Stranahan would have been proud! He was a great patron of the arts, you know. Well-schooled in Latin and Greek. He committed Paradise Lost to memory when he was only fourteen years old. He invented the clerihew, and conducted the Brooklyn Philharmonic between 1868 and 1873.
GfH: What is this? A flirt hijack in a serious thread? Stranahan would have HATED that. He brooked no nonsense. “You’re just the sort of person who is leading this country to rack and ruin,” Stranahan would have said.
In fact, it’s but a few steps away from my apartment.
It’s a little known fact (and much more than a coincidence) that many SD Staffers have Triumphal Arches built near their homes. In many cases, the arches were constructed a century or more before we even lived there. The conspiracy theorists can natter on all they want about pyramids on dollar bills and whatnot – we know who the real illuminati are.
Actually, I have some free time tonight. Shall we tittalater? And do you mind if I smack your brazenness?
(And, balderdash, Ike! Stranahan would have been proud. It was one of his fondest wishes to be memorialized overlooking an arch under which gentle lovers could quietly flirt in the middle of a giant traffic circle with honking cars trying to get every which way.)
Your neighborhood is also home to the world-famous statue of Garibaldi. Also a great man, though certainly not in the Stranahan class.
Garibaldi would often take respite from his important work in forging the Italian nation-state to visit with Stranahan in his Brooklyn garden, discussing matters of international policy and perhaps playing a few hands of bridge whist.
::waiting for someone to log in as Stranahan just so they can refer to this thread as proof of their greatness::
Uke, I think you’re jealous. Flirt hijacks are not only a cure for the common cold, but are environmentally friendly, dolphin safe, and prescribed by Doctor Mom.
I resurrected this thread to alert all the Stranahan fans that some of us Dopers might pay our respects to ol’ Mr. S on May 18. Check out my post in this thread.