This is the thread where we post all sorts of things that would probably make no sense to anyone outside the city you live in.

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"You don't need a million to look like a million."
"Oh! Thank you.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"Let's go to the videotape!"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"He couldn't have killed that man; he was busily fuckin' his mama!"

― Kingfish of Burma (Kingfish), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

"SOY BOMB"

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going ice skating tonight..it's 90 degress out.

― heidi s, Friday, 11 June 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

but Soy Bomb was on national TV!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The bitch set me up!!

― tobo (tobo), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

There was an accident in the bean field.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"take a left, then straight on, take the second right at the cinema and there you are."

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"sorry mate, I still need it, gotta get a bus"

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"due to a police situation"
"unavoidable delay"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"not for no basketball team"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"alternate-side-of-the-street-parking is in effect"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"due to a sick passenger"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

this has just become another NYC thread

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Looks like June gloom.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Submitted by a co-worker: "It's nothing but a quonset hut!"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

sick passenger=dead person

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

BURRITOVILLE

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

LUAVUL

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Also: "Krass Brothers, 937 South Street -- Store of the Stars!"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I am going with my hometown instead of my current place of residence.

"WHERE WERE YOU IN '82?"
"TYPING!"
the Ho Chi Men
Sound Committee
SxUx

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Berrrrr-wyn

― oops (Oops), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"wanker!!"

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"double-parking"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

(I mean, I can't imagine that limited to my city, but I also can't quite imagine where else it would apply)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

hahahaha! my friend claism to have smoked crack with dave koz

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

"let's get ready to rumble... for safety!"

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

"welcome to London"

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

dr. zizmor

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

or was it rich koz.

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

NARDCORE

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Who IS Angelyne, anyway?"

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

rock, rock, rock, rock, rockaway bedding!

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

geezers kiosk

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

THANK YOU DR ZIZMOR

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i left the 's' off for savings.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

wet italian beef

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

did you see that dr. z got hauled into court recently?

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Johnny Go .. to a fucking show, for a change! He's been dead for 10 years, moron.

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.telescreen.org/drubk2/IM000489.JPG

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

((BANKRUPTCY)) ((INFO)) ((TAPES))

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil, it's Rich Koz. I went to high school with his niece.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

we sell gold by weight, not by so-called discount pricing!

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.chrisdiclerico.com/files/candy.au

This is serious (serious)
We could make you delirious (delirious)
You should have a healthy fear of us (fear of us)
Too much of us is dangerous (no, no, no, nooooo)

Doctors tell the pharmacy (pharmacy)
Types of pills that you will need (you will need)
And he knows the harm that we can (we can be)
If we're not taken carefully (no, no, no, nooooo)

We're not candy (believe us)
Even though we look so fine and dandy
When you're sick we come in handy
But, we're not candy (ooooh, no)

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

snuffy's pantagis

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

ha!

beautiful, Mount Airy Lodge...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

i saw the snuffy's billboard last weekend.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.snuffyspantagis.com/

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Hahah my friend went to high school with the ((BANKRUPCY))((INFO))((TAPES)) guy's daughter.

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

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Traffic is jammed at the Orange Crush.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 11 June 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Also Crazy Gideon.

"No ups, no extras." (this one's probably nationwide)

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Traffic is slow along the South Bay Curve and there's some spectator slow-down for a car fire at the El Toro Y.

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Goddamn it, this thread is fun.

-- "Cool Disco Dan"

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

(that one's not from the city I live in anymore, but my childhood home)

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The monthly payment on my new condo would be somewhat less if I didn't have any damn Mello-Roos to worry about!!

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The Santa Anas always bring out the worst in my seasonal allergies.

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to say Rosemary totally wins, but perhaps she is disqualified?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The Santa Anas always bring out the worst in my seasonal allergies.

I thought of this one too, but I think many people are pretty familiary with it if they watch the Weather Channel or other national weather reports with any consistency, if not by other means.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

(also, Semisonic dropped a Santa Ana lyric on its last album, which had mostly high-generic lyrics)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Feels like earthquake weather.....

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"the mountain is out"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Raymond Chandler dropped a Santa Ana reference into one of his books.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah I know about the Santa Anas, too.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Sheesh! Sorry.

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"marine layer," maybe, though that covers more than one city

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

hahah eagle man! and save more money at menards?

