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Buck:
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What All British Sports Look Like to Anyone Who Isn't British
The Wobblebottom Rangers are up two plinths and a John Grisham after just four slobberknockers of play.
BTW, I think the stupid witch game of "Quidditch" was readily accepted by readers because all British sports are pretty much that dumb and random anyway.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2018 08:06 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 12, 2018 08:06 PM (UsCnO)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 12, 2018 08:07 PM (UsCnO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:08 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2018 08:09 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Douglas whiddon at February 12, 2018 08:09 PM (prhIs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:09 PM (Mouru)
Tequila has a way of bring out new visions to people they never knew existed.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 12, 2018 08:09 PM (UsCnO)
Posted by: Flyguy at February 12, 2018 08:10 PM (qCKDU)
Posted by: Douglas whiddon at February 12, 2018 08:10 PM (prhIs)
Posted by: RI Red - No step on Snek. at February 12, 2018 08:10 PM (uZ8ZO)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 08:11 PM (S7l9p)
Sat March 17 -- Ireland at England. Glam Slam may be on the line.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:11 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 12, 2018 08:11 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2018 08:11 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (lKs2v)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (75OT0)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (ptqGC)
I remember when Ace had cheerleaders.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (Mouru)
The pipe makes it 'manly'.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (75OT0)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (75OT0)
No. Badminton is more accurately classed as an affectation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: SMOD at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (fA1SL)
They can't even speak English worth a damn.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (7UW64)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always asks... at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid
At family reunions, with many adult beverages
Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (8ikIW)
Is badminton a sport?
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (75OT0)
A vicious one. Really. Indians and Pakistanis play for blood.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (44kNo)
give me an erection, but stockings and garters will do it nearly every
time.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (pV/54)
Bless your heart. Here: *hands bag of ice through USB port*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: DeploraBOT at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (pV/54)
Do you know my husband? Because....taste.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (7UW64)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (EoRCO)
They defeated the even more poncy Frogs for it.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (S7l9p)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (7UW64)
Let's face it: all heterosexual guys like that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (MjCfq)
35 Cricket actually has a lot of potential. Some tweaks of the rules, and it would be a lot of fun.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (MjCfq)
Like.....hmmm..... make it baseball?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (7UW64)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (7UW64)
Also, you left out "high heels."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (MjCfq)
a nation of young men exploring their sexuality.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (Mouru)
*Fistbump*
Posted by: Jim Tressel at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (ZL1oV)
https://youtu.be/imWlSMgMFGE
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
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Dont forget Fish slap dancing.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (tr2D7)
341 Hahahhahhahahahahh, Obama's portrait was copy and pasted. Holy fuck! The autists are picking it apart. Pick with evidence related. SFW.
http://i.4cdn.org/pol/1518484446983.png
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (JyFLk)
And we wonder why their SPORTS are weird?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (7UW64)
I guess those are the breaks.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (S7l9p)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (JyFLk)
And they are all homosexuals.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (7UW64)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:16 PM (7UW64)
Yes. Not baseball, but more like baseball. You don't have batsmen batting for hours on end (which they literally do in cricket), you don't have batsmen hitting the ball and not running, etc.
We used to call cricket "baseball on Xanax."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (MjCfq)
http://i.4cdn.org/pol/1518484446983.png
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:15 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM
Ha Ha ha
Posted by: Bleary Eyed Drunk at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (reARY)
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (5fRCd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:13 PM (ptqGC)
LOL
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (NWiLs)
Well, I just went a little apeshit at Jeff Wells' blog again for the first time in a long time. Will share details at tonight's ONT.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (r9UYA)
is yet so much more stimulating than the "best" game of cricket.
Give me Rugby or Aussie Rules Football.
Or give me death.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (O033+)
No Up Close and Personal of any of the dogs, thank the Lord.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (oVJmc)
https://youtu.be/imWlSMgMFGE
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 12, 2018 08:12 PM (pvjTE)
That was the first thing I thought of too. Oh what a great twit
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (SiINZ)
Except the one where you get drunk and chase w wheel of cheese down a hill -- that makes perfect sense to me.
I always thought there should be a side olympics for normal sports - like the wastebasket toss, the pcancake flip, the grocery bag lift, .. stuff like that. The ability to open the microwave just as the bell rings. Or to walk into the laundry room as the washer unlocks.
I am expert at these sports, and they are as widespread and as important as the ancient games, but sadly they are overlooked.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 12, 2018 08:17 PM (JyFLk)
That's only for black players.
Posted by: Country Boy at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (ZL1oV)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 12, 2018 08:18 PM (r9UYA)
I've read that instructions to troops being sent to Britain in WWII told them that Brits aren't generally fags (in the American sense), even though the upper class ones often act like it (by our standards).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (/tuJf)
https://tinyurl.com/y9hkwylj
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (eMKNe)
In North Korea, we are poised to win the Olympic Limbo Competition since we are three inches shorter due to our diet. We celebrate this every year on National Tree Bark Day.
"Dirt: It's What's For Dinner!"
ps: Trump crazy!
Posted by: Kim Yo-jong, CNN's newest Olympic Color Commentator and Political Analyst at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (Ndje9)
I dont want to defend her but they are attacking America as dumb because of her. They who think we have shoot outs in the streets in every city every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Golf at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (UdKB7)
64 American baseball, which I love but cannot watch BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST BORING FUCKING GAME IN THE UNIVERSE . . .
is yet so much more stimulating than the "best" game of cricket.
Give me Rugby or Aussie Rules Football.
Or give me death.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (O033+)
Philistine.
You must have missed the point of baseball, not to mention the strategy and nuance.
