ADVISORY FOR VISITORS TO NEW YORK CITY, LAND OF THE WILD BEAVER
Our advice is, do not attempt social dancing, and watch where you eat.
(Thanks to Ken Morgan and qsman)
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Our advice is, do not attempt social dancing, and watch where you eat.
(Thanks to Ken Morgan and qsman)
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Nice beaver!
Posted by: otis wildflower | February 23, 2007 at 02:36 PM
First of all, the rats are not visitors, they're inventory.
Second, are we sure the GUMW (Giant Underground Weirdness Magnet) isn't under New York?!
Posted by: writer132 | February 23, 2007 at 02:39 PM
Is anti-social dancing legal? And I guess pole dancing is permissible, since it is usually done solo.
Posted by: Meditrina | February 23, 2007 at 02:39 PM
*Snork @ "inventory"*
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 02:40 PM
I'm guessing that the rats have taken over the NY court of appeals, too??? WTH?
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 02:40 PM
What if I bring my own pole???
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 02:40 PM
I think the GUMW is under the president of KFC's office. Asked for a papal blessing of the Fish Snacker sandwich?
Posted by: SquirlCat41 | February 23, 2007 at 02:41 PM
writer - I think NY is home to the Giant Underground Icky Critter Magnet.
Posted by: Meditrina | February 23, 2007 at 02:41 PM
^5 Med!!
Great minds...dance alike!!
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 02:41 PM
Uh, Sioux, that would depend if your pole was attached to someone.
Posted by: Meditrina | February 23, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Owner of a
lonely heartsmut mind, and beaver dam proud of it! Hanging it out for all the world......er......Posted by: Meditrina | February 23, 2007 at 02:43 PM
Give it up for "The Scurrying Rats"!
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 02:45 PM
okay ignoring the rats for the moment: they banned 'social dancing'? WTFBBQ? i kept looking for a "the onion" logo on that page somewhere. again, i repeat WTFBBQ? can anyone explain to me how this even remotely makes sense?
Posted by: mudstuffin | February 23, 2007 at 02:46 PM
Med, I'll take a detachable pole ;-)
mud, my thoughts exactly. that makes absolutely NO sense to me.
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 02:47 PM
Well, mud, you know, it's.. well... it's... For The Children.
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 02:48 PM
Methinks those rats are just on the CHUD value menu...
Posted by: otis wildflower | February 23, 2007 at 02:53 PM
i went back and re-read it and it says the ban applies to "bars, restaurants and certain clubs". which means (i guess) that it is permitted in some other clubs. so i suppose it has something to do with the size of the space, number of exits and whatnot. you know, trying to cut down on the number of charred corpses to clean up on monday morning.
Posted by: mudstuffin | February 23, 2007 at 02:53 PM
1) The GUWM isn't under NYC, it's under the blog. And that explains a lot.
2) Rats looks just like squirrels with shaved tails. Cute as the dickens, ain't they?
3) There is no three.
Posted by: random thunking | February 23, 2007 at 02:53 PM
Ohhhhhhh..... It's for the children. It's alright then. Anything 'For The Children' is important and therefore must be alright.
Posted by: Barøn vønKlyff | February 23, 2007 at 02:54 PM
I'll bring my own pole while searching for that eluvisve beaver.
However, I will be staying out of Kentucky Fried
RatsChicken.Posted by: WeatherB | February 23, 2007 at 02:54 PM
Ahem, correcting myself way up there ^ ...
It's the GUWM. Not GUMW. Carry on.
Posted by: writer132 | February 23, 2007 at 02:59 PM
Mud: WTFBBQ indeed. Actually, since we're talking about New York and club dancing, let's go with WTFLGBTQ.
Posted by: writer132 | February 23, 2007 at 03:01 PM
Siouxie asked that I post the video link on this thread.
And I always do what she suggests...
Caution to those faint of heart
Posted by: AFKAT | February 23, 2007 at 03:03 PM
"You're a week late on you protection money, Louie. You know what I gotta do now?"
