{"id":4204,"date":"2008-12-29T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2008-12-29T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T16:03:28","slug":"and_then_we_burn_it_right_please_please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/and_then_we_burn_it_right_please_please.html","title":{"rendered":"And Then We Burn It, Right? Please, Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/2008\/12\/28\/2008-12-28_08_memories_get_shredded_as_good_riddanc-1.html\">&#8220;In an event that organizers hope will become a New Year&#8217;s tradition, New Yorkers and tourists were invited to bring bad memories from 2008 to Times Square on Sunday and feed them to an industrial-strength shredder&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, here goes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/11\/the_small_nocturnal_insect_in_the_room.html\">Bugs on above-ground public transportation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/bernard_madoff_has_blood_on_his_hands.html\">Our innovative economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/what_is_it_with_cops_and_ass_play.html\">The notion that members of law enforcement are somehow unable to keep foreign objects out of perps&#8217; buttholes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The strong traditions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/you_know_what.html\">representative democracy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/the_mayors_dangerous_idea.html\">a free press<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Probably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/locavore_movement_gains_steam.html\">cockfighting, too<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/07\/governor_spitzer_you_have_blood_on_your_hands.html\">People in their 20s sexing one another<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/what_part_o_85_activists_murdered_the_opposition_pulling_out_of_a_runoff_toddlers_having_their_legs_shattered_and_elderly_people_seeing_their_arms_broken_do_you_not_understand.html\">The bully pulpit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/machines_dont_just_serve_to_justify_annoying_alternate-side_parking_rules.html\">People who hurt animals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/that_is_not_what_is_meant_by_amateur.html\">Posing as a gynecologist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/people_dont_kill_trees_do.html\">The cult of trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/stand_clear_of_the_cimex_lectularius.html\">Fucking bed bugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/for_fans_of_other_teams_starting_under_500_in_april_for_the_second_straight_year_is_business_as_usual.html\">Yankees fans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/either_proof_that_staten_islanders_have_a_wicked_sense_of_humor.html\">Pregnant women who smoke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/swooping_crane.html\">Shit that just drops right out of the sky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/reservations_at.html\">Jeremy Piven<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Location Scout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/timessquare\/index.htm\">Times Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In an event that organizers hope will become a New Year&#8217;s tradition, New Yorkers and tourists were invited to bring bad memories from 2008 to Times Square on Sunday and feed them to an industrial-strength shredder&#8221;. 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