THE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/24/2012
by Luke Zimmermann on Feb 24, 2012 9:35 AM EST
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PrintU CAN TAKE THE BRO OUT OF ANTARCTICA BUT U CAN'T TAKE THE CHILL BRO OUT OF THE BRO
It's the off-season and that means in between globe hopping on some serious DFW tennis 'ish, Chris Fowler is going to ride but the chillest of chillwaves in locals even modern cartographers haven't properly unearthed yet. Just south of the smart phone's camera's range? The utterly shameless lack of pants.
THE PRINCIPLE DIRECTS NEW MULTIPARTNER MARRIAGE Mormons be lonely, yo. Say what you will about BYU's bold, myopic decision to secede from relevance and try to go at it alone (ESPN $'s!), but in the ever shifting Rocketeer glacial landscape of college football, it would appear as though that last caffeine free Mountain Dew was spiked with regret.
SPENCER HALL & JASON KIRK'S JEDI MINDTRICKS KNOW NO BOUNDS Regardless of what the haterz say, college football's hall of fame is on a direct collision course with the dirty. 2012 will be the facility's last year in South Bend, which one drunk tourist called "my god, why didn't I vacation in Chicago instead? FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU."
CONCEPTUAL LOSS OF DOWN One rogue designer/college football fanboy/turbo bored by the off-season individual continues to churn out mock helmet concept after mock helmet concept. BC's ranks amongst the more palatable, and yet, there's still no design concept for Jim Bollman teaching an offensive line not to go on a one count nor turn out as much as a single multiple year NFL starter on the line that he had a part in recruiting. Excelsior, BC! After Spaz interviews for the Edmonton Eskimo's head coaching job, the Bollrus will become your next head coach.
"ROTATING QUARTERBACKS IS BEYOND REPROACH AND WILL WORK FOREVER", SAYS HOLIDAY BOWL CHAMPS Mack Brown and co. still don't know what they have in David Ash and Case McCoy. I've got an idea, coach.
WE CAN MAKE MONEY TO BURN And burn they shall! Famous Democratic political strategist Dennis Dodd talks figures for a prospective 'Plus One', which include but aren't limited to doubling all the things. Bowl executives, may your future disgraces be plentiful. We can finally afford enough hush money for everybody!
STAY MEDIOCRE, GO DANCING After getting dumped by New Girl star Dana Holgorsen, Jimbo Fisher has found a new dancing partner for the 2012 season in the form of the West Virginia of Savannah based Georgia colleges and universities, Savannah State. I known nothing about Savannah that I didn't learn from Aaron Spelling's short lived risqué serial, Savannah. Miss u, Michigan J. Frog.
ETC.: Spend 13 minutes of your day listening to this extended version of this Gorillaz/James Murphy/Andre 3000 collab., because your time is incredibly invaluable as is anyways.
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Oh you know them bowl execs know how to burn it
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 9:41 AM EST reply actions 38 recs
I opened this thread and this post had more recs than there were posts.
That’s some hustle.
by Narrow Right on Feb 24, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Lotta pressure on that first Curious Index comment
Billy knocked it out of the park
They hit the road doing ninety
Leave them steel mills far behind.
Ain't no good life down at the Ford plant
Three guitars or a life of crime.
by Dawg in Beaumont on Feb 24, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
I would like to thank Woodhouse for always being there for me.
Old smackhound can’t poach an egg for shit though.
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
This pic could stand as a metaphor for the commentariat
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Has to be a metaphor.
We don’t have actual pictures of the commentariat in flagrante.
Yet.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
something awful is about to happen
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by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
This ends badly.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
...has anyone seen Stubob lately?
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
by allicolls on Feb 24, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
(No but really....did we chase him away? I feel bad.)
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
did he get the hammer, or did we just push him into lurking?
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by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I remember a "my feelings are hurt I'm going away for a while" post.
But i thought that didn’t stick. I guess… it did?
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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you dont see him
He sees you…
Teh Tweeterizer
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." - Bob Devaney, Nebraska
by alex henery's foot on Feb 24, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
(At the hands of Mama Stabby)
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
It does not mention the wager photo...
or it gets the hose again….
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I would go with either that one or this one
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Is there a chart of Fulmer Cup Champions' records the season after their victory?
"The fattest countries have the biggest tits" -Texas Jihad, 10-12-11
try wikipedia
Soon I won't have CFB.......BOO. And yes, I am a female.
by Boatdrinks on Feb 24, 2012 10:15 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Go old school..
and just call the Auburn Athletic Department
Alabama now has as many National Championships with Nick Saban, that Auburn University has in 119 years of football. Roll Tide.
So Sayeth the Twitters: @gowithmcgehee
334-844-4244
I still remember that stupid “Eight-Foy-Foy, Foy-Two-Foy-Foy” way they taught it at Camp War Eagle.
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting concept....
I’ll do some reasearch at lunch.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
West Virginia of Savannah based Colleges?
SCAD will chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit! with the best of them, sir!
They hit the road doing ninety
Leave them steel mills far behind.
Ain't no good life down at the Ford plant
Three guitars or a life of crime.
by Dawg in Beaumont on Feb 24, 2012 9:47 AM EST reply actions
Please-
SCAD ain’t nothing but a bunch of American Spirit smoking, purpleandblueandgreen hair having, “my jeans being ripped is a statement about something” hipsters.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Oh, you are more than correct
that was the irony I was going for
They hit the road doing ninety
Leave them steel mills far behind.
Ain't no good life down at the Ford plant
Three guitars or a life of crime.
by Dawg in Beaumont on Feb 24, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
Ahhh gotcha- too early for me to be thinking irony.
Also, sitting in the middle of the yearly, “hey kids, don’t smoke/chew/dip, or this is what your lungs and face and mouth will look like” meeting
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
/lights cigar
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
We were definitely making the "do we have time to cut out a quick butt" jokes before this started.
Related: 95% of all high school teachers are horrible people, and you should love us for it.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
I think the entire Religioius Studies dept. at my HS smoked
My favorite teacher would flip students off in class and throw chalk or erasers at them if they fell asleep in his classroom.
I’m fine with eccentric teachers.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
I have a yardstick that I slam on the desk NEXT TO the heads of kids who are sleeping.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
You're doing it wrong.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
I would like to do that.
However, I prefer having a job and not being sued, and given where I teach, the actual hitting would mean that neither of those would be true anymore.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
/lawya's kids, y'all
I started at 221.6. I'm now 209.6. This will stay in my sig line until I am 190. Keep reminding me of this.
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
One of the priests in my HS
who was a former college O-lineman, picked a sleeping child up while the kid was still attached to the desk, shook the desk off of the child, and then popped him against the wall, to ensure his full awake-ness.
One didn’t sleep in Father W’s class.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
My science teacher used the '7 iron of knowledge'
why yes it was a private school, why do you ask?
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Bonus points would have been awarded for "7 Iron of SCIENCE!"
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
So, kinda like the Clue Bat?
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Trouble, in it you are!
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
I had a teacher in public school
who kept a metal pole or a bowling ball. If you fell asleep in class he would either slam the poll against the legs of the desk or drop the bowling ball by you. Either way it was loud as fuck.
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
This
My World Civ teacher in high school was the softball coach and a softball bat to the legs of the desk is incredibly loud when your head is resting on said desk.
my 7th grade science teacher had a series of wooden padles
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by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
I had a book thrown at me the one time I fell asleep in a class
It was by my friend across the room
Teacher that was a sub
by ItsComplicated on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Ooooh, the best part is that the table legs are metal, and the bat is metal, so the ping reverberates for quite a while
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
I'd have rather the teacher used the 2 iron of science.
Cause can’t no one hit shit with one of those.
by Albino Tornado on Feb 24, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
OH you mean a hockey stick?
but I like my 2 iron.
And Seve Ballesteros used to win money off people by using his in the sand. (RIP)
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
RIP Seve.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
by allicolls on Feb 24, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I loved his game.
Kind of miss it nowadays.
That man could hit a 100 yard ‘one hop and stop’ shot with every club available (and yeah, I’m still giving him the putter).
He never met a shot he hadn’t practiced to the point of conquering.
Seves trick shots (first one is a 3i out of the trap)
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
He was a great man for the sport.
And delightful to watch. And I have a feeling you’d never want to play pool against him.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
According to Trevino, it was the 1-iron...
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Lee says
“Break it out before it’s too late, kids!”
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
YOU HAVE SELECTED: "POWER DRIVE"
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
I SUGGEST: "FEATHER TOUCH"
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ball is in
PARKING LOT.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd always finish stuff early
So I’d either shoot the shit with friends or fall asleep in class. Teachers…were not fond of that.
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I would find that hilarious
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by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
Right up until the chalk/eraser was headed your way.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
I don't sleep in many classes, and religion might be interesting
that said algebra is like a lullaby.
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
your teacher was Chuck Norris?
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
He played AAA ball in the Braves system as a pitcher
never missed.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
I had a soccer coach who taught at the middle school.
