tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post1377342788340299642..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Stopping time: Enrico Caruso's Plaza tantrumThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-1067647450891085492009-10-19T08:28:43.164-04:002009-10-19T08:28:43.164-04:00So, if I follow this correctly, Caruso smashed a w...So, if I follow this correctly, Caruso smashed a wall clock. This is the "vituperative red-faced conniption" of which "[t]his famous hotel has seen its share, but none more famous than the one thrown by its first superstar guest -- Enrico Caruso" ???<br /><br />Really? He smashed a wall clock, and that's news almost a century later?<br /><br />The fact that destroying a wall clock somehow takes out the entire hotel's collection of clocks isn't Caruso's fault. If I remove a lightbulb from a socket so I can sleep, and the city block goes dark as a result, I'm hardly to blame.<br /><br />"[T]he hotel managers responded with extraordinary restraint" - presumably, by not firing the massive idiot who wired their clocks.Emrys Eustace, hygt Broomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242091309304183692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-45947391732675517472008-11-19T09:18:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:18:00.000-05:00What a fascinating tidbit! What's almost as inter...What a fascinating tidbit! What's almost as interesting is the fact that all of the clocks were connected to each other. I wonder how many people were late to appointments because their clocks weren't functioning. www.satisfiedsole.comPam Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245836325001669380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-82550295342185886142008-11-17T13:22:00.000-05:002008-11-17T13:22:00.000-05:00Great photographs to the article.Great photographs to the article.Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686282358562565742noreply@blogger.com