Grand Moff-Topic Post of the Day
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 8:30 AM PDT
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Let's take a breeze through the news today.
Rotten Tomatoes doesn't like Body of Lies, nor does it like City of Ember.
Tampa schools don't like mohawks.
Shark Jesus cometh.
Would you rather have shark fins, but no gills; or gills but no lungs?
Would you rather have needles for leg hair, or have needles for the hair on your head?
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Thank you; my off post was shaping up to be horribly inadequate.
I do, however, make the best waffles in the history of the world.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 8:33 AM PDT reply actions
I 100% Non-Sarcastically believe this
no, really
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Still say we need to see who can make a great pancake.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I make an awesome dish called green eggs
It is scrambled eggs with finely diced broccoli tops, avocado, swiss & little bacon bits.
Oh fucking hell Phil
I put ten minutes into a fucking OTFPOTD and then yours shows up right after I post mine.
We need to post a schedule or something so I don’t waste my time like that.
Oh, like you weren't going to simply go back and browse the lolcats websites like you do every Friday.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
D'oh! Sorry.
I saw there wasn’t one up, and SB was complaining in yesterday’s off-topic thread that there wasn’t one up for this morning.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Just save it for the next day; that's what I do.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE Elton John
but I fucking HATE that song.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone here even care to follow the NBA anymore?
Do you now root for the Blazers? OK Thunder? I personally hate the NBA, and did long before the Sonics left, but now the NBA is less than a blip on my radar. In fact, last night while watching Sportcenter, they reported on a game, and I thought to myself, “oh, I guess basketball season has started.”
That said, college basketball is great, and I plan on following the Cougs to the Final Four.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I am beside myself with anticipation for the upcoming NBA season
I’m a Portlander however and haven’t been this excited about my Blazers in a long time.
You have what looks to be a championship-worthy team this year.
And fuck the Spurs.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Doesn't matter. Chemistry wins in basketball.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Were you thinking about the "football" Spurs?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Buy low.... I like it.
Which games are you seeing? Whereabouts in the Lane will you be?
Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur (at some point)!
March 3rd (Middlesborough) and March 21st (Chelsea).
I’m stopping by the Lane on my way in and out of Ireland. It’ll be my second time there!
I'm sure the Sens will live up to your expectations.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you do everything Jeff tells you to do?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You're into the flailing gimptards then?
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm completely "meh" toward both.
I’ll watch a game or two if the hawks are doing well.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I've never been to a Seahawks game.
Perhaps I will steal tickets from you to find out if I like football.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
So when you're dead, I can steal the tickets from you and see a Seahawks game.
Glad we have this sorted out.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Unless you're sitting next to the person eating them.
I love garlic, but good God.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I'm sure that your adopted parents could arrange differently.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I was a big NBA fan back in the mid 90s (who wasn't when the Sonics were good?)
and watched it regularly until about 2000 or so when it just completely lost appeal for me. I don’t know exactly what it was. Maybe it was Gary Payton bitching, or Vin Baker whining, but I just didn’t care about it anymore.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
i was never a gary Payton fan.
While I recognized his level of talent, he was a bitch. Always had his mouth open. However, his seemingly earnest help in fighting to keep the Sonics in Seattle was a small booster in respect.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I root for the Lakers, Celtics and Knicks
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Three of my least favorite teams!
I can’t blame you. You’re a Californian!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
And what about that other LA team that seems poised for big things?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Michael Jordan retiring (the second time) ruined the NBA
It doesn’t matter who you were a fan of
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I wish he would have become a successful baseball player
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Michael Jordan kept the NBA propped up during the late 90's
I felt the problems began back in the mid 90’s.
I nearly wet myself after watching the highlights from the Blazer's first preseason game.
Greg Oden needs to get in game shape after being down for a year, but that guy is unstoppable under the basket, he was dunking when there were three guys trying to stop him and getting tons of rebounds.
Rudy Fernandez was also crazy, doing insane passes and taking alley-oops from Sergio. God, I can’t wait.
54!
Between Serg, Greg, and Brandon, that team will be a powerhouse for years.
And I doubt I’ll see a game.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
The Sonics leaving killed what little love that still remained between myself and the NBA.
David Stern and Clay Bennett can go choke on Jeff Cirillo’s woefully inadequate equipment.
Is that what they're calling it these days?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I cannot find a family-friendly response to this.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
NBA....NBA...oh right!
Isn’t that the pro-wrestling equivalent of basketball?
Larger than life heel as commissioner? Star-driven? Refs on the take?
I root for mass talent defections to Europe/Asia and sagging attendance
so that David Stern is forced to do something about the mess he’s created.
What happened with Stern?
His legacy seemed to be set in the late 90s.
First all of the players were assholes from 99-04
and then when he finally started getting likable players back in the league, senility and Donaghy struck
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Any Blazer fans remember Bust-a-Bucket?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
GO UP GET IT GOT IT GOOD
Is it bad I remember all the words of this song?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
fuck that
Should I ask the girl out for coffee while intoxicated? Or is that beter done sober?
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whoa that showed up in the WRONG place
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I'm stoked.
I’ve got my Utah Jazz schedule in my wallet and Sean Stockton’s first season as a Griz is set to begin any day.
Cuba Si! Yanqi No!
I used to love Hornacek. That dude was the Willie Bloomquist of basketball.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I'm considering going to the Blazer/Jazz preseason game on Sunday.
Their first preseason game had a playoff atmosphere, so I’m excited.
54!
