Chicagoist: Extra, Extra

guest

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:33:28 -0600

OK, I think neither strollers nor wheelchairs should be relegated to second class status, but I also don't think a five year old should be in a stroller in the first place. If a child that age can't walk, then the stroller IS a wheelchair.

austinmayor

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:16:22 -0600

"Remember how The Reader used to run BobWatch so you didn't have to read Bob Greene's column. We wish they would start something like that up for Steve Johnson. Jeebis." Uhh... I hate to tell you this, but that whooshing sound is the joke going over your head. Better luck next time. -- SCAM

guest

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:30:53 -0600

"While waiting for the City Council to pass the ordinance, her husband has been forced to dismantle the stroller and spend 15 or 20 minutes assembling it downstairs each time the family leaves the building. "If my husband is not here, I can't go anywhere. What am I going to do -- leave the baby by herself?" she said." --------- Um, how about disassemble it yourself? It's not rocket science. And why does a 5-year old need a stroller?

guest

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:21:28 -0600

Bud: Yes, the Cubs made the playoffs. Too bad much of Chicago is reacting as though they won the World Series already. Doesn't this city know anything yet about dashed hopes?

Tankboy

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:03:07 -0600

Bud, didn't the Cubs make the playoffs after I posted this?

Bud Selig

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:09:11 -0600

Seriously, guys, where is the Cubs post? THEY MADE THE PLAYOFFS. I guess it's not as important as Lollapalooza, huh?

Ferdy

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:01:37 -0600

This is apropos of not much, but yesterday I saw a couple walking down Grand. The woman was pushing a baby stroller. In the stroller was an adult bulldog, sitting up like a baby would. I suppressed the urge to say, "Oh what a lovely baby!"

guest

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:33:30 -0600

Yeah, Ferdy, not only has bonnie hunt already played the part on a sitcom, which to my recollection wasn't very funny, but seemed pretty talk-show accurate -- BUT, isn't Janet Davies doing a poor-man's version of Bonnie Hunt's Talk Show Host character anyways, just in a more creepy way. On the stroller story, I liked the mom's not-so-veiled threat of a lawsuit/city inspection/EPA raid: "The service elevator is the elevator they use to bring garbage down. It's got lead paint, asbestos and everything else coming down that elevator"

Ferdy

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:02:23 -0600

I agree about Bonnie Hunt. If you remember, when she had her own TV show, she played the host of a morning talk show in Chicago. It was great!

Hugh G Rection

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:21:15 -0600

Um, yes. Bonnie Hunt should have a talk show. Tyra Banks? "Doctor" Phil? Oprah? Most definitely. My cynicism escapes me. I think Bonnie Hunt is funny, interesting and-most definitely-easy on the eyes. Were there not a gaggle of morons less deserving to justify her being given a shot I would still find her a good choice. If we can push for a Chicago Olympics we should be able to get behind an intelligent local in her talk-show bid. I'm just saying; I would watch.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:40:43 -0600

What a surprise! Playoff envy Benjy not around to post about the Cubs. The 'Sports section' of Chicagoist is a jokeist these days.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:37:47 -0600

Cubs going to the playoffs!

the new guest number 2

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:20:59 -0600

"[Ed] Burke swung into action after fielding a complaint from Moran's father, who lives out of town." Sounds like that stroller pushing mom has a rich daddy!