His go-to move was, the first time a kid threw paper, he’d say “You—you’re staying during lunch by yourself to pick up every piece of paper on the floor.” Then he’d turn and write nonsense on a board for a few minutes. Invariably, some smartass had thrown a few more pieces. He’d look at them, nod, and write nonsense on the board for another 5 minutes. In the sharper classes, he’d get the floor close to covered by lunchtime.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
The starving artists with a One hundred and fifty thousand dollar degree from SCAD
are a special kind of stupid. The successful artists with the same degree are just out the money. Occupy SCAD. They’re never going to pay those student loans back. How could they?
Mama and daddy. That’s the only way.
$150,000 for SCAD?
No. That’s NYU money, and even NYU’s not worth it.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
Shit, ND will run about 200,000 if you go by sticker price
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
/ checks rack-rate tuitions at schools DC#1 is looking
// dies.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
/whistles innocently
//but seriously, KC is pretty good at scholarships/grants/etc.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Are they chewing the tobacco ironically?
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
You and I both know that, while not Savannah based
Georgia Southern clearly fits the West Virginia mold much better than Savannah State. I don’t know Jimbo’s feelings, but I know Bobby Bowden absolutely refused to schedule GSU after we had a 10-7 lead on them early in the 4th quarter back in 1988.
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
Armstron Atlantic wants to party too.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Armstrong Atlantic
cursed keyboard.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
the first entry given on a search for 'Savannah State Football'
led here. hmm.
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GTHTSUN
"Bicycle is new poverty mule. " - Spencer Prokhorov
gosanangelo.com?
Ew.
Though you raise an interesting question, Luke: does boxhead dancing robot know the hot read against a 50 front?
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 9:50 AM EST reply actions
Neither do Ash or McCoy!
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
God DAMN Andre 3000,
you are, indeed, the shit. God damn.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
So, as it turns out, schools aren't really that excited about sending their fans to party in Provo?
/imshocked.jpg
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 9:55 AM EST reply actions
Sorry to get spidery so early, but is Dennis Dodd related to Chris Dodd?
"The fattest countries have the biggest tits" -Texas Jihad, 10-12-11
Sweet Zombie Jesus, it's Friday!
The drunj’ing will commence in ten hours.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
Flimsy excuse is flimsy
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
by Gator Cub on Feb 24, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Some folks
Got the Friday train a-rollin’ early.
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Typical East Coast media bias not reporting the full story.
2012 will be the facility’s last year in South Bend, which one drunk tourist called “my god, why didn’t I vacation in Chicago instead? FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU.” The tourist was promptly strangled with an old Studebaker fan belt by a local meth addict, and his belt buckle was sold for scrap to purchase lottery tickets.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:03 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Why were there no police around to stop this horrible crime?
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Ranch Spill at the Safeway
All officers responded. Even off duty ones showed up
Teh Tweeterizer
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." - Bob Devaney, Nebraska
by alex henery's foot on Feb 24, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Too busy writing tickets to the underage drinkers in the Joyce Center lots.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
by KrilDog on Feb 24, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice job on the hanging curveball.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
I am trying to teleport/shift time until the end of today.
Is it working?
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Depends- what time you think it is?
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Sadly, 10:09.
AM.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Oooh, sorry.
I have 5 hours left today, of which 2 are scheduled downtime, and one has a test scheduled…. I’ll be with you people most of the day
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
I have a tooth pulled at 11, so I'm here more or less all day
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
Have a meeting at 1
but my give-a-damn is busted.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
At least you're an hour ahead
9:46: The madness begins to grip me
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Congratulations, you're now your own grandfather.
by Mango Stasi on Feb 24, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
My family tree loops.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Well, now, everything is back as it was,
and if history doesn’t care that our degenerate friend Blanx is his own grandfather, then who are we to judge?
by Broncanous Mendenhall on Feb 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Uh oh. I went back in time and stepped on a butterfly.
Make your peace with God.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
/hears the sound of thunder
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Good story
ungodly shitty film
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
What movie......that POS had nothing to do with Bradbury.
I refuse to acknowledge it exists
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
You know, I've never read a Bradbury story I really liked
He was the ultimate misanthrope. In every story are humans on other planets or wherever doing absolutely horrible things either to one another or to the “natives.”
See: The Martian Chronicles; The Illustrated Man; All Summer In A Day, etc.
He never saw the merest possibility that the ethics and morality of humanity would evolve. I’d like to think that if we ran across a native society on another planet we wouldn’t behave like it was the Wild West all over again.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I like Bradbury as the balancing to Asimov.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I can see this.
Asimov was a scientist. He definitely wrote like it.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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Is... is it not allegory?
And, yes, if Martian Chronicles does nothing for you, you dislike Bradbury. The Third Expedition and Usher II are just completely thrilling to me.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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Allegory or not, he still did not see any improvement in the human species in the future
Or do you mean he was just beating the dead horse of imperialism with SF?
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
humans on other planets ... doing absolutely horrible things ...to the "natives."
Ursala K. LeGuin co-signs.
See “The Word For World Is Forest”
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
"Natives" in quotes to show I'm not using "natives" unironically.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
The only water in the forest is the river.
by DavidInOpelika on Feb 24, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I could handle the Deutscher Administration
if it meant I could see Willingham run SC into the ground.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
I would do unthinkable things to make this a reality
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Horrible things.
Unforgivable things.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I would help.
And coming from me, that means a lot.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
I'm in, not much to do and lax moral standards.
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
/looks off into the middle distance
//voice trembles but never breaks
You see, son, my time with Willingham… it changed me. The man I was is lost, gone forever.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
I would go as far as to voluntarily talk with John Saunders so he can take on this cause
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
/blanx successfully timeshifts
//sadly, to 0800 Monday
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
GAAAAAAAAAAA!
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Not yet.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Husky (or Alaskan Malamute) puppies are intense
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
by stempke on Feb 24, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I like this guy.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Remind you of a young blanx, still new to the mauling game, but full of enthusiasm and vigor?
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
He's got his prime mauling years ahead of him.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Baby blanx without ranch
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
he has a decisive policy on taking shit, namely he opposes it; often with violence.
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
This is my favorite meme
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I got some Justified in my Archer!
Now I want some Archer in my Justified!
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
Stache pic upgraded to Championship mode
by Wallacewade04 on Feb 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
And now, for your eyeball burning pleasure...
Teh Tweeterizer
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." - Bob Devaney, Nebraska
by alex henery's foot on Feb 24, 2012 10:05 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
It's kinda either a Stepford Wives or "I made a Jackie Kennedy Hat" vibe.
A wee bit off putting.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Cue Chloe in 5, 4, 3...
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
WHOLE. REST. OF. THE. INTERNET.
It’s not a Chloe rule, W f’n V rule, oor rule 38.
Our kind hosts have said this on multiple occasions. Let’s not pee on their rug.
Free at last!
This.
Some of us need this site for release from our droll daily existences. Pics like that make it extremely difficult, and perhaps even financially dangerous, for us to continue to do so. Now, I’m not normally one to argue that my needs should dictate others’ actions, but I think there are quite a few of us in the same boat.
Ok, back to clicking on titles.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
honest to god i don't give a shit.
but be respectful. if i’m being told to be respectful, the rules should apply the same way in terms of being appropriate on the board and not being gauche.
I wanna have a good time and enjoy my Jack.
The twitterz, not for the weak.
by Chloe Denmark on Feb 24, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with you on the issue.
I just wanted to make a joke.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
YOU
87 last night.
Disappointed.
Will attempt again on Sat morning.
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
87? Disappointed?
I’m guessing we’re not talking golf…
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
4th season approved
PAC-12 refs: "Where the bad officiating doesn’t stop when the whistle blows."
by Quack Patty on Feb 24, 2012 10:12 AM EST reply actions 8 recs
Dont judge me...
Food
Teh Tweeterizer
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." - Bob Devaney, Nebraska
by alex henery's foot on Feb 24, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ok fine
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
by Gator Cub on Feb 24, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bam
PAC-12 refs: "Where the bad officiating doesn’t stop when the whistle blows."
by Quack Patty on Feb 24, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
What'd Charlie Weis ever do to you Pam?
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
My grade in this class will be determined almost entirely by how much attention I pay in class
Which is bad, because it’s real boring, I have no tolerance for boring classes, and there’s a gif of Pam shock-punching a hog on my screen.
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 10:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
so what you're saying
Is that its a win?
Teh Tweeterizer
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." - Bob Devaney, Nebraska
by alex henery's foot on Feb 24, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Hopefully me in a few months
"Kentucky (adj.) Fitting exactly and satisfyingly; The last book which exactly fills a bookshelf is said to fit 'real nice and kentucky'" -Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
"Got a word for it in the states; Spell it N-E-R-D-S" -MC Frontalot
by Cap Town Cat on Feb 24, 2012 10:20 AM EST reply actions 10 recs
This looks like an imminent violation of 1.8(j)
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
There should really be a Professional Responsibility Courage Wolf.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Good hustle.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Uhhhh....1.8(j)?
