Re: The New Tunnel

["tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>]

I think they should call it "The Bechtel $16 Billion Boondoggle Tunnel"
Can you imagine Metro Traffic saying that a few times an hour? Hah!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chuckigo@att.net>
To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: The New Tunnel


> from the deep woods of Maine... all right, from Bowdoinham, Dan B asked:
> >> Isn't there a big political fight between the Governor (who gave the
tunnel
> its name) and the Legislature (who want to name the tunnel after Tip
O'Neil)?
> <<
>
> if i've read things (that i didn't write so i won't post) on the Internet
(that
> neither i nor Al Gore invented) correctly, isn't the Tip O'Neil tunnel the
new
> underground I-90 spur that connects the Teddy with the Turnpike?  and
wouldn't
> that make for an alliterative twirling of the tongue from our troops of
traffic-
> on-the-threes tellers of tales of tailgaters who require tow trucks?  "The
> turnpike to the Tip to the Ted..."  kind of works for me.  but then again,
(and
> with a nod to Dave Barry) i think that Alliterative Twirling Tongues would
make
> a great name for a rock band.
>
> - -Chuck(been bumper-to-bumper from Brighton-to-Boston)Igo