Comments on: National Night Out http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788 Minneapolis + St. Paul Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102958 justpbob Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:41:52 +0000 #comment-102958 <em>Oddly enough, those were exactly the words of the barbarian invader Ogodai Khan, shortly before stepping into the Shaolin Monastery. </em><br /> <br /> Heh. One of those monks <em>did</em> look a bit like David Carradine.<br /> Oddly enough, those were exactly the words of the barbarian invader Ogodai Khan, shortly before stepping into the Shaolin Monastery.

Heh. One of those monks did look a bit like David Carradine.

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102937 mazasapa Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:02:29 +0000 #comment-102937 It might as well be to the maroons from minninapolis. It might as well be to the maroons from minninapolis.

]]> By: J http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102935 J Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:13:50 +0000 #comment-102935 St. Paul Park isn't Saint Paul. St. Paul Park isn’t Saint Paul.

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102932 teucer Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:51:25 +0000 #comment-102932 "Might stop in and say "hey" to the monks tonight, too. Can't hurt."<br /> <br /> Oddly enough, those were exactly the words of the barbarian invader Ogodai Khan, shortly before stepping into the Shaolin Monastery. “Might stop in and say “hey” to the monks tonight, too. Can’t hurt.”

Oddly enough, those were exactly the words of the barbarian invader Ogodai Khan, shortly before stepping into the Shaolin Monastery.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102931 justpbob Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:38:29 +0000 #comment-102931 Our neighborhood Lutheran church always holds a nice NNO event, so I might wander down. They have free hamburgers, as I recall. It is also our polling place. Nice to be in God's House while making choices on who should be in office. Neither of us are Lutherans, but they seem a frendly bunch at this church. Nice craft sale every fall.<br /> <br /> Just across the street, a Buddist temple. Might stop in and say "hey" to the monks tonight, too. Can't hurt. Our neighborhood Lutheran church always holds a nice NNO event, so I might wander down. They have free hamburgers, as I recall. It is also our polling place. Nice to be in God’s House while making choices on who should be in office. Neither of us are Lutherans, but they seem a frendly bunch at this church. Nice craft sale every fall.

Just across the street, a Buddist temple. Might stop in and say “hey” to the monks tonight, too. Can’t hurt.

]]> By: Gimmiesome http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102857 Gimmiesome Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:50:50 +0000 #comment-102857 Alright...WHO has the moxie to go to as many NNO parties<br /> as possible, with an unobtrusive grocery bag to gather treats<br /> and other assorted goodies... you'd have to have a place<br /> to stash the goodies when the bag is filled to go back for more!<br /> <br /> If anyone questions your identity, point vaguely at some house<br /> and say either you bunk there (first find out where your interrogator<br /> lives and make sure their not the CCP Safe Officer)<br /> <br /> or you were once a resident there and missed ye old block so<br /> much you just had to return...<br /> <br /> Blog about the whole experience and add pix and reviews of<br /> the best or worst assorted goodies you acquired...<br /> <br /> Who's gonna do it?<br /> <br /> Alright…WHO has the moxie to go to as many NNO parties
as possible, with an unobtrusive grocery bag to gather treats
and other assorted goodies… you’d have to have a place
to stash the goodies when the bag is filled to go back for more!

If anyone questions your identity, point vaguely at some house
and say either you bunk there (first find out where your interrogator
lives and make sure their not the CCP Safe Officer)

or you were once a resident there and missed ye old block so
much you just had to return…

Blog about the whole experience and add pix and reviews of
the best or worst assorted goodies you acquired…

Who’s gonna do it?

]]> By: achick http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102842 achick Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:24:29 +0000 #comment-102842 I'll be enjoying my first NNO downtown. I'll probably listen to some live music, eat too much, talk to no one and go home. I’ll be enjoying my first NNO downtown. I’ll probably listen to some live music, eat too much, talk to no one and go home.

]]> By: ironic http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102796 ironic Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:03:48 +0000 #comment-102796 My neighborhoord is throwing a party. We do it every year. Feel free to drop by if you wish (we're in Robbinsdale...you can't miss it...we shut down five streets). My neighborhoord is throwing a party. We do it every year. Feel free to drop by if you wish (we’re in Robbinsdale…you can’t miss it…we shut down five streets).

]]> By: yepnope http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102780 yepnope Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:09:40 +0000 #comment-102780 Thanks, KC!<br /> <br /> I have one sort-of bilingual neighbor. There is also an older lady who is, well, painfully racist. Not sure how to work around that. The police department has a lot of flyers, etc., available in other languages, but I didn't know if my neighbors would be receptive. Maybe we'll get our shit together next year. Thanks, KC!

I have one sort-of bilingual neighbor. There is also an older lady who is, well, painfully racist. Not sure how to work around that. The police department has a lot of flyers, etc., available in other languages, but I didn’t know if my neighbors would be receptive. Maybe we’ll get our shit together next year.

]]> By: kc! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10788#comment-102770 kc! Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:52:29 +0000 #comment-102770 yepnope,<br /> <br /> A lot of our neighborhood is Spanish and Somali speaking. The individual blocks used the neighborhood association and bilingual neighbors as a resources for translation of flyers and going door to door to explain what the night is for.<br /> yepnope,

A lot of our neighborhood is Spanish and Somali speaking. The individual blocks used the neighborhood association and bilingual neighbors as a resources for translation of flyers and going door to door to explain what the night is for.

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