Andrew Amerk Posted June 23, 2020 Report Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) A petition was filed to rename Columbus to Flavortown. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200622/lsquoflavortownrsquo-to-replace-columbus-thousands-want-ohio-capital-renamed-for-native-guy-fieri Edited June 23, 2020 by Andrew Amerk Quote
Taro T Posted June 23, 2020 Report Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andrew Amerk said: A petition was filed to rename Columbus to Flavortown. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200622/lsquoflavortownrsquo-to-replace-columbus-thousands-want-ohio-capital-renamed-for-native-guy-fieri Flavor town? How about "Nut Town" after the largest local college's team mascot ostensibly but were they to actually change their name it would work on soooooo many different levels. Edited June 23, 2020 by Taro T Quote
Eleven Posted June 24, 2020 Report Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) If they want to change the name of the city, fine (I don't care and don't live there), but "Flavortown?" What, does that reflect the number of restaurants with laminated menus with pictures of the food? How about THE Ohio State Capital? Edited June 24, 2020 by Eleven 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted June 24, 2020 Report Posted June 24, 2020 13 hours ago, Eleven said: If they want to change the name of the city, fine (I don't care and don't live there), but "Flavortown?" What, does that reflect the number of restaurants with laminated menus with pictures of the food? How about THE Ohio State Capital? Pretty sure it would be honor Guy Fireri who is from Columbus. He does a lot of philanthropic work. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted June 24, 2020 Report Posted June 24, 2020 13 hours ago, Eleven said: How about THE Ohio State Capital? How about naming rights? THE Ohio State Capital Town sponsored by Nationwide Quote
That Aud Smell Posted June 24, 2020 Report Posted June 24, 2020 I'm in support of it, but only if the three respective branches of local government are renamed Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. 1 1 Quote
Eleven Posted June 24, 2020 Report Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Pretty sure it would be honor Guy Fireri who is from Columbus. He does a lot of philanthropic work. I did not know he is from there! TIL. Edited June 24, 2020 by Eleven Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted June 24, 2020 Author Report Posted June 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Eleven said: I did not know he is from there! TIL. Me either. I thought he was from Smash Mouth. 1 Quote
FogBat Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 6:42 PM, Andrew Amerk said: A petition was filed to rename Columbus to Flavortown. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200622/lsquoflavortownrsquo-to-replace-columbus-thousands-want-ohio-capital-renamed-for-native-guy-fieri Quote
MakeSabresGrr8Again Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 I think Spicetown would add a little flavor. Quote
Randall Flagg Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 Most stories of Columbus' evil range from wildly exaggerated to flagrantly fabricated. The oatmeal comic and Ted Talk that helped spawn the controversy are downright pathetic in their cherry picking and massaging of details and translations. Applying 21st century zeitgeist to anything that happened in the past is a great way to never understand anything, and to have zero ability to input anything of value to discussion Columbus was a great man, so long as we understand the definition of great man does not have to include being supremely perfect in every way, and deified, the way so many people insist it should be now And relative to his peers,he was a better than average person morally. Like, if I were to pick a sabrespace poster at random, chances are that he'd be a bit worse of a person than Columbus if he had existed then, and certainly would not have accomplished as much 1 Quote
shrader Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 If there's any statue, just convert it to the Home Alone screaming pose. Problem solved. "We're named after this guy!" Quote
apuszczalowski Posted June 27, 2020 Report Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/24/2020 at 10:32 AM, LGR4GM said: Pretty sure it would be honor Guy Fireri who is from Columbus. He does a lot of philanthropic work. I knew it was in honor of Fireri, but wasn't sure if he was originally from there, thought he was a Cali guy. On 6/23/2020 at 8:51 PM, Eleven said: If they want to change the name of the city, fine (I don't care and don't live there), but "Flavortown?" What, does that reflect the number of restaurants with laminated menus with pictures of the food? How about THE Ohio State Capital? I like the idea of 'THE Ohio State Capital'...... Quote
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