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OT (finally!): Boreanesian in the Web (was: Why Triggers?)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Thursday, October 25, 2001, 20:42
Steg Belsky wrote:
>I live in the general region of Brooklyn which originally was known as >New Utrecht. We have a street called New Utrecht, which has an elevated >train over it. We also have a street named Old New Utrecht Road. That >may sound confusing, but really! it isn't!
"The Bank Dick" IIRC, starring W.C.Fields, features a hotel called "New Old Lompoc House", perhaps funnier in context and his inimitable accent. What a pity most of his movies are not available to TV or tape-- some tie-up in his estate, I believe.