17 PM
Nite Arkady!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:17 PM
Okay, I think everyone is making some names up here. So here are my made up contributions.
Milk Dispensers
Headbangers
Globes
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:19 PM
Pontoons
Pointer Sisters
Ok, I think that just about "rounds" it out.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:19 PM
bee stings
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:19 PM
OOPS! Posting courtesy of J-Kun cat.
Alright I got some things I need to tend to. Have great night everyone.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 12, 2009 6:19 PM
rib bumpers
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:20 PM
Ok, everyone, I'm outta here.
Have a great night.
Tomorrow we can come up for alternatives to schlong.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 12, 2009 6:20 PM
So if the lesbian said 'Globes', then I can't claim to have made it up.
Must be a phrase that is used.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:21 PM
All I'm saying is if anyone's got big areola and they are not being appreciated, I am willing to help.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:21 PM
torpedoes
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:21 PM
Sometimes, I love leaving for a couple of hours, only to see what I'm returning to.
I was going to say bodacious tatas (but THL just beat me) and rack, also taken, but is it possible that someone missed the ever popular tits? Or milk bags, love mounds, or puppies?
THL, you really should have started this contest earlier in the day.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 6:22 PM
- Tomorrow we can come up for alternatives to schlong.
Schort
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:22 PM
Nite everyone...sweet boobie dreams :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 12, 2009 6:22 PM
brownjkster - its a Brit term for flat ones.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:23 PM
Not being an expert in the field, the Google is a big help (though I'll probably be fired for the search terms I just used):
Here's quite a list of nicknames for breasts:
Angel Cakes Double-Whammies Loaves PT Boats
Apples Dueling Banjos Loblollies Pumpkins
Balboas Dugs Love Melons Rangoons
Balloons Dumplings Love Muffins Rib Balloons
Bangers Dunes Lulus Rib Cushions
Bangles Ear Muffs Macaroons Rivets
Bassoons Eclairs Mambos Roundies
Baubles Eggplants Mammaries Sandbags
Bazongas Enchiladas Mammies Satellites
Bazookas Flapjacks Mams Scones
Bazooms Flappers Mangos Scoops
Beacons Flesh Bulbs Marangos Set
Beanbags Flesh Melons Maraschinos Shakers
Bebops Floaters Marimbas Shebas
Betty Boops Floats Mau Maus Shimmies
Big Boppers Fog Lights Mausers Silos
Bikini Stuffers Fried Eggs Meatballs Skin Sacks
Billibongs Fun Bags Meat Loaves Skooners
Blinkers Gagas Melons Smoothies
Bombers Garbos Milk Cans Snuggle Pups
Bombshells Gazingas Milk Fountains Spark Plugs
Bonbons Gazongas Milk Shakes Specials
Bongos Glands Molehills Spheres
Bonkers Globelets Mommas Spongecakes
Boobers Globes Mondos Spuds
Boobies Gob Stoppers Montezumas Stacks
Boobs Gongas Moo Moos Stuffing
Boops Goombas Mother Lodes Sugarplums
Bops Grapefruits Mounds Sweater Meat
Bosom Grillwork Mountain Peaks Sweater Puffs
Boulders Guavas Muchachas Sweet Rolls
Bouncers Gum Drops Muffins Tahitis
Bra Buddies Handsets Mulligans Tamales
Bra Stuffers Hand Warmers Mushmelons Tartugas
Bronskis Headers Nancies Tatas
Bubbas Headlamps Nectarines Tattlers
Bubbies Headlights Niblets Teats
Buds Headphones Nibs Tetons
Bulbs Headsets Nippeloons Thangs
Bulges Hefties Nippelos Thingamajigs
Bullets Heifers Nippers Tidbits
Bumpers Hemispheres Nippies Titbits
Bumps Hills Nips Tits
Bust Hindenburgs Nodes Titskis
Busters Honeydews Nodules Titters
Busties Honkers Noogies Titties
Butterballs Hood Ornaments Nose Cones Tomatoes
Buttons Hoohas Oompas Tooters
Caboodles Hooters Orbs Torpedoes
Cannon Balls Hot Cakes Ottomans Tortillas
Cantaloups Hottentots Padding Totos
Carumbas Howitzers Pagodas Twangers
Casabas Hubcaps Pair Tweakers
Cha-Chas Huffies Palookas Tweeters
Charlies Humdingers Papayas Twin Peaks
Chihuahuas Hush Puppies Parabolas Twofers
Chimichongas ICBM's Pastries Tympanies
Chiquitas Jawbreakers Paw Patties U-Boats
Coconuts Jemimas Peaches Umlauts
Congas Jibs Peakers Wahwahs
Corkers Jobbers Peaks Waldos
Creamers Jugs Pears Warheads
Cream Pies Jukes Pects Water-Melons
Cuhuangas Jumbos Peepers Whoppers
Cupcakes Kabukis Pillows Wind-Jammers
Curves Kalamazoos Pips Wobblers
Dingers Kazongas Plums WOngas
Dinghies Kazoos Pointer-Sisters Woofers
Dingos Knobbers Points Yabbos
Dirigibles Knockers Pokers Yams
Domes Kongas Polygons Yayas
Doodads Kumquats Pompons Zeppelins
Doozers Lactoids Pontoons Zingers
Doozies Lip Fodder Potatoes
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 6:23 PM
- brownjkster - its a Brit term for flat ones.
I guess it doesn't matter if they're white or brown eggs.
Grade A
Posted by: brownjokester at October 12, 2009 6:25 PM
Balboas?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 12, 2009 6:28 PM
And now I'm outta here. I found an even longer list, alphabetized dictionary style, but I'm afraid Mr. B will ban me if I post it so I'm refraining. Ny-tol!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 12, 2009 6:28 PM
Ummmm...HELLLLOOOOOOO...this blog is about brownstones.
They should be called the front stoop.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 12, 2009 6:48 PM
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