Thanks to Christmas and days off and such, it was a bit of a slower week for comments, but there are still plenty of gems worth sharing.

OldPosterKnownAsCranky gets the nod for comment of the week:

Hello? Hello?

Man, it royally sucks ass to have to work on Christmas Eve.

After the jump, cranky Catania, drive through booze, cougars, and the esteemed best avatar and username awards.

Photo by Sexy Fitsum

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The post on David Catania's 911 call had a lot of defenders of the operator.

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demonfafa doesn't like the taxi cab survey:

The mayor doesn't have
to consult me directly. This isn't a government run by
the people themselves. This survey only needs one question instead of three.

and jamie agrees

What a joke. They ask customers if they like the system before giving them the survey, watch them fill it out, and then collect the surveys themselves?

The Post is such a piece of crap. While in that article they don't represent the survey as anything scientific, they at least could point out to readers that the survey methodology, and consequently the results, are completely self-serving and meaningless.

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blittle wants to drive through their liquor stores:

How dare Charles County conisder banning drive thru liquor stores?!? How else am I supposed to tolerate the drive back and to Charles County if I can't be sipping on my handle of jack on the way back?

Next thing you know they'd want to cancel Christmas. The bastards.

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wizzyliz made us laugh about the Redskins win:

Twelve men on the field -- it's a Festivus Miracle!!!!

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indiecognition has an interesting point about Montgomery County's booze rules:

Just food for thought: part of the reason that Montgomery County, despite being liberal and secular, still limits liquor sales to county-run stores and only permits one grocery store location per chain to sell beer and wine is that the DC liquor store owners lobby to keep the MD county's laws strict. Knowing that if Montgomery County residents have such limited options in terms of liquor stores and places to buy beer, wine, and food all in the same stop, they'll be more likely to just head to Rodman's, Magruders, or somewhere else just across the DC line.

But seriously...in Cali (Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, at least), you can go to Safeway any day of the week before 2am and leave with all your groceries, as well as beer, wine, and liquor. This more reasonable system makes it so much more flexible and convenient for the cooks around the area, as well as those of us who don't stay drunk every moment of the day when alcohol is legally sold.

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meeg is not a White House Christmas tree fan:

That tree is fug for sure.

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In hibernation a bit, Disco Stu and monkeyrotica comment on animals:

Disco:
Heck, tiger attacks! In DC we have a MUCH worse problem: cougar attacks! I barely escaped Rumors with all my limbs!

Monkey:
The cougar problem at Tumors is nothing compared to the one at The Prime Rib. Hot fifty-ish trophy wives of eighty-ish lawyer/doctor types. They're looking for the kind of meat and jus that isn't on the menu.

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The police dog shooting incident got a wide range of responses.

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Overheard has a good sampling of funny Metro operator quips.

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Some commenters have their own favorite D.C. bands.

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Voteprime sees an anti-Glover Park bias:

I love it:

Poor Glover Park. Always getting the short end of the stick.

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Hillman finds the Hosiery's situation amusing:

The article on the Hosiery Warehouse is sortof funny. These chaps seem to think it's acceptable to do things in their rented space that are contrary to their lease?

If you want to run a trendy 'off the books' business that involves lots of drunk and high people traipsing about, run it legally and/or run it out of your own property. Asking the property owner to subsidize the very real risk of some high doofus getting hurt and suing while you lie and deny that such events are even being held is, just, what's the word? Oh, yes. Childish.

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Good ideas about voting rights here.

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And finally, Disco Stu may not advertise, but he wins the best username award, while dc dawg gets the avatar award for his Dolla Bill Clinton Portis icon.