Saturday, September 04, 2010

At the seashore

Although Earl caused only minimal physical damage, the economic damage to beach businesses will be huge. Dad Rabett owned a Coney Island arcade. He figured that the summer season paid the rent and he made his profit on three weekends, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day (Sept 1 in the US). Sea side businesses up and down the east coast are losing one of their most important weeks. It's gonna be a hard year.

Oh yeah, Eli got to play a lot of skee ball
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10 comments:

  1. Wiley Coyote5/9/10 2:52 PM

    Dear Mr. Dr. Professor Rabbit,

    I am sorry to hear about the diminished levels of touristic activity at the beach over there on the east coast, due to the possible hurricane. However, I too would be reticent to visit if my head were pushed sideways into the sand by beach bullies, like that poor fellow in your picture, the chance to play skeeball notwhithstanding.

    Sincerely,
    Wiley

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  2. Anonymous6/9/10 12:26 AM

    I am not sure how many in the rabbet audience is aware of this, but Woody Allen used this same story in his early comedic days.

    http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/allen.htm#Childhood

    This brings up some intriguing possibilities:

    1) Eli Rabett is stealing Woody Allen's material.
    2) Eli Rabett and Woody Allen are siblings.
    3) Eli Rabett is actually Woody Allen, writing under a pseudonym.

    All are disturbing thoughts, each in it own way.

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  3. Anonymous6/9/10 9:28 AM

    Well, Anonymous - 09:26 PM, disturbing thoughts are inconvenient thoughts. Let us refrain from thinking them :)

    RR Kampen, NL.

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  4. Anonymous6/9/10 9:35 AM

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/7982807/Dangerous-Defeatism-is-taking-hold-among-Americas-economic-elites.html

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  5. Horatio Algeranon6/9/10 10:17 AM

    Horatio would recognize that smile (Dick Cheney), even if blindfolded with a hood over his head...

    ...and as everyone knows, only one person on the planet (Woody Allen) has ever had a father with a concession on Coney Island. In fact, that's why it's commonly referred to as "Corney Island".

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  6. EliRabett6/9/10 9:07 PM

    Went to the same High School. The teachers all knew Woody and warned us against following that particular path to perdition.

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  7. Anonymous7/9/10 7:06 AM

    Gee Eli.).. Now I am wondering, just how did you get onto this particular path to perdition? Will you ever tell us that hole story Eli; in just one sitting? Also, why do all you smart folks even worry about perdition...just a matter of Degree-you think? Sad; all you hares just 'dropping along a bunny trail'. At least you don't live in Woody World. Yet...

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  8. Anonymous7/9/10 1:42 PM

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/charles-manson-global-warming-prophet.html

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  9. David B. Benson7/9/10 2:20 PM

    I thought it was "Corney Island" because only at that concession stand could one obtain Corn Dogs.

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  10. Russell8/9/10 6:52 PM

    The isle in question owes the excellence of its hot dogs to the success of its coney catchers, as their prey makes for more savory sausage stuffing than invasive species like coyote.

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