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Coppy
Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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Location: Chambersburg
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 Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject: Top 10 Things to "Drop" on New Year's Eve |
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So Pennsylvania, more than any other state, is known for its cities and towns to drop unusual objects that are representative. Shippensburg drops an anchor, Mechanicsburg drops a wrench, Harrisburg drops a strawberry and Dillsburg, appropriately enough, drops a pickle. So the question is... what would Chambersburg drop on New Year's that would represent the local community?
I give you:
Top 10 Things Chambersburg Residents Would Like to See "Dropped" On New Year's Eve:
10. Fried Ham & Cheese Sandwich
9. Farm Tractor
8. A Buick
7. Nellie Fox
6. The sign from 'The Butcher Shoppe'
5. A camouflaged article of clothing
4. A PO "Letter to the Editor"
3. Fire
2. A vacant store from the Chambersburg Mall
and the number one thing Chambersburg residents would like to see dropped on New Years:
1. Taxes |
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.45chel
Joined: 26 Oct 2007
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Location: Chambersburg
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Rangerover wrote: | Here are my suggestions for an entertaining New Year's Eve 'drop' in Chambersburg:
1. Since we are becoming so enamoured with our Ice Festival, 1 giant block of Ice.
2. A scale-model version of an ugly Warehouse.
3. A model of a tractor-trailer.
(Ideally, this tractor-trailer should have the word "LOST" painted on it, and it should slowly circle the downtown area a few times before it is dropped).
4. A Tico's Taco and a Red Diablo pool ball.
5. Some leftover plaster from that new statue of our Founding Father.
6. The temperature - to recognize the lack of heat in our county jail.
7. Criminal charges - to recognize the many charges which are 'dropped' each year by our DA in plea bargains.
8. A small clump of pristine farmland within the Borough, before the last piece is gone for good.
9. County Coroner Jeff Conner. And all the offical legal records and 'stuff' he has stored in his so-called home office.
10. A big bag labeled "BAD IDEAS" - and inside are many of our favorite ones: child predators as courthouse security officers; the CASD administrative staff; the Trojan baseball team playing in Greene Township, and so on.
11. Hempt Brothers and PennDOT - let's drop them for having to re-pave Route 30/Lincoln Way THREE times before they (fingers crossed so far), got it right.
12. All of our good local eateries. We may as well drop them too. To the refrain of "The Chains Are All Here," they're as good as gone.
13. I agree with Coppy on this one - TAXES.
14. And last but not least, my personal favorite:
Our County Commissioners.
Why?
Gee, considering all the press they got in 2007, the better question would be "WHY NOT??!"
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| Coppy wrote: | Time for my retort to your list Rangerover.
1. I think Chambersburg has always been enamored with the ice festival; but with climate change, good luck finding temperatures low enough on New Year's Eve to keep a block of ice from melting before midnight.
2. How about a scale model of a high school drop-out, or dropping Franklin County schools' test scores?
3. We could drop two people; those who complain about building another I-81 exit and those who complain about trucks driving around lost in downtown Chambersburg. They can fist-fight on the way down.
4. Taco's are gross; let's drop scrapple!
5. Leftover pieces of dilapidated and decaying buildings in Chambersburg.
6. The temperature, again, to demonstrate the irony of the temperature being relatively high on New Year's Eve.
7. We could just drop a whole prison to represent its capacity.
8. Or we could drop a Google Earth image of Franklin County to show how the vast majority of the county is still "pristine farmland."
9. They should drop CSI: Seasons 1-3 DVD box set.
10. "Bad Ideas" would be too heavy.
11. We could drop all the people who have protested the widening of route 30 over the past 10 years.
12. We could drop the local eateries because they all sell mediocre food, provide mediocre service and refuse to even try to compete with chains. We could also, as a metaphor, drop a liquor license with a wall between it and a small business owner. But they couldn't get their hands on a liquor license let alone come up with the hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy one.
13. New metaphor; drop the people complaining about taxes into a bucket that says "Franklin County Residents: Paying some of the lowest taxes in the state and still upset." Or they could drop those people in a fight with the people complaining about the sad state of local public services!
14. Last but not least; Franklin County voters for continually electing incompetent candidates. |
I don't know if December just dumbs me down or if it was watching Miracle on 34th Street back to back to back last night, but I can't be clever today and I like both of ya'lls ideas, Coppy. Can we drop them all?
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A Talking Horse
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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.45chel
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Horse!!
You almost made Mello Yello come out my nose!
Bad Horse! Bad!
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Coppy
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| A Talking Horse wrote: | | ACID |
Now that's funny! |
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.45chel
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| Quote: | Our view: A symbol representing the borough? Just drop it!