I love getting drunk at 9 AM
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I'm prefunking for a quiz
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I've never done it before and I have 100% in the class thus far
So I need a bit more of a challenge
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This should be a fun offtopic today. You just stay right here and keep drinking.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
By my second class at 3 PM I should be completely wasted
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I am going to finish my work as soon as possible so I can be here for this.
My day is turning around!
It's quite likely I'll skip my 3 PM class
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If I continue taking shots every ten minutes with a 1.5 hour break
I should have like 22 shots in me by 3
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I suppose I could take a screwdriver to class
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Kidding. God, I wish I was doing that at the moment.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
God I hate some guitar players (no offense)
Oh look at me I wrote 532 songs last night about stuff in my life let me sing one of them for you in my grating falsetto which any vocal coach would have fixed years ago had I bothered to actually put some effort into the whole music performance idea
That's because you can't play guitar.
But you’re right – playing guitar does not give one the right to be a “musician.”
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
They die knowing they weren't really punk at all.
Fuck Billy. I’ve played shows with that guy, and he’s a pompous dick.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
That's cool.
I play a little guitar on the side just for kicks. The only guitar players who bother me are the ones who try to pass themselves off as singer/songwriters.
I fucking hate going to shop for guitars.
Where is the law that states that if I pick up a guitar to check out it’s sound, I have to be unwillingly thrown into a duel with some douchebag who happens to play like Ronnie James Dio on a nylon string acoustic? Like I need that.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I used to get smashed before my Spanish 102 classes
I had to. That class sucked and bored me to death.
I imagine you holding the nuclear football while saying this.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Should I ask the girl out for coffee while intoxicated? Or is that beter done sober?
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Probably when you're sober, since it's 10:15 in the morning.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
That's completely a good idea
It would appear that I’m using alcohol as a crutch by which to build the necessary confidence to ask the girl out
So it’s probably not a good idea
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Wait til tonight when everyone is drunk.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't drink tonight I have to work :(
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Then you'll be sober and they'll all be drunk.
It will be fine.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
but then when presented with the opportunity to hook up when she's really thrilled I asked her out
I’ll feel like a creeper because I’m sober
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Then stick with the non-hookups.
Simple. as. that.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I strongly dislike hookup culture anyway
so that’s a good idea
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I just think it's really stupid
Girl: I just had sex with a guy!
Me: So do you like him?
Girl: No….not at all
Me: Why would you have sex with someone you don’t like
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I actually think this is a non-Corco Corco statement.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Well, it's
a known fact that being drunk makes you roughly 8.5x more charming and desirable, so go for it.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Next question then
When I approach her should I wear normal clothing or a 3-piece suit?
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Wrong.
A three-piece suit sends a message of suaveness and professionality. Do you have a monocle as well?
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
No but that would be kick ass
But believe it or not I’m trusting NOLA here
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I just know UPS enough to realize that the suit probably wouldn't be the best idea.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd be better off wearing a North Face vest t hingee and nylon pants
unfortunately all I own are golf shirts and jeans
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You've slipped down a rung on the respect level.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I can't think of one either.
Maybe he is better off with the suit.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Aren't golf shirts?
With a nice pair of khaki pants and a belt?
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Mine are actually from golf courses though
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I don't see how this makes it better.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
They aren't from Abercrombie or some bullshit
because I actually play golf
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Ah, I see.
You’re douchebag shirts are authentic.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I think giving her a rundown of your clothing choices
would really inspire her to say yes.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Tell her you would like to invite her to a pants party.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Perhaps but it's not really the style I go for.
Then again, not into the nylon pants thing either.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I love how she actually looks happy to be with that guy.
“I’m the luckiest girl in the world!”
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Dude, check out the hair. I mean, c'mon. Who can resist that?
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
No, it's the expression on his face.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
In that it's saying "there's a better than 50%
chance I’ll date-rape you?"
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
"I've got my Geo Metro so fucking tricked out."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
No, more like
I have no creativity as is evidenced by my Ford Expedition.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I suppose I shouldn't talk.
I’m in Iowa, so I can get away with the untucked flannel and jeans look.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
My college isn't exactly appearance-conscious.
Besides, it’s comfortable.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Hush.
I can’t even wear my flip flops to Target without feeling guilty anymore.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Target is an acceptable flip-flop environment.
Assuming, of course, that you’re just going to Target.
Flannel and jeans is a casual staple.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The idea of even partially exposed feet on a Target floor scares me.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Now you tell me.
Flannel and jeans is too grunge for me.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
"Too grunge."
I don’t understand.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It reminds me of the early 90s.
And most people can’t pull it off.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Who is your friend's girlfriend?
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Don't know the name cause I never meet her
But apparently my friend says she has referred to you as “that highway guy”
This is college.
Are you sure she wasn’t referring to “that way high guy?”
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I drive highways more than I smoke
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wait who is your friend?
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Oh OK
She wouldn’t know barely anything about me then
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That would be someone from UPS then
Nnobody from McCall would know me as that
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I'd be the kid with the laugh
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I only know one girl at Wazzu and she doens't have a boyfriend
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I at least need examples of stories
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She's just trying to undermine you, friend--
I’m the one with your best interests at heart.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
If I were a hammer, that's what I'd heretofor.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
This is quite possibly one of the best sketches
ever written: Shoe Shop.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Pardon,
heretofore. My deepest condolences.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilsonville.
