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We should show the convention managers the plans for Clay Bennett's $500M "world class multi-purpose facility" in Renton - according to Clay, that was 90% reason for building the thing.

Posted by JMR | January 11, 2008 10:09 AM
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* 90% of the reason *

Posted by JMR | January 11, 2008 10:10 AM
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Puh-leeze. They'll be grabbing copies and heading straight for the escort ads in the back.

Posted by tsm | January 11, 2008 10:14 AM
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We should start wrapping all presents we send out of town in the Stranger's call girl section. Then they can compare prices and services and reach meaningful conclusions about our city.

Posted by Greg | January 11, 2008 10:19 AM
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@4, I already do that with all my Christmas presents. Seriously.

Yes, I'm a tacky bitch like that.

Posted by UNPAID BLOGGER | January 11, 2008 10:31 AM
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Andrea sounds like an airhead.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 11, 2008 10:34 AM
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Most every major city in the country has an alt-weekly. Most of them are so similar to The Stranger that no-one would notice the difference. Most of them run Dan's column. Surrounded by sex ads. I strongly doubt that too many people who travel regularly would find anything about The Stranger even remotely shocking.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 11, 2008 10:37 AM
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That was painful to read.

Posted by superyeadon | January 11, 2008 10:38 AM
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I loathe people that sign things "cheers". Its up there with emoticons.

Posted by el Rutherford | January 11, 2008 10:38 AM
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good god. heaven forbid we be an actual urban environment. isn't edgy shit like this why cities are more exciting and a huge draw for those who live in suburban and rural areas? why are we still embarrassed about shit like this? is it 1945?

Posted by *gong* | January 11, 2008 10:39 AM
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Is it bad that I want to punch "haha" andrea in the teeth?

haha. What professional says that?fucking child.

Posted by Homo Will | January 11, 2008 10:41 AM
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how passive aggressive: "I didn't think anyone over there would notice"...

is the She-Cow implying that Strangerinos are too dumb/illiterate to read the P.I.? I mean, I know their circulation is down to about 37 subscribers, but c'mon!

She's going on my Shit List, along with Julia's Bakery and their arid Banana Bread...

Posted by michael strangeways | January 11, 2008 10:52 AM
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Don't people come to conventions in strange cities in order to indulge the appetites they can't service at home? Potent cocktails, late night entertainment and easy access to call girls are the hallmarks of a good convention site. If they want this convention convention to be successful, I suggest peppering the place with Strangers.

Posted by Gurldoggie | January 11, 2008 11:03 AM
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Thanks for the enlightenment Christopher.

Edgy as always.

Posted by Steve | January 11, 2008 11:08 AM
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The Seattle Sinner is more convention "manager" style anyway, don't hide those

Posted by Ross | January 11, 2008 11:09 AM
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I got the original comment. My sister-in-law, who is totally small-town, visited me in Seattle this spring and was really blown away by just about everything she saw. I remember there was a Stranger on display (I think it had the word "fuck" on the cover) that she was all, "Oh mah word!"-ing over.

Posted by Kiki | January 11, 2008 11:16 AM
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Having worked at multiple free pubs that had periodic problems with folks "hiding" papers -- and filed periodic lawsuits when the hiders were caught -- I'd say Ms. James and her editors better watch their steps.

Lovely to hear this from the same publication that dubbed a Capitol Hill "safety forum" as the day's "protest du jour," as well.

I guess edgy=ignorant.

Posted by H0RATI0SANZSERIF | January 11, 2008 11:22 AM
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Hide the Strangers under the pathetic piles of leftover Weeklys that no one takes every week.

Posted by Waste Watchers | January 11, 2008 11:23 AM
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@12,

Maybe she assumed that we have better things to do than read the PI. Because really, who doesn't?

Posted by keshmeshi | January 11, 2008 11:26 AM
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Wait... The Stranger is edgy?

Posted by Ivan Cockrum | January 11, 2008 11:27 AM
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Like so many commenters here, she was trying to be funny.

Like so many commenters here, she failed.

Posted by duh | January 11, 2008 11:32 AM
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Commenters, your panties are WAY too tight. IT WAS A JOKE.

Posted by Irena | January 11, 2008 11:44 AM
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Personally, I was way more pissed off over Joel Connely's anti-death with dignity column today. What an asshole. "You don't get to decide to end your horrendous suffering. It would hurt your family's feelings if you were to go to your final rest prematurely, even though your remaining time before your imminent death will be filled with nothing but pain."

Posted by Gitai | January 11, 2008 11:56 AM
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@21 cracked me up. But so did Andrea's piece...

Posted by Brad | January 11, 2008 12:19 PM
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The mainstream media is just so damn cute!

Posted by J.R. | January 11, 2008 12:22 PM
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You people are all idiots - commenters and Stranger staff, both.

Stranger staff: Why did you even need clarification as to her point? It was obvious what she was saying. Was the "running red lights, etc." not enough context for you?

Commenters: Lighten up, you goons. Take yourself less seriously. It was a joke.

Posted by Oregonian | January 11, 2008 12:34 PM
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@20, EXACTLY what I was shocked by.

Posted by Just Me | January 11, 2008 12:42 PM
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Remember, the Stranger is where local news happens, so we can't have other people reading about local stuff, they have to buy the image that we're Green Seattle.

Posted by Your Corporate Leaders | January 11, 2008 1:08 PM
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I actually think the biggset dig was part the response:

"I love reading The Stranger, and I think it’s a fun part of Seattle."

FUN? Ouch.

Posted by Dougsf | January 11, 2008 1:11 PM
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Since when are newspapers read for their jokes? That's what I read The Stranger for.

Posted by H0RATI0SANZSERIF | January 11, 2008 1:28 PM
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why is this here? seems like an email to "steve" couldve saved us the pain of reading this.

Posted by jb5313 | January 11, 2008 1:31 PM
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OHHH Chris you're so edgy with you inappropriate formating of your name and well wishes at the end of the message!!

Posted by stu | January 11, 2008 1:44 PM
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I thought they already did that at the diner across the street, but they phoned and said you just forgot to deliver them.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 11, 2008 3:09 PM

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