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COTD: Gentrification Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
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I left NYC sometime around when you moved there. Thanks for filling the void.
I had the same feeling when I noticed that Barnes and Noble had co-opted most if not all of the cool indy used book stores and Soho looked like a Midwestern shopping mall.
Brooklyn and Queens (other than Forrest HIlls) were still NY when I left. Have they now fallen too?
vichercules
“Excuse me… are you suggesting… eating my mother?”
62imperialcrown
Someone , , , has been listening to some Zero Punctuation Reviews. But Congrats none the less.
MarauderMan
Of course! What a good guy you are.
$kaycog
Wow…
I see you were thinking of me
I’ll gladly accept this award for Klic
Disabled_Vette
Congrats on the COTD! Just noticing that I can get my footlong B.M.T. on parmesan oregano and then step 8 feet to the right and drop off my dearly departed granny for cremation.
I think I am gonna pass on getting the sandwich toasted. Grandma? But of course.
Hotlaps Hoonagain
A fine man if there ever was one.
Nikola Tesla
Congratulations for your COTD.
Speaking of gentrification, I spotted these pictures of before and after of some areas of Harlem taken in the 1980s and 2007 [forum.skyscraperpage.com]
stephdumas
Ol’ Bill Faulkner here heartedly approves of of today’s COTD choice. When asked once about his rather “languid” writing style, born from his Southern roots, in contrast to the more efficient style of his contemporary Hemingway, his response was an ironic “Fuck brevity.”
‘Grats Klic!
Brian, The Life of
I ran out of breath and I was only reading it in my head.
BrtStlnd
It’s nice to make a fashion statement on occasion.
$kaycog
$kaycog, you have outdone yourself! MATCHING COLORS?! WOO!!!
Xedicon
+1
Saracen
Congrats Mr. TheKlic on your COTD! Like your sentence, this drag racer had no idea when to stop. As such, it crashed. But I’m sure you could fix it up turn it into a snow dragster.
teampenske3 – RIP Dan Wheldon
There is a magnet toggle switch on the dash.
$kaycog
o_O
….
Those are some pretty shoes she has on.
*leaves*
/;)
Jackie
she has nostrils?
dorfer21001
I thought that yellow magnet thing was just a myth. Can you turn off the P magnet once you finally catch one or does it remain stuck to the car?
sir_pantsless
Huh?
Buckus
Hey, Klic, good news! I found your punctuation. It was hiding in the shed.
Seriously though, good stuff.
frogberg is looking for an invisible sun
Damn, redhead with musclecar legs… N love.
Dopeaz
That is a pretty good comment only made better if you read it with Kimi Raikkonen’s voice.
WOT
Sad troll is sad.
Chairman Kaga
Hemingway called, he wants his wormwood infused scotch back.
Xander Crews, Proud of BOXER
She has big nostrils.
Jstas
Holy run on sentence, Batman!
Well worded (if not punctuated), and congrats!
handyjoe
I barely got to the end of that before I ran out of breath.
gavinski91
Congratulations Klic!
You came out on top with a VERY early submission! I won’t delve much further into the comment lest I accidentally unleash my very own cave troll, but I will say that it was highly descriptive.
For your extremely damaged and somewhat scary award winning comment, I hereby present you with this fine fine beverage. Nimbus Brewing Company is a rather wild and crazy place, and Old Monkeyshine Ale is a different beast indeed. This one comes in at 8.2% ABV and has a dark roasted malty sweetness to it. If there are hops in it, I would like to know it (Yes, of course there are hops in it, it’s a beer! But you can’t taste them, at all).
Congratulations again!
Gamecat235
A Fartbreaking Work of Blathering Keenness
Ash78 does not simply chug into Sodor
BUT IM PHUNY
HE HAV PIKD ME
I ONE YOU LAST
Klic
Congratulations, Mr. Klic, on COTD today! My award to you is this hot Corvette which will be brought to you by the equally hot lovely lady.
$kaycog
Awesome, Klic.
Go ahead and abuse of this probably delicious upstate NY Beer.
Congrats !
Kate’s Dirty Sister
Well done, sir!
Frost
OMG Y U CHOSE DIS ONE
Y U NO CHOSE THE ONE I CHOSE
GAWD
/yesweredoingthis
//noregrets
///gofuckthepromqueen
Spiegel Spiegeling Rodriguez
Nice work Klic.
Quattro-luvr
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bizoner