That's obnoxious, lol.  I like it.

These were both walk-bys where all you get is a snippet, but these were great snippets.

 

"Fuck them! I'm gonna buy you a burger!"

 

"Fuckin' laughin our asses off. First time I ever saw another dude's dick."

I forgot about this thread!  I have a couple from last Saturday on E4 street.

 

Lady wearing Detroit Tigers gear walking to the game... turns onto E4 from Euclid:

 

"OH... wowwwwww.  Isn't this neat!  I didn't know they had anything like this in Cleveland."

 

Lady's young 4 or 5 year old child:

 

"Let's go bowling!  I want to go bowling Mommy!"

I forgot about this thread! I have a couple from last Saturday on E4 street.

 

Lady wearing Detroit Tigers gear walking to the game... turns onto E4 from Euclid:

 

"OH... wowwwwww. Isn't this neat! I didn't know they had anything like this in Cleveland."

 

Lady's young 4 or 5 year old child:

 

"Let's go bowling! I want to go bowling Mommy!"

 

I saw a few Detroit fans marveling at E.4th as well last week.  They really came out for the games!

WARNING YOU MAY VOMIT IF YOU CLICK THIS LINK!

 

I ALMOST DID!  :x

 

http://www.cleveland.com/discoverbrunswick/

 

 

 

As did I.  This is most hilarious, as my sister and her family live in Brunswick and I make fun of it to them all the time, as they do.  And yes they refer to it as Brunstuckey. 

But they live in a lovely subdivision with lovely neighbors.....  (yawn)

(I think they moved there for the cheap house in a new neighborhood, that didnt have Cuyahoga property taxes, yet they certainly take advantage of all that Cuyahoga County has to offer....  :?

Girl 1:  I registered to vote today.  Did you guys register yet?

 

Girl 2:  No, voting is so difficult.

 

Girl 1:  Well, registering was easy.  But I don't know where to vote?  Where do I find that out?  Can I vote at Wal-Mart?

 

Girl 3:  Voting is a set-up.  There's no way I'm giving anyone my name.  Pretty soon I'd be getting stuff in the mail.

 

Girl 1:  Good point.  Where do you think I can go to un-register?  Do they do that at Wal-Mart?

 

 

I almost screamed.  This was on campus at UW-Milwaukee too.

I feel embarassed for America :-/

Girl 1:  I registered to vote today.  Did you guys register yet?

 

Girl 2:  No, voting is so difficult.

 

Girl 1:  Well, registering was easy.  But I don't know where to vote?  Where do I find that out?  Can I vote at Wal-Mart?

 

Girl 3:  Voting is a set-up.  There's no way I'm giving anyone my name.  Pretty soon I'd be getting stuff in the mail.

 

Girl 1:  Good point.  Where do you think I can go to un-register?  Do they do that at Wal-Mart?

 

 

I almost screamed.  This was on campus at UW-Milwaukee too.

 

Now that is simply frightening.

After driving around a friend of a friend who was up from just south of canton.

 

"Someone told me Cleveland was on the 'fastest dying city list'.  I'm so confused...  Cleveland is so fun!  I'm going to come back and explore downtown and finally go to that iron chef place!"

 

err.....She's lucky I'm a nice guy.

those girls would probably vote republican, let em stay in the dark

Not really overheard, but this is what my grandfather sent to all of us.

 

If Obama wins, you should get closer to Jesus for his sake. 

 

If McCain wins, you should get closer to Jesus for your sake!

Not sure where else to put this, but bitch slap these fools.

 

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2008/11/nashville_learns_from_the_most.php

 

Last week, city officials from Nashville traveled to the shores of Lake Erie to study the most incompetently run town in America. That would be Cleveland, Ohio.

 

They arrived to examine the city's new rapid bus line, which consists of little more than a rebuilt street with dedicated bus lanes, a lot of expensive cement, and some newly planted trees. Total cost: $200 million.

 

Among Cleveland residents, it's the most ridiculed project in town -- and this is a city with a lot to ridicule. It's literally just a slightly faster bus line, running 100 blocks or so from downtown to the city's east side. And at a pricetag of $200 mil -- which mostly came from the feds -- it's largely viewed as the latest, greatest monument to government waste.

