Pranks For The Memory
One of the many pranks I wanted to pull in New York was to point to a tall building by the East River and say in passing, “That place? They’ve got folks from all over in there. It’s like the United Nations or something.”
The joke would of course be that I would be talking about the actual United Nations building.
Never happened.
The other came to mind because I was staying on 57th Street opposite Carnegie Hall, and the joke to which the punchline is when asked for directions to where* is: “Practice.”
Sadly, no one asked.
Had they, though, had they genuinely inquired: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” I would have answered: “Yeah, it’s right there. Across the street. That’s it.”
And then I would have adopted a pained expression, muttered a “fuck” and shouted at them desperately as they crossed the road - “PRACTICE!!!”
But like I said, it never happened.
But, oh man, if it had? What a blog post that would have made. And you’d read it and we’d all have a laugh about it and I’d poke the fire, shake my head and say “Swear to god,” and ask who could use another beer.
But I’m not really that guy.
*Love you me, love I’s grammar
That’s it now. No more posts about my holidays.
Tomorrow: My pen is
April 25th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Oh joy;)
April 25th, 2007 at 8:21 am
It must be frustrating to have all these jokes which you never get to use.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:29 am
They have people from the Mayor’s Office patrolling 57th asking the question just to make tourists feel good.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Will there be pictures in tomorrow’s post? Just wondering.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I really really REALLY REALLY want to be in New York now. Dammit.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I never cease to laugh at my own funny ‘it’s like Piccadilly Circus round here’ joke, which I use when I am in… Piccadilly Circus!
April 25th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Ed - you love it
Gorilla Bananas - and the posts no one reads
Ted - they would have hauled my ass down to the precinct to see the DA
Wendy - No!
Katy - but do you really?
Jonny - The French have a similar one: “Ici, c’est comme la Place de la Concorde.”
April 25th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Dammit Cliff you know I am trying to come off the italics. Would you hand out vodka shots at an AA meeting? Would you? Would you?… bugger.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Don’t start with me.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:50 am
LEave her be, CLiff. Katy, I know Dallas is no substitute for New York, but I do have two spare bedrooms.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Careful Ed -you’d have to put up all the readers. That’s like seven people.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Which would be three and a half people per room.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Roadtrip! Shotgun.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Oh right - now we’re bagsying.