Comments on: Local Blogging 04.28.08 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159702 Bixby Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:09:28 +0000 #comment-159702 No, someone definitely jumped off the hennepin bridge and broke an ankle or something. No, someone definitely jumped off the hennepin bridge and broke an ankle or something.

]]> By: miller http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159654 miller Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:26:59 +0000 #comment-159654 I don't think you'd die from a jump off the Hennepin Ave. Bridge. But St. Anthony Falls would likely finish you off. <br /> <br /> I do remember an incident a few years ago where a distraught man was seen swimming down river, toward the falls. He may have jumped in at Hennepin Ave. I can't remember if he went over the falls, or if they pulled him out just before. I don’t think you’d die from a jump off the Hennepin Ave. Bridge. But St. Anthony Falls would likely finish you off.

I do remember an incident a few years ago where a distraught man was seen swimming down river, toward the falls. He may have jumped in at Hennepin Ave. I can’t remember if he went over the falls, or if they pulled him out just before.

]]> By: vlado4 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159633 vlado4 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:02:05 +0000 #comment-159633 No that was the Washington Ave bridge.<br /> <br /> The barriers on Washington are high enough. Putting a chain-link fence would make the beautiful view super ugly.<br /> <br /> Come on people, are we supposed to child-proof every singe piece of sidewalk???<br /> <br /> If people want to commit suicide so much, well.... let them exercise their free will! No that was the Washington Ave bridge.

The barriers on Washington are high enough. Putting a chain-link fence would make the beautiful view super ugly.

Come on people, are we supposed to child-proof every singe piece of sidewalk???

If people want to commit suicide so much, well…. let them exercise their free will!

]]> By: Lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159632 Lunch! Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:00:36 +0000 #comment-159632 Order as an end in itself? No thanks. <br /> But with that many people living on top of each other order would be more necessary. You have your choices for motivation. They could either behave out of fear of punishment (Singapore) our out of sense of social connection (Japan). I prefer the soft power approach. But I fear the hard power probably works better in non-homogenized countries. Order as an end in itself? No thanks.
But with that many people living on top of each other order would be more necessary. You have your choices for motivation. They could either behave out of fear of punishment (Singapore) our out of sense of social connection (Japan). I prefer the soft power approach. But I fear the hard power probably works better in non-homogenized countries.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159630 Mpls Simpleton Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:57:23 +0000 #comment-159630 I heard he loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters.<br /> <br /> Who could blame him. I heard he loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters.

Who could blame him.

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159627 Bixby Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:56:19 +0000 #comment-159627 Also, didn't someone try to jump off the Hennepin bridge a few years ago (but lived)? Also, didn’t someone try to jump off the Hennepin bridge a few years ago (but lived)?

]]> By: kurtis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159626 kurtis Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:54:00 +0000 #comment-159626 From the editorial on the Washington Avenue Bridge, in reference to The Sorrows of Young Werther, "This book, by Goethe, is reportedly a moving masterpiece." Ha ha ha. I just wish he'd said, "This book, reportedly by Goethe, is a moving masterpiece."<br /> <br /> He omitted to mention the most famous suicide off the bridge, that of poet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman" target="_blank">John Berryman</a>. From the editorial on the Washington Avenue Bridge, in reference to The Sorrows of Young Werther, “This book, by Goethe, is reportedly a moving masterpiece.” Ha ha ha. I just wish he’d said, “This book, reportedly by Goethe, is a moving masterpiece.”

He omitted to mention the most famous suicide off the bridge, that of poet John Berryman.

]]> By: swandog http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159624 swandog Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:49:32 +0000 #comment-159624 <em>It seems some punks on dope in this Grand City of Ours were driving backwards down our street, hit our car and ran like cowardly cockroaches. The tow truck in on the way. <br /> <br /> I just got back from Singapore. You know what they do to kids who pull things like that over there: They beat them with rattan canes until their skin is raw and bloody. <br /> <br /> They're know something we don't</em><br /> <br /> Baseball bat would be better, it would slow the shit heads down longer. It seems some punks on dope in this Grand City of Ours were driving backwards down our street, hit our car and ran like cowardly cockroaches. The tow truck in on the way.

I just got back from Singapore. You know what they do to kids who pull things like that over there: They beat them with rattan canes until their skin is raw and bloody.

They’re know something we don’t

Baseball bat would be better, it would slow the shit heads down longer.

]]> By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159623 The Rat Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:48:46 +0000 #comment-159623 I bet you wouldn't have to beat too many people with rattan canes to get a little more order in our society. <br /> <br /> <br /> I bet you wouldn’t have to beat too many people with rattan canes to get a little more order in our society.

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12261#comment-159622 Bixby Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:47:36 +0000 #comment-159622 Also, his suicide piece wasn't that bad and actually incorporates some of the stuff that's done at other bridges. Also, his suicide piece wasn’t that bad and actually incorporates some of the stuff that’s done at other bridges.

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