N.J.'S P.U. RIPENS APPLE-BELCHING BOG BLAMED FOR CITYWIDE GAS STINK

NY Post ^ | 1/9/07 | TOM LIDDY, DAN KADISON and ANDY GELLER

[finnman69]

Who cut the cheese?

New Jersey, apparently.

Across the length and breadth of Manhattan, people were asking, "What's that smell?" after a pungent odor like natural gas or rotten eggs blanketed the borough and northern New Jersey for three hours yesterday morning.

By evening, the answer seemed to be a stinky gas emitted by a New Jersey swamp or marsh.

"That's where our noses and instruments tell us" the smell was coming from, said Charles Sturcken, a spokesman for the city Department of Environmental Protection.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Actually Massachusetts also calls them that. I should have remembered.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I wouldn't want to try to get a drink from it. ;)

[j_tull]

Actually Massachusetts also calls them that.

Ya missed it by that much, my eastern bloc friend. In Massachusetts it's called a "Bubbla"

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

darn dialect.

[MotleyGirl70]

You might be a Wisconsinite if...

...you refer to a drinking fountain as the bubbler. ..."vacation" means going 'up nort' to Crivitz for the weekend.
...you measure distance in hours.
...you know several people who have hit deer more than once. You might be a Wisconsinite if...
...you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" and back again. In the same day.
...you use a down comforter and gloves in the summer.
...you drive at 65mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
...you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
...you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
...you think of the major food groups as cheese, venison, beer, fish and berries.
...you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
...there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Fleet Farm at any given time. You might be a Wisconsinite if...
...snow tires come standard on all your cars.
...you refer to the Packers as "we".
...you have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
...you can identify an Illinois accent.

You might be a Wisconsinite if... ...you consider the mosquito as the state bird. ...the first card game you learned as a child was Sheepshead

Here are the rest. Enjoy!

Do you know how to play Sheepshead?

[j_tull]

Do you know how to play Sheepshead?

No, but how about some Euchre?

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

You got me on that one. Quarters is a game I can play or up the river.

[MotleyGirl70]

They are similiar.

Do you call an ace (besides the diamond) as partner?

[MotleyGirl70]

I was good at quarters (off my nose) in h.s.

[MotleyGirl70]

I play Sheepsheads on Yahoo Games.com.

It's not the easiest game to learn how to play and many people don't have the patience to learn, but once you know how and know strategy it's lots of fun. TTYL, fun chatting w/ya Joisey Boy! ;)

[arthurus]

Swamp Gas. That's caused by UFOs, isn't it?

[arthurus]

I got my impression driving the length of the state several times. Everywhere I stopped for food it was the same. Everything was limp and tasteless and room temp. Next time I will fly over- less depressing.

[dalereed]

Hillary passed through town and left a trail.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I challenge you to a game of quarters over FR, I promise not to lie about whether I make it or not, but I go first.;)

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I am going to try to learn. You were fun as well cheese girl.

[MotleyGirl70]

You're on ;)

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

OK cheese girl, be prepared to be under the table, I made my first shot so you should start drinking. ;) Would I lie to you?

[Old Professer]

San Francisco was built on top of a landfill.

[XEHRpa]

...thus earning its rightful name fair and square:

New Jersey: Armpit of the Nation

[P.O.E.]

I was going to blame the Giants.