http://thenewyorklimes.com Fake news about the Big Apple and the Tri-State Area, updated every Sunday or Monday. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a public service we are publishing the following information all gained through information any member of the public can find with a bit of digging on the internet with the only investment being time. The customer service at Yahoo! and flickr basically sucks. So the best thing to do ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/11/problem-with-yahoo-problem-wiht-flickr-go-straight-to-the-top/ August 24, 2008 - The entire staff of The New York Limes is suffering from what experts are calling Cronenberg Syndrome. The malady is quite painful and makes one feel as if their head is going to explode, as seen in the 1981 David Cronenberg film Scanners. The Lime's chief television ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/enitre-limes-staff-suffering-from-cronenberg-syndrome/ August 17, 2008 – Members of the media throughout the Tri-State area have been quite bored the past week with absolutely nothing happening. According to one media insider, “Everyone is on vacation. It is typical for the middle of August for absolutely nothing to happen.” The Limes attempted to contact New ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/no-news-is-good-news/ August 10, 2008 – Local Cheesheads are facing a tough decision thanks to the New Jersey Jets acquisition of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Farve. The thoughts Becky Gunderson of Greenpoint, but originally from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, reflects the quandary of most local Cheeseheads, “I don’t know what to do. I ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/local-cheeseheads-ponder-loyalty-farve/ August 10, 2008 – An unidentified man is in serious condition at New York Methodist Hospital, after being hit by a MTA New York City Transit B41 bus on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Park yesterday. The man, who witnesses described as agitated, was heard yelling over and over, “I don’t ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/brooklyn-man-jumps-in-front-of-bus-after-watching-olympics-on-nbc/ August 10, 2008 – After making several anti-Guido comments last month, Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle was forced by several Staten Island Guidos to visit the island borough. Pringle was forced to ride the Staten Island Ferry without returning to Manhattan once it docked, visit several Italian restaurants, patronize several ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/local-guidos-punish-new-jersey-mayor-with-visit-to-staten-island/ August 10, 2008 – The Brooklyn Institute for the Study of Educational Mathematics (BISEM) has released the results of a five year study on the effectiveness of teaching calculus in schools. The results of the study were quite a shock to many mathematicians and education professionals. Less than one percent ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/study-finds-most-people-don%e2%80%99t-use-calculus-can%e2%80%99t-balance-checkbook/ August 3, 2008 – Borrowing a page from the MTA’s popular Nostalgia Trains in the subway system, the NYPD will be starting a Flashback Friday program starting next month. Every Friday, a selected precinct will have its officers will dress in vintage uniforms and drive vintage vehicles. As a concession to ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/nypd-to-begin-flashback-fridays/ August 3, 2008 – MTA New York City Transit officials are puzzled by data that shows that last Tuesday the 5:35 p.m. southbound train from the Court Square station actually ran on time. The Brooklyn-Queens crosstown line, which opened for full service in 1937 as the IND GG train, ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/g_train_actually/ August 3, 2008 – The American Association of Physicists and Astronomers (AAPA) announced today at a Midtown press conference that the Universe is moving closer to “ultimate destruction” due to the Mets slipping out of first place and the Phillies taking over the top spot in the National League Eastern ... http://thenewyorklimes.com/2008/08/universe-returned-to-state-of-peril-due-to-mets-loses-phillies-wins/