Amazing threads from other cities

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8/3/2010 Marc "Hole in the Wall" D. says:

Ok, I just got sent a link to this thread from down in Arizona that is a really good example of how not to respond to a 1 star review:  http://www.yelp.com/to...

But it got me thinking, there are some "choice" threads from other cities that we may miss here in Vancouver.  The talk boards are a lot more active in those cities.  I thought it may be nice to have a "highlights" thread for some interesting threads we find in other cities.

And what do you think of the business owner's response to the review?  Yikes!

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   8/3/2010 Barry "lefty" M. says:

   Wow, what a dramabomb...  like a snowball turning into an avalanche...
   It's a review overreaction + owner overreaction + yelp community overreaction + ex-con owner's wife overreaction...
   
   I'm surprised that it doesn't happen more... not everyone 'gets' the internet.

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   8/4/2010 Crystal "Queen of the Yelp-i-dom aka Yelp Ambassador" H. says:

   I just got sucked into the drama of that thread!
   
   I like this one in Seattle: http://www.yelp.com/to...
   *Anyone wanna start a confession time thread here?*

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   8/4/2010 Elliott W. says:

   Hehe, if you guys want drama, excitement, and sometimes a surprising bit of insight, y'all should head on over to LA Talk... It's a zoo over there...
   
   Shameless plug for one of my own :P
   
   http://www.yelp.com/to...

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   8/4/2010 Elliott W. says:

   Hehe these two were fun too. Not sure that they're "amazing", but they were fun. :P
   
   Could you date someone who didn't enjoy food?
   http://www.yelp.com/to...
   
   Post your creepy PM/compliments here!
   http://www.yelp.com/to...

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   8/4/2010 Elliott W. says:

   OK, sorry, disregard those other ones, this one takes the cake:
   
   http://www.yelp.com/to...
   
   Last one, I promise.

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   8/4/2010 Marc "Hole in the Wall" D. says:

   @Crystal - Confession time, eh?  Amusing!

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   8/4/2010 Christine "comma wrangler" R. says:

   @Elliot: that first-date bonfire suggestion thread is off the wall! I have a stiff neck and I'm literally hurting from laughing.

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   8/4/2010 Elliott W. says:

   LOL Christine glad you liked it! Threads like that make me wish I'd started yelping earlier, hahaha...

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   8/5/2010 Jenni "Yelp is Not a Singles Bar" B. says:

   Crystal - done http://www.yelp.ca/top...
   
   Elliot - all said threads were hilarious.

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    8/10/2010 Michael M. says:

    How about them fat Victoria Secret Models?  Yes, yes?
    
    Do you know that you can be skinny and fat at the same time?  Ha ha!
    
    http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/10/2010 Reena "Maple me up" M. says:

    lol I love how we're sucked into other communities' yelp drama... and glad that we don't have any of that here for the time being.

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    8/10/2010 Michael M. says:

    On the contrary... I think drama is exactly what's needed here... in... this... slow... zzzzz....
    
    LOL!
    
    Yelp Girls are NOT that Pretty -- http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/10/2010 Christine "comma wrangler" R. says:

    I could use more banter and teasing ... the only people who really get a beat-down are the orange heads who can't take the joke. The rest of us have been drunk together already at some point, so ...

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    8/10/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Michael M. says:

    Hi, Christine!  Oooo... new avatar.  What's that you're eating?

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    8/10/2010 Elliott W. says:

    HEYOOOHH!!! Look who decided to show up!! I have to say, the cold here in Vancouver, it's not very Funky.
    
    Hehe Michael I woulda thought for sure you'd link to the Amazings... That thread gets old after awhile but it certainly starts off golden, hee...

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    8/10/2010 Michael M. says:

    Nah.  The Amazings thread is too long.  By the way, don't forget to bring back some Japadog this time, or I'll hunt your sorry ass down.  :-)
    
    Here's one that's currently giving me a stomach ache from laughing:  "Which common ethnic stereotypes are most (and least) accurate?"  http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/11/2010 Christine "comma wrangler" R. says:

    Hey Michael - I'm eating a Michi sushi roll. It's sort of a sushi eaten like a burrito. Yah, real good there.

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    8/11/2010 Michael M. says:

    *removes cobwebs*
    
    Hi, Christine!  Good thing you showed up... pesky spiders have been spinning their threads around me for hours!  :-)
    
    Elliott -- I want THAT roll to get stuffed along with 2 Japadogs in your Spider-Man lunchbox when you get back, ok?  I'll pay you back.  Promise.
    
    Speaking of, here's another funny thread that reveals Elliott's greatest fear... bwahahahaha... http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/11/2010 Elliott W. says:

    DAMN YOU MICHAEL!!! *blush*...
    
    It's a scary fear! Jeez. Don't tell me you'd look forward to something like that happening to you now... or would you?

