RETAIL-NEWS HEADLINE OF THE WEEK SO FAR

(Thanks to -- prepare to be shocked -- Siouxie)

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[Hammond Rye]

Har!

[crossgirl]

get? or give?

[Siouxie]

Well I'm shocked, Dave. Gobsmacked, even.

[padraig]

"The latest RFP builds on earlier versions of the plan that have circulated since Sitt bought the site in 2005 for $40 million."

I thought at first this was good news, but that's out of my price range.

[Meanie the Blue]

Red Hook is definitely an up and coming neighborhood.

[Erb's point]

I definitely sat up straight upon reading that article

[Braniff]

Brooklyn is on the cutting edge in figuring out ways to boost retail traffic.

[clark Kent]

As erotica goes, I found this story to be a little dry....

Can't quite put my finger on what's missing, but it's lacking something.

[nora]

for the love of pete, don't they have an editor?

[Siouxie]

While Sitt’s company, Thor Equities, said it has not reached a deal with BJ’s and would not comment about the “request for proposals”

Surely they're getting plenty of proposals...

[Siouxie]

I just hope this deal doesn't blow up in their face.

[Erb's point]

For others, opposition was in full bloom.

(Clearly, the climax of the story)

[Meanie the Blue]

Headline, indeed.

And I was shocked - SHOCKED! - to learn who sent this in.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Me too, Meanie.

Siouxie, apropos of nothing, but this story reminds me of last night's episode of True Blood on HBO, IYKWIM (AIKTYD).

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Siouxie, what were you doing searching for hookers and BJs when you Stumbled Upon™ this?

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Jeff, what does the second K in your acronym stand for? Just askin'.

[Siouxie]

whut?

I'll admit the head(heh!)line caught my attention, Mean one.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves ‹(•¿•)›]

Well, that's a twist . . .

[Margaritaville]

Sometimes I wonder what you people (and by that I mean, you people) are googling!

[Meanie the Blue]

Brooklyn really does have a lot to offer.

[Diva]

"BJ’s Wholesale Club, a big-box store..."

Oh, man. Morning just doesn't get any better than this. I'm just hoping it's surrounded by woods.

[Diva]

I think Mike MacLaughlin can die a happy man, after that Headline of a Lifetime.

[Annie Where-but-here]

"Big box retail" - you'd think they'd get it ho'sale.

[Annie Where-but-here]

I like big box, I cannot lie...

[JimJ]

I was amused by the comment box, with a TOS saying that you promise not to post sexually oriented material.

Also note the "similar stories", with headlines like "Red Hook: Hookers lining up for their BJs"

[Siouxie]

LOL @ Annie's ho'sale!

Jeff, I've never seen that show but my sister loves it.

Braniff, just doing a little retail research ;-)

I do get a proud smile on my face whenever we do go by a BJ's and my daughters snicker.

[Schadeboy]

"and create — by 2011 — a 40-feet-wide public esplanade along the water’s edge of the Beard Street property next door to the recently opened Ikea."

What is an esplanada and why do I feel like I'm listening to Ricky Ricardo?

[Siouxie]

LOL Jim. I particularly like "BJ's on tap for Red Hookers"

A bit discriminating, doncha think??? What about Blue Hookers??

[Siouxie, channeling Ricky]

Schade - Ohhh Luuuuucyyyyy, ju gots son esplanadin' tu du?

I know what an empanada is.

[Annie Where-but-here]

*snork* @ Schadeboy & Siouxie - it's an overpriced yuppie dock.

[Layzeeboy]

The headline's just a gag, right?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Maybe they'll put one of these in.

[Siouxie, channeling Ricky]

I find that hard to swallow, Layzee.

[Diva]

Possibly, and you just know they'll make a BIG deal about how great it'll be to put it in there, only to have the reality not match up to the hype.

*chokesnork* @ Layzee.

[cspencef]

Some headline writer at The Brooklyn Paper is pushing the envelope something fierce...counting this article that's at least three headlines on that theme...

[Annie Where-but-here]

*wonders whether they will lay the foundation for BJ's or if the Beard Street project will go down swingin'*

[Siouxie]

Annie...they're gonna need bigger knee pads.

[Annie Where-but-here]

I'll let you esplanade that one, Siouxie.

[Siouxie]

Um...my lips are sealed, Annie.

[Hammond Rye]

I've seen these arguments before. Pretty soon it turns to blows. Then someone takes a lickin'. But it'll all come out even in the end.

[Annie Where-but-here]

sealed with caulk?

[Siouxie]

*spitsnork* @ Annie & Hammie!

um...

[Hammond Rye]

*Waves @ Siouxie!!!*

[Annie Where-but-here]

Waves @ Hammie!

[Siouxie]

*WAVES back @ Hammie!!!*

(psssssst...Hammie see previous thread for your blowup doll wave)

[Annie Where-but-here]

*waits patiently for Hammie's wave back*

[Annie Where-but-here]

*still waiting patiently*

[Hammond Rye]

Huh? Whaa... Oh, sorry. *Waves @ Annie!!!*

[Siouxie]

Just in time too, Hammie. She was asking to borrow my machete.

[random thunking]

Annie, where did you get that pic of my mom? I thought I destroyed all of those.

[Annie Where-but-here]

It was on the wall of the Red Hook post office.
*resists urge to make another BJ big box joke*

[Cat R]

Yes, Mike is McLaughlin over that headline, I'm sure.