Comments on: How to know everything there is to know

By: David Reilly

David Reilly — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:08:56 +0000

Jonesy, I’m up for this – I think you should join me…

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634816285&highlight#/event.php?eid=40933991413&ref=mf

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:59:31 +0000

Dylan: I think East River is the traditional NYC riparian dumping ground for mob hit victims.

Also, is you dry cleaner Chinese or Korean? Did you ever check?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:37:00 +0000

Brooklyn, that’s always been my motto too. Although I prefer using the Hudson River for some reason. Oh, and The Special One didn’t make that point, but she absolutely agreed that it is something she would say. I think she was upset when she found out that you had made the point first…

Josephine – sorry to hear that the knowledge of the New Yorker affects you on a day to day basis too. Every so often you have to categorically prove that they’re wrong just to puncture their astonishing self confidence. They won’t accept it in public, but deep down they go into self-flagellation mode for three weeks.

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:02:45 +0000

No, no. You burn the clothes in a metal wastebasket and dump it and the ashes in the East River.

Any murder worth doing is worth doing right.

By: fishwithoutbicycle

fishwithoutbicycle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:29:45 +0000

You mean wikipedia isn’t the font of all knowledge!! Whoa, my world just turned on it’s axis.

Dry cleaning isn’t a stain cure all – I say this as an almost know it all New Yorker and avid CSI viewer, because if the stains happen to be blood stains and you are a regular ol’ Patrick Bateman trying to avoid being caught by the fuzz then may I recommend cold water, because dry cleaning actually bakes blood stains into your clothes, that’s according to Grissom anyway!!

By: Alasdair

Alasdair — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:27:03 +0000

Brooklyn – since Dylan is a sassenach, I’m sure he knows how to orient himself around ethnicities properly …

(innocent grin)

By: Josephine

Josephine — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:24:04 +0000

I’ve worked for a veterinarian originally from Yonkers, New York for the past thirty years.
There isn’t one thing this man doesn’t know about any subject. Just ask him something, or don’t ask him, he’ll give his opinion anyway !
He has a sign sitting on his desk, saying ” Be resonable do it MY way “….that sums him up completely, ” listen to me …do as I say, I know what I’m talking about”.

By: Apsidal

Apsidal — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:20:56 +0000

Experts! What do they know?

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:14:06 +0000

“Brooklyn – are you my wife under a pseudonym?!”

Dylan: No.

I don’t think I need to be psychic or even a know-it-all NY’er to guess that she made the same point. Am I right?

ROTFL

As a matter of NYC small business/ethnic history as I have observed it, in the past, through the late ’50′s and early ’60′s, “wet wash” launderies were operated by Chinese. Thus, the now ethnically offensive (and happily defunct) “No tickee, no shirtee” cliche.

Those type of launderies seem to have disappeared with the growth of laundromats and laundromats offering “drop off” service.

Beginning in the ’70′s (I think, maybe later) Korean immigrants appeared to enter, and then dominate (in terms of numbers), the corner store dry cleaning business, following the pattern of Korean immigrant’s entry into and numerical domination of the corner green grocer/deli business.

By: Brit' Gal Sarah

Brit' Gal Sarah — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:52:56 +0000

Oh your comments section truly despises me Dylan. Now it requires me to try and post 3 times and probably still won’t recgnise me as Okie Brit’ Gal – http://www.britgalusa.com

This whole little scene was like a vignette from the Devil Wears Prada, and makes me think this was someone elses Armani she had unwittingly stained LOL! Nice repost in defence of your dry cleaner.