And you've never heard Bob Uecker announce it, either, apparently.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (7UW64)
Posted by: Shemp! at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (Mouru)
Britain in WWII told them that Brits aren't generally fags (in the
American sense), even though the upper class ones often act like it (by
our standards).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:20 PM (MjCfq)
Just because you experimented at Eton a few times doesn't make you gay.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (ptqGC)
They think that about ours, FWIW.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess of ignorant Loudoun County hillbillies at February 12, 2018 08:22 PM (cu8/f)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:22 PM (cfHE9)
And you've never heard Bob Uecker announce it, either, apparently.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (7UW64)
Juuuust a bit outside!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:22 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (Mouru)
Yeah, they didn't give the winners laurels. The winner of the wrestling matches ... uh ... found his own reward, as it were.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (CmojX)
But competitive British darts is amusing to watch for about 20 minutes.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (tMFgx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (Mouru)
Al Sharpton: Them Greek homos stole our naked sports!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: JAS at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (7JbXq)
Enjoy your saccharine tablets, Nigel!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Quins Lee Pointer at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (ECDXs)
I dont want to defend her but they are attacking America as dumb because of her. They who think we have shoot outs in the streets in every city every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (2DOZq)
Sounds like she's watched Mystery, Alaska one too many times.
Posted by: Country Boy at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (ZL1oV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (ptqGC)
And don't judge your betters.
Posted by: Lady Augusta Esculenta at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (cu8/f)
For some odd reason Youtube puts girls water polo on their Recommends page for me.
Check it out...
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (CmojX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 12, 2018 08:19 PM (O033+)
Is chess boring too?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (MjCfq)
The Netherlands are mocking her for saying the Dutch have been skating
as a mode of transportation for centuries on the frozen canals and that
is why they are good at skating.
They're actually mocking the entire U. S. populace because they all think we're Couric Stupid. I've been to Amsterdam and no, Katie, you ignorant, dirty-dancing scrunt, you can no more ice skate all over the Netherlands in the winter than you can boat in the summer.
Jeebus. Shut it, Katie.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (ptqGC)
>>Or give me death.
Best thing about Aussie Football is the refs wearing lab coats and looking like they are making the rules up as they go.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (/tuJf)
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all British sports are pretty much that dumb and random anyway.
They think that about ours, FWIW.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM
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What would you expect from limies?
Posted by: irright at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (RVcmP)
Baseball wasn't so bad when it was a minute between half innings.
ESPN killed Baseball.
Posted by: JAS at February 12, 2018 08:24 PM (7JbXq)
Aussie Rules is Gaelic played with a rugby ball on a cricket pitch.
One ice hockey origin story is Irish hurling getting played on frozen ponds in Canada using hurleys for hockey sticks.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: jsg at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (L4+G5)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (ptqGC)
Nobody cares, he manspreads his chair.
Flowers Everywhere!
His freakish fingers grasp his arms, yearning for yours!
Nobody cares, he manspreads his chair.
Flowers Everywhere!
Mr Slobberbottoms
Purple lips yearn for you
Mr Slobberbottoms.
Posted by: Pogomip at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (DG1C2)
I read many years ago that NBC pushed the "up close and personal" crap, to the point of not showing any actual sports, because their Marketing Wizards said it appealed to a certain gender.
I will now duck and cover.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (JyFLk)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (6FqZa)
I dont want to defend her but they are attacking America as dumb because of her.
I am not bound by the idiocy of Katie Couric, and no pseudo-Scandi iceback tulip-monkeys are going to pin that one on me.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (oVJmc)
They who think we have shoot outs in the streets in every city every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (2DOZq)
Spoon-fed to them by their state-run media. I tell them it's Democrats shooting other Democrats.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Flyguy at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (qCKDU)
Posted by: Katie Colonic at February 12, 2018 08:26 PM (Tyii7)
My wife watches the TV show Victoria and of course they have to have these two gay guys in the show both characters are in their 20s. I looked up the actually people they are supposed to be, one was in his late 40s and shot dead before events in the show and the other was married and had a grand total of 14 kids. So if he was gay he was doing his damnest to cover it up. If they're going to rewrite history to fit their current lefty agenda why not make Queen Vic a black lesbian
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:27 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
And shaved, and greased up with olive-oil . . .
Posted by: Shep! at February 12, 2018 08:28 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:28 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
And shaved, and greased up with olive-oil . . .
Posted by: Shep! at February 12, 2018 08:28 PM (6FqZa)
Barry O: And for my next presidential portrait
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:29 PM (SiINZ)
--
If they're going to rewrite history to fit their current lefty agenda why not make Queen Vic a black lesbian
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:27 PM
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Get out of our heads!
Posted by: Woke Playwrights at February 12, 2018 08:29 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:27 PM (SiINZ)
You're just racist. And homophobic. They have the right to tell their truth.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (NWiLs)
If they're going to rewrite history to fit their current lefty agenda why not make Queen Vic a black lesbian
Posted by: TheQuietMan
You probably won't have to wait long.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:28 PM (kNasr)
Which doesn't sound ghey or dirty at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: Quins Lee Pointer at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (ECDXs)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: How does this actually go? at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (89T5c)
It looks like the Obama artist's shtick is aping European Masters with
flowered backgrounds and (usually) contemporary blacks substituted for the original whites.
If you scroll down on this Twitter thread to Francesca Hoga's comments, she has several examples shown.
https://twitter.com/gal_deplorable/status/963113721970200577
I
accept that now but it is clearly cultural appropriation! (And I'd add
that a white artist doing something similar but reversed doing Trump's
portrait would undoubtedly be attacked for it along with Trump.)
Posted by: amdycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (kNasr)
The Highland Games are pretty awesome.
I like when they throw telephone poles at each other.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 12, 2018 08:30 PM (yQpMk)
Then they whip a giant weight as far as they can.
