A Question for the Yanks

Do people in the states hate people who live in New York City?

It seems fairly unlikely, since they keep watching TV shows set there, but I'm curious.

This has to happen.

Okay, so, Snra & I went out to Blockbuster so she could spend part of her Christmas "gift certificate" (redeem147 will know of what I speak, and only her!), and she picked up a couple flicks from the 'previously enjoyed' section.

While doing that, I scoped out some of the flicks there.

This filled me with a depth of glee/terror as I'd not known since... Well, just ten second before, when I looked at this.

The first film is Boa Vs Python, in which two apparently radioactively enhanced snakes battle it out.

You see, a gigantic python gets loose, and to capture it the FBI releases a giant, bio-engineered boa constrictor. Because, well, that just makes sense. I would have released a giant Mongoose, and worked it to death on RPG contracts.

The films tagline is "It's two great snakes that snake great together!"

The other movie, well, I don't know what it's about, but it has Dean Kain and is set after a comet strike.

I'm, personally, not a connoisseur of crappy movies, but these two just grabbed my interest in a way I feel is personally unhealthy. They made me desire nothing less than getting a bunch of folks over, liquoring up, and watching them as we laugh ourselves catatonic.

Hell, throw in Hawk the Slayer while you're at it.

Feh. Comedy gold.

Attention folks west of TO

cinn48 has must rolled out the red carpet on Simplicity Meal Solutions, which produces hot food for takeaway and home storage.

Snra & I dropped by for the grand openning yesterday, and picked up a few things to go. Tonight, we heated up the ribs n' wings and let me tell you, they were sublime. The sauce was applesauce based, and absolutely delicious. There's also a southwest roast in the freezer, and Gumbo & jambalaya ready for lunch tomorrow.

Two thumbs up, kids. Worth the drive to Guelph.

Gratitude for input

Thanks to everyone who replied to the earlier query about Yanks & NYC.

It was spawned by this article in the Toronto Star (yes, you have to register. Deal.) that indicated that there's a resentment towards the heart o' the nation from the further capillaries.

I guess you're lucky, down in the Holy Republic, that you have a number of cities (as rdansky pointed out) of significance down there. All we've got is TO, and maybe Vancouver.

Otherwise, you've got Montreal and Montreal wannabe Quebec City acting like two cities under siege from each other as they desperately vie to produce the next winner of Star Acadamie. Then there's Calgary and Edmonton glaring at each other across the prairies, this year even lacking a hockey season to release the homo-erotic tension.

And Ottawa, the bureaucrat of the nation, pince-nez and bow tie, fingers stained with red ink while university students surge across the bridges to hull every weekend night, returning with a trail of vomit dripping from their shoes.

And poor, sweet, slowly dying Kingston, wasting away like some gangrenous limb. Without Queens, really, what would that sweet, sad city have?