Fellini Kroger --> Fellini Land

[Knoxious]

I think that the term "Fellini Kroger" is much too limiting and would like to propose Fellini Land for much of the odd swaths of humanity surrounding this zone of peculiarity. Before you get all fluffy, I don't mean it in a derogatory or demeaning way. I'm quite fond of Fellini Land.

The nearby Post Office should clearly be incorporated into Fellini Land: I was conducting business in that very post office the other day while having a conversation with an elderly man who claimed to be a former postal worker, complaining that they never answer that door bell at the little half-door. Meanwhile, a car alarm was blaring outside without stopping. I notified the staff inside that a gentleman was needing assistance at the service door, informed him I had done so as I departed and was saluted with a "God bless you and Merry Christmas!" "And to you, sir!"

The blaring car horn was an old sedan that had somehow plowed into the power pole at the corner of the adjacent gas station, air bag flaccid, people gawking, horn unflinching. Fellini Gas Station.

And if you're willing to allow me, Mac's Pharmacy, while a mile or two away to the east, is clearly the Fellini Pharmacy. Every trip into that odd little store is a trip. The staff are kind and wonderful but it's still got a Fellini vibe that cannot be denied.

[Scott Barker]

I think that the term "Fellini Kroger" is much too limiting and would like to propose Fellini Land for much of the odd swaths of humanity surrounding this zone of peculiarity. Before you get all fluffy, I don't mean it in a derogatory or demeaning way. I'm quite fond of Fellini Land.

The nearby Post Office should clearly be incorporated into Fellini Land: I was conducting business in that very post office the other day while having a conversation with an elderly man who claimed to be a former postal worker, complaining that they never answer that door bell at the little half-door. Meanwhile, a car alarm was blaring outside without stopping. I notified the staff inside that a gentleman was needing assistance at the service door, informed him I had done so as I departed and was saluted with a "God bless you and Merry Christmas!" "And to you, sir!"

The blaring car horn was an old sedan that had somehow plowed into the power pole at the corner of the adjacent gas station, air bag flaccid, people gawking, horn unflinching. Fellini Gas Station.

And if you're willing to allow me, Mac's Pharmacy, while a mile or two away to the east, is clearly the Fellini Pharmacy. Every trip into that odd little store is a trip. The staff are kind and wonderful but it's still got a Fellini vibe that cannot be denied.

As a resident of Fellini Land, I concur. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting on my porch at dusk when a Hoverround (sp?) came up the side street and turned toward Broadway. Driving was a fairly young fellow. Sitting in his lap, smoking a cigarette, was a reasonably attractive young woman. They drove at high speed (for a Hoverround) in the left lane against traffic. They might have been headed to Kroger or they could have been on the way to Raddy's or the pawn shop next door or any number of establishments. Such scenes occur on an almost daily basis in Fellini Land.

[Lee G]

What I would like to know is what percentage of the people who use the term "Fellini Kroger" have seen a Fellini film.

[Scott Barker]

What I would like to know is what percentage of the people who use the term "Fellini Kroger" have seen a Fellini film.

Don't know the percentage, but most of the people I know who use the term probably have seen a Fellini movie. I have. If you really want to get into a discussion of what artist the area should be named for, I would submit that O'Connor (as in Flannery) would be a more apt appellation.

[SnM]

Why don't you go back to hell where you came from, you old warthog.

[earlnemo]

Pretty much everywhere north of the river is freakland of one flavor or another. Freaks.

[pages]

That post office is in a world all it's own. Several years ago when I needed to send something to my then landlord who was living in Gautemala, I went to that post office and was told that they couldn't send something internationally. This in spite of the fact that there was a giant banner behind the clerk promoting international shipping. When I pointed this out, I was told, "Oh, that, the person who knows how to do that left two hours ago." I went to the Fountain City post office where the clerk gladly took care of getting a package sent to Antigua.

[Johnny Ringo]

Pretty much everywhere north of the river is freakland of one flavor or another. Freaks.

I concur, neighbor.

[jmcnair]

I concur, neighbor.

Shush shush shush! "West is the best place to live. Interstate is the best way to get there."

[Hank IV]

I concur, neighbor.

Whoa, cowboy! You're my neighbor, too?