As the Brooklyn ice-cream wars rage on, Mister Softee says ice-cream haters tend to be "New Age parents whose kids can’t seem to do anything without them." [NYT]
Welcome back Fedora! [Eater]
Reverend Billy makes the ballot for mayor of NYC. [LM]
SuperDive's frattiness beloved by TONY. [EVG]
Advertisers get even more obnoxious--as DirectTV is dropping these football-related "welcome mats" on everybody's doorstep across the Village:
Welcome mats on the sidewalk? Isn't that littering? Shouldn't they be fined? Calls into 311 complaining about the littering should get them a nice big fine, and get a couple of fratty advertising punks fired.
ReplyDeleteThey dropped them in front of the doors on the UES last week. I agree - fine them!
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that these "guerilla" type advertisers build the cost of fines into the campaign budgets. So they don't even care if they are fined.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the mats should be defaced and thrown back in front of the Direct TV offices. :)
Burritoville rules, glad they're making a comeback.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I'd love Rev Billy to be mayor of NYC (it would definitely be interesting, for sure) I'm concerned that all he'd be doing is just taking votes away from BILL THOMPSON, who has emerged as Mike Bloomberg's only serious challenger.
ReplyDeleteBloomberg has been a decent mayor, but ultimately the rampant overdevelopment and slow demolition of NYC, as well as the cultural deferment to upper classes was on his dime and HIS FAULT.
got mine this morning. what a waste! As for littering, not really. It's no worse than when supermarkets toss 50 flyers on my doorstep.
ReplyDeleteI gotta say that Mr. Softee doesn't have a right to talk. The quality of that truck ice cream has gone down so much in recent years. It used to be creamy but now has taken on more of a strofoamy texture. Hey any ice cream battle that brings MORE ice cream to the city instead of yogurt on every bleeping corner, works for me!
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