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    8/11/2010 Michael M. says:

    Why you even think about such things... I'll leave to Freud.  XD

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    8/11/2010 Leroy "Bass Down Low" L. says:

    @Hello Kitty - Hahahaahhaa
    
    @Michael - If all of a sudden you couldn't eat seaweed, what would Elliott bring you back  in that kick ass Spiderman lunchbox!

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    8/11/2010 Michael M. says:

    Kung Foodie Master!  Heeee-yeah!  Good morning, buddy!  You should go down that thread a bit further... Elliott appears to have a LOT of things in mind.  :-)
    
    If I wake up one day and find out that I couldn't eat seaweed anymore... ummm.... I'll ask Elliott to get me a Japadog without the seaweed.  Ha ha!  There's no escape!  I want one!  Darrnnitts.
    
    Here's another good thread.  A little bit on the serious side just because it involves people's sensitivities on race and other derogatory words... "That's so ghetto!"  http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/11/2010 Leroy "Bass Down Low" L. says:

    Your right Elliott has some issues! ;)
    
    @Elliott - Don't knock it until you try it. You might like it(minus the brutality part) and remember, I AM CHAD!

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    8/11/2010 Elliott W. says:

    So Leroy, I take it you've tried it then? You should yelp about it. 4 stars? 5?

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    8/11/2010 Leroy "Bass Down Low" L. says:

    That depends Elliott, are you propositioning?

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    8/11/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Michael M. says:

    *grabs a bag of popcorn and hold breath in anticipation of Elliott's reply*

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    8/12/2010 Elliott W. says:

    I'm pro whatever position you want, boy.

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    8/12/2010 Michael M. says:

    *breaths... runs to the bathroom to pee... comes back with 3 bags of popcorn and holds breath again... waits for Leroy's counter-offer to Elliott*

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    8/12/2010 Barry "lefty" M. says:

    How is that LA thread 300 posts in a day.  "Too long, didn't read"

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    8/12/2010 Leroy "Bass Down Low" L. says:

    Elliott, down boy! I hate to pass up a good offer, but I'd probably be giving you 2 stars or less cuz I hate teaching a newbie. You're cute and all, but just not my type. Sorry!
    
    Michael, quit hoarding all the popcorn!

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    8/12/2010 Michael M. says:

    What?!?!  That's it???  
    
    *throws down the popcorn*
    
    I want a refund!
    
    But while I'm waiting for it... here's a good example on how threads can be more intimate and personal... which allows you to learn more about the Yelper you see in UYE's or chat with in Talk...
    
    Ideal life plan (marriage, kids, career, retire, etc) -- http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/12/2010 Elliott W. says:

    Barry M. says:
    
    How is that LA thread 300 posts in a day.  "Too long, didn't read"
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    "Too long, didn't read", is that like, Canadian for "tldr"?

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    8/13/2010 Michael M. says:

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    8/16/2010 Michael M. says:

    What the?  Gen G!  You have to follow the rules of the OP... post threads from other cities that you think are amazing.
    
    I think this one is amazingly funny... "At last, an honest thread conversation about size."  http://www.yelp.com/to...    Ha ha!
    
    Ok, now you can stalk us again in another city's Talk thread, you seatbelted buckled-up mutt!  ;-P  Guess where I'm going to next?  Hint:  hula.  Ha ha!

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    8/23/2010 Elliott W. says:

    Gen G you should join us up here! Liven the place up a bit!
    
    Here are two recent examples of heated, argumentative threads from LA that would not have lasted half a day up here in Van Talk. At the end of the day though, u'know what, we're mostly still friends.
    
    http://www.yelp.com/to...
    
    http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    8/23/2010 Kat "don't get me started!" F. says:

    Elliott, do you tire of having your name misspelled (I sympathize - also, my bf's name is Elliott)?
    
    I love poll threads, personally. And ones about stats from big cities. There was one in New York recently about the single black woman and the dating scene - quite eye opening.

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    8/23/2010 Elliott W. says:

    LOL Kat actually I don't, not unless it's for some official documentation or something. It usually just cracks me up, hehe. Actually a lot of my closest friends from way back still spell it "Elliot" cuz that's how *I* spelled it myself growing up, despite how it's spelled in my passport. That was the extent of my rebelling-against-my-parents streak, LOL...

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    8/23/2010 Jenni "Yelp is Not a Singles Bar" B. says:

    Thanks to all the conversation going on in the Vancouver Talk thread, I thought I would check out some other city threads and stumbled on this one http://www.yelp.com/to... Hilarious! So I'm copying it to Vancouver!

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    8/23/2010 Marc "Hole in the Wall" D. says:

    @Jenni - That is a pretty amusing one!

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    9/2/2010 Elliott W. says:

    Just found this today... instant classic!
    
    http://www.yelp.com/to...

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    9/2/2010 Elliott W. says:

    Darn it! Someone flagged that thread... *sigh*. Sorry folks, nothing to see here...

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