Yes, yes I know everything.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
So, I'm ready Foul Ball by Jim Bouton right now (great book, by the way)
and he was talking about this hilarious promotion a minor league team used to have back in the day. It was called “Bladder Buster Night” and the premise is that beers are free until one person takes a piss. As the first person is getting up to use the restroom, he gets booed by the entire crowd.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions
Off subject, but...
We played a show at this shitty dive bar in Aberdeen one night, and all of these scary white trash and logger people were playing pull tabs. The prizes? Outside of monetary winnings, bar patrons were awarded their choices in knives. Not kitchen knives, these were those crappy “ornate” ninja knives, bowie knives, etc. I was scared to death.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I still fail to understand the appeal of pull tabs.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, I see.
I’ve just been staring at the damn things.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I never bought one until I saw a game called "Squirrels gone Wild"
I mean, come on. You’d have done the same thing.
Is that what they are? I've always wondered.
And now in a bit of random trivia: When I was younger I came up with the band name “Surgical Pull-Tab”.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
They've still got that in Olympia
Bowie knife to the winner of one of the pull-tab games.
I’ve never seen someone actually win it, and the same knife (I think) has been hanging above the tab bins for years.
At the same bar, another prize is this hilarious “Mariner” jersey, that features no common elements with the actual M’s jersey. Haven’t seen it in a while, but it was grey and teal (a different teal) and said “Seattle” in a strange cursive font. It’s like they wanted to get close to the real one, then worried about copyright infringement, and so settled on a ‘safe’ alternative. Inspired by a genuine MLB color scheme! It’s a baseball jersey, featuring this Seattle logo!
Hells yes I finally succesfully pulled off making brown gravy
this will be the greatest homemade poutine of all time
to avoid the ends up like soup you need a little bit
not a lot, though.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Paying attention is definitely key
this helps in all cooking, not just gravymaking.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
This is why he's not at good girl level yet.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
From what I have heard he has not yet learned the difference.
But he needs to learn more about paying attention while cooking in order to land the good girls.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You just got yourself to AK1984's retarded sister.
You’ve got a ways to go. I suggest learning how to play the piano.
Probably best to not keep this one going either
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Congrats; you can now land a woman.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
all it takes is gravy?
Damn, I had to make carne seca from scratch. I put in too much work.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I didn't say he could land a good woman, just a woman.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
It's clear we have boundary issues.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I find this entire dynamic disturbing.
Clearly, my wise and moderating presence is necessary to maintain the moral integrity of this place.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
.
I didn’t say he could land a good woman, just a woman.
by NOLAmarinergirl
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope someday y'all get a smackdown.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Fine, fine.
I’ll get rid of all the wire coathangers.
so, what'd I miss?
there was no heat in my meeting room this morning and I’m still trying to thaw out.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Some pretty standard plotlines
Corco had a funny subthread, I had my tastes questioned, NOLA got baited, sports were discussed, a bit of music, no beer yet
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I did read that the provider of fruity pebbles ice cream happens to support a team which I do not
but I cannot bash said provider because I am being provided with said ice cream and pretzels so she gets a pass.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Oh my God, you're going to love both. We are now a fraternity of spoiled human beings.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
He can't really bash your team on account of how horribly they are doing.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That's not true. No matter how badly they're doing, it always hurts. Until it numbs.
We, as M’s fans, should know this.
I've got several good friends that are Spurs fans
I’ve even been to WHL. Once. And I didn’t have a horrible time. Had to keep very quiet though.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Do not refer to the worldwide highway library
Calrog is the enemy
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Do NOT I repeat do NOT google Worldwide Highway Library or Worldwide Transportation Library or Calrog or Carl Rogers
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Good you'll get viri on your computer
disguised as innocent photos of highway signs
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I just don't know why someone would make a "dirty" highway sign site
I mean even I recognize the audience is pretty limited
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I am accepting of Spurs.
Can I still have recipes?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course, dear NOLA. Your care package will be fun to put together.
In fact, you even qualify for a few Spurs jabs when they play Villa. I like you that much.
Clearly I am pretty awesome.
But I’ll remember this come March.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
phew.
I may answer the door in my Arsenal sweats but that’d just be because it’s Saturday and not a personal slight.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Actually, I think it's you I should be booing.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I can live with that
I’ve been booed for less.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I had yet to realize that Arsenal was just above Villa.
I’ll get this football thing, I will.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn't take too long
Especially when you realize that teams tend to move in bands:
Band 1: Chelsea, ManUre, Liverpool, Arsenal
Band 2: Villa, Spurs (usually, this year being an exception), West Ham, Everton, Man City, Blackburn, whoever else
Band 3: The three newly promoted team plus one or two that rotate every year (this year it’s Spurs and Newcastle)
Generally speaking, teams stay within their bands; at the end of this season, Arsenal may well drop into Band 2. Hopefully Spurs can pull themselves out of this mess, they really don’t deserve to be relegated, but we shall see.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
So really, it's pointless to booooo either Arsenal or Chelsea?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I will email you some!
Mind, I only know Spurs chants, but there has got to be a Villa spurs site around somewhere…..
there.
Never pointless to boo Band 1 teams
because they’re pretty much a closed shop.
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oh the girls i'm asking out is a Chelsea fan
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Find out how long she has been a Chelsea fan
if her answer is “since 2004” she’s not really a Chelsea fan and will dump them when they start losing again. Steer carefully.
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Her name is Chelsea
and she’s been a fan for a while
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Ask her if she knows who Gianfranco Zola is
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
A quick Google serach indicates this is a good idea
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If she does not you need never speak about soccer to her again
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of curiousity, are you something of a West Ham fan now?
