Queens Councilman Sanders didn't think it funny and demanded an apology from McDondald's for making fun of Far Rockaway. So McDonald's pulled the ads.
So we have a matched pair of a humorless douchebag and gutless weasels.
Yes, I've known people who have fallen asleep on trains on the way home and have ended in New Haven (CT), Wassaic (NY), and Attleboro (MA). Sometimes a conductor has woken them up in time to get off at their stop, sometimes not. The ad wasn't a slam at Far Rockaway, but one thing we have no shortage of in this country is humorless asshats who are local politicians and who are ready to take offense at anything at the drop of a hat.
McDonald's should have left the ads up and told Councilman Sanders to take a long walk off a short pier.
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Besides, Near Rockaway doesn't have quite the same effect. ;)
In England, many villages were name by proximity: hence, we could have -- Rockaway, Little Rockaway, Middle Rockaway, Nether Rockaway and then Far Rockaway.
One would think the councilman would have better things to worry about.
Also: Now I'm going to have "Rock Rock Rockaway Beach" stuck in my head all day, which is a lot better than what normally gets stuck in there, so thanks!
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