"You ain't gonna kneecap me, are you? I've got a wife and kids!"
"You're gonna wish I did. I'm gonna send Vinnie and Tessio over every day and they're gonna dance socially right out in the open where everyone can see!"
"No! Think of the children!"
"Too late, Louie. Tessio, show him your Tango!"
Posted by: Hammond Rye | February 23, 2007 at 03:04 PM
1) You may not dance socially, except where licensed, period. Now please stop bothering us, and resume your gunplay and drug transactions.
2) Yum brands will be fined for exposing innocent rats to unsanitary and toxic conditions.
3) 3's of the world: stand up and be counted!!
4) I wouldn't count on an enthusiastic endorsement from the guy in the big pointy hat.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 03:05 PM
NOT THE ELECTRIC SLIDE, VINNIE!!!
AFKAT, nice going!! that's just sooooooo gross too. There must be what? 10 or 15 of those rats just running around??
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 03:07 PM
Somebody arrest those rats. They were dancing socially.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 23, 2007 at 03:08 PM
Siouxie, at least they weren't dancing.
Posted by: Just Ducky | February 23, 2007 at 03:09 PM
That video link won't load for me - I think I'm glad!
Posted by: sthnbelle | February 23, 2007 at 03:11 PM
JD! You owe FKA Matt a butt whuppin'!
Posted by: Hammond Rye | February 23, 2007 at 03:11 PM
thats how the food in Taco Bell becomes so mushy...its pre-chewed
Posted by: Chaz | February 23, 2007 at 03:13 PM
Hammie, what'd I miss?
Posted by: Just Ducky | February 23, 2007 at 03:16 PM
Kevin Bacon needs to go to NY and lead the revolution.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | February 23, 2007 at 03:17 PM
JD, got to the FLORIDA WEIRDNESS MAGNET UPDATE post @ about 12:23. We defended your honor, but you might want to get a few whacks in.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | February 23, 2007 at 03:20 PM
WTFLGBTQ - OK - I have absolutely no clue as to the meaning of this...can you enlighten?
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 03:22 PM
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
I say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can dance
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
I say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can dance
Dance!
We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with the victory cry
Say, we can act if want to
If we don't nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile
I say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything out of control
We can dance, we can dance
We're doing it from wall to wall
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody takin' the cha-a-a-ance
Safety dance
Is it safe to dance
Is it safe to dance
Posted by: mudstuffin | February 23, 2007 at 03:26 PM
Ahh, Men Without Hats. Life was simpler then.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | February 23, 2007 at 03:29 PM
*flashes back to one of the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02N1sgkkYU]strangest videos[/url] ever*
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 03:30 PM
well, you'd have to dance to avoid the rats... and we always called KFC Kentucky Fried Critters.... now we know what kinda critters they are. i guess the restaurant 'inspectors' missed one, nudge nudge, wink wink. what are there, 10,000 restaurants in nyc, and 2 inspectors?
Posted by: queensbee | February 23, 2007 at 03:31 PM
I'll take a stab (har!) at it. It's a combination of WTFBBQ (WTF is obvious - I hope; the BBQ has never been satisfactorily explained to me), and LGBT (or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender).
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Sigh. How do you link on this blog?
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Ok - duh on the LGBT - I should have gotten that myself. Now someone take the BBQ...
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 03:32 PM
Bar-Be-Que. Duh. ;-)
And Diva, links here are standard HTML: <a href="http://www.site.com/page.htm">link text</a>
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 03:34 PM
Like this.
*suspects that he will regret doing this...*
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 03:35 PM
DDiva:
<a href="paste your link in here with the quotes">onscreen text goes here without quotes</a>
Keep a space between a and href, no other spaces except in onscreen text.
Do it correctly and your computer will not vaporize.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Oh, that's wasn't so bad. I was afraid that you had tried to post this, which is so bad. (WARNING: If you value your sanity, do NOT click on this link...)
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 03:37 PM
The Q in LGBTQ stands for Questioning. As in...I dunno...Twatney?