Your support of Chelsea seems inextricable from your support of Zola (which I understand, don’t get me wrong)… sort of like old West Ham fans support of Paolo DiCanio.
So: West Ham? 2nd Favorite London Club? Or “Fuck ’em.”
Still dislike the club, want the manager to do well
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
And my Chelsea fandom predates Zola
Although I was very small so I don’t remember a lot of the pre-Zola times.
Apart from the glorious orange and silver kit.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd say this is a dumb answer but I have no grounds to stand on.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
If there were a team named [NOLA] you would be a fan
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Did you get into E Football because of a guy?
If so, the answer holds for you. if not, then it doesn’t.
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No, I think it's safe to say that my football alliances to not lie with a guy.
I based it on their uniforms.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Then you should look no further than Barcelona
best uniform ever.
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They're my non-Premier League team!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Then there's this historical Arsenal beauty:
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That's a goalie shirt right?
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Sadly, it is not.
The goalkeeper’s shirt was actually almost a solid color. This was just a trainwreck.
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But aren't Villa's uniforms basically the same as
every other claret/blue team in England (West Ham, etc.)? Why not West Ham?
I ask because it seems odd to pick a team in the midlands to support, because if you go to a game, you’ll be in the midlands.
When choosing a team, the advice I recieved included
“West Ham are assholes”
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And also I like that they were the first Premier League team to not have a corporate sponsor.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
You are not staying on my good side today.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just annoyed that instead of going blank
they put their squad numbers on the front. Why ruin a perfectly nice shirt?
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This is an excellent point
I spent a month in Birmingham in 1993. Not something I’m eager to repeat.
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Were you trying to get off the motorway?
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. Had a girlfriend there.
it’s telling that one of the first things she wanted to show me was spaghetti junction. It was all downhill from there.
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Be nice to my team; I'm new and I'm trying.
I can’t switch now.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I have nothing against Villa per se
but Birmingham’s a craphole. If you go there for a game you will like the stadium but hate the city.
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I do not know why I did not take the city into account when choosing.
Looking back I probably should’ve gone London.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Too easy.
Love requires the occasional challenge.
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Just choose a different club than her because
boooooooooooo Chelsea is fun.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
any recommendations
I don’t follow European Football
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Depends on your level of commitment
if you really want to get and stay into it, root for a team in Band 2 above. If you’re trying to impress a girl that’s a Chelsea supporter, and if it doesn’t work you won’t be around her much, go with Arsenal – natural rivalry (same city), both good teams.
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Fascinating
Yeah I really don’t care I’m just trying to get a relationship
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I'm actually starting to
I hope they finish in the top half. I see no reason why they can’t.
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I want them to break our home streak.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn't even be too mad when they beat Arsenal
they’re fun to watch.
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I think it'd be hilarious if Spurs dropped
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I will take the 5th amendment so as not to incriminate myself.
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I sort of do, too. The Spurs fans at the pub have been discussing this recently.
I think it would be really interesting.
I think it'll be hilarious when Chelsea has to repay loans
to Abramovich once oil drops below $50, or because he wants a second anti-submarine yacht.
Biggest mass-exodus from a bandwagon ever.
Whoa. Put the high heels down and walk away slowly.
And c’mon, shake your body, baby. Do the conga.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
You're obviously not proud of it if you can't even be bothered to capitalize it
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just following your shitty script.
Monkeys could write better crap.
I read that as *spice latin sausage*
originally. I’m not entirely sure why.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes a sausage is just a delicious, mouth-watering sausage.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, like I'm going to risk pissing off the other old dude on this site.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
you could have at least turned up the heat in my meeting room then
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I have my nice warm fleece so I'm not really concerned with anyone else.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I suppose that's fair.
I was wearing a long sleeved jacket and a wool car coat and I was STILL freezing.
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Not at 10.51 PDT there's not
and my team missed the playmoffs anyway.
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You make some really strange comments
this is one of them
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It doesn't like it because it's not correct
Catalog: US
Catalogue: English
Catalouge: JI
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He really needs a JI compatible browser.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
catalogue catalouge
It would like to replace the latter with Catalonia.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to replace a boring catalogue with a trip to Catalonia as well.
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I knew I could count on you for this.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not going to use it on myself.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I just figured he had some sort of blackmail somewhere.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure your drunk thread would help with that but half of it got hidden cause people were being jerks to you
But dont fear my archive project is only getting started
That's how times are listed on the back of my Who CDs
Plus, you have to hit shift to use a colon.
9=8
more vaguely European
most European rail and bus systems use the full stop instead of the colon.
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Not a takedown
an assertion that, as with most things, there’s the US way and the Rest Of The World way. I’m not assigning right or wrong to this and NO POLITICS but it wasn’t a takedown.
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you'll make the hill cry if you keep this up you bully
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One of the most fun conversations I've ever had with my English friend
was when I kept insisting that he, as an Englishman, was also a European. That was an entertaining conversation.
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I wonder what happens when one does this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
It usually results in raised voices
because most English people do not consider themselves part of Europe. I think the phrase “That’s why we have an English Channel” came up a few times.
It should also be noted that the person with whom I had this conversation also started, as an adjunct, ranting about the French (it’s pretty much reflexive). While we were driving around Wales in his brand new Peugeot. When I pointed this out, his wife laughed at him for about 10 minutes. it was awesome.
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I like this story.
It also seems the english find themselves better than europeans.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
They find themselves better than most of humanity
which I find alternately endearing and offputting.
