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    Happy Surplus Tuesday!

    British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response

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    Funny Thing Is People Are Still Trying to Eat at Sardi's. Why?
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    Yeah, but just as soon as the conformal coating system gets the scenester endorsement, here comes the anticonformal system, being all hip and ironic.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    Ladies and gentlemen,

    I am sorry to bother you today. Unfortunately, I lost my job four months ago and, last week, my apartment was damaged when my neighbor's kitchen caught fire.

    I am not looking for pity. Just a little change or even just something to eat. If you don't have it, I understand, cuz I don't have it either.

    Thank you and God bless.
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    I'd love a 600 lb. safe, but a bit useless without the combination
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    Image of RCrumbudgeon RCrumbudgeon
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    Hey, NYC subway seats! Now I know what to get John Rocker for Christmas this year.
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    A stanchion fo' yo mansion, dawg!
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    I don't care what fancy name they give them, you take a "stanchion pole" out of the subway and put it in your home and you've got yourself a stripper pole.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    11/24/09

    In reply to Happy Surplus Tuesday!
    I'm still in the midst of the bidding war for some bridge the Port Authority has been offering.
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    Image of b4nt4 b4nt4
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    all i know is in london they have one machine--one teeny tiny machine--that both washes and dries your clothes. i really can't tell you about the social scene because when i lived there a good 85% of my waking hours were spent doing laundry.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    Foster, I love this sentence:

    You guys wouldn't know what to do with The Beatrice Inn if it crawled up your nose in a $100 bill.
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    Foster, try London You're a Lady by the Pogues when you get a chance. A lovely little whiskey-and-nostalgia-sodden ode to the Auld Towne.
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    Image of limber limber
    11/23/09

    @Bottle-Of-Smoke: I like Jamie Cullum's "London Skies".
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    How to fit in in London:

    Wear a smashing tweedy coat and yell "Monty, you terrific cunt!"

    Run around with blood coming out of your eyes and frothing at the mouth while chasing ethnically mixed plague survivors.

    Wear a cloche hat and squeal "Oh, Reginald!" periodically.

    Solve a murder involving curare, rare tropical fish, identical twins and someone named Colonial Ramsbottom.

    Travel through time in a public shitter or whatever that blue thing is.

    Say "Am I bovvered?" Say it again. And again. And yet again.

    Wear LaCroix and get drunk a lot.

    Say the word "pants" with a posh accent, wear a Nazi costume to a party and secretly feel smug that even though you're illegitimate, your dad was the better looking one.
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    11/23/09

    @RollsRoyceRevenge: Trousers, my good chap. In London, fancy pants are called trousers.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/23/09

    @Bottle-Of-Smoke: Not in the context cited.

    #tips
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    berlin's getting really really hip? yeah, like 6 years ago.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/23/09

    @thatgirlinnewyork: That...was the point. Sigh.
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    11/23/09

    @Foster Kamer: yes, yes--was just gobsmacked she dug that one up. friends there are sick to death of people believing it's "next"--not wholly unlike our snide comments to tourists who line up at magnolia for lardcakes.
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    I lived in London for over a decade and I've lived here in NYC for the past 8 years. Love them both. When in London, I miss the cheap taxis, 'brunch', the easy access to gin martinis (since 90% of bartenders here know how to make one) and the weather; when in New York, I miss Marks & Spencers, easy access to Indian Curries, free museums and art galleries and people who don't take themselves so seriously.

    The food thing is simple - for eating out, New York has more good places to choose from and is cheaper; for buying groceries, the quality of fruit, veg, cheese, meat, bread (basically everything) is far superior in the UK. The subway has aircon, is cheap, but is slow; the tube is expensive but fucking efficient - the Victoria Line has one train every minute, literally. Manhattan does feel a bit, I don't know, past it's best right now, though. Like it's stuck in the 90s. I hate to say it, but Brooklyn is way more interesting at this point in time, no?
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    11/23/09

    @Diziet_Sma: no.
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    11/23/09

    @thatgirlinnewyork: Ha ha.
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    Foster, excellent job on this. Both hilarious and so, so true. Gives me much pride as a lifelong New Yorker. I couldn't have said it better myself.

    Just one small thing. The Giants played in the Superbowl on February 3rd 2008, but technically they're the 2007 Superbowl champs. Cheers, and go Giants!
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/23/09

    In reply to British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
    And Scottsdale. Fuck Scottsdale in the cactus.
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