Ping Pong in Public Space

[syrus021]

So did they bring you coke instead of pepsi or you say a rat in ur pizza that you HAD TO make such a fag clip?

[garoad2]

LOL IT'S "COPYRIGHTED"?

What a douchebag! HAHA - it's not even close to the street, it's like 20 feet away!

[garoad2]

Just ask yourself, "What would the Nazis do?"

(I think that's what the uploader has in mind, whatever that is.)

[DCPowerStilts]

Is ping pong sin work of the Devil?

[ZMOONCHILD]

Did you even go to school? It doesn't seem like it...

At 00:49 you're grammar is wrong:

"Does ball go into traffic, often?"

Here's the correct way to word that:

"Does the ball go into traffic often?"

Notice the removal of the comma and the addition of the word "the".

[ghjkkjhg1]

Why don't you do some real good for the city and video tape some real crime like in SE or the Trinidad neighborhood. Hopefully then you'll get shot for being such a douche bag. News break.. people enjoying themselves in public!!!!!! Call the National Guard! God forbid someone gets hit with a ping pong ball!

[Remedyz0703]

Too bad the government sent the Ntional Guard too Iraq, were fucked now, LOLZ

[likewow99]

This one is much funnier if you pretend that these are the thoughts going through Winstead's mind while beating off.

[garoad2]

@likewow99

You win the comments

[jskatzen]

Eh, on the bright side, it seems likelier than ever he'll be voted out of office next election. He's been remarkably successful at bringing disparate groups together in animosity towards him.

[ralswang]

Comet is great. Give them a break and let people have fun!!!

[toolboxdc]

it's too bad you're not actually doing anything positive with your supposed public service to make an actual difference to our city. why do you have to stoop so low?? you are a very sad example of public office.... id rather have a crack smoking mayor at the helm, than someone like you...

[paulrisenhoover]

The pingpong table is not even on the sidewalk Winstead.

[manjr]

You sir, are an idiot, and one of many, many reasons why DC is a dump.

[knownothing75]

What sort of pathetic jobsworth would make a clandestine video of people enjoying themselves with the ultimate goal of ending what little fun is left in DC? Frank Winstead, that's who. Get bent, Frank.

[iksniciv]

Frank,

What do you videotape in your spare time. If interested, I am taking a crap tonight at about 7:30 but unfortunately it will not be on a sidewalk that you use.

[MCtheHammer]

Winstead, people like you are one reason why I will never live in Washington, DC. Thanks to you, I can't sit outside on nice days and enjoy my coffee at Marvelous Market, right next door to the evil Ping Pong place.

Why don't you go do some real good, and go help people in a place like Myanmar? Then maybe you would do us all a real big favor by catching some rare tropical disease, and then die a slow painful death.

Thanks for being such a douchebag.

[hyrcan]

What a joke. Honoes! My car was brutally attacked by a ping pong ball on Conn. Ave!

Mr. Winstead, please crawl back under the Klingle road bridge and stay there like a good little troll should.

[splendagrass]

Oh my God!!! Something interesting and unique has happened in Washington,DC! Let's quash it!

[Bigfoot424]

Glad I don't live in the shithole called DC. People like this are idiots.

[harrier903]

I think Winstead needs to remove whatever stick has been inserted into his rear end.

[jgale2]

Frank should probobly do us all a favor and find that fat ANC broad from cleveland park and jump off the key bridge togeahter.

[telefrank]

The sidewalks should be closed to ALL pedestrian traffic. Someone could trip and fall into traffic, or they might be so visually interesting as to pose a distraction to drivers. This walking menace must cease!!

[wkirk010]

Wow! Frank Winstead is an idiot.

[georgiaave]

Congrats Frank, you managed to kill this horrible blight on the community. I'd like to believe with all the bad press you've generated you'll be voted out of your pointless position, but I doubt it. The same 8 people who bother to vote will vote you back in, and you'll spend the rest of your days bullying anyone more interesting than you with your minuscule bureaucratic powers. My only consolation is that anyone as petty as you must be utterly miserable, and probably wildly unattractive. PS:GFY!

[orlemonde]

not necessary, no, yes, no, not necessary, no.

you should do something about those planters though, someone could trip over them leaving the restaurant.

[sanoy01]

Only a massive imbecile would believe that outdoor ping-pong poses any threat to pedestrians or otherwise. Mr Winstead is obviously a moronic ass to have pursued this with any level of seriousness.

[Royomar83]

HA HA! This is the best satire ever! Brilliant!

[Genkisugi]

Frank,

I signed up for you tube just so I could tell you I thought this was stupid and, by extension, you are stupid.

[MisterHankScorpio]

Um, wow... I think we can all agree that Frank Winstead gives new meaning to the phrase "douche bag". Seriously, find some glaring aspect of your own life to work out and leave the people who bring revenue to your ward alone.

[Creep5]

Ping pong balls? I'd rather have ping-pong balls flying thru the air than what usually flys thru the air in every other part of that Godforsaken city. Why do you hate Forrest Gump, Frank? Why? Why? Why?!!!!

[jmyoung99]

6 lanes of traffic? I don't think so. Nearly all of the time drivers are using 1 northbound and 1 southbound lane for parking. Even when they are not, there is a bus stop there. You can't build your case on the facts. But I guess hyperbole is what we should expect from politicians. Frank Winstead: think twice -- no, bother to think even once -- before poisoning public dialogue on issues.

[jmyoung99]

Did you obtain written permission to videotape those in your film? What, if any, limits are there on your electronic surveillance of D.C. citizens? This isn't the only example: I perused your photo archive on flickr dot com (/photos/foresthillsdc/). Quite frankly, government doesn't need your type.

[northwestmike]

My favorite part of this video (aside from the fact that the creator has way too much time on his hands) is the copyright warning. I'm sure there are just hundreds of thousands of idiots who would likely pirate this amazing piece of artistic video work were it not for "Frank's" studious foresight to copyright said video. Keep up the great work Frank, you jobless f__k.

[gunnerclark]

a little authority goes right to his brain, and the size relationship between a little authority and a little brain, makes this look like a big issue.

[cirdan0]

Stereotypical ANC nimbyism. Yay ping pong!

[jasontv]

This is the perfect example of a petty bureaucrat trying to exercise his pathetic amount of power. Ping pong tables? reexamine your life dude.

[jmctighlee]

I hope that you are in my ward so I can vote against you next election. Buck's and Comet are great things for our neighborhood. You ought to be supporting them. Who in our neighborhood would want those establishments to close? Maybe just you.

[jmctighlee]

This a ridiculous use of public officials. I vote the ban ANC's.

[mballen1]

I actually signed up for an account to respond!

You have way too much free time.

I suggest a job..

[flaccidcat]

Why does Dc have to have so many crabby crusty soft footed volvo driving weak jawed self hating ninnies? I have to leave DC. I cannot take it anymore.

[sbma44]

Yeah. Pretty pathetic, Frank. You ask some questions twice (reworded slightly) and the video seems to answer them with resounding "No!"s. This city has bigger problems -- perhaps you should direct your energy toward addressing them rather than wasting your time acting like a caricatured ANC busybody.

[squidpants]

wow, what an absolute joke. How about asking the owners about it if you have a concern?

[Kida467]

What the hell. I hope that you aren't criticizing Comet for having a table out in front of the place. If you are I suggest you find something better to do and quit being so petty.

[spawndonacle]

This is OK. Eating chips while double-parked wasn't.

[adubyailkinson]

ditto.