Comments on: Dave Vs. Dave: July 8-13, 2002

By: Eric Williamson (nytefyre)

Eric Williamson (nytefyre) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:33 +0000

It’s more than a few miles between 295 and Rt 1 on 198… care to narrow it down? At the very least, closer to which road – so I can at least decide if I’m going to come down 95 or 295?

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:32 +0000

Cripes – I’d better cough up and hope it doesn’t break the moderator’s rules or the EULA or anything. Gourmet Shish Kebab on 198 between 295 and Rt 1, across from the fire station. The naan is to die for.

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:31 +0000

Half a feather and a bill? Oh well, MacGyver often did more with less…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGyver

By: Thomas Davidson (hellfury)

Thomas Davidson (hellfury) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:30 +0000

Living in Glen Burnie, here, but it was Russet unil my parents retired. I, for one, don’t think suburbia is all that frightening, but I prefer ruritania.

By: Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater)

Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:29 +0000

One time Bawlmer resident chiming in here. I've been to Laurel; I've got friends there, a couple I went to school with. Tell me you've got kids, the female half is an elementary school teacher. That would be too weird.

And yes, suburbia is quite frightening.

By: Sor Cyress (sorcyress)

Sor Cyress (sorcyress) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:28 +0000

@Eric: Hee! You beat me to saying “I’m Marylandy too!” though blessedly, I only have to live down in Columbia over the winter and summer holidays now. (Boston? Faaaaaar superior to Columbia. Suburbia scares me.)

By: Eric Williamson (nytefyre)

Eric Williamson (nytefyre) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:27 +0000

Where in Laurel? I’m originally from Ft. Meade area (used to live in Maryland City).

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:26 +0000

(TUNE: "Fly Like An Eagle", Steve Miller Band)

I'm gonna try, build a seagull,
Not a myth ...
Try, build a seagull,
Reconstruct from coprolith!

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:25 +0000

Oh, and Artie's hands-behind-his-back pose is just darling! If I ever commision a Narbonic artpiece, it'll be little Artie with his hands behind his back, pacing the deck in his Horatio Hornblower hat.

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:57:24 +0000

I'm surprised there were any left for the ur-gerbils. Imagine a colony of largely-heterosexual males on an island, bound together by a common davidity and shared boredom. Constructing Gilligan's-Island-style slingshots to plink seagulls would have been one of the top forms of entertainment. It's deep, deep in our male DNA, legacy of the time when, to simply survive, we all hunted for animals instead of hunting for a good kebab place. Each of us has buried withing him that burning, viceral, essential, eternal question: Can I hit that thing over there with this thing over here? Bowling, golf, shooting, archery, forking the cafeteria ceiling, basketball, pitching pennies, and dropping ordnance down a small thermal exhaust port all come from that one instinct.

And if you're ever in Laurel, Maryland, I'll show you where to hunt the best kebab...