July 22, 2003
Leaving Brooklyn
That Marty Markowitz - he's always coming up with some new and crazy idea. Like signs at Brooklyn's exit points that say, "Leaving Brooklyn...Fuhgeddaboutit." The NY Post reveals the wacky Brooklyn borough president's thinking - "Once you enter Brooklyn, there's no good reason why you should ever leave" - and goes on to point out that many Brooklynites (and sports teams) do leave in fact, and it's possible that one in four Americans has roots in Brooklyn.
The signs will be up by the end of the week, so anyone taking the Gowanus Expressway and Belt Parkway approaches to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge or the Belt Parkway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near the Queens border can check them out.
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Even worse are the signs entering... "Brooklyn, Believe the Hype"... or something like "Happiness is Brooklyn"... I've seen a few and always felt embarassed when seeing them.
His next big idea: putting up signs with the Verrazzano Bridge's proper name, "The Guinea Gangplank".
Man, so glad that money isn't being spent on public schools.
Shouldn't the money used to make this sign gone into something Brooklyn could have really used, like, umm....road repair?
Excuse me, I must have come upon the site for Rationally Driven Duds. I was looking for some light-hearted relief from the monotony of the quotidian and relentless fear + money mongering.
As for this much addressed money issue; any idea on the comparative cost of a couple of signs vs. road repair or revamping education? Chump change.
Get some flavor folks.
Wow, road signs, usually meant to be informative, now including phrases like "fuhgeddaboutit"
I'm certain that non-native English speaking tourists or residents will appreciate that.
*French Tourist* "Le sign, it said, fu-get-aboot-tit when I leeft broooklin. Wchere is dis fu-get-aboot-tit? We want to see le sites of L'Etas Unis."
*Dunkin' Donuts Clerk* ".... Do ya want cream or nawt?"
For Christ's sake, the correct spelling is Fuhgeddaboudit...
I'm lovin' the sign!
I'm lovin' the sign!
I'm lovin' the sign!
Beth likes it!
holy crap!!!!youse guys are freakin nuts
Your article make interes to the problem.s
Where do I get one for myself! I love it and it shows,the sense of humor we brooklynites have.
fuggett youse liberal assholes!
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always good to be home how sweet it is!