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Reader Contribution du Jour: Hot Wheels
Jay (who forwarded me the above photo) writes:
Not sure if you’ve already seen this one. Life size matchbox car spotted on Kingsland and Nassau.
NICE.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Do The Reading
Filed under: 11216, Bed-Stuy, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, Culture War, The Word On The Street
From Nostrand Avenue.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: A Rather Nifty Urban Artifact
(Or: Much Milder)
Lest the Bed-Stuy heavy content on New York Shitty has not clued you in already, yours truly whiled away this beautiful day in Bedford Stuyvesant. I found the above advertisements at the intersection of Madison Street and Nostrand Avenue. While the subject matter might be objectionable to some, it was rather neat to see a vestige of the old New York!
Miss Heather
P.S.: This post goes out to the guys at the corner of Halsey Street and Nostrand Avenue. One of whom told me:
I like small white women walking around my neighborhood. It makes me feel safer.
A rather lively (and downright funny) discussion ensued. Follows is a synopsis:
- After laughing my ass off. Hard. I tell this chap I like him too.
- I also add that I like everybody.
- He said he liked me.
- His friend said he liked everyone as well.
- I wrapped up this tete a tete as follows: So, EVERYONE on this corner of Halsey and Nostrand likes EVERYONE!
After, of course, testifying that it has been my personal experience that white women— especially those of the “small” variety— are among the most formidable people I have ever met.
CASE IN POINT: My grandmother who clocked in at a whopping 4′ 9″ in height. I have yet to meet a more terrifying person than her in this mortal coil. The fact her name was Daisy is pure gravy. My new friends found this tremendously entertaining.
Reader Contribution du Jour: Crime Stoppers
Filed under: 11222, Criminal Activity, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Jay (who forwarded me the above photograph) notes:
These signs appeared on Monitor St recently. Same location as where shooting occurred last month.
Closing on a (somewhat) related note, I would like to remind everyone that the next 94th Precinct Community Council meeting will be Monday, February 21st, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the basement (!) of the Peter J. McGuinness Center.
94th Precinct Community Council Meeting
February 21, 2011 starting at 7:30 p.m.
Peter J. McGuinness Seniors Center
715 Leonard Street
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo du Jour, Part II: Happy Fashion Week From The Southside!
Filed under: 11211, Crosstown Local, Culture War, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
From the Queens-bound platform at Broadway.
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo du Jour, Part I: Copy-Editing Is Fundamental
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
After I took the above photograph (on the Queens-bound G train between Metropolitan Avenue and Nassau Avenue) a painfully cute little girl turned to her mother and said:
Mommy, why is that lady taking pictures?
After they completed a hushed conversation in Polish I walked over to them, pointed to this item and said:
If it’s BROKEN, fix it.
The mother proceeded to look up, read it, and started chuckling. She then said:
My daughter was wondering why you were taking a photo of that…
And I heard her. You’d think with a fare hike these people could afford a copy-editor. I mean, really.*
I replied. She laughed again. And I added:
You have a very smart, observant daughter. I bet she doesn’t write or speak like this.
She assured me her daughter would never employ this kind of shoddy grammar. Closing on that note, I would like to humbly propose that the MTA hire this winsome little lass to author advertising copy for them. Hell, have her do their books as well. All two of them.
UPDATE, 4:53 p.m.: It would appear this post has ruffled the feathers of someone who purports to work in the advertising industry. Or egged-on a fellow wise-ass. Lulu Lemon writes:
Before I proceed I’d like to state I rather like Lulu Lemon. Really, I do. The previous having been written, shouldn’t the subject line read “If it ain’t broke, don’t comment on it.” Or if she (?) cares to be imperative: If it ain’t broke, don’t comment on it! And then there are other abuses of our language such as “simply traverse well know(N) phrases”; semicolon and possibly colon neglect.
As for the use of colloquial speech, I would like to build upon Lulu’s tome and advocate the MTA take the populist bull by the proverbial balls and start employing LOL speak for their advertisements and service notices along the Crosstown Local. This way we— the unwashed masses who ride this train every day— will understand the higher ups at the MTA are being “hep” as opposed to merely incompetent. Given this is the G train we are talking about, gentle Greenpoint readers, I suspect I speak for many of you when I write that such disambiguation is needed.
Miss Heather
*Sorry to be pedantic, but I really cannot stomach this kind of shit. We’re talking about very basic English grammar skills here people!
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