How to piss off a Park Slope resident

Walk down the sidewalk, smoking a cigar...apparently.

And to that I would add the following ways:

(1) Wear a "George W. Bush" t-shirt
(2) Attempt to distribute Right to Life literature
(3) Say to every passing stroller, "Your kid isn't as cute as you think s/he is"
(4) Suggest building a high-rise condo on the corner of Third Street and Seventh Avenue
(5) Suggest building a high-rise section-8 building on the corner of Union Street and Seventh Avenue
(6) Advocate busing all PS 321 students to PS 284 in Brownsville in order to achieve economic parity in Brooklyn
(7) Go to the Tea Lounge and have a loud, profanity-laden conversation with your friends

8) Hit somebody in the face with a kite. Bonus points if you do it more than once
9) Ask if the 'hood is a safe place to live.

To the woman that gave me a dirty look....

:roll:

1. Explain to them that your rent is only $25o a month for your 3 bedroom 2 bath duplex because you were smart enough to move here 25 years ago when everyone else would have rather lived in Brooklyn Heights or Cobble Hill

2. Be a humanitarian and sell your Ps Brownstone for half a mil less than it is worth. Then call every paper and mag to come down and do an article on you. All this publiscity will lower the selling price for all those other Park Slope homeowners who inherited their house from their great grandparents and now want to sell for 2 million and move to florida.

3. murder a member of their family

4. Remind them of their non-native Brooklyn roots.

5. Laugh at them because they can't afford Manhattan.

6. Tell them you're Park Slope's biggest landlord and you can't wait to evict Al Di La and the Tea Lounge/s because the Men's Shelter said they'll pay higher rent.

nice dude wrote: 3. murder a member of their family

That might have the opposite effect for some people!

Blow cigar smoke in their face.

Opt not to pull out of that parking space after all.

Don't sign their petition-of-the-day.

dw438 wrote: Don't sign their petition-of-the-day.

Amen!

And don't taste their wild ostrich balls or hormone-free organic apple bars from the Food Co-op. Force feed them Nabisco Oreos and spam smothered in Ragu.

according to the message baord you simply have to tell them that your kid is

a. smarter or more advanced
b. better dressed
c. eats healthier

than theirs

Flexichick wrote: 8) Hit somebody in the face with a kite. Bonus points if you do it more than once
9) Ask if the 'hood is a safe place to live.

tell flexi to bring back her old avatar and then tell her it's pornographic.

brooklynpotter wrote: [quote=Flexichick]8) Hit somebody in the face with a kite. Bonus points if you do it more than once
9) Ask if the 'hood is a safe place to live.

tell flexi to bring back her old avatar and then tell her it's pornographic.




10) Smell like pickles.

BrookFetish wrote: To the woman that gave me a dirty look....

:roll:

She is SO not awesome.

...or maybe she just wanted a puff?

Post that you think cigars are nasty-ass and stink up an entire block's worth of sidewalk. Give me eau de pickles any day!

I do avoid actually giving people looks for smoking the damn things though. I mean, it's a free country an' all. :roll:

1.spit on the side walk
2.talk loudly
3.despline your kids in front of them
4.walk around with i love bush t shirts.

Does that mean I can't wear my "My Bush Would Make a Better President" Shirt, too? ;-)

Flexichick wrote: Does that mean I can't wear my "My Bush Would Make a Better President" Shirt, too? ;-)

Do you really have one? OMG I would love to know where you got it. Im going to Florida soon and want to wear it there :twisted:

Flexichick wrote: Does that mean I can't wear my "My Bush Would Make a Better President" Shirt, too? ;-)

haha i'm sure anyone's bush would make a better president .

(OT but related to these last t-shirt posts)

Overheard in a coffee shop a few weeks back:

"Last time someone listened to a Bush, the ended up wandering the desert for years..."

Was good for a giggle.

stacey wrote: [quote=Flexichick]Does that mean I can't wear my "My Bush Would Make a Better President" Shirt, too? ;-)

Do you really have one? OMG I would love to know where you got it. Im going to Florida soon and want to wear it there :twisted:

yes, i really do have one. I wish I could remember the name of the store...someplace in the E. Village.

My friend got one that said "Make Love, Not War, Lick Bush in '04". A bit dated now, but got some fun responses

Also, during election time, Toys in Babeland had "Trust No Bush But Your Own" on their window. I do have a photo :-)

Stacey, this is for you:

http://tinyurl.com/27ks2t

Flexichick wrote: Stacey, this is for you:

http://tinyurl.com/27ks2t

Thank you so much

#33. Have a dog. Apparently, it's soooooo cruel to keep a dog in the city, that even if you rescued one and gave it mouth to mouth yourself, you're still gonna get "the look."
#34. Don't let the mother with a stroller/kid cut in front of you. As much as your life might count, her needs are always more urgent..... even when they're not.
#35. When a mother tells her kid, "Say thank you to the lady," and you say, "No thanks." (It comes from the kid, or not at all, sez I.)
#36. Like a place that isn't exactly 22% black, 12% hispanic, 6%Asian, and 60% white.
#37. Tell people you honestly don't care about their renovations, and give THEM the look.
#38. Move in, cut down your neighbor's 100 year old tree, and put up a fence so you can have "privacy"
#39. FUCKING CAR ALARMS!!
#40. Have sex in front of a brownstone.
#41. Say something negative about muslims. (You can still joke about Priests and Rabbis though)

#33. Have a dog. Apparently, it's soooooo cruel to keep a dog in the city, that even if you rescued one and gave it mouth to mouth yourself, you're still gonna get "the look."

I see tons of people with dogs in the slope. TONS. Much more than other neighborhoods. Do you really think that Park Slopers don't like dogs? I don't know about that one...

The Chipster wrote: ...#35. When a mother tells her kid, "Say thank you to the lady," and you say, "No thanks." (It comes from the kid, or not at all, sez I.)

Geez Chipster, children don't emerge from the womb knowing that they should say thank you. When a parent tells a child to say thank you to someone, they are trying to teach them the right thing to do. You could cut a parent a small break here and play along. Some of us don't want to raise self absorbed, entitled, unthankful little brats.

Oh please don't let this thread turn into another rant on children...