Got no dog. Say something nice about Bangor, Maine &

[crim son]

good luck with that.

[jpgray]

1. There's doubtless an obligatory muncipal pickup line.

[crim son]

4. Municipal pickup line?

As in "Hey Bangor, what's your sign?"

[Gormy Cuss]

2. It's closer to Baxter State park than Portland is.

It's a good rest stop on the way to Presque Isle or Calais.

Okay. I think that's about it.

[crim son]

6. It is closer, but nobody stays here.

Bad food, limited accommodations.

[terrya]

3. Isn't Stephen King from Bangor, Maine?

Or lives there?

[crim son]

8. Yes, he is probably the one and only attraction.

His house is, at least.

[malta blue]

5. There is a big statue

[crim son]

9. Oooh, I see you have a picture of him freshly painted.

Admit it: a huge painted statue of Paul Bunyan is not a "good" thing. :P

[malta blue]

Well, I would pose in front of it for posterity

I am such a geek!

[crim son]

16. No you're not. Our visitors from abroad always do that.

:hi:

[malta blue]

46. Well thank goodness for that!

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

62. There's also a statue of Hanibal Hamlin

Lincoln's first vice president.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Crim son lives there!

:D

[crim son]

10. True: that is it's second main attraction, right after Stephen King.

:P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. Fuck Stephen King!

:P

[crim son]

17. ...

:loveya:

That's the spirit, lover. :7

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. I'm well-trained.

:P

[crim son]

26. I know!

And I'm getting used to it. :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. You damn well better.

:P

Unfortunately, I have to get back to work now. x(

[crim son]

32. That's okay.

Don't overdo. :hi: Poor man.

[terrya]

15. Hey, he's only sold a few books.

But does he hang out at DU? I think NOT. :-)

[crim son]

18. He might.

He's hip and he's a Democrat!

[RetroLounge]

11. I made a good Lyric in "King of the Road"

3rd boxcar, midnight train,
destination bangor, Maine...

RL

[crim son]

19. I didn't know that!

Although you can't get here by train any more: it's Greyhound or Concord Trailways in this modern age.

[Gormy Cuss]

30. It's that song that gave people from other states the notion that it's pronounced " banger"

I remember hearing that song as a little kid and wondering why he said it like that.

[crim son]

34. I see. I always thought it was pronounced "Banger " too -

in the same way I thought my favorite state, Oregon, was pronounced "OreGone".

[RetroLounge]

31. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fsMCxE1Zc

RL

[crim son]

37. Hey, that blue sidewalk is just around the corner!

:rofl:

[Maine-ah]

57. eastern doesn't go that far?

huh, well then. I can only say it's nice when you finally get there because the roads are crap all the way there. Turns an hour and a half to two hours of bumps. :hi:

[mainegreen]

12. It has the *only* good bagel shop in Maine.

My wife and I are always jealous of Bangor for that really good Jewish bakery in downtown Bangor. Those bagels are amazing.

[crim son]

21. Which one?

Seriously. I never set foot in The Bagel Shop before it turned into the Thai restaurant. I really need to go to this great bagel shop.

[mainegreen]

33. I believe it's called bagel central. It's downtown by the canal.

[crim son]

35. I know exactly where it is!

My daughter is always raving about it. I'm convinced: it's time to go to Bagel Central :D

[buddhamama]

14. it has a few places to shop

and the hospital. it is close to other destinations. :hi: i don't mind Bangor as much as you do but i don't live there. :hi:

[crim son]

25. There are things I love about Bangor. The summer.

The people - they are very friendly. The lack of road traffic is nice. :hi: And I'm relying on Eastern Maine Medical Center to hire me some time down the line.

[Omphaloskepsis]

20. She is cute, I want to go to Bangor...

I got nothing.. This is what I get for getting drunk in the morning.

[crim son]

27. How about the standpipe?

It looks pretty good when you're drunk in the morning.

