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AWM Sighting!

It’s true! Here I just penned a post making fun of Michael Crowley’s idiotic column, and it turns out that Angry White Males are storming the White House. This photo snapped at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue was just sent to me. (You can recognize the location by all the Greek revivalist architecture in the background.) Look at the anger in those eyes! Look at the menacing tilt of that hat. (Nice hat, btw.) Good Lord, can you imagine meeting up with him in a dark alley —  when he has his oxygen??!!new-2

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  1. Peter Shalen wrote:

    I fed the pigeons to the flag of the retarded state of America, and notary public for Richard Stans, damnation under Farb, in a dirigible, with gibberish and mustard for all.

    August 16th, 2009 at 11:24 am

  2. Howard Portnoy wrote:

    VERY nice, Peter! Howard Chace would be proud of you.

    August 16th, 2009 at 11:36 am

  3. Peter Shalen wrote:

    It’s not strictly Anguish, because not all the words are replaced by sound-alikes, and it’s not mine. It was made up by some friends of mine at Stuyvesant High School c. 1961. The “Farb” referred to is Gimley Farb, who won a plurality in the election for G.O. president that year, but never took office because the school administration claimed that he didn’t exist.

    August 16th, 2009 at 11:43 am

  4. Howard Portnoy wrote:

    Still good, and you still get full credit.

    August 16th, 2009 at 11:44 am

  5. Peter Shalen wrote:

    Thanks, Howard. By the way, Gimley is now on Facebook. If this link doesn’t work, please let me know. I haven’t seen Gimley in a good many years, but I believe the photo on his page is probably a good likeness.

    August 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am

  6. fuster wrote:

    Stuyvesant is that high school for blacksmithing and other manual trades, right?

    August 16th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  7. aelfheld wrote:

    @fuster –

    [...] later established as a specialized high school for mathematics, science and technology.

    August 16th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

  8. Peter Shalen wrote:

    aelfheld, I think fuster probably went to one of our rival schools and knew what he was saying. (We always acknowledged DeWitt Clinton as a rival, even to the point of chanting “DE. WITT. EATS. SH—” at the annual Stuyvesant-Clinton football game. Bronx Science, although it was beneath contempt, imagined itself a rival as well.)

    When I was at Stuyvesant, although it was many decades after it stopped being a trade school, it somehow retained something of the Geist of a trade school in the general attitude of the students and teachers. I can’t say what it’s like now that it’s become co-ed and moved to a trendy neighborhood.

    By the way, George Jochnowitz is also a Stuyvesant man, which means that we may form a plurality on this site.

    August 16th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

  9. CK MacLeod wrote:

    Good thing STUYVESANT CONTENTIONS won’t fit in the banner.

    August 16th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

  10. Peter Shalen wrote:

    How about PEGLEG ZOMBIES?

    August 16th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

  11. fuster wrote:

    @Peter Shalen – Last week or so,when someone or other was decrying government intervention, I asked of the Zombies if they had received a public education and if they felt harmed by same.

    Of course, seeing a reference to Stuyvesant reminded me of public school possibly causing a slight impairment.

    I would still welcome answers.

    August 16th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

  12. CK MacLeod wrote:

    I received a public education – that is, I attended public schools – and it has filled me with an incandescent all-consuming rage that could never be satisfied short of the destruction of the Earth and blotting out of the Sun. What’s it to you?

    August 16th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

  13. fuster wrote:

    @CK MacLeod – I wasn’t speaking of English public schools , CK, but thanks for the reply.

    May I have another?

    August 16th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

  14. fuster wrote:

    @aelfheld – thanks, aelf. I followed your link to the site and was rewarded with a rendition of the Stuyvesant School Song!
    It was hilariously lame enough to spur a return to blacksmithing, it was, it was.

    August 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

  15. aelfheld wrote:

    @fuster – Reaping what you sow?

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

  16. Peter Shalen wrote:

    fuster, our strong band can ne’er be broken, but frog’s legs are a different story…

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

  17. fuster wrote:

    @aelfheld – Tell me that Peter was pulling our pegs and that you’re not another Stuyvesavant.

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

  18. fuster wrote:

    @Peter Shalen -Peter, chacun a son gout.
    People actually like frog’s legs, so mayhaps I’ll end up stumping around also.

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

  19. Peter Shalen wrote:

    By fuster:  @Peter Shalen People actually like frog’s legs, so mayhaps I’ll end up stumping around also.

    Stoical words, fuster, but I see you shambled as you spoke them. Playing it safe, I suppose.

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  20. fuster wrote:

    If I’m shambling, it’s ’cause of taking on too many hops last night.

    August 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

  21. Peter Shalen wrote:

    So you overdid it?

    August 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

  22. fuster wrote:

    Maybe a hollow leg would’ve helped.

    August 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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