Buffalo Ruse Is Now Online
If you can't make fun of your own city from time to time, then you must live in one of those 'perfect' cities where... everything is perfect. If you don't live in one of those 'perfect' cities and you find that living in a city like Buffalo suits you better, I bet that you have a sense of humor regarding day-to-day quirkiness. There are times when you scratch your head and wonder what the heck is going on, right? Is UB still investing on a swamp in Amherst? Is someone paying off The Bills to kick wide right? Did we really just re-elevate Route 5? There are many times when all you can do is poke fun at a situation. That's why there's a website out there called The Buffalo Ruse. This morning I was asked by Ruse editor, Murray Lite, to pass along the URL to our readers along with one of the paper's latest headlines titled, Bass Pro to City: “I’ll call you”.
Bass Pro officials indirectly released a statement to the city of Buffalo recently, stating that they would “Totally call”. They added that they have “just been super busy lately”. The statement was passed along through a mutual friend who works with the wife of Mayor Brown’s cousin....
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WilliamZabkaAllStars
Weak. There isn't anything even REMOTELY funny in there.
Back to the drawing board...
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katiesehr
i think it's really cute. made me laugh on this ever so gray day.
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UrbanGuy
so its the onion for buffalo?!? wonderful. awesome. swell. i was just thinking this city needed something like this to keep it's spirits soaring. i'm one for a laugh so i'll likely check it out, it's just sad it exists.
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Hoss
I miss "The Beast"!
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katiesehr
ATAK learns brail.
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katiesehr
braille.
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CharlieFink
Great satirical look at Buffalo, Very Funny!!!!
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BuffaloRich
Thanks for pointing out the website.The Ruse is very, very, funny. We need more humor like that around here. Besides, the News could use something pointing out its flaws. Some of its columnists need a kick in the arse.
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northbuffalostreetgang
The Ruse writers seem familiar to me. I think these are the same folks who mercilessly harassed Jerry Sullivan in his Buffalo News sports blog. I recognize their writing. Sullivan was bruised & bloodied. And it was hilarious. As is The Buffalo Ruse. Congrats to these guys for keeping a sense of humor about our City.
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AtwaterLouse
This is confusing. Aren't most BuffaloRising.com "articles" meant as satire we play along with?
But then why would you promote this new competing satire web site? That wouldn't make sense... unless..... wait, OMG no...no, it can't be! Does this mean Sycamore Village is really happening??? No way! Money for people to hammer peace murals onto rotting houses - it really happened? The new big office tower some gazillionaire from England said he'd build with his own money, 40 floors - it was supposed to be serious?
Are we to believe there really are people who hate cars and suburbs so much? And that there were a bunch of radio interviews talking about how great a bike collection is? How about all those "green jobs" articles - not satire? Why do pictures always show Sam Hoyt smirking when he talks about those? And that guy "in Chicago" with all the drama about everything --- he's real????
At least some of all that stuff must be fake, but how are readers supposed to know which? Won't it be even more confusing now that there's two BR's - Rising and Ruse? I think I speak for most of us when I say we want to comment only about the fake things. At least keep dropping hints in the writing so we know when something's made up. Words like renaissance, green, upswing, etc. - those should help. Cobblestone District. That's always good too.
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katiesehr
NIcole Kidman
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