Eric Mayer

When I lived in Brooklyn for a few years while going to school I rarely crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. My main means of transportation was the subway which went under the river. Nevertheless, having departed from and returned to the Borough on my commute every day, I was amused by this dispute, as reported in The Guardian, over what to put on the sign bidding visitors farewell.

I'm not sure why Brooklyn should be advising those entering to "Believe the Hype." Maybe the hype hasn't reached very far, or else I just haven't been paying attention. However, the debate over whether the goodbye should be "Fuhgeddaboudit" or "Oy Vey" reminded me immediately of my surprise when I first drove into Webster, New York and was greeted by a sign which said:

Welcome to Webster

"Where Life is Worth Living."

Every time I drove through Webster I could never get it out of my head that the sign on the way out should have said:

"Whats the Use of Going On?"

Eric Mayer Byzantine Blog Probably the only vaguely interesting thing about me is that with my wife, Mary Reed, I co-author the John the Eunuch mystery series set in sixth century Constantinople. But that doesn't stop me from dwelling here on the boring minutiae of the rest of my life, present and past, along with the occasional word about writing.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (1) Eric's Website Poisoned Pen Press There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. --Michel de Montaigne		2004-01-20 8:17 PM Now Leaving Brooklyn...and Webster... When I lived in Brooklyn for a few years while going to school I rarely crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. My main means of transportation was the subway which went under the river. Nevertheless, having departed from and returned to the Borough on my commute every day, I was amused by this dispute, as reported in The Guardian, over what to put on the sign bidding visitors farewell. I'm not sure why Brooklyn should be advising those entering to "Believe the Hype." Maybe the hype hasn't reached very far, or else I just haven't been paying attention. However, the debate over whether the goodbye should be "Fuhgeddaboudit" or "Oy Vey" reminded me immediately of my surprise when I first drove into Webster, New York and was greeted by a sign which said: Welcome to Webster "Where Life is Worth Living." Every time I drove through Webster I could never get it out of my head that the sign on the way out should have said: "Whats the Use of Going On?" Read/Post Comments (1) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top