And the Wind Cried NIMBY
“Big trees provoke the pride of the winds,” reads the sign at Ken’s Nielsen Flowers near the site of the controversial proposed Broadway Village development. You could take this a couple different ways. Do the trees (buildings) display hubris by growing so tall, earning a well-justified smackdown from the fury of the howling gusts (Citizens for Responsible Development)? Or is it the winds that are at fault, seeking to cut down anything that dares intrude into their airspace?
“the winds” = NIMBY hot air fueled by aggravatingly self-satisfied “pride”.
posted by Jeff Dean on July 23rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm“And the Wind Cried NIMBY”. Brilliant brilliant brilliant.
I’m waiting for “AAIO, the Novel”…
posted by David Boyle on July 23rd, 2006 at 3:47 pmI’m disappointed you didn’t go for, say, “And they call the wind Briere.”
posted by TPM on July 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pmAnd the wind cried Da Vinci: check out my new rap song “Da Vinci’s Ho” at http://tofuhut.blogspot.com/ !!!
Thx for letting me mention, speaking of wind cry pun stuff. . .
posted by David Boyle on July 24th, 2006 at 11:06 pmI love tofuhut! (never expected to see it referenced here though…this is a “worlds collide” kind of moment for me.)
posted by OFWinsurgent on July 24th, 2006 at 11:38 pmI think it just means the bigger they come, the harder they fall. I offer as an example the enormous tree that fell (only partially, thank goodness) on our house during that storm last week.
posted by Carolyn on July 27th, 2006 at 3:24 pm