200 things you simply have to know about New York (part three)
Here’s the third installment of the epic list to celebrate 200 posts. Think you know New York yet? Think again.
101. If officials made it any easier to access the subway without paying, babies who have consistently had their candy taken from them for the last 200 years would be relieved of their ridicule.
102. Aviator sunglasses [...]
200 things you simply have to know about New York (part two)
51. Your stepsstoop is a much more civilised place from which to get rid of any old crap from your house than the back of a Ford Cortina.
52. Any city that can invent the beer milkshake is alright by me.
53. The view from the N train as you go across the Williamsburg Bridge is as [...]
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Football. Bloody hell.
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This is not just a blog post
Now, I’m sure this is just a case of one American advertising agency taking the winning idea that its British counterpart came up with, and reworking it for another client. After all, these ads were pretty famous in the UK, and have been spoofed by countless people on You Tube. But if you ever needed [...]
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Lead headline from The Guardian, May 6 2008:
“Burma seeks emergency aid as cyclone kills at least 10,000″
Lead headline from the New York Post, May 6 2008:
“Lindsay Lohan stole my coat”
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Grunt work
You’d probably have to speak to my mum about this, but it’s a fair bet to assume that when I was an insolent teen, barely a two syllable word crossed my lips. After all, why use a complicated phrase when a perfunctory grunt will suffice? Insufferable teen boys bear more resemblance to mountain gorillas than [...]
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I’m not sure if it’s really possible to be a fan of acronyms, but I’ve always had a bit of a weird fascination with abbreviations and shortenings. I had an odd moment of satisfaction when I discovered that the TVR sports car company reflected the name of its owner and founder, Trevor. Despite years of [...]










