1 1st

2 as well as their ball handling skills.

Me too.

3 Worst!

4 Futbol!

5 Suck Foccer

6 I've always hated garden plants...

The only thing I agreed with (and liked) about that atrocious "A Troll in Central Park" (Don Bleuth's worse film evar!) - banning flowers from Trolland.

7 No way I could be first.

8 I'm rewatching the first Boondock Saints. Willem Defoe is badass.

9 See, I was right.

10 Also,

How much coffee does that lady need?

11 Jim never has a second cup at home...

12 PGiS, please note item at near right end of conveyor belt.

13 Ugh, who gets busted for fucking dogs and then smiles for the booking photo? Was he proud of what he done?

14 first!?

15 oh well

16 SOCCER?

Are we going to drink herbal tea and do each other's hair next?

17 Ugh, who gets busted for fucking dogs and then smiles for the booking photo? Was he proud of what he done?

They were girl dogs....so at least he wasn't gay.

18 (Don Bleuth's worse film evar!)

That's a long list.

19 There's this thing on Bio about Caddyshack. It's the damnedest thing, they had a laceyunderall there too.   ^{(original lacey? Still hot 3 decades later)}

20 The World Cup is not a metric system trojan horse. All those boxes and arcs that you see are measured in yards. The goal is 8 yards by 8 feet high. The only thing that can be easily metric is the length and width of the field.

21

Thanks for the World Cup love, Maet!

And yes I get I'm in the minority on this particular topic.

Fine. More for me!

22 Uh, you moronettes wanna see what I got on my 'puta screen?  It's almost as cute as a puppy.

23

"Okay I know a lot of you aren't interested/hate soccer..."

And yet, you drone on.

"Hey everyone! Let's play a game of 'footie'."

I'd rather shove live rodents up my ARSE, thank you.

24 PGiS, please note item at near right end of conveyor belt. Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 10, 2010 10:09 PM (m8nvD) You mean the celery?

25 Four different types of coffee? Damn.

26 I hope the US manages to get a decent showing just to piss off the South Africans and give them the hassle of dealing with Obama.  Some government guy there wants us out as soon as possible because Obama showing up would be a major security headache for them apparently even moreso than all other foreign leaders combined.

27 Wasn't Gainesburgers dog food, or am I thinking of something else?

28 I shit you not: http://www.alvingreene2010.com/

It has 4 links for policy.  For foriegn policy, a link to a fucking NORTH KOREAN PROPAGANDA SITE.  Check that shit out.  That is Alvin Greene's foreign policy?

For domestic, a link to critical response.  They are anti prisons.  Like, we shouldn't 'cage' criminals at all.

There is something insane about this.  I realize there would be no reason to run a GOP plant in this particular race.  So what is this?  He got ten thou from someone.  And he used to be an intelligence analyst for the Air Force.  I know that's hard to believe, but I would like to know more about where he got the cash.

29

I'd rather shove live rodents up my ARSE, thank you.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at June 10, 2010 10:11 PM

How YOU doin'?

30 You all know my opinion of soccer. I note only that the rise of soccer and the decline of youth boxing in this country correlates with a decline in our national dick size.

31 18 (Don Bleuth's worse film evar!)

That's a long list.

Yes, but I cried a little at the end of All Dogs Go To Heaven.  _{Damn, shouldn't have said that!}

/Big Lipped Alligator Moment!

32 I have to wonder if this dude is with 4 chan or some kind of joke show.  Greene's 'unofficial' website's entire foreign policy link is simply dumb DPRK propaganda.  You simply couldn't pick a more ridiculous answer to that topic.

33 20 The World Cup is not a metric system trojan horse. All those boxes and arcs that you see are measured in yards. The goal is 8 yards 7.3152 meters by 8 feet 2.4384 meters high. The only other thing that can be easily metric is the length and width of the field.

FIFY

34 None of the dogs we ever had liked Gainesburgers.  They were more of the canned "Tony" types.  Our dogs were certainly not beluga caviar types - more bologna sammich fellas.

35 I had a Charlie Horse this morning.  I was writhing on the ground grabbing my calf.

World cup training, donchaknow.

36 13 Ugh, who gets busted for fucking dogs and then smiles for the booking photo? Was he proud of what he done?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 10, 2010 10:09 PM (wOtDN)

Always smile for ALL booking photos; to do otherwise is impolite. In fact, the more bizarre the charge, the bigger your smile should be!

37

I don't care about the world cup.  And I don't care that anybody knows that I don't care.

 

38 I want some Alpha-Bits cereal.

39 I note only that the rise of soccer and the decline of youth boxing in this country correlates with a decline in our national dick size.

You could be on to something there.

40 Wasn't Gainesburgers dog food

Yes, each succulent patty of meat dyed cereal was packaged as if it was a burger patty.

Dogs didn't know...the stupid animals thought it was a real hamburger...or the people buying it did...or both..I don't know..

41 Regular coffee, sanka (decaf) and an emergency stash of instant maxwell house in an effort to be able to stay awake through the f-ing world cup thread.

42 I've been stuck in the Dutch Harbor airport for... too long.  They stopped bringing 737's out here 4-years ago so they could land the Saab turbo props more often.  They're doing it wrong.

43 Football?  The football season's long over, Maet, or hasn't started yet, depending on how you look at it.

What's this "soccer" faggotry again?

44

Makes you wonder how much of celebrity-hood is just good makeup, fashion, and hair styling.

A LOT.  Don't you just love the paparazzi shots of celebs?

45 There is something insane about this.  I realize there would be no reason to run a GOP plant in this particular race.  So what is this?  He got ten thou from someone.  And he used to be an intelligence analyst for the Air Force.  I know that's hard to believe, but I would like to know more about where he got the cash.

Posted by: Anti GREENE at June 10, 2010 10:12 PM (dUOK+)

My guess is the man saved up 10k.

And won the primary because the color of his skin.

Just like Obama.

46 Soccer

47 What's "prime"?

48 Anti GREENE do you have the URL for the Greene website?

49

I request this be put up with the Soccer stuff.

Paul and Storm - Soccer

50 38 I want some Alpha-Bits cereal.

Stop that!

51 /sock

52
FUUUUCK soccer.

Hope that sailing girl is alright.  It's absolutely stupid for her parents to let their kids do shit like this without a support boat right there.  They're the ones to blame.

53

She was trying beat Jessica Watson's record and hasn't been heard from since 6am this morning when her emergency beacon has gone off.

When will these parents stop allowing their children to put themselves at risk to prove how awesome and mature their children are?

54 I woulda been first but I had to use the crapper.

55

How YOU doin'?

Posted by: Richard Gere at June 10, 2010 10:12 PM (piERg)

I gotta say, my squeakhole is REALLY squeaking now.

56 bah soccer is boring. who cares how long they run during a game, hockey players are far more fit in my opinion.

soccer might work better if they shortened the field, but even then the players would wimper and kiss each other during gameplay, so it still blows.

its a very simplistic sport to me, set up simplistically, and pretty much played super-simplistically= booooooring.

about the only thing interesting during the world cup besides the fan-riots is how england and germany rag on each other, holy shit is that hilarious.

57

I'd like to see what apps Obama has on his phone.

Soccer sucks, but I will be rooting for us in the World Cup.

58 In America, you have opposable thumbs.

In Soviet Russia, thumbs oppose you!

59 Just... wow. At this point I'm considering donating to Greene's campaign. Since the USA is about to go bankrupt anyway, at least we should get a circus alongside our bread.

60 Shrimp Cocktail

61 Makes you wonder how much of celebrity-hood is just good makeup, fashion, and hair styling.

Looks are about 3/4s style - so yeah, you can make a "hot celeb" out of almost everyone in decent shape.

The joke about teen movies where the girl lets down her hair, stops dressing like a boy, and is suddenly beautiful have some truth to them...

62 These parents should get together with the parents who let their kids go to Iran to "hike".

63 I note only that the rise of soccer and the decline of youth boxing in this country correlates with a decline in our national dick size.

I noticed an increase in the popularity of futbol with the increase of a certain demographic of immigrants, many of whom aren't entirely legal.

I like MMA over boxing. If that gains more popularity, maybe that'll make us less wussy.

64 Shrimp Creole

65

Winning means beating the rest of the world at their game, and will force billions of teeth to gnash.  Otherwise, who cares.  USA, USA!

66 Two world wars and one world cup... doo dah, doo dah

67 Shrimp Etouffee

68 Yes, but I cried a little at the end of All Dogs Go To Heaven.

Okay, we're gonna need a diamond-cut shredder for YOUR man-card.

69 So, I said two weeks ago that whoever won the Nevada Rep primary would have a ten-point lead on Hairball Reid.

Rasmussen says 11 points.  Patti 'Mom in Tennis Shoes' Murray is going down in Washington.......to defeat

and right now, Lawrence Harvey, the only man on earth more cool than Steve McQueen, is on Turner Classic Movie Channel

that is all.........

70 You know a "sport" sucks when one guy head butts another and it makes international news for a week.

71 Just... wow. At this point I'm considering donating to Greene's campaign. Since the USA is about to go bankrupt anyway, at least we should get a circus alongside our bread.

Posted by: Zimriel at June 10, 2010 10:17 PM (BsaUA)

Well, if the Obama invites you to the center ring to participate in the animal portion of the show...just say no.

72 Ninjas and lasers and gold

oh my!

73 meat dyed cereal

Sounds like something we'll be served in the eco-gulag after they catch us smuggling incandescent light bulbs.

74

Evening, M&Ms.

It was a beautiful day for golf here in downstate O'bammy land.

Oh and sock her? Meh.

 

 

75 47 What's "prime"?

Posted by: dagny at June 10, 2010 10:15 PM (VQZXx)

2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271...

76 I like girls soccer Mia Ham was nice to watch..

77 I'm going to get my ass kicked for posting this, but I must.

/Bring it, the Blade of Olympus is fully charged!

Footy.

78 Shrimp scampi

79

I was told by my favorite vegan hippy liberal barista at the local coffee shop that for me, a true meatitarian, she will make me a bacon latte, if I just TRY soy milk.

Tried it, survived it, bacon latte next week.

Fuck you, Denmark.

80 There is a rat somewhere whose ass I can't be bothered to give about the world cup.

Maybe you don't realize this, but it's a soccer tournament. There is no bat, no bases, no umpires, no foul poles anywhere on the soccer court field. Why would you watch it? Are there hot chicks in the stands?

81
Rasmussen says 11 points.  Patti 'Mom in Tennis Shoes' Murray is going down in Washington.......to defeat

I didn't become an angry feminist politician to go down dammit. You teabaggers are worse then my husband.

82 Patti 'Mom in Tennis Shoes' Murray

You know, if Sarah Palin were a Democrat -- with the exact same policy positions -- the media would have hailed her as a working-class hero.

83 Grilled Shrimp

84 I do like me a bit of footie, but I can't stand watching those faggots roll around crying like . . . well faggots, every time someone's foot comes within 2 feet (0.6096 meters) of them.