You do strange things after listening to bagpipes continually.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (89T5c)
-------
Turns out they were right all along.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM (2DOZq)
*shakes head*
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM (kNasr)
What? You're the one saying all this gross stuff!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (44kNo
back in college, I had to piva PE and took badminton thinking it would be easy
My luck the instructor was a serious badminton player
he really pushed us
end of the semester we had to play against a PE class taught by another, less serious instructor and they were completely intimidated
apparently we didn't even smile once LOL
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: PhilDirt at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (wOimJ)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Fritz at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (bJ0w+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Shemp! at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:14 PM (44kNo
back in college, I had to piva PE and took badminton thinking it would be easy
My luck the instructor was a serious badminton player
he really pushed us
end of the semester we had to play against a PE class taught by another, less serious instructor and they were completely intimidated
apparently we didn't even smile once LOL
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (hMwEB)
It's hard to take any game seriously that involves volleying a shuttlecock.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:31 PM
I don't doubt that, it's just that the NFL shoves their popularity "across the pond" down our throats whenever they get the chance. "Look we sold out a stadium! Give us a cookie!".
Posted by: Flyguy at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (qCKDU)
Mr Slobberbottoms.
Posted by: Pogomip at February 12, 2018 08:25 PM (DG1C2)
If dogs could understand that, they'd run away. Cats, too.
Posted by: Lady Augusta Esculenta at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (cu8/f)
Posted by: Hope Solo at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:28 PM (kNasr)
Which doesn't sound ghey or dirty at all.
======
Tease!!!
Posted by: Shep! at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (nILVB)
Posted by: irright at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: zibbly wibbly at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (V3U1L)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Lady Augusta Esculenta at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (cu8/f)
England at her best.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 12, 2018 08:36 PM (EoRCO)
Hockey for example.
http://madeupinbritain.uk/Sport
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:36 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: zibbly wibbly at February 12, 2018 08:36 PM (V3U1L)
Polo is also stupid.
Water polo is even stupider.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 12, 2018 08:23 PM (CmojX)
And water polo is cruel to the horses.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 08:36 PM (tMFgx)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (sdi6R)
I guess I need prayers to help me make it through my daily workday. And to get me back home ASAP.
I think I'm going to fly to see my mom as a surprise for her 70th birthday, so that will be good. I'm just very, very homesick and after 11 years, I am ready to go back home.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (/o9Qk)
Those were about the only words I understood.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (kNasr)
Oh sure. Five minutes and twenty-eight seconds of video and you zero right in on the dirtiest-sounding phrase in the whole thing. Don't think I haven't figured out your game.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hope Solo at February 12, 2018 08:35 PM (8iiMU)
Aging like milk instead of wine.
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (g4lFK)
And Liza is interesting to watch, actually.
LOL
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 08:36 PM (tMFgx)
Don't they use sea horses?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:21 PM (eMKNe)
===
Remarkable. I think that would be the first non-insane article I have seen on Buzzfeed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Shemp! at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (/o9Qk)
That is great DG. Hope you get to do it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (cfHE9)
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Strongman lifts are amazing to watch.
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 08:32 PM
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Whoever lifts the largest strongman becomes King.
Posted by: English Lore at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (eMKNe)
Do it. And don't let anyone talk you out of it.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (YYYb4)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Liza Minnelli's Mom at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (nILVB)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (/o9Qk)
Lena Dunham is a champion thoroughbred.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:34 PM (NWiLs)
Riding a shuttlecock to the airport is a glorious experience.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess of ignorant Loudoun County hillbillies at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (cu8/f)
What is the connection between Oscar Wilde and Boxing?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (sdi6R)
Buddy Holly's band
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: amdycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:41 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:38 PM (cfHE9)
When I consult my Magic 8 Ball, it says, "all signs point to yes." I just need to consult my boss. It will be such a great surprise for mom and I hope to stay around five days or so. I just need to get permanently close to them.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:41 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:41 PM (pV/54)
Do it. And don't let anyone talk you out of it.
Posted by: CrotchetOldJarhead at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (YYYb4)
Ditto Danger Girl. Little bro is moving back hwew since dad is getting older.
Posted by: Infidel at February 12, 2018 08:42 PM (FwcYV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:42 PM (cfHE9)
Cricket and snooker on the Beeb...I miss those days.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 12, 2018 08:42 PM (skuoa)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:42 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: goodluckduck at February 12, 2018 08:42 PM (V8zw+)
Posted by: Infidel at February 12, 2018 08:43 PM (FwcYV)
What has happened to our country that this is acceptable?
Posted by: redridinghood at February 12, 2018 08:43 PM (PvFoN)
What is the connection between Oscar Wilde and Boxing?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 08:40 PM (2DOZq)
The Marquess of Queensbury.
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 08:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 12, 2018 08:43 PM (CmojX)
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I don't know how to interpret that movie. Are they saying, as the song does, to just go nihilistic hedonism or is the song ironic and the movie is telling us to notice that the world is burning around us?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (+y/Ru)
I keep hoping that's because he recognized my athleticism, but who knows.
I had fun in the class and it was quite competitive. I actually got a sprained wrist when my left-handed partner, Len, whalloped my hand instead of the birdie in a very competitive match.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (/o9Qk)
At first, I thought it was for a game because of all the CG.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (y3sT9)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 12, 2018 08:45 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Sheppy at February 12, 2018 08:45 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:45 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Shemp! at February 12, 2018 08:45 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - cluelessly riding the 'short bus' of life at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (70cRb)
I probably sound like a total hag for that. I'm sorry, but yet I'm not.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (DAdSz)
Posted by: DeploraBOT at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 12, 2018 08:46 PM (fqHZs)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (skuoa)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 08:33 PM (hMwEB)
And why would you? You were playing badminton, no doubt without the one thing that makes it tolerable; Vodka Lemonade.
Posted by: The Gipper at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (y3sT9)
You say that like its bad thing.