[Omphaloskepsis]

42. what is a standpipe? A crazy name for a cock?

[crim son]

47. Not in my little world.

It's an old watertower which is considered one of our main attractions:

[MissMillie]

22. I've had a terrific lunch at the CG base at Southwest Harbor

:shrug:

[crim son]

29. Southwest Harbor is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

That really is a lovely area. Dead as frozen lobster at this time of year, though.

[MissMillie]

55. My sis was stationed there for a while

she lived in Hancock.

Now she's further south, in Waterboro

[BarenakedLady]

23. It's green

In the summer and has pretty leaves in the Fall?

:shrug:

Plus you live there.

[crim son]

36. I hate leaving here in the summer and fall because then

this is a perfect small town. A little big ugly but with character. Hi BNL :D All done cleaning the house? I've got to start because we have another showing on Saturday & I swore I'd do some painting touchups. Bah!

[Momgonepostal]

38. It's got some cool, old houses nt

[crim son]

40. Yes it does.

That's one of the things I really do love about it.

[northzax]

39. Bangor?

I hardly know her!

ok, fine, it is the largest town between Skowhegan and Fort Kent.

[crim son]

41. hehe.

Gee, haven't heard that one before! :P

[northzax]

45. and, of course

Mama Balducci's is the single best Italian place in Maine owned by the family of a former Congressman and current Governor of any state with a really bad image of a cockroach on the license plate.

[crim son]

48. I don't like to cast aspersions on Mama Baldacci's but

:puke: Sorry. And that's a lobstah!

[northzax]

56. that is not a lobstah!

sorry.

[leftofthedial]

43. "Bangor"

is one of the more interesting place names in America


it lends itself to uniquely effective use in Limericks, for example.

[crim son]

49. Keep that in mind, would you?

:rofl:

[Drum]

44. Got no dog, but Bangor

is not far from the ferry one takes to Swan's Island.

My Aunt/Uncle/cousins have had a place out there for 40-some years, and a sailbout out among all of the lobstermen.

Many treasured memories for Drum.

:D

[crim son]

52. Not too far, no.

The Maine coast and its islands, oh, Maine in the summer. There is nowhere else I'd rather be.

[Guava Jelly]

50. There is this really sexy and hot Blonde that lives in Bangor Maine

:7
:hi:

[crim son]

53. There is?

:hug: :hi: :loveya:

[Guava Jelly]

54. hell yeah!!

She could be your identical twin sister :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[jpak]

51. It's the Queen City, home of Stephen King and the Penobscot runs through it

Yay Bangor!!!

:evilgrin:

[Jimbo S]

58. Ask me again in four weeks after I visit!

[KamaAina]

59. Uh, its airport has a really, really long runway?

which is why flights affected by the Terralert Du Jour are constantly being diverted there...

[av8rdave]

60. Bangor was one of my all time favorite layovers when we still did those...

The hotel gave us a free crew car to use, there was great scenery, good places to eat, and I saw some pretty wild things in the hotel lounge on Friday/Saturday nights (a lot of international carriers did overnights there).

[ThomCat]

61. I've been to Bangor, once.

And the weather was pretty nice. It was in September. :)

[GalleryGod]

63. It's Cold, Right?

Anyone still get banged-in-Bangor ?:rofl: :spray: :rofl:

[Radical Activist]

64. Its not too far from Acadia National Park

Which is a very nice place.

Although, their downtown streets are this crazy death trap when they all merge at once with no lines. Crazy.

But, being the hometown of Lincoln's first VP is by far the biggest thing going for it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. I spent a couple of summers about 35 miles SE of Bangor...

It was pure heaven. :-)

[wildhorses]

66. a good-looking boy with a funny hair-do lives there and his momma

she's a friend of mine...and their house is fucking awesome:bounce:

[peacefreak]

67. You've got a pretty nice little Folk Festival.

But no Marden's.:-(