You know which one that is right? Not helping improve people’s stereotype of Kentucky….
"Kentucky (adj.) Fitting exactly and satisfyingly; The last book which exactly fills a bookshelf is said to fit 'real nice and kentucky'" -Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
"Got a word for it in the states; Spell it N-E-R-D-S" -MC Frontalot
by Cap Town Cat on Feb 24, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Googles it.................oh my.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Not with a human you pervert
I assume Mr. Corgster limits his representation to only the corgiest of clients
Sposed to be SEC
Hey you're the one who invoked 1.8j.
If this shows up on the bar I am definitely going to remember the rule now and burst out laughing
"Kentucky (adj.) Fitting exactly and satisfyingly; The last book which exactly fills a bookshelf is said to fit 'real nice and kentucky'" -Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
"Got a word for it in the states; Spell it N-E-R-D-S" -MC Frontalot
by Cap Town Cat on Feb 24, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
So here I am hanging out on a college football blog
where people throw out random Model Rules of Prof Conduct jokes.
Today is a good day.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
And it's only 1034
The fun is just starting.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
That's good hustle, and underrec'd.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
I AM BECOME CAKE
destroyer of stone-cold hearts
"I have accrued 228 personal days. Starting right now, I am using all of them." -- Ron Swanson
Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, his courtroom stratgey is to bark at the judge unitl something changes
But he works for kibble and biscuits.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
The first part is fairly common in the legal community.
The second, regrettably, is becoming more common.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
The law students WISH they could afford kibble and biscuits.
A wreck loose in society.
by Narrow Right on Feb 24, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Did somebody say kibble and biscuits?
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
by DevilGrad on Feb 24, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
apropos
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
For Dave Kellett fans, this was pretty amusing a few weeks ago.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
by Gator Cub on Feb 24, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hmmm.
A lttle Vaughn Bode “Cheech Wizard” borrowing in the character design, perhaps?
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Well.
That was an unfortunately NSFW GIS search.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
One of Cheech Wizard's sidekicks was named Nunzy Bumps
She wore a wimple and not much else.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Vaughn Bode, Cartoon Messiah!
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
The rarely deployed Dave Kellett Auto-Rec
I miss you, Four Food Groups of the Apocalypse…
I started at 221.6. I'm now 209.6. This will stay in my sig line until I am 190. Keep reminding me of this.
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
EMC's day: All work finished yesterday, nothing to do today
EDSBS posting never works for me at work…save for today. Thank goodness for small miracles.
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
Well done, you managed to have a 3-day work week!
"Shabbat Shalom motherfuckers" Mordechai Jefferson Carver
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
More like having 3 days of work stretched out over 5 days of being in the office
Which is to say, I fell asleep at my desk yesterday.
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
I would be the last to judge, It happens to me at least once a month when I stay late in my office
"Shabbat Shalom motherfuckers" Mordechai Jefferson Carver
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
Bollman has ONE lineman to have started for multi-years
Nick Mangold overcame the lack of coaching by Bollman to become All-Pro at Center for the NY Jets after his All-American career at dear old tOSU. This is why we won’t miss Mr. Bollman and embrace our former reptillian overlord.
You can never pay back, but you can always pay forward. - W. W. Hayes
by Crabapple Buck on Feb 24, 2012 10:27 AM EST reply actions
God help me, I just clicked through all 74 of the the ACC helmet "concepts"
I put concepts in quotations, because the pluralization of that word implies there is more than one concept there. That’s incorrect. There’s one concept and it’s shitty. “Place obnoxiously large logo on helmet, try one with every helmet color and various school logos”
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
by stempke on Feb 24, 2012 10:34 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Doesn't the Emperor of the North have minions
to perform these unpleasant tasks? You need to learn to delegate!
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
/staples shiny shamrocks to green waistcoat
“I call it the LepreCOMBAT System”
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
by emc503 on Feb 24, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They're "Nike Pro Combat" concepts
Since we’re not a Nike school, I think we’re safe from the fray, but we’re doing a fine job of making ourselves look stupid
/discoballhelmet.jpg
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Michigan's an Adidas school, but they have one-
it’s just some guy’s messing with them, I think
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
That helmet was the work of the same company that did the Oregon Rose bowl helmets
"Shabbat Shalom motherfuckers" Mordechai Jefferson Carver
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
The helmets are intended to represent the Dome.
Is there a gigantic fucking green shamrock on the Dome?
No. No, there is not.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Not yet
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Feb 24, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Look at me!
I’m a gigantic panther head rising out of an ambiguously large pile of goo!
by Broncanous Mendenhall on Feb 24, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
THE THUNDERCATS HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM NOW?
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I always thought Panthro would've been one hell of a fullback/linebacker
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
HOW COME PANTHRO HAS TO DRIVE YOUR LILLY WHITE ASS AROUND, LION-O????
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Except for fearing for my life
those would be awesome football games.
"I... am a librarian." - Evelyn from "The Mummy"
by Anonymous IV at Mono Lake on Feb 24, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
/concession stands sell man-flesh
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
MY ATTENTION.
You haz.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
Today on NDNation:
If Weis were fired [in 2008], whom would ND have hired?
how about Jon Gruden?
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:36 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
There are many things I do not understand about the citizens of NDNation.
Many strange obsessions, inexplicable likes and dislikes, bizarre terminology.
Nothing is more baffling than the undying love for Jon Gruden.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
The Man understands what it takes to play in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
It's not just NDNation (although they might have it particularly bad).
Living and working in rural Florida, both times we had an opening I heard “Man do you really think we could get Gruden!” like twice a day. I just do not understand it.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
It's just so arbitrary and weird.
I mean, the man has a decent but short NFL career that’s years behind him and zero college coaching experience, and that was before he went on TV and made himself sound severely brain damaged every Monday night in the fall.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
I have no doubt he would be an excellent recruiter
His enthusiastic ability to talk up even the most marginal players combined with his Super Bowl ring would undoubtedly endear him to impressionable youths.
So we’d have a well respected NFL coach known for his offenses who gets a lot of credit for developing QBs and has won at the highest level of the profession, but with no college experience….. WAIT A MINUTE. I’VE READ THIS SCRIPT BEFORE
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
The key differences being
1) palpable intensity from Gruden as compared to Weis. Having been to pep rallies under Lou, Davie, Tyrone, and Weis, Weis was clearly in the bottom half of motivational speakers. The same would not be true for Mr. Gruden.
2) Head Coaching experience. Gruden has it. Weis didn’t. Such experience would allow Gruden to avoid some of the glaring mistakes of the Weis era. Of course, the difficulties of adapting a NFL coaching system to the time constraints of college players would remain.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Good god, have you listened to him talk?
About anything?
To anyone?
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
this is a better defense of him, and I think gruden could be fine
but NDNations love of him is odd.
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
RUMOR HAS IT
That Chucky and PSU were deep in talks but couldn’t reach an agreement over an NFL opt-out clause (apaprently, PSU was scared that Gruden would bolt for the Eagles as soon as Reid as was gone). TIFWIW.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
Arbitrary and weird is pretty par for the course.
And for the record, our version of this is Bob Stoops. But at least there’s a guy who’s won at college.
Gator fans have a serious talent for convincing themselves that Bob Stoops is one phone call away from taking the job—as we have to do is call.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
Out with it!
The Gators have made a secret alliance with the NDNationalists.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
it's spreading, god have mercy on us
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
We do have an exceptionally delusional fanbase.
I mean, seriously, we chanted ING-LE MAR-TIN at Rex Grossman and booed Chris Leak. And Urban Meyer was never a real Gator and his teams won in spite of him because of Tebow and Mullen and Charlie Strong.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
Bill Callahan: The gift that keeps on giving
Has anyone ever gotten more mileage out of beating his old team (when they didn’t bother to change the audibles) with his new team than him?
by Albino Tornado on Feb 24, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH BEND. HE MUST LOVE NOTRE DAME
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
I hear he was recently seen mansion shopping in South Bend
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
I only said he was shopping for one
Not that he found one!
/knows squat about South Bend
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
All the people with the means to choose do not live in South Bend
That’s what Granger is for.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
I enjoy my Granger McMansion complete with man-made lake very much, thank you.
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
Go Kingsmen!
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
My mother grew up in Granger, before it was McMansionville...
it was still pretty rural suburb then
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Not surprising, there's still a substantial Amish community right around Granger
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Yup- haven't been back since my grandparents moved away, but I remember seeing them.
My mom went to St. Joe’s.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Yup, its a little bit east
It was a short drive past the Charles’ house to get there for us.
For our age group and family needs, we’ve been happy. It is very much your stereotypical Midwest suburban feel, but it is South Bend so there aren’t tons of nice areas for younger families.
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Especially when you consider he violates their coaching dress code so blantantly with his visor
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Wildly inconsistent opinions on NDNation?
Surely you jest.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
do want
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
You're an ND fan?
Or just a fan of the Captain
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Feb 24, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
catholic kid in chicago, so touch and go ND fan
big fan of the captain.