 

Nashvillians were likely drawn by Cleveland's claims of instant prosperity. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is estimating the project will generate $4 billion in economic activity, according to this report by Nate Rau in The City Paper. Others have claimed it will create 7,000 new jobs. How a simple bus line will do all this has yet to be explained.

 

Worse, it probably wouldn't work in Nashville. A line from downtown to the West End might be the most plausible option. But the Cleveland project runs through roughly 50 blocks of abandoned ghetto, making construction easier and less disruptive. And it still managed to kill many a business. In the prosperous West End, elongated construction would be a death sentence to businesses and make traffic a nightmare for years to come. And at the end of the day, all we'd have for our troubles and our $200 million is a slightly faster bus line.

 

Written by Pete Kotz, former editor of Cleveland Scene.

shall we respond?

 

I mean they even used photos of old busses.

 

Who wants to write the first draft?

I wouldn't bother responding.  The writer is adequately punished for his writings by the fact that he has to live in Nashville.

That's a really funny article because my experience with the visitors was the opposite:

 

 

http://darthvadermeditations.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-friends.html

 

Yesterday I got on the Healthline in University Circle, and I was followed by about a dozen people who looked out of place - dressed well, with shoulder bags, taking notes about who knows what, and wearing name badges.

 

One of the gentlemen sat near me and I asked who they were - turns out that they were a group from Nashville, TN who were coming to Cleveland to check out our transit system - what he called "a model for smaller and mid-sized cities." It was a mix of architects, planners, consultants, transit chiefs, and mayors (it's a regional effort).

 

They got in late Wednesday night (staying at the Hyatt at the Arcade) and spent the day meeting with RTA and listening to presentations before taking the Healthline out to University Circle to talk with some representatives from University Circle, Inc. Today they were going to be touring the Red Line and Green Line.

 

Originally from Cincinnati, and having attended OSU, we talked a great deal about Ohio cities and this was his first time to Cleveland and he loved it. Most impressive to him - our transit system, University Circle, and the residential/entertainment component of Downtown. He talked about how lucky we are to have such a great city that is still affordable.

 

I couldn't agree any more.

 

Sorry to plug my blog, but it's an interesting dichotomy.

That's a really funny article because my experience with the visitors was the opposite:

 

 

http://darthvadermeditations.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-friends.html

 

Yesterday I got on the Healthline in University Circle, and I was followed by about a dozen people who looked out of place - dressed well, with shoulder bags, taking notes about who knows what, and wearing name badges.

 

One of the gentlemen sat near me and I asked who they were - turns out that they were a group from Nashville, TN who were coming to Cleveland to check out our transit system - what he called "a model for smaller and mid-sized cities." It was a mix of architects, planners, consultants, transit chiefs, and mayors (it's a regional effort).

 

They got in late Wednesday night (staying at the Hyatt at the Arcade) and spent the day meeting with RTA and listening to presentations before taking the Healthline out to University Circle to talk with some representatives from University Circle, Inc. Today they were going to be touring the Red Line and Green Line.

 

Originally from Cincinnati, and having attended OSU, we talked a great deal about Ohio cities and this was his first time to Cleveland and he loved it. Most impressive to him - our transit system, University Circle, and the residential/entertainment component of Downtown. He talked about how lucky we are to have such a great city that is still affordable.

 

I couldn't agree any more.

 

Sorry to plug my blog, but it's an interesting dichotomy.

 

 

Dude add your blog to you profile.  I like reading what UO members memoirs!

Last night at Bier Markt in Ohio City I heard a middle aged single woman say:

 

"I don't want to say that I'm too big for Ohio, but I like to shop at Wild Oats, and I recycle.  Nobody does that here."

 

There are a lot of directions one could go with it.

Nobody recycles here?  WTF.

Odin bless that sweet woman who is singlehandedly saving the planet by shopping at Wild Oats and recycling amidst the rest of us non-Wild Oats shoppers and degenerate refuse non-separators.

