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Speaking of weird, in regards to the manhole fire post, Jeffrey has this to say about the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers in our city:

If I've said it once, I've said it thousand times: this city needs to launch a fire safety program for the CHUD people who live in our sewers. Lives are at stake, Mayor Fenty!

And monkeyrotica is there with the response and a movie we wish existed:

And I've said it a thousand times: those CHUDs are lawyers that were flushed down DC toilets when they were young. But now they're back, and this time...

It's personal.

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After the jump, baseball seats, education activists, and burrito meat.

Photo by spiggycat

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When it comes to baseball seats, Reid has two good points:

Ok two things:

Second, I really wish those education "activists" would shut up. They're still so bitter at the fact that Fenty has cut them out and that they've lost their powerbase on the board of ed that they're going to oppose each and every reform Fenty comes up with, regardless of its merit. In my opinion, it's the defenders of the status quo power structure that have the failed lives of countless DC school children on their hands.

and RJ has a response:

I was wondering why they are not red, but red seat do have a tendency to fade to pink. Blue or dark color seats seem to be the preferred color for newer stadiums. The main reason for this is because empty dark colored seats are less noticeable than empty lighter colored seats...especially during a night game. Plus, Costco only stocks blue seats.

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The post about the horrifying sex-for-crack exchange caught on camera spurred a plethora of posts, but JamesC made us laugh with his meta-comment:

I'm absolutely appalled, horrified, even saddened that monkeyrotica hasn't commented on this story yet.

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The new era in burrito-cart-land post also brought a lot of comments, and Jonboy makes a good point about burrito cart meat:

"They need to offer a real burrito, w/meat."

I'm a hardcore carnivore, but I hate the idea of selling any kind of meat out of that tiny little cart, what with its lack of refrigeration and limited storage space. I think that as long as they're using that tiny cart, they should focus on what they already do so well. (But if they over open an indoor space, I would love some meat options).

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Hillman echoes what we said about a year ago about the Convention Center:

How about the "Washington Surrounded by Boarded Up Buildings And Crime Convention Center, "?

Rumor on the street is major conventions are refusing to book at the Convention Center because previous conventioneers are complaining about how much crime there is, how DC cops don't seem to care (surprise), and how there's not really that much for them to do within a couple blocks's walk.

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And dude looks like a lady (who is also a runner-up for the week's best user name and avatar) has his own suggestion for the new convention center name:

Can't they just order "Walter E." signs and then nail them onto the existing "Washington Convention Center" sign?

That'd be a cheap way to do it.

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Halloween came and went with plenty of comments, and Mike Licht's was funny:

I would expect a Jesus-themed Yo-Yo to do "Walking the Dog" on water.

while mellbell had an experience common to many of us:

It's not the candy that's got me hungover... ugh.

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If there were a best fake restaurant name award, monkeyrotica would get it on the post about the Smithsonian building for sale:

So I guess a Bob's Big Poi Hawaiian Restaurant or a Texas Cheesecake Depository are out of the question then.

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And the coveted awards for best user name and avatar go to DixieCarter, whose Lifetime television logo avatar reminded us that Dixie Carter was one of the actresses on "Designing Women," that dumb old TV show for moms. Congrats, Dixie, and don't let your newfound fame go to your head.