OFFTOP for superstition day
So it is Friday the 13th. I happen to work with one of the most superstitious people I have ever met. He refuses to have his name on any work order that ends in 13. That is just the tip of the iceberg with this guy, but I will not turn this post into a rant about how strange he is. Honestly, I'm rather shocked he showed up for work today.
From my perspective superstitions drive me crazy. However, long ago I came to realize that everyone needs something to get them through the day feeling safe so to each their own.
That having been said, do any of you have any odd superstitions? Do you know anyone who has some interesting superstitions beyond the run of the mill stuff?
Other topic ideas are Valentine's Day, spring training physicals, 3-day weekends, whether getting a tooth pulled without pain medication is worse than resigning Griffey or not, and the usual Xbox, music, movie, book and weather conversations.
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I have this superstition about basketball..
Namely, wearing a bunch of ASU stuff while watching the Devils sweep the Bruins…
Yes, that is SB baiting…
/SB baiting :-)
by seattlesundevil on Feb 13, 2009 10:18 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Do sports habits count as superstitions?
I get superstitious about what jerseys I wear during football season, and I have certain rituals I have to do when I’m bowling and playing softball…
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's OK, I've long since accepted that we suck this year
but I haven’t made good yet on my threat to punch someone if we lost yesterday…
by seattlebruin on Feb 13, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So much fun to be had
Like pointing out after he’s finished his work that the order number was a multiple of 13.
by MarkE on Feb 13, 2009 10:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Believe me I do my best to get him stuck with 13 whenever I can.
I am a compulsive practical joker too and this guy has a stack of poker chips he always plays with at his desk. One night after he went home I glued them all together.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm superstitious about Thursday the 12
Two car accidents two months in a row.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, that's terrible luck.
Were either of them your fault?
by Fin on Feb 13, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I caused a fender-bender the first time due to poor brakes.
The second time, an 81-year-old woman with a dog on her lap didn’t see my blinker and slammed into me, totaling my car.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That solves the brake repair problem.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Well at least the total wasn't your fault.
by Fin on Feb 13, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True, and I got a better car out of it.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
O yea, with the way the market is, it is a great time to buy a car.
by Fin on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
still no interest in the car?
that’s a bit surprising.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was the dog OK?
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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares. That dog was obviously a terrible driver.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Toonces was driving actually.
But he fled the scene.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At least you weren't flying from Newark to Buffalo last night.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Have they released the name of the Seattlite that got killed?
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was the co-pilot.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love Friday the 13th.
They’ve always been great days for me, but then again 3 and 13 are my favorite numbers.
Why in the heck to people even have favorite numbers??
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:24 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
But 3 is one of my favorite numbers too.
by Fin on Feb 13, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Problem is A-Rod wore both of my favorite numbers,
and people would see my softball number and say “A-Rod fan, huh?”. I’d have to explain to them that I’m older than A-Rod, and I’ve been wearing those numbers for longer than he has..
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Babe Ruth also wore three.
I would just go with that.
by Fin on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is very true.
But most people don’t know that.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Three is my favorite number for very geeky reasons.
As a 3rd grader I found it fascinating that you could add up the digits in any number and if that total was divisible by three then the larger number was also.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One of the odd superstitious here (and in most slavic countries)
is that people will not take money directly from your hand. You have to lay it on the countertop (or table top etc.) and then they pick it up. They say it’s bad luck to take it directly from your hand. This is more common with the older folks, the younger crowd realizes it’s horse shit.
by coolguyrob on Feb 13, 2009 10:25 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
There is a store by my house where the clerk won't hand you money directly.
At first I thought he was being rude, but then I figured it must be some sort of custom or something.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The first time I encountered it (in Ukraine)
I stood there holding my money out to the waitress for what seemed like forever and she just stared at me. After what seemed like forever I said in Russian “Are you going to take the money or what?” A nice Brit fellow nearby came over and explained the superstition/custom to me and I felt like a total dick. Ended up giving her a huge tip.
by coolguyrob on Feb 13, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A few years ago I purchased a pair of black horn-rimmed glasses (see: Drew Carey) on a lark.
