The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

There were two shooting incidents last night, one on Fulton Street in which two teenagers were shot, neither life threatening, and one incident on Flatbush and Fulton Street, also non-life-threatening. There was also a stabbing in the vicinity of the Atlantic Center Mall. All incidents, although not directly related, were the result of a promotion for all high school kids from several schools throughout the borough to meet at Buffalo Wild Wings for a 40-cent wing promotion. (No school today.) Although there was a huge police presence at the mall to address the condition and turn the thousands of students away and send them back home, apparently a few rogue groups managed to cause trouble while heading home. None of the involved individuals were from Clinton Hill, Fort Greene.

right across from my house.

when are these fast food chicken restaurants going to learn

wow.

i heard the gunshots from my window!

didn't see the chicken wings tho

i went to buffalo wind wings and shot a guy after - how can u not the beers are 24oz

buffalo wind

buffalo western winds

the buffalo wind in my heart
the buffalo wind in my heart
the dust in my head
the dust in my head

the wings in my mouth yeah

Forty-cent wings? That isn't even that good of a deal.

i know lolwtf

The Post and the Times both covered this story, about a man accused of robbery whose alibi was a Facebook status update. Both papers though, censored the update itself, which was apparently "indecipherable". Except it wasn't.

The Times story, on The Local blog, opened with this:

Where's my pancakes, read Rodney Bradford's Facebook page, in a message typed on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11:49 a.m., from a computer in his father's apartment in Harlem.

They admit they paraphrased because the update was written in "indecipherable street slang." The Post, meanwhile, actually ran some of the original update, in its distinctive all-caps:

Prosecutors dropped a robbery charge against Rodney Bradford, 19, after learning his Facebook account status had been updated with the inside joke "WHERE MY IHOP?

A look at the screenshot above however (it's at the bottom, you have to squint) reveals that the real status update was:

ON THE PHONE WITH THIS FAT CHICK… WHERER MY IHOP

I'm no street-slang deciphering expert, but it seems like he was saying he was on the phone to a fat chick and wanted some pancakes.

http://gawker.com/5403874/papers-find-facebook-status-too-risque-to-print

LOL indecipherable street plang

ok wrong thread sort of

who wants to form a quiz team at Sharlene's Bar? (not next Monday, probably -- Dec 7?)

http://newyork.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/monday-night-pub-quiz-prospect-heights/1537092/content

The 7th. I might be able to do it.

sure

cool, now we need a 25-year-old in case there are some '90s cartoon questions.

did i hear my name, morbs? i might be down, depending on the schedule of getting my teeth ripped out (begins dec 2nd)

I was going to volunteer you, but I figured Morbius would take care of that.

It would be easier if I still lived in the neighborhood!

Yeah, me too.

so, Monday quiz look OK?

Hope so.

I should be down for this.

cool. I don't know how many ppl per team, but maybe if we get 5+ we'll just divvy up.

i invited a friend but i don't know if she's in or not.

okay, my friend is in so we have someone in case there are questions about soap operas and stuff.

aargh, don't count on me for this Monday. I am swamped with year-end film stuff, I may be starting a new job Tuesday morning, and worse yet, I may NOT be starting a new job Tuesday morning...

only just now saw this, I'm out of town right now but could probably do it this Monday ....

Gabbneb, I think you would really dig Henry Public, which just opened on Henry St.

(Henry btw Atlantic & Pacific)

And btw has anyone tried Prime Meats? It's hard for me to convince myself to go that far into Carroll Gardens but if people say it's worth it I'll give it a shot.

dave, i'd love to see you!
I'd also like to meet hurting tbh.

Aw shucks man, I'd like to meet you too. Unfortunately I am in the midst of finals, so this Monday is for sure out.

brooklyn ain't goin nowhere.

so, is dmr & mookie down for tonight? ken? if not that's cool but we should plan for some future monday cuz trivia is dope imo.

I could do this! Sounds fun if the triv isn't TOO pop-culturey. JBR and Ken and I went to Mag Fields trivia night once but I felt like the quality of the ?s was kind of a let-down.

I'm still in if we have enough people. Was about to bump this to see if we were still on. What time will you guys get to Sharlene's, around 8?

xpost looks like we're still on

eight sounds good to me!

'm bringing a friend, so that's four of us at least. think sh4nn0n would wanna come, dave?

I asked .... I don't think she wants to but I'll check again when I'm leaving the apt.

Tell her I'm going!

maybe I will blow off the screening of the dubious movie my editor is raving about -- Sherlock Holmes -- and join y'all anyway.

prime meats is not THAT far from the bar you recommended, hurting!

it's seriously only a 20 minute walk, depending on how fast you walk (i can do this much faster than that but i often walk at a near-run if i'm not walking with other people) - i would say go.

have not been to Prime Meats but I did try Buttermilk Channel last week. recommended!

buttermilk channel is great. that duck meatloaf is delicious and they've always got a good selection of BOE wines rotating in there. i want to go for brunch but haven't done it yet.

Dunno if I can do this tonight. Sorry guys.