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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 11:40:30 AM
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the fuck is a knickerbocker?

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Turbam
07/28/23 11:40:58 AM
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FUCK THA NlCKS!

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Xenogears15
07/28/23 11:42:08 AM
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And Sox is short for Stockings!

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Tyranthraxus
07/28/23 11:43:14 AM
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NeonTentacles posted...
the fuck is a knickerbocker?
It goes boppity bop

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LeadPipeCinche
07/28/23 11:43:55 AM
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NeonTentacles posted...
the fuck is a knickerbocker?


The pants
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boxoto
07/28/23 11:45:40 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/3/AAS_qZAAEs7v.jpg

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HannibalBarca3
07/28/23 11:46:22 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/4/AALLlEAAEs7w.jpg
They're a type of pants. Here's a vintage ad featuring them with norfolk and belted back jackets.

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BurmesePenguin
07/28/23 11:47:42 AM
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I thought it referred to the sniffable female undergarments

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ablegator
07/28/23 11:48:06 AM
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HannibalBarca3 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/4/AALLlEAAEs7w.jpg
They're a type of pants. Here's a vintage ad featuring them with norfolk and belted back jackets.
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UnfairRepresent
07/28/23 11:48:21 AM
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Knickerbocker Glory is what they call Ice-Cream in the UK


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Compsognathus
07/28/23 11:48:27 AM
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It's weird how many sports teams are named after articles of clothing.

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theAteam
07/28/23 11:51:43 AM
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Make some noise for YOUR NEW YORK PANTS

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Mussurana
07/28/23 11:59:13 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Knickerbocker Glory is what they call Ice-Cream in the UK
No, ice-cream is what we call ice-cream in the UK.

A knickerbocker glory is a specific ice-cream based dessert.

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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 12:04:47 PM
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HannibalBarca3 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/4/AALLlEAAEs7w.jpg
They're a type of pants. Here's a vintage ad featuring them with norfolk and belted back jackets.

Imagine being named after a pair of pants LOL

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LeadPipeCinche
07/28/23 12:20:50 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...
Imagine being named after a pair of pants LOL


As opposed to what socks, ducks. Devils, devil rays, Indians.
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FortuneCookie
07/28/23 12:22:21 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
And Sox is short for Stockings!

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Jupiter
07/28/23 12:22:26 PM
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I only learned this like 2 or 3 years ago. I'm actually a big fan of the NBA lol.

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SiO4
07/28/23 1:19:20 PM
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theAteam posted...
Make some noise for YOUR NEW YORK PANTS


Remember the Knickerbocker arena?

But ya, TC, NYC and The whole Hudson Valley was founded by The Dutch.

NYC was once called Nieuw Amsterdam.
Albany which is very old town, was called Beverwyck.
We have an Amsterdam, and Rotterdam.
Schenectady founded so Dorps could be Patroons.

Please we have countless Kill, such as the Battenkill. A 'Kill' is a creek.

Also, Washington Irving had a pen name of Diedrich Knickerbocker.
Plus to this day will have a Tulip Festival.

Frankly, I wish we were still Dutch.

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brestugo
07/28/23 1:20:46 PM
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They weren't exactly for poor people either.

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bigblu89
07/28/23 1:38:36 PM
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Wait till you find out what Mets is short for.

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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 1:42:18 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
Wait till you find out what Mets is short for.
Methamphetamines?

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bigblu89
07/28/23 1:44:09 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...
Methamphetamines?
Not since the 80's

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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 1:46:58 PM
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The Metropolitans
The Amazins
The Metsies[4]
The Miracle Mets (1969)[5]
The Amazin' Mets (1969)[5]
The Bad Guys (1986)

wat

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BuzzKilljoy
07/28/23 1:47:59 PM
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Washington Pantaloons about to drop any day now

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theAteam
07/28/23 1:49:05 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Frankly, I wish we were still Dutch.

My surname is actually the same as a former Dutch province, albeit by accident as my grandfather was Irish. I've got a tiny amount of Dutch; my grandmother's maiden name is Van Vranken. Not much else and frankly we're not even from that area anyway historically. My mother's side is straight up French Canadian with a tinge of Native American.

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SiO4
07/28/23 1:49:29 PM
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brestugo posted...
They weren't exactly for poor people either.


They were for Patroons.

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Fin_Dawg_004
07/28/23 1:52:33 PM
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Knicks is short for LOLKNICKS

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TendoDRM
07/28/23 2:00:02 PM
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Don't get your New York knickers in a twist.

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SiO4
07/28/23 2:01:19 PM
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bigblu89 posted...

