What's That You Say?
It was a slower week for comments, given that lots of folks were away for Turkey Time, but there were still plenty of good ones. Monkeyrotica has this week's Comment of the Week in regards to the accident in Maryland where kids weren't wearing their seatbelts. He makes a good point, then makes us laugh:
It's like they're deliberately avoiding being critical of the kids' behavior, I guess for the sake of the parents, but they're only drawing more attention to the one factor that would probably have saved their lives.
If their lives meant anything, the parents, the teachers, their friends would be screaming from the rooftops WEAR YOUR GODDAMNED SEATBELT. How many more kids are going to die in the coming months because we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings?
All this misplaced adolescent angst. Whatever happened to cutting or the choking game or lighting poots? Hell, when was the last time you saw a kid in a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit rolling a hoop down the street with a stick? That's some straight-up gangsta s**t, yo. Try talking smack about him or his bonnet and he'll pull a nine out of his doublet and fill the whole goddamn street with hot brass, screaming, "Hell, yeah! That's how we do it in my hood, b***h!" Then off he goes with his hoop and stick.
After the jump, pizza debates, The Big Lebowski, and the world famous best commenter name and avatar awards.
Photo by chip py the photo guy
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After HCE posted the same comment multiple times on the Transit post, guest33 made us laugh:
emphasis clearly added
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mattjames was a godsend, giving the name of the terrible/awesome sounding movie mentioned in Overheard:
It's called "Decoys" and honestly, it's a must-see film -- maybe the funniest horror film ever made.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0357585/
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A lot of folks were pleasantly surprised about Holiday traffic and post holiday shopping:
anitas didn't have much trouble leaving D.C.:
I must say that I was pleasantly surprised on my drive North today. I left DC today at 11am and the traffic on 95, while steady did not slow down at all until just before the bridge and then as we neared Philly. Perhaps because so many people anticipated a hellacious ride, they split the city a day early? Have no idea what Sunday will bring, however...
and ShawnDC didn't have much of a problem shopping:
I was forced to go to Pentagon City today and much to my surprise it was pretty dead.
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And some commenters had a Big Lebowski-fueled argument about the GW half-court shot:
internbrian: Why would you call him on being over the line? I guess some people don't want others to win free flights??
Politburo: Smokey, this is not Nam. There are rules.
internbrian: Mark it 8, Dude.
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There's an interesting meteorological discussion on the no snow post.
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And a pizza debate on the Pizza Zero post.
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And the Commenter Name and Avatar of the Week both go to ChimayTriple, who clearly likes beer, and the "say what, chicken butt" avatar. Good stuff.