SWINDLE EMPIRE EXPANDS: DAS FANHAUS LAUNCHES.
Feel, feel, feel my bandwidth: the Swindle Empire, all three square semantic feet of it, has expanded to AOL in the form of Das Fanhaus.
The Fanhaus is an excuse to do several things at once.
First, it’s our excuse to validate a degree in international affairs. Seriously, it hasn’t made us a dime yet, and it’s time to get some of that sweet student loan money back. Compound interest is a bitch, y’all, and she’s not getting any friendlier.
Second, we can post about international sports, which means we can literally post anything we want. Seriously: by definition, EVERYTHING is international sport. Even this:
The beast has beat the man! Suck it, little people!
And third, it’s an excuse to fulfill our dream of including a Youtube Clip with every single post and simultaneously write about some of the constant derangement of international sport we can’t really shoehorn into a college football blog. It won’t interfere with EDSBS, mostly because it’s stuff we’re reading about and IM’ing with friends about anyway. In that respect, it might actually improve our productivity, since we spend half the day chatting with Weo Tai and sending each other Mercenaries 2 preview and bike crash videos. Now we can just write about them and be done with it.
So stop on by. You have nothing to gain but lost productivity at work, proletarians!









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DevilGrad says:
It’s Orson’s internet, and we’re just surfing it.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:11 am
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Futbawl Fan says:
hey… no fair… lots of lazy assed women and old guys in the “little people” crowd…
June 5th, 2007 at 8:21 am
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Brian says:
“Oooh Friends is next!”
June 5th, 2007 at 8:28 am
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austin dave says:
so you want to start seeing other people?
June 5th, 2007 at 8:47 am
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mlmintampa says:
What about college football in Mexico? Where would that fall?
http://www.onefa.org/
June 5th, 2007 at 8:57 am
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
So you and CFB have come to some “arrangement” about you seeing other sports?
Just remember, when that goes bad it’s the kids (I mean us, of course), who are going to be the real victems.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:03 am
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Katy says:
It’s times like these that I H-A-T-E the fact that Big Brother at work has blocked YouTube AND IM. I’m quitting. Now.
We won’t have to read about soccer, will we? Anything but soccer.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:07 am
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Kevin @ Fanblogs.com says:
All your internets are belong to us.
Serious congrats!! Here’s to mas international cheesecake!
June 5th, 2007 at 9:10 am
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Holly says:
Whose house?
Fanhaus.
(sorry)
June 5th, 2007 at 9:11 am
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Jerkwheat says:
Mercanaries 2 you say?
June 5th, 2007 at 9:17 am
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Orson Swindle says:
Jerkwheat: YES.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:47 am
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sb says:
Curling? You’ll cover curling? Not that I’m requesting, just curious…
Actually I’d like a rundown on those Borneo jumpers who tie a vine to their ankles and leap off extremely high scaffolding…sort of Jungle Bungie jumping, but without the elastic absorption effect. Dependent on the quality of your coverage it may gain popularity…just sayin’.
June 5th, 2007 at 10:12 am
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beast in 'bama says:
I like it whenever the beast beats the man.
I will add you to my list of EPL blogs to check on a regular basis – joining Kanu and DC Trojan. Will there be any Australian Rules Football discussion?
June 5th, 2007 at 10:15 am
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BamaHamr says:
I understand your urge to try new things. But you’d better wear protection!
I don’t want you bringin home some shit and givin it to me!
June 5th, 2007 at 10:25 am
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skinnyphatman says:
Just damn! A full 3 minutes and 11 seconds, and all the time, I was gleefully awaiting for that elephant to go… well, elephant. And such a target rich environment, just imagine the carnage resulting from a short lived rampage. All those little peple harnessed together, one stomp could easily gain two or three splats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKyFj3Keksw
Warning, the guy in this video would probably welcome a Tamba Hali style annihilation.
June 5th, 2007 at 10:35 am
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babaoje says:
I find it hard to believe Bono supports Mercenaries and their one man crew of destruction.Either way, I’m excited.
June 5th, 2007 at 10:56 am
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Jerkwheat says:
orson – I await watching this video on a non-work computer.
The original Mercenaries only deepened my love for Miss Wheat as when she saw a commercial for it she said “you should get that game, looks like all you do is blow shit up and that could be fun”.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:00 am
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Holly says:
All right, now for the important question: Are you allowed to say “motherfucker” on AOL’s dime?
June 5th, 2007 at 11:32 am
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MCab says:
EDSBS and rucking fugby, a winning combination.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:38 am
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sb says:
Thank you, Holly…everybody else was just dancin’ around the only real question…
June 5th, 2007 at 11:49 am
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Orson Swindle says:
That would be no. But motherfuckers reign and rain here, motherfuckers.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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jakldawg says:
So then I’m guessing the rugby coverage will be relatively drinking song free?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
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matthew says:
Aww, this is too bad. I know the $$ are nice, but Fan House jobs always seem to degrade the original blogs. See Mighty MJD – nothing interesting has happened on that site in a year.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
We are not the Mighty MJD.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
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Oops Pow Surprise says:
But… but we wanna read “motherfucker” there.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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Go Blue, Eh! says:
Curling? Sweet! Looking forward to Orson’s witty insight on the roaring game. Gotta love a sport where the players are shouting commands straight out of a porno. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry-Haaaaaard!! Haaaard! Whoa Whoa!!
June 5th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
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TheGoldfishCowboy says:
Does this affect EDSBS Live ?
Subquestion: Will you allow pink font at AOL?
June 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
No, and no.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
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TheGoldfishCowboy says:
Then awesome!
June 5th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
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Jai Eugene says:
Where is stranko?
June 5th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
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The Conscience of a Nation says:
Is this a sports show?
June 5th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
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Chg says:
It didn’t seem like a fair fight. The elephant’s handler was much more active than the other guy. The show should have gone the extra mile to find a handler specializing in communicatin’ with midgets.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
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Chaimy says:
yay… Futbol, too! just please lay off newcastle, we’re the orioles of the EPL
June 5th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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Kakistocrat says:
Please tell me you’re joining AOL Time Warner as a bid to become Atlanta’s greatest media mogul. Because Ted Turner…come on…i mean fuck that guy.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
short people got no reason
no reason to live
they got little feet, lilttle hands
little cars that go beep beep beep…
don’t want no short people round me
randy newman is vindicated 25 years later.
June 6th, 2007 at 8:02 am