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It's rather entertaining and endearing.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
It's always good for a laugh when you hear things like
“we invented the computer” which is technically true, but that’s like saying Bill Gates invented Windows. And “we invented soccer”, which again, true, but you also lost the ability to play it at a national level in about 1967.
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I'm amusing myself right now.
“Last I checked we won those wars.”
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite soccer chant ever, when the English play the Germans
“TWO WORLD WARS AND ONE WORLD CUP DOO DAH DOO DAH”
Which would be a great chant if this were, say, 1970. But here, 60 years on from the last world war and 42 years from that one single solitary world cup (one less than Uruguay), it’s just funny.
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What do women find more attractive?
A guitar player who sings, or a piano player who sings? I need your advice, NOLA.
I'm not a woman, but it would make sense to me that guitar would win out
since it translates to being in a rock band more readily than a piano.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
And other musicians who name their offspring "Apple."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Oh God I hate The Fray.
“Hi welcome to Mills Music, how can I help you today?”
“Do you have The Fray sheet music?”
“Yes I do, right next to ‘High School Musical,’ ‘Wicked,’ and the other requests I get 500 times a day.”
Rinse, repeat.
Gaaaaaaaah you and your music tastes.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
because guys in rock bands are usually so stable and ready for a relationship
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Joan Jett's hotter than both of them combined
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I cannot dispute that.
Other than Belinda Carlisle.
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I was always more of a Jane Weidlin guy myself
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Oh, man, I'm a sucker for that song.
I haven’t heard Krall’s cover of it.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking it up on YouTube as we speak.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Funny story about this song
It was so lounge-y Billy Joel’s saxophonist and drummer refused to record it. Billy had to go hire a drummer and jazz alto saxophonist Phil Woods to record the album cut.
Nice version.
This song is one of my favorites to sing at karaoke.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm watching it right now.
God, she’s a helluva pianist.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I had no idea she had those kind of keyboard chops
until I heard that particular live recording.
Lisa Loeb is so frickin' adorable.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Most women prefer the guitar; I think because it is portable.
But I love piano and voice and the true love of my life is a piano playing musician.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely not a piano.
I said piano.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
You haven't heard the power grand patch on this thing.
(Although I totally understand where you’re coming from, I’d rather play a real piano)
It's just not the same, and it wouldn't really win over the ladies.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Why so opposed to synthesizers, then?
Sometimes an e-piano patch sounds great with a song.
Because I prefer the acoustic piano and strong voice.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I've got a book full of chord changes
for popular ballads from the 70s and 80s.
I have lost my copy of the two most recent Big Business EPs given to me by the band, and I am angry.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I have accepted a friend request from kevin_ess
By the way, check BierGarten on my friends list (it’s the first one) if you want to hear some songs from a cover band I had a few years ago. We weren’t very good, but we sure had fun.
Yeah
You guys are way better than we were. BierGarten was just a bunch of Army buddies that were lucky enough to play some pubs in Germany.
It really was
The locals went insane whenever we played Dead or Alive. Not one of my favortie songs, but having the crowd go wild totally made it worth it.
There are few things better than having a crowd absolutely go apeshit for you.
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Totally
I remembered thinking to myself (sarcastically of course) that I should slit my wrists right now because I have just peaked.
So.... the stock market.
The financial sector has destroyed everyone. There are no more shoes to drop, only legs to be amputated.
you joke but that's actually a great idea
if you’re young enough to ride it out for 5 years, buy as much stock now – in ANYTHING – as you can get your hands on.
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So would I.
It cracks me up how many people have it backwards.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I can only hope this tailspin drags on for about a month longer.
I’ll have enough set aside to buy in.
Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
My life sucks.
Instead of being taken out to lunch by my company, I get to stay in the office all alone and follow an AutoCAD webinar. Yay me!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 11:36 AM PDT reply actions
Webinars are evil.
Not to mention poorly named.
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Worst word in the recent history of corporate America.
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I think webinar is worse.
Just because I have to hear it more than “synergy”.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I think I heard it in an IBM ad once,
but I’ve never heard it used in my office.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Didn't they have an ad where everyone was luying on the floor?
Guy walks in turns on the light, what gives? We’re ideating! Effing stupid advertisement.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
lying
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Laying?
Fuck it, I think I had it right the first time.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
It's not "luying".
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It's "lying" as it's in the intransitive sense.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you.
There are a couple of words that defy my abilities. It’s kind of weird, but no matter how many times I look them up, they just refuse to stick.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
I'm pretty sure that's the one.
They also had that bingo commercial.
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I don't recall that one.
The smarmy “we’re so smart ads” kind of turn me off. Like I was a huge IBM customer, so who cares.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Just remember, you could be at the DMV right now.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I have a DOL office downstairs from me.
Trust me, you don’t want to be there either. You don’t even want to be in the parking lot (how most of these people have licenses in the first place, I have no idea).
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
That might be enough to make me turn off the Tom Jones CD I'm listening to right now.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Yep.
Felt like a Tom Jones kind of day. This CD has some great remakes by him. “Mama told me not to come”, “Burning down the house”, “Black Betty”, a duet with him and Van Morrison doing “Sometimes we cry”, and all his standards as well.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
My buddy burned it for me, I can't remember the actual name of the CD.
It’s working for me today though.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
It gives the guitar character
I have had beer spit or thrown on my Les Paul so many times I cannot even count.
