Late start this morning, but blame El Churro (seen above) and his insane schedule. He controls everything in Texas now, right down to whether Notre Dame players can cross the border into Juarez or not. Did you know when you cross into Texas from Louisiana, they put a sign reading "El Paso: 887 Miles" just to let them know exactly how teeny your state's geographical penis is? Just to inspire a hopelessness that wherever you are driving to, it has to go through Anton Chigurh's backyard, and that's IF he lets you live? (HT: House Rock Built.)
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Apparently Adidas didn’t learn from the abomination that was the Tech Fit experiment at Notre Dame.
Wisconsin has been practicing in Tech Fit jerseys this week. Because that’s exactly what the HD viewing public needs, Wisconsin’s beef and cheese offense in extra tight jerseys. Place your bets on TCU, as eventually the lack of circulation in the upper body will be the undoing of the Bagers.
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
Cholesterol makes the run offense run
I know you’re an Irish fan but do you have anything in your heart for the Badgers?
I’m curious because I was once asked which Big Integer school I would go to if I had to go to one. I said Sconsin and I think I stick by it.
I like to get drunk and yell at people on the internet
That's like asking which part of Belarus you would like to move to
But if I had to choose one, I guess I’d choose Northwestern (nerd’d).
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Dec 29, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
The weather, the industrial decay, need I say more?
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Dec 29, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
But we're much less radioactive up here.
So we’ve got that edge on Belarus.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on Dec 29, 2010 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
I have a lot in my heart for the Badgers
It’s where I would have gone if I didn’t get in to ND. I have a lot friends and family that are alums from there. In fact I’m wearing a Badgers Rose Bowl hat right now. It’s actually quite classy, not at all garish like most bowl hats. They just took the standard white hat with the red W and replaced the Bucky Badger on the back with a Rose.
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
Should add 'sconsin is a good choice
Ranked #35 in the nation academically by the Princeton Review. And the Number 3 in Playboy’s Party School Rankings.
That is a well rounded education right there
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
And those are the 2 reasons I would choose them
I like to get drunk and yell at people on the internet
Wisky also appears to be (relatively) low on the tundra pig scale. Apple-cheeked blondes here and there as opposed to fat girls in sweatshirts stretching to the horizon.
Hallucinogenic love drugs, sir. The pagans were taking them. We were trying to fit in.
It's the Nordic Bloodlines
Lots of Tall Blondes up here. They’re not as tanned as ASU and they wear more clothing [an unfortunate necessity] but they are just as plentiful
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
Every girl I've ever met from Minnesota is a blue-eyed blonde.
But the sports suck, the weather sucks more than Wisconsin, and the accent makes me want to kill. Are Sconsin girls as blue eyed/blondey as the Minny girls?
I like to get drunk and yell at people on the internet
Yep
Wisconsin and Minnesota are very much alike. That’s why we hate each other so much. Slightly different accents. They emphasize the OH sound we emphasize the AH sound
They say Minnesoooota, we say WisCAAAAAAHHHNNsin
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
We recruit our fair share from the great white north.
Some friends of mine had a theory that the hottest graduating blonde from every small midwestern high school goes to ASU. Plenty of “you betchas” and calling water fountains “bubblers” and shit like that going on in Tempe.
Bubblers... that is a very Eastern Wisconsin thing
We don’t do that where I’m from, but it’s common enough from the transplants that I don’t even blink when they do it.
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
I have seen that sign on I-10 several times...as I was driving back and forth between Florida and California.
West Texas has a whole lot of…West Texas. And the first time I drove across the country I was alone, 24 years old, and there were no such things as cell phones. I agree with Ed Rendell…people today are wusses.
"It's not gonna be free this time."
by zzgator on Dec 29, 2010 10:15 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
While on one of my many drives between AZ & Florida (1988), I made the mistake of spending the night in Ozona, TX. It was only after checking in to the motel that I discovered Ozona was a dry town…AAAAAUGH!
Junction Texas was my stopping point of choice...wasn't drinking, but enjoyed the Dairy Queen.
"It's not gonna be free this time."
I broke down in Clarksville, Arkansas on the way home from Bonnaroo.
