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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:58 am
Because Newark's mad!
In the middle of a long article about crime and Newark's image, there's this:
Two weeks ago, the mayor's office contacted the publicist of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" after residents called to complain that one of the multiple-choice questions asked what is Hades and one of the possible choices was Newark, said director of communications Desiree Peterkin Bell.
Bell said the city is setting up a meeting with the show's publicist and will request a formal apology. "Millionaire" publicist Trisha Miller confirmed the question appeared on the daytime show but declined further comment.
http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008 ... _foul.html
If TPTB have to start apologizing for the $100 joke answers, they'll be
very busy!
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by littlebeast13 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:03 am
Newark reminded me of back home, though I wasn't outside in the city long enough to notice if they had silver flake showers....
And they will be getting no apology from me for that. Especially after eating at that joke of a KFC the airport had......
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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:30 pm
The nerve! Everyone know it's really Bayonne!
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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ulysses5019
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by ulysses5019 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:39 pm
Bob Juch wrote:The nerve! Everyone know it's really Bayonne!
Maybe that's the real reason Newark is upset.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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Snaxx
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by Snaxx » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:42 pm
It's not smart to pick on WE territory! It reminds me of earlier this year when a morning jock on my favorite Long Island station picked on a L.I. town that was a a large source of the station's listeners.
On today's news, there was another story of HS football games being postponed due to last week's incidents of violence.
FWIW, a link:
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/20 ... k_del.html
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by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:14 pm
jacorbett70 wrote:It's not smart to pick on WE territory! It reminds me of earlier this year when a morning jock on my favorite Long Island station picked on a L.I. town that was a a large source of the station's listeners.
On today's news, there was another story of HS football games being postponed due to last week's incidents of violence.
FWIW, a link:
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/20 ... k_del.html
The high school backed off from that and are playing as scheduled. There was a stupid rumor about violence at Halloween.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
