# No Electricity In The East: Let's Gossip About Them While They Can't Read This! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255 "2003-08-14T22:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/1 "2003-08-14T22:18:29Z")
Yep…NY, New Jersey, Cleveland, Toronto, Ottawa…none of them have electricity now. Time to air the dirt on those people while they can’t see what we are writing! (I remember living in NYC back in the 3 day blackout of 1977…had to walk up 18 flights of stairs to a friend’s “help me eat the contents of my freezer” party. He neglected to mention there was no water in the bathroom due to lack of electricity and this was one party that really stunk to high heaven. There was also one single deli in Greenwich Village that still had an old ice box freezer and it was the only place to get a cold drink. But the New Yorkers were pretty cool about the crisis…only on day three was there some mild looting, and then the electricity started to come back on - neighborhood by neighborhood. If I am not mistaken, the '77 blackout was also during the wonderful month of August.) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/2 "2003-08-14T22:57:19Z")
Wow, the board has never been this fast before! (Sorry, can’t think of any gossip) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/3 "2003-08-14T23:07:37Z")
**Eve** has an ice cream fetish. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/4 "2003-08-14T23:13:00Z")
First thing that popped out of my mouth after I’d called my mom up near Albany and seen what the situation was - “Holy crap, I bet the boards will be LIGHTNING FAST now!!!” So of course I left the TV news and came on here. (New York smells like pee!) ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/5 "2003-08-14T23:17:20Z")
“New York” rhymes with “pork”, and we all know what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/6 "2003-08-14T23:33:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrTuffPaws \* > \*\*“New York” rhymes with “pork”, and we all know what that means. \*\* That the only utensil they use are sporks? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/7 "2003-08-14T23:38:28Z")
**Ukulele Ike** wears socks that don’t match. **Cartooniverse** eats oreos at the keyboard. \*\*OxyMoron[/d] is really a paradox. **GrandfatherTrout** is a 24 year old swimsuit model. I’ll be back if I think of anymore NY dopers. \*All rumors fabricated for the purposes of this thread only and are not “real” rumors. Any similarity to actual dopers is purely an accident. Everything in this post is meant as a friendly jest. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/8 "2003-08-15T00:56:11Z")
New Yorkers are so stupid, they don’t even know that _the Giants play in **New Jersey**!_ And … damned if the boards AREN’T lightning fast! I could even preview without losing my post! ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/9 "2003-08-15T01:14:10Z")
You mean to tell me we have **Dopers** that actually choose to live in New Whork… Just when ya thought we were winning, durn Yankees 😉 I wondered what was up w/ the boards…I knew it couldn’t been something Cecil did. Then again, hmmm. allright BOSS wassup? I bet it’s really dark and scary there right now. Think about it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/10 "2003-08-15T01:15:24Z")
BTW Dubya just got through saying it was lightening that out out the grid. Anybody here believe him? ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/11 "2003-08-15T01:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > \*\*… He neglected to mention there was no water in the bathroom due to lack of electricity and this was one party that really stunk to high heaven… huh? What does the water have to do with electricity? (All right, might be a dumb question, but I really have no idea!) And I did too think the board was very fast tonight. The news mentionned Boston being hit, well it isn’t true. We haven’t lost power at all tonight. I heard of a couple of town in Westner Massachusetts, but who live there anyway ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/12 "2003-08-15T01:18:44Z")
\ 1st out w/ put … :smack: I’ve gotten so used to **not** being able to preview that I got outta the habit. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/13 "2003-08-15T01:20:06Z")
Wierd that Washington wasnt in the Black Out too… 🙂 I smell conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@MarkD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/14 "2003-08-15T01:24:29Z")
I live between Buffalo and Syracuse and my power didn’t even wink… it was out a mile down the road though. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/15 "2003-08-15T01:32:59Z")
**Eve** wears Birkenstocks when she’s alone at home. **Ike** has an autographed copy of “The Bridges of Madison County” under his bed. **Biggirl** loves Celine Dion. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/16 "2003-08-15T01:36:40Z")
Yeah, the boards are fast… that’s the reason why I’ve been able to post up a veritable storm! 🙂 Should tell my sister not to expect anything from Toronto, then. (although she DID get a phone call from her friend Terrence in Singapore just to ask for a phone number… weird dude, that guy) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/17 "2003-08-15T01:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamar Mundane \* > **Eve wears Birkenstocks when she’s alone at home.** So, **Eve** doesn’t wear regular shoes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/18 "2003-08-15T02:22:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zazie \* > \*\*huh? What does the water have to do with electricity? (All right, might be a dumb question, but I really have no idea!) > \*\* The pumps were probably without power, like what Cleveland’s fixin to get. BTW, I just forgot if there was a “d” in that city’s name or not. Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/19 "2003-08-15T02:33:18Z")
Great now I keep thinking **Eve** and Power Pumps. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255/20 "2003-08-15T02:34:07Z")
So, Torondopers, did Mel call the army out this time ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-electricity-in-the-east-lets-gossip-about-them-while-they-cant-read-this/195255.md?page=2)