85 Shaggy Busted for Illicit Dog Love

Wasn't me!

86 I like MMA over boxing.

Every time I flip past MMA on TV, it's two dudes lying on a mat with their legs wrapped around each other. I keep thinking it's a new Lady Gaga video.

87
Lottsa Man Cards need to be collected and shredded tonight.

88 Silly Sport

http://tinyurl.com/2c8ge3d

They should offer Golden Globes rather than a world cup.

89 Posted by: Yakoff Smirnoff Ice

Nice.

90 Dammit, I miss bein' on the dole.

91 Gah! I always thought Kelly Clarkson was kinda cute, but she looks like Rosie O Donnels mini me without make up. And it's amazing how many of those old school grocery products are still around, i vaguely remember feeding our dog Gaines Burgers as a kid. They looked like hamburger patties and you broke them up into the dog bowl.

92 shrimp salad

93 Posted by: Yakoff Smirnoff Ice at June 10, 2010 10:19 PM (T0NGe) here

94 Soccer is boring. And the fans are dangerous, quite literally. I hear of more soccer fan deaths than any other sport. Not even due to a wayward ball (like that poor girl who got hit by a baseball during a Dodger game) but to the fans. Something about most of them being Third Worlders...

95

I saw a report earlier on coastal business people waiting on $5K checks because they are losing business...So if a UPS truck wrecks in front of my business I can charge them for the business I lost during that hour I lost traffic? We are going down a slippery slope my friends.

96 I woulda been first but I had to use the crapper.

Posted by: steevy at June 10, 2010 10:16 PM (zs6U+)

T M I

97 I like MMA over boxing. If that gains more popularity, maybe that'll make us less wussy.

Posted by: wherestherum at June 10, 2010 10:18 PM (gofDd)

You know the ancient Greeks had something like the MMA - so arguably it is a more traditional sport then oh, running around a court and kicking other men in the groin....

98 Rasmussen says 11 points.  Patti 'Mom in Tennis Shoes' Murray is going down in Washington.......to defeat

Oh, that's nothing that a few boxes of misplaced ballots can't take care of.

99

letsbe serious

the cubs will winthe world series at least three more times before the usa team wins the world cup

Italia will take it again!!!

100

She was trying beat Jessica Watson's record and hasn't been heard from since 6am this morning when her emergency beacon has gone off.

When will these parents stop allowing their children to put themselves at risk to prove how awesome and mature their children are?

 

Reminds me of the little girl who was "a pilot" - she was flying cross country and the plane crashed killing her, the flight instructor and her dad I think.  She was much younger than 16 if I recall. Sad.

101 Overnight Open Thread - World Cup Edition

Because "Overnight Open Thread - Oscar Wilde Edition" was too manly.

102 Every time I flip past MMA on TV, it's two dudes lying on a mat with their legs wrapped around each other. I keep thinking it's a new Lady Gaga video.

Yeah, but making ghey jokes about it is so much freaking fun. It's almost too easy. I did notice there's something homoerotic about it all. I wouldn't want to get that close to someone unless I was romantically inclined.

103 84 Yeah,they are great athletes but they make MLB players look macho.

104 And no, I'll not be watching the World Cup.  I watched the Champions League final just to make sure I wasn't hating soccer based on any preconceived or erroneous assumptions, and it turns out I hate soccer because it's boring as hell.

105 I've tried getting into watching soccer, I really have!  Can't make much sense of what's going on, so I usually turn the TV to something else.

NFL football, that's the sport for me.

106 I don't give a flip about soccer until world cup starts and then I'm all about the USA fukcing up the dreams of soccer crazy countries - and I enjoy cheering for underdogs.

Really love rugby and Aussie rules football.  Soccer is really wimpy.

107 Rasmussen says 11 points.  Patti 'Mom in Tennis Shoes' Murray is going down in Washington.......to defeat

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, prescient AssToKick at June 10, 2010 10:18 PM (JrRME)

From your fingertips to God's eyes.

108 I heard the sailing girl story on the way home today.  My first thought was "wtf is wrong with the parents, letting a child do something like this."  Assholes.

Much more feel-good was the astonishing sanctions against USC story.  I was lmao.

109 I can run 7+ miles/game and never score a goal too.

110 Greene is proof that SC voters are racists. At least, the black ones apparently are, since they picked a certified nutjob entirely on the basis of his skin color.

111 Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 10, 2010 10:21 PM (wOtDN)

I don't believe you.

Commence to factoring!

112 We are going down a slippery slope my friends.

Posted by: David C at June 10, 2010 10:21 PM (ihhMS)

Personally I think the punishment for poor traffic planning should be a public hanging. Right now it appears to be an extra weeks vacation and a bonus.

113 I used to like the old indoor soccer league.The games were very high scoring.Than they ruined it by putting in 2 and 3 point goals when there was already plenty of offense.

114

96,

Ya beat me to it, but yeah, way TMI.

 

115 Much more feel-good was the astonishing sanctions against USC story.  I was lmao.

Even sweeter for UCLA fans! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

116 The World what?

And I always figured Shaggy would get popped for holdin'. Dayum.


Evening all.

117 Barbara Streisand looks like a crazy cat lady, plus what the fuck is that on the side of her face?

118 86 I like MMA over boxing.

Every time I flip past MMA on TV, it's two dudes lying on a mat with their legs wrapped around each other. I keep thinking it's a new Lady Gaga video.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 10, 2010 10:20 PM (xCaUz)

That's the wrestling aspect of it.  Of course the difference between wrestling and mma is when you're on the ground in mma you can start bashing the other guy's head in with punches.

119

Reminds me of the little girl who was "a pilot" - she was flying cross country and the plane crashed killing her, the flight instructor and her dad I think.  She was much younger than 16 if I recall. Sad.

That's exactly what I thought of.  That little girl was 7.  But 16 is still a child (not-apologies to all you teenager out there who think you're all grown up.  You're NOT.  So shut up).  How much you wanna bet her parents are Liberals?

120 110 Greene is proof that SC voters are racists. At least, the black ones apparently are, since they picked a certified nutjob entirely on the basis of his skin color.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 10, 2010 10:24 PM (ZD1Dm)

That's racist!  Suppose they prefer the certified nutjob over an uncertified one.  Did you ever think of that?

Credentials matter.

121 16 Year Old: Fully Qualified for solo circumnavigation of the fricken Earth

26 Year Old: Fully Qualified for coverage under their parents' insurance policy.

122

#81

Wyden now down to 51%, with 5 months to go, and with the GOP gubernatorial candidate surging ahead in his race.

We could be looking at a reverse 2008 on RCP-

Back in 2008, I was crying in my beer watching North Dakota, Montana, Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, and Florida all GREY. GREY! TOSSUPS!

We could be looking at all of the Senate races in the Great Lakes (WI,IL,IN,OH,PA (im cheating by leaving out NY)) grey-to-red.

Left Coast Grey-to-red.

"New West" (NV/AZ/CO) grey to red.

 

Here is to "getting to grey"- nothing is more psychologically devastating than seeing your "safe states" flirting with the enemy.

I put Oregon just behind Wisconsin now as a dark horse state for the GOP in the US Senate races.

123 Really love rugby and Aussie rules football. Soccer is really wimpy. Posted by: Potty Mouth at June 10, 2010 10:23 PM (Glxw+) Ah, I need to get back into aussie rules. That is a blast to play, especially co-ed.

124 Hey all!

The main draw for the World Cup?

The USA is not expected to dominate it, so at least there's some drama. . . .

125 Rum, John and Ken were all "why do you think Pete Carroll blew town in such a hurry?  He knew this was coming."  Bwahahahaha, indeed. 

126 40 Yes, each succulent patty of meat dyed cereal was packaged as if it was a burger patty.
----------------
Noooooo! Next you'll try to convince me it's not bacon!

127 You know, if Sarah Palin were a Democrat -- with the exact same policy positions -- the media would have hailed her as a working-class hero.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 10, 2010 10:20 PM (T0NGe)

If Sarah were a Democrat, the MFM would be.......cunning linguists regarding her.

128 112 Agreed.But college football is going to ruined within a year or two now anyway.

129
Alicia Silverstone is hot, who cares about the makeup.

130 If youse guys want the scoop on abby sunderland, go over to a site called sailing anarchy. There are reports of sat phone calls just before the eprib went off. join the forums over there. the site owner is a rabid bush hater lefty. you can have some fun.

131 Ah, I need to get back into aussie rules. That is a blast to play, especially co-ed.

What about us?

132 26 Year Old: Fully Qualified for coverage under their parents' insurance policy.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 10, 2010 10:25 PM (ZESU0)

Well, technically everyone is a dependent on Bam. He's the daddy I never had...

133

# 108 girl story on the way home today.  My first thought was "wtf is wrong with the parents, letting a child do something like this."  Assholes.

And now someone is paying alot of money looking for her...and its not her parents

134 Kratos@77, How did you miss it?

46 Soccer

Posted by: davidt at June 10, 2010 10:15 PM (HtIec)

135 117 The World what?

And I always figured Shaggy would get popped for holdin'. Dayum.

lol.  I remember watching some Scooby Doo cartoon in college (don't ask) and my roommates and I bust out laughing when Shaggy in all seriousness talking about getting "the stash".

136

108,

What happened to USC.

*anxiously rubs hand together*

Whoops! Still had last night's sock on.

 

137 Know what?  I find I actually like this Alvin Greene character.  I like the cut of his fucking jib and would like to subscribe my ass to his motherfucking newsletter.  Because from what we know about him thus far, he displays more integrity than any other Democrat incumbent or candidate for office that I can think of, anywhere else in the country.

He's unemployed?  Betcher fuckin' ASS he's unemployed!  Who the fuck isn't unemployed right now in South Carolina, a state with one of the highest jobless rates in the country?  Moreover, who isn't black and unemployed in S.C., after the devastation Obama has brought to blacks all over the country?  See, Democrat candidates for office tend to be "I've got mine, fuck you" millionaires, but Alvin's living the Obama economy, baby, coming right up from the grassroots.  No fancy Georgetown apartment here; he is the real deal.

He's living at home with his dad?  Yeah, because his dad is 81 years old and sick, and the son has taken it upon himself, at the tender age of 32, to hang around and take care of ol' Dad!  You've got to love that, and you've especially got to love Alvin's plan to end their financial problems by grabbing a Senate seat as a Democrat, and then raking in all the bribes and kickbacks that come with it.  Meanwhile, Barack Hussein Fuck You I Won Obama, at almost 50, is sitting in the White House with a net worth of several million dollars, and can't even be bothered to throw a hundred bucks or so toward his own brother living in a hut in Kenya, where that amount of money would probably buy a pretty sizable McMansion.  (Nobody really knows what happened to Barry's dad, maybe Barry himself isn't a hundred percent certain who his dad is, but we do know he throws his white relatives under buses anytime it suits his purposes.)