I wore them to a gig and played the best ad-lib solo of my life. The next gig, I wore my normal wire-framed glasses and couldn’t make heads or tails of chord progressions that day. Ever since then, I always wear those horn-rimmed glasses (or as my band director likes to call them “birth control”) to gigs.
by BrianL on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I will admit I was a bit ritualistic before gigs.
I never saw that as a superstition though but more of just a way to make sure I was ready and in the right mindset.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is your band director ex-military?
My dad was in the Navy, and the standard issue government glasses were lovingly referred to as BCG’s (birth control glasses).
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by Phildopip on Feb 13, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If they were good enough for Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello
they’re good enough for me.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not superstitious in the slightest
but for some bizarre reason I always have to put my left sock/shoe on first. I don’t think bad things will happen if I don’t, it just doesn’t feel right the other way round.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:31 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, there is the whole turning off the tv when the closer comes in...
but with the Ms through the years, that was part superstition and part anti-heartburn.
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 10:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I wish my mother would do the same.
Instead she goes into conniptions. Every time. You’d think she’d get used to it by now.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball question here -
If you hit into a possible double play but beat out the throw from second to first I know it doesn’t count as a hit, but does in count towards your OBP?
by coolguyrob on Feb 13, 2009 10:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
No.
OBP only counts hits, walks, and HBPs toward your OBP.
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by Phildopip on Feb 13, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the word you're looking for is Fielder's Choice.
the other angels fan
by Eyebrows on Feb 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I knew that it was hitting into a Fielder's Choice but since you stil made it on base
I was curious as to if it went towards your OBP.
by coolguyrob on Feb 13, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm very superstitious to a fault.
It’s completely ridiculous, but every weekday morning I have to wake up at a particular time and go to work.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 10:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
And I bet you go to the same work every day, don't you?
man, that’s some OCD shit right there.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, man, that one's a killer.
It can just rule your life.
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I once worked with a guy who had to go to the bathroom at EXACTLY 10:00 every day.
Even if he was on the phone, he would end the call to make his run.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's awesome.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We'd try to transfer calls to him right at 9:59.
He’d ignore them and let them go to voicemail.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not really a superstition,
but if I set an alarm, I will wake up exactly 7 minutes before the alarm is set to go off.
I had an alarm that didn’t work for almost a year before I realized it.
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by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate that. I do it all of the time.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Friday the 13ths are the worst day ever.
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 10:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
He likes it better here than he does in the summer time.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because they always release another stupid installment of Friday the 13th movies
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Would you believe I have never seen any of them?
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've only ever seen the first one and it did nothing for me
so I didn’t bother with the rest of them.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I miss the old hockey masks.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just don't understand
why the new masks all have to have fire-breathing dragons and monsters all over them. It’s hockey, not a goddamn D&D convention.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Elliot's mask has a TMNT character on it.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
marginally better but still
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Marginally better?!?!
That’s bleedin’ awesome. It’s Casey Jones!
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was never a huge TMNT fan though
but I’m also a traditionalist in that I think hockey masks should be either solid colors (and by “colors” I mean "black") or team logos/colors only.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Paint a hockey mask like that,
And I’ll be a fan for life.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJbFkNd_5bc
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't give the NHL's marketers any ideas
the NBA has already ruined the coolest idea ever – an All-Star weekend game of HORSE – by renaming H-O-R-S-E to G-E-I-C-O. The last thing the sports world needs is a Burger King goalie.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It would be funny if a goalie did it randomly but forcing it with a corporate sponsor would ruin it.
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Forcing it seldom leads to good things.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can still blow an "O" ring that way.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And you wonder why people aren't nice to you
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You are literally the only person that I have meet that is afraid of that mask.
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why wouldn't others be afraid of that mask?
The king randomly wakes up in bed with someone. He’s just sitting there, smiling, holding some sort of sandwich of doom.
That’s terrifying
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But hey, free sandwich!
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Right there with y'all
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are tons of corporate characters who are home invaders.
