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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    05/14/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
    Alnmouth
    Bedwyn
    Lacock
    Shrewsbury
    ...these are my favorite.
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    Image of LAmonkeygirl LAmonkeygirl
    05/14/09

    @CurtCole: I've even been to Lacock and Shrewsbury! Lacock Abbey served as some Hogwarts locations and Lacock Village was used as Hogsmeade. Very picturesque, despite the name.


    Doesn't Bedwyn sound like an awesome name for someone? You could call them "Bed" for short.

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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    05/14/09

    @LAmonkeygirl: Yeah, I think that is what I am going to call my boyfriend after a really good romp.
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    Image of LAmonkeygirl LAmonkeygirl
    05/14/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
    I absolutely love English place names.


    Merkin-Upon-Taint

    Crotchfield Green

    Greatsnatch

    Lower Asshat

    Upper Eschalon

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05/14/09

    @LAmonkeygirl: OK, it took me until "Lower Asshat" to know you were joking. I'm gonna blame the jet lag on that mental blip...
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    Image of marshmallory marshmallory
    05/14/09

    @LAmonkeygirl: Merkin-Upon-Taint. You win.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    05/14/09

    @marshmallory wants to gobble and prance.: The main shopping street is situated on the cauter waulk.
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    05/14/09

    @LAmonkeygirl: I always enjoyed the names of Tube stops. Tooting Bec, Epping, Neasden,e tc.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05/14/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
    English PLace-Names are...rather evocative!


    [www.s-gabriel.org]


    Drax: could be the name of the next Jolie-Pitt

    Cockermouth: pretty self-explanatory

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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    05/14/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Hello, my name is Sir Biggleswade, and I would love to have your acquaintance.
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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    OMG I totally posted this on my Facebook today! I'm so sad about this, he was such a fixture at Union Square in the Summers. Interesting life story too.
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    Image of fuerzabruta fuerzabruta
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    I felt kind of sad when I saw him in person (being so old and having to work) but it was also kind of obvious that he enjoyed it. I'm horribly sad that he has passed.
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    Image of yvanehtnioj yvanehtnioj
    02/03/09

    @fuerzabruta: Nope, he's rich. Married an heiress and raked in upwards of $300K a year with the peelers, wore v. expensive suits and went out to the best restaurants in the city when he was done selling peelers for the day. He was just all-around awesomeness.
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    Image of formergr formergr
    02/03/09

    @yvanehtnioj: $300,000 a year on peelers!?! What am I doing in my current job?? Why did I bother going to grad school?!
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    Image of formergr formergr
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    There is a guy who sells peelers at the farmer's market I go to in DC (Eastern Market), and I never understood how he could sell enough on a Saturday or Sunday to make renting the booth space worthwhile. They looked like fairly ordinary peelers that you could buy in almost any store to me-- are there really so many people short on peelers that this is profitable?


    It sounds like the NYC guy who has passed at least had a unique personality and schtick; the stand here in DC is just sort of there.

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    Image of mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    My fiance won an apple-peeling competition as a kid and still talks about it every time he peels something.
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    Image of WaltzingMatilda WaltzingMatilda
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    There was a great segment on him on TV - I can't remember for the life of me what show, though. It was amazing. He really was such a hardworking guy - and he put all of his family through some serious schooling. What a stand up guy.
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    Image of Majrhoulihan Majrhoulihan
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    I am so bummed about this it's ridiculous. Sadder than I was about John Updike - and I read that man's books. I never even bought a a peeler!
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    Image of EkaterinaBallerina EkaterinaBallerina
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    What!?!? No!!! I just saw him a few weeks ago, maybe less!
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    I never had the pleasure of meeting Peeler Man, but I am imagining how I would feel if the woman who stands on Clark and Madison in downtown Chicago singing "Now you wanna get Streetwise! Now you wanna order Streetwise! Now you gotta get Streetwise!" passed away.


    The answer is: sad. I would feel very sad. So, condolences, NYC.

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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    :( RIP, Mr. Ades.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    I think it is so cool that there are so many of you that had seen him or bought something from him. It's actually a little misty to think that he made an impact on so many people simply by selling peelers on the street. The world needs more characters.
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    I thought for a quick second it said Joe The Plumber.


    RIP Peeler Man :(

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    Image of bluewine bluewine
    02/03/09

    @AthertonMerriweather: No, Joe the Motherfucking Plumber will probably live to be 117 years old. Just becuase.
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    Image of bluewine bluewine
    02/03/09

    @bluewine: *because.
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    02/03/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
    What!? No! Not this guy, I thought he was cool! He set up camp in different parts of town, right? I KNOW I've seen him in Midtown.
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    Image of Khrushchev Khrushchev
    02/03/09

    @tscheese: I've seen him on the Upper East Side.
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