March 22, 2020

Fuhgeddaboudit

A very useful Brooklyn word that can be used in a positive or negative context.

Examples:
1.  Luigi's Restaurant has the best linguini with clam sauce.  Fuhgeddaboudit if you think you can find any better.
2.  He is dumber than a rock.  Fuhgeddaboudit if you there is anyone dumber.

The Fuhgeddaboudit sign

This is a sign along the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn at the exit that leads to the Verrazano Bridge between the Borough of Brooklyn and Borough of Staten Island.

I note "Borough" since Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of NY City.  At one time the sign read "You Are Now Leaving Brooklyn Fourth Largest City in America".

The City of Philadelphia took exception to this.  You know Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, home of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall and a football team we New Yorkers fondly call the Filthydelphia Beagles.

The City of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit against the Borough of Brooklyn demanding that the sign come down since Philly was officially the fourth largest city and Brooklyn was just a lowly borough.  Anyway Philly won so the sign had to change to something unique.

Some more Brooklyn signs

So now I am thinking about names for businesses on the layout.  "How Sweet It Is Candy Company" and The "Oy Vey! Coal Mine".