Look at Mr. Clean all standing there winking at you. I think him and the Scrubbing Bubbles are in cahoots.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mr Clean has always inveigled the Lady of the Hosue to let him in.
more of a con man than home invader.
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
bonus points for the use of the word inveigled
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Minus points for Hosue.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What about Mrs. Butterworth, or the Pillsbury Doughboy?
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you're afraid of the mask, don't follow the link I just posted.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because it seems like everyone else I know has amazing days on them while mine are always meh at best.
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well you have 13 hours left to make this an amazing day.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Quick!!
Buy a lottery ticket (or a hooker, your choice)!!
Either way you have a slim chance at having a really awesome day.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I've never noticed any personal Friday the 13ths being any better or worse than any other day
if that helps.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wanna be a bacontrepreneur!
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dang!
how did I miss they are also offering lip balm?
“Now you can make yourself taste like bacon! A great stocking stuffer, J&D’s Bacon Flavored Lip Balm will keep your lips from chapping while constantly reminding you why bacon is the king of meats. Free shipping.”
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like I was born for this.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you might enjoy this posting.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's funny you mention that.
She’s a lip balm FREAK, while I absolutely hat lip balm. I can’t stand having stuff on my lips. She hates it when I wipe my mouth after she kisses me when she’s wearing like three different kinds of lip gloss. God I’m a fucking nerd.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm the same.
I can’t stand the stuff.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Me as well.
except when I sleep, I have to use lip balm at night but otherwise I want nothing.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You hate it,
but you put on lip balm before you sleep? Or as I refer to it, lipshit.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I tend to sleep with my mouth open
and I hate waking up with chapped lips.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
After that admission, I advise you to never pass out at a LL event...
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't in the plans but I'll take that under advisement.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll say it again - I HAT lip balm.
Good god. I wish I could edit.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just envisioning a hat either made of or coated in lip balm
Preferably a Larry Hagman-in-Dallas-era cowboy hat.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll have to work on this. Photos to come.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Hey, it's a shiny hat!"
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by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To my knowledge I have exactly zero superstitions.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
He says as he washes his hands for the 22nd time this hour.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That wouldn't be a superstition, that would be OCD or severe health freakiness.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I found it funny.
I’m indulgent that way.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're your own built-in enabler
How convenient
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 13, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Someone's got to take the blame.
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I find that a lot of people tend to confuse
“superstition” with “ritual”, especially in the sports world.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
It’s like saying my stretching routine before baseball games was a superstition. It’s not. Skipping over the foul lines, that’s a superstition.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But it's a fine line
For example: Nomar – superstition, most other batters – ritual?
I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
by Sportszilla on Feb 13, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See, I think Nomar's falls under "ritual" as well
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More of a tic, but wasn't it John Rocker who used to vigorously rub his mouth with his mitt?
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Turk Wendell had one the best rituals
with the teeth brushing in between innings.
by Jed MC on Feb 13, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To me, here's the difference
Ritual: a part of preparing (physically, mentally, whatever) for the game that produces some sort of tangible effect and could reasonably be replicated by another player, like Matthew’s example of stretching
Superstition: a behavior or set of actions which, while meaningful to the player, do not contribute in any tangible or demonstrable way to their performance and could not reasonably be replicated by another player.
So retightening your batting gloves between pitches: ritual. Turing it into a 10-second ordeal that probably doesn’t end up with them any tighter: superstition.
I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
by Sportszilla on Feb 13, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I define superstition a little differently
To me, a superstition is something which, if not done, will result in an extreme negative consequence (break a mirror = 7 years of bad luck, etc.). Nomar’s thing is just a collection of tics that he has to do before he steps into the box; he’s never talked much about them I don’t think, but I’d be surprised if he did all that because he thought if he didn’t he’d strike out or pull a Sexson on his shoulder or something.
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by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So I have a problem.