He was kicked out of two different branches of the Armed Forces?  Well, I don't know what happened there, maybe he's a complete fucking psycho; but he did go straight into the military right after graduating college.  Now granted, as a Senate candidate he may be no Richard "Iron Dick" Blumenthal, a veteran so stupendously awesome that he managed to serve heroically in a foreign war without ever setting foot overseas, but Greene served, dammit, and in the Democrat Party isn't serving what counts, no matter what kind of dischargeable, medal-throwing, Senate-committee-testifying assholery you might engage in afterwards?

He's a sexual deviant facing felony charges?  Yeah...?  In the Democrat Party those are qualifications enough to be President!  Exactly what's the problem here?

The national and state Democrat parties want him to withdraw from the race?  He's telling them FUCK YOU, I may be a nobody with no money and no campaign structure and negative party support, and I know the Democrat Party's M.O. is to force black candidates out of political races anywhere and everywhere it can, but I'm the people's choice, God damn it, and I'm staying in.  And apparently 100,000 South Carolina Democrats liked him just fine.  If Greene's really a plant then the Dems are in even bigger trouble than we thought, because their own voters are in on the Republican conspiracy.

This dude has a giant, swinging set.  I don't know what the fuck his other issues are but he is punching up and I like him.  The Democrat Party could use more candidates like Alvin M. Greene.  A whole lot more.

138 A soccer thread huh? I guess don't ask don't tell really is over.

139

did anyone see the olbermann interview of the Dem South Carolina nominee?

I don't mean to pressume, but does anyone else think he is mentally disabled or retarded?

He could just be a guy who freezes up infront of a camera, but i don't believe that.

140

70 You know a "sport" sucks when one guy head butts another and it makes international news for a week.

If I was a world class golf player, I would headbutt anyone who pissed me off.

 

141

katya "When will these parents stop allowing their children to put themselves at risk to prove how awesome and mature their children are?"

Because life is about risk, katya. In the old days "children" that age volunteered to fight in wars, they hunted, and they hiked for miles. It is sad that this girl perished, but I admire her and her parents for letting her do it. We have lost something as a culture that this is considered an exception amongst teenagers and not the rule.

If the instructor was negligent, then yes, that's horrible. But attacking the parents is unfair.

142 There are reports of sat phone calls just before the eprib went off.

I heard she called her engineer (or whatever, her techie guy) with engine failure, he talked her through starting the engine(s) back up again, she got off the call and said she'd call right back and that was it, the emergency beacon was activated and they haven't heard from her since.

143 136 Kratos@77, How did you miss it?

Dude, Ace doesn't read his own blog, how can you expect me to read through all these comments?

/Bad at multitasking.

144

I put Oregon just behind Wisconsin now as a dark horse state for the GOP in the US Senate races.

Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2010 10:25 PM (Gr1V1)

Oregon and Wisc are do-able.  And forget Crist; he'll fade fast once the Dems nominate someone.  ( much of his 'support' in current polls is Democrats )

145 Posted by: Greek rules at June 10, 2010 10:27 PM (T0NGe) I've always loved a long, hot shower with the towel boy making sure my proud and pouty glutes are fully buffed and waxed.

146

Think I'm actually going to be in the minority here for once, but from what I was reading the kid's been training for 3 years for her trip, Fairly regular communications, they had a support boat what, 40 ish hours away? Yea, she's a little younger than your basic serviceman, but kids can only be kids for so long.  I won't fault her parents for letting a kid pursue a dream.  If there's more to the story than that....or if her preparations were half assed, which by the reports, they aren't...it'd be a different story.  Just my 2c.  Hopefully the kiddo is ok.

147 What happened to USC.

Banned from bowl games for 2 years and every game they ever won with Reggie Bush in it is reversed.  _{hearty guffaw}

148 I put Oregon just behind Wisconsin now as a dark horse state for the GOP in the US Senate races.

Oregon's a very long shot and I doubt it'll happen.  But Ron Johnson in Wisconsin could very well topple Feingold, and no one's talking about him.  They should be, because winning WI will probably be key to taking the Senate.

149

Yesterday Reggie Bush's obit read "Heisman Trophy winner and # time Super Bowl Champion..

 

Today it will read "First Heisman Trophy Winner stripped of his Trophy"

150 Soccer is like pool. Don't watch the players, watch the action that the foot puts on the ball and it's result.
The players come off like whiney sissies, but the best have a magic touch.

151

it was almost creepy to watch. i think olbermann really wanted to help the guy out, but even he was unable to do much.

We've given the south carolina republicans a lot of shit over the past few days, but the south carolina dems essentially voted for a man based on his name and nothing else. By Greene's own admission he didn't hold rallies, meetings, or really even campaign.

how else can you explain his win.

152 94 Soccer is boring. And the fans are dangerous, quite literally. I hear of more soccer fan deaths than any other sport.

Yeah, seems like at least once a month i see a story of hooligans in europe or their equilavent in south america rioting and seriously injuring/killing someone. Not that we're any better, i doubt we're far away from people getting killed after football/basketball teams win championships.

153 chemjeff:

http://www.alvingreene2010.com/

Posted it earlier in the thread, but no worries.

154

Because life is about risk, katya. In the old days "children" that age volunteered to fight in wars, they hunted, and they hiked for miles.

Those were necessary risks and about LIFE.  This is about thrill-seeking, record-setting and celebrity-making.

155 War between the undead states , that brought a tear to my fuckin ' eye .

156

Undead States, applause. 9/10 for the rant.

(Still, I wish he hadn't been such an asshead to the ladies.)

157 Are we sure the girl is lost for good? They said her EPIRB would have gone off again if the boat sank below 15 feet?

158

He could just be a guy who freezes up infront of a camera, but i don't believe that.

Posted by: Ben at June 10, 2010 10:28 PM (DKV43)

supposedly he is a college grad ( poli sci ).  The Army and Air Force took him, before giving him a General / Section 8 

159

150,

Gosh, that's terrible!

*snicker, snicker*

 

160 Figures, the MSM is already blaming Bush for USC's sanctions.  Oh, not that Bush.

Posted by: CDR M at June 10, 2010 10:29 PM (5I8G0)

In the dark, all Bushes are indistinguishable.

And these are some dark times, podna.

161 Anyone that is defending this girls right to sail across the world alone..are you ready to split the bill now to look for her?

162 We could be looking at all of the Senate races in the Great Lakes (WI,IL,IN,OH,PA (im cheating by leaving out NY)) grey-to-red.


The presumptive GOP nominee in WI (primary is in Sept) is excellent.  But the Democrat fraud machine in Milwaukee County is primed and ready.

163 I'm surprised the boat wasn't closely escorted.Would that have lost her the record?

164

I don't mean to pressume, but does anyone else think he is mentally disabled or retarded?

Of course he is. He's a Dem.

But seriously, yeah, he's def. not cooking on all four burners.  

165 Anyone that is defending this girls right to sail across the world alone..are you ready to split the bill now to look for her?

Hell no.  That's her parents' responsibility.

166

soccer is like two men making love.

i would rather die than watch it.

167 #156 Yeah, seems like at least once a month i see a story of hooligans in europe or their equilavent in south america rioting and seriously injuring/killing someone. Not that we're any better, i doubt we're far away from people getting killed after football/basketball teams win championships.

Know what else irks me about soccer crowds over there?  They claim Americans are racist but they'll do the "monkey dance" and hoot and holler while black teams are playing.

Hypocrites.

168

#146

Crist's approval ratings as a governor are what scares me- hes enormously popular down there, and if the Dems think he has a better shot than their own Dem, they will get behind him. The Dem stands no chance UNLESSSSS he plays it like Sestak and attacks Crist as a charlatan and opportunist...how weird would it be to see Rubio AND Meek using the same message to deal Crist a blow?

169

Those were necessary risks and about LIFE.  This is about thrill-seeking, record-setting and celebrity-making.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 10, 2010 10:31 PM (7ZLfK)

yeah--there's a difference between giving your teenagers increasing responsibility and freedom, and reckless indulgence

170 She was "knocked down" (sails in the water) twice and in heavy sea. The beacon set to go off once 15ft underwater has not gone off yet but in those conditions I would be afraid of finding the boat and no girl.

Hope she's out there.

171 Ouch, ouch, ouch..


During the 19th century though, silly blunders got taken to a different level. Women would insert a wooden block, roughly the size of a small doorstop, into their vagina to prevent pregnancy. This “sperm barrier” was later outlawed and categorized as a torture device.

172

That so Engleesh fractured in soccar Ten Top story of. 

I was in Cape Town for eight days in January.  The average girl there is pretty damn bueno.  Want to go back for pleasure not  business soon.

173

i used to watch ac milan matches when i lived n sardinia, great times

but i wouldn't sit there and root against the home town favorites, there would be blood

and Italia will win again

174 Fuck, what a lameassnight. Anyone in MN want to party?

175 152

Yesterday Reggie Bush's obit read "Heisman Trophy winner and # time Super Bowl Champion..

 

Today it will read "First Heisman Trophy Winner stripped of his Trophy"

Posted by: David C at June 10, 2010 10:30 PM (ihhMS)

I don't know if he'll lose that since its not actually an NCAA award.  That would have to be handled by the Heisman committee.  The NCAA cant' go "No Soup For You" on that award.

176
Nobody gives a fuck who wins. 

177 soccer. pfffft.

178 79 I was told by my favorite vegan hippy liberal barista at the local coffee shop that for me, a true meatitarian, she will make me a bacon latte, if I just TRY soy milk.

Tried it, survived it, bacon latte next week.

That's like mixing matter and antimatter.  If the entire universe folds in upon itself next week I'm blaming you.

179

Fuck this, I'm out.  This lameass soccer shit sucks balls.

180 I hope this girl sailor is found and delivered back to her family....and a bill for costs to save her delivered shortly thereafter...

181 I can see why you're on the debate team.

182 Not that we're any better, i doubt we're far away from people getting killed after football/basketball teams win championships.

Boston, 2004.

183 #178  Look, if you can't cut it as a supply guy in the military, you pretty much suck.

Indeed.  Remember my Quartermaster from my ROTC classes...yeah, that's a pretty straightforward job (but still important, don't get me wrong).

184 In the end there will only be soy milk.

185 I'm surprised the boat wasn't closely escorted.Would that have lost her the record?

The record was already toast. She was going for youngest to sail around the world nonstop, but had to stop early on for engine repair, but decided to finish the trip anyway.

I wouldn't have let my 16 year old girl make that trip; and if for some insane reason I did, it wouldn't be unescorted, that's for damn sure.

Hope the pirates didn't get her.

186 Most of those "South Africa's 55 Hottest Women" are white, even though South Africa is over 80% black.

Racists!!!!!

187 Yeah, I hope that little girl survives, too, but it's not looking very good for her.  She's doing this because her bro did it a couple of years ago.  I still fault the parents.

188 Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2010 10:33 PM (Gr1V1)

Once his party switch sinks in and the Dems get behind their candidate, Crist will fold like a bad poker hand.  He's never faced a real opponent, but hidden behind  Bush's sponsorship.

