Hello Amy,
No offense to New Yorkers meant - everyone I've met so far has been a gem
(and a funny one at that) which is kinda why I'm going there if you take my
meaning...
I think I'm gonna love NY, long as I don't get mugged...
Junior "New York City's got a lot to do with it" Walker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Haugesag [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 March 1999 13:18
> To: passenger side
> Subject: RE: Covers and a defense of irony (long)
>
> The other Junior writes:
>
> >Sorry - just practicing for my trip to New York later in the year.
> >Junior "Can you tell me the way to Staten Island or should I just go fuck
> >myself now?" Walker
> >
>
> A common misconception is that if you stop a New Yorker on the street and
> ask a question, the response will be rude. This is not true. New Yorkers
> love to talk. They especially love to give opinions, whether you asked for
> them or not, and they will gladly tell you why their way of getting to
> Staten Island is the best way, and why you shouldn't listen to what the
> other guy who has walked up to join the conversation says about how to get
> there, and how nobody in New York can give directions properly anymore
> anyway, because they're all from, y'know, Idaho or someplace, one of those
> Midwestern states.
>
> Except that Staten Island is a bad example to use, because though most New
> Yorkers know how to get there, they'd rather not, and they don't
> understand
> why anyone else would either.
>
> New Yorkers may be seething with suppressed rage, but they're still
> friendly, or at least talkative.
>
> --Amy
>
