  Detroitpetanque Member Username: Detroitpetanque Post Number: 48 Registered: 09-2006 |
Anyone see this new $150 improvement? http://www.theonion.com/conten t/news/3_by_4_plot_of_green_sp ace | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 945 Registered: 01-2006 |
As much as I hate to say it, this is some really funny stuff! It is written quite a bit like the fluff pieces we see often with small developments around here. | ||
Detroitpetanque Member Username: Detroitpetanque Post Number: 49 Registered: 09-2006 |
The folks running the Warrendale BLOG are fine with it: http://warrendale.blogspot.com / | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5157 Registered: 10-2004 |
I can feel the synergy rising already... | ||
Melody Member Username: Melody Post Number: 122 Registered: 11-2007 |
I LOVE the Onion. They mention (make fun of) Detroit quite a lot actually. That photo doesn't look like Warrendale, though, ha. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 5130 Registered: 02-2007 |
aren't there a couple of patches like that on grand around the Fisher? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11614 Registered: 12-2003 |
I'm sure at least one of their writers has to be from here. There've been pieces in the past that simply couldn't have been written without local insight! (I'd bet if we track that Heller boy down, he'd know who it may be...) quote: You wonder what green these folks're talking about?! Isn't that 'charming and desirable place to live' actually...San Francisco?! | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 223 Registered: 12-2007 |
Another great article: http://www.theonion.com/conten t/node/46937 | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1477 Registered: 08-2007 |
Ugh, I've been on that street. Where is it where is it? Not Warrendale, not Michigan. Is it San Francisco? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11616 Registered: 12-2003 |
That's one that I meant! That picture from Brush Park is perfect...too fucking funny, the quote from Kwame M. Kilpatrick. Got to get what you can, while you can. Pretty sure that was also the line from the bigtime promoter brought on mid-movie in Almost Famous. | ||
Spaceboykelly Member Username: Spaceboykelly Post Number: 277 Registered: 04-2005 |
God, I wish Warrendale looked like that. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11617 Registered: 12-2003 |
This is more what I'm talkin' about... ...and THIS one is fucking amazing... ...I've MET this fellow... ...sometimes OUCH!... ...but probably my favorite! | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1681 Registered: 02-2006 |
quote: It's definitely New York. After looking at the "Sunset Linen" sign, I decided to try Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The place next to it has the address 5807. The street has a median...4th Ave has a median. Try 5807 4th Ave, and it comes back to an address in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. I bet I got it. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2671 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: I'm pretty sure the first one is Brooklyn as noted by Focusonthed. The second photo (the "after" of the before/after shot) looks like Georgetown, DC. | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 267 Registered: 11-2006 |
I definitely agree with your contention that one of the writers is from around here, Gannon. Note the name Lauren Esselman in the 2’nd article you posted - an obvious nod to local author Loren Estleman. | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 225 Registered: 12-2007 |
This is my personal favorite: http://www.theonion.com/conten t/news_briefs/magglio_ordonez_ placido | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1682 Registered: 02-2006 |
quote: I concur. | ||
Umstucoach Member Username: Umstucoach Post Number: 157 Registered: 04-2006 |
The Onion uses stock photos for the most part. When talking about college they use a photo of the Natural Sciences Building @ UM. The Onion, by and large, cracks me up. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5159 Registered: 10-2004 |
They moved from Madison after being there since it started in a UW-Madison Lakeside dorm (Tripp?) to NYC fairly recently. They once had (maybe still do) sales offices on about a dozen campuses. Getting stock footage of many places wouldn't be hard. | ||
Evelyn Member Username: Evelyn Post Number: 105 Registered: 02-2005 |
I have to add this one: http://www.theonion.com/conten t/news/gm_introduces_new_2008_ line_of | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 256 Registered: 02-2007 |
I didn't know warrendale was full of factories..lol..guess i missed something the 18 years i lived there. | ||
Danindc Member Username: Danindc Post Number: 3889 Registered: 10-2003 |
The photo at the bottom is most definitely Georgetown, DC (M Street at 31st Street). Second door from the left is Mr. Smith's, where Tori Amos used to play piano, and home of half-price burgers on Tuesdays. | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 535 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote:They have tenements in Warrendale? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11621 Registered: 12-2003 |
LOL, thanks Dan! Great link to Ms. Amos back-in-the-day. Must've been one angry room...she's mellowed with age. | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 257 Registered: 02-2007 |
i would love to visit this warrendale, since i guess i have never been there. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1167 Registered: 07-2007 |
The Onion is awesome, They treat their writer very well, they give them crack as year end bonuses. |
