Obviously, I didn't win the "Reception with the Mayor" for the Pittsburgh Valentine's contest. I can't image why. Here are some of my submissions:
Roses are read,I though that one was a winner.
Winter is gray,
Cleveland sucks.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:I suppose that one had too much math.
5% amusement tax
$52 individual local services tax
1% employee wage tax
10.8 mill real estate tax (city)
13.92 mills real estate tax (school)
2% real estate transfer tax
45% parking tax
1% RAD tax
10% poured drink tax
Yinz are just superProbably too controversial.
Yinz are just great
But would yinz please tell me,
Why dem Bucco's are third rate?
Pittsburgh. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Doesn't scan, and the meter is off.
You're hazy, humid, and filled with sweaty fat guys with no shirts.
Stan, Guy, love the show.Sorry. I had been drinking.
Maybe next year.
2 comments:
Congrats for being mentioned in the P-G's Sunday Opinion:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08048/857838-109.stm
I thought your Pittsburgh Valentine was a winner.
Thank you. I think it says more about the company I keep (JP and Prof. Madison, both of which being exceptional pieces of the local electronic media).
Or it means that Rich Lord is hiding out in my bushes again.
P.S., I hate to divulge my secrets, but that post was written after a series of badly made Manhattans.
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