Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The 12 Days of Rogers Park Christmas


In celebration of Joe Moore's national recognition for fostering diverse retail options in our community, we humbly offer...
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas,
My Rogers Park true love gave to me...

12 high school students rumbling,
11 coppers snoozing,
10 developers grafting,
9 special service area workers leaning,
8 24-ounce malt liquors,
7 stabbing victims,
6 geese, free-range and hand-fed,
5 armed robberies!
4 do-nothing aldermanic staffers,
3 piles of gravel,
2 corner boyz dealing,
and a red-capped vial of crack!
Dear neighbors,

Please commemorate YOUR favorite Rogers Park holiday gift items in the comments! Thanks!

29 comments:

The North Coast said...

Craig, who composed this? Did YOU create this?? I love it!

I'm gonna copy-paste it and credit it to your blog and send it around

Anonymous said...

We should put that tune to tape and post it.

Clark St. said...

It should end with:

And Joe Moore took another bribe!

RP4Life said...

living by the lake, I see the coppers reading their papers and snoozing right in the middle of the park at the end of Rogers street. They need their rest.

Hugh said...

9 gooners gooning

floss said...

one pile of shit a-lying.


left on your lawn?
or the one they call Moore?

rogerspark60645 said...

3 lakeside animal sacrifices.

Edgewater Crime Blotter said...

10 crack whores whoring

Hugh said...

keep 'em coming, folks!

we can make this an annual event, like the Injun Summer in the Trib or Yes, Virginia in the NYT

floss said...

seven slumlords scamming

Philip McGregor Rogers said...

i like the piles of gravel
ofcourse,
our local monument.

Craig Gernhardt said...

Two Ceasefire circle prayers.

mcl said...

2 streetscapes coming..(next year)

Craig Gernhardt said...

This one's for Mary Jane.

Nine years for slumlord.

Man On The Street said...

Seven pounds of pate...

Man On The Street said...

oh, wait, you already made reference to that. Damn...

rogerspark60645 said...

One Gatway Mall...

Unknown said...

12 years of claiming to have built a fire house

11 years of taking credit for Morse Ave. streetscape

10 years of declaring crime is down

9 years of boasting about all the businesses he's brought to RP

Oh this could go on forever.

Unknown said...

5 dollar stores!

RP Free Speech said...

And an alderman who doesn't give a damn!

Unknown said...

fyi the pic you have posted does not accurately depict the narcotics pacakging for crack cocaine in our neighborhod or city, just so people know what to look for ill post if you want

Man On The Street said...

9 Thugs a-thugging
8 hoes a-bartering
7 storefronts empty
6 dogs a-crapping
5 fake gold rings
4 stumbling drunks
3 pot holes
2 car alarms
and a camera on a light pole...

floss said...

seven story building


The monster Joe and his developer contributer want to squeeze onto Sheridan.

floss said...

Two more years of Joey

inside job said...

8 shriekers typing,7 lurkers cursing, 6 cops retiring, 5 vegans slurping, 4 more years of joeing, 3 days of festing, 2 lonely bloggers, and 1 runner running (again)...

Razldazlrr said...

Is that what the police are doing parked up by the lake? Sometimes I see them parked over by the tennis courts or the bathrooms. Now I can see it in the summer but I do wonder what they are doing when it's winter and the only person I see around is me and one or two others with their dogs! LOL - doesn't seem like a big crime wave

floss said...

five rotten terms

Chicago Venue Review said...

1 shower for craig

anomadic.1 said...

CHANGE THE TITLE TO ITS TRUE NAME,
"THE 12 DAYS OF GHETTO PARK CHRISTMAS"

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