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
NDNation quoted Wilco's "Poor Places" the other day
I’ll go burn my Wilco albums now. We had a good run.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
UNCLE TUPELO HAD MORE GRIT AND STRONG RUSHING ATTACK
G.A.S. (GAY AS SUMMERTEETH)
by Mango Stasi on Feb 24, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
GOD. FUCKING. DAMMIT.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Feb 24, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
I am clearly going insane
(Or SBNation’s app is)
Either way, when I checked the Curious Index on my phone, I got more Program Film Club in the main post.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Feb 24, 2012 10:36 AM EST reply actions
This sounds promising
Originally scheduled to open later this year, the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta is headed back to the drawing board with no new date for the project’s groundbreaking, much less its completion./blockquote>
Which is a shame, cause the HOF in Atlanta could be pretty awesome if done right.
Silly idea anyway, no tourists would visit
Between the Georgia Aquarium, the cyclorama, and Atlanta’s other exciting attractions, there’s just not enough time!
Sposed to be SEC
Visit the fabled City of .............Atlanta!
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
YAIS, well done!
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
???
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
by MikeLew on Feb 24, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Two independent Futurama references in an early-morning thread.
I hope this means today will be a good day.
A wreck loose in society.
by Narrow Right on Feb 24, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
/holsters AK
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
How about:
by kizzak on Feb 24, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If you have ~8 minutes
I heavily recommend watching this
And that giant crane in Buckhead
is still there.
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
A house where Margaret Mitchell lived!
That, you know, is indistinguishable from any other house except for the gift shop.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
Unless its for construction funding.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
headin to New Orleans in less than an hour.
boots on the ground by 2:00. believe i will begin with a Sazerac once there.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
Know where ya goin' down there?
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
yes but am always open to suggestions.
particularly for good music. i had some folks go down early and went to Vaughn’s last night. I’ve never been out that way.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on Feb 24, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Ah, I'm not the one for music
But I can make plenty of restaurants that would be off the typical French Quarter ultra-touristy path.
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
late lunch at Willie Maes
dinner at Bayona. tomorrow is kind of other stuff going on. looking for good (but reasonable) brunch/lunch on Sunday.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on Feb 24, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
It's about time for my annual Oracle traning course excursion
I usually do Florida, but maybe I should check the sched for some NOLA classes this year.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
I love it.
Haven’t been down in a year +. Used to get to go all the time.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on Feb 24, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Court of 2 Sisters is good, if somewhat well known
And Brennan’s, obviously. Those 2 are cliched but for a reason.
If you want to try something off the beaten path, I recommend Dante’s Kitchen on Dante Street. Very cool brunch atmosphere, especially if you’re with couples.
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
thanks.
have done both of the first two on prior trips. brennans is steep but so damn good. will look at Dante’s Kitchen. thanks.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on Feb 24, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
2nd for Court of Two Sisters.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
by saxattack29 on Feb 24, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Myopic to get out of the Mountain beast?
I dunno, kinda doubt that.
Google's homepage celebrates too much shit.
My appreciation for the uncovered female form, whether live or in Archer screen grabs, is second to none.
But I do wish that during the daytime threads,the commentariat would show more restraint in posting pictures along these lines, as many of us are in office settings with easily visible monitors. Even with titles, there is a moment of complete visibility that would raise eyebrows, to say the least.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:13 AM EST reply actions 12 recs
Kinda gotta second this
Less-than-rapid title clicking makes for awkward moments in class.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
better?
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
thought about that after posting.
was going for for the “now he could use the argument that he is merely discussing the differences in cultures” angle.
but yeah…spiders, whatnot.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
something on your back bro
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
Stache pic upgraded to Championship mode
by Wallacewade04 on Feb 24, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
so you're this guy?
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
Stache pic upgraded to Championship mode
by Wallacewade04 on Feb 24, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Hear, hear.
(Minus that appreciation for the uncovered female form. I mean, I can appreciate it, but probably about 90% less than most of y’all.)
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
If it had been beefcake instead of cheesecake, I'd have said the same thing.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't mind if people quit doing it in the Curious Index
There’s only one girl I want to see, and it kind of sucks if I can’t share an article with her without looking like a sketchy creep. Go hog wild in the fanshot open threads, for all I care, but try to relax and avoid embedding a gorillion images of scantily-clad women in stuff like the CI.
by Synaesthesia on Feb 24, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for sharing this place with the world
And monogamy
by ItsComplicated on Feb 24, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Privacy screen bro...gets 'em every time
The chicken is involved but the pig is committed
by maddraven1716 on Feb 24, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
or you know, just being appropriate?
I wanna have a good time and enjoy my Jack.
The twitterz, not for the weak.
by Chloe Denmark on Feb 24, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
...now i feel bad...
I’m for no more sketch-ness in CI, but for added defense, privacy screens…that’s what I was getting at
The chicken is involved but the pig is committed
by maddraven1716 on Feb 24, 2012 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
The funny thing is that
the Corgis and other puppy pictures actually generate most questions from my coworkers… But I do agree with this comment.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." - President Merkin Muffley
by I_Call_The_Big_One_Bitey on Feb 24, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
I do love when crazy people call the office.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:15 AM EST reply actions
PLZ Share
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Well, you see, MtnEer,
it’s a conspiracy, and everyone is out to get us.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Well, youe see ACS....
Just because someone is paranoid doesn’t mean that someone else isn’t out to get them.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Very true.
They are always watching.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Is your first name 'Pawl'?
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
What is "EMC's day, every day, all day" for $400 Alex?
I have gotten calls from people wanting to sue advertisers on behalf of entire breeds of dog.
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
those always killed me when i worked customer service at t-mobile
had one lady call in saying that the commercial featuring the hot lady chainsawing down a telephone pole promoted the idea that all women are attractive and violent, and wanted to speak to our marketing department.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
WE REPRESENT THE DOBERMAN GUILD
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
I once got threatened with a lawsuit because there was "too much profanity" in bar part of my restaurant and it caused "emotional distress" to this woman's children.
People like to throw around the “I’m contacting my lawyer” line because they think it will scare others into action.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
i hate people like this.
which is why my friends and i came up with “Bar Rules” at most of the local ones around town, and cleared them with the bartenders.
Rule 1. If the kids/families are there first, then watch your language until they leave.
Rule 2. If the kids/families come in after you are there, then who cares. they brought their kids to a bar, they assume the risk.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Who brings kids to a bar?
Unless there’s a restaurant attached
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Feb 24, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
youd be surprised.
i do live in tennessee. most of the bars around here do have an attached restaraunt, but these people would walk right through that with their kids and sit in the bar area, usually so “daddy could make sure to see them vawls”
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
My Dad did.....
But it was the 1960s and it was in Wf’nV.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
And he probably didn't bitch at the other patrons for swearing
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Nope, but we couldn't repeat any of 'those' words in front of Mama...
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Sounds about right
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
The good ole days down at the VFW and American Legion Hall
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Are you sure that wasn't a Tennessee Ernie Ford song?
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Could have been....
I remember a lot of his stuff being on the jukebox…
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
I was practically raised in a bar
I’d walk to Dad’s shop after school. Hang there with him for a couple hours “helping” and every Wedneday we’d go to the local bar and have a burger. He’d have a couple of Blatzes and I’d have a glass of rootbeer. It was great.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
This was very common in my part of Ohio too
Particularly at the Landeck Tavern — a great fried chicken joint/bar that shared a parking lot with the local parish. Some folks would go to mass on Saturday evenings and not even bother to move their cars before migrating over to the bar.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
/zoning in on where your home "town" was...
as I’ve been to the Landeck once.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
STALKER ALERT
"I have accrued 228 personal days. Starting right now, I am using all of them." -- Ron Swanson
Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Hahaha- he's started the discussion,
so I knew it was somwhere originally in the Wapak-Lima-Van Wert area, and every so often he makes a reference that I know that narrows it a little closer.
Plus, that’s what he gets for his “noted [Ohio small college X] comments” :-P
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Lots of pubs and churches across the street from each other back home.
Go to church, feel guilty, cross the street, forget about the guilt.
Yeah, probably.
Also known as Ireland.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, propably
EDSBS's finest fifteen year old
Chicagoland's 3,607,832nd finest resident
by dudebrabroman on Feb 24, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Then yes.
Lots of kids, toddlers, babies, etc. at pubs. It’s not really a pub without them.
Yeah, probably.
Ah, but you're using the European model....
and that doesn’t go over well with the uptight who walk among us on this side of the Atlantic.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Still, the European model...
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Taverns where/are bars where you could rent a room for the night if need be.
Travelers stay in Taverns is how I remember that.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Perhaps, but...
A pub, by definition, is a public house, and must have rooms available to sleep over the night. At least, that’s how it is at home. Of course, now you have “pups” popping up that don’t have lodging, and all the real pubs are now “whateverthenameis Inn”.
Yeah, probably.
I do love the European model of drinking
I had it explained to me in Munich this spring by a tour guide who explained that Europeans drink to complement their food, or to enjoy the beverage itself. Americans drink to get drunk.
