November 19, 2007
What's That You Say?
It's almost Turkey Time, but that doesn't mean DCist readers weren't posting good stuff. The comment of the week goes to voteprime, who responded to the morning roundup article about intersex fish:
Potomac River's Father: D+? D+?! Why can't you be more like you cousin, C&O Canal!
Potomac River: But Dad, I thought you'd be proud of my intersex fish. Nothing I ever do is good enough for you! grumble grumble...stupid canal...grumble grumble...outdated mode of transportation
PR's Father: What did you say, boy?!
PR: Nothing, nothing...
By the way, have we heard any reports surfacing yet of mutated or super-human tri-athletes after the Nation's Triathlon was allowed to swim in the Potomac?
After the jump, General Tso's Chipotle, paddy wagons, and Marion Barry, plus the much sought-after best username and avatar awards.
Photo by yospyn
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eric p has a funny one about D.C. schools losing track of their students.
if you're using the buddy system, you should probably just limit it to one special needs student per pairing
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wonderwazz liked the backwards Photo of the Day:
GO SLANOITAN!!
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monkeyrotica is up to his old tricks in the free salad post:
IMGoph - I hope I can count on your write-in vote Because a vote for Monkeyrotica is a vote for FREE COCKPUNCHES!
It's Monkeyrotica time! Don't be late!
and he adds:
I'm lovin the General Tso's Chipotle! Right up there with Kung Pao Habanero, BBQ Crab Rangoon, and Tequila Sauerbraten Gelato (Hitler's favorite salad dressing!) They've practically stolen the menu from Seamus von Leninburg Standing Horse's Omni Ethnic Sub Pub.
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rj has a not half bad idea for Adams Morgan shenanigans:
What Adams Morgan really needs is the good old fashioned Paddy Wagon. Instead of throwing drunks (unruly, happy drunks are fine) into taxis throw them into the drunk tank. A night in a DC jail will make a few think twice about getting ripped at the flip cup table.
and qbert is tired of the Nats stadium jokes
"Reid, is it possible for us to push for the name of the new stadium to be We Are Stealing Your Tax Dollars LLC Nationals Field?"
Really? We're going to do the stadium thing again?
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no pants mcgee (who is also the winner of the coveted weekly best avatar and username contest) has a good point about the Metro fare hikes meetings:
You know, maybe it's just me, but if Metro's having a hearing that requires you to take the train, then take a bus, then take a special shuttle, it's got more problems than can be addressed by a fare hike.
Common sense!
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And fartynonsense came in a close second for best username. But not avatar! Come on farty, make me laugh.
mackworth, for example, has a good one - an inflatable green hippo.
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Despite pre-season forcasts for being ahistorically bad team (ie worse than the '62 Mets) the 2007 Nats were only a medicore team, beating prognosticators by about 30 wins. They finished in the lower third, but were generally competitive night in and night out, after April.
Their 2007 draft is certainly among the top 5 in the majors, if not the best, particularly since they actually signed a larger percentage of the guys they picked, many of whom anchored a pretty robust Class A Vermont team.
This team will be competitive this year, in terms of being a .500 product, particularly if they get some of the starting pitching back that was lost to injury in 2007.
Playoffs in 2009 is my prediction.
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and previous username and avatar contest winner dudelookslikealady won't be voting for Barry anytime soon:
On last night's evening news, Barry said that Tim Page's email was "almost a hate crime."
(see: http://www.news8.net/news/stories/1107/471994.html)
I cannot believe how much attention our beloved former mayor is getting by acting like a baby and now playing the tired old race card. What a boob....
Ward 8, I hope you are proud of your delegate to the City Council.
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fartynonsense, is that name a reference to the State skit, "Tenement"?
"No, it's my fault. I killed the old fork-and-spoon raspberry. Darn me to H-E-double-hockey-sticks! I'm not worth farty nonsense."
let's get milk faced and hump like rabbits.
i miss the state
You like me! You really like me!
Look what it says on the side of this box of puddin. "Cook then chill." And that's what I do every night: I cook....then I chill.
Aw yeah.