More than a few people in FLA don't even know he's no longer running as a Rep.

189 There have been several successful rescues of solo around the world racers in the southern ocean over the past twenty years. Those boats all have foam cored hulls and decks with escape hatches in the transom. They stay with the boat until help arrives, deploy the raft. Being in a liferaft in those conditions is suicidal. There is a fishing boat 40 hours away. She'll make it.

190 I was referring to the pilot in post #100 (hence, the reference to an "instructor"); not to the girl who was sailing without an instructor. That last bit, totally foolhardy, agreed.

191 Fuck, what a lameassnight. Anyone in MN want to party?

Whatsamatter, Z, all your friends in custody?

192 Fuck this, I'm out. This lameass soccer shit sucks balls. Posted by: Dang Straights at June 10, 2010 10:36 PM (8VdAi) Don't let your pecker cross my lips on the . . . oh did I say that out loud?

193

Look, if you can't cut it as are a supply guy airdale type in the military navy , you pretty much suck.

fify

194 193 Yeah,I thought of that too.Drowning would be better than that.

195 189 Not that we're any better, i doubt we're far away from people getting killed after football/basketball teams win championships.

I remember there was a mini-riot at PSU Main Campus after a basketball game a few years before I got up there.  They beefed up security and put in camera after that incident.

196 192 In the end there will only be soy milk.

Dude, I'll stab myself with the Blade of Olympus again if that's "the end".

197 So, if they change all of USC's wins to loses, can one make a claim to their betting house that they won their bets?

Now, that's interesting.  Summon the lawyers!

198 I think Undead States has said it for all of us.

199 supposedly he is a college grad ( poli sci ).

Now... (1) What does this tell you?

(2) Given the answer to (1), how do you feel about the fact that Obama was a Poli Sci major?

200 you know, I think war against undead states makes a pretty good argument.  I realize some of that was tongue in cheek, but there's a lot of truth to it.

An unemployed black man in South Carolina is a very accurate representative for SC democrats.  He is taking care of his dad.  and he did sign up for the military, even though he's basically a wash out... he did attempt to answer the call of duty.

And http://www.alvingreene2010.com/ seems almost like a dirty fucking trick.  I think SC's GOP Senator Demint is a much better representative, but I feel like I'm being a dick here to condemn Alvin Greene.  That's ignoring the porn charges.  Who the hell knows what that's all about.

He's kinda a dumbass bozo, and he is damned fuzzy about what he's running to accomplish.  But he's got some balls.  Certainly a bit better than many Senators we have running around.  Intellectually he seems totally unqualified... like most of our Senators.

So I stand corrected, Undead.  http://www.alvingreene2010.com/ is a fucking joke, though.  Whoever put that together needs to be exposed.  I want to know their name.  The entire foreign policy answer is just North Korean propaganda!  That's either completely insane or an attempt to slime Alvin Greene and replace him with a different candidate.

201

Yeah, the whole sailing drama could drummed up by the media, 'cause usually they don't have a clue what they're talking about.  And in this instance, anything could happen.  For instance, the SAT Phone going dead and she was never able to restart the engine, so she felt her only option for survival was to set-off the EPIRB. 

It's 50-50, at this point and with the facts we have, I think they're in her favor.

202

#173

The universe folded into itself when my fiancee's most flaming gay friend OPENLY professed his love for Palin and then rather loudly muttered "fuck Obama" while working at the Starbucks...and that was back in March of last year...

 

so I wouldn't fear the awesomeness of a bacon latte...especially when I throw in the Breakfast-Bacon cupcake too..

203

208  anytime, i'm a giver (and a blackshoe)

but at least we aren't bubbleheads

204

Mostly because I work with a lot of European types who don't know shit about baseball or football. So if I'm gonna talk sports with them and do a little trash talkin' about their faves, it going to have be in soccer.

Just tell 'em that they and their favorite teams are all homosexual. The truth is a total defense.

205 Know what else irks me about soccer crowds over there?  They claim Americans are racist but they'll do the "monkey dance" and hoot and holler while black teams are playing.

Hypocrites.

Or how about this

206 I don't care about soccer.  Do I get to keep my man card?

207 Soccer?   Never heard of it.

208 CDR M, my understanding is that the location is so remote it's difficult to get planes to search for her.

209 Ref not dying in space. You can live 2 or 3 minutes. But you'll pass out in 10-12 seconds*. And don't cheat by holding your breath! That's a guaranteed death due to your lungs filling up with blood. *link explains why. Since death by vacuum (or oxygen deprivation at altitudes over 30,000 feet) is so non-stressful I wonder why it isn't used for capital punishment? You just go to sleep...

210 16 Year Old Girl Feared Drowned on Around the World Sail FAIL

FIFY

211

okay, how's this

Look, if you can't cut it as area supply guy airdale black shoe type in the military navy in the air force, you pretty much suck.

fify

212

"Those were necessary risks and about LIFE.  This is about thrill-seeking, record-setting and celebrity-making.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 10, 2010 10:31 PM (7ZLfK)"

Or to put on that Harvard application.

213

Yeah, the whole sailing drama could drummed up by the media, 'cause usually they don't have a clue what they're talking about.

Yes, there is that.

214 The Dems steal Wisconsin with Milwaukee, Madison, and Indian Reservation fraud, plus the buses from Chicago running up through Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, over to Madison and down through Beloit. But this time Wisconsin's turnout may exceed the margin of fraud.

215

Just tell 'em that they and their favorite teams are all homosexual. The truth is a total defense.

Christiano Ronaldo?  Never heard of him. 

216 Boston, 2004.

Ahh, didn't know about that, i'm actually surprised it was baseball, i would have thought it would have been football or basketball.

217 So Reggie Bush got stuff he shouldn't have gotten while he was playing for USC, is that the deal? 

Re the teen who may be missing at sea - I read a bit about her and it seemed to me like she was pretty well-prepared.  If I was her mom, though, I wouldn't have let her do it. 

218 The boat may be 40 hours away but I'm sure they have maritime patrol aircraft out there (or will soon).  It would have to be either the Australians or US aircraft.  Not sure who else down there would have the planes with the legs required to do a proper search pattern.

Posted by: CDR M at June 10, 2010 10:39 PM (5I8G0)

Do the Aussies have anything in the Cocos Kelling Is.?

219 She's doing this because her bro did it a couple of years ago.

That was another girl, I think. This girl is complete unrelated. She's trying to break the record of the girl who broke her brother's record.

220 143

katya "When will these parents stop allowing their children to put themselves at risk to prove how awesome and mature their children are?"

Because life is about risk, katya. In the old days "children" that age volunteered to fight in wars, they hunted, and they hiked for miles. It is sad that this girl perished, but I admire her and her parents for letting her do it. We have lost something as a culture that this is considered an exception amongst teenagers and not the rule.

If the instructor was negligent, then yes, that's horrible. But attacking the parents is unfair.

Posted by: Zimriel the Englishman at June 10, 2010 10:28 PM (BsaUA)

While I do partly agree with the idea of not coddling teenagers and expecting them to grow up sooner than later, in the old days if one of them had said "I want to sail solo around the world" everyone would have called them fucking nuts.

221 "Soccer is boring. And the fans are dangerous, quite literally. I hear of more soccer fan deaths than any other sport."Not even due to a wayward ball (like that poor girl who got hit by a baseball during a Dodger game) but to the fans. Something about most of them being Third Worlders...

Posted by: wherestherum at June 10, 2010 10:21 PM (gofDd)

Because it's played in more countries, in more matches in front of more fans,
with more national connections by far, than any other sport.
It's the law of large numbers.

And if you learn to appreciate the skills of the stars, like any sport it has it's moments.

222 CDR M: The Australian Navy out of Perth handles these things routinely. Gotta have a boat for the rescue. The boats are all foam core and float like coolers even turtled. People have gone for a week inside the turtled boat and been rescued. Usually the bulb and the end of the strut breaks off either at the bottom of the hull or where the bulb attaches to the strut. The boat goes sideways to a big wave and the twisting forces cause the snappage. These Finot designed Open 40s are very high performance, yet durable.

223 Good evening. Now I'm going to start back at the beginning.

224 plus the buses from Chicago running up through Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, over to Madison and down through Beloit.

They also run buses across the river from the Twin Cities.  Very plausible "same-day registration" fraud there, since those counties have been growing in population.

...and the rest of you don't get cocky; Feingold proposed a bill to make same-day registration fraud nationwide.

225 so 'brown shoe' is code for pitcher and 'black shoe' for catcher ?? Or the other way around?

( relax, I'm kidding, and I know what the shoe thing means )

so, the Navy is the one that has the boats and stuff ??

226

when i was a teenager i told my dad "hey dad, i want to sail around the world"

he told me to join the fucking navy

oh wait.......

227 And if you learn to appreciate the skills of the stars, like any sport it has it's moments.

I don't even like basketball. The Lakers need to lose. I think basketball is boring.  Hell, baseball is boring and I used to play softball. The only sports I enjoy watching are football and MMA. Everything else is meh. I want to like hockey, but it just doesn't grab me.

Henrik Lundqvist, however, can grab me anytime he wants!

228 i'm actually surprised it was baseball, i would have thought it would have been football or basketball.

I was surprised it was Boston and not Detroit or Chicago.  But I've never been to Boston.

229 hmm... I'm thinking that maybe the SC GOP pulled an Operation Chaos thing with the Alvin Greene election - SC has open primaries and Jim DeMint was of course a shoo-in for the R's so why not vote for the loser D?

230 And if you learn to appreciate the skills of the stars, like any sport it has it's moments.

Five-year-old girls play this sport.

231 Hey neocons, keep cheering for a piece of cloth! Go on giving you money and emotions over to these useless mercenaries!

When the revolutions begin and you're sitting on your asses watching footballers on TV, don;t come crying to me, cons!!!!!!

232 Or how about this

Right, I remember that.  I was pissed when I read that, and I'm not even a soccer fan.

Gits.

233 When I was a teen-ager I told my dad I wanted to taste a thousand sausages. He told me to join the Navy.

234 Maybe Greene is a North Korean plant.

235 166 Dream on about Rose Bowl.

236

so, the Navy is the one that has the boats and stuff ??

in navy lingo, only the submarines are called boats

and since we don't claim the bubbleheads i would have to say no

237 Because it's played in more countries, in more matches in front of more fans,
with more national connections by far, than any other sport.

And when was the last time there were hooligans roaming around for any other sport that cause as much trouble as soccer fans? There was even a movie made about it in England. People riot after basketball games in LA, but I've never heard of roaming packs of basketballers killing people for fun.

238 Or how about this

Mexico pretty much declared war on us the other day when their military aimed rifles at our citizens; too bad no one has the balls to declare back.

239 I'm thinking that maybe the SC GOP pulled an Operation Chaos thing with the Alvin Greene election - SC has open primaries and Jim DeMint was of course a shoo-in for the R's so why not vote for the loser D?

For most of these states, you have to choose the whole ballot -- either D or R.  With the gov. primary going on, I think shenanigans would be going on in the GOP gov. race if anything.

