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The More Things Change, The More Dibs Stay the Same

By Kevin Robinson in Miscellaneous on Feb 3, 2011 3:20PM

With Blizzaster 2011 somewhat behind us and city neighborhoods digging out around Chicago, the streets are going to be overflowing in chairs, crates, industrial-sized jugs and other junk to save the parking spaces that have been shoveled out by car owners.

Rich Miller hipped us to this 1979 short film by Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Snyder that shows dibs are the same then as now.