I live in a condo with 5 separate units. I am at the end unit at the entrance. My neighbors next to subscribe to some newspaper that gets delivered sometime before 6 a.m. I noticed the person who delivers the newspaper uses my driveway, gets out, walks across the lawn connecting the units, and tosses the paper at my neighbor’s door (started noticing when the first snow fell a couple months ago).
Anyway, I have no problem with the newspaper person using the driveway and walking across the lawn. However, in the recent week, the person has gotten lazy (or incredibly rude, which is the way I am leaning) by driving 3 feet onto the lawn so they are closer to the neighbor’s door. With the lawn being soft from the snow melting, they are making marks in the lawn that will need to be repaired.
So, I ask, what do I do to get this asshole to stop driving onto my lawn? I almost feel like it is some 15-year old kid who has a paper route and his parents allow him to use the car because nobody is driving around at that time in the morning. I’ll tell you what I did yesterday to see if I could “fix” this problem: I placed nails sticking up along the edge of the driveway. Well, it appears one nail stuck as the person drove even further onto the lawn this morning.
Is what I am doing to appropriate thing to do? Is there a better way to get them to stop driving onto the lawn? I don’t want to place a big sign out there and I certainly don’t want to wake up at 4 a.m. and sit around and wait for the person to deliver the paper at whatever time. But for the damage they are doing to my lawn, I feel they can pay for it in tires.
by Wilder. on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
You could place large rocks along the edge of your lawn.
Or better yet, bowling balls.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Problem is we have an HOA.
We can’t do things like that because they want the yards to be uniform.
by Wilder. on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is very simple then.
File a complaint with the HOA.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You could call the newspaper with the license plate number of the car
and file a complaint. I think the nails are better though.
by JMKaustin on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This would involve him being up at 4:00am when the paper is delivered.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't need a license plate
Call the newspaper, give them your address, and say “the delivery driver drives onto my lawn every morning”. They can find out who the delivery person is from the address given.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nails seem a little over the edge given that you've never even asked the person to stop.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does he really have to ask them not to drive on his lawn?
by JMKaustin on Feb 13, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently he does, which is unfortunate
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's my feeling, too.
And why should I have to wake up and watch for them to come so early in the morning, especially with it being cold as hell outside.
by Wilder. on Feb 13, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but there's reasonable recourse and there's skipping straight to DEFCON 3
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have found that people generally respond better to polite requests
than to hostile actions but to each their own.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Install dragon teeth, like they used in World War 2 to stop tanks from advancing through an area
And plant some land mines. Blow his legs off and he’ll stop walking on the lawn, and won’t be able to drive any more to do it as well
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 13, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good baseball superstitions anyone?
I played center/right and would never touch the infield unless I had to during play. Literally ran around the infield dirt even if I had to go out to right field from the left side of the diamond, still do in my softball beer league.
by CHEAP ROUNDS AT NORM'S on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I found I was never tagged out when I wasn't wearing pants, but coach said the gays on the team were getting riled up.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I have to touch second base as I take the field each inning.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Where does that stem from?
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by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never getting to 2nd base in high school.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 7 recs
Awesome.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have to admit that was very well played.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
...
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I found this very informative
Everyone has different ideas about the bases – this should be the standard.
by appleshampoo on Feb 13, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've said this before, I'll say it again,
but the thing everyone seems to forget about the bases is that once you reach second base, you’re in scoring position.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 13, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm.
If 2nd is hands-under-shirt, then I agree. But I’ve heard 2nd base being hands-over-shirt too, and in that case it’s a ways until home. Maybe this subthread should close now.
by appleshampoo on Feb 13, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It kind of started out as cleaning the base off after someone slid into it to end an inning,
Then we had an issue with second base being loose on time, so I started checking it before each game. Now I touch it as I head out onto the field every inning.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's funny how we get those tics of repetition.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Joey Cora did this.
He’d always stomp on the bag, jump and do a 180.
Joey Cora sucked at second base.
by Double06 on Feb 13, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing I seldom play second.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like to step on foul lines and walk under ladders.
by JI on Feb 13, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Foul lines = death
I always catch myself watching when a pitcher walks off the mound if he ends up stepping on it
by CHEAP ROUNDS AT NORM'S on Feb 13, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The walking under ladders superstition at least makes sense.
