Ricky
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« on: 08-22-2002 11:35 »
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This is likely to have been mentioned before, but in I, roommate, the real estate guy tells Fry and Bender that the apartment is technically in New Jersey. Now shouldn't that be "New New Jersey"? (I know, why would anyone wish to found a NEW New Jersey, but that's not the issue here )
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Tweek
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I guess they didn't decide to rename the states till a later episode, it was certainly New New Jersey in Bending in the Wind.
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Teral
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New New Jersey is just a scam. Realising nobody wanted to be within 10 miles of New Jersey even if their life depended on it, the government renamed it New New Jersey, and markets it as a new New Jersey, for a brighter and shinnier future. Of course just like New Coke, the idea was dead from the beginning. People still wont come within earshot of that area.
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Teral
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Yeah, on the pornumentary about the garbage crisis in the 21st century.
Maybe they gave up on New Jersey, and build New New Jersey on top of it's rotting mountains of garbage. Just like New New York is built on the ruins of New York.
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Nixorbo
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I hate you all
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Nixorbo
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Check the profile.
And while you're at it, check Kryten's, too.
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Brain Slug
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Hey, I'm from Germany and I have no idea what's the deal with New Jersey ? What's about it ? Why everybody hates New jersey ? I wanna know !
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Zed 85
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I'm just thinking of the extra "New"s everyone keeps putting in front of the names in the future, what the hell are Brits gonna do? They can't just put New England, or New Jersey or ect... It's all the British fault, our colonists were boring people really. Reminds me of a thing a female comedian pointed out. Some guy lands in Australia, looks around, sees scorching weather, tropical forests and red deserts, and sees Kangaroo bouncing around everywhere and says to himself "yep, definitely gonna call this New South Wales, it reminds me of that area so much...." hmmm. Anyway, the deal with NJ is brought up in the DVD commentary, pans out that several key staff memebers come from New Jersey, but the writers just take the piss out of it anyway...
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TheMadCapper
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Yeah, I went to New Jersey. What a rathole. There are cops everywhere, to keep the loutish population under control, the only good things about the state is that it's near New York City and Philadelphia.
Really, it's not that bad. I find their highway system obnoxious and there ARE too many cops, but other than that and the hellish odor of rotten feces everywhere, it's really not bad.
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by TheMadCapper: Yeah, I went to New Jersey. What a rathole. There are cops everywhere, to keep the loutish population under control, the only good things about the state is that it's near New York City . . . the hellish odor of rotten feces everywhere Well, we like to pretend that section that's right next to New York City doesn't exist - they're the ones who give us the bad reputation.
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Nixorbo
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And New Jersey would be something like New Sweden.
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Tweek
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: Well, we like to pretend that section that's right next to New York City doesn't exist - they're the ones who give us the bad reputation.
I thought that was a buffer zone kept bad to put New Yorkers off venturing in to the rest of the state.
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Nixorbo
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Either/or. One way or another, it's nothing like the rest of New Jersey at all.
::Waits for Kryten's North-rage::
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TheMadCapper
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I think you got it - proximity to NYC is responsible for the reputation. But NY is big enough and has enough natural pretty things like the great lakes, adirondack mountains, saratoga racetrack, niagara falls, etc, that we've more or less managed to escape the filthy reputation Jersey has. How sweet it is.
I also want to add that Jersey natives drive like jerks but they don't match NY natives for raw speed.
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Ricky
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Originally posted by Zed 85: I'm just thinking of the extra "New"s everyone keeps putting in front of the names in the future, what the hell are Brits gonna do? They can't just put New England, or New Jersey or ect...
It's all the British fault, our colonists were boring people really. Reminds me of a thing a female comedian pointed out. Some guy lands in Australia, looks around, sees scorching weather, tropical forests and red deserts, and sees Kangaroo bouncing around everywhere and says to himself "yep, definitely gonna call this New South Wales, it reminds me of that area so much...." hmmm.
... and when everybody hates it, we'll let them emigrate back to South Wales Classic, and make BILLIONS!
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j w wimpy
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For what it's worth, I recently read that there are more wild bears per capita in NJ than in any state in the US, go figure. Also, I have met a lot of NJers; when they meet each other for the first time, instead of telling each other the town they are from, they just state the Jersey Turnpike exit they live near.
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canned eggs
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Originally posted by j w wimpy: For what it's worth, I recently read that there are more wild bears per capita in NJ than in any state in the US, go figure. Also, I have met a lot of NJers; when they meet each other for the first time, instead of telling each other the town they are from, they just state the Jersey Turnpike exit they live near. Exit 10. And that's not funny, my family was eaten by a bear. But in all seriousness, if no one has an answer to my question about a definitive list of New Jersey jokes, I'm going to start posting the ones I know of. For example, In 1ACV03: Fry: "Well, I give up. What's the catch?" Man: "Oh, no catch. Although we are technically in New Jersey." Fry: "Not one place even remotely liveable." In 1ACV08: "The landfills were full. New Jersey was full." In 1ACV09: Leela: "Who would've thought hell would really exist? And that it would be in New Jersey?" Fry: "Actually..." In 2ACV07, the bus Bender gets all the dates off of is the 10:15 to Nutley And speaking of NJ transit buses, this is from 4ACV04: Mugger: "Do you have a minute? I live in Jersey City and my car broke down and I need to get back 'cause my aunt's real sick and she needs this medicine but I need money for the bus. So I'm mugging you. Hand over your wallet!" Does anyone have any more?
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Xmpel
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Badtmouthing New Jersey is always funny. I guess that the writers think something like this now "How long can you thrash on a junkheep". Nah, I'm kidding. I've never been to New Jersey. I bet it's great..... or not.
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Obrie572
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I live in Nutley, New Jersey. It's actually a really nice and quiet town. You don't find many of those around here anymore. And I don't really understand the whole joke about the 10:15 to Nutley. Unless it's a different Nutley, beat's me. Although it was quite cool to hear them use the name
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