Contributed photo, blog post by John HoffThese are the kind of parties where young people tend to buy a bullet, youth like Charez Jones and Alisha Neely. That's why, when a resident of North Minneapolis noticed this sign hung up on the door of the Pennwood Market at Penn Ave. N. and Glenwood Ave. N., advertising Mario's birthday party and inviting the whole world to show up if they could produce a buck or two, that resident FIRST called the police and SECOND sent a photo to this blog.
Unfortunately...
I was tied up all day and didn't get the image until just now. I am promised, however, that I will get a firsthand account of police showing up at the party to wish Mario a happy birthday. The house at 818 Queen Ave. N. is owned by King Investors LLC, 1043 Grand Ave. S., #550 St. Paul, MN 55105.
By the way, the letters at the bottom of the poster reportedly stand for "laughing but serious" according to Urban Dictionary Dot Com. We are not sure if that's the meaning of the letters on the poster. Another source says it stands for "laughing but very serious" which makes more sense. What happened to the "v" word in the Urban Dictionary definition for "lbvs?" I used to have more respect for Urban Dictionary and was, at one time, one of the many volunteer editors but lately it's become more of a joke than a source of insight and documentation about the ever-evolving English language.
But, all the same, how appropriate. Some decent folks feel just the same way about Mario's party. They're laughing as they SERIOUSLY call the police.