There’s a much larger chance of someone dropping shit on you if you walk under a ladder than just walking down a street.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got shat upon by a seagull once.
This gal I worked with said, “They say it’s good luck to be pooped on by a bird.”
My response was that anyone who thinks that it’s good luck has not been shat upon by a bird.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're supposed to return a silver coin if anyone gifts you a knife.
I think it’s an old sailors superstition, but don’t hold me to that. A guy gave me a diving knife once, I spent hours asking people on the boat to let me see their change until I found a silver dime. I’m not superstitious, but the guy giving me the knife was so it seemed like the polite thing to do.
by Kermit. on Feb 13, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mine comes from...
…an outright hate for the infield and apparently getting my shoes dirty
by CHEAP ROUNDS AT NORM'S on Feb 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
This should technically be saved for tomorrow,
but I thought it was too good to pass up.

Click for full size.
Also, for people here that look at the visualization side of numbers, not just the crunching, flowingdata.com is awesome and is recommended, if even for just the pretty graphs on their RSS feed.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
This kicks ass.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
by Sportszilla on Feb 13, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know which of these I qualify for.
Great Caesar's ghost!
by royalcurve on Feb 13, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Besides the spelling issues, what is this ad for?
Be apart of this 88 billion dollar industry.
Non smokers are encouraged to; you can make a great living
by smoking a non tobacco cigarettes in restaurant’s, bar’s and
in public areas. Come join are team.
Is it honestly a way of marketing cigarettes (which, by the way, Greg spelled correctly) and if so, why would non smokers do this?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 11:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds legit to me.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he's saying not to smoke?
Be apart of this 88 billion dollar industry.
by Fogel on Feb 13, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As in, set yourself apart?
Greg’s not making a good name for ciggie smokers
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's probably company rep work for the
electronic cigarette companies that are coming out. (Yeah, I know, what?)
Like when Red Bull was just starting out and they would hire people to go into bars and order Red Bull and Vodkas, and hand out Red Bulls at company league softball games.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There's no way this thing can do what it claims to do.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Feb 13, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno.
But I remember people handing them out when I was in LV. They were still getting kicked out of clubs and the non-smoking sections of casinos, despite their protests.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I want one of these. Aaron was thinking about buying one. Did you, Aaron?
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Red Bull isn't the only one to do it either
It’s a well known practice to do this in popular clubs and bars, just get the drink in the hands of the right people and boom…headshot
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They were just the first ones I'd come across.
My favorite was when the Axe people tried it. Turns out that no matter what douches you hire, most people at clubs can’t smell you anyways over the stench of too much perfume and lack of shame.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that the smell Axe was going for?
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The smell of being a douche, lack of shame or both?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LORD AND LADY DOUCHEBAG!!
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The worst part of being in college is walking into an 8 AM class with a hangover
and being surrounded in dudes wearing Axe. I mean- seriously? Girls (that aren’t total sluts) don’t even like the smell of that
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a quick way of covering up the fact that you haven't showered quite yet
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wake up 10 minutes earlier and take a shower?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But in those same 10 minutes you could eat a piece of cold pizza, down a quick beer, and then run to class?
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Either spend a little money and wear cologne that doesn't smell like terrible chemicals
or wake up twenty minutes earlier and do all that plus shower?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your talking about douchebags here Corco, not actual human beings.
by acblue on Feb 13, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At least they'll get herpes from the total sluts they attract by wearing Axe
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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAAA!!!
My boys bought me an Axe gift pack for Christmas. I had to work really hard to smile and try to give them a sincere “thank you”. Now it’s sitting under the sink and I don’t quite know what to do with it (although the body wash isn’t AWFUL, I suppose I could use that).
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is why God created regifting
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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would I want to give a gift to an enemy?
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Axe also makes for excellent lighter fluid
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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Take that you stupid corn.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't cook with it
But leave it in your car in case you ever get stranded in the winter and need to build a fire
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey guys, come on over to my house for some Axe fajitas!
