How the Grinch is Attempting to Steal Wick’s Christmas Cheer

Posted on December 2nd, 2010 2:41pm by Jason Heid
Filed under Entertainment, Local News, Media, Music

Wick dislikes the Local-Weatherman’s-Favorite-Term-For-Describing-The-Counties-That-Comprise-The-Dallas-Fort-Worth-Metropolitan-Area so much that he once asked me to change the word in a direct quote in an article to say “North Texas” instead.

So has he seen this ad running on our website?

grinch-ad

6 comments

  1. I bet he likes ad revenue more than he dislikes METROPLEX.

    @ 3:06 pm on December 2, 2010

  2. Wick’s hated of that phrase has “townie” written all over it. Yet, not even he can deny love of its derivative, “Metroplexual.”

    @ 3:38 pm on December 2, 2010

  3. I’m with Wick on this one, whether I reek of townie or not. [New cologne concept: Townie. Secret ingredient: end-of-the-weekend melted ice water from a styrofoam cooler.] The problem is, nobody has come up with a suitable alternative. “North Texas” just doesn’t cut it — too vague. And “DFW” is the name of our airport, not our region. “Dallasland”? Sounds like an exceptionally cheesy theme park.

    Suggestions, anyone…?

    @ 4:04 pm on December 2, 2010

  4. Uhmm. How about Dallas/Fort Worth? Seems to work OK for Minneapolis/St. Paul. (Truthfully, I like “Cross Timbers” but no one’ll understand what that’s about.)

    @ 4:29 pm on December 2, 2010

  5. Nobody says “Minneapolis/St.Paul” except T.V. broadcasters. Locals say “Twin Cities” or just “The Cities.”

    @ 1:04 am on December 3, 2010

  6. So did ATTPAC pay extra for this ad placement or give you free tickets or what?

    @ 8:46 am on December 3, 2010

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