Chicago MMXII

For some reason my office's postage meter didn't automatically update like it was supposed to.

1) Try Hot Rick 11 pts
2) Bee Hell Unit 12 pts
3) Match- Aw Eerie Thong Afoul 13 pts
4) Chemical States Round 16 pts
5) Dead Or Canadian 11 pts
6) Pictures 15 pts
7) General Knowledge 22 pts

1 = 30 Rock
2 = The Blue Line?
3 = ?

i think i'd be down

bee hell unit = the blue nile?

Ohhh. Possibly!

blue line seems more likely

come on, guys, we can do this!

I can't go, I was at the Globe last night.

While there, I did learn something interesting: they bought the shitty bar next door and are going to expand westward starting pretty soon. There were guys with blueprints in there taking measurements.

huh that bar hasn't been there long

The bar w/ the neon martini in the window? That place looked like a hole.

I'm going to an event tonight so I can't make it.

At the very least I want to figure out that third anagram.

what kind of event are you going to?

If anyone has time to kill in the Loop on Wed I have a 5 1/2-hour break in between classes and will be spending it at the AIC museum. It's free!

I'm going to a event for K8e's school.

It's an appetizer event.

i guess no pub quiz :(

It's a fund raiser.

It's a prison party.

Nick, I can ask around and see if anyone else is interested.

OK, I guess it's off.

goat

it's yr birthday :D

I left that playing while I folded socks and underwear and it seems to have given Brenda PTSD. She has been hunkering by the coffee table w/ her ears folded back for a while now.

The Malort video is p. funny.

The Shit Chicagoans Say video is really annoying, except for the part where they single commercial jingles to themselves while they do household chores.

Okay, I'm caught up on videos now.

I hate the SCS video.

Surprise!

All those videos (apart from the original) are made by people with no concept of comedic delivery

What is the original?

Xpost which is sad considering the Chicago one seems to have the stink of improv ppl on it.

Exactly.

the original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-yLGIH7W9Y

The Shit Chicagoans Say video is really annoying, except for the part where they single commercial jingles to themselves while they do household chores.

That part was good - possibly funny - bc it was actually true and unique to Chicago unlike the rest of that crap.

Ct's sister sent us the Long Island one and it was at least tolerable bc it was LI-specific and not in dumb, obvious ways (eg Guidos, saying "Long Guyland") but like "We have to transfer at Jamaica??"

Chicago: "why does the Red Line always smell like piss?" Oh hoho! OUR train is gross! Say something about Malort or even Obama or fucking Mrs OLeary's GD cow. C'MON!!

Or, isn't that the bar where John Wayne Gacy used to go?

"wtf is with these diagonal streets"

"Only sinners smoke cigarettes. You smoke cigarettes, you're going to hell."

There are no homosexuals in the Bible!

FBI STOP RAPNG MY WIFE

Okay, I kind of liked the guy smacking the be-ketchuped hot dog out of the woman's hand but that's just because I like slapstick and thinking about running up to somebody and smacking a hotdog out of their hand is inherently funny to me.

Can I ask you a question about your hair?

I don't know if those shitbirds are Chicago specific, though.

I didn't watch the video. At any time, did any person refer to "Jewels"?

Nein.

yeah, it's crap

You mean like "I'm going to Jewels to get sport peppers" and not "Dick Durbin kicked me in the Family Jewels" right?

At any time, did any person refer to "Jewels"?

No b/c it was a 20-something college-educated white North Sider's take on Chicago.

xp yes

"let's line up by age"

Wow, Goose Island Stout fest ticket sold out less than a minute after going on sell today. Did not get in.

Huh, I don't think I knew that Soul Train started on Ch. 26 before going into syndication. Don Cornelius plus Svengoolie is quite a legacy.

^ shit Chicagoans say

I'll have you know I remember Rich Koz (aka Svengoolie) from his days hosting the after-school block of kids' programming on Ch. 32 in the early '90s. Also went to high school with his niece, iirc.

i love svengoolie

I love Svengoolie and I think local TV horror hosts are a national treasure, all joking aside.

xp! Yay! Sisters!