[Jay W]

Did a search first. Didn't find the article if previously posted.

[Jay W]

One bump to the top for Barry and his pump....

[Hodar]

He startled some officials when he jokingly made a move toward the controls of the lift station, saying, ``I'll just throw some of these switches here, since it's mine.''

Dave has a wonderful sense of humor ... and apparently his comedic timing is right on too.

[curmudgeonII]

Thanks for brightening my day.

[jrherreid]

Ha!

I lived in ND for three years... pretty much all of Barry's ribbing of the state is quite justified. It's a bleak, cold, flat place. So cold there that folks escape for the weekends down the warmer climes of Minneapolis.

[Catspaw]

``Lift Station No. 16 faithfully serves us and makes us proud, with its ability to go with the flow and keep the bowels of our city in constant movement,'' Brown told a crowd of about 75 people gathered around the lift station.

Dave is so proud of his sewage pump :-))

[dandelion]

PUMP BUMP FOR SUMP STUMP

[Drango]

So which way does it pump the stuff?

[steve-b]

The column prompted a letter-writing campaign, capped by an offer from Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown to name a lift station after the Pulitzer-prize winning columnist if he came for a visit.

Hmmm... how about a sewage-pump naming ceremony at Clintoon's next speech? It would be a nice surprise....

[r9etb]

Kudos to both Grand Forks and Dave Barry for great senses of humor.