Posted by: writer132 | February 23, 2007 at 03:38 PM
*gets up and dances to "We can dance if we want to" cuz I want to*
As far as I know, it hasn't been banned here in Miami, right???
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 03:41 PM
Or, DDiva, you can simply click here and it will be done automatiocally for you
*saying in advance"* Bloody bot, why do you hate me so?
Posted by: AFKAT | February 23, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Wasn't NY going to ban transfats? Maybe using rat meat is the way to do it.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 23, 2007 at 03:46 PM
Completely (not Mr.) OT - from several minutes ago on the NY Times website:
Powerful Storm Moves Eastward
Severe thunderstorms and the punishing weather conditions they create are expected later today over wide areas of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, the National Weather Service reported, while blizzards sweep into Colorado and Nebraska.
“Damaging winds, very large hail and tornados are possible,” the agency said, as a powerful storm is expected to move eastward from California, across the Rocky Mountains to the high plains.
The storm is expected to mix with moisture moving up from the Gulf of Mexico to produce turbulence over south-central Kansas, western Oklahoma and northwest Texas during the evening hours.
The same system is expected to dump 5 to 10 inches of snow on eastern Colorado and northwest New Mexico today, where winter storm and blizzard watches have been posted.
“This is a potentially dangerous storm,” the service said, adding that highways and roads in the region will probably be closed and travel obstructed. Winds are expected to blow at 30 to 45 miles an hour, with gusts up to 60 miles an hour.
The falling and blowing snow is expected to reduce visibility to below one-quarter of a mile in the affected areas, the weather service said.
/OT This concludes your friendly blogmate warning.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 03:51 PM
CH, I clicked, I watched about 30 seconds, I got the willies (NTTAWWT), and hit the "back" button. I think my sanity needs some bleaching though.
Posted by: random thunking | February 23, 2007 at 03:54 PM
so that's why we haven't heard from wxgurl lately. I knew she was up late last night watching something. Hope she's wearing her seatbelt.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 23, 2007 at 03:54 PM
*SNORK* @ Awbh.
You just know that the health department won't go after this facility for filth... it'll be because the rats' transfats are elevated after eating there.
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 03:54 PM
Say, where's FKA Matt? *Hides shotgun behind her back*
Posted by: Just Ducky | February 23, 2007 at 03:56 PM
I do html, but tried it here once before and it didn't work for me. Here's a gratuitous link to try it again.
CH - you just had to drop that over from the blogits site, didn't you?
*sighs and hands the brain bleach back to ch for another lather, rinse repeat*
Posted by: DeskDiva, refusing to click CH's link...again | February 23, 2007 at 03:56 PM
Well, what do you know!
Posted by: DeskDiva | February 23, 2007 at 03:56 PM
Wait'll PETA finds out what they're feeding the rats. SOMEBODY's gonna be in big trouble.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 23, 2007 at 03:57 PM
Oh, you missed the fireworks, then, random. Pity.
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 03:58 PM
As I sit here, having just finished reading it all, a KFC commercial came on the tube.mm-mmmmmm!!!!!
Guess the Colonel's secret recipe is finally unveiled.
Posted by: Mo Faux | February 23, 2007 at 03:59 PM
Hey, I just got back from lunch at KFC-Taco Bell. They've got this new Ratatouille sandwich. It's pretty good. Anything happen while I was out?
Posted by: Lairbo | February 23, 2007 at 04:04 PM
JD, just for the record, I live no where near Universal City.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | February 23, 2007 at 04:07 PM
AWBH: Maybe they meant trans-rats? Either that or the new KFC-Taco Bell slogan will be "Rat, the other, other white meat."
Posted by: Lairbo | February 23, 2007 at 04:09 PM
AFKAT, thanks for that great site! How handy!!
and *snork* to lairbo
Posted by: Cat R. | February 23, 2007 at 04:10 PM
FKAMatt, I refer you to the Florida Weirdness Update Magnet thread.
Posted by: Just Ducky | February 23, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Thx, Meanie. My mom left to go home to OK this morning, and (to her face) I told her she would blow all the way home on her broomstick like a streak of white lightening.
