Hold on there, boy!  I thought the “Biggest Black-out in the History of Man!” didn’t extend to CA—now, you want to horn in on the action and the title!  WTF?

Phoenix: Phoenix

ha!!!  love it!!!

I know people that will kill you for even suggesting the Philly thing.

Also, Ted Turner is crazy as a loon, so you have to respect that a little.

I know we’re a small city, but could you find it in your heart to suggest that Santa Cruz give up pseudo-intellectualism? I’d be much appreciative.

Loons, actually, are phlegmatic and saturnine… their haunted howling cries across the rush-choked marshes recalled to mind those of the irretrieveably lunatic.  But if you were, say, to be in a poker game with a loon, it would surely be a very rational and canny opponent. 

And hell yeah I want in on the blackout fallout action.  If the internet has taught me anything at all (and it hasn’t), it’s that I can glom onto anything and act as if it’s my very own.  In fact, I may already be a winner!

I would be happy to demand that anyplace give up anything that anyone requests.  Except for “Hamburgers/LA” and “Burritos/SF”.  We need to maintain a sense of perspective here.  We’re trying to help, people.

VA: pea

can France give up, you know, franceishness?  because i bet a lot of foreigners would really prefer it that way.

romy:  thanks for bringing up the french thing.

we (meaning bill) golfed (i rode with him in the cart) behind a french man today.  do the french ALL talk so loud on a golf course is what i want to know.  you know, like is it normally LOUD on a golf course in france?

Ok man, most people from Boston do not have the accent.  Most of the neighborhoods where people do have the accent aren’t even technically part of Boston, like friggin Revere.  Don’t lump them in with those of us who grew up in the city and speak perfectly normally.

great work, “represent.” Admitting it’s a problem is the first step to recovery.  And for the record, I grew up in the SF Valley and every few months I’ll let rip a “totally” or a “dude” that is so totally val, dude....

stacey - the french are normally not a population known for its volume in public.  in fact, if i had to pinpoint any national population that is so known, i would have to limit myself to the top 3:

3.  italians
2.  algerians
1.  americans

the french don’t tend to be especially loud.  americans, on the other hand, can just about break glass when they say (boom) “HELLO!!” or “DON’T YOU HAVE ANY ICE CUBES??”

the french, on the other other hand, are known for their snappishness and imaginative take on bathing.  the double-cheeked kiss is de rigueur but sometimes it requires holding your breath for the proximity.