Bill de Blasio Eats Pizza With a Fork and Knife, Sometimes

New York Magazine ^ | 1/10 | Joe Coscarelli

[nickcarraway]

The honeymoon is over: Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was seen using utensils to consume a slice during lunch today at Goodfellas Pizza on Staten Island, horrifying onlookers. Worse, he flip-flopped, switching back and forth between fork and hand.

You know who else used a fork to eat New York City pizza? Sarah Palin. And Donald Trump. Together.

The man has some things to learn about this city yet.

Update: Mayor De Blasio blames Italy, as if this isn't America.

[jonrick46]

I am utter shocked! I thought for sure de Blasio eats with a hammer and sickle!

I have already misspelled de Blasio's name tonight; now I have misspelled "sickle."

[Bullish]

Sorry in advance to all you purists out there but I personally hate pizza, as I also can’t stand most Italian food.

There, I said it, I mean it, and I ain’t takin’ it back.

[Yorlik803]

used to eat Pizzia with a fork when I worked on a ambulance so I wouldn’t drip sauce on my uniform
At home, NO WAY.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Well my theory is he changed it back to Barack Hussein Obama because it sounded more African and he was passing himself off as African born at the time for whatever reason, for school or politics. But the thing is I know 2 guys right now whose fathers left them after they were born and both of them took the name of their stepfather and consider their stepfather to be their real dad. So you have to ask yourself, why would Barry take his fathers first middle and last name when he only saw the guy once in his life? His father was a deadbeat, a punk, didn’t a rats ass about his son, couldn’t leave his wife fast enough after Barry was born, it just makes no sense why he would take his fathers full name unless it was for other reasons.

[ronnie raygun]

Nice to know, cant wait to hear about his bathroom habits. The media scumbags continue to feed the sh##eaters thier daily sludge, meanwhile..............................

[jttpwalsh]

What about Leslie Lynch King, Jr ? :)

[windsorknot]

How does the SOB eat crow?

[GeronL]

This is the minutiae they feed the masses while real stories go unexplored

[Rebelbase]

Nice to see the reference within the top 10.

[Rebelbase]

No kidding. If it’s dripping molten cheese i’ll use a fork for the first couple of bites until the lava firms up a bit and doesn’t napalm my lips.

[Rebelbase]

“(I was 17 she was 22) “

Been there, done that. :-)!!!!

[Irish Eyes]

This article is exactly what is wrong with the media...

Truer words have not bee spoken. This is what passes as a news story these days.

[SunkenCiv]

More coverage of this than of the horsedrawn carriage ban?

Thanks nickcarraway.

[a fool in paradise]

Every New Yorker knows there's only one way to eat a slice of pizza...

Seems like a good thread for this refresher course.

A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: WHY WEST COAST PIZZA TASTES LIKE CRAP (one of the oldest web pages you may read today)

Reason #1: YOU CAN'T FOLD A SLICE IN ONE HAND BECAUSE NOBODY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI KNOWS HOW TO BAKE A DECENT PIZZA CRUST.

Fig. 1a: New York Slice Folding pressure is smooth, creating the all-important channel of hot pizza lipids to aid in easy mastication.

Fig. 1b: Seattle Slice Crust is too damn thin and so overcooked as to create a pizza/ matzo hybrid that would make even the least discriminating rabbi exclaim..

"...Oy Vey! What did I do to deserve such a sh!tty slice?"

Lessons 2-5 (at the link) offer additional helpful tips.