January 18, 2007

• errr antiques dealER. I was so worried about spelling antiques correctly I didn't notice the missing -er!
• Anti-cues.
• If I was going to sue, I tend to think the first people I'd pick would be the police and other organizations he says failed to respond.
• But he's primarily concerned about their health. He said so! For their own good. Really.
• When the only tool that you have is a lawsuit, everything looks tortious. *wonders if sueing the snow would be easier than shoveling*
• What's that old saying, One man's junk is another man's treasure...? Clearly, this "dealer of antiques" should know this by now. Whilst he may not agree with the aroma wafting from the bodies of said vagrants (or perhaps the sight of their warm bodily fluids flowing upon the pristine snot-grouted cobbles of Manhattan), to another this is confirmation that, By George! I Love NYC!
• Y'know, nothing says "public relations coup" like suing the homeless.
• Soylent who?
• But I get the idea that he doesn't in any way expect to collect, and that he's making that clear. I understood from the first article that he's doing this to bring attention to a problem he's already addressed to the proper agencies with no luck.
• Monkeyfilter: One man's junk is another man's treasure sorry
• “They dress in what appears to be old, worn and unsanitary clothing,” The nerve of those homeless people!
• I used to work as a telephone operator in London. One evening, someone phoned 999 to complain that a homeless man was sleeping on the pavement by his door. police operator: "Is he blocking your access?" caller: "I have to...step round him." police: "What do you want us to do about it?" caller: "Well, move him." police: "Can you provide him alternative accommodation? We can't." caller: "But I'm a property owner. My taxes pay for your service!" police: "You are fucking ludicrous. Just wait till I tell the lads in the canteen about this one!" I may not have remembered the whole conversation perfectly. They can be alright sometimes, the police.
• One bullhorn and a bad attitude is all it would take.
• Itchin' to get ol' Yeller out of mothballs, eh nunia?
• Hmmm -- "one man's junk is another man's treasure" -- is that a GAY thing?
• You know, petey, I could really use some noise right about now. Oh yes. Screaming in the ears of the loitering homeless, telling them that, yes, I can read their minds, and yes, aliens are coming for them RIGHT NOW!
• Solution Give bums paintbrushes and canvas Tell them to paint pictures of God Sell as outsider art Profit.
• I'll take ten!
• nunia, I own a beautiful gold megaphone...I've tested it amply, I don't doubt it would scare the aliens out of any homeless loiterer!
• The storefront of our retail store has been in an alley since summer (long story). Lots of homeless. We have a hose, and I always wanted to just wait until they were going #2 and hose the fuckers down. "No, no, don't stop. I'm just keeping things tidy." But it's winter. That would be murder.