Posted by: Shep! at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (70cRb)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 08:37 PM (8iiMU)
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Identify Logan 6.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (EZebt)
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Oh, it's about three hours twenty minutes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (+y/Ru)
Basically the theme song of Antifa today.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (eMKNe)
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I took a fencing 'course' taught by an ex-SEAL. He called us all 'pussy'. Warm-up for that class was a 1/2 mile run...backwards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (Zdm89)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (fA1SL)
I dunno. I was thinking the same thing, but I am not sure what the goal is here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: amdycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (zwmPp)
A "publican" is a occupational title.
British: the owner/keeper of a bar.
In ancient Rome, the Publican was the tax collector.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (CmojX)
https://tinyurl.com/yb7fgnjs
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (mQ0Mc)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - cluelessly riding the 'short bus' of life at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (70cRb)
Posted by: irright at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:49 PM (Zdm89)
He was great at teaching tennis, but blew a gasket at me the second to last class, which left me a little shaken, when he thought I was interrupting him.
I want to take another class with him, but am hesitant. Guess I could give him another chance and just shut up during class.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:50 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2018 08:50 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (/o9Qk)
Ponies with snorkels.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:50 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: an indifferent Russian Bot at February 12, 2018 08:51 PM (hZqko)
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Susan Rice Sent 'Unusual Email' To Herself Moments Before Trump's Inauguration
Posted by: DeploraBOT at February 12, 2018 08:51 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 08:52 PM (lKs2v)
Basically the theme song of Antifa today.
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Great scene.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7r0Rr1Qyc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 08:52 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Shemp! at February 12, 2018 08:52 PM (Tyii7)
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I took a fencing 'course' taught by an ex-SEAL. He called us all 'pussy'. Warm-up for that class was a 1/2 mile run...backwards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM
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Was jumping the fences backwards difficult?
Posted by: irright at February 12, 2018 08:52 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (Zdm89)
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He sounds nice.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:52 PM (kNasr)
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Can totally relate.
Mom never tells me the truth and it is only when I set foot in her house do I get the straight scoop. I can only do that 2 time a year, maybe three.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2018 08:53 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:53 PM (pV/54)
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I thought you could just stick a Christian iconographic symbol in urine or cover it in dung, and it would be considered art. But what do I know?
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front at February 12, 2018 08:54 PM (rdl6o)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2018 08:54 PM (IqV8l)
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The Brits on Corfu one or the suburban Aussie moved to rural New Zealand? I liked them both. (Or a recent "Murdoch's Mysteries" Canadian show?)
BTW, my sock now darned.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:54 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 08:44 PM (+y/Ru)
I think it showed their nihilism and hedonism only allowed them to "escape" temporarily. At the end, the Nazis had intruded into their escapist fantasy world and they could no longer deny the truth. Their troubles were no longer outside, they were right in their faces.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:54 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (44kNo)
Ripe fruit for a guy like Adolf to come around, alas.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 08:53 PM (pV/54)
The Hitler Youth kid. Even says so in the song.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 08:56 PM (NWiLs)
BTW, my sock now darned.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:54 PM (ewxPW)
what's the Aussie in NZ show called?
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: bluebell
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No one complained. Seemed imprudent to cross swords with the guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (FJXGr)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:39 PM (/o9Qk)<<<
That's just plain stupid.
Obviously they use seahorses.
**now pictures AtC riding a noble sea-steed to a rousing victory, after clubbing all her competitors with the water polo mallet**
Posted by: an indifferent Russian Bot at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (hZqko)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (fA1SL)
Germans knew the government had accepted a deal they couldn't possibly follow through on, so I'd bet they figured their country was well on its way to the dustbin anyhow.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (kNasr)
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His small hands make his pipe look larger than it really is.
Posted by: Guam tipper at February 12, 2018 08:58 PM (/DvFd)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:58 PM (ewxPW)
ever want to talk about it please feel free to email me. Just my nic at
yahoo. I truly understand and you shouldn't beat yourself up over it.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (dUJdY)
Jewells, it is such a struggle for me. I want home so badly, but it all rests on someone else's death. How do you pray for that? How do you say, "Hey God, this person has had 88 years on Earth, the last 12 have been shit, can you please take them so I can go home before my parents die?" without feeling like a total asshole and sinner? How do you do that?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 08:58 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - cluelessly riding the 'short bus' of life at February 12, 2018 08:59 PM (70cRb)
A republican is someone who runs two pubs.
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 08:55 PM (sdi6R)<<<
I'm definitely enjoying life after Congress **hic** **hic** **cry**
Posted by: John Boehner, Speaker of the Soused at February 12, 2018 08:59 PM (hZqko)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (FJXGr)
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In every way.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:59 PM (kNasr)
BTW, my sock now darned.
Posted by: andycanuck
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Midsommer Murders
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 08:59 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:00 PM (pY+s4)
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That makes a lot of sense.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:00 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:00 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:00 PM (pY+s4)
And both times it was the same match.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 09:01 PM (lKs2v)
to see your mom. I think it will do you a world of good, plus make her
happy too.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 08:57 PM (kNasr)
Yes ma'am, sort of. They are now snowbirds, so they winter in Florida. Home is Philly, second home is Delaware (where I've basically had a second home since 87) and I'll visit them in I guess what can be considered third home outside of Orlando.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 09:01 PM (/o9Qk)
Oh girl. We need to talk. I know exactly how you feel.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:01 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 08:58 PM (ewxPW)
thanks
not on Netflix, alas
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:01 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Sounds like me at the Kentucky Derby. The next day, I realized that it had something to do with horses.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:03 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:00 PM (dUJdY)
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Wow, Jewells. Talk about the sandwich generation. Yours is a Dagwood. I wish I had an easy answer for you, but of course I don't. Just keep going, my dear. When you start feeling better physically, you'll feel better mentally.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:04 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2018 09:04 PM (JGBbg)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:04 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: rickl
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Jiminy! Do we have to explain everything to you?
