spikebrennan
spikebrennan t1_j6gkfvn wrote
Reply to comment by Allemaengel in Empire State Building Lights Up in Green and White to Celebrate Philadelphia Eagles: New York Giants fans are not going to be happy about this by uptown_gargoyle
#1 is that the plural is “Turkeys Hill”
#2 is that I can’t imagine setting foot in one
spikebrennan t1_j6gkaes wrote
Reply to comment by Diplotomodon in Empire State Building Lights Up in Green and White to Celebrate Philadelphia Eagles: New York Giants fans are not going to be happy about this by uptown_gargoyle
Sixth fucking borough… yeah, what’s it like being a northern suburb of the 215?
spikebrennan t1_iy1xqvz wrote
Reply to comment by wonderbuoy74 in TIL that in a cricket match in Bradford, England, all the 22 players involved were surnamed Patel as was the 15-year-old scorer by RJtrip
For some reason, Gujarati people are over-represented in the Indian diaspora.
Apparently one third of all motel owners in the United States are named Patel:
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/04/magazine/a-patel-motel-cartel.html
spikebrennan t1_jaxtbhi wrote
Reply to comment by AdLess636 in Yield rate for Top 150 US Universities [OC] by Roughneck16
University of Chicago has dramatically climbed this particular leaderboard over the past 10 years or so. They used to be high prestige but very low yield - essentially, they had a difficult time making themselves anyone’s first choice.
That seems to have changed.