http://gothamist.com/2008/03/05/extra_extra_810.php All comments for Extra, Extra en-us 2008 nyc_daveh Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/03/05/extra_extra_810.php#comment-1306690 http://gothamist.com/2008/03/05/extra_extra_810.php#comment-1306690 Comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:46:42 -0500 <p>Well the vollies out on the Island don't want to wash their über expensive firetrucks so no Silly String. That is just silly! "Long Island Fire Truck"is often used as a pejorative term, since they spend absurd amounts of money on needless things for the apparatus. Newsday a year or two ago had a series of reports about the absurdity of the Long Island fire departments. They really need professional county wide departments, like in Los Angeles County. As for banning things in pubs on St. Patrick's Day we would go with green beer. You drink either Guinness or Harp and not out of a bottle! And as for the Post/WSJ synergy - no doubt the Post will be counting the circ numbers as sales.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/03/05/extra_extra_810.php#comment-1306665 http://gothamist.com/2008/03/05/extra_extra_810.php#comment-1306665 Comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:19:51 -0500 <p>Silly String has proven to be a lifesaver for U.S. troops in Iraq. Spraying it into a room will show otherwise nearly invisible bomb tripwires without detonating the bombs.</p>