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:04 PM (wPiJc)
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Oh, it's about three hours twenty minutes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 08:48 PM (+y/Ru)
Per day. For five days.
Basically, it's baseball except:
1. You get choose whether or not to run when you hit the ball
2. If you run, you run to second base
3. Except you don't run - that's not cricket to be seen to try hard - you lope, half-assed
4. If you don't like pitch (bowl), you intentionally bunt it foul
5. The bowler (pitcher) tries to get you out by knocking the stumps off the wicket, three sticks behind the batsman. See, e.g., a strikeout. Hence the expression "sticky wicket" if he hits the sticks, but the stumps don't fall off.
6. The bowler (pitcher) then slowly walks back into another zip code, then runs up into your zip code and throws the ball in a kind of spastic unathletic stiff-armed motion that is required by the rules.
For some reason, even fielders throw with the spastic unathletic stiff-armed motion. I don't know if they're required to do that or not.
7. If the batsman likes his hit, he runs to second base, while one of his teammates who was on second base, runs to where the batsman was. "Running" is an exaggeration; it's more like a slow jog. All either party has to do is reach across the "crease" (a line in the ground) with his bat. Nobody ever actually runs, or (God forbid) slides.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:05 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2018 08:47 PM (EZebt)
I liked Logan's Run.
Jenny Agutter. Yum!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (dUJdY)
The rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
I'm totally serious. Cricket has possibilities, but it's like baseball on Valium.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
I think he is serious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (0XvLg)
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (JGBbg)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:08 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:08 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 09:08 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Sounds like me at the Kentucky Derby. The next day, I realized that it had something to do with horses.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
Yep. Wish i could tell you about the match. The ale flowed freely and it was a beautiful day (blue sky's and warm weather, rare in May in the UK). Everything else is a bit of a blur. Maybe some vomiting later that night. Maybe.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:08 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (DJU8k)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
I'm totally serious. Cricket has possibilities, but it's like baseball on Valium.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (MjCfq)
Are you sure it's not on thorazine?
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (lKs2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (0XvLg)
That sounds like authentic Victorian British Empire gibberish. Quite rare these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (wPiJc)
Jay, I honestly can't tell if you're serious or not. That's how much I don't understand cricket.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
Yes, that is true.
And, each team member bats once.
Then the other team bats until they are out, or score more than the first team. That's an "inning".
Games are usually one inning.
Sometimes two innings.
And let's not go over 'overs', LOL.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (g4lFK)
I love my family, but I *so* want to leave California. My (sane) sister and bro-in-law want to go, and my Mom most likely would go, but doesn't want to leave because she wants to be close to my young niece and nephew, whose mom (my other sister, not as sane) is so stubborn she probably wouldn't leave California unless and until a nuke comes down on it and destroys all the beaches.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:03 PM (nBBdT)
I thought it was Mint Julep's and funny hats.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (lKs2v)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (wPiJc)
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I think that's would it take for me to understand it.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:10 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 09:07 PM (44kNo)
Those are two of the most amazingly complex descriptions (and accurate?) of ANY sport I've ever heard. Those right there are Monty Python routines.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - cluelessly riding the 'short bus' of life at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (70cRb)
Posted by: filbert: the iPhone Experience at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (tt68f)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:06 PM (kNasr)
Another aspect I didn't address: the batsman can hit the ball anywhere. If he (in baseball terms) fouls the ball off, he can run, because the opposing team is not only in front of him, but behind him as well.
Every time the batsman and his teammate exchange places is a run. Hitting one out of the pitch (field) is "hitting for six."
Shorter games are decided by which team has the higher rate of scoring, since a full-blown match takes a week. (And you thought baseball was slow.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (/tuJf)
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Cool although I stopped watching it a long time ago after they had replaced the secondary characters for the second or third time. It just bothered me for some reason.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Jewells45
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The Golden Years aren't all that they're cracked up to be.
Every time I see a commercial showing some tanned, rested and ready pair of seniors strolling along the beach at Tahiti or somewhere, sipping Mai Tai's I think how much I would like to see them swept away shrieking by a tidal wave.
Who are these commercials for? Not anyone that I know.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: NC Ref at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (pAx+1)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 12, 2018 09:12 PM (H8S+R)
Top-hole. Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father; hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harpers and caught his can in the Bertie.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 09:12 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Guam tipper at February 12, 2018 09:13 PM (/DvFd)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 12, 2018 09:13 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (MjCfq)
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Ah, okay, now I get it.
(Not really.)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:13 PM (kNasr)
Have a great night, my friends in my computer.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at February 12, 2018 09:13 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (pV/54)
What's a slow bowler and why are they considered good?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:09 PM (+y/Ru)
Think of a slow bowler a very good curve ball pitcher.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (ANIFC)
OTOH, the bowler can perfectly bounce the ball, and with spin, can make it difficult to anticipate the exact trajectory of the ball after the bounce. (As anyone who's ever tried to field a badly hit baseball can testify.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (MjCfq)
I was confused, and then realized that there were a finite number of PITCHES to the game by each team. I didn't realize that was a thing. Now I do.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (8iiMU)
I'm not following your banter, old thing.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (fA1SL)
Banter's not the same if you say it slower, Squiffy.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: FireHorse at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (y+SdL)
Cow Corner
Short Fine Leg
Fly Slip
Silly Mid Off
That should explain the game nicely.
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (JGBbg)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (wPiJc)
Its super-gay.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2018 09:16 PM (lKs2v)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:16 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:16 PM (fA1SL)
Every time I see a commercial showing some tanned, rested and ready pair of seniors strolling along the beach at Tahiti or somewhere, sipping Mai Tai's I think how much I would like to see them swept away shrieking by a tidal wave.
Who are these commercials for? Not anyone that I know.