Not to mention which, shopping at wild oats means jack shit.  How about shopping at the west side market and supporting local businesses, farmers and butchers?  I do that every 2 weeks.  How about shopping at the Mustard Seed which supports a ton of local producers.  How about not paying 3x as much for strawberries trucked in from halfway around the country but instead trying to eat more seasonal foods so that you lessen your impact on the environment.  How about that?  How about having to collect and truck your effing recycling to 3 different recycling locations because they don't have pick-up where you live, which is what we do every 2 weeks?  I would have completely gotten in her face.

Not to mention which, shopping at wild oats means jack sh!t.  How about shopping at the west side market and supporting local businesses, farmers and butchers?  I do that every 2 weeks.  How about shopping at the Mustard Seed which supports a ton of local producers.  How about not paying 3x as much for strawberries trucked in from halfway around the country but instead trying to eat more seasonal foods so that you lessen your impact on the environment.  How about that?  How about having to collect and truck your effing recycling to 3 different recycling locations because they don't have pick-up where you live, which is what we do every 2 weeks?  I would have completely gotten in her face.

 

 

Simma down now.  You're with child! 

 

Honey, we don't want you to get your pressure up!

 

I too would have politely corrected her.

That really gets my Irish up, that's all.  I am just fired up today because I had to have a regular cup of coffee because I'm so tired.

That really gets my Irish up, that's all.  I am just fired up today because I had to have a regular cup of coffee because I'm so tired.

 

Coffee....oh then it's ok!  lol  ;)  Start the kid out right!

LOL.  It was only half a cup, and it was the Desperation Coffee too (office coffee).  It's amazing how much effect just a tiny bit of even weak office coffee can have on you once you've quit caffeine.

Last night at Bier Markt in Ohio City I heard a middle aged single woman say:

 

"I don't want to say that I'm too big for Ohio, but I like to shop at Wild Oats, and I recycle. Nobody does that here."

 

There are a lot of directions one could go with it.

 

You should have pelted her with a snowball and said "this here is what we neanderthals in Ohia do to foreigners"

Last night at Bier Markt in Ohio City I heard a middle aged single woman say:

 

"I don't want to say that I'm too big for Ohio, but I like to shop at Wild Oats, and I recycle. Nobody does that here."

 

There are a lot of directions one could go with it.

 

You should have pelted her with a snowball and said "this here is what we neanderthals in Ohia do to foreigners"

 

See I'd have gone all Henry Rollins on her, screaming "You're a LIIIIAARRRRR...." and such and such, as all the Wild Oats I believe are now Whole Foods.

 

 

LLLLLLIIIIIAAARRRRRRRRRRRR.

 

Then I'd have bid her good day.

I'm pretty critical for residents of urban neighborhoods not being urban enough (too much suburban car-culture), but shopping at whole foods and recycling doesn't give anyone a moral high-ground. I do neither, but I more than make up for it by being car-less. Maybe Ohio is too big for her?

I'm pretty sure this chick lived somewhere out in North Olmsted or something of the like.  I would have liked to have put her in her place, but she seemed to be on a date of some sort and I wasn't up for getting involved.  If it were me sitting with her though I would have laughed, got up and left, leaving her with the tab.

She didn't live out in NO if she claimed to be a regular shopper at Wild Oats, that's on the E side.

She didn't live out in NO if she claimed to be a regular shopper at Wild Oats, that's on the E side.

 

As mentioned above, if she was a regular shopper at Wild Oats, she'd know it changed to Whole Foods a while ago, lol.  I call bullsh*t.  She was trying to impress her date.

^^Yup, that too.  She sounds like someone I would "accidentally" spill my drink on. 

Last night at Bier Markt in Ohio City I heard a middle aged single woman say:

 

"I don't want to say that I'm too big for Ohio, but I like to shop at Wild Oats, and I recycle.  Nobody does that here."

 

There are a lot of directions one could go with it.

 

You should have pelted her with a snowball and said "this here is what we neanderthals in Ohia do to foreigners"

 

LOL! That sounds like an episode of a sitcom.

^^Yup, that too.  She sounds like someone I would "accidentally" spill my drink on. 

 

No dear...you run your fur across her head a la Margo Channing!

 

Nothing says, "stay in your lane you wanna-be bitch" like getting hit in the head with a fur.

 

No dear...you run your fur across her head a la Margo Channing!

