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Bon voyag-ee, Cosco Busan! And don't come back! The leaky Cosco Busan ship that contaminated our beautiful bay with oil is expected to get clearance to get the heck outta Frisco, setting sail at noon today to head back to South Korea.
We kind of have this vision of the ship disconsolately listing off into the sunset, leaving a trail of oil behind it, like when Wile E. Coyote hits something and walks off screen in the shape of an accordian, making wheezy accordian-like noises. (don't worry, this won't actually happen -- the ship's had all the oil drained out and the hole's been patched up.)
The Cosco is leaving, but the lawsuits continue -- two suits have been filed against the ship and the company, and two cases are proceeding against Captain Cota, the guy who let the ship run into the Bay Bridge in the first place.
See ya, Cosco Busan -- don't let the door hit you on the stern on the way out. No, really -- don't let the door hit you on the stern on the way out.
Update!: SFist Jim passes along the following link where you can watch the Busan leaving. It's being accompanied by two tugs, like a dude who's passed out from drinking too much who needs two buddies to drag his sorry self home.
Second Update!: Looks like the Cosco's not going anywhere today! Thanks, SFist Tips tipster! (We call it the Costco Busan too!)
Picture of the Cosco Busan from KCBS.
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Why not have an insurance policy in place for this kind of thing? Hillary Clinton wants to force us all to have medical insurance, even if we can't afford it. Notice how there are state and local suits against Regal Stone, but no federal suit. I think of all the current candidates for president, none of them would try anything of that kind to protect our coastlines. Dennis Kucinich likely would, but he's trailing so much, I am hoping he'll get pushed onto the ballot with Unity08. The more we get the status quo in poliltics, the more this will contrinue to happen.
Why not have an insurance policy in place for this kind of thing? Hillary Clinton wants to force us all to have medical insurance, even if we can't afford it. Notice how there are state and local suits against Regal Stone, but no federal suit. I think of all the current candidates for president, none of them would try anything of that kind to protect our coastlines. Dennis Kucinich likely would, but he's trailing so much, I am hoping he'll get pushed onto the ballot with Unity08. The more we get the status quo in poliltics, the more this will contrinue to happen.
Dont call it Frisco. Never, ever, ever, ever do that.
Call it The City, or even San Francisco (pronounced no other way than San Frihn-CIS-co).
Let the Great Debate begin!!
I thought they were going to impound it pending litigation?
Actually, now the young kids (from South SF) sometimes call it "Frisco."
It's kind of a slight to the actual Frisco, but what the hell. Herb Caen is dead, and he can't tell us what do any more.
Herb Caen, RIP. The Greatest Who Ever Did It.
Frisco is for folks who werent born in The City. Transplants and wanna be's from Oakland.
"San Francisco to me is like a house of cards: postcards in glowing colors stacked against the hills that march from The Bay on one side to The Pacific Ocean on the other.
The real magic of The City lies in the way these snapshots remain in the mind, no one impressed more sharply on the consciousness than the next. And when I am far away, The Citys myriad details come floating back to me as tho they were unwinding endlessly on the movie screen of my memory.
Each picture is sharp and complete, glamorized a little by a wisp of fog in one corner and a pennant streaming in the wind atop a skyscraper. Its a sentimental, perhaps corny way to look at a city, but the San Franciscan is hopelessly sentimental and I am hopelessly San Franciscan."
-- from The Late, Great Herb Caen
C'mon...I've lived in SF my entire life, and I've grown up around people who call it frisco, and I do too, though of course I usually just say "the city" or San Francisco. In my opinion, if a native wants to call it frisco, fine. It's when an outsider says it when it can get annoying. This whole "don't call it frisco" thing does not describe the whole native population of SF. Far from it in fact...maybe it's more of a class thing? Who knows...
You realize what you're doing, right Plug?
You're placing the word under taboo — a sure way to make it cool.
"...the San Franciscan is hopelessly sentimental and I am hopelessly San Franciscan..."
^hey, i am too, but I wasn't even aware of the "no frisco" thing until I was maybe 15...
As a transplant, I am offended. I would never, EVER call it Frisco.
other offenders include: "The Sco", "The 415", or "Fo One Feva".
I do sometimes call it "Baghdad by The Bay", tho.
Just never call it San Fran. That's one that's not up for discussion.
I too thought we were holding onto that damaged metal football field until whoever owns it pays up? What up Gav? Arnold? Why are you letting the collateral get away? Now I certainly don't know everything about nautical law, so if I've missed something, someone educate me.
It should really be renamed "Costco Busan."