tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post726193140073062398..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: terrorism can be funny tooElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-5993912966142852982009-05-26T13:01:40.098-04:002009-05-26T13:01:40.098-04:00Chess players would do a lot worse for free food (...Chess players would do a lot worse for free food (and cheap food, too, not an expensive meal). At the Manhattan Chess Club at posh Carnegie Hall, the prospect of a half-eaten, altogether dubious tuna sandwich from Merit Farms downstairs (also known as Merit Clowns) would drive the bums (chess players waiting for a quad) into absolute paroxysms. <br /><br />Such half-eaten victuals served up not so fresh in an anonymous brown paper bag would actually prompt a bidding war.Mark Ginsburghttp://nezhmet.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-42436071997287998392009-05-25T22:43:02.644-04:002009-05-25T22:43:02.644-04:00Man. I expect it from the AP and from second-strin...Man. I expect it from the AP and from second-string newspapers, but the New York Times giving in to the headline cliché of a bomb "rocking" its target? Why does a bomb always "rock" its target? The building doesn't rock back and forth. It just sits there with a big hole in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com