CURIOUS INDEX, 7/3/2008
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A man. A pants. Panama. Pat Dye lost a tremendous pair of pants in the 1980s, credit cards, ID, and all. They lay at the bottom of a lake in Alabama for 23 years. Then, one day, an intrepid bottle-hunter found them and was suddenly granted powers she didn’t understand!!! We’re sorry. And an evil that lay dormant for two decades roared back to life! No, that’s not it. Let’s try one more: and the Auburn coach came and got them!!!
Really, you don’t know enough about Pat Dye if you don’t think the idea of him losing his pants sometime in 1985 while golfing isn’t the funniest thing you’ll hear all day. The entire article is brick after brick of solid humor platinum, but it peaks with the following. Not surprisingly, Coach Dye said he has no recollection of losing his wallet or his pants. This was the Reagan era, after all. LOLzheimer’s! Either they’re making an Iran-Contra Alzheimer’s joke, or implying Dye was too zoinked on junk bond euphoria and blow to recall what happened to his pants. Thank you, Lake Magazine, Lake Martin edition. When we are low, we will recall this article and smile a warm smile. Now, let’s not get crazy. Punt on third down. Brandon Dillard loses as big a guy wire as an athlete can lose in your body, the Achilles Tendon, leaving Virginia Tech without its biggest offensive playmaker for the entire 2008 season. Adam thinks they should just punt on second down, but let’s have a cuddly moment of molestational honesty: isn’t there a small part of you that suspects Frank Beamer would like to do that anyway? Shatter-proof glass is the best. Arkansas linebacker Wendel Davis earns points for breaking a window on a car that bumped his scooter in traffic in Fayetteville. Give this kid a starter’s jersey for this moxie: Davis was taken to Washington Regional Medical Center after he injured his hand when he punched the car, according to Gary Crain, public information officer Do you want to foight me, Toyota Camry!!! A linebacker that will fight cars is our kind of football player, especially if he nurses a grudge against mid-sized American sedans, those bastards. Two points for Arkansas, awarded in the big board update next week. The Mayor was typing out his ruling last night on Michael Lemon, Georgia DE, and his Fulmer Cup points when ESPN had to come along and say that Lemon’s going to be charged with a felony and misdemeanor battery, meaning he might get UGA an additional point in the Fulmer Cup. We’re holding off on updating the points, so save the emails for the moment. Urbz wants his nmbr. Get Das Uberboy a scholly, now. |
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1
Pirate Petey says:
aayyyyy….Pat Dye, the jolly bugger
might have lost his pants the day we raised the skull and crossbones over the golf cart and kidnapped the fair lady Rawltahd back in ‘83
we hoisted many a cup of rum over that one
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 am
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Albino Tornado says:
Now, I may have left a golf towel or two in the woods (here’s a hint, kids — never pick up such a golf towel in the woods) but an entire pair of pants? The pants are sufficiently awful to look at that perhaps he simply blocked out the memory of ever having seen them.
An honorary state trooper card? Was his honorary Justice League member card in his other, marginally less ugly pair of pants?
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
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Rzbker1974 says:
Ahhhhhh…….a linebacker that can kick ass on a car and cause more damage than the wreck, wonder what he will do against the bulls in the SEC when they come up the middle.
I guess they need to threaten him a little bit, Shade of Nutt-text.
Bad blood between the two before, spilled over into the street……..at least it happened at high noon
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/07/03/razorback_central/070308uafbdavisfolo.txt
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
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blon57 says:
#3
I don’t blame the kid. I’d probably go after him, too, if he ran into my scooter. His lawyers should plead that down to a much lesser charge.
Girls. We are always an issue.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
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ChemE93 says:
I was disappointed to see that the pants were folded. That really ratchets down the potential raunchiness of any story behind it.
Unless he’s like Sam Malone and folds his socks before any carnal activity. “I’m not an animal, Diane.”
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
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Ground0EastLansing says:
Brandon Dillard loses as big a guy wire as an athlete can lose in your body, the Achilles Tendon
That’s not the guy wire I first thought of.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
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gatorbait says:
I respectfully disagree with giving points to Davis. The other guy tries to get into a fight with him; sends threatening text messages; follows him; and then deliberately hits his scooter with his car. I think Davis showed remarkable restraint but not to bright with his choice of weapon (his hand).
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
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maskedavenger says:
Orson – I do hope you are working on a piece that describes how those pants ended up in the bottom of a lake.