The fact is, despite the MFM's most moist fantasies, DeMint wasn't going to be in trouble against a no-name opponent.  Whoever won would be the sacrificial lamb.

240 #245  I give your attempted psedo-trolling a solid B+.  Congrats!

241 That was another girl, I think. This girl is complete unrelated.

Well, J & K reiterated it today and that's what I've heard.  Her bro did it at a tender age too.

242 Five-year-old girls play this sport. Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 10, 2010 10:48 PM (M9BNu) Well, if that's the standard, I guess I'd better stop breathing or using facebook.

243

 I want to like hockey, but it just doesn't grab me.

Same here. Although I did go to an NHL game live once, and it was pretty cool. The fans alone are worth the price of admission.

 

244 That was another girl, I think. This girl is complete unrelated. She's trying to break the record of the girl who broke her brother's record.

Fuck all of you.  I'm trying to break the record of the person who broke the record broken by the record-breaker of the broken-record sailor from the 22nd Century who broke the record of the girl who drowned in 2010 but later emerged via a temporal wormhole into the SEIU Wars of the 2020s.  I'm taking as my spiritual token an autographed portrait of Former President Alvin M. Greene.

245 Okay I know a lot of you aren't interested/hate soccer

I don't hate soccer.  I just think it's boring and stupid.  Europeans seem to have transferred all of their tribal warring to their soccer teams, which appears to be their great interest in it.  For the rest of the world, who knows?

Americans like upper body sports.  We seem to prefer legs as auxiliary elements or mere tests of leg power (as with running) but not as sports, in and of themselves.

I guy I used to work with thought that soccer could never be a great pro sport in America because the scoring is too anemic for good betting.

246 Dream on about Rose Bowl.

It was the Orange Bowl win that's goin' down.

247 I want to drown....in cold water!

248 When I was a teen-ager I told my dad I wanted to snort a mountain of coke. He told me to go to harvard

249 Well, if that's the standard, I guess I'd better stop breathing or using facebook.

Do you expect people to watch you breathe and admire your breathing skills?

250 By all means, spend your money on nothing. That USA jersey will do wonders for you when the revolution starts. Bring the salt, if it all hasn't been confiscated yet.

251 I'm probably your only brazilian reader and I'm very happy to know you like "our" sport. Good luck for US on World Cup and may God listen to your bet on Kaká's performance ( he has been injured for so long... ) Ok, bye bye ( now I'm watching Lakers x Celtics... Of course I'm against Lakers, they beat "our" Leandrinho Barbosa from the Suns! )

252 Do you expect people to watch you breathe and admire your breathing skills? Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 10, 2010 10:52 PM (M9BNu) Can I get a million dollar contract?

253 268 I'm probably your only brazilian reader and I'm very happy to know you like "our" sport.
Good luck for US on World Cup and may God listen to your bet on Kaká's performance ( he has been injured for so long... )

Ok, bye bye ( now I'm watching Lakers x Celtics... Of course I'm against Lakers, they beat "our" Leandrinho Barbosa from the Suns! )

Posted by: Da C.I.A. at June 10, 2010 10:53 PM (ttSJy)

He said Kaka.

Huh huh huh huhuhuhuhuhuhuh!

254 Because it's played in more countries, in more matches in front of more fans,
with more national connections by far, than any other sport.

Posted by: ontherocks at June 10, 2010 10:45 PM (HBqDo)

Americans don't like national connections in sports. We are not oriented around having an 'AMerican" team. Even the Olympics is always looked at differently in the US than anywhere else in the world, which is the reason why the Indonesian Imbecile's Copenhagen Olympic fiasco was so un-American from the start. American Presidents don't waste any time selling America for the Olympics.

255 Well, if that's the standard, I guess I'd better stop breathing or using facebook.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 10, 2010 10:50 PM (wOtDN)

Well, that first one I would advise you to continue, but that second item, yeah, you should probably discontinue it.

256

Leandrinho Barbosa from the Suns!

That's "Los Suns" dude- remember!

257 I wonder if the tumor on America's prostate that is soccer may be the result of liberal SWPL types claiming they like it just because Europeans do.

258

268  I'm probably your only brazilian reader and I'm very happy to know you like "our" sport.

Brazil isgoing down baby

five stars for italia!!

259 HEY, GIRLS!  TOMORROW STARTS THE BATH & BODY WORKS BI-ANNUAL INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE!

260 Well, that first one I would advise you to continue, but that second item, yeah, you should probably discontinue it. Posted by: Editor at June 10, 2010 10:54 PM (00sgz) But all the good stalkers are there, right now. I can't let myself get soft.

261 t a no-name opponent.  Whoever won would be the sacrificial lamb.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 10, 2010 10:50 PM (T0NGe)

There probably is Something going on in the Democrat Party that this whole 'Nikki" bidness distracted everyone from.  Greene is what you say, but he makes the Dems in SC look like clowns

262 I will bury you!

263 And if there's one thing I love more than seeing Boston fans disappointed, it's seeing Americans beat foreigners.

For far too long, America has acted arrogant in the world.  Whenever America wins, we did it by bullying the other team, and for that I will apologize.

264 Soccer aka grass hockey.

265 Those divorcee soccer moms can't throw, shoot, hit, or tackle, so they teach their kids to kick balls.

266 I will bury you!

in stoopid

267

268 268 I'm probably your only brazilian reader and I'm very happy to know you like "our" sport. 

Posted by: Da C.I.A. at June 10, 2010 10:53 PM (ttSJy)

I have a very serious question.  If Brazil is knocked out before the final game, will Brazilians watch it?  In what kind of numbers compared to if they are in the final?

269 The World Cup rules and Italia will rule the World Cup once again. Kaka is shit. Italia will take down Brazil in the Quarterfinals.

270 I would love to see the American team win the World Cup and then have Americans not even know or care about it.  I wouldn't care.

271 276 HEY, GIRLS!  TOMORROW STARTS THE BATH & BODY WORKS BI-ANNUAL INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE!

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 10, 2010 10:57 PM (7ZLfK)

You had me at "bi".

272 279 I will bury you!

Maybe in Dead Rising.

/I gotta play that again sometime.

273 Those divorcee soccer moms can't throw, shoot, hit, or tackle, so they teach their kids to kick balls.

I see what you did there. *rofl*

274 Soccer is a great sport, but I'm always amazed at how full of themselves some soccer authorities can be.

It's a fucking game.  Enjoy it, but it's a diversion from what's important.  It isn't actually important beyond this enjoyment.  Like baseball.  Motorsport actually somewhat benefits humanity, but soccer is just the ultimate test of endurance.

I think the USA has a great team and are showing great support and anyone who turns their nose at it has got to be pretty damn pathetic.  I bet you we behave a lot better than the fans of the team that's supposed to beat us, btw.

275 There are more boring sports that get big crowds than soccer

Like the Tour de France and other bicycle rallies

276

I have a very serious question.  If Brazil is knocked out before the final game, will Brazilians watch it?  In what kind of numbers compared to if they are in the final?

Posted by: AmishDude at June 10, 2010 10:58 PM (T0NGe)

Yes, Brazilians will even watch Americans play soccer if it's the World Cup.

277

I wonder if the tumor on America's prostate that is soccer may be the result of liberal SWPL types claiming they like it just because Europeans do.

Like John Kerry for instance?  I bet the kids who got away from the cops did not play soccer.  (from Howie Carr):

After all his decades of hot air, Sen. John “Liveshot” Kerry has finally delivered a speech that will be remembered down through the ages - at least at his $48,000-a-year prep school.

What did the windbag senior senator say - who knows, who cares? The only thing that matters is, last Sunday Liveshot delivered a pompous commencement address to his fellow alumni at St. Paul’s School in Concord N.H., about the “challenges” that they will face in the years ahead. Hours later, approximately half of his audience from the Class of ’10 were picked up by the local constabulary, for public intoxication or something like it.

Only a handful were up to the challenges posed by the Weare Police Department - those are the ones who ran into the woods and escaped. Scholarship kids would be my guess

 

278 There are more boring sports that get big crowds than soccer

Like the Tour de France and other bicycle rallies

Posted by: kbdabear at June 10, 2010 11:00 PM (sYxEE)

They go to see the crashes.

279 but soccer is just the ultimate test of endurance.

No.  It's a 10K with distractions.  A marathon is the ultimate test of endurance.

That, or sex with Sandra Bullock.

280 I'm probably your only brazilian reader and I'm very happy to know you like "our" sport. 

Posted by: Da C.I.A. at June 10, 2010 10:53 PM (ttSJy)

--Well, technically, it's England's sport. . . .

281
Four different types of coffee? Damn.

Posted by: jcjimi at June 10, 2010 10:11 PM (piERg)

And everything not in cans came in glass jars.

**** Moron Question ****

Source the following:

It comes in shorts and quarts

I'll give you till morning for the correct answer.

282 Posted by: Barack Obeckham

Oh man. 

283 'Night, all.

284 Source the following: It comes in shorts and quarts I'll give you till morning for the correct answer. Posted by: Ed Anger at June 10, 2010 11:02 PM (7+pP9) Duh.

285 HEY, GIRLS!  TOMORROW STARTS THE BATH & BODY WORKS BI-ANNUAL INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE

Does you mean 'semi-annual' ??

286 How come I never get credit for winning the Tour de France. I talk about it all the time you know.

287

"It comes in shorts and quarts"

Goldman Sachs bullshit?

288 Does you mean 'semi-annual' ??

Homophobe!

289 Beer comes in quarts and shorties.

290 Damn! That guy broke in and raped a Rottweiler!?!?!?

291 France and Mexico are in the same group.

How about that match ending in a tie with multiple injuries?

292
Five-year-old girls play this sport.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 10, 2010 10:48 PM (M9BNu)

Are you ripping 5 year old girls, soccer, or me? /

Just try a cup game.  US vs England would be a good place to start.

293 USA England embassy trash talk http://deadspin.com/5559377/

294 147 Figures, the MSM is already blaming Bush for USC's sanctions.  Oh, not that Bush.
Posted by: CDR M at June 10, 2010 10:29 PM

If you want to do a rich ho like Kim Kardashian in the squeakhole, you gotta come up with the bling. Bitch don't talk to you unless you're flashin' the cash

295 Night, tri.

That, or sex with Sandra Bullock.

Uh, you know from experience?

296 I must say, that 55 sexiest women of South Africa list was severely thong-deficient.

297

309  actually, i would go with any of the brazil games to start

they have a rough grouping

the mexico france game should be pretty crazy too

298 To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

299 Did y'all see my sport coat on FOX News ??  I have the fashion sense of a Mississippi riverboat whore

300 "
That, or sex with Sandra Bullock.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 10, 2010 11:02 PM (T0NGe)"

I stand corrected.

301 i will not watch one second of the world cup, however, being a nationalist, I hope we win.

302 Uh, you know from experience?

Why sure!  It was a threesome with Nikki Haley!

