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  1. After last night.

    Just a reminder why some of us love this site and some of the folks here.

    http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/12/open_thread_wed.php?comments=10

    The OT Dec. 17th, 2008 Brought us:

    > SnarkSlope to compose new musical.

    The infinitely wise Montrose Morris is correct. I present to you, ladies, gentleman, posters of all ages, a rough draft of:

    “Brownstonerian Rhapsody”

    Are these the End Times?
    Is this just real estate?
    Caught in a collapse
    No escape from the big deflate

    Open your eyes,
    Look up to the comps and see
    I’m just a poor boy, I got no equity,
    I got a liar loan, sub-prime loan,
    Risk rate high, FICO low,
    Any way the price goes doesn’t really matter to me, to me

    Muffet, just bought a place,
    Put an offer in today,
    Pulled the trigger, so they say,
    Muffet, the fall has just begun,
    But now you’ve gone and thrown your cash away
    Muffet, oooh-oooh-oooh,
    Didn’t think you’d ever buy
    If I’m not back again to blog tomorrow
    Comment on, comment on, as if pricing doesn’t matter

    Too late, the end has come,
    Foreclosures on my block, prices dropping like a rock
    Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go,
    Gonna mail the bank the keys and walk away
    Muffet oooh-oooh-oooh, I don’t want to cry,
    But I sometimes wish I’d never done bought at all

    [guitar solo]

    I smell a little whiff of doom down on Wall Street,
    Banker d0uche, banker d0uche, will you do the perp walk now?
    Fannie Mae and Freddy, swirling down an eddy, whee!
    Housing bubble! Housing bubble!
    Housing bubble! Housing bubble!
    Housing bubble trouble-o-o-o-o
    I’m just a renter and nobody loves me

    He’s just a hipster from a rich family-
    Spare him his life from responsibility
    Easy come easy go, will you let me go
    Bernanke!
    No, we will not let you go
    (let him go)
    Bernanke!
    We will not let you go
    (let him go)

    Bernanke!
    We will not let you go
    (let me go)
    Will not let you go
    (let me go)
    Will not let you go
    (let me go)
    No, no, no, no, no, no, no

    Obama mia, ‘Bama mia, ‘Bama mia save us all
    Beelzebush has a pardon put aside for me, for me, for me

    So you think you can rob me and bail out the bank
    So you think you can sell me the Kool-aid you drank
    Oh Henry, can’t do this to me, Henry
    Just gotta bail out, just gotta bail right outta here

    Everything’s in tatters,
    Anyone can see,
    Everything’s in tatters, everything’s in tatters, you see

    (Who knows where the TARP goes?)

    Posted by: SnarkSlope at December 17, 2008 10:33 AM

  2. hiya wasder!

    brownjokester…is that an alias/multi-login?? I’m not so into that right now, but I’ll give him/her the benefit of the doubt.

    brownjokester,

    Welcome!! Your PLUSA manual, tiara, and membership card are in the mail.

    Please be advised that upon attending your first PLUSA gathering, you will be expected to buy the first round of shots. Identification of one or more PLUSAs will earn you extra credit.

    Please send Snappy your membership dues by the 15th of the month, she gets cranky if you’re late, and we stop sending the newsletter after two late payments.

    Also, please advise your boss that s/he needs to lighten your workload so that you can keep up with posting regularly. Spotty posting is frowned upon!!

    Best, Mgmt.

  3. CarGar – Try to hit up either Diner/Marlow and Sons in the Burg if you’ve never been

    Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 2, 2009 12:46 PM

    DH, thanks I rely on you for all things Williamsburg. I’ll suggest, but I think my friend wants to stay in Manhattan tonight.

  4. P.S. I remember the 2/3 would run the express portions of Manhattan at lightning speed back in the bad old 70s/80s. Summer, windows open, no A/C, quite a breeze. And you could really surf.

  5. if you want to stay in the area, i think grocery on smith is fabbers. people seem to love noodle pudding in BH. if you want to have a really unique and special dinner, degustation in the east village is a very charming and intimate low key setting. i think that place is a hidden gem. help me help you. 🙂

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