Unfortuanely the spilt upon guitar is one of my nice ones
My workhorse however, has lots of not nice stuff spillt all over it, beer, rum, whiskey, sweat, blood, you name it. Those are the only bodily fluids however, so don’t go there.
bitches I dominated that quiz
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and didn't ask the girl out
alhtough I did tell her I was drunk
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She was when I told her that I'm only doing it because I'm sick of always getting the same grade on the quizzes
and want to shake things up and challenge myself
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Caution--you run the risk of being perceived as obnoxiously arrogant.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a good point
On Monday I’m going in sober though and am just going to ask her out
and I’m pretty sure I got 100% on the quiz
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Go drunk every time.
Wait is this stats?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
beyond that it's the only math class in which it's possible to get a 100%
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I think you mentioned it.
And who do you have?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Gibson
I’ve also had Beezer at various points in life
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Whoever taught me stats no longer exists at UPS.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure but I don't see a name I recognize on that list.
Probably because she was awful.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a prof for Music 100 that was fired after one semester
He was so awful and ended up giving everyone A minuses
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It's sad when you teach a class so low it doesn't even qualify as 101.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
It fulfilled my “Fine Arts” requirement
There were no music majors in there
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I'm getting to the point in school where I question the value of a liberal arts education
It’s like “yeah, I’m learning about literature but I’m supposed to be in the labor force in 1.5 years and Debussy’s compositions really don’t mean anything out there”
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I found Puget Sound prepared me well for a graduate level degree.
In fact, most undergrad courses there were harder than my grad level classes.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That's really good to know
Because I do plan on going to grad school but don’t feel like I’m learning the necessary stuff to go to grad school- but if your experience was different that’s a huge relief
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You are; trust me. Especially with the writing skills UPS drills into its graduates.
Be sure you cultivate good relationships with your profs too, at least 3-4 of them. It’s their recs that will sell you.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The good relationships with profs
is something I really need to work on
But I completely agree with the writing skills
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Non-specialized college degrees are only important
because they let employers know you can show up somewhere on time every day and get along with people well enough to do collaborative projects.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
That works except I hate people
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So do I but I can work with them if I have to.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I can too but my ideal career doesn't involve this
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Hah, you quaint people
and your “requirements.” I told my advisor that I wouldn’t be taking any math or science classes and he just sort of shrugged.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The ceremony is boring as fuck though.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no intention of going
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Parents.
Good food and good presents.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
My parents won't come
and I’ll still get presents
I can go to McDonald’s and get good food
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You spelled "sustenance" wrong.
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chicken mcnuggets are the epitome of goodness
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Whatever turns your crank.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I did lots of maths and science and oh look a high paying job
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
University taught you a lot.
I’m glad that green pen has enhanced your life.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not doing math or science
and, oh look, I’m going to pretty much any law school I want.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Apologies.
I can be a dick some/all of the time.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh look you're actually smart
All I want to do is drive highways
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Math is great for teaching logic.
More lawyers need logic. Therefore Law School needs math classes.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The Philosophy department of your local university can also teach logic
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This was more of a joke than anything.
Using faulty logic to make the case for more logic.
I guess that’s a fail.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I've taken symbolic logic.
It’s like math, but without all of the scary numbers.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
All math is nowadays is letters anyways.
There’s very few numbers left in it. Example:
This is the scan of Graham’s thesis from “Biomechanics and You”, incidentally.
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I'm going to laugh one day when someone proves all we think we know about math wrong
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and I will be not at all surprised
when that someone turns out to be Graham.
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If I don't need it to buy groceries, it's not math.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Further education before you get a job?
Tick-tock.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 10, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not like the economy is so good that rushing into the labor force is a fantastic idea
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I strongly recommend to anyone to stay in school as long as they can possibly afford it
in hopes of getting out of school when things start to look up in 2-5 years
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and if I go drunk every time how will I ask her out?
I refuse to ask a girl out drunk
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This contradicts your previous statements.
Ask her out when you’re not having a quiz.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh smart
because then I can actually catch her after class when everyone isn’t leaving the room at the same time
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Despite what one might think about my university credentials, I am smart.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
University of Puget Sound is a very good school
It sounds like a community college to people in Louisiana but it’s a very good school
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Also, Seattle Central Community College is one of the highest regarded Community colleges in the nation.
Seattle has some good schools.
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It's like my old boss asked me what my GPA was
and I said “3.2” and he said “Wow I thought you were smart I got a 3.6 at Ohio State University at Mansfield”
and I just say “…Yeah”
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SCCC may be well regarded
But I went there a few years ago to get a few more business classes under my belt. I was shocked at how lazy the students were.
I was regularly the only student to actually do the reading. It was 6 very easy 4.0 grades.
I would like to suggest that in true educational terms, when speaking for the vast majority of people
that difficulty of classes!=quality of education. TESC (and I use it as an example only because I have the most experience there) could be coasted through, but most of the people that went there wanted to challenge themselves a great deal and did so. That’s the blessing and the curse of largely self-directed education.
My last quarter there I absolutely killed myself on my project. I think I got ten hours of sleep the entire term.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is very true
My Mom was a teacher and she told me early on that the only way to learn anything is to force yourself to go beyond the requirements of mediocrity.
also keep in mind she always gets better grades then I do
and she knows it
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Let us debate...
Traditional drumstick grip vs matched drumstick grip.
If you don’t use traditional you’re a pussy.
I used matched grip, but I only play drums in Rock Band.
Does that still make me a pussy?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 10, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
WORMS EVERYWHERE!
