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[marchioness1]

Hello all - first time posting in the new format (how weird).

Sorry didn't post the other day, went out with my sister to the pub after work, was supposed to be a pub quiz, but we ended up just sat in a corner chatting. Was good anyway apart from reeking of cigarette smoke when I got home!

Everyone say hi to dellscorner who has now been added to my f-list;

Comments

[hayley_beth24]

lol! I have been doing the rest of my cards bit by bit while at work. Its a pain to do all at one time.

I live in Albuquerque New Mexico USA. Its the biggest city in NM. We are in the desert so its dirt most everywhere. A lot of water conservation laws too.
Our claim to fame...we were the first city that turned Bill Gates down for a loan to start his business. x.x Also Bugs Bunny has always forgotten to take a left at albuquerque. And the Simpsons make fun of us as well. A few movies are filmed around here too. Mostly if they need a desert backdrop with little mountains (not like rockys) or no mountains. Yeah. Oh and everyone always thinks we are part of Mexico not the USA. eh. We're just the new part of mexico. lol.

[marchioness1]

Hee hee, what a claim to fame!
Do you really get Simpsons and everything making fun of it? Thats quite amusing! lol

[hayley_beth24]

I dont know the whole story...but I do know that bugs used to say it because the creator had a niece or someone living here and he liked how bug's sounded out 'albuqerque'.
Then the simpsons had a full episode of when Albuquerque stole the Isotopes (our baseball team) from Springfield. No idea why...I don't know where we got the team from actually. But that episode was highly amusing. Homer found out about the team moving and was drugged by the company (our governer maybe?) to keep him quiet. He told someone that "occacianally I'll be quirky. I'll be quirky...Albuquerque!" and remembered what he had seen. lol. Now you know how to pronouce the name as well!

[marchioness1]

lol, I wanna watch that ep now!

[ajlordnikon]

That episode (As are many) was based on a real story. However the name Isotopes in that episode is based on the real team.

[hayley_beth24]

When Albuquerque first got Isotopes (sad I mis-spelled my own citys team's name in my previous comment) they had to build a new park and that caused such a big uproar. Ah. Political drama. Then that episode aired and it was mentioned on every news channel.

[ajlordnikon]

The name the team in that episode came from a public contest.

[ajlordnikon]

But the Simpson's portrayal of New York City was dead on. I was almost beat up by a bus driver while on the bus