Public Opinion Online
Shippensburg has its anchor. Dillsburg has its pickle. York has its rose. Chambersburg has... nothing.
With New Year's Eve approaching, we wonder which symbol so perfectly represents Chambersburg that it might be worthy of dropping from some lofty apparatus in Memorial Square while a crowd of revelers counts down to the New Year.
So with apologies to the snarky denizens of the Public Opinion forums online -- from whom we stole this idea -- we offer some additional symbols to drop on New Year's Eve in Chambersburg:
-- A giant torch spitting real flames, to honor the Civil War burning of the town by Confederate forces.
-- A black-and-white spotted cow, to represent the area's dairy industry.
-- Or maybe a collage of apples and peaches, to represent the area's produce industry.
-- A representation of a Hummer military vehicle, or a Patriot missile system, in honor of the work done so efficiently at Letterkenny Army Depot.
-- Or perhaps a trout, to represent the fishing along Falling Spring known to anglers far and wide?
-- What about a big plate of hogmaw?
-- We know that several midstate towns use this one already, but a big rose to symbolize the historic rose rent agreements with borough churches would be appropriate. It's actual basis in the town's history gives us a defense against any accusations of unoriginality.
-- A gigantic flare with actual fireworks shooting from the end would nicely symbolize the zeal with which local fire police and emergency responders do their jobs.
-- We could use a big illuminated dollar sign to represent the one thing seemingly everyone in town would like to see drop -- local taxes.
-- And finally, why not drop a representation of an ice sculpture to represent one of the town's more charming annual festivals? In fact, why not make it an actual ice sculpture, lit from beneath by floodlights?
Some of these suggestions are more serious than others, of course. And yet the idea of giving Chambersburg a symbol to drop, a reason for folks to gather in fellowship to express hopes and goals for yet another New Year, seems like something worth exploring.
But now that we think about it, let's forget about the hogmaw.
-- By Matthew Major, on behalf of Public Opinion's editorial board |
@___@ OMG @__@
Coppy!
You've been published!! (sorta) And you've been officially labeled snarky! (Oh, to be snarky.) I'm so jealous.
I got excited before I realized Mr. Major had written representation of a Patriot Missile. >grumble<I never get to have any fun>grumble<
And to paraphrase what I tried to post on Topix that day: Why does Chambersburg have to drop anything? I like these 'guys' on the forum, but I don't actually want to venture out and meet the majority of Franklin Co. residents--(I've read Haloscan) And I certainly don't want to do it on New Year's Eve (all cold and noisy and crowded...ugh)
And if I was going to stand outside in a noisy crowd of screaming, most likely drunk strangers, by god, I'd go to New York or New Orleans! (Notice I even left out my Atlanta--I wouldn't even watch the stupid peach drop in the plaza>>from a balconey, yeah, but not ground level)
I know I sound like a scrooge. I probably AM a scrooge, but have we even determined if it would be worth it? Can downtown offer anything in the form of entertainment prior to and immediately after the drop of the thingy? Will the target be adults (that means alcohol and a slightly less prudish environment than typical of the area) or family? How about both? How will the borough handle >snicker< crowd control?
I'm sorry, but I see this as big city envy.
Don't take offense, it's perfectly natural to be jealous of all the grown up cities with their attractions and fancy shmancy offerings, but if you want to grow up to be big and pretty like them you can't just rush out and drop a ball...No, sir.
You got to work hard, study hard, exercise, eat right and take your vitamins.
Or I could just be jealous because I don't get to go out anymore. meh
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Coppy
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I'm glad they used the hogmaw!
This list was even better (and perhaps a bit more thoughtful) than mine was, but there may one thing they forgot to suggest... a lard-based potato chip.
Mmmm. |
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BadKarma42
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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Location: Chambersburg aka Little Mexico
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I know I'm late on this, but I must add my terrible two cents:
1) Anchor Baby
2) At the stroke of midnight a giant laser light show with futuristic music and smoke. Then, as the drama builds, 500 foot sculptures of the G-man and his mistress arise from the smoke. Then, we all shave our heads, put on white robes, and drink the Kool-Aid! All hail the greatness!!! |
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sassy moose
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Location: Virginia
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: Re: Top 10 Things to "Drop" on New Year's Eve |
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| Coppy wrote: | | 10. Fried Ham & Cheese Sandwich |
That's brilliant. I miss those. |
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Coppy
Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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Location: Chambersburg
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: Re: Top 10 Things to "Drop" on New Year's Eve |
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| sassy moose wrote: | | Coppy wrote: | | 10. Fried Ham & Cheese Sandwich |
That's brilliant. I miss those. |
I'm pretty sure you can find them at several places; or you could make one yourself for probably less money with better ingredients. |
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