CATS AND DOGS, LIVING TOGETHER, COMPLETE ANARCHY!!!!!!!
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Glad to be of service.
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I'm terrible at drumming
What makes it worse is my wife is so good at it.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 10, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, just change your pants. It's not like you can't use your arms, you drama queen.
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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Excellent.
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I use a reversed traditional.
But I’m a lefty on the drums. I just can’t hold the stick traditional in my left hand.
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My introduction to percussion was a DCI marching snare lesson.
In their words “You will use right-handed traditional grip. No exceptions.”
Which is exactly what the wiki said--traditional is for marching snare.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Marching snare or drumkit.
The kit player in my bad uses traditional.
For further proof
Here’s Joe Morello, my all-time favorite drummer.
That's so boring compared to Bonzo.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
We shouldn't argue.
The tune features strong influences from drummers Joe Morello
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like you to tell Dale Crover he's a pussy.
Traditional grip just doesn’t work that well for rock music.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 10, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
God I'm going to be at work until 5:45 today
this is going to be torturous
No... weekend anticipation
I’m actually not feeling that bad right now.
by seattlebruin on Oct 10, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
What time did you start?
I work until 5:45 almost every night.
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And you're complaining about being there until 5:45?
That’s not that horrible, although it is Friday. I start about 9:15 or 9:30, and usually leave about 5:30 or 6:00. This week I’ve been here until 6:30 or 7:00 all week though.
Not tonight. Tonight there’s a cold beer with my name on it.
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Lucky assholes.
I get here at about 0730 and leave some time between 2030 and 2100. Ugh.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
But today is Devil's opening night,
which means I leave right on time.
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What do you do for a living again?
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IT guy, mostly.
Right now I have about 10 major projects due in the next two weeks.
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Good thing, though:
In the time while I’m waiting for things to install I get to do whatever I want.
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But you work project-to-project, right?
So theoretically you have time off between them…
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Ahahahaha
Not quite. Right now I have 43 items in my todo list.
- 8 are in cleanup (after done, monitoring and loose ends)
- 14 are in finish (getting done in the next week or so, before cleanup)
- 12 are in progress (due done sometime in the next month or so)
- 5 are in hold (no set due date, or research projects I do in my spare time)
- 4 are in planning (duh)
When I move most of the ones in finish to cleanup and get rid of the current set in cleanup, I’ll get my next set to plan. I like to stay around 35-40, but it’s that time of year that the next set will probably put me close to 50.
These aren’t all major by any means, it just sort of worked out that 10 of the major ones are due to finish at about the same time. Sort of bad luck.
Honestly, if it weren’t for LL, I’d probably have all my minor projects done by now, and be down to about 30 or so. Of course, that means they’d just assign me more.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So you work for one specific company then,
not “freelance”.
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Correct.
The worst part is I think up and set most of my own jobs. I just can’t stand by and let things slide, so I take on all the upgrades and updates, along with the company-wide projects that nobody else wants to think about.
At least my job is safe unless my company goes under.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So then you could probably set your own hours...
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Oh, I'm here voluntarily.
I get the bulk of my work done before/after hours when people aren’t on their machines. If I had to do all my stuff during the normal business hours, I’d get killed waiting on assholes to restart their machines. Unfortunately, my boss won’t let me leave for 4 hours during the day to balance it out.
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I know how that type of thing goes.
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I find this hilarious. Sorry Robert.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
You literally should be getting about $350 for the gig. That's pretty standard.
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WOW! I would not even touch my gear for that.
No wonder the song choices are getting under your skin.
I know they're taking advantage of me because I'm a former student.
If I had another gig lined up for this weekend, I would blow this one off.
I was almost sure that would be a rickroll.
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No surprised considering what I've heard about the "recommended playlist" so far.
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DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!!
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Just keep repeating to the kids in between songs,
“It’s okay, I work at Radio Shack.”
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Wear earplugs.
Who cares if ti sounds like shit.
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You need to acquire some stab-proof clothing.
My God, to be a fly on the wall at that dance…
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I thought you already specified a bullet-proof enclosure?
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Take pepper spray.
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I would pay to see you dressed in knights regalia consisting of bubble wrap.
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Okay then....
I’ll be over there…..
Away from you guys….
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Holy crap - how have i not seen this before??
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You have got to be shitting me.
That’s the top play of the year, and it’s by Joel Pinero….
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If I were a carpenter and you were a lady would you marry me anyway?
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Shit, what song is that from?
And my answer is NO.
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Johnny Cash isn't the name of a song...
:)
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I thought it was fairly obvious: If I Were a Carpenter.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I was just giving you a hard time.
Sarcasm on the internet’s a bitch.
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Might be the Vista as well.
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Well this is depressing
One of the last concerts Paul Desmond performed. Recorded five years before he eventually died due to complications of lung cancer.
Desmond is the reason I took up the saxophone. In his early recordings, he could get through the entire bridge of this particular song in one breath. When this was recorded he couldn’t get through four bars without breathing.
Being a wind player and smoking is stupid.
Smoking is stupid.
I still can’t figure out why I ever started that nasty habit.
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Personally I think it was because I was always the little skinny guy growing up,
and for some reason I thought smoking made me look “tougher” or “cooler” (that and wearing black and having long hair). My clothes and haircut have changed since then, but the smoking habit has tenaciously stuck around.
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I would guess I'd be one of very few smokers around here.
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I started at the age of 22 like a dumbas
But everyone in my family lives to 90yo or above, but they all go crazy in their 70’s.
