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LANE KIFFIN SCANDALIZES SEC GARDEN CLUB MEETING

Columbia, SC--(AP) Lane Kiffin continued to ruffle feathers in the SEC when he displayed unconventional table manners at a monthly meeting of the SEC Football Coaches' Garden Club in Columbia.

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According to witnesses, Kiffin incorrectly used his dinner fork for both his salad and his entree, relinquishing it only when a server snapped up the fork shortly before the dessert course.

"I was just trying to help the guy out," said the server, who did not wish to be named in this article.

"I don't know if he knows where he is, but that's not going to cut it here," said Paul Finebaum, longtime SEC columnist and garden club tomato expert. "He put his elbows on the table, passed in an incorrect manner across the centerpiece of the table, failed to RSVP, and even used his fork to cut the butter. The fork he ate with. This won't cut it here. Phil might eat half of the ham at the buffet, but he did it with the right fork, dangit. Pardon my language."

The fork incident represents just the latest in a series of shocking breaches of SEC etiquette.

"When he was recruiting, he didn't even call before he came," said Coach Steve Spurrier. "Not a peep. Just knocked on my door to say hello. When he came in, he didn't even have a gift with him. Normally you bring a nice casserole, a jello salad or something, anything. He called me 'Steve' before I even said he could."

"And on top of all that, he fell asleep during my lecture on reducing aphid loss in your roses."

All other coaches declined comment, telling this paper off the record that they found Kiffin's table manners to be unladylike and unfitting for an SEC coach and Garden Club member. Only one other coach provided comment: Kentucky's Rich Brooks, who described the question regarding Kiffin's use of the dinner fork for all courses to be "bullshit."

Kiffin replied to the ruffled feathers with nonchalance. "Who needs more than one fork at a meal, anyway?"

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I have a hard time believing Fulmer used more than one fork unless he accidently inhaled the first one or bent it making a particularly aggressive move for another pork chop.

by Herb on Jan 29, 2009 1:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Count me in on the crowd looking for the “Hello Kiffin” t-shirts.

by Sean F on Jan 29, 2009 1:13 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hey, man; was there ever a conclusion to your “Disappointment has a flavor” series?

by Bebop on Jan 29, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

How gauche!

by MBD on Jan 29, 2009 1:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Rich Brooks + some event, place, person, or thing + bullshit = always funny.

by JD on Jan 29, 2009 1:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The “Johnny Majors has a drinking problem” tag is also perennially funny.

by DevilGrad on Jan 29, 2009 1:57 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I think that picture looks like what I saw when I took that hit of X at a buddy’s wedding, from what I can remember, it was fun (sorry if you were one of the groping victims).

by Brian O'Blivion on Jan 29, 2009 1:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

my sources confirm that he was wearing white fuck me pumps. in the dead of winter. this breach of ettiquette was lost on the big o, who bent him over the granite in the mens room

by bamagreg on Jan 29, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Well, it WAS kinda dumb/immature to provide bulletin board material at your hiring presser (by proclaiming that you are looking forward to beating Florida next year). If it was meant as a joke (which I assume it was), then were you joking because you knew the Vols didn’t stand a chance and said it just to be funny? If you were actually serious, then Al Davis (the resident NFL crazyman) was right.

Looking forward to the game at the Swamp, Kiffykins and the next 10 years (or however long you last).

by hobeg8r on Jan 29, 2009 2:06 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I would like to be the first one to kick that cat, and dare anyone to call PETA…although the orange and white checkered UT bow is a nice touch, dont you think?

by Mr. Pelican Pants on Jan 29, 2009 2:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

“Who needs more than one fork at a meal, anyway?”

Mangino?

by GamecockTony on Jan 29, 2009 2:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

YES YES YES, I’M IN LINE FOR A HELLO KIFFIN SHIRT. I’ll wear that fucker everwhere. weddings, funerals.- with the appropriate orange bow tie, of course. i have no goddamn shame

by bamagreg on Jan 29, 2009 2:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

@11

But that just because of a combination of ambidexterity and wear and tear, not social convention. A forklift and a belt conveyor would be the better feeding time option for him…

by Just another Michigan Man on Jan 29, 2009 2:16 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Mangino doesn’t eat at tables. He walks up to the feeding trough so he can be slopped.

by JD on Jan 29, 2009 2:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i didn’t even know a fork was needed to eat the smiley-faced grilled cheese with french fries which he ordered from the kid’s menu

by chops056 on Jan 29, 2009 2:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I also have it on good authority that he was wearing white shoes before Memorial Day.
We need Serial Mom to take care of this problem.

by Anonymous IV on Jan 29, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Nobody does a hatchet job quite like Finebaum. I think I will go back and read his work around the time Tubs checked out of Auburn. Should be interesting.

by Coop on Jan 29, 2009 2:50 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

@9 What was so dumb about saying they were going to beat their rival? Every coach does that when they come in. It pumps up the fan base, which is more important than the actual result of the game. This “oh no he gave bulletin material” is dumb.

