Good Point, but, San Francisco (and Bay Area), for example, is So Much More, than the left wing wacko gay LGBT pot smoker tree hugger Golden Gate Bridge jumping march against the war/climate/pollution while sitting on a city bench stark naked, stereotype, that the City always has, in the media. Sure, all of those things are true, but it only scratches the surface. Also, people tend to take the entertainment industry in S. Cal, as "California". Bay Watch. Lots more. Its not the diss, its the lack of accuracy and depth that bugs me - but since I live here, it still rocks. It is its own country, but we continue to use US dollars.:-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
I just don't understand how anyone can get their buttons pushed by someone dissing the town or city or state or even country they live in. These places are *places* -- they're not you. Overreacting to anyone dissing them strikes me as almost as nonsensical and stupid as being "patriotic" about one's country. From: Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Armpit of America When I think of Jersey, I think of Joe Piscopo, "I'm from Joisey. You from Joisey?" My brother-in-law was from Trenton and showed me the sign on the bridge over the Dellaware river that says "Trenton Makes the World Takes and said it really should read "What the World RefusesTrenton uses". On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:47 PM, TurquoiseBee <turquoiseb@...> wrote: I just think all the faux outrage is funny, people becoming "outraged" over something that pretty much everyone thinks, *just* so they can act outraged. It's the counterpart of Dutch people acting outraged because someone refers to them as "cheap." Seriously, we've known since "Jersey Shore" that people from New Jersey weren't terribly smart. Did they feel the need to demonstrate that they don't have a sense of humor, too? :-) From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Armpit of America I'd be careful with the anatomical metaphors - because if NJ is, truly, the anal orifice of the country, it is aimed straight at Europe, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.:-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : Indeed it should have. Totally false. Everyone knows that New Jersey is the *asshole* of the nation, not the armpit. :-) From: "authfriend@..." <authfriend@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:58 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Armpit of America As well it should have! Judy, I'm just posting the latest trend in Yahoo news. Apparently, the ad caught a lot of notoriety and flak from all sides.