303 The LA Mexicans go batshit over the futbol.  It's not like I need another reason to hate it, but there are many to choose from.

304

Sheesh.

Not to sound like a libdouche but why can't we just respect diff'nt strokes for diff'nt folks?

I love soccer. Watching and playing. But  mostly playing. It's fantastic exercise and an even better way to get some aggression out.

Besides running around for an hour is a great reminder how out of shape I could be if I quit.

I hope to be playing even when I'm wearing orthopedic cleats!

305

To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

Sacre bleu!

306

321 Sheesh.

this

307 315 To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

Posted by: Zimriel the Englishman at June 10, 2010 11:10 PM (BsaUA)

ze Mexicans can blow me  !!!!!

308 315 To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

You sound as if this is not a possibility.

I find that disappointing.

309

BI-ANNUAL INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE

Does you mean 'semi-annual' ??

It's twice a year.  Isn't that bi (shutup)?

310 When rumors and reports of the Titanic came in, I was the first to confirm that it sank and took 1500 people with it.

Think anyone gives me credit? No, some winger named Sarnoff got all the credit

311 yeah, executing the losing team's captain is a tradition over here

312 Peaches, there isn't a single park in this entire county that doesn't have dozens upon dozens of people in it playing soccer every weekend.

313

It's twice a year.  Isn't that bi (shutup)?

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 10, 2010 11:12 PM (7ZLfK)

Bi-annual is every two years.

314 Not to sound like a libdouche but why can't we just respect diff'nt strokes for diff'nt folks? Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 10, 2010 11:11 PM (rbHYb) Hi! Welcome to the ONT. What does "respect" mean?

315 Isn't that what they call the Mayor's office now?

No.  That would be Tony Villar (aka Vivalaraza).  That seedy little fucker actually though he would cruise straight from this to the governor's mansion in Sacto to the White House.  Syke!!

316 #321Not to sound like a libdouche but why can't we just respect diff'nt strokes for diff'nt folks?

I love soccer. Watching and playing. But  mostly playing. It's fantastic exercise and an even better way to get some aggression out.

Because soccer is the spawn of the devil and originated in Europe, heathen!

/I agree.  I played football in public school for about 8 years, but I never had any animosity towards the soccer players.  I recognized I didn't have the endurance to play that.  But I stick to GoW these days to get aggression out, .

317

"Scoop" Johnson... ouch. Just, ouch.

I believe that kdbabear's just coined a new blogosphere meme.

318 Peaches, there isn't a single park in this entire county that doesn't have dozens upon dozens of people in it playing soccer every weekend.

No shit.  And I bet at least 3 or 4 of them actually speak English and pay taxes.

319

It's twice a year.  Isn't that bi (shutup)?

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 10, 2010 11:12 PM (7ZLfK)

'bi-annual' would be once every two years; semi-annual is twice a year

unless you be meaning the other 'bi'

320 So we get a soccer overnite thread but we never got a March Madness open thread?

321 Peaches, there isn't a single park in this entire county that doesn't have dozens upon dozens of people in it playing soccer every weekend.

Posted by: wherestherum at June 10, 2010 11:13 PM (gofDd)

But soccer can never make it as a pro sport in America, and you will never see many soccer games broadcast on major sports shows, as compared with other sports.  Americans would watch 100 golf tournaments to 1 one soccer match, and that's how the programming is.

322 339 So we get a soccer overnite thread but we never got a March Madness open thread?

Lacey already covered this complaint a day or so ago.

323

So we get a soccer overnite thread but we never got a March Madness open thread?

It's the AoSHQ effort to join the "world community."

 

324 315 To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

I blow my nose at them, silly sundry Meck-seek-cahns with their buurrrohss

Their fathers smell of elderberries and their mothers were hamsters. I fart in their general direction, I wave my private parts at their aunties

If they do not go away, I shall taunt them a second time

325 Michele Bachmann is hot.

326 there isn't a single park in this entire county that doesn't have dozens upon dozens of people in it playing soccer every weekend.

No shit.  And I bet at least 3 or 4 of them actually speak English and pay taxes.

I'm starting to see cricket in the public parks.  That bothers me a lot less--probably the speaking English, paying taxes, holding a green card thing.

327 345 Michele Bachmann is hot.

That's decadent!

328 I'd like to know why people are so fascinated with golf. You think soccer is boring... at least your misery is over after an hour. Golf goes on, and on, and on. "Oh, it looks like James Buggery McInbred IV is about to sink a birdie on this putt... oops, it looks like he shanked it into that pelican's open beak... the pelican seems to be choking to death. How sad for the pelican. It looks like McInbred has just toppled over and drooled to death. Now let's look at Tiger Woods, who seems to be off in that bush over there with my wife. Oh dear."

329 285 - We will stop everything to watch World Cup Final , with or without Brazil . You Know, here and in Argentina, England, Spain, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, etc... we stop working and kids don´t go to school when our national team is playing for World Cup. All companies must install and prepare big TVs to the people who will be working at game's time. 268 - Italia? Come on, you and your grandfather's squad 297 - We stole the soccer from England

330

I get so annoyed with feminists and their attitude toward conservative women. I think conservative women embody more qualities that young girls should emulate then the ugly libtard scrunts who bleat on about “feminism.”

331 LOL, Zimriel.

332 Posted by: French Soccer Team at June 10, 2010 11:18 PM

What a strange person!

333 348 I'd like to know why people are so fascinated with golf. You think soccer is boring... at least your misery is over after an hour. Golf goes on, and on, and on. "Oh, it looks like James Buggery McInbred IV is about to sink a birdie on this putt... oops, it looks like he shanked it into that pelican's open beak... the pelican seems to be choking to death. How sad for the pelican. It looks like McInbred has just toppled over and drooled to death. Now let's look at Tiger Woods, who seems to be off in that bush over there with my wife. Oh dear."

Posted by: Zimriel at June 10, 2010 11:20 PM (BsaUA)

--Ha!  I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

334 Paul Ryan is a stud-muffin.

335 337 Peaches, there isn't a single park in this entire county that doesn't have dozens upon dozens of people in it playing soccer every weekend.

No shit.  And I bet at least 3 or 4 of them actually speak English and pay taxes.
Posted by: Peaches at June 10, 2010 11:15 PM

I will say this, whatever they barbeque sure smells good when driving through Griffith Park on a Sunday afternoon

336
I guy I used to work with thought that soccer could never be a great pro sport in America because the scoring is too anemic for good betting.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at June 10, 2010 10:51 PM (Qp4DT)

That may have something to do with it here, but in the UK it draws a lot of money.

I was stuck in the barracks in West Germany with no money years ago and the Bundesliga which was literally foreign to me (including the play by play) in the beginning, became an addiction.

Since then The World Cup has been something that I've followed.

And some nationalism better kick in soon. It will be helpful to ward off the one worlders.

337 #348  George Carlin, is that you?

I remember seeing one of his routines in the early 90's on HBO and he busted on golf and golfers big time.  I thought about putting the clip up just to bust Lacey's (and other golf enthusiasts) chops, but Carlin's a big time lib, and I couldn't stand the segment before the golf jokes.

338 Nate Robinson, baby!

339 I'm starting to see cricket in the public parks.  That bothers me a lot less--probably the speaking English, paying taxes, holding a green card thing.

Funny how that works.

340

I'd watch badminton if it were on ESPN.

I have issues.

341 To be true to history, and we know how much the French and Mexicans love history, the Franco-Mexican match would end with the French winning but the American umpire disqualifying the game; upon which the Mexicans would execute the French team's captain.

This I would watch.

342 -->I'd like to know why people are so fascinated with golf. You think soccer is boring... at least your misery is over after an hour. Golf goes on, and on, and on.

It's not the pace of the game - baseball is notoriously slow, with something like less than a minute of true action in a baseball game.  For Americans, so far as it seems to me, it's about upper body sports and scoring.  Golf and baseball are upper body and the scoring in both is fairly exciting and continuously interesting.  Who cares about people prancing around kicking things, having to keep their hands at their sides?  What's the fun in that?  And a long game ending in 1-0? At least in baseball there are all sorts of other interesting, and identifiable statistics, to follow.

-->"Oh, it looks like James Buggery McInbred IV is about to sink a birdie on this putt... oops, it looks like he shanked it into that pelican's open beak... the pelican seems to be choking to death. How sad for the pelican. It looks like McInbred has just toppled over and drooled to death. Now let's look at Tiger Woods, who seems to be off in that bush over there with my wife. Oh dear."

Posted by: Zimriel at June 10, 2010 11:20 PM (BsaUA)

LOL.

343 I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring." Posted by: logprof at June 10, 2010 11:22 PM (Mmw0q) It's very much a matter of perspective. I find American football (& I was born here and grew up here) pretty boring, what with the whole 6 seconds of play followed by 3 or 4 minutes of dawdling. Baseball & cricket I can watch all day.

344 Phoebe Cates' real name is Phoebe KATZ. 

her ta-tas are named Ike and Mike

345   I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

There's at least 54 individual dramas per baseball game.

Although there HAVE been too many girlie scrunts intentionally walking Prince Fielder this year...

346

--Ha!  I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

Posted by: logprof at June 10, 2010 11:22 PM

Especially with a guy on base from the 5th inning on. Guy comes up to bat, takes practice swings and steps to the plate. Pitcher throws over to first a good 3 or 4 times. Batter steps out, scratches crotch, stretches, takes 4 or 5 more practice swings. Pitcher throws the pitch down and outside. Catcher trots out to the mound for a conference.

I typed a report, played a game, made a call, took a shower, made dinner. When I was done, that same SOB was still at bat

347 Wow, talk about a misuse of the 911 system.  A sexy misuse.

348 Time to go flip the Chicken!

349 And I bet at least 3 or 4 of them actually speak English and pay taxes.

That many, you think?

Occasionally I see some people playing softball. Usually they're adults and they're white.

350 Baseball is cricket, only less ghey

351

I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

Posted by: logprof at June 10, 2010 11:22 PM (Mmw0q)

It's very much a matter of perspective. I find American football (& I was born here and grew up here) pretty boring, what with the whole 6 seconds of play followed by 3 or 4 minutes of dawdling.

Baseball & cricket I can watch all day.

 

There's nothing more entertaining and fun than a day at the race track. I'll take that over any spectator sport in the world.

 

352

Final caveat before I head home. I don't have children so I'm not able to look at the attempt from a parents point of view.  Couple of things though. Again, she looked to be reasonably well prepared for the trip. From what I read of the interview on abc (linked from drudge) She has a support TEAM (that engie is a member of), Her brother is not the one who sailed round the world. It was a 17 yr old named  Jesse Martin. When Abby, the girl who's MIA, set sail, a girl 5 mo older than her from Australia was about to finish up her solo trip round the world. As for an instructor, her dad was her instructor and in the interview it sounds like he drilled her pretty hard in seamanship.  As for his credentials, that I didn't see. After she docked in Cape Town for repairs, costing her the record, she decided to continue, and accomplish her goal of sailing across the world.

