Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Corny Island



Frank and Steinberg live on what is essentially Coney Island, the seaside wonderland in Brooklyn. While Coney Island nowadays only attracts roving gangs and "Warriors" enthusiasts, in its heyday, it was a Disneyland without health and safety regulations. There was a coaster built that would "jump" the track (which, thankfully, never opened after they realized the trajectory would change based on the weight of each passenger), elephants and pigs would ride massive water slides next to "barrels of humans", and before freak shows came to be, the deformed were used in the attractions as "moon-men", ghouls, etc. There were also plenty of attractions that were designed so the prim and proper courtship rituals could result in some accidental contact. Such rides were the Tunnel o' Fondling, The Woo Flinger, and the Tittilator.

Sadly, the Coney Island of yesteryear burned in a fire, followed by another fire, followed by another.....maybe they shouldn't have made their buildings out of papier mache...

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