SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY

[Im Neero]

It's kind of new, I think. I've only heard it in the past year or so.

[Guest killemducks]

I dropped "Starkvegas" in a conversation once. Got a blank stare and "Whar's that??" querstion back at me.

....and I thought I was being cool.

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

I always wondered the same thing Mike, so don't feel alone. To hear it called Nashvegas makes me laugh cause I automatically think of casinos galore and showgirls when I think of Vegas, and Nashville (or any of the other cities that get Vegas attached to the end) isn't even close to being a Vegas.

[Guest DrBoomBoom]

Nashvegas is OK, but I prefer "Hillbilly Hollywood."

[Mike.357]

Rabbi says

It's an ironic comment on the excitement the city provides.

Dixie says

To hear it called Nashvegas makes me laugh cause I automatically think of casinos galore and showgirls when I think of Vegas, and Nashville (or any of the other cities that get Vegas attached to the end) isn't even close to being a Vegas.

Thanks you, my point exactly.

Rabbi and Dixie summed it up best I think.

And for those of you with smart ass comments, I had no bad day at work, I do not care what you call the hell hole city you are from. I just asked a simple question.

Is it wrong to ask something now?

[TGO David]

And for those of you with smart ass comments, I had no bad day at work, I do not care what you call the hell hole city you are from. I just asked a simple question.

Is it wrong to ask something now?

It's wrong to ask a question of the public at large and not want to listen to the responses. Unless you just like being a dick to people.

[Smith]

I've wondered the same thing as it makes no sense to me and now I sort of know.

[TGO David]

Honestly the only times I hear "vegas" added to anything, the town has a name ending in "ville". To me it seems pretty obvious that it is a tongue in cheek, sarcastic way of mocking the town in question.

Tomorrow I'm going to start a thread asking why some people add the suffix "-inator" to people's names. Like Mikenator. Rabbiinator. Marsinator.

Stay tuned!!!

[The Rabbi]

It's wrong to ask a question of the public at large and not want to listen to the responses. Unless you just like being a dick to people.

Quis custodientes custodiet?

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Tunginator....now that has a special ring to it...LOL

[TGO David]

Quis custodientes custodiet?

It's custodies and what are you implying? I didn't call anyone a dick. I just presented a hypothesis.

[The Rabbi]

It's custodies and what are you implying? I didn't call anyone a dick. I just presented a hypothesis.

You're right, it is custodies. My career in classics is a distant memory now. How embarassing.

And if I had posted that another forum member was a dick I would get a warning. Rightfully so.

[TGO David]

You're right, it is custodies. My career in classics is a distant memory now. How embarassing.

And if I had posted that another forum member was a dick I would get a warning. Rightfully so.

And I didn't say that he was being a dick. I posed that you might ask a question and then complain about the answers if being a dick made you happy.

[Guest Disney]

I hate Memphis being referred to as "Memfrica". It gives you the impression that Africa might be as crappy a place as Memphis is and I refuse to believe that.

It also happens up here in Cookeville. People do call it Cookevegas. I think in this case it is a direct mockery of just how much this place sucks.

I wonder if people in Las Vegas call it Las Ville to make fun of it????

[The Rabbi]

I hate Memphis being referred to as "Memfrica". It gives you the impression that Africa might be as crappy a place as Memphis is and I refuse to believe that.

You're joking.

Look at Zimbabwe. Inflation running 3m percent a year. Food rationed and given out as political favors. Police state. They would pay to go to Memphis.

Now compared to other places in the state Memfrica is a **** hole.

[Guest Steelharp]

It always fascinates me when random things take random turns and get so needlessly ugly...

The wonders of the 'net...

[Fallguy]

Good God, can't a person just ask a question? Why does anything have to be a big deal to be discussed?

I would say the simple answer is No, I've seen many threads where a simple question was asked and the poster blasted as to why he asked or that people don't agree with the need for what he asked about instead of a simple answer to a simple question.

[Mike.357]

I will simply say this entire thread turned otu to not be very High Road.

Opps wrong forum, yeah thats the ticket.

Tungsten I know full well what you mean by your reply.

[TGO David]

I will simply say this entire thread turned otu to not be very High Road.

Opps wrong forum, yeah thats the ticket.

Tungsten I know full well what you mean by your reply.

It's no different than when Voldemort asked about HCP classes in Spanish and {cough} people {/cough} blasted him for asking it and turned it into a debate on illegal immigration. Knowhutamean?

[Mike.357]

this reply means nothing, not the first thing, nothing to be read into it.

no sinister subplot.

pretty much the same as all my previous replies.

when Voldemort

who?

[TGO David]

He was this guy... liked dogs... got banned from a dog forum once.

[Mike.357]

Anyway throwing a Vegas on the end of a cities name is lame.

Now Las Corryton has a real ring to it.

[molonlabetn]

Howabout Nashcago...? or Knoxangeles...

[TGO David]

Smyrnahoma has a pretty good ring to it.

[clipslinger]

What happens in nashville, stays in nashville......................