My take on this is that this young lady wanted to do something that few could claim to do, trained hard to accomplish her goal, prepared as best as she could and has given it her best shot, which may or may not end up costing her life.

I agree with Zimriel the Englishman  @143 on the fact that feats like flying across the country with an instructor, sailing the seas at the young age are such rarities now that they are the exception now, and now the rule.  As a matter of fact, the only thing I think they could have done differently was to have done a trip beforehand with the instructor along for the ride before going solo.  Look at pilots...again, they train incessantly with an instructor, but sooner or later they're going to have to stop holding their hand for that first solo flight. 

 

Again, because of my age and lack of children (Turn 31 in July and no kiddos), I don't have that particular point of view or certain gut reactions that parents would have.  If the experts say what she did is foolhardy, I bow to their wisdom. But if she busted her ass to get ready for this, why not treat this as the attempt of a skilled person striving to reach a difficult goal?  This country was built on the guts, ambition and drive of people like her.  THAT I'll respect just as much as pioneers of old  and every man and woman who have or currently serve in the military.

Again, my 2cp, and we may just have to agree to disagree on this.  Oh, and in regards to the bill for SAR? Sometimes..on a case by case basis...it's just not about the money.  The bill, if there is one, will likely be split between her sponsor and her parents.  Like I said before though, I hope the girl is ok.  

Now I'm off, ya'll have a good night.

353

And some nationalism better kick in soon. It will be helpful to ward off the one worlders.

Posted by: ontherocks at June 10, 2010 11:23 PM (HBqDo)

A sense of nationalism is wasted on a sport.  We have a sense of nation, but only for the important things.  It's sort of the personality Constitutional restrictions of Americans.

354 Our entire front of our house is covered in Lily of the Valley. Who knew we can have more toxins in the crops than most terror groups.

355 188 I can see why you're on the debate team.

Posted by: Z Ryan at June 10, 2010 10:36 PM (cMo6P)

If I was at the podium, I would have said: Oh, have you finished? Well allow me to retort. Fuck soccer, and fuck you. I win.

356 I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

Well, when baseballs fans talk about "boring," at least they know whereof they speak.

357 I'd watch badminton if it were on ESPN. I have issues. Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 10, 2010 11:25 PM (rbHYb) In high-school gym class we were given the option of badminton or basketball, & all the black and (other) white kids disappeared instantly, so I and this Vietnamese kid just . . . uh, those things are called cocks aren't they? Shit, well, I guess we spent the whole time beating our cocks. Damnit.

358 Ugh, golf is even worse than baseball. Sorry, golfing morons, but golf puts me to sleep. Plus I can't get past calling something a "sport" when you get to ride a motor vehicle from hole to hole. That's not sporting.

359 People must decide: If Soccer is a sissy sport, why Brazil is the best on this? Come on, you now, Brazil is the homeland of the greatest MMA fighters: Vanderley Silva, Anderson Silva, Mashida, Thiago Silva, Shogun, etc...

360 I was the first to talk to Deep Throat during Watergate. Woodward and Bernstein got all the credit because Throat didn't want to meet at a bicycle track and they had a car and knew where the parking garage was.

361

378,

The pros don't ride. They have to walk the course.

Old bastards like me? Yeah, we ride.

 

362 That interview Dave in Texas has posted is pretty entertaining. Olberman the Grand Inqisitor trying to intimidate and knock down the uppity upstart.

363 378 Ugh, golf is even worse than baseball. Sorry, golfing morons, but golf puts me to sleep. Plus I can't get past calling something a "sport" when you get to ride a motor vehicle from hole to hole. That's not sporting.

Posted by: wherestherum at June 10, 2010 11:31 PM (gofDd)

--Actually, golf is a game, not a sport.

364 Evening roonz and roonettez.  Just checking in.  We took Laura to Florida National Cemetery today and paid our respects to Mother In Law.  While we were there we checked on possible spots for Laura, we wanted her to be as close to her mother as possible.
The spot right next to Mom is empty.  Prayers are said and fingers are crossed, it looks as if they can place Laura there.  This is kind of funny because she always said as much as she loved her parents she wouldn't want to live next door.  I don't think she would mind this though.
Of course that means I could be spending all of eternity next to my in-laws.
Once again, thanks for all the prayers and support.  You are all wonderful.

365 Mallamutt, Scott Lee Cohen.

366 Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 10, 2010 10:28 PM (m8nvD)

fuckin' a. awesome post. well played sir, very well played.

367

Bi-annual is every two years.

Ah.  Got it.

368 I would play golf every day if I could.  Wouldn't watch it if you put a gun to my head.

369 I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

Baseball fans don't try to hide the fact of the slow pace of baseball.  They have a seventh inning stretch, after all.

370 Posted by: Charles Scoop Johnson at June 10, 2010 11:32 PM (sYxEE)

many issues, you have

371 And now, early day tomorrow for the drive back to NC, so I'm taking my un-kicked ass to bed.  I will be checking in from the comfort of my own home tomorrow, so maybe I'll be able to stay and play a little longer then.
G'night roonz and roonettez!

372 'night Dale in SA.

373 Posted by: Da C.I.A. at June 10, 2010 11:32 PM (ttSJy)

GSP all the way! Even if he is a dirty Quebecan.

374 Baseball & cricket I can watch all day. Well, you kinda have to.

375 Golf is more boring than soccer.   But that's okay of other people like them.  Being a phys-ed dork has soured me on all sports.  I am, admittedly biased.

376 Oh, and is it too late to have Diego "hand-of-God" Maradona hanged, drawn, and quartered? That cheating slimeball bragged about his handball goal for decades afterward. He's also a big buddy of Hugo Chavez (google and see); birds of a feather etc. After we're done with Saturday's match, let's all remember our common enemy, all those populist poseur fuckheads south of the border.

377 Night GGE.. Still praying for you.

378 Great steal, Rondo!

Celtics will even it up.

Please, i want to see Kobe cry.

379 Actually, golf is a game, not a sport.

I feel like we had this conversation before, defining what a sport is. Not that I don't agree re golf.

380 If Soccer is a sissy sport, why Brazil is the best on this? Posted by: Da C.I.A. at June 10, 2010 11:32 PM (ttSJy) Asked and answered.

381 I developed the code for MS-Dos. I got a little stoned with Al Jarreau at a gig in Seattle and left the notes in some hashish club. Some 4 eyed white dork grabbed them and ran away laughing.

But for that you wouldn't be here on the ONT because I wouldn't allow you the privilege of using Windows and the internet

382 Good night, GGE.  Be safe on the way home.

383 Please, i want to see Kobe cry.

Booooo Lakers! Heh, my aunt just called and told me she was watching the game. I asked who was winning and she told me it was the Celtics. I said "go Celts" and she said no, "I want to see the Lakers win." I told her I hated the Lakers and wanted them to lose. She didn't like that, heh.

384 396 Baseball & cricket I can watch all day. Well, you kinda have to. Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2010 11:37 PM (FcR7P) Heh, to be honest, the three-day test is pretty standard in cricket. Edge of your seat excitement there.

385 Posted by: wherestherum at June 10, 2010 11:39 PM (gofDd)

--Great thing is, I hate the Lakers so much, I would root for anyone in the East to beat them.  It's too easy.

386 We have a sense of nation, but only for the important things.  It's sort of the personality Constitutional restrictions of Americans.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at June 10, 2010 11:30 PM (Qp4DT)

We have a sense of being swindled and lied to as a nation. It would be a good thing if more sleepy sheeple and young dummies will recognize that as an important thing, and take the proper action in November.

387 Heh.  Laker fan sad face tomorrow.  tee hee

388

They should score the dives in the World Cup.

I fucking hate that shit.

Some foreign dude writhing in agony to get a foul called, then gets up after 20 seconds to continue to run around for a half hour.

That is why this American has minimal interest in the game.

One positive about youth soccer:  1 hour+/- time limit.

389

 I would play golf every day if I could.

How YOU doin'?!?

_{Wait, wut??}

390
That soccer logo is soooooo 1960's bad. Ack!

BTW -- there's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic Connecticut.

391 348: Golf on tv is great for something to watch to send yourself into an afternoon nap.

392 Who says golf is boring, man

393 I feel like we had this conversation before, defining what a sport is.

I love how people get so butt-hurt when you tell them their cherished hobby isn't a sport.

Just because something isn't a sport doesn't mean there's no merit in doing it. 

394

Do computer cords multiply while they hang out under your desk? Because I swear there are more cords down there now than when I set my computer up.

395

Some foreign dude writhing in agony to get a foul called, then gets up after 20 seconds to continue to run around for a half hour.

That is why this American has minimal interest in the game.

Shit, that's the Tennessee Titans when they run out of timeouts.

396 But for that you wouldn't be here on the ONT because I wouldn't allow you the privilege of using Windows and the internet Posted by: Charles Scoop Johnson at June 10, 2010 11:39 PM (sYxEE) Too bad about that. > uname -a FreeBSD thulcandra 8.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p3 #2: Sat May 29 13:35:31 EDT 2010 root@thulcandra:/usr/obj/home/8/src/sys/EARTH80 amd64 FreeBSD: around before windows shipped with a TCP/IP stack.

397 Varmint Cong

398 Soccer would probably be more fun if they had landmines out in the field.

Now that I would watch.

399 #418  I love how people get so butt-hurt when you tell them their cherished hobby isn't a sport.

Hey, I'm fully prepared to show why playing God of War 3 is a sport!

Wait..:sighs:

400 Just a little more time on the golf course, and I would have found Nicole's real killers

401 Compulsive masturbating... that considered a sport yet?

402 playing God of War 3 is a sport!

OMG, is that what all y'all are talking about when you get on those GOW rants?  I always wondered, never wanted to ask. 

403 417 Soccer would probably be more fun if they had landmines out in the field.  Maybe some folding chairs too.

Any sport can be improved with the introduction of weapons. 

404 The fact that I'd rather watch curling than soccer - even when the US stands a decent chance - is an indication of how much soccer sucks.

405 #428  OMG, is that what all y'all are talking about when you get on those GOW rants?  I always wondered, never wanted to ask.

Hey! GoW is awesome!

406 389 I would play golf every day if I could. 
Posted by: Peaches at June 10, 2010 11:34 PM

I would too, if people didn't bother me with their bullshit little problems.

407

I think Calvinball should become a national sport.

408 Absolutely golf is, uh, a contact sport!

When I was, uh, a kid in Hawaii I idolized great golfers like, uh, Fuzzy Zoeller, Buffy McPherson and Ricky Branch.

409 Oh, the HUMANITY !!!

410

We have a sense of being swindled and lied to as a nation. It would be a good thing if more sleepy sheeple and young dummies will recognize that as an important thing, and take the proper action in November.

Posted by: ontherocks at June 10, 2010 11:41 PM (HBqDo)

I wouldn't bet the farm on it ... though, it won't matter.  Changing Congress isn't going to have a big effect.  And, as far as the farm, the coming property taxes on that will have it back in the state's hands in no time, anyway.  And the transformational "national" government with the Indonesian at the helm will institute a property tax of its own - to fund a winning national soccer team.

