March 29, 2011 - 8:06pm
Online Diversions of the Week — 3/9/10
BY JEFF SANFORD
Well I hope everyone’s Spring Break was memorable — the days at least (see what I did there? alcohol?). Now it’s back to school and you know what that means. I need it. You need it. She needs it. Online Diversions.
Ahh, the Big Apple — the city where everything is better. If you don’t believe me, just ask any native New Yorker. So you think Zingerman’s makes a good Rueben? No, bro — clearly you haven’t tried Murray’s Deli on 14328th street. You think Chicago has the best deep dish? Pshhh, try Hambone’s pizza in Queens and then we’ll talk. You think the eavesdropping in the UGLi is entertaining? Well, Overheard in New York will make us all feel like idiots for thinking that. This website compiles out-of-context conversational snippets that were overheard in the Greatest City in the World, and considering the hilarity that ensues, it’s clear New York corners the market on eavesdropping, too. And apparently, there’s a whole lot of grimly cynical toddlers running around the city. Take this gem for instance, overheard on something called the “1Train”:
Dad to four-year-old son: Okay, this is our stop.
Four-year-old son: I hate life.
Dad: What?
Four-year-old son: I hate life.
Ehh, that’s so frickin’ adorable! Go Yankees!
Now on to a bonus, not-so-diverting-but-still-marginally-entertaining-and-actually-practical diversion:
This site answers a burning question: Is California on fire? (See what I did there? Burning?) Actually, it tells you — in a refreshingly concise way — if there’s currently a forest fire raging in the perpetually burning flora of California (even though their fires don’t even come close to the fires in New York, bro).
You’ve been diverted! I’ll see y’all next week.
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