Thanks, Frank. I would agree. I prefer, "You've been watching too much television!."
On 2/27/07 7:40 PM, "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Never. > > On Feb 27, 2007, at 07:18 PM, Brian Siano wrote: > >> Mario Giorno wrote: >> >>> You have way too much time on your hands. >> >> I, for one, like extended pieces of comic writing and argument. >> They reflect thought, care, and effort. >> >> But there's always room for the old standards. "You have way too >> much time on your hands." When is that _ever_ not funny? >> >>> >>> On 2/27/07, *Kyle Cassidy* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> "from an article about the continuing battle being fought by >>> Penn Grad >>> Students >>>> for enough of a stipend to pay for the escalating costs of >>> living in >>> University City" >>> >>> So insidious is this plot, and so well crafted that even Al is >>> now >>> thinking of Penn students not as entitled, over-privileged >>> whiners >>> with >>> dad's credit card, but instead the hard laboring hoi polloi, >>> scratching >>> out a living in the hardscrabble wilds of West Philadelphia, >>> barely able >>> to afford a Fu Wah hoagie. It's time for this conspiracy to be >>> unmasked >>> and the members of the responsible Penn cabal held in the >>> bright light >>> of truth. >>> >>> Let me show you how it works: >>> >>> 1) Penn spends millions of dollars on a PR campaign and security >>> blitzkrieg to make west Philly "safe" past 40th st. >>> >>> 2) Students scramble from their tiny hovels in center city to the >>> luxurious spaces of west Philly, enjoying driveways, back yard >>> bbq's and >>> concerts in Clark Park. >>> >>> 3) Landlords, drunk with power, raise rents 300% over a period >>> of six >>> years, using this windfall to buy more property and renovate >>> existing >>> spaces into bacchanalian bourgeoisie paradises. >>> >>> 4) There is a veritable windfall for those who install recessed >>> lighting >>> and under-floor heating. >>> >>> 5) Penn unleashes their secret "pincer" movement -- they open >>> up a 400 >>> bed hi-rise dorm on campus, located immediately adjacent to >>> quietly >>> installed amenities such as a used book store, used record store, >>> ritzy >>> theater, mid range Mexican restaurants and grocery store. >>> >>> 6) Penn hires goons to cause a well publicized mini "crime wave" >>> on the >>> edge of campus. >>> >>> 7) Penn opens the new dorms advertising "stop paying those >>> inflated UC >>> rents, get rid of your car and walk to everything! 43% safer >>> than west >>> of 40th!" >>> >>> 8) A sudden mass exodus of Penn students from the carefully >>> renovated >>> apartments of West Philly creates a property vacuum. >>> >>> 9) Unable to pay their mortgages as rents in the hood plummet >>> back to >>> 1997 rates, landlords begin to default on their loans. The >>> whole house >>> of cards begins to unravel. >>> >>> 10) Penn buys up the defaulted properties at pennies on the >>> dollar, >>> driving landlords and real-estate speculators from west Philly >>> like >>> whipped dogs and cementing their hold on 72% of all residential >>> properties in the area, now with recessed lighting and under- >>> floor >>> heating. >>> >>> 11) Penn spends millions of dollars on a PR campaign and security >>> blitzkrieg to make west Philly "safe" past 40th st...... >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive >>> information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>> >>> >> >> ---- >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
