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I don't even wanna know.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 12:20 PM
I vote that to be "2008 Headline of the Rear"!
Posted by: Punkin | December 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Mianus will now pucker up, thank you very mucho.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Sewage into Mianus...
Isn't that backward?
Posted by: Howard from Broward | December 31, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I'm sorry, but that sorta reminds me of that old "medical staff-type" joke ...
If you're in trouble, when your friends don't get you out, your enemas will."
(Hey! I SAID I wuz SORRY!)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | December 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM
There's a tee pee in Mianus *snork*
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Guess the Patriots were 'eliminated.'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 31, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Even a non-low flow toilet will have to be double flushed.
Posted by: BillyJoeJimBob | December 31, 2008 at 12:40 PM
It wouldn't have been a problem if they had the fart silencer inserted.
Posted by: Braniff | December 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
LOL Leetie. I remember that one. Too funny!!
"Mel Gibson has a house in Mianus?"
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Mianus is a river in western Connecticut and flows under Interstate 95. In 1982 the I-95 bridge collapsed. A friend of mine was a state trooper at the time was awoken in the middle of the night and told to report to Mianus immediately. "Um, excuse me sir?"
Posted by: FozzyBear | December 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
And there is a gas line adjacent to the sewer, complicating matters... Who does one colon to fix such a disaster?
Posted by: Sean | December 31, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Must have been that chili cook-off.
Posted by: Alan | December 31, 2008 at 12:55 PM
as opposed to Uranus, presumably...
Posted by: Steve Haller | December 31, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Sorta like I feel the day after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 31, 2008 at 12:56 PM
There's something strange afoot in Mianus.
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 12:59 PM
I got nuthin'. In Mianus.
Posted by: Cat R | December 31, 2008 at 01:01 PM
I remember that, Fozzy. My dad was a bridge design engineer for the NY Dept of Transportation. He freaked on that accident.
I was giggling at the name. It's a Seneca Indian word meaning 'white man needs more fiber.'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 31, 2008 at 01:02 PM
So, what brings you to Mianus?
Posted by: snif | December 31, 2008 at 01:27 PM
Come here often?
(eew)
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 01:37 PM
"Hey, baby, wanna fool around?"
"Where can we go?"
"I know a great spot down by Mianus."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 31, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Every road leads to Mianus.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 01:48 PM
The headline writer is being asinine...
Posted by: Allen at Division | December 31, 2008 at 01:55 PM
How long do you plan to stay in Mianus?
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 02:07 PM
I seem to have a fascination with Mianus.
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 02:13 PM
Due to inclement weather my brother was stuck in Mianus for three days last winter.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 31, 2008 at 02:54 PM
There's a party in Mianus, and everyone's invited!
Posted by: Moe Syzlak | December 31, 2008 at 03:22 PM
What happens in Mianus, stays in Mianus...
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 03:58 PM
Mianus is always in the news.
Posted by: Margaritaville | December 31, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Anyone up for a trip around Mianus?
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Meet you in Mianus.
Posted by: Jan Croz | December 31, 2008 at 04:59 PM
I hear Mianus is a dump.
Posted by: snif | December 31, 2008 at 05:32 PM
The sun never shines in Mianus.
Posted by: snif | December 31, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Butt the moon is always full.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 31, 2008 at 06:15 PM
When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie
That's Mianus
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 06:40 PM
Better the sewage hits Mianus than, say, Portsmouth.
Posted by: Port | December 31, 2008 at 06:49 PM
ASK ME ABOUT MIANUS!!!
Posted by: Siouxie | December 31, 2008 at 07:40 PM
Lol, sxi. All your base are belong to mianus.
Posted by: SW | December 31, 2008 at 08:06 PM
Moon Over Mianus.
Posted by: SW | December 31, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Her name was Lola. I made her famous.
From the hottest spot north of Mianus.
Posted by: SW | December 31, 2008 at 08:10 PM
Al Franken is canvassing Mianus for absentee ballots.
Posted by: SW | December 31, 2008 at 08:11 PM
The Enterprise has been circling Mianus searching for Klingons.
Posted by: Leetie | December 31, 2008 at 08:30 PM
NASA probes for life in Mianus.
Posted by: NASA | December 31, 2008 at 09:08 PM
eeeewww at Leetie's Klingons!
Posted by: Cat R | December 31, 2008 at 10:04 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MIANUS!
Posted by: Siouxie | January 01, 2009 at 01:42 AM
TIEWWT (There Is Everything Wrong With That).
Posted by: Lairbo | January 01, 2009 at 11:24 AM
It seems like you all have been waiting a long time for something like this to happen! In Mianus.
Posted by: Moon | January 01, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Several wayward travelers have become stuck in Mianus on occasion.
Posted by: Leetie | January 01, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I keep wanting to close the screen on this thread, but exciting and new things keep happening in Mianus.
Posted by: Cat R | January 01, 2009 at 01:11 PM
Mianus is like the Hotel California.
Posted by: Leetie | January 01, 2009 at 02:43 PM
I left my heart in Mianus! ♪♫
Posted by: Tony Bennett | January 01, 2009 at 03:18 PM
Anyone seen a gerbil in Mianus?
Posted by: Richard Gere | January 01, 2009 at 03:39 PM
Can astronomers see Uranus from Mianus?
Posted by: Cat R | January 01, 2009 at 05:26 PM
Do you know anything about the availability of gas in Mianus?
Posted by: Leetie | January 01, 2009 at 05:44 PM
A major lava flow is spewing for miles from Mianus as a result of violent volcanic activity!
Posted by: snif | January 01, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Are we finally done with Mianus??
Posted by: Siouxie | January 02, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Mianus never sleeps
Posted by: Leetie | January 02, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Okay, that's enough. I'm pulling the plug on Mianus right now.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | January 02, 2009 at 06:59 PM
Goodnight from Mianus...
Posted by: Siouxie | January 02, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Everybody's got a cousin in Mianus...
Posted by: Sarah | January 03, 2009 at 05:15 PM
And in protest to high water/sewer bills, thousands of gallons of human waste were dumped into the Mianus during the infamous Greenwich Poo Party.
Posted by: Sarah | January 03, 2009 at 05:20 PM