Online feud continues with real world fisticuffs

One more reason we in NJ are No. 48 in a recent Happiness Index: We fight too much, as exemplified by the story in today's Newark Star Ledger, "Facebook sparks fights at Union County high school." A half-dozen girls took exception to what was posted about them, got into fights in Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS, and then were suspended. The Star-Ledger writer found a lawyer who's a cyber bullying expert / consultant and who offered this comment: "We have to teach [children] to take it offline." Or you could say the kids did exactly that.

(New York is #50 in the happiness poll and the NY Times has a somber (dull) editorial on the subject. Louisiana is #1 (happiest) which caused the Star-Ledger to note, "Louisiana, the poll told us, is the happiest state in the union — right, the state still mopping the muddy waters of Hurricane Katrina from its living rooms. But maybe it makes sense after all: Louisiana always ranks near the top of any lists with the worst schools, and it’s one of the most obese states in the nation. So does that mean they really are fat, dumb and happy?"

billhoward
(New York is #50 in the happiness poll and the NY Times has a somber (dull) editorial on the subject. Louisiana is #1 (happiest) which caused the Star-Ledger to note, "Louisiana, the poll told us, is the happiest state in the union — right, the state still mopping the muddy waters of Hurricane Katrina from its living rooms. But maybe it makes sense after all: Louisiana always ranks near the top of any lists with the worst schools, and it’s one of the most obese states in the nation. So does that mean they really are fat, dumb and happy?"

Well that'll do wonders for the perception that the NYT is arrogant.

billhoward
(New York is #50 in the happiness poll and the NY Times has a somber (dull) editorial on the subject. Louisiana is #1 (happiest) which caused the Star-Ledger to note, "Louisiana, the poll told us, is the happiest state in the union — right, the state still mopping the muddy waters of Hurricane Katrina from its living rooms. But maybe it makes sense after all: Louisiana always ranks near the top of any lists with the worst schools, and it’s one of the most obese states in the nation. So does that mean they really are fat, dumb and happy?"

Confirmation of "Ignorance is bliss?"

Mo money, mo problems.

Josh '99

billhoward
(New York is #50 in the happiness poll and the NY Times has a somber (dull) editorial on the subject. Louisiana is #1 (happiest) which caused the Star-Ledger to note, "Louisiana, the poll told us, is the happiest state in the union — right, the state still mopping the muddy waters of Hurricane Katrina from its living rooms. But maybe it makes sense after all: Louisiana always ranks near the top of any lists with the worst schools, and it’s one of the most obese states in the nation. So does that mean they really are fat, dumb and happy?"

Well that'll do wonders for the perception that the NYT is arrogant.

It was actually the Star-Ledger that makes that comment

scoop85

Josh '99

billhoward
(New York is #50 in the happiness poll and the NY Times has a somber (dull) editorial on the subject. Louisiana is #1 (happiest) which caused the Star-Ledger to note, "Louisiana, the poll told us, is the happiest state in the union — right, the state still mopping the muddy waters of Hurricane Katrina from its living rooms. But maybe it makes sense after all: Louisiana always ranks near the top of any lists with the worst schools, and it’s one of the most obese states in the nation. So does that mean they really are fat, dumb and happy?"

Well that'll do wonders for the perception that the NYT is arrogant.

It was actually the Star-Ledger that makes that comment

Huh, how about that. My mistake.

In the interest of being topical, I'm sure there's a "Jersey Shore" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it.

Josh '99
In the interest of being topical, I'm sure there's a "Jersey Shore" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it.

They're mostly from Staten Island, anyway.

Trotsky

Josh '99
In the interest of being topical, I'm sure there's a "Jersey Shore" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it.

They're mostly from Staten Island, anyway.

Staten Island: the unwanted bastard child of the South Shore of Long Island and the Philly suburbs in South Jersey.

There are some very nice places on Staten Island, as there are in New Jersey, but no one believes it, and anyway if a few more people move out, the highways won't be so crowded, which might move us up on the happiness poll.

billhoward
There are some very nice places on Staten Island,

Name one

Ken70

billhoward
There are some very nice places on Staten Island,

Name one

The St. George Ferry Terminal?

ugarte

Ken70

billhoward
There are some very nice places on Staten Island,

Name one

The St. George Ferry Terminal?

Precisely the point

Josh '99

Trotsky

Josh '99
In the interest of being topical, I'm sure there's a "Jersey Shore" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it.

They're mostly from Staten Island, anyway.

Staten Island: the unwanted bastard child of the South Shore of Long Island and the Philly suburbs in South Jersey.

South Shore my ass. Huntington High School in lovely northern Suffolk County had about a dozen homegrown versions of "The Situation" circa 1980*. I tell my wife as long as that show is on I never have to go to another reunion.

(* as did the ILR school circa 1985, though, to be fair, they actually were from Staten Island)

Ken70

billhoward
There are some very nice places on Staten Island,

Name one

Around where the Newhouse family (Conde Nast, Newhouse Newspapers, Communications School at Syracuse) resides would be a decent place to hang your hat.

ugarte

Ken70

billhoward
There are some very nice places on Staten Island,

Name one

The St. George Ferry Terminal?

The Ballpark at St. George (or whatever the hell they're calling it now) is pretty cool.

Staten Island was concerned enough about its, ah, pristine beauty to keep out a NASCAR track. Although NASCAR claimed with a straight face that since the bridges couldn't handle a race day influx, most fans - NASCAR fans - would take mass transit to the track. The obvious solution would be to fill in a bit more of NJ's Meadlowlands and unleash more Jimmy Hoffa jokes; I think you do something with the road course inside the oval and name part of it Dead Man's Curve.

billhoward
Around where the Newhouse family (Conde Nast, Newhouse Newspapers, Communications School at Syracuse) resides would be a decent place to hang your hat.

Where on the Island is that?