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Gothamist's Banned Substances: Loofahs & Falafel
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 18, 2004
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Oct 18, 2004
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Gothamist wanted to hold out from commenting about this, because, quite frankly, it made us ill. It's bad enough that we have to hear about a sexual harrassment case involving Bill O'Reilly, who skeeves us out on non-litigious days, but with the possibility of reading producer Andrea Mackris's suit against him, thanks to The Smoking Gun, and a chunk of free time this weekend, we say uncle. Gothamist is sad that we will never be able to look at another loofah or eat another falafel sandwich for a long time without feeling incredibly ill. So thanks a lot, O'Reilly.
The Daily News says Mackris wants her life back; Gothamist wishes there was a time machine as well. Gawker on James Wolcott's loofah feelings. And Curbed notes that Middle Eastern eatery Chickpea is looking for people to name their non-falafel sandwich (the winner will get $1000).
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