For a bunch of 29 year olds, you guys seem to know a shit ton about being old.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 12, 2018 09:16 PM (fqHZs)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (8iiMU)
His brother Lawrence hung out with Anais Nin and Henry Miller in pre-WWII Paris, which made me laugh out loud when I made the connection.
Olympics: I like the flippy-twisty sports, but watching half-pipe they might as well be speaking Urdu. How are these skills named and what does it all mean? I don't understand.
Posted by: Beltway Elite at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (+a3Rc)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (ANIFC)
Definitely.
Cricket is the upper and middle class sport.
Soccer is (attention American soccer moms) the working class sport.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (/tuJf)
Is cricket even popular in Britain anymore? I know it's yuuugee in the former colonies (the shithole ones, at any rate).
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:15 PM (ANIFC)
Yes, but Australia regularly beats England like a rented mule.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 09:18 PM (44kNo)
And that ref was ridiculous. Unfortunately, I'm sure I've worked with that guy.....
Posted by: NC Ref at February 12, 2018 09:18 PM (pAx+1)
Fucking creepy.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:16 PM (8iiMU)
Good scene, though. The two guys driving off in the car were like, "Yeah, whatever."
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:18 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Corona at February 12, 2018 09:18 PM (2bC+G)
lol!! I know, right? I feel the same way. Fuck you fuckers.
qdp.. man, sounds like a lot of us here are in the same boat.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:19 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:19 PM (2DOZq)
My back is temperamental, but I can usually keep it under control.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:19 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (IuYIh)
If Aunt Jemima married Jiminy Cricket would she be known as Jemima Jiminy?
I'll hang up and listen to your response off the air.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (wPiJc)
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
I remember that routine, but not who did it. I've been told it's pretty accurate, too.
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (5IJky)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:21 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: RioBravo at February 12, 2018 09:21 PM (giT7q)
Maybe so, but the day after that we're gonna beat you and your buddies straight into the ICU. Then it'll be our and Joe's turn.
Posted by: US Armed Forces, 1941 at February 12, 2018 09:22 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:22 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:22 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (IuYIh)
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Dude. She's still in high school.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (MjCfq)
European kickball.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (wYseH)
Eh?
Posted by: Hockey at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (eMKNe)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-24.ZS.html
Posted by: Guam tipper at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (/DvFd)
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (IuYIh)
In another four years.
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:24 PM (IuYIh)
I mean, who doesn't want to play the most popular game in Uganda?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:24 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: RioBravo at February 12, 2018 09:21 PM (giT7q)
That's about right. Baseball is apparently some sort of mutated form of cricket. But at least it makes sense to me.
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:24 PM (sdi6R)
Continue reading
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Actually flying around on broomsticks is pretty cool as is Wizard's Chess.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 12, 2018 09:25 PM (PvFoN)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:17 PM (MjCfq)
European kickball.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (wYseH)
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Or, as I refer to it, EuroWeenie Kickyball.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 12, 2018 09:25 PM (8kLL1)
Love, 15, 30, 40. Somebody couldn't count.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:25 PM (eMKNe)
Start with a bunch of scowling guys with tattoos all over. One guy on each team has such a huge ego that he covers up his name on his uniform with his hair. You know when someone makes a good play when he beats himself on the chest. You know someone scores when he points to the sky and his teammates crowd around him and slap him on the head. If it's women, replace the tattoos with a lot of screaming.
Posted by: FireHorse at February 12, 2018 09:25 PM (y+SdL)
Posted by: Hockey at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (/tuJf)
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Derived from GB, too!
Posted by: RioBravo at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (giT7q)
You have two sides, one out in the field sobering up and one on the bench drinkig beer.
FIFY
Posted by: tbodie at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (m/IZ9)
Philistine.
You must have missed the point of baseball, not to mention the strategy and nuance.
And you've never heard Bob Uecker announce it, either, apparently.
Posted by: tcn in AK
On the contrary my good band. I know and appreciate all of these things in baseball as well as in all other sports. And yet I am a man whose blood flows at more than 1 yard / decade.
Am I a sloth nay am I a slug whose movements are measured by the inch over the span of hours?
Posted by: Sharkman at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (O033+)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (g4lFK)
Liza Minelli: "I do."
Michael York: "So do I."
Pretty funny, actually.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Ignoramus
I was watching something about the golf courses there. They were a bit run down but still usable. The city was upgrading them a bit. Not Bethpage Black, but usable. The Bronx would be the last place I thought a golf course would be located.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:26 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (kNasr)
https://twitter.com/skydash/status/963231284498747394
mildly NSFW
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (hMwEB)
...and track and field and ice hockey and skiing. (Just going thru high school sports). Where did volleyball come from? That seems picnic-like and might be a British invention.
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (58eZn)
And I thought the slow running was because you're playing for five days and not a 3-hour game; and it's easier to be 'thrown out'.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (ewxPW)
"I think the Battle of the Network Stars should be fought with guns."
- Steve Martin
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:25 PM (eMKNe)
I think "love" has its origins in the word for zero in some godforsaken language like French.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:28 PM (wYseH)
https://twitter.com/skydash/status/963231284498747394
Oh, my...
Posted by: George Takei at February 12, 2018 09:29 PM (58eZn)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (kNasr)
Yeah, i stepped on my crank that time. After I posted my first comment, it suddenly dawned on me that I should check and see how old she is. I guess it could have been worse. I could have been Anthony Weiner perverted
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:29 PM (IuYIh)
https://twitter.com/skydash/status/963231284498747394
mildly NSFW
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (hMwEB)
I wish I could take credit for this.
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:29 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:20 PM (IuYIh)
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Dude. She's still in high school.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (kNasr)
We all know no one in the Horde is planning on a Senate run.
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:29 PM (ANIFC)
A huge difference, then and now, is rugby doesn't allow blocking. And no spear tackling.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:27 PM (58eZn)
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Mass.- though derived from badminton which was from GB
Posted by: RioBravo at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (giT7q)
The early form of tennis was played indoors and was called "court tennis". "Lawn tennis" came later.
