Stories to Tell
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 04:13 PM
Today we asked listeners to contribute stories they felt worth telling. Here are a few sent by email.
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I used to live on Bedford Ave in Williamsburg...
A brand new ultra-huge laundromat/cleaners opened on Bedford Ave. It's
a hispanic owned and operated laundromat. When I went in to pick up my
drycleaning, I looked up at the wall which was covered with taped-up
one dollar bills (common in new places). At the top was a one dollar
bill with "KILL WHITIE" scrawled over George Washington's face.
As I looked around I realized every customer was white.
To be fair, when I asked the person at the counter "Are you kidding
with that bill?" He looked up at it, apologized and immediately took it
down.
I never returned.
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We love differentiating ourselves for good and bad. Here's a site my
partner and I love...
http://overheardinnewyork.com/
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being up to my ears overhearing comments and my own, the most refreshing that made me burst out laughing was from a six year-old scampering over some rocks interrupting his mother talking about what else, "is Elvis Presley dead?"
a british friend living in NYC commented how everyone says, "only in new york" to just about everything. oh look, a squirrel pooping in the park. only in new york!
My evil bosses won't let me use the phone to call in, so here's my current story -- handy both for cocktail parties and for drawing unwanted eavesdroppers into a novel web of delusion:
"Anyway, my brother's neighbor is that Lincoln Karim guy. You know, the cameraman that Paula Zahn had arrested... So, he was showing my brother some footage last night of Pale Male and Lola returning to their nest with those little orange squares of fabric 'The Gates' volunteers hand out in the Park. Isn't that wild? I guess they're lining the nest with 'em."
So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Two "gates" volunteers were talking about upcoming NY elections......"Yeah, Bloomberg and Spritzer" would be terrific for New York" I didn't correct "Spritzer" cause I was giggling so much.
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