 

 

See, you're much better at this than me. I'd have gone all Carol Channing on her.

 

 

No dear...you run your fur across her head a la Margo Channing!

 

 

See, you're much better at this than me. I'd have gone all Carol Channing on her.

 

 

No, no, no.  If you want to bring someone like that woman down a few pegs, you get Eastside Uppity on them!!

 

 

I was thinking more Stockard Channing in her Rizzo getup.

I was thinking more Stockard Channing in her Rizzo getup.

 

Naa when it's someone like that. Material possesions (they want) and an over the top condescending attitude (which intimidates them) wins every time!

 

Trust me!

"I really don't like it here"

 

-Larry Gross

On the bus today one guy asked his friend what book he was reading.  Then he said "Dude, I get all my books at Urban Outfitters....have you ever shopped there?  They have the best books!"

On the bus today one guy asked his friend what book he was reading.  Then he said "Dude, I get all my books at Urban Outfitters....have you ever shopped there?  They have the best books!"

 

 

I work at crazy central (Starbucks on Brady & Farwell in Milwaukee) where I babysit some of the most ridiculous drug users in history.  Here are some of the fun thing's I've heard in the last week:

 

From a guy with no teeth: "Drinking helps you chew your food"

 

From a guy named Curtis: "I made a poem.  Rocks plus a book plus fish equals Jesus.  Jesus equals good fish."

 

From a lady named Maria: "Can I ask you a question? Why do Catholics beat children?"

 

Me: "Hello, how are you today?"

Strange man: "I'm sad the flowers in the heavens are dying with my soul"

 

And my new favorite (not so much) crazy:

Woman: "Can you turn off the fireplace, I'm afraid it'll melt my laptop"

Then, after chuckling a bit and turning it off she came back up.

Woman: "But now my Green Tea Latte's cold.  Can you turn it back on?"

 

I also have to point out that these are all regulars (other than the dead soul guy) and they've all said many other crazy things in the past.

 

 

DRUGS ARE A VERY BAD THING!!!

 

 

 

 

 

I work at crazy central (Starbucks on Brady & Farwell in Milwaukee) where I babysit some of the most ridiculous drug users in history.  Here are some of the fun thing's I've heard in the last week:

 

From a guy with no teeth: "Drinking helps you chew your food"

 

From a guy named Curtis: "I made a poem.  Rocks plus a book plus fish equals Jesus.  Jesus equals good fish."

 

From a lady named Maria: "Can I ask you a question? Why do Catholics beat children?"

 

Me: "Hello, how are you today?"

Strange man: "I'm sad the flowers in the heavens are dying with my soul"

 

And my new favorite (not so much) crazy:

Woman: "Can you turn off the fireplace, I'm afraid it'll melt my laptop"

Then, after chuckling a bit and turning it off she came back up.

Woman: "But now my Green Tea Latte's cold.  Can you turn it back on?"

 

I also have to point out that these are all regulars (other than the dead soul guy) and they've all said many other crazy things in the past.

 

 

DRUGS ARE A VERY BAD THING!!!

 

So you're a pusher?  Another piece of the ProkNo5 puzzle!  I'm slowly starting to understand why you're nutzy coo-coo.

A reminder of how far city has come

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/06/22/editorial1.html

 

One of the positives of this global economic recession we’re in is that the problems facing Greater Cincinnati pale in comparison to the challenges we face in many of our families and companies.

 

This fact became clearer to me as I reflected this week on about six months of writing this column. And it was put in sharper focus as a result of an e-mail I received from lifelong Cincinnatian Nick Vehr, president of growing public relations firm Vehr Communications and board chairman of the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau.

 

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"... when you throw a full cigarette in a toilet, you see the white rings..."

A conversation I had at work Saturday with one of my customers:

 

"I've never heard of a blue cheese olive before."

 

"Where are you from?"

 

"Columbus."

 

I swear to god.

^where do you work?

 

my guess is they say "Columbus" but are actually from Grove-tucky or Spring-tucky

A conversation I had at work Saturday with one of my customers:

 

"I've never heard of a blue cheese olive before."

 

"Where are you from?"

 

"Columbus."

 

I swear to god.

 

As a Sicilian, I would have struck him/her down!  :shoot: