@avclub-2b88c1c9536414bc2c9e43d902eadcd0:disqus When we were in college in Boston, my friend's GPS called Storrow Drive "Storrow Doctor." You'd think a GPS would assume the abbreviation Dr. was being used to mean "drive," but apparently not.
@avclub-2b88c1c9536414bc2c9e43d902eadcd0:disqus When we were in college in Boston, my friend's GPS called Storrow Drive "Storrow Doctor." You'd think a GPS would assume the abbreviation Dr. was being used to mean "drive," but apparently not.
Agreed, I mean where are we, Providence, RI?
Agreed, I mean where are we, Providence, RI?
@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus My high school marching band used to play "The Impression That I Get" by the Bosstones a lot, which was honestly great.
@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus My high school marching band used to play "The Impression That I Get" by the Bosstones a lot, which was honestly great.
I love this description of Chicago. So true though. When I was moving there, some of my friends who had never been there were asking what was so special about it and I would just bumble through about how it's big, but not too big, and in certain neighborhoods it doesn't feel big, but downtown it definitely does, and…
Still the smiliest smile in America, if not the world.
Still the smiliest smile in America, if not the world.
I remember hearing Neighborhood #3 for the first time on the radio on my discman as I walked home from high school in the snow. My first thought was "what is this? I need more of it!" It is such a vivid memory for some reason, probably because it was the moment that would lead to the formation of much of my current…
I remember hearing Neighborhood #3 for the first time on the radio on my discman as I walked home from high school in the snow. My first thought was "what is this? I need more of it!" It is such a vivid memory for some reason, probably because it was the moment that would lead to the formation of much of my current…
@Whatwhatque:disqus "But, also, in reality (and this could just be my experience) if both parties are close in age and aren't wildly mismatched in terms of physical attraction AND share a sense of humor? One of them is at least slightly into the other one."
@Whatwhatque:disqus "But, also, in reality (and this could just be my experience) if both parties are close in age and aren't wildly mismatched in terms of physical attraction AND share a sense of humor? One of them is at least slightly into the other one."
Well, the English are an exceedingly odd and prickly people. In the best way possible, of course.
Well, the English are an exceedingly odd and prickly people. In the best way possible, of course.
But selling hot pockets does!
But selling hot pockets does!
None of which were they the first to do, to be pedantic and obnoxious.
None of which were they the first to do, to be pedantic and obnoxious.
Wouldn't that be "salty"?
Wouldn't that be "salty"?