Scene: UF Locker room Date: Next Fall
Stupidly fast receiver #1: “Guys… I just don’t feel like playing against this TN team today… My heart just isn’t into it”
Stupidly fast receiver #2: “I know what you mean… my energy and enthusiasm feels like its been circumcised. Those Hello Kiffin dolls and tshirts are just too cute!”
Stupidly fast receiver #3: “Hey guys check out this bulletin board!”
Article on Bulletin Board with Kiffin quote about beating Florida
Stupidly fast receiver #1: “Oh snap its Gator time. Quick Everyone put your rings together and summon Captain Tebow!”
Earth..Wind…Fire….Water… Heart
Captain Tebow: “Yes young Gators. You were wise to call me. You were about to lose on purpose and play without heart but then you saw the article. Thank god Kiffin said those words, or else we would never have played to win!”

by NatiJacket on Jan 29, 2009 2:52 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

….meanwhile, Coach O is throwing waiters through the kitchen wall and blatantly using his hands on all of the salad bar and buffet line, no utensils, even over the buffets hot food….doing belly shots off of waitresses, pulling a Bluto in the dessert line….and daring anyone to write about it, eventually starting a food fight with Houston Nutt..

by Mr. Pelican Pants on Jan 29, 2009 3:07 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

“Kiffin later bragged about taking Auburn’s best bread butterer, South Carolina’s best salad mixer, and Alabama’s best place setter”

by TideDruid on Jan 29, 2009 3:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

NatiJacket – the dumb part of the presser was the follow-up when he said – “Urban, the AD MADE me say that.”

If that presser was to fire up the Vols fans, he missed by a mile. He looked like a little kid giving his first speech in front of the 3rd grade class. Maybe he’ll take lessons from Orgeron on how to fire up a crowd.

by hobeg8r on Jan 29, 2009 3:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

hobeg8r- Ahh, I didn’t really know much about it, just thought it was your standard “We’re going to beat THAT team” at a basketball game that everyone always does.

It just gave me an excuse to rant against “Oh noz bulletin board material!”

by NatiJacket on Jan 29, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The article doesn’t even mention how he mixed his sweet tea with a battery-powered Hello Kiffy vibrator.

by yoyofutbawl on Jan 29, 2009 3:56 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Bread, Circuses, and Hello Kiffin Shirts! The great unwashed demand them!!!

by Phocion on Jan 29, 2009 4:46 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Nick Saban didn’t have time for this one dinner fork shit.

by To Hell With Georgia on Jan 29, 2009 4:59 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Silly YoYo.

Clever, but in SEC country, sweet tea is not mixed.

(Unless you like it with whiskey.)

by NRBQ on Jan 29, 2009 5:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Finnebaum Math:

Record as HC = Ability to recruit

That must be true.

by KRK on Jan 29, 2009 5:49 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I’d wear a Hello Kiffin shirt and my team doesn’t even play in the SEC. Although I worry about the potential shit storm that Sanrio would bring down on whoever tried to sell them.

by JD on Jan 29, 2009 7:48 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

  1. - I feel the same way about “Alabama man! he can drink he can bowl he can drink some”. That is an AUTOMATIC READ.

//currently watching Big 10 network. The feed is really slow tonight.

(that joke never gets old)

by Flatlander on Jan 29, 2009 11:17 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

““And on top of all that, he fell asleep during my lecture on reducing aphid loss in your roses.”

OBC should already know that one picture says a thousand words

by SierraSpartan on Jan 30, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Dude, start negotiations with Sanrio NOW-ASAP! We must have Hello Kiffin shirts! The eternal hope I bear for this is the candle in the window that guides me through the offseason.

by jamiedawg on Jan 31, 2009 9:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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