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New York City says no vay to 'Oy Vey' sign in Brooklyn on bridge to Manhattan (Fuhgeddaboudit)
AP ^
| Tue, Jan 20, 2004
Posted on 01/20/2004 12:08:04 PM PST by presidio9
"Oy vey" was too meshuga for the city Transportation Department.
The department said Monday it rejected a request from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz for a sign on the Williamsburg Bridge reading Leaving Brooklyn: Oy Vey! The agency felt the sign, featuring the Yiddish phrase for "oh, woe," would be more distracting than helpful to Manhattan-bound motorists.
"Oy vey was originally a Jewish phrase, but everyone knows what it means and it's now a common Brooklyn expression: part of that Brooklyn attitude," said Markowitz, a Brooklyn native. "All I'm trying to do is put a smile on people's faces. I'm sorry if the DOT has no sense of humour."
The city earlier nixed a sign reading Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit! at the Verazzano Narrows Bridge for what agency spokesman Tom Cocola said was the same reason: "a lack of directional information."
While the Fuhgeddaboudit! sign was criticized by some as an anti-Italian slur, Cocola said any concern that the Oy Vey sign might offend Brooklyn's large Jewish community was not part of the agency's decision.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; fuhgeddaboudit; nyc; oyvey; sign
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:08:06 PM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Erm... the "fuhgeddaboudit" signs ARE up... there are at least two of them... and they are hilarious, anyone who doesn't like them needs to have an uncomfortable object removed from their rectum!
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:11:32 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
("I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid"-Qadafi)
To: thoughtomator; Clemenza
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:15:58 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: thoughtomator
4
posted on
01/20/2004 12:17:07 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: presidio9
I know that the one on the Belt Parkway Eastbound is still up .. I saw it a few days ago driving out to Long Island.
MJ
5
posted on
01/20/2004 12:20:08 PM PST
by
mjustice
To: presidio9
LOL!!!
Oy gevalt
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:26:16 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( "It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.")
To: presidio9
How about a sign onthe Harlem-Bronx bridges that read "Fo shizzle mah nizzle"
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:26:39 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: presidio9
Back in the '60s one of the Mississippi River bridges in New Orleans had this sign:
HUBBA! HUBBA!
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:37:34 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(You know that KoolAid the RATs have been drinking? Well, I'm the guy who's been pissing in it.)
To: finnman69
Does Vegas have the "What Goes On In Vegas, Stays in Vegas" signs up yet? They've actually taken that on as the official slogan now.
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posted on
01/20/2004 12:49:09 PM PST
by
weegee
To: presidio9
Hehehehhe... "fuhgeddaboudit"! That's what Dr. Mad How is telling the press corp about Iowa!
To: presidio9
To: weegee
Does Vegas have the "What Goes On In Vegas, Stays in Vegas" signs up yet? They've actually taken that on as the official slogan now. Why? Are they giving away free penicillin at the airport?
12
posted on
01/20/2004 1:53:36 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: presidio9
Howz about "You be leevin Brooklyn, MOFO!" ?
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posted on
01/20/2004 1:55:43 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: presidio9
That would be "What goes on at Mustang, stays at the ranch".
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posted on
01/20/2004 1:56:55 PM PST
by
weegee
To: presidio9
So what does the "Entering Brooklyn" sign say?
"Hey...How You Doin'?"
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posted on
01/20/2004 1:57:40 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Entering California...Dude! 'Sup? Leaving California...Later, Dude.)
To: clintonh8r
Entering New Orleans...Hey, Where Y'At?
Leaving New Orleans...Layta, Baby!
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posted on
01/20/2004 2:02:06 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Entering California...Dude! 'Sup? Leaving California...Later, Dude.)
To: RichInOC
"If anybody aks(sic), you don't know nuttin'!"
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posted on
01/20/2004 2:03:10 PM PST
by
weegee
To: RichInOC
Entering New Orleans...Hey, Where Y'At? I once took one of those airport shuttle buses in New Orleans that picks up people at the airport and drops them off at various hotels. The driver's prepared spiel began: "Welcome to New Orleans. In New Orleans, you may legally purchase alcohol 24 hours a day, seven days a week..."
I think that should be the city motto.
To: presidio9
These days you've got to accomodate and offend all ethnic groups:
AVERAGE WHITE AMERICAN: "Your leavin Brooklyn"
CHINESE: "Youle reeveen Blookryn"
MEXICAN: "Meester, you leef all reddy? Que pasa?"
IRISH (as in THEM with VAN MORRISON): "Baby, please don't go!"
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posted on
01/20/2004 2:06:31 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: RichInOC
Wadja did lass night, cher?
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posted on
01/20/2004 4:16:15 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(You know that KoolAid the RATs have been drinking? Well, I'm the guy who's been pissing in it.)
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