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Town folklore[edit]

article currently states:

"Gilroy to San Jose" is a slang term for a poker hand containing three tens. It refers to the distance between the two cities before the advent of suburban sprawl in the 1970's and 1980's; currently the distance is around 15 miles.

This doesn't make any sense. How can the distance between two places change? Google Maps reports the distance is 32 miles. Perhaps someone who's more familiar with poker and/or the area could fix this. Izzycat 00:32, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've lived in the area since late 1967, and in all that time Gilroy hasn't gotten any closer to San Jose. No wonder: They're on the same side of the San Andreas Fault! I think the statement is patent nonsense. At best, it's an "inside joke". I've never heard the expression in the decades I've lived here. --Quicksilver^{T @} 23:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it means that the city limits have gotten closer as the cities have grown, hence the reference to "suburban sprawl". But I agree that that whole section sounds unverifiable. -- Scott e^iπ 20:23, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

patent nonsense? Are you daft? Please be careful not to accidently whang any of us in the back of the head with that brand new dictionary of internet lingo you so adamantly wave about. (preceding unsigned comment by 71.116.104.74 moved to the proper section by Gentgeen 08:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Removed entire section this day. Citations of sources weren't forthcoming and the material could only be described as scurrilous, lurid and un-encyclopedic. It did nothing to enhance the article. —Quicksilver^{T @} 11:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Don Christopher anyway and what has he done?[edit]

can someone enlighten on this? Anlace 22:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bit late, but Don Christopher owns Christopher Ranch, LLC, a large garlic farm. [1]. Gentgeen 08:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Telephony history[edit]

Who cares, anyway? This non-notable section is describing the way telephones were everywhere in the world before single-subscriber lines and stepper relays replaced party lines, human telephone operators and switchboards. Do we really want to clutter the article about the town of Gilroy with information that should probably be in a separate Wikipedia article about telephony? —Quicksilver^{T @} 08:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the section. I can understand this being relevant to a place like Woodstock, Maine, were they had manual telephones until 1983. Here there aren't any years listed, so there no reason to think Gilroy's phone service was any different than other similar citys. Seano1 (talk) 23:19, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have removed it; the article was in Category:Garlic which I have removed (articles about places should not usually be in categories of products they are known for). I have added the category tag to Gilroy Garlic Festival instead. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 23:35, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Garlic Capital of the world? LOL[edit]

I don't know what yokel came up with this embarrassing motto but this is the typical narrow-minded yankee statement: "The World" is ONLY the United States, the rest of the planet Earth is just an uncharted swamp full of darkness and uncivilized savages. Personally I'd remove that naive statement right away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Klavss (talk • contribs) 17:27, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I'd remove your out-of-place, condescending comment here right away. The moniker is part of a marketing campaign. If you weren't such a narrow-minded yokel, as you accuse Yankees of being, you'd realize that there are many communities in the world that bill themselves "Garlic Capital of the World", or "(Whatever) Capital of the World" for similar reasons. — Quicksilver^{T @} 16:02, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Intro[edit]

I removed a lot of uncited information in the intro, both because I felt it was a bit much for an into and would fit better in a subsection like Arts and Culture. Also thought the newer picture of city hall looked nicer. I actually think the paragraphs about the lotto tickets, Gilroy Gardens, and especially the Yamato Hot springs should be included but I don't have the time to track down citations right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loki733 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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