Court tennis involved caroming the ball off the walls of the court. I think squash probably evolved from that.
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (eMKNe)
Soccer was derived from the Dutch. The House of Orange was obsessed with a game called Foos that had a small ball and two tiny nets.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (tMFgx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:28 PM (wYseH)
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Except the French word for zero is zéro
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (eMKNe)
Guys run around in their little shorts and fall down and writhe in mock agony whenever they can get away with it.
Sign me up.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:31 PM (MjCfq)
And what's the winning score? I don't know, but deuce is when both of you have it.
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:31 PM (leCj4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:28 PM (wYseH)
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Except the French word for zero is zéro
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (kNasr)
What is it for an egg?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2018 09:28 PM (wYseH)
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Except the French word for zero is zéro
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (kNasr)
I thought it stood for "l'oeuf" or something (don't know French - yet), that meant "egg." As in "goose egg."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (eMKNe)
I think it's from l'oeuf. You know, an egg. We say goose egg.
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (leCj4)
So... it is a horrible and depressing Sound of Music, where nothing good and decent happens?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (Sk/5h)
The French. They were trying to keep track of how many wars they'd lost.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Monk at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (kNasr)
Always was one to own up to my errors, especially unforced ones.
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (IuYIh)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
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Drug running?
Posted by: RioBravo at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (2DOZq)
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That's what I was thinking it must be. Oeuf, or l'oeuf if you are saying "the egg." Still weird that they would call it that, though.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (7ThJ3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:23 PM (eMKNe)
Yes, it's purpose is to bore the life out of you
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (tMFgx)
Now don't go blaming the Dutch for this.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (S7l9p)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (sdi6R)
So, it was more like racquetball?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (kNasr)
REMOVE TULIP!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (fA1SL)
It's still played today, you can google for an image of the table.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (tMFgx)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:14 PM (NWiLs)
With a monotonous languor.
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
Drug cartels in the beheading Olympics.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (eMKNe)
Soccer was derived from the Dutch. The House of Orange was obsessed with a game called Foos that had a small ball and two tiny nets.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (tMFgx)
It was played in on frozen canals.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (44kNo)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (fA1SL)
Que?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
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Drug running?
Posted by: RioBravo
Swimming North?
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
If you mean the Mayan ball game, it is supposed, by some, to be jai alai.
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (eMKNe)
The French. They were trying to keep track of how many wars they'd lost.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (MjCfq)
Nailed it.
Posted by: josephistan at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (fA1SL)
Stop. You'll provoke another bout of virtue-signaling from Bandersnatch.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:30 PM (sdi6R)
So, it was more like racquetball?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:35 PM (cfHE9)
It's more like tennis in that the players are on either side of the net. They still have a couple of court tennis clubs in NY. They still have a world championship in Court Tennis.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (cfHE9)
It's interesting. Certainly not uplifting, but it has its moments.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Bill R. at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (IuYIh)
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Good man.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (kNasr)
Wel, it's no Lacross...
Posted by: Archer at February 12, 2018 09:38 PM (S7l9p)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:33 PM (fA1SL)
Sir-I am rather proud of my tzampotli, and again propose the tzampotli as an ecologically friendly, sustainable, and low cost means of border control.
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at February 12, 2018 09:38 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
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Drug running?
Posted by: RioBravo
Swimming North?
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (+Tibp)
Old Californian joke (bugger Bandersnatch): "Why doesn't Mexico win any medals in the Olympics?"
"Because anybody in Mexico who can run, jump, or swim is now in California."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (rdl6o)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 09:37 PM (8iiMU)
So does Cool Runnings. (Sorry the Family Guy joke popped into my head.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (cfHE9)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot
Human Sacrefice for Peso's?
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (cfHE9)
"The hills are alive with the sound of gunfire..."
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:40 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:40 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
Rochambeau? I'll kick you in the balls as hard as I can...and then you kick me.....
Posted by: Eric Cartman at February 12, 2018 09:40 PM (pAx+1)
I'm trying to remember the sequence of scoring at the French Open. Isn't deuce "egalite"?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (+a3Rc)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (2DOZq)
But all cultures etc. etc. ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (SiINZ)
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This game is just screaming for a shot clock. 2 minutes on D, and you're done, unless you try to actually score.
Way too defensively based.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (8kLL1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Beltway Elite at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (+a3Rc)
It's like the French motto: "Egalite, Fraternite, Nudite."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (MjCfq)
Almost like there has been a plan.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (5IJky)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:43 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:36 PM (eMKNe)
You get hit with a pelota it's gonna hurt.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:43 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:44 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (2DOZq)
I think I read somewhere that polo originally used a severed head as the ball. I don't know if that is true or not.
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:44 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:44 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:43 PM (NWiLs)
Ever been plinked with a fast ball?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 12, 2018 09:44 PM (pY+s4)
Fronton.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (NWiLs)
That's a wicked googly!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (pNxlR)
* pauses *
Okay, it's not exactly like polo......
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:46 PM (dUJdY)
I admit they look like nice bikes, and I like the video tutorials and encouragement, but two grand plus is an awful lot of money to spend.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:46 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:46 PM (hMwEB)
Who are these commercials for? Not anyone that I know.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:11 PM (w1zJX)
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You have to take the drugs they're advertising!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 12, 2018 09:47 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:43 PM (NWiLs)
Ever been plinked with a fast ball?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:45 PM (MjCfq)
I have been beaned at bat before. However the fastest pelota throw was clocked at 188mph. That can really wreck your day.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:48 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:48 PM (fA1SL)
"Because anybody in Mexico who can run, jump, or swim is now in California."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:39 PM (MjCfq)
ROFLOL
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 12, 2018 09:48 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Insomniac
And shatter your skull.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:48 PM (eMKNe)
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Jeez, I'm gonna have to beat this boner to death with a stick.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:49 PM (+y/Ru)
That'll straight up break bones.
