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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40305

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"I was in the abandoned Wal-Mart gathering an air mattress so I could float out the potato chips, beef jerky, and Budweiser I'd managed to find," said white survivor Lars Wrightson, who had carefully selected foodstuffs whose salt and alcohol content provide protection against contamination. "Then I look up, and I see a whole family of [African-Americans] going straight for the booze. ****, you could see they had already looted a fortune in diapers."

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

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Refugees Moved From Sewage-Contaminated Superdome To Hellhole Of Houston

HOUSTON—Evacuees from the overheated, filth-encrusted wreckage of the New Orleans Superdome were bussed to the humid, 110-degree August heat and polluted air of Houston last week, in a move that many are resisting. "Please, God, not Houston. Anyplace but Houston," said one woman, taking shelter under an overpass. "The food there is awful, and the weather is miserable. And the traffic—it's like some engineer was making a sick joke." Authorities apologized for transporting survivors to a city "barely better in any respect," but said the blistering-hot, oil-soaked Texas city was in fact slightly better, and that casualties due to gunfire would be no worse.

*explains* I can't stand Houston, despite having been born there. All of the above is true, except the food part. The food is great.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

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Shrimp Joint Now Shrimp Habitat

NEW ORLEANS—Big Etienne's, a popular stop for New Orleans-style jambalaya, shrimp po' boys, and gumbo, has become a near-perfect habitat for Penaeus setiferus, the ubiquitous white shrimp used in jambalaya, shrimp po' boys, and gumbo. "It's far too early to call this a bright side, but the restaurant's location on the Delta, combined with its rickety, shabby-chic fisherman's décor, have combined to create a serviceable ecosystem for this particular species of marine life," said Juanita Colon of the Federal Department of Fisheries. Colon said if floodwaters recede significantly, many New Orleans parking lots would be suitable locations for the cultivation of dirty rice.

Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :

The Houston article is hilarious. Considering the only two places I've ever lived in have been Houston and New Orleans, its bizarre how much love I have for both cities (i prefer Houston though)

Houston traffic is horrible. My entire senior class was late to our Graduation since it was held in the Astro Arena.

The food is better though.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

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Considering the only two places I've ever lived in have been Houston and New Orleans, its bizarre how much love I have for both cities (i prefer Houston though)

It's not bizarre. It would be bizarre if you had lived anywhere else and still had such love for both cities. [Wink]