Not since the 80's


LMAO, that's not even false!! XD
I had a friend that was a hardcore Mets fan since their inspection.
~He told me some stories.

theAteam posted...


My surname is actually the same as a former Dutch province, albeit by accident as my grandfather was Irish. I've got a tiny amount of Dutch; my grandmother's maiden name is Van Vranken. Not much else and frankly we're not even from that area anyway historically. My mother's side is straight up French Canadian with a tinge of Native American.


Well that is cool, about your mom's name, it's always cool to see old-school Dutch names around here.

And ya, we are basically, NYC North, Boston West, and Canada South.

But ya, it's cool checking out the names of places around here.
Not sure many people have heard of the Richelieu River.

Or for that matter know of the Radeau in Lake George which was Lac Du Saint Sacrement. The oldest Navel Shipwreck, known in the Country.

Can you tell the exact locations depicted in The Last of The Mohigans?
~I know you know Coppers Cave though. That one's a freebee for you and yours!!

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bnui_ransder
07/28/23 2:05:48 PM
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Turbam posted...
FUCK THA NlCKS!
I'm glad my brain isn't the only one that goes straight to that

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theAteam
07/28/23 2:08:04 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Can you tell the exact locations depicted in The Last of The Mohigans?
~I know you know Coppers Cave though. That one's a freebee for you and yours!!

It's been a long time since I saw that movie but Cooper's Cave is my go-to fun fact about GF. I just met a dude a few weeks ago and it was his favorite movie of all time.

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Puglia77
07/28/23 2:25:10 PM
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So that's why a street near where I lived in Jersey was called Knickerbocker Road

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Holy_Cloud105
07/28/23 2:27:34 PM
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The Mets are the Metropolitans and the Giants are the New York Football Giants.

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SiO4
07/28/23 2:40:02 PM
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theAteam posted...


It's been a long time since I saw that movie but Cooper's Cave is my go-to fun fact about GF. I just met a dude a few weeks ago and it was his favorite movie of all time.


They had The Red Wings.
They print Money.
Phish's first Halloween show where they covered The White Album was in Glens Falls.
Davidsons Brothers is pretty good last I knew.
Also, the Street of Dreams, as I've heard it called.

((Edit: There is also Bloody Pond, which is a bit north but still...
Or the story of Jane McCrea)) ~Expanding out a little but not much.

I wouldn't be surprised if your dad could finagle his way to it.
That would be cool AF.

Also, side note on what was your birthday, I had a shot of Copper's Town Distillery, Rye in town.
And then went to The County Fair where they was a tasting for Cooper's Daughter.
That was really random, but nice day.

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SiO4
07/28/23 2:41:53 PM
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Holy_Cloud105 posted...
The Mets are the Metropolitans and the Giants are the New York Football Giants.


The Yankees actually started in Baltimore.

Also, back to The Mets, their colors come from The Flag of NYC, which to go full circle, are Dutch Colors.
Albany at one point was called Fort Orange.

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Touch
07/28/23 2:57:52 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...
the fuck is a knickerbocker?
https://youtu.be/LQzkAe-J-yY

I have no fucking clue how I remembered this I never even really watched Barney outside of babysitting all those years ago lol

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Naysaspace
07/28/23 2:59:47 PM
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Wait til you hear what the Dodgers is short for
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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 3:00:14 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
Wait til you hear what the Dodgers is short for
Salad Dodgers?

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GeneralKenobi85
07/28/23 3:21:58 PM
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Haven't you lived in the NY metro area your whole life? Even through osmosis from sports talk radio you should have known about that.

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NeonTentacles
07/28/23 3:31:57 PM
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...
Haven't you lived in the NY metro area your whole life? Even through osmosis from sports talk radio you should have known about that.
idk, I just thought knicks were knicks lol

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SiO4
07/28/23 3:33:39 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...

idk, I just thought knicks were knicks lol


Peter Stuyvesant would be so pissed right now.

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BewmHedshot
07/28/23 3:51:18 PM
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I've been calling them the New York Pants on the NBAB for years.
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Starks
07/28/23 4:01:03 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Frankly, I wish we were still Dutch.
We went from Dutch to douche.

And don't get me started about about how the New York Metropolitans are doing this year.

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InTheEyesOfFire
07/28/23 4:12:28 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/6/AAPzE7AAEs_O.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/7/AAPzE7AAEs_P.jpg

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SiO4
07/29/23 12:09:43 AM
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Starks posted...

We went from Dutch to douche.

And don't get me started about about how the New York Metropolitans are doing this year.


I am a Yankees fan, and I'm pissed that both the Yankees and Red Sox suck this year.
Late summer is not as fun without the rivalry.

And also, Yes, I would love to see a Subway Series

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