I figured I’d prefer to die before going insane.
Age of 16 for me.
My family tends to have long life spans as well, but without the craziness. Seems like my family’s MO is to abuse the ehll out of yourself until you’re about 50, then try to lead a healthy life after that (ora at least keep your vices in moderation).
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That is a common pattern for many people
I lived cleanly until 22 then I decided to become a wretch for a decade.
Now I reside somewhere in between.
I don't do a lot of the things I used to do, but I still drink and smoke.
I suppose that could be considered moderation. Although I’ve been smoking less and drinking more lately.
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True; our rebellion comes later in life I suppose.
Although my dad is a smoker and he used to run a Fantasy Baseball league out of the church
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well my older brother rebelled early
I saw all the crap he had to deal with so I figured i would wait until I was on my own.
Huh...
I figured I’d be the outcast on this one. Not that it’s a proud group to be in or anything.
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I find it kind of a distinguish thinhwuuhlllggglllhackhackhack.
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It is a nice way to meet people now that we all have to go to designated "areas".
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Yeah, standing behind the office building by the dumpster on a rainy day is romantic.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
They keep moving you people farther and farther from the door at my work.
It makes me happy to watch you all have to take a hike to where no one can see or smell you.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Ain't my fault there are less and less of you to oppress.
I would call for a smoker’s holocaust, but you’re doing it to yourself anyway.
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But then there'd be no Hoboken
which means there’d be no Maxwell’s. Which is a problem.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Depends on where you are
The only reason I like Hoboken is because of Maxwell’s, which is a great club where I saw the Swingin’ Neckbreakers, the Dictators, and a bunch of other good NY/NJ bands.
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You like Maxwell's?
God I hate that place. Decent food, but the music room is more like a closet. I went to see a friend’s band play there, and I was packed in with about maybe 50 people, because that’s all the room would fit.
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Which is why I liked it
I love small sweaty divey clubs. Never eaten there, but I’ve seen some amazing bands there.
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Maybe the fact that the other 48 people were like 19 yr old girls probably soured it for me.
It was me and one other guy rocking out, tow feet of space, and then 20 disgusted girls trying to get pictures with their cell phones. They didn’t even know who the band was.
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Yeah, see, that sucks pretty much anywhere
but go there when, say, the Neckbreakers are playing and that problem goes away.
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Even the owner of my company has to go outside to smoke.
How do you get around that?
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Our building has a covered area they built for us since one of the owners smokes, and so do all the bosses.
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I didn't mean a nice way to meet women,
I just meant I’ve made some friends standing in the smoking section that I probably wouldn;t have ever talked to if we weren’t “forced” into the same area.
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ALCOHOL IS BLAMELESS AND BEAUTIFUL AND SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
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Thank you.
Although I do tend to smoke more when I’m out drinking with friends who smoke.
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Then they get mad at me when I don't want to go outside with them, or they get mad when I only smoke half a cigarette.
Why should they care?
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hey you insult alochol you're insulting Corco
You insult Corco and you will regret it
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Cross the Brazos at Waco
I’m safe when I reach San Antonio!
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Huh?
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drinking and listening to old country music apparently doesn;t work in the early afternoon
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It's fine, it was just very random...
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Billy Walker
I’m beginning to think a golf shirt wearing listener of pre 1980 country music fits in at UPS about as well as an idiot at a Mensa meeting
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Which is why you should keep doing what you do
Conformity is vastly overrated.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Being around many of the people at UPS helped me to find a separate identity, so it's ok.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That's good
I get angry at how most seem to be mindless drones chasing some random inachievable objective
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They probably are.
Do not be that drone.
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Don't worry
I’m incapable of it
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So the Croatians routinely put ketchup on their pizza
I made fun of them at first, but decided I should try it because I needed to confirm for myself that it was not good. Strangely, it’s not bad. Especially accompanied with hot sauce.
Take a bottle of ketchup, dump a quarter of it out
and add in a bunch of your favorite hot sauce back to the original level of the ketchup – I use Dave’s Insanity – and you have yourself some good ketchup.
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That sounds like a fantqastically amazing plan
However, the only hot sauce available here is Tabasco sauce.
That works.
I’m not a huge fan of Tabasco, but it definitely works.
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Better than nothing.
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Need some Crystal?
I’m not sure I could get it to Croatia without it breaking.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How about UPS or FedEx?
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UPS sends me salsa and hot sauces that I buy online all the time.
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Niether ship to an APO address.
And both are way expensive to use my Croatian address because I’d have to pay import tax
Never mind.
I didn’t know it was an APO. That does make it more difficult.
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If you really want some hot sauce I really will send it.
But I can’t access myspace so that won’t work.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Thanks a million for the thought, but I can make do here. I make monthly runs to the PX in Italy (4 hour drive) and I can stalk up there.
Just making sure as I like to keep people in hot sauce!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 10, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Stalk up? Interesting.
I am going to stalk my freezer with Otter Pops tomorrow. I hope it doesn’t get scared and call the cops.
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I can't wait to be drunk in about 5 hours.
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I'm not sure my fiancee would appreciate that, unless it's her I'm stalking.
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Anyone else watch Testees last night?
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
Have a good weekend curve.
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Have a good nap. Drive safe tomorrow.
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Coke mixed with sprite is the best chaser ever
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When beer is unavailable
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What are you chasing?
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Idaho Silver Vodka
$9.95/handle only available in Idaho
It’s turpentine subsidized by the state so poor people can get wasted
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