If this happened to Mike Price, there would be no intrigue.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
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Bobby Decatur says:
Enjoy Milledgeville, Michael Lemon! Guess we’ll have to lean on the 5 DEs above you on the depth chart from here forward….
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
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Brian says:
A story about football, drunken stupidity, and chilling at the lake really pumps me up for the big weekend.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 am
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SEC gal says:
Holy shit! I never in a million years would have expected to see the Lake Martin magazine credited on EDSBS. I am completely unsure how to feel about that. But I enjoyed the story and the pants speculation.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 am
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Jesus says:
Don’t forget to mention Michigan RB Grady, who decided to drink alcohol and drive a car around and let the cops know about it. DickRod was quoted saying, “at least he didn’t molest or stab anyone. I am just so proud of my boys.”
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:31 am
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NewAZTiger says:
The pants are to be auctioned before the AU-LSU game.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:31 am
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ATL AU Tiger says:
Granted, I’m biased, but….what the hell child grows up in the state of Alabama over the past 20 years not immediately knowing who Pat Dye is?
We don’t teach our children how to read or write in Alabama (and I can say that ’cause I was raised there before escaping to the ATL), but we do teach them football……
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
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hobeg8r says:
#14 – correction…
What the hell child who grows up in the SEC not immediately knowing who Pat Dye is…or Vince Dooley…or Bear…or… Ray Graves or…even Frank Broyles.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
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GamecockTony says:
Let he who has never lost their pants in a lake, cast the first fly.
.”..zoinked on junk bond euphoria and blow.”
Man, I really miss the 80’s.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
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ClwFlGator says:
Das Uberboy’s mother was apparently impregnated by Tim Tebow. And I heard he didn’t even touch her.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
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MaconDawg says:
When you mess with a man’s scooter, you’re gonna get dealt with. Signed,
the Georgia Bulldogs
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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PW says:
bottle hunting?
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
Let those who havent been drunk and in a fit of passion with some floozy in the cold cold waters of spring fed 60-100 ft deep Lake Martin and take their pants off and realize they dont float, then because of “shrinkage” …..ah never mind
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
my other theory involved a “faking his own death via drowning” but that means they would have to have a body and I dont think killing Terry Bowden and putting on Pat Dyes shorts on the body would have been believable since seeing Terry Bowden and Pat Dye drunk together at Lake Martin during the late 80’s was no big deal, plus putting Pat Dyes shorts on Terry Bowden, Terry would have looked like he was wearing pants that were 6 inches too long anyway, cops would have seen right thru that one
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
and by too long I mean past his shoes
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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NativeSon says:
@19
Yea, there’s really nothing at all about that story that makes a lot of sense. I would, however, pay top dollar for a videotape of Mr. Dye chronicling the 2 hours before and 2 hours after the pants hit the water.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
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MV3 says:
Brandon Dillard truly was Tech’s biggest playmaker, I mean who can forget the 63 yard touchdown pass he caught last year…against Fork Union Military Academy in a jayvee game. This guy has never caught a pass in a college game. Just like me. We (VT) should now rush on first, pass on second and punt on third if we still have the ball. Should be a fun year.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
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blon57 says:
#16 ”..zoinked on junk bond euphoria and blow.” Man, I really miss the 80’s.
Didn’t do any blow but I’ll second missing the 80’s. Mindless, shallow music, great movies (Caddyshack, anyone?) and people knew had to dress. Madra plaid, exspecially pink and green plaids, were awesome at the country club. Now I’m all nostalgic.
I understand Pat Dye and his plaid pants. This man had good fashion sense.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
I can’t believe we haven’t heard from Pants McPants on this issue.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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OPS says:
@26 Shit. Check the lakes.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
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Dinknflicka says:
You’re searching a dry lake bed for bottles and you find Pat Dye’s pants. Don’t give up lady, you’re on the right track.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
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War Eagle Atlanta says:
You’re not intentionally withholding comment from Pat Dye’s Liver on this one, are you? Because he should really weigh in on this…
Should be: DER Uberboy, or Uberjunge if you want to get all technical on it…
July 5th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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Flatlander says:
>She said the pants were still folded and creased. The pockets held a set of Toyota car keys on an Auburn helmet key chain and a plain white handkerchief.<
BUT the pants were creased?!
Perhaps the term ‘Martinizing’ comes from Lake Martin. *ducks flying tomatoes*
July 5th, 2008 at 6:43 pm