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Did I just reveal my nerdiness there? I hope so not.

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 NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 8:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Gomez on Oct 10, 2008 8:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha... it's totally cool

I felt my ten minutes of work was worth some forced indignance.

by Gomez on Oct 10, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't matter. Chemistry wins in basketball.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Were you thinking about the "football" Spurs?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like I'm going to bash the pretzel Queen.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Buy low.... I like it.

Which games are you seeing? Whereabouts in the Lane will you be?

Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur (at some point)!

by marc w on Oct 10, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I've never been to a Seahawks game.

Perhaps I will steal tickets from you to find out if I like football.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck that

My season tickets are staying in my name long past I’m dead.

by Robert on Oct 10, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Michael Jordan retiring (the second time) ruined the NBA

It doesn’t matter who you were a fan of

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Michael Jordan kept the NBA propped up during the late 90's

I felt the problems began back in the mid 90’s.

by Gomez on Oct 10, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by joof on Oct 10, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

His nautilus machine?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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?

by marc w on Oct 10, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Patrick517 on Oct 10, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by joof on Oct 10, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love getting drunk at 9 AM

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 9:43 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Right there with you dude

Except that it’s almost 7pm here…

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm prefunking for a quiz

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I await this with huge anticipation.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm not right there with you dude

I’m just drinking beer and playing guitar

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're so emo!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No way dude

I’m a happy guy drinking beer and playing guitar

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kidding. God, I wish I was doing that at the moment.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No worries dude

Besides, how many emo kids play a 12 string?

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only if it's a harp, I suppose!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok

That genuinely made me laugh out loud

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally agree

I can’t sing or write songs, I just like to play.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup

I’m just a drunk with a guitar.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Easy there cowboy

I might start thinking I have talent and write 532 songs…

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Rob!

Reply button to Brian, dumbass!

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to get smashed before my Spanish 102 classes

I had to. That class sucked and bored me to death.

by Gomez on Oct 10, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I imagine you holding the nuclear football while saying this.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't drink tonight I have to work :(

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I strongly dislike hookup culture anyway

so that’s a good idea

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Faux on Oct 10, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Next question then

When I approach her should I wear normal clothing or a 3-piece suit?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

No but that would be kick ass

But believe it or not I’m trusting NOLA here

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and a 3 piece suit

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You've slipped down a rung on the respect level.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

there is no floor

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pop dat collar, yo.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't think of one either.

Maybe he is better off with the suit.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think they're classy

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aren't golf shirts?

With a nice pair of khaki pants and a belt?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fascinating

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hilariously, it doesn't.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They aren't from Abercrombie or some bullshit

because I actually play golf

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, I see.

You’re douchebag shirts are authentic.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 10, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahahahaha!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps but it's not really the style I go for.

Then again, not into the nylon pants thing either.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Hush.

I can’t even wear my flip flops to Target without feeling guilty anymore.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 acblue on Oct 10, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The idea of even partially exposed feet on a Target floor scares me.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait how?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who is your friend's girlfriend?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't know the name cause I never meet her

But apparently my friend says she has referred to you as “that highway guy”

by Robert on Oct 10, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I drive highways more than I smoke

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be someone from UPS then

Nnobody from McCall would know me as that

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd be the kid with the laugh

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I at least need examples of stories

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

fuck monocles

i’m a pince nez man myself.

Cuba Si! Yanqi No!

by Patrick517 on Oct 10, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Top hat.

I gave you all my good advice yesterday.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's awesome!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, you pull them.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

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 Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by marc w on Oct 10, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hells yes I finally succesfully pulled off making brown gravy

this will be the greatest homemade poutine of all time

by Robert on Oct 10, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Worst subject line ever.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and some flour.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Paying attention is definitely key

this helps in all cooking, not just gravymaking.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Little bit of beer

I’m drinking beer and playing guitar as stated a bit above

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do not refer to the worldwide highway library

Calrog is the enemy

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know not of which you speak

WHL.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no plans to.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good you'll get viri on your computer

disguised as innocent photos of highway signs

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Google is participating in

Corco baiting of a different kind?

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 10, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by royalcurve on Oct 10, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clearly I am pretty awesome.

But I’ll remember this come March.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can live with that

I’ve been booed for less.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Her name is Chelsea

and she’s been a fan for a while

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.”

by marc w on Oct 10, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Oct 10, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you get into E Football because of a guy?

If so, the answer holds for you. if not, then it doesn’t.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then you should look no further than Barcelona

best uniform ever.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's a goalie shirt right?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sadly, it is not.

The goalkeeper’s shirt was actually almost a solid color. This was just a trainwreck.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by marc w on Oct 10, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is an excellent point

I spent a month in Birmingham in 1993. Not something I’m eager to repeat.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too easy.

Love requires the occasional challenge.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

any recommendations

I don’t follow European Football

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fascinating

Yeah I really don’t care I’m just trying to get a relationship

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 10, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa. Put the high heels down and walk away slowly.

And c’mon, shake your body, baby. Do the conga.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's with all this idle chatter?

There’s playmoff baseball being played!

Cuba Si! Yanqi No!

by Patrick517 on Oct 10, 2008 10:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not at 10.51 PDT there's not

and my team missed the playmoffs anyway.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It doesn't like it because it's not correct

Catalog: US
Catalogue: English
Catalouge: JI

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Katalogue

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Type better."

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

spell check?

where we’re going we wond need spellcheck.

Cuba Si! Yanqi No!

by Patrick517 on Oct 10, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ironic

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

catalogue catalouge
It would like to replace the latter with Catalonia.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love my colon.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by JI on Oct 10, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

more vaguely European

most European rail and bus systems use the full stop instead of the colon.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like this story.

It also seems the english find themselves better than europeans.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They find themselves better than most of humanity

which I find alternately endearing and offputting.

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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's ridiculous and annoying.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm amusing myself right now.

“Last I checked we won those wars.”

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What do women find more attractive?

A guitar player who sings, or a piano player who sings? I need your advice, NOLA.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

With a golf shirt.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And other musicians who name their offspring "Apple."

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not that this will help

But as a dude I find Lisa Loeb way hotter than Tori Amos

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm with you there.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I cannot dispute that.

Other than Belinda Carlisle.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes she is.

Her voice is also amazing.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, man, I'm a sucker for that song.

I haven’t heard Krall’s cover of it.

by Phildopip on Oct 10, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 10, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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)

by BrianL on Oct 10, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Check out Trepan on my friends list.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not bad, though! Fun stuff!

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally

I remembered thinking to myself (sarcastically of course) that I should slit my wrists right now because I have just peaked.

by coolguyrob on Oct 10, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So.... the stock market.

The financial sector has destroyed everyone. There are no more shoes to drop, only legs to be amputated.

by Wilder. on Oct 10, 2008 11:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Buy! Buy stock now!

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by pdb on Oct 10, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't joking.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 10, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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).

by Thingray on Oct 10, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs