After less than a week in Rochester, my favorite thing about the city is the ad in the Yellow Pages for Henrietta Discount Liquor:
In Wegman's Plaza | Between Toys R Us and Kids R Us
Is this just an unfortunate coincidence of location and landmarks, or a sly advertising angle? Perhaps I'm cynical, but I lean towards the latter. It's a subtler equivalent of:
Posted by Dr. Weevil at September 14, 2002 12:05 AMKids getting you down with their constant whining for the latest crappy toys? We can help you dull the pain.
Too funny. I'm laughing my ass off.
Posted by: Quana on September 14, 2002 09:28 AMHopefully you'll have a chance to check it out in person. Wegmans, if you haven't figured it out yet, are quite the best grocery stores in western New York by a wide, wide margin.
Posted by: Evan McElravy on September 14, 2002 11:41 AMIt could have been worse. It could have been a psychiatrist marketing to parents whose kids are "driving them crazy".
Riyadh delenda est!
Posted by: Cato the Youngest on September 15, 2002 04:06 AMFrom personal experience, I can tell you that it can and does dull the pain. Or at least make it easier to live with. Amazing what a pint of Guinness can do for your spirits (Ed: unintentional) after a rough day with the tykes.
Posted by: David Perron on September 15, 2002 08:06 PMDear Dr. Weevil,
Being of direct Rochester, NY descent, I have to say I find your analysis to be 100% spot on. Nice work.
Posted by: Caroline on September 16, 2002 05:59 PMWelcome to the heart of America. Next time I'm visitng the grandparents, you and the cranky professor and I will have to arrange the first Rochester blogger bash (that I know of, anyway)
Posted by: Jane Galt on September 17, 2002 11:20 AM[Message deleted: it was a javascript command redirecting viewers of my comments to WarbloggerWatch. Perhaps not surprising that the address is fake: the little weenie is not only too cowardly to give his real name, he's too stupid to think up a clever pseudonym.]
Posted by: dsfdsf on September 19, 2002 07:20 AMNice, idiot.
Dr. Weevil -- chuckle-head posted a tag to forcibly open warblogger watch.
I knew those guys would find some way to force their stupidity on us. First, this comments box, next the world!
Posted by: David Perron on September 19, 2002 11:22 AMSome people will do anything to generate traffic.
Riyadh delenda est!
Posted by: Cato the Youngest on September 19, 2002 05:01 PM