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{{quote|In the morning I woke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a normal day ahead of you, with its scatterings of simple gratifications, you are going to have a day without even the tiniest of pleasures; you are going to drive across Ohio.|Bill Bryson, ''The Lost Continent''.}} |
{{quote|In the morning I woke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a normal day ahead of you, with its scatterings of simple gratifications, you are going to have a day without even the tiniest of pleasures; you are going to drive across Ohio.|Bill Bryson, ''The Lost Continent''.}} |
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{{quote|''Come on down to Cleveland-town everyone |
{{quote|''Come on down to Cleveland-town everyone |
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Under construction since 1868! |
Under construction since 1868! |
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See our river that catches on fire! |
See our river that catches on fire! |
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It's so polluted that all our fish have AIDS!''|'''Mike Polk,''' local comedian, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM&feature=related Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt]}} |
It's so polluted that all our fish have AIDS!''|'''Mike Polk,''' local comedian, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM&feature=related Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt]}} |
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Latest revision as of 05:48, 8 August 2014
In the morning I woke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a normal day ahead of you, with its scatterings of simple gratifications, you are going to have a day without even the tiniest of pleasures; you are going to drive across Ohio.
—Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent.
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Come on down to Cleveland-town everyone |
Look here. To the west of us lie ruins of a considerable settlement marked Cleve-land. I give you my advice as a salvager who has been in such places--keep away. Move to the south, around it.
—Greenberg, to Kinkaid, A Secret History of Time to Come by Robie Macauley.
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Remember the time you lit your cigarette backwards? Smoked it right down. Said it reminded you of Cleveland.
—Happy Hour Is The Saddest Hour Of The Day, by Ray Stevens
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