Mayor Nickels: “I don’t care what you call it as long as you ride it.”
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r€nato
completely off-topic but apropos for the season:
The 12 Days Of Christmas, GOP-style
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Republicans gave to us:
12 men’s room blowjobs
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tmv
Occasionally, like today, I have a day when various occurrences coincide to make me hate humanity in general.
And then I read something like this, and I think, but you know, sometimes we do have our good points …
r€nato
back on-topic (what a concept):
Does it go out to West Haverbrook?
Zifnab
hehe, the South Lake Union Trolley? I’d ride it.
r€nato
I’ve done some hiking in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino. That’s how I came to find out that the canton-level agency for public transport is called Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi.
Dreggas
hehehe I rode the SLUT and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
r€nato
Given that SLUT is in Seattle, I think this would be an appropriate advertising slogan:
SLUT: Ride it hard, put it away wet!
Dreggas
SLUT: Wet and ready whenever you are!
Put Your Rain Coat on and ride the SLUT!
RodeoBob
…once they start charging for rides, ownership changes to the Western Home Ownership Recreation Entrepenurs…
And be careful when you get off… this being Seattle a “slippery when wet” sign might be appropriate!
Thanks! I’ll be here all week. Try the veal!
Dreggas
Headline for if the service is bad:
The SLUT Sucks.
Headline for if the service is good:
The SLUT Swallows.
r€nato
another off-topic:
Scottsdale Man Shoots Self In Buttocks
Cindrella Ferret
Indeed. Do an ID check first. Chris Hansen may be setting you up.
Dreggas
Joe’s crab shack advertisement on the side of one:
Ride the SLUT and get some crabs!
cd6
OMG I’m very excited, the SLUT is literally a block from my apartment, and I can ride it all the way downtown!
Bubblegum Tate
I think the last stop is in Ogdenville, but it depends on what the possums in the control car say (I call the big one “Bitey”).
Michael D.
You are on a roll!
Zifnab
Who would have thought the SLUT would have been so cheap? At $1.50, I think I pay more going alone.
Michael D.
In Atlanta, you use a Breeze card to ride MARTA. We need to think of a name for the SLUT card.
Dreggas
When you ride the SLUT slide your card in the Slit.
Michael D.
When you pay your buck fifty, are you required to get off after a certain amount of time, or can you ride the SLUT all day?
Dreggas
Well whenever I ride a slut there’s usually some booze involved, maybe the Martini?
Jen
Well, if anyone ever wondered if these posters were men or women, I hereby submit this thread as Exhibit A…
Dreggas
Aww c’mon it’s just a bit of humor. And trust me men can be sluts too, I know many.
ChrisO
Could be worse. I remember when Newcastle Polytechnic (in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England) became a university, one name proposed for it was the “City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne” – until someone pointed out the acronym…
RodeoBob
Trust me, as soon as they debut the Highland Intercity Mass Busing Organization (HIMBO), we’ll be all over it!
OK, I won’t be “all over it”, but I’ll have something to say about it.
Michael D.
ChrisO: Heh. You could ride the SLUT and get off at th….oh never mind.
Jen
Uh, I know, D. Remember I told you I laughed at the post on wonkette about, did anyone show their tits? I have been known to, to this day, quote Beavis and Butthead. So there.
Dreggas
I think I’m in love again heh…heh heh…
Jen
Settle down, Beavis.
Dreggas
heh heh NO! heh knock it off fart knocker.
Dreggas
You can probably ride all day but will have to get off eventually, after all the SLUT will need refueling and a thorough cleaning before being put back into service.
bago
Nice to know the slut is only a short walk from where I live. But then again I DO live off of Aurora.
taoless
i think you guys should be a little more sympathetic. with paul allen and greg nickels for father-figures, any girl’s going to turn out having a few issue problems. i mean, look what nickels said about her. what a douche (and, btw, as a seattlite, i can assure you, he is a complete douche).
that, and i can’t believe nobody’s made a joke about her ‘maiden’ voyage. or worked in the phonemic similarities between ‘trolley’ and ‘trollop.’
demimondian
You know, this thread is getting to the point that I’m not sure I can read it on my machine at work, for fear of a complaint being lodged.
And, given what my team deals with on a daily basis, that’s pretty scary…
Dreggas
Well you know what they say about the SLUT and easy access.
Dreggas
Since they’re touting the SLUT I am sure there were many test runs before this maiden voyage….
Zifnab
I just hope people don’t take the SLUT around the block a few times, then dump’r for the next hot thing to roll into town.
Dreggas
You mean her friend the monogo-rail?
J sub D
Wow only $52 million plus 1.7 million a year (Oh, I believe that estimate) to save someone a twenty minute walk if your going the whole route. What a bargain for the taxpayers!
Does anyone want to wager that ridership and revenues will be higher than what was predicted to justify this brilliant piece of urban engineering? No?
How about as high as predicted? No again?
How about lower by at least 20%. Now I’m hearing yesses.
jcricket
Someone tried to fuck with the SLUT today. Threw ball bearings into the track. Totally hosed up the line for a short time.
I also like the airport code “SUX” (real).
I used to work right by one of the SLUT stops, but don’t anymore. Seattle has its head so far up its ass when it comes to mass transit I’ve given up hope of ever getting anything good. So this is a tiny step in the right direction, and it’s fine by me.
All the fucking “lesser” Seattle and NIMBY types freak out whenever they see a pricetag bigger than a dollar or two for any kind of infrastructure or mass transit project. Wake up douchenozzles, you live in a big city, it’s 2007, stuff costs money.
jcricket
OK, too many people from Seattle here. Must be some kind of liberal conspiracy.
Michael D.
JsubD. I didn’t know that!
Fuck the SLUT!
Buck
Well, I guess now we know who really got fucked.
Dreggas
Someone got their balls caught in the SLUT?
jcricket
Detachable balls. Maybe they bought them at Fantasy LTD down the street?
Dreggas
Maybe they were like this guy with a detachable penis?
jcricket
I was waiting for someone to post that. I remember that song. Funny.
You know, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for vandal-types, though. And the “rules are for cars” cyclists can suck it.
jake
Ah, a streetcar named Desire.
Sorry, all the best jokes were taken.
Fledermaus
The problem with the SLUT is that she’s a short ride and drags you to the mall afterward.
Also the ‘Mayor Nickels is a douchbag’ motion is seconded.
demimondian
Would the chair entertain a motion for unanimous consent?
Dreggas
So he’s the SLUT’s Douchebag then?
bago
Well, if the SLUT hooks up with the rail project down by MLK and eventually hits cap hill and the eastside we might have a bart-level slut.
Andrew J. Lazarus
there’s a transit line in Northern Italy called ‘fart’.
Kynn
This thread is an example of why I don’t like guys very much.