You Asked for It, Joye Brown

Joye Browne, practically the only remaining "neighborhood" columnist at Newsday, requested "big ideas" from her readers. And boy, have they have responded:

It might be quicker to go east, around the world, and then through Manhattan:


Someone concludes his laundry list with an idea for the columnist:


Someone asks Newsday to first look in its own backyard...

...while someone else suggests Joye look in her own backyard.

We get the typical ALL CAPS RANTS THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ WITHOUT EYEBALL HEMORRHAGING.

Joye's comments about the Suffolk courthouse being the "ugliest federal courthouse on the planet" draws this response:


But she is quickly defended!

And then—

We gave up after this. Maybe some of us should keep our ideas to ourselves.