I have arguments with that, but in general — very generally — it rang pretty true. And I’d say it applies equally to Aussies and Russians.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
I've explained that Scotland has a "drinking height"
If you can see over the bar, you’ll probably get served.
(Sorry, Verne Troyer.)
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
I've heard it explained as "drinking age is as soon as you can hold the glass without spilling"
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Similar to most parts of the UK.
If you can see over the bar, and can say what you want, you’ll probably get it.
It helps as well that most pubs are in areas where people know each other.
Yeah, probably.
/dons Chelsea jersey
//goes to Man U pub
What’s up guys?
by Lucas Jackson on Feb 24, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Sometimes your hubcaps get up and walk away...
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
It's a social function with us.
Not an end result or goal. You hang out at the pub. Hell, the village I’m from used the pub as the village hall. We had a village hall, just know one wanted to have the meetings there.
Yeah, probably.
Clearly, I'm an awful parent but
my kids know all of the wait staff at our local pub (in RI) by name.
Velocitas eradico
I agree.
I wish we could take dogs, but alas, no.
The gold standard for me was a great pub we had in Surrey which had a resident Irish Setter that either lived outside the (interior) kitchen door or in front of the fireplace. My wife chuckled at the locals referring to it as the “new pub” (16th century).
/teamcountrypubs
Velocitas eradico
My local had a cat for a while
At one point it kept the bugs and other creatures from coming in, before they improved the seals around the doors and windows. By the time I was around though, it just slept on the floor in front of the fireplace, up on the rafters, or sat on a stool at the end of bar eating fish.
Yeah, probably.
16th century?
The Brazen Head chortles
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
/reese'd
/swoons
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh... nothing's worse than hanging out at your seats at a baseball game...
… and halfway into the first inning, dude shows up with his young kids. There goes getting rowdy with my buddies.
And yes, I’m respectful enough of such things as a kids first game or one-of-a-kid’s-first-games to be on best behavior when they’re around. But man, that’s always a kick in the pants when they show up.
Witty phrase.
by The Ugas Departed on Feb 24, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
I regularly get calls from people who think that [type of organization we deal with] are too mean in their phone calls
And that it constitutes a sue-able offense. This one person has also called us concerning the fact that a test by the FDA confirmed that she had “edible oil” and that it wasnt “extra virgin olive oil.”
Twitter
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I hope you respond with manical laughter while imagining how all of us lawyer-types in the commentariat would have fun batting this lady around like a chew toy.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
People just see lawyers and are like "FREE MONEY"
I’ve had to explain to someone who wanted to pursue $77 Million in damages that the statutory award limit was like $1000. He looked like I had killed his puppy.
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
I WANT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
but I’ll settle out of court right now for twenty bucks.
by Lucas Jackson on Feb 24, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I'll validate your parking.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
I just smiled and nodded.
I don’t have the energy to argue with every wingnut and asshat that I come across
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Tell them that threatening to sue for leverage in that matter is a criminal act
Is it? For you, no, of course not. But if she’s allowed to make legal threats to gain leverage, then you are allowed to make legal counter-threats. And then you win.
Sposed to be SEC
I HANDLE PRO BONO FOR YOU.
Please? Please?
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
In short:
The FBI is watching us at all times, and has been for at least 3 years, because Amtrak.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I've had to explain how interest works to a client
Twitter
Currently .01. This goes away when I'm .17.
le sigh
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Well, when a dollar and time love each other VERY MUCH, they get together and make a little baby!
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 29 recs
Oh, this is excellent
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
Green'd
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
And at 10 in less than 3 minutes
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
I think it's the most digestible approach
Stupid people may not understand finance, but they sure understand fucking
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Green it.
Cuz money be green.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
And the King stay the King.
Unless the NCAA comes to town, then he moves to Seatlle.
by Lucas Jackson on Feb 24, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
What is Inflation? When the dollar goes on a eating binge?
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
Tinfoil- shiny side out.
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
You should work in family court.
To paraphrase part of my job description, I keep the crazy from getting to the judge unless we’re in the courtroom. It’ll be a miracle if some of these people’s kids end up relatively normal.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
My dad had some bizarre/scary stories of his time as a prosecutor
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Feb 24, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Mine aren't really bizarre/scary.
They’re more often manic-depressive types calling at the height of their mania.
Now, meeting with federal defendants involved with enforcement of drug markets or the wife-killer after seeing crime scene photos can get a little intense.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
I'll take "Things That Make Me Sick"
/nothing gross.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:17 AM EST reply actions
1/32 IS NOT LARGER THAN 1/16 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
/back to original programming
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GTHTSUN
"Bicycle is new poverty mule. " - Spencer Prokhorov
by CoastalCowbell on Feb 24, 2012 11:30 AM EST reply actions
But 32 is bigger than 16???
/Scratches head
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
-10 must be way bigger than -3 too
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
2012 AD is more modern than 25 AD so 5000 BC must be really new.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
by stempke on Feb 24, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Your measurement needs to be corrected to 2/32
Why would you write 1/16, when it needs to be 2/32?
/From the bowels of hell, I stab at said lady
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Tolerance is 0.03125
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
this one was worse than usual.
i can’t even begin to explain this one.
This lady is worse at math than i am. Did not think that was possible.
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GTHTSUN
"Bicycle is new poverty mule. " - Spencer Prokhorov
by CoastalCowbell on Feb 24, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
How about 1/68? Or go all the way up to 1/96?
Every little fraction dilutes the tournament is important!
A wreck loose in society.
by Narrow Right on Feb 24, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
SPAAAAAAAAACE
Project Icarus: Laying the Plans for Interstellar Travel
I have virtually no hope that this will ever get underway on a serious level, but this is still a cool article and a fascinating idea.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
He burned his wings, flying to close to the sun.
His moment of glory was over before it begun.
Free at last!
Pffft.
Navigation error, if you ask me.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Failure to stay within design parameters...
So, pilot error.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I did my very best to provide you guys with a safe airframe....
But every so often you just have to say:
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
sigh. guess ill do it.
If the dream is won —
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price,
But we will not count the cost
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
i was waiting
and waiting. and it never happened.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Tweety
Editor for The 7th Floor
by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Somebody didn't click through...
They actually talk about it in the article. The name’s a reference to Project Daedalus, a British group in the ‘70s that first proved the possibility of interstellar travel. Apparently one of the original scientists left notes saying, "we’ve laid down some stepping stones, the first pebbles, and we set a direction, but it will be the sons of Daedalus, perhaps an Icarus, that will have to come through and make this a much more feasible design." And they pointed out that the original, flawed wings were built by Daedalus; this Icarus wants to build better wings to fly higher and farther.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
Gregggggggggggggggg will be in his bunk.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
I hate it when people I hate love things that I love.
Fucking Easterbrook.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
Yes, he flew too close to the sun and melted his wings, but people forget, he did get to taste the sun before he crashed.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
Probably burned his tongue off.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
/introduces "Kid Icarus French Bread Pizzas"
Free at last!
by lhb98 on Feb 24, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Shift-A
Computer crashes on Fridays are the best
by ItsComplicated on Feb 24, 2012 11:35 AM EST reply actions
To all the vertically challenged members of the commentariat
Want to be taller! Now you can!
(Warning: Autoplay video and you can’t stop the commercial.)
A wreck loose in society.
Unstoppable autoplay and dwarfism? ACS has never been happier
Sposed to be SEC
by Old South on Feb 24, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't need your surgery.
That late growth spurt will be here any day now.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
OH MY GOD IT HURTS TO WATCH
Wait, the Irishman is short?
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
LULZ
ACS is Romanian… quite possibly the only European country with people shorter than the Irish
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
My Irish family is unusually tall
And the tallest of our cousins? Half Japanese. CANT EXPLAIN THAT.
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YAIS?
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd only because it's a Doug Benson joke
and you have to give it to him.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
I said HE has to give it to him.
He can take it however he wants.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
A.C. Leonard is guilty of so heinous an offense
he should get a punishment so severe it will last almost until the Cocktail Party.
Who says conference realignment will destroy all the SEC traditions?
The six pack of Hopslam I reserved at the local beer store came in today
AAAAWWWWWWWW YYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH
To the tweetmobile!
by MechE Hokie on Feb 24, 2012 11:45 AM EST reply actions 11 recs
WTFuck!
I… I don’t even… Who would?
/right click, save as
Trying to kill as many Kerbals as Craig James has (allegedly) hookers.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Feb 24, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
You really don't want to see Lucas' latest Special Edition
Free at last!
by lhb98 on Feb 24, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But check out my New Edition
complete with Bobby Brown.
by Lucas Jackson on Feb 24, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
GODDAMMIT WHY IS THERE NO HOPSLAM IN CALIFORNIA
"I have accrued 228 personal days. Starting right now, I am using all of them." -- Ron Swanson
Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Lookit!
Blacksburg has awesome beer stores. They posted this picture to facebook a few minutes ago.