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Merry Christmas pops, you seem like a total douche to us!"
by acblue on Feb 13, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They think Axe is the shit.
So I think they had good intentions.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
RJ Reynolds tried the "smokeless cigarette" back in the 80's.
It tasted like ass an failed horribly, costing them billions of dollars in R&D costs.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I read a book on guerilla marketing a few years ago, this type of thing was included. Weird they included so many typos.
One of the more unusual tactics was paying people to walk around stores and have scripted conversations plugging a new product near regular shoppers. According to the research they presented it works great for creating buzz.
by Kermit. on Feb 13, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone played
This game? If so, is it worth the 5 bucks?
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 11:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm have a ton of superstition-like tics, but I don't think they qualify as actual superstitions because I don't think bad things will happen if I don't follow through with them.
I just have to do certain things because I’m such a creature of habit.
by acblue on Feb 13, 2009 12:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
So according to Baker that fat shit Silva was 285lb at the end of last season.
He’s down to 250lb now, which still sounds way too high for a guy his size. What an unprofessional piece of shit.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 13, 2009 12:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
250?!
He’s still got 30-40 pounds to go
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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 13, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And doing yoga(!)
I would pay money for a video of this, by the way.
by waldo rojas on Feb 13, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They show Silva doing Yoga to try and break CIA detainees.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 13, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you watch this team last year?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I chose to do it, I think its more of masochism.
Or some sort of auto-immune disease.
by waldo rojas on Feb 13, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Masochism implies you liked it.
Well, more than that, but this is a family blog.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How did that link get in there?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not superstitious, but working in the Casino industry, I know quite a few people that are.
For instance, a pit boss I used to work with would go around throwing salt on the floor behind players that were kicking our asses. Oddly enough, it seemed to work most of the time.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
by Goose on Feb 13, 2009 12:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
No one is shipping THT season preview to the UK this year/ :(
I’ve never had a problem getting hold of any baseball book via amazon, until now. Acta don’t deliver internationally for decent rates. I wonder if there is a .pdf version available?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 13, 2009 1:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
maybe try emailing THT directly and see if you can work something out?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good idea.
There is a staff listing on THT but there are around 40 different names on there. Matthew: any idea who is best to contact about this?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 13, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
heh.
from Rotoworld:
DirecTV issued a statement Thursday saying that Manny Ramirez canceled a promotional appearance scheduled for next week because he’s close to signing a contract.
Ramirez was supposed to be taught how to play cricket as part of the satellite television provider’s promotion of the new CricketTicket service, which would have allowed agent Scott Boras to claim that a whole new set of teams have interest in his client.
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 1:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I just got an email from MLB network
saying that they are going to show Cameron’s 4HR game on Sunday at 11.30AM PT. Set your VC/DVR’s accordingly.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That game ruined his career here.
After that everyone expected too much from him.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought his career here was set in stone the first time he climbed the wall and robbed a home run.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember everyone bitching about how he was too erratic of a hitter.
May have just been the people I was around at the time.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do remember some talk about that when his contract was up,
but mostly it was his home/road splits.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Argh you guys and your marketing tactics! I'm considering MLB network now.
I was listening to that game on the radio driving over the pass, I lost the station and turned around. Picked it up just in time to catch Dave make the call (I remember it as Dave, but that might be a mistake).
by Kermit. on Feb 13, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He was so close to five.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Last one was right to the fence wasn't it?
by Kermit. on Feb 13, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was my favorite game ever.
I took a B- in a class instead of a B because I couldn’t bring myself to stop watching.
by acblue on Feb 13, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't he go back to back with Boone twice?
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think both times in the first inning, too.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 13, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Jim Parque,
your comeback attempt was funny.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only one of the 1st inning HRs was off Parque
The other was off Rauch…
So there’s the whole back-to-back HRs twice in one inning thing, and there’s the fact that Rauch was the tallest pitcher ever. And there was Parque’s hilarious comeback, pt 1. Funniest one was, of course, pt. 3, which was a few years ago in Tacoma.
by marc w on Feb 13, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody else ever done a cleansing diet?