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 12 June 2004 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I need to ask that Menard's guy where the good coke is at

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 12 June 2004 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

five-eight-eight .. two-three-hundred - Empiiiiiire!

― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 12 June 2004 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"You going to Noise?"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 June 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm going south on LSD"

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 12 June 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

These are from the same ad campaign (which is about twenty yrs old):

"Just call Arrow, Arrow Upholstery!"
"Don't be an Edith!"
"Well, I've gone back three times, haven't I?"

Also:

- So when the hell is Roddy Stinson going to shut up?
- TS: Jacqueline Ortiz or Nancy Gonzales.
- "Oh, so you're an 09er... ohhhh, okay...."
- "Where's he/she at? The Methodist or the Baptist? St. Luke's? Oh, the Baptist."
- "Go down Fredericksburg until it turns into Cypress, then turn right onto San Pedro."
- Chili queens!!

― Those Beautiful Lines (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 12 June 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

AND:

- Stupid fucking World Car commercials!
- Cosmo? Who in their right mind would actually name their kid COSMO?
- Whatever happened to Sonny Melendrez, huh?
- Oh damn, another Taqueria Jalisco. Like we needed another one.

― Those Beautiful Lines (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 12 June 2004 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Chili queens!!

whats this? i want to know

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 12 June 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"Busting my ass like a left on Towanicut."

― Maria D., Saturday, 12 June 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hachiko at eight."

― Debito (Debito), Sunday, 13 June 2004 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Also: "Krass Brothers, 937 South Street -- Store of the Stars!"

speaking of which ... Benjamin Krass, suit salesman known for manic TV ads, dead at 85>

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 13 June 2004 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

WHO ARE WE
DAMN STRAIGHT
SOMETHING SOMETHING WHO ARE WE
(SOME REDNECK HOOTING AND HOLLERING)
TATES CREEK TATESK CREEK BY DAMN
WHO ARE WE?
SOMETHING SOMETHING
WOO HOO

― nickalicious totally did'nt pay attention at his hihg school football gmamaes (n, Sunday, 13 June 2004 07:18 (twenty-two years ago)

DAMP SQUIB!!!!!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 13 June 2004 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

hello hello it's chris and marie!!

― the surface noise and the analogue warmth (electricsound), Sunday, 13 June 2004 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

you coolsie elmer chats

― the surface noise and the analogue warmth (electricsound), Sunday, 13 June 2004 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG AUSSIE/NZ MUFUHZ I HATE/WANT 2 B U LMAMERZ

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Sunday, 13 June 2004 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Scene that Celebrates Itself"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 13 June 2004 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually yo, Chicagoans who think Empire is strictly yours/ours: I was depressed as hell to realize that shit is cross-country. Kindly old Empire Man is all over NYC, too.

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 13 June 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

but do they have the 588-2300 jingle too?

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 13 June 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

"Want your home look different? Please come to see us!"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Call me - THE KENTUCKY HAMMER."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

LA:

Working:
"Who do I have to fuck to get OUT of the business?!!"
"He's in the business."

Driving:
"I don't go to the west (east) side"
"It's over the hill"
"It's in the jungle"
"Turn right at the oranges guy"
"Meet me at Pink's"

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nah, that's dark mate. Ah, she was screwin'. You up for a blaze later? Yes blood. Nang!"

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Veneer Of The Week - Birds Eye Maple

― mzui (mzui), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a NorCal Pete Ellis Dodge "follow the bouncing ball" jingle, too:
"Pete Ellis Dodge, 1095 West El Camino Real, Sunnyvale."

Also, the sing song recitation of some camera store's locations: "Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose."

Now these are going to be in my head for the rest of the day.

― Nemo (JND), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

zappy

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

top of the hill...daily city!

I don't even remember what that was an ad for, just remember hearing the guys voice a billion times on the radio.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"What high school did you go to?"

― mike a, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

WHUH?

― you're killing me larry (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

oh my god *I* want to fucking kill larry.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

but his beds are so cheap and soft!

― you're killing me larry (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Nevertheless, if I ever see him in person, I'm going to cockpunch him,

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"Coming into town, look right and you'll see the big golf ball. The birthplace is in that neighborhood."

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

C PRYOR IS FAT

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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