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 09:49 PM (S7l9p)
We actually have four. Two in Van Cortlandt Park, one in Pelham Bay Park.
And Trump at Ferry Point Park. It's new and right next to the Bronx side of the Whitestone Bridge. Ferry Point Park never got built for like 60 years and became a garbage dump and Mafia burial ground (i have a good source that the finding of 60 bodies had to be suppressed so that Trump could break ground).
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 09:50 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:46 PM (dUJdY)
rings
brass knuckles
bullet pendant on leather cord
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 12, 2018 09:50 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 09:50 PM (pV/54)
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Was one of them Jimmy Hoffa?
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 09:51 PM (kNasr)
We had one in Newport. Straight up the most corrupt game going, made pro wrestling look real.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 09:51 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 12, 2018 09:34 PM (SiINZ)
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This game is just screaming for a shot clock. 2 minutes on D, and you're done, unless you try to actually score.
Way too defensively based.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 12, 2018 09:42 PM (8kLL1)
And the biggie: a "no flopping" rule.
When I lived in Europe I played in a departmental soccer game. I had the ball, and some little twit stepped in front of me. Now I wasn't big enough to do this generally in football, but I freight-trained him. "Son, you're not big enough to step in front of me."
Turns out that's against the rules. My bad. But for the rest of the game, all the opposing players were leery of me.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (dUJdY)
Now that is a man's sport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejo_%28sport%29
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Insomniac
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Thst csn't be right. The fastest MLB pitchers throw at about 105 MPH.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (8kLL1)
I admit they look like nice bikes, and I like the video tutorials and encouragement, but two grand plus is an awful lot of money to spend.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:46 PM (eMKNe)
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A stationary bike purchased at K-Mart for $150 will see little use after 6 months. But that pricey Peloton will get ridden every frickin day, dammit.
Posted by: Rex Racer at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (D01Rc)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:53 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 09:49 PM (S7l9p)
Off the wall?
That's hard to believe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:53 PM (MjCfq)
http://bit.ly/43-man-squamish
(Links to Mad Magazine)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I've got your quiddich blodger right here at February 12, 2018 09:53 PM (NU2/k)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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"Talk to your doctor about Miraculum"
*ponders laundry list of potential side effects*
fatigue, nausea, vomiting, decreased blood cell counts, hair loss, mouth sores, anal leakage, skin rashes, loss of vision and hearing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:54 PM (c/EDo)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 12, 2018 09:52 PM (8kLL1)
Ah, but the sesta adds a lot of leverage. I can believe that the pelota leaves the sesta at 188 mph. I just can't believe that it's anywhere near that after traveling to a wall and back.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 12, 2018 09:54 PM (MjCfq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 09:55 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2018 09:44 PM (
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This is why guys with really round heads couldn't get life insurance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 09:55 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 09:56 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2018 09:57 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 09:55 PM (9SkN+)
Oh good grief.
Posted by: Charliquetzl Browntl at February 12, 2018 09:57 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 09:57 PM (S7l9p)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 12, 2018 09:57 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 12, 2018 09:57 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 09:58 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Robot, You Jane at February 12, 2018 09:59 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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Howabout a bejewelled knout? I seem to recall you endorsing the knout as a management tool.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 09:59 PM (nBBdT)
Brass tarnishes, unless ya lacquer or plate it somehow.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 10:00 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 10:00 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 10:01 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 10:02 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Jewells45
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I have a nephew who was selling .223 keychains. He stopped, couldn't sell enough to make it worthwhile.
I have one made with an 8mm Mauser round. Kinda bulky.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2018 10:02 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 12, 2018 10:00 PM (dUJdY)
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It's like a small henway
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 12, 2018 10:03 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 10:03 PM (kNasr)
they never explain why i should care that their trainers are from new york
Posted by: Anachronda at February 12, 2018 10:03 PM (4eFZ0)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2018 10:03 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 10:04 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 10:04 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 12, 2018 10:05 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 10:04 PM (/tuJf)
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From afar, sure. Are you watching the Olympics on NBC, perchance?
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 10:05 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 12, 2018 10:03 PM (4eFZ0)
Well duh. Killer pizza place recommendations! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 12, 2018 10:05 PM (eMKNe)
I've often found it amusing that a lot of sports involve furiously swatting a ball with a stick.
Baseball
Golf
Hurling
Field Hockey
Shinty
Cricket
Lacrosse (only the early version, before the stick had a net added)
Bando
Camogie
Ice Hockey goes on the list because the puck is just a flattened ball.
And it's no accident that most of these games were invented by drunken Celts.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 12, 2018 10:06 PM (eXA4G)
No dear, that was a joke.
Goodfellas.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 10:06 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 10:06 PM (/tuJf)
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Oh. Yeah. Never seen it. It's not a classic comedy.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2018 10:07 PM (kNasr)
Forgot polo and croquet in that list.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 12, 2018 10:07 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: Drewbicle at February 12, 2018 10:08 PM (orVkZ)
It's called,,, you're not going to believe this,,, a drill.
Posted by: CFR at February 12, 2018 10:08 PM (jUilJ)
In it's gayest form.
Fly Fishing was weened and educated in the Adirondacks and Western US.
Like Pizza, it belongs to us now.
Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2018 10:10 PM (S7l9p)
I'm having a much better time watching the Obama administration get completely exposed.
More of a tragic farce.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2018 10:10 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: eleven at February 12, 2018 10:12 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: Glenn John at February 12, 2018 10:22 PM (zgAdX)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 12, 2018 10:26 PM (eDmrZ)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 12, 2018 10:26 PM (eDmrZ)
'Get the Gringo' with Mel Gibson was good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 12, 2018 11:59 PM (xJa6I)
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