Larry,
In NYC, 311 is a non-emergency emergency number. Basically, it's like 911 for situations where an immediate response is not required (i.e. a murder or assault happening would require an immediate response, while a trapped cat or losing your wallet would not.)

Some good points, but I think there's another reason. Lack of control. If I put a trailer on a specific site on the internet, I know that what's on that site is what I created. If someone takes that and puts it on YouTube, there's no guarantee to the producer or to the viewer that what is posted is what was produced.

Saint Nicholas (yes, Santa) is, in addition to being the patron saint for children, sailors, prisoners and the City of Amsterdam is also the patron saint of prostitutes.

Where's Summerisle?

I for one will welcome our new finned overlords!

Then there's the Rhode Island specialty that's reported on here.... http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/rhodeisland/articles/2006/08/06/dont_call_it_a_hot_dog/

PETA kills more animals than humane societies...
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20080111/DC1129510012008-1.html

It's a door-stop, to add more security to an already locked door.

Read somewhere that the X's for liquor show the number of passes through a still that the alcohol has made. Mark it with one X the first time, another the second, and so on. The more X's, the more times through the still, and thus the more potent...