To the tweetmobile!
by MechE Hokie on Feb 24, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
How did you get a picture of my basement?
One step ahead of bear is three step behind the creature with fang-fingers and eye of she-goat-
Wisdom of the Prokhorov
BECAUSE YOU JUST MOVED THERE AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CHILL NOW
Go drink your Pinot and stop bitching.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
No Surly either.
/laughs maniacally
If you’ll send me a bomber or two of Pliny the Elder, I’ll see if there’s any Hopslam still around.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
I knew going into it there wouldn't be Surly; you can't find it in like 70% of Minnesota.
But Bell’s?
At least I can get Dogfish Head out here (to say nothing of all the CA stuff that doesn’t leave the state).
"I have accrued 228 personal days. Starting right now, I am using all of them." -- Ron Swanson
Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah.
I forgot you used to live here.
Go find Pliny the Elder. It’s supposedly divine.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
I could buy a case of Hopslam down the street this second in Alabama
Perhaps a trade can be arranged.
Hmm
I will have to work with mnHorn and you to get some Surly and Hopslam.
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Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
SOON
Writer/Analyst/Head Chef
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Feb 24, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
welp. workday over.
time to go.
I AM BECOME JC001, THE DESTROYER OF BOARDS
"Always the corn, never the hole"
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by Lt. Philip Nolan on Feb 24, 2012 11:54 AM EST reply actions
WOULD ANYONE CARE FOR A HISTORY LESSON ON WHY YOU SHOULD HATE THE ENGLAND RUGBY TEAM?
Because I’m putting the finishing touches on one (from a Yorkshireman’s point of view: I’ll leave their excellent opponent’s POV to our Resident Welshman), and it’ll be pretty good, if you ask me.
It's a funny name.
Now in a easily digestable, 140-characters-at-a-time form.
If I read enough of your posts, I'll either completely understand Welsh,
or totally lose my marbles. Willing to take the risk
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
I really need to relearn my native tongue.
I’ve been away too long, and am very rusty.
Yeah, probably.
Put me down for "losing my marbles."
May or may not be related to the Welshman’s posts.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
PART ONE OF A GUIDE TO HATING ENGLAND RUGBY: FROM A YORKSHIREMAN (apologies if spidery)
If not for the Rugby Football Union’s attitudes for the better part of the century, rugby might be more popular than football today. Just picture: a 24-team league stretching the length and breadth of the country. Historic names like Wigan, Bradford, St Helens and Hull playing Bath, Gloucester, Leicester and Harlequins week-in, week-out. Stock traders from the City standing by old miners from Castleford on the terraces at Twickenham to see England play France. Massive TV audiences and attendances for both the League and Challenge Cup.
But no.
You see, back in the 1880s, rugby was a booming sport, both in the South (where its players were middle-class, educated at public schools) and the North (where its players worked six days a week, in mines or factories). As such, much like Wales and their famed “Rhondda Forwards” immortalised in the songs of Max Boyce, players from clubs like Wakefield and Manningham (today’s Bradford City FC, after the FA gave them a ton of money to switch) dominated the England teams, regularly beating Southern clubs. However, since these men worked, they couldn’t play as easily as the Southern guys: giving up a day’s wages to go to France was hard in a strictly-amateur sport, let alone if you got hurt. They petitioned the RFU to allow for what was known as “broken-time” payments.
What was the RFU’s response? If you guessed “HAHAHAHAHAHAH NO, you can’t make a dime from this game despite us making a ton of money from ticket sales, and oh by the way you shouldn’t really be playing this game as you’re lower-class”, you’re right. As such, those Northern teams met in the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895 and formed the Rugby Football League, a split that has been the source of debates and anger from everyone involved, least of which between the Welshman and I on this very forum.
As a result, rugby union remained amateur for 101 more years, without as much of a club competition for the majority of it (because the RFU thought it would encourage professionalism), and the England squad retreated into a not-at-all-ironic caricature of their “Hooray Henry” status. In a 1960s documentary on rugby league, an RFU higher-up was quoted about the split as “We know we are right, but in the democratic world that we live in, our opinion may not be understood.” Fans (if not players) remained mostly middle-class, conservative and blissfully unaware what opinion they projected. Case in point: the England team’s song is the spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, which is awful ironic considering that England only really began playing black players in the early ’90s, and essentially ran off the great winger Martin Offiah to league because he came up against the subtle racism of the RFU selectors.
So there, Why a Yorkshireman Hates His Own Country’s Rugby Team. Part two, from a Welshman, to follow.
It's a funny name.
Now in a easily digestable, 140-characters-at-a-time form.
by Turd Ferguson on Feb 24, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
tl;bt;dr
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, I'm game.
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by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
Send it to this email!
ajm2986 at the gmails
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
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D'oh
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Started Feb. at 230. Goal is 210 by 3/16 (Match Day). Currently at 223. Post/yell/taunt accordingly
Since you asked...
I just somehow charmed my way through HR and now I have a final interview set up with the CEO of a major publishing company next week. Thoughts, prayers, incantations, and sacrifices to Schelly would all be welcomed so I can kick this underemployment shit in the face.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
by TexaninNYC on Feb 24, 2012 12:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I say FUCK YOU JOBU
I do it myself.
/carries bat around basepaths
It's a funny name.
Now in a easily digestable, 140-characters-at-a-time form.
by Turd Ferguson on Feb 24, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
Positive vibrations, brah.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
I'll dig out an old pair of suspenders and offer them up on your behalf.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Blame the rise of a middle class
/start rant
I blame Disney. Girls are indoctrinated with the notion that they are a fairy freaking princess from the day they can watch a movie and they DESERVE a huge white wedding with chocolate fountains and ice scupltures in Mobile in July at 3 p.m. outside and if ONE DROP MELTS I’M HAVING A MELTDOWN! It’s seen as an entitlement. I argued for a courthouse and use the money for a downpayment on a house. I got vetoed.
/end rant.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Ice sculpture melt?
I got married in May in Mobile, and I wanted to melt. Thank God the church had a powerful AC unit, and I didn’t have to outside again until after sundown.
by BonesCrosby on Feb 24, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Blame the Romans
Blame the Christian Reformation for it no longer requiring a dowry
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone here ever forced to read the book Shabanu?
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
Weddings are only as expensive as you let them get...
Says the man who forked over $18K for the daughter’s grand wedding.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
in today's market
that is damn reasonable
by Lucas Jackson on Feb 24, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
That figure doesn't include the $5K her bio-father kicked in...
But yeah, I’ve heard horror stories about the $50K events.
I know how to calculate inflation, but I still can’t get over the fact the my parents’ one and only mortgage was also for $18K, and they got a four bedroom split-level out of that deal.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
We'd actually settled on renting a beach house,
getting married in a island chapel, and getting food from a local restaurant for anyone who wanted to come to a small reception at the house after the ceremony.
But one of the grandparents is not in shape for long travel, and we aren’t going to do anything without that person being there so its back to having a wedding in a convenient place where our guest list can’t be like…50 without offending lots of people.
We were able to do it for about 12k, but luckily the wife's dad is a doc.
Still pissed about it.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Look at doing your own centerpieces
We had a cash bar and went out drinking after the reception, saved a good bit there. How far out is the wedding? How handy is she? We got wedding favors at Wal-mart, flower petals there, basket for the flower girl and pillow for the ring bearer… The venues, food, flowers, and her dress should be the only things over $100.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
You are forgetting photography
but yeah, we are planning on doing most of the stuff ourselves as far as decorations and invitations go.
My brother had friends
Donate their work as pro photographer and a videographer as wedding presents.
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
That's ok if they're pros,
but otherwise, getting a friend to do photography or videography is a bit like loaning a friend money: if you get something back, great, but be prepared not to.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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Yeah, my friend is semi-pro.
Wouldn’t have trusted random guy x to do it.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Another tip for things like photographers is to look out of town.
We got married in Charlottesville where the wedding industry is way way overpriced. For about 2/3 of what we would have paid for a photographer from Charlottesville, we got two photographers from Philly plus a CD with every picture they took for unlimited printing/sharing. Included paying for their travel, but still.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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The "asking friends to do it" strikes me as borderline.
Here, you’re invited to a party! But you’re going to have to work for it.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Feb 24, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
My brother asked them how they'd charge for the gig
They both said they’d do it free as their present, which was pretty cool (a $Texas value, yours FREE!).
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
I do this if a close friend wants me to play piano.
They actually get a pretty expensive gift when all’s said and done, and I don’t have to pay for it. Usually I don’t even have to practice. (How Beautiful, Lord’s Prayer, Canon in D, Wedding March. I could play all of these in my sleep now. Add Schubert’s Ave Maria if they’re Catholic.)
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
There's not going to be music?
Seriously, though, we got married 10 months ago and I still can’t read subthreads like this without having a mild panic attack.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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Shit. Forgot that too. We had it all night for 400 bucks.
that included ceremony and reception too.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
It's definitely one of the cheapest parts,
but it’s still a few hundred bucks. Most truthful advice (if not exactly the best advice) I got re: wedding costs was “if you’re going to buy a new TV, do it right when you get back from the honeymoon. At that point, you won’t even fell another $1000.”
