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more about #eccentrics CurtCole: AlnmouthBedwynLacockShrewsbury...these are my favorite. more » LAmonkeygirl: I absolutely love English place names. Merkin-Upon-Taint Crotchfield Green Greatsnatch Lower Asshat Upper Eschalon more » Mary McCarthyite: English PLace-Names are...rather evocative! [www.s-gabriel.org] Drax: could be the name of the next Jolie-Pitt Cockermouth: pretty self-explanatory more » R_Claw: 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. more » fuerzabruta: 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 th... more » formergr: 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 ... more » mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: My fiance won an apple-peeling competition as a kid and still talks about it every time he peels something. more » WaltzingMatilda: 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 -... more » Majrhoulihan: 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! more » EkaterinaBallerina: What!?!? No!!! I just saw him a few weeks ago, maybe less! more » morninggloria: 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 s... more » CherriSpryte: :( RIP, Mr. Ades. more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: 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... more » AthertonMerriweather: I thought for a quick second it said Joe The Plumber. RIP Peeler Man :( more » tscheese: 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. more » BeAgrestic: Sadness! I always wanted to buy a peeler from him. more » angryblackgurl: Ohh wow I use to see him all the time on 7th ave..he could really work a crowd!! RIP Peeler Man!!! more » Khrushchev: WHAT more » LaFemme: OMG! The Union Square farmer's market will not be the same without this man! more » eatsshootsleaves: Has anyone ever seen Woman of the Year? I can never tell if it's ahead of its time or a little sexist. Anyway. Love her. The Philadelphia Story is one... more » -
#whatsinaname
R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
Margaret Gelling, an expert on the arcana of English place-names and who described herself as a "neat, keen, merry woman...sensibly shod and clad," has died at 84. [Economist] -
#joeades
R.I.P. Joe Ades, The Peeler Man
A moment of silence, please, for a great urban character: Joe Ades, champagne-swilling, Park Avenue-dwelling, bespoke suit-sporting, British-accented, motor-mouthed vegetable- peeler-hawker extraordinaire and New York institution, has died at 75. [NYT, Vanity Fair] -
#katharinehepburn
The Great Kate
"Shoot 'em. Shoot 'em. It's a better way to live!" Check out Katharine Hepburn in rare crank form in this 1979 60 Minutes interview, waxing on aging, humanity, movies, and bores. [Oh No They Didn't]
