http://sfist.com/2007/09/19/blocker_2600_ja.php All comments for Blocker: 2600 Jackson en-us 2009 SFist_Brock Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:24 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brochtrup@gmail.com brochtrup@gmail.com 60 http://sfist.com/2007/09/19/blocker_2600_ja.php#comment-1200931 http://sfist.com/2007/09/19/blocker_2600_ja.php#comment-1200931 Comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:17:31 -0800 <p>The blue or turquoise por-to-let in front of a home is one of the most subtle ways ever devised to indicate to the neighbors--and the world--that the people in the house behind the potty have arrived! This custom began in the '90's in San Francisco's Noe Valley with a family of modest means that had a driving desire to appear "at the top of the heap". Mortgaged to the hilt (to the point that a trip to Burger King was a night on the town)the family rented a bright blue portapotty to carry them through a several day plumbing emergency. When the job was done, the Port-o-let vendor forgot to pick up the potty. After a couple of weeks neighbors started asking "what's going on?". The family simply said "we're doing a makeover". They begain to enjoy the attention; the notoriety! They kept it up for for months. Then one day the portapotty vendor remembered he'd left it there and picked it up. After that they simply said "Makeover's over...". The neighbors never knew--Who ever invites the neighbors over in the City, anyway? Others noticed and soon the aspiring "big shots" on every block in Noe Valley simply rented a portapotty to show off. </p> http://sfist.com/2007/09/19/blocker_2600_ja.php#comment-1200738 http://sfist.com/2007/09/19/blocker_2600_ja.php#comment-1200738 Comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:34:26 -0800 <p>missed ya last week. more blocker please.</p>