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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One possible solution
Come up with an iTunes mix and plug it into the sound system. You are assured the songs you like. Have a designated person to change the music at important times (entering, first dance, etc).
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
Cash Bar?
You monster.
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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Who does a cash bar?
I actually skipped an acquaintance from high school’s wedding because they had a cash bar.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
Yeah, really.....
If you’re going to make me pay for drinks, I’ll just go to my favorite place and toast you from there.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Not a big miss manners fan but this is a keeper
“If you can only afford to serve punch, then serve punch. But do it gracefully.”
(just give the guests a heads-up so they can pack flasks as necessary)
You'd have all skipped our wedding. And I'd be okay with that.
Because really, having my wife’s non-drinking all a bunch of pastors relatives was more important than any friend who would have thought “I have to buy my own drink, even though you guys are just out of college and are paying this whole thing out of your own pockets? What assholes!”
So really, you can all toss it.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You have to remember that MtnEer is old
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Auburn Tigers, let's be stupid forever...
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by Oscar Whiskey on Feb 24, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
No, I don't.
If people want to complain about asshole relatives making them spend outrageous sums of money to travel to a wedding and spend on associated stuff like Tusk down below, then okay, I get it. We skipped out on a few weddings over the years because the cost of traveling from Japan just wasn’t feasible, and our friends/relatives understood. But OMG YOU HAD A CASH BAR?! YOU HEATHENS pisses me off, because we didn’t have alcohol at all, and couldn’t have afforded it even if half of IE’s family wouldn’t have shown up if alcohol was present. We’ve had this discussion here before, and people have had the balls to say “well just don’t invite that part of the family, screw them” as if alcohol should be the priority. We had an after-reception gathering of all our friends at a local bar, which served the necessary purpose. If someone is more interested in getting free drinks, then I don’t want them at my wedding. But then again, if I had to do it all over again, we’d have just kept with the courthouse wedding and spent more on the honeymoon.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
KG & IE depart reception
Reception ends, Friends go to bar.
KG and IE go to hotel
[redacted]
KG and IE take nap
KG and IE wake up, head to bar.
Friends are drunk, we drink, everyone happy.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
/MtnEer goes to friend's wedding
//MtnEer goes to reception and drops off friend’s wedding present
///MtnEer notices cash bar
///MtnEer hangs out a while and offers friend congratualtions
////MtnEer goes to favorite bar and toasts new couple from there
I am an asshole at times, but I’m not that much of an asshole.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
If your friend has means and no family religious/spidery issues prefenting a bar
then by all means, complain. Blanket complaints, however, include our own situation as I detail above. Would I have loved to have an open bar? Sure. Is anyone who is pissed off by the fact that I didn’t have an open bar more important than half of my wife’s family, or the fact that I’m already spending half my annual salary on credit card bills for this? No.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
But, my point is I didn't complain....
And I think people are confusing attending a wedding for attending a reception.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
"Yeah, really..... If you’re going to make me pay for drinks, I’ll just go to my favorite place and toast you from there."
Sounds like a complaint to me. You didn’t make it to them, but you (and others, not just you) seem to feel that if you’re being made to pay for drinks (or GASP no drinks are there), then you’re being wronged. My point is that if that’s your focus, you’re doing it wrong.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
At least in my rural, German Catholic, upbringing
Skipping the reception is much more offensive to the couple than skipping the ceremony. The ceremony is a religious event run by an organization that many have serious, legitimate greivances with. (or maybe they just don’t like wearing a suit, but don’t want to get judged for not dressing in their Sunday best) The reception is any event in which the happy couple invites you, on their dime, to celebrate one of the greatest days in their lives. I’d be a helluva lot more pissed off if a good friend didn’t show up at the recpetion for no reason other than selfishness than I would if they didn’t make it to the church.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
We had two receptions
One following our wedding out here and a second one in the church basement in [REDACTED], Ohio about six weeks later. The latter was a pretty homey cake and punch affair, and my mom’s group of church ladies catered it as a gift, but it meant that we had a nice way to gracefully not invite most of the hometown folks (who would have felt pressured to travel/spend on a gift) and they had a good excuse to come gawk at that East Coast girl DG married. It really turned out quite nicely, although it’s a mixed blessing for me that Mrs. DG has met every single one of my elementary school teachers.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Most of our "reception" was favors called in by her dad as the town pastor
to get things done cheaply. Caterer was a member of the church, etc. The two reception idea would have been fantastic, but since we didn’t actually live in the area, wouldn’t have been practical to do it that way.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
that comment wasn't for you
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Auburn Tigers, let's be stupid forever...
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by Oscar Whiskey on Feb 24, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
Well now I'm confused, since you replied directly to me.
If you mean Eer’s comment, I know, but the attitude still pisses me off.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
while my comment was made in response to yours
it was more meant as an “audible aside/interjection” ie as the odd man out betwixt an argument such as this it is my comedic duty (teehee) to derail said argument with an observation concerning a particular party that way both of you shut up and focus on what is truly important; jabs and taunts at friends on their “special day”…
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Auburn Tigers, let's be stupid forever...
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by Oscar Whiskey on Feb 24, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
There's two sides to that coin
I’d say that if you’re willing to skip your friend’s wedding on account of having to pay for drinks (or there won’t be any drinks at all), then you’re not much of a friend. At the same time, if you’re willing to not show up at a niece/nephew’s wedding because people aren’t drinking, that’s equally as shitty.
There’s no right or wrong answer to it. My older brother is a recovering alcoholic, as are a handful of my friends and relatives. It’s not easy for them to be somewhere with free booze. At the same time, the vast majority of people at my wedding really like to drink. The compromise we made was to have the open bar, but make it clear to the other guests that there were people in attendance who by either personal choice or due to addiction do not drink. The champagne toast was sparkling grape juice and the waitstaff only served non-alcoholic drinks. If you wanted booze, you’d have to go to the bar.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
the last sentence of the first paragraph should be "because people ARE drinking"
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
The larger point is, it's the couple's choice.
And whichever your feelings on alcohol, it shouldn’t be the most important thing to you. I agree with you, I would have liked to not let family determine the presence of alcohol, but when I say half her family, I include her parents, and her dad was performing the wedding, at his church. We’d have literally not had a wedding.
I like the way you handled it—very well done.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
18G?
Sounds like you’ve booked the caterer, bar, and band.
Let me know when you find a venue and get the place decorated.
...I can count my years in scars...
by Boozy McHound on Feb 24, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
There was other money involved....
My daughter’s bio-father contributed $5G for the reception venue, musicians at the church, the church’s ‘donation’ and the pastor’s ‘tip’.
Our $18G paid for the dress, caterer, beer and wine bar, DJ at the reception, decorations [which we placed ourselves], the photographer, videographer and the pictures.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
I've decided that the best institutionalized scam artists of the last 20 years
Every business involved in weddings, and veterinarians.
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Enjoy your $2,000 cake
And $5,000 worth of flowers!
Electric dog-polisher, that was a good one. Gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater. Then, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too....
by Burrito Electrico on Feb 24, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
/sobs
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
not so CS,B
We booked travel for my sister-in-law’s wedding last night. Between this and the obligatory family events, we’ll spend ~60% of what we spent paying for our own wedding attending this wedding.
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Velocitas eradico
Yeah
I don’t love my family that much.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Too bad they didn't schedule it in the fall.
You’d have a great, Nissan-commercial-approved reason to skip it.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
"Nothin' wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't fix." -UNT head football coach Dan McCarney, after a stroke.
so you eloped, then?
/otherwise, I’d be LoL no on spending on ‘obligatory family events’; sibling means I’ll show up (even if you foolishly scheduled your wedding during March Madness or on a Saturday in the fall). Does not mean I will spend $TEXAS.
Fed 75 a sit-down dinner with open bar.
I’ll stop now, because I only stopped being really fucking mad about it an hour or so ago. This isn’t helping.
Velocitas eradico
That's a down payment on a house.
I would have shot someone.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 24, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Well, yeah...
Made the mistake of making what I thought was a fairly benign comment on it to my mother-in-law and was told, “You can afford it”, which only served to make me madder.
Thank goodness for you monsters…
Velocitas eradico
Man, you're better to your siblings than I'd be.
My parents explained to me when I was 12 that if my brother or I scheduled our weddings during an Irish game, we could go ahead and skip their invitations.
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
All 500 Simpsons couch gags?
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
All 300 good Simpsons episodes?
All 300 good Simpsons episodes.
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
I think you're putting too small a number on the number of bad episodes.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
Well, a guestimated the number of episodes in the last 8 or 9 seasons
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
What they should have done
was epically troll everyone by having the entire episode just be 500 full couch gags.
"I have accrued 228 personal days. Starting right now, I am using all of them." -- Ron Swanson
Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
Have we had a collective dance party about Community coming back yet?