The great thing is, she laughed.
Posted by: Meditrina | February 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM
Sort of on topic, do any blogits know of reasonably priced restaurants around Times Square?
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM
*mmmmmm, Rat Snacker*
Meanie, I blame Global Warming.
Posted by: CJrun | February 23, 2007 at 04:18 PM
Mot, there's this KFC....
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 04:21 PM
What if you walked into the KFC and socially danced ON TOP OF a rat eating on the floor?? Would that break like 5 cardinal rules and cause the Earth to turn inside out?
Posted by: writer132 | February 23, 2007 at 04:23 PM
MTH: There are more reasonably priced eateries in the theater district than you'd think. Providing you define "reasonable" to be roughly the GNP of most South American dictatorships. I kid.
Try timeoutny.com for clues. For pizza (really good pizza, at that) and casual Italian fare, go to John's Pizza on 44th. It's in a former church and the interior still reflects that fact (no pews, though). There's a silly but fun pan-Asian joint on Broadway at around 49th or so) called Ollie's. It looks like a set from Indiana Jones. There is also a McCormick & Schmick seafood place on 49th (or so) and 6th Avenue. Good, reliable seafood in a klassy looking dark wood and frosted glass atmosphere. It's a chain (I've eaten at the ones in San Diego and Baltimore and, if I remember right, Seattle) but don't hold that against it. Very good crab cakes. Somebody told me that the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant is actually pretty good but I don't believe them.
That's all I got but, being a New Yorker and all, I rarely visit Times Square now that it's all hooker and sleaze-free.
Posted by: Lairbo | February 23, 2007 at 04:29 PM
I love Carmine's, Mot. It's a family style Italian place right there on TS (you can look it up). The food is awesome and huge portions. You do have to make a reservation in advance though.
That's all I got other diner type places that my girls loved when we went.
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 04:42 PM
Greatly appreciate your tips Lairbo, John's Pizza sounds like a good place for lunch. We'll check out the others for dinner.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 04:45 PM
*ahem*
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 05:02 PM
Sorry Sooz, seems I was typing while you were posting. Carmine's sounds like a real nice "family" restaurant alright. I love Italian food so i'll check it out.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 05:25 PM
What a dumb law. No social dancing. Doesn't New York have anything else to worry about?
*does a little jig in an unlicensed facility just to be spiteful*
Posted by: Cheryl M. Howard | February 23, 2007 at 06:51 PM
Can't wait until Mot gets to NYC and finds out there's at least 82 pizza joints named "John's Pizza." All of them good, of course. I used to eat at Joe's Pizza on Fordham Road in the Bronx. Awesome.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 23, 2007 at 10:36 PM
DeskDiva, I love DeNozo. Great pic. And it's a great show. Mark Harmon's not too shabby either. And the women are very cool too. :)
Posted by: Eleanor | February 23, 2007 at 10:47 PM
*Out of nowhere, and apropos of nothing in particular, Mr. Completely drops trou and streaks through the blog! WOO HOO!!! AH HA HA HA HA!!!*
Posted by: Mr. Completely | February 24, 2007 at 12:36 AM
Not sure I would've gone with "apropos of nothing" in this case.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 24, 2007 at 08:03 AM
AWBH: It's actually the proliferation of "Ray's" pizza ya gotta watch out for. There are at least two distinct outfits, "Famous" and "Original," and they both undercook the dough and use too much cheese. I've heard good things about Bronx pizza but never had the privilege. Almost worth the trip (it's a shlepp) is Grimaldi's in Brooklyn Heights.
Back On Topic (kinda) New New York motto: "Come for the Pizza, Stay for the Beaver!" (or vice-versa).
Posted by: lairbo | February 24, 2007 at 12:30 PM
What's even more disgusting about the Taco Bell story is that I've actually eaten there -- only once, thankfully. It is gross, and right by NYU, so I guess any plans to take out university students hasn't worked so far.
Posted by: Liz in the City | February 24, 2007 at 02:43 PM