OT: Joke: Women-only parking lot!

[Never Mind]

New Law!

With the high rate of attacks on women in secluded parking lots,
especially during evening hours, the Minneapolis City Council has
established a "Women Only" parking lot at the Mall of America. Even the
parking lot attendants are exclusively female so that a comfortable and
safe environment is created for patrons.

Below is the first picture available of this world-first women-only
parking lot in Minnesota.

http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop/images/parking-lot.jpg

Cheers!
Rich

www.ugoto.com/pictures/hisandhersparkingspots.html

 

[Derek Potter]

Not only that, but Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is
neither in Minneapolis _or_ Saint Paul! ;-)

I guess us Minnesot'ns figure nobody's ever heard of Edina or Chanhassen,
so they just say "Minneapolis".

Yeah, well us Limeys haven't heard of Minnesotolis or whatever
hell-hole you're talking about either

 

[Jim Thompson]

Yeah, well us Limeys haven't heard of Minnesotolis or whatever
hell-hole you're talking about either

"Limey" ?? Isn't that some kind of bean ?

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

 

[Derek Potter]

"Limey" ?? Isn't that some kind of bean ?

True enough, we do sometimes call each other "old bean" - but only to
confuse foreigners.

 

[Paul Burke]

What's with this "toodle-pip" codswallop?

"Toodle-pip" is a variant of "toodle-oo", which is from French "tout a
l'heure". As in "A l'eau, c'est l'heure".

Codswallop, depends who you ask, some say it was a from soft drink
manufacturer called Codd, others that it's just what the fish drink. In
either case, the "wallop", or beer, is too weak to be worthwhile.

Paul Burke

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

True enough, we do sometimes call each other "old bean" - but only to
confuse foreigners.

What's with this "toodle-pip" codswallop?


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Derek Potter]

"Toodle-pip" is a variant of "toodle-oo", which is from French "tout a
l'heure". As in "A l'eau, c'est l'heure".

Codswallop, depends who you ask, some say it was a from soft drink
manufacturer called Codd, others that it's just what the fish drink. In
either case, the "wallop", or beer, is too weak to be worthwhile.

Or alternatively a foul blow in boxing :/

Paul Burke

You've been watching that TV programme...

 

[Russ Kepler]

Yea, and the Minnesot'ns probably think the Los Angles airport
is in LA.

...and that the Cincinatti, Ohio airport is in Ohio.

 

[Robert Israel]

Well, I guess you could say that, but the suburbs are still the suburbs.
If I was on, say, a game show, and said that I was from Richfield,
Minnesota, it might as well be Timbuktu. But people have _heard_ of
Minneapolis. ;-P

Richfield? Isn't that where Best Buy has its headquarters?

Robert Israel [email protected]
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

[Jim Thompson]

..and that the Cincinatti, Ohio airport is in Ohio.

In the same Kentucky town where IRS has its "gouge you again"
department :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

 

[[email protected]]

Well, I guess you could say that, but the suburbs are still the suburbs.
If I was on, say, a game show, and said that I was from Richfield,
Minnesota, it might as well be Timbuktu. But people have _heard_ of
Minneapolis. ;-P

And when I tell people I'm "from Chicago" I don't mean I live
within the city limits (although I do work there) but that I live
in the Chicago Metropolitan area - the six counties that surround
the city.

But in my limited dealings with foreigners, I've noticed that there
is at least one suburb that seems to have a name recognition
on a par with that of the city.

ObPuzzle: what suburb and why?

 

[[email protected]]

And when I tell people I'm "from Chicago" I don't mean I live
within the city limits (although I do work there) but that I live
in the Chicago Metropolitan area - the six counties that surround
the city.

But in my limited dealings with foreigners, I've noticed that there
is at least one suburb that seems to have a name recognition
on a par with that of the city.

ObPuzzle: what suburb and why?

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Or, if you only count suburbs in Illinois:
Cicero, home of Al Capone.

Robert Israel [email protected]
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

[[email protected]]

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but I meant suburbs of Chicago.

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Gary, Indiana, as in the song from "The Music Man".
Or, if you only count suburbs in Illinois:
Cicero, home of Al Capone.

That's what I had in mind, usually accompanied by the speaker
imitating the sound of a machine gun in his native dialect.

 

[Matthew Russotto]

But in my limited dealings with foreigners, I've noticed that there
is at least one suburb that seems to have a name recognition
on a par with that of the city.

ObPuzzle: what suburb and why?

A number of choices in the DC area -- Langley, infamously the home of
the CIA. Arlington, for the cemetary (not sure if it's well-known
outside the US). There's other examples where another city is in the
name of the international airport, but at a glance none seem to be
actual suburbs.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

That's what I had in mind, usually accompanied by the speaker
imitating the sound of a machine gun in his native dialect.

There's also Skokie ( Teletype, neo-Nazi marches) and Aurora (Wayne's
World).


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Jim Thompson]

There's also Skokie ( Teletype, neo-Nazi marches) and Aurora (Wayne's
World).


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Scottsdale is at least as well known as Phoenix.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

 

[[email protected]]

There's also Skokie ( Teletype, neo-Nazi marches)

That's a possibility I hadn't considered. Maybe the "a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a"
sound he was making was suppoesed to be a teletype, not a machine gun.

 

[Mike H.]

Heck, I've been called a jerk by women who didn't even claim to be
feminists! ;-P

Cheers!
Rich

I'm a little unclear here. If a man, alone, deep in the woods where no
woman can possibly hear, says something . . . Is he still wrong?

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:44:44 +0000, Gunner wrote:
[snip]

"Deep in her heart, every moslem woman yearns to show us her tits"
John Griffin

That's probably true.

Is anyone surprised ?

I'm a little unclear here. If a man, alone, deep in the woods where no
woman can possibly hear, says something . . . Is he still wrong?

Yes ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Rich Grise, but drunk]

| I believe the combination of women drivers and cell phones might be the
| reason we don't see the personal aircar being developed. Too scary to
| contemplate.
|
| dennis
| in nca

Oh, shit! Boeing has a little pet project going on just that! I better
shoot them a note and have them design in a safety for that exact
occurrence.

The way I understand it, they'll have "collision avoidance radar"
REAL SOON NOW!

Cheers!
Rich