Comments on: Friday Open Thread

By: The Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:44:51 +0000

For real. Have an egg, people.

By: g rote

g rote — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:10:30 +0000

why so much hate on Erev Easter???

I am the resurrection and I am the light
I couldnt ever bring myself to hate you as I'd liiiiii---iiiiike

Just hearing the word "resurrection" conjures up warm memories of the druggy summer of '89. good times. thank you and good day.

By: zenrhino

zenrhino — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:21:57 +0000

But then, I was exceptionally adorable and precocious, so that may be the difference...

Don't go changin', Ranty.

By: mn Dan

mn Dan — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:55:33 +0000

I took my family to the Longfellow Grill today for breakfast. We have a 6 month old girl, and a two year old boy. It is a perfect place to take a kid because it is noisy, so fewer people will need to hear it if number one son decides to start bellowing halfway through the meal (he didn't, score!).

The waitress automatically delivered to our table:
Crayons and a coloring book-style placemat,

and:

A tub of little kids toys that looked like they had been freshly washed (or maybe it was drool from the last rugrat who played with them, who knows?).

In any event, it looks like the LG has decided to warmly embrace kids and families, so those uptight types who can't stand to be around kids may want to look elsewhere.....

By: jderusha

jderusha — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:42:20 +0000

I think people should open their own restaurant and implement the idea. I’m sure the no kids section would be as effective as the no smoking section was. The smoke always wafts over to the other side.

By: crm114

crm114 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:14:32 +0000

Always wear proper dining out apparel.

By: caryc

caryc — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:24:19 +0000

I'd repeatedly go to a restaurant that had a no kids section.

Seriously - this is a major problem these days. I'd say it's developed into a far worse problem in the last 5-7 years or so.

I get the impression many times that parents are actually charmed or find it funny when their kids act like absolute monsters in public.... We've moved far away from discipline, and now parents are told to support their children in every single one of their endeavors lest we damage them emotionally. So instead of scolding the children, parents instead "suggest" that their children behave, which naturally doesn't work.

It's especially annoying to me, considering I've made a conscious choice to not bring another child into this world.... The ones that are being born are being coddled instead of being raised properly. I really have to resist actually walking up to some parents and yelling at them for being so goddamn stupid.

By: not from here

not from here — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:27:08 +0000

yeah, but last year Mayor Coleman served chocolate eggs. . . didn’t see those this year!
damned ethanol. . .

By: jderusha

jderusha — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:32:31 +0000

That’s a great story not from here! I was thinking about the peep/easter bunny/st. paul story this week. We should have updated it for the news.

By: The Rat

The Rat — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:15:16 +0000

Visions of Easter, all the flowers and gaily colored clothes never seemed to fit into the northern Minnesota landscape that was brown and gray at Easter. Often cold as hell Just like this year. When I was a kid I wondered who lived like that.