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Default Poor New Jerseyites



Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Pennyaline > wrote:
>
> > Anny Middon wrote:
> > > According to The Sopranos, anyway.
> > >
> > > First off the Soprano family eats those pathetic and unappetizing Lincoln
> > > Logs.
> > >
> > > Then they go to a diner which has what Tony calls the best onion rings in
> > > the state. And the onion rings look pathetic and unappetizing.

> >
> > That's Jersey for ya, pathetic and unappetizing. No one goes there for
> > the food anyhow.

>
> Nonsense. We NJites have many fine restaurants from which to chose.
>
> Be that as it may, I wonder if I am the only person in the United States
> who has never seen the Soprano's show.


I've never seen it either! Anyway when I lived in NJ way back when, most
of the lower half of the state (area code 609 at the time) seemed to be
owned by Campbell Soup. It's not called the 'Garden State' for nothing.
That and the pharmaceutical companies; good combination!