Starting Sunday, me and the mrs. are doing a 10-day cleansing diet. The only thing that I think I will struggle with is the no-dairy thing; I love cheese. Which is partly why I need to do the cleanse, but anyway. Come Sunday, no dairy, no wheat, no sugar, no processed foods for 10 days.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh I meant to finish the question
Anybody else ever done a cleansing diet? Is it as challenging to stick with as it looks?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was on a Smoothie-only diet for about a month once.
But my jaw was wired shut, so I didn’t have much of a choice.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, fortunately this isn't that extreme
it isn’t even vegetarian/vegan – we can still eat chicken/fish. I’m just hoping the lack of dairy doesn’t make me crazy.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not quite sure what I would do without milk.
I dislike cheese, but milk is a staple for me. I tend to drink/use about a gallon a week on my own, and that’s because that’s all I’ll buy.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do not drink milk, but cheese is my favorite food.
I love raw milk cheeses with a good bread the most, but I make a damn good fondue too.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have done the lemonade diet or cleanse a few times.
I love it because I find it eliminates hangovers for the next 6 months minimum. I never feel hungry when i do it either. The only strange part is you have time to fill that used to be centered around food.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think you want the answer to that question, Robert.
Maybe when you’re older.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
pfft Like I will long enough to be older.
by Robert on Feb 13, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love mad libs.
Shoe? Truncate?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 13, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The basics can be found
Here. It is rather simple, but many people cannot handle the cleanse part which requires a saltwater flush. Apparently the large amount of saltwater makes many people gag and throw up but I have never had that problem.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't read that if you're eating lunch.
Colon mucus is not appetizing.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would love to have the discipline to do the Master Cleanse
but I don’t, yet. Gonna do this one first and see how it works and then maybe do that one later in the year.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One thing about the Master Cleanse is you do not need to do 10 days.
They say you do, but I’ve done 5 before and had basically the same results.
by Sec 108 on Feb 13, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I had to do the saline solution clense before I had surgery in high school. It was the absolute worst thing ever
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, kidney reconstruction
The absolute first thing I did, and I know not many will agree with this, when I could eat real food again was hit up Taco Bell
by Fuzz on Feb 13, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's like getting a heart transplant and then promptly guzzling a 4 pack of Red Bulls and running a marathon
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 13, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I was just reliving it, not assuming it was what you did.
Anything kidney is no fun.
by msb on Feb 13, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm actually a bit curious abouot this myself.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I want to cleanse I just drink a gallon of hot sauce.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Use bleach, but not the cheap stuff.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Drano?
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
by Thingray on Feb 13, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's for chumps. Actually, I would recommend just eating a chlorie puck.
61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?
by kevin_ess on Feb 13, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't waste money on a name brand
The generic stuff works just fine
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 13, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How many times do I have to say this?
Bleach is for needles, Windex is for drinking. Sheeeee-it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get the point of a short-term cleansing diet.
If you think your current diet provides a need to do a cleansing diet, why not just change your normal diet?
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Doing that as well
the cleanse is a kickstart.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, good on you then.
I have also embarked on a diet change this year.
(continues eating lunch of pepperoni mushroom pizza)
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But there's mushrooms! It's healthy!
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My diet change was simply cutting out processed foods whenever I can.
Pizza is generally ok, depending on the maker, but this was free pizza, so, nuts to caring.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have an excellent pizza dough recipe if anyone is into making it at home.
Great Caesar's ghost!
by royalcurve on Feb 13, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I made bread on Wednesday!
It was surprisingly good tasting. I expected it to be bland because there’s nothing in it but butter, honey, salt and wheat flour, but I rather like it. Go to hell grocery store bread, I don’t need high fructose corn syrup in my bread.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Making bread is awesome.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Feb 13, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Reading In Defense of Food radically changed the way I look at food.
by Matthew on Feb 13, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love Michael Pollan.
Great Caesar's ghost!
by royalcurve on Feb 13, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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