The nearest wet county was in Oklahoma and I was stuck there for a day and a half waiting for a VW alternator to get delivered from Little Rock. Luckily my travel partner (a Kentucky native) had a leftover handle of Maker’s Mark in his suitcase. I have very fond memories of sipping bourbon and playing Chinese Checkers in the town square.
Please tell me it was a VW Vanagon.
It will confirm my preconceived notions about Bonnaroo nicely.
"It's not gonna be free this time."
You're welcome.
That trip was to the first Bonnaroo where all of the stereotypes held true- Widespread, Trey from Phish, Grateful Dead (sans Jerry, obvs), String Cheese Incident, Moe., Keller, et al played. With each passing year the lineup gets a lot less jamband-y but I assume its stil a bunch of college-aged kids doing drugs in humidity for three solid days.
Wineries
Plenty of those around San Antonio as well…
by Chloe Denmark on Dec 29, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Glad that someone else noticed it, too.
Guess you need something to help you make that long drive.
/Provisions
//The down side is that it’s probably Texas wine
by vineyarddawg on Dec 29, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
AAAAAH!
refreshing East Texas prison toilet wine!
by touchdown H-town on Dec 29, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Re: your state's geographical penis*
*Offer not good in Alaska
by commodore_dude on Dec 29, 2010 11:01 AM EST reply actions
anyone ever driven I-80?
By the map, if I ever did a drive to California, I’d like that one. But that stretch through Nevada does seem scary….
I've done I-70...
Once you get west of Denver, it’s a very scenic drive. The stretch from St. Louis to Denver is incredibly horrifically awful. You could set your cruise control, tie your steering wheel in place, and sleep through Kansas and eastern Colorado.
Also did I-40 once. AZ and NM are nice, but West Texas is soul-crushingly boring.
Another view of the country would be nice...
having seen every inch of I-10 from Jacksonville to Santa Monica (more than once), I really don’t feel the need to ever see it again.
"It's not gonna be free this time."
Agree with all of this.
But if you think 40 through the Texas panhandle is bad you’ve obviously never taken the Southern route through Dallas on I-20 and then I-10. That drive will amputate your soul with a rusty spoon. 40 is great if you’re into geological stuff and it has a lot of the chintzy Route 66 stuff leftover from the old days.
I once took I-70 from Denver heading back home to Tempe. I was supposed to work at 2pm the next day but ended up calling in “sick” after seeing the signs for Las Vegas just before the exit to PHX. Whoopsiedaisy. Joy is calling in sick to work from a casino a couple of hours past sunrise with a long island iced tea in each hand.
Miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles of this...
"It's not gonna be free this time."
I once drove I-90 from the Indiana Toll Road
To Seattle to help a “friend” who transferred from ND to Seattle University move all her stuff. That was a fun trip. We made sure to “christen” every state line.
I have a very positive response every time someone mentions driving a U-Haul
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
If Old South is Barney
Does that make me Marshall? I’m not sure how I feel about that… I think I’m strangely ok with it.
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
I saw you dance in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
you need new moves.
At war with the concept of the Venn Diagram
by Bourbon_Meyer on Dec 29, 2010 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
I'm a Grunge Rockin' white boy from Wisconsin
Jason Siegel’s probably got better moves than me
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
I've driven I-90 AND I-94
westbound from Butte. Both trips destroyed pieces of my soul, but I-94 from Billings to Grand Forks was infinitely worse, even, than I-10 from San Antonio to El Paso.
My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.
I have a friend that took 80 one time.
His description of the drive is not unlike the photo you posted, although he would heartily recommend staying overnight in Tonopah, NV. From him this is good advice- we’re talking about a guy spending New Year’s in Bali making fun of the Aussie tourists.
Elko, NV is also lovely if you do the 80 route.
I awoke to find a hunter checking his scope and pointing his rifle straight into my motel room window. He was maybe fifteen feet away. No need for coffee that morning.
Hallucinogenic love drugs, sir. The pagans were taking them. We were trying to fit in.
The best part of wakin' up
is Folger’s in your cup is escaping with your life.
by Awesome Bill from Dawsonville on Dec 29, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Apropos of something, maybe:
Beat the rush.
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Dec 29, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions
Puppet Michael Floyd + Swedish Chef = $$$$
Someone needs to make this happen
"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd
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