"You gotta be like John Wayne: you don't take no shit off fools, an' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son, 'cause there's way too many of the bad."
It was always going to come back at some point.
I just wish it didn’t have to displace the last 3 episodes of Parks and Recreation by 5 weeks.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
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Yeah. It looked like this:
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
by mnHorn on Feb 24, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
That's not krumping.
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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Bouncehoops is a joke, exhibit #Texa$
Phil Knight will be inducted to the Basketball HOF.
Free at last!
Meh
it’s still not as big a joke as the RRHOF.
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Hustle Belt -- for all your MACtion needs.
by thechuck_2112 on Feb 24, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Let's just say Cleveland and leave it at that
The chicken is involved but the pig is committed
by maddraven1716 on Feb 24, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
Good Morning everyone! Nobel Prize winner has the department seminar today...and I don't want to go
"Natty Light: For when you absolutely, positively have to knock uglies with a corn-fed co-ed from the opposing school who’s half your age." -- jonfmorse
This is a twitter
And this is a Mountain West website
And here is a brand spanking new Big West blog: Big West Confidential
If it wasn't in science it's not worth having anyway.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
RUMOR: Syracuse to play Oklahoma this year
CHLOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Bwahahahaha!
Ryan Nassib gonna die.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 24, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
so we're writing off this season, then?
USC and Oklahoma out of conference? Yikes.
/Syracuse wins both
//loses to Temple
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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
would be a totally Syracuse football thing to do
and Oklahoma is certainly capable of blowing it. But we aren’t in the Pac 12, so no chance on USC.
Pfft.
Weak sauce.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
We need Lane Kiffin to be able to claim a winning record over ND
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Well, GERG is .500
so anything is possible.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Stats under the Charles seem so deflated though.
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
Seat cushions under Charles seem so deflated though.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
by DrewRusse on Feb 24, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
A decided schematic advantage under the Charles seems so deflated
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
My feelings after watching a game coached by the Charles seem so deflated.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
NATIONAL
’CROOTIN
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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
INTERNATIONAL...
UH…UH…
…
/sobs
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
[insert KG rant about how playing in Ireland is stupid, but playing in Japan has a built-in audience of Navy fans, would be profitable, but oh we're going to talk about playing in China against Stanford next? Screw you!]
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
/aims pred drone towards Bristol
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
/Misses SVP
//Hits the First Take studio
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
No...no I would approve of it actually
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't say that's a miss...
more like accidentally hitting a better target.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Kind of like when drones accidentally veer of into Ira....OH THE SPIDERS HOW THEY BURN
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
You have no idea how much of a shitshow that would be.
Somebody would get fired. And by fired, I mean lit on fire.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
I dont think this is spidery, but didnt Iran shoot down something a month or too ago
That ‘accidentally’ went in there?
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Or it was given to them somewhere else
and they brought it to where it was “shot down.”
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
I really wasnt paying that great attention
But is that what really happened
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Who knows?
Certainly a plausible scenario. Haven’t heard much about it since then, have we?
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
UAV is grey from the factory/as used
But was white in the pictures posted. They claimed they took it over and landed, more likely explanation is that it crashed somewhere and they tried to put it back together with duct tape and bondo. Not sure we (the public) ever found out what really happened.
To the tweetmobile!
Nope
The US freely admitted that it was in Iranian airspace.
The only disagreement is whether a mechanical failure caused it to crash or whether it was shto down.
If it went into Iranian air space from Afghanistan, it was a mechanical failure.
Let me put it this way: I DIRECTED UAV OPERATIONS ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER FOR NATO. We had to maintain a no-fly zone within 5 km that required someone with a lot of stars on their shoulders to override. If somoene flew a UAV into Iran, they fucked up big time, and it was probably the guy currently doing the job I had for 6 months.
We had situations where we lost control of UAV’s that were not responding to guidance. The protocol was to shoot them down prior to them leaving Afghan air space if control couldn’t be turned around in time.
Note: This only applies to UAV’s being operated in Afghanistan. I can’t speak for any potential UAV ops not being run under ISAF control for missions unrelated to Afghanistan. If the CIA or somebody was doing something, that’s out of my lane.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Are you going to have to kill us now?
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Nope. Not one thing about that is classified.
But then again…how do you know I haven’t already?
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Is their a missle already aimed at my house?
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Look at the upside, you'll be done with the mortgage payments
"Shabbat Shalom motherfuckers" Mordechai Jefferson Carver
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
/whistles
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by Kelly's Gyros on Feb 24, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
/clearandpresentdanger'd
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
That's kind of the point though
It very well could be a CIA drone and it’s not like they are going to admit it
Skip Bayless, I'd say that's an excellent target sir!
"Shabbat Shalom motherfuckers" Mordechai Jefferson Carver
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
Or
we could just play the games on campus, where the giant fucking stadium is, and where the fucking students are, like a normal fucking football team.
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
YOU'LL PLAY USC IN ISTANBUL
AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!
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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 24, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
It's nobody's business but The Turk's.
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there." -- Captain Ron
by An 'eer with a beer on Feb 24, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Not Constantinople?
I'm a wreck loose in society.
by Narrow Right on Feb 24, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
INTERGALACTIC 'CROOTIN
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
There's a kid from Titan that ND is hot after.
Playing games closer to Saturn will help their efforts to land him.
Also
isn’t that Southern Cal game against NEW YAWK’S COLLEGE TEAM taking place in New Jersey?
¡El Hipopótamo!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 24, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure what to think about entire situation
But if I never need to do a PR-crisis type news conference, I will be studying the one Ryan Braun just gave.
"Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys into men, from men into gladiators, and from gladiators into Swansons"
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 1:28 PM EST reply actions
What'd he say, I missed it
The way he’s handled this entire thing has been perfect from a damage control perspective. He maintained his innocence without the finger waving and righteous indignation of Clemens and Palmeiro and just kept saying that he was confident that the appeal process would work like it’s supposed to.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
He is sticking with strong denial and strong stance of innocence
Won on fact that no one could account for safety/integrity of sample during 44 hours before it was sent in. Also discussed being told that his level was recorded as 3 times higher than any other previously recorded test.
It was more how he handled it than actual words that impressed me. He clearly had notes but was at moments talking off of them and not doing the “let’s read my agent’s typed statement” thing.
And Nigel, he actually did state that he did not have an STD. Can’t say if he’ll give any follow ups to that at the conclusion of spring training.
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by the beefy ghost of prop joe on Feb 24, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks!
TWWL’s coverage is tautologitastic. To them, “the process happened” is equivalent to “the process worked.”
(I have no idea whether or not it “worked.”)
It worked in the sense that the player was given his chance to challenge the test before being suspended
It failed completely in every other sense
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
I should walk that back a little
It worked in that it punished MLB for sloppy evidence handling practices.
And they now know how embarassing it is to leak information before the matter is settled
If there’s no leak, then the integrity of their testing process isn’t called into question in public (it likely still is by the MLBPA) because there’s no need for Braun to explain his defense.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
There's always somebody who's going to be willing to open their mouths and leak this stuff,
whether or not Selig and the higher-ups condone it.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
This is the first time such information has been leaked
So apparently, too many people are privy to the test results. That number should be trimmed down as much as possible.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
The process is in place, and has been agreed upon by both the union and the owners/league. Follow the damn rules you set down.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
The process worked in that is was designed by agreement of the MLB and the MLBPA and appears to have been followed.
Like criminal defendants who have the charges dismissed because the cops broke the law in gathering evidence, Braun can’t say he was proven innocent. But he can say that the MLB couldn’t prove the charges.
That’s a pretty fair compromise. If you’re going to prohibit a person from making upwards of $2.3M (in Braun’s case, minus potential elevators), you’d damn well better be sure you’re right.
"I used to think all Jesus did was walk on water and tell people not to get abortions, but now I see he’s so much more than that. He’s like E.T., Edward Scissorhands, and Marty McFly combined."
I just looked up a transcript
Sounds like they’re planning on suing whoever is responsible for the testing. (whether that’s MLB, the contractor, or just the guy doing the testing) I don’t know if Braun’s guilty, hell, we’ll probably never know. What I do know is that someone at MLB wanted to drag Braun through the court of public opinion and that guy that leaked the positive test, whoever he is, is probably getting sued too. The fact that it was 3 times higher than any other test conducted by MLB and twice that of Floyd Landis’s positive test tells us that either something went wrong in the testing or Braun was cheating on a level never before even attempted. When it comes down to those two choices and one side has a 44 hour gap in the chain of custody…. well there’s plenty of lawyers around here that know that’s a huge problem.
"Less complaining. More sexy rumpus" ~ The Oatmeal
This- I have no idea if Braun is innocent or not.
But, I know that there’s no way in hell anyone can prove he’s guilty.
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
Yall are missing a great Craig James thread
Punting is winning.
by The Assman 1 on Feb 24, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I've got that one open too-
just didn’t want to have the baseball convo bleed into everyone else’s jokes
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
"[W]e have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water, this is water.' "
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