411 I'll say this about football, the Best thing about it was George.

"I used to go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."

"I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep."

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

412 I note only that the rise of soccer and the decline of youth boxing in this country correlates with a decline in our national dick size.

There was a story probably 10 years ago about a study where boys who played soccer during puberty ended up with smaller balls (seriously).  It's a vicious cycle: kids play soccer, they grow up to be beta liberals pussywhipped by rabid feminists, then their kids play soccer and pretty soon Obama's the Preznit.

413 397 Golf is more boring than soccer.   But that's okay of other people like them.  Being a phys-ed dork has soured me on all sports.  I am, admittedly biased.

Well, the world needs ditch diggers too

414 Hey! GoW is awesome!

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 10, 2010 11:51 PM (c0A3e)

Not judging, Kratos.  I just don't go there.  Computer games lost me at Myst, when I decided they were just another bad left turn for my addictive personality.

415 #434  What?  On the Wii?

I'd love to see somebody try to put GoW on the Wii, and use the controller to move the chain blades.  Too bad Sony has exclusive rights to it.

There is this one sword-fighting game I played in the mid 90's - Die by the Sword.  It was the typical "save the Princess from the spooky castle", but you could use a joystick to control a sword arm.  Man, I had so much fun ripping my enemies limb from limb with it...

Somebody should port that to the Wii.

416 Looks like Rum is going to have to go to bed hungry tonight, this shit is never going to hit 666.  Way to go with the soccer thread, Maet!

'Night, goofballs!

417

I decided they were just another bad left turn for my addictive personality.

Posted by: Peaches at June 10, 2010 11:55 PM

Same here but I stopped at the Atari 2600. I even sold the damn TV years ago. I avoid video games for fear of never going outside again. The damned intarwebs are bad enough of a mind-sucker for me.

418 dih dih dih dih ... I'm allll right

419 This thread is rather anemic...like soccer players.

Ooooo!

420 #442  Not judging, Kratos.  I just don't go there.  Computer games lost me at Myst, when I decided they were just another bad left turn for my addictive personality.

They are.  I would be playing more games online if my Internet connection was better.  I hated when I played Warcraft III on B-net and then I got kicked off or being called a "lagger".

421 Not judging, Kratos.  I just don't go there.  Computer games lost me at Myst, when I decided they were just another bad left turn for my addictive personality.

And yet you have an Internet connection....hmmmm.

422 'night Peaches.

423 Well, the main reason this thread is slow is that two other threads were posted quickly afterward.

424 How to fake it for the next few weeks.
That's what she said.

425

I wouldn't bet the farm on it ... though, it won't matter.  Changing Congress isn't going to have a big effect.  And, as far as the farm, the coming property taxes on that will have it back in the state's hands in no time, anyway.  And the transformational "national" government with the Indonesian at the helm will institute a property tax of its own - to fund a winning national soccer team.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at June 10, 2010 11:53 PM (Qp4DT)

I'm betting on stockpiles of food, hard assets, and guns and ammo.

And I wouldn't bet on Oliar, who has never been in a real fight and is already showing signs of a meltdown. The government is going broke before the patriots back down, count on it my friend.

Soccer is just fun and games.

426 Good night, Peaches!

I won't see 666 either. . . .

427 Don't leave thread .... come back thread, my mother needs you ...

SHAAAAANNNNE !!!!

428 So what happens if Rum does not get victim #666? Dogs and cats living together?

429

I won't see 666 either. . . .

Me neither. I'm golfing a little earlier than usual tomorrow, so I'm about to hit the rack.

 

430 460 posts?  Seriously?

Fuck soccer.

431

So what happens if Rum does not get victim #666?

 

Chaos?

432 This thread is so slow it reminds me of a soccer game.

433 So last night and Sunday night we had our first hockey trolls.

Wonder how long it will be before we have our first soccer troll?

434 I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three hundred little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy ONT. Someday you'll understand that.

435 Wii does not have God of War, but there is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex. I'm at 54th level ( General 4 stars ) playing online. Yes, I think Call of Duty is closer to a real SPORT competition than Formula 1, Indy and Stock Car

436 459 So what happens if Rum does not get victim #666?

We get our souls back?

437 We get our souls back?

Heh. Dream on.

438

You only hate thoccer becauthe you're a bunch of rathist conths!

 

439 To be ... or not to be ... that is the question

440 "

With the new Sony motion controllers, they may add that capability to it and you'll have to play it again!

Posted by: CDR M at June 11, 2010 12:00 AM (5I8G0)"

Yeah, Move on Socom 4 looks amazingly accurate.  They probably could make a realistic death whip game with that too.

Might have to get me a PS3.

441 #467  We get our souls back?

Alas, no.  We have to wait for the Harrowing. 

442

slow thread, huh? well hold on to your hats, cuz i've got just the thing to spice it up. anybody have any suggestions where to buy furniture? i'm tearing my hair out over here. i've been told a bunch of places online, like rooms to go or the room place, but i don't feel right buying something i've never sat in, is that wrong?

 

anyway, i've been awol for a while, so this is an old rant, but i actually got annoyed over all the coach wooden love because all the sports media people emphasizing what a great person he was, such a good man and husband and devout christian, are the same jerkoffs who always mock tim tebow for being open about his faith. i think if wooden were in his prime today and being a proud and open christian, all these analysts would be ridiculing him, too, so i don't buy this retroactive respect, it's like with republicans like reagan, hate and mock them while they're here, then suddenly love and revere them once they're dead. though i'm probably wrong like usual.

443 We could revive this thread by talking about all those great soccer movies!

_{Oh, wait.}

444 459 So what happens if Rum does not get victim #666?

It tasks her... it tasks her, and she shall have it

445 Mexico pretty much declared war on us the other day when their military aimed rifles at our citizens; too bad no one has the balls to declare back.

Please don't tell Teh Won. He will immediately surrender to Mexico. And from what I can tell, they're actually worse at running their country than the Democrats.

But I could be wrong.

446 Evening, morons and moronettes....getting here late.

So, what kind of party did the Precedent have tonight? How did the golf go? How was Michelle's prominent lower job looking in her ugly dress?

447 oooo, i know, lets talk about circumcision!!!!

448 If you need to spice up your ONT, we may be able to help you

If you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours, close the tab with the porn site

449

Wasn't Stallone in a WWII-based soccer flick?

 

450

anyway, i've been awol for a while, so this is an old rant, but i actually got annoyed over all the coach wooden love because all the sports media people emphasizing what a great person he was, such a good man and husband and devout christian, are the same jerkoffs who always mock tim tebow for being open about his faith. i think if wooden were in his prime today and being a proud and open christian, all these analysts would be ridiculing him, too, so i don't buy this retroactive respect, it's like with republicans like reagan, hate and mock them while they're here, then suddenly love and revere them once they're dead. though i'm probably wrong like usual.

Posted by: Adrian at June 11, 2010 12:11 AM (ykswA)

--That's a good point.  Wanna bet when Sarah Palin shuffles off This Mortal Coil that libs will gush over what a "devoted family woman and mother" she is and regret why so few people live up to her ideal while all along it was them shitting on that ideal?

451

Yeah, this looks like a dead-thread.

For future reference, here are some alternative headlines Maet might try, as an alternative:

- Gonorrhea: America's most underrated venereal disease [now available in 3-D monitors]
- Care and feeding of your pet cockroach
- Mindanao: ready for statehood?

452

Oops. CDR M was ahead of me.

 

453

Victory with Sly Stallone.

Posted by: CDR M at June 11, 2010 12:13 AM (5I8G0)

And Michael Caine.  I saw 20 minutes of it, once.

454 I've heard Shaolin Soccer was good.

455 474 We could revive this thread by talking about all those great soccer movies!

Ladybugs?

456 It tasks her... it tasks her, and she shall have it

I'll chase her 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares maelstrom and 'round Perdition's FLAMES before I give her up!

457 One thing is for sure. We can't revive the thread on Auxiliary Power

458

Wasn't Stallone in a WWII-based soccer flick?

Was it called "The Kind of Not Really Interesting Escape"?

459 We could stuff the thread with old Star Trek references?

460 Revive this thread?  I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker, Jim!

461 Ladybugs?

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 11, 2010 12:16 AM (c0A3e)

Rodney going from golf to soccer was like Lindsay Lohan's descent to the Linda Lovelace role.  (Ladybugs was the Dangerfield one, right?)

462 ONE'A THESE DAYS, NORTON... I'M GONNA SOCCER!

463 ^{489 474 We could revive this thread by talking about all those great soccer movies!}

Ladybugs?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus)

Kicking & Screaming?

464 Damn, logprof, it's like we came together as one.  Scary! 

_{Okay, I'm really going to bed now.}

465

Was it called "The Kind of Not Really Interesting Escape"?

The only one other than Victory that I know of is Invictus. And I ain't watching any movie with that idiot Matt Damon in it.

 

466

Barack O-boring: Even a surprise visit by Obama can't keep THIS U.S student awake

World's largest egg?

467 A lot of prison movies had a football(not soccer) scene. The Longest Yard was all football in prison.

468 #495  Rodney going from golf to soccer was like Lindsay Lohan's descent to the Linda Lovelace role.  (Ladybugs was the Dangerfield one, right?)

Yup, it was damn painful. 

469 And I ain't watching any movie with that idiot Matt Damon in it.

Are you sure?

470 They played soccer in White Hunter, Black Heart.  Good movie.  And then boxing.

471 Kicking & Screaming?

That was so bad I wouldn't even watch it for free on the plane.

472 nite peaches, cdr m

473 The Longest Yard was all football in prison.

Posted by: davidt at June 11, 2010 12:20 AM (HtIec)

The remake felt like soccer.

474 --That's a good point.  Wanna bet when Sarah Palin shuffles off This Mortal Coil that libs will gush over what a "devoted family woman and mother" she is and regret why so few people live up to her ideal while all along it was them shitting on that ideal?

You mean like they did Reagan?

I saw some vile comments when he passed.

475 Hey baseball fans: Herb fucking Kohl voted for "The EPA can do whatever the fuck they want" bill.  Just remember that when you're buying baseball tix and stuffing your face with $5 hot dogs.

476 wasn't The English Patient a soccer movie? I'm not certain, but it was long and boring and nothing happened, plus it was full of pansy foreigners, so I think I'm right.

477 Posted by: M80B at June 11, 2010 12:19 AM (Yq+qN)

Where you been, M80s?  If only you'd been here earlier we might at least be talking cricket instead of this soccer crap.

478 This thread is so slow it reminds me of a soccer game.
No. Even in this ONT, there's a chance a moron might score.

479 503 A lot of prison movies had a football(not soccer) scene. The Longest Yard was all football in prison.

Only saw the remake of The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler.  It was...okay.  I like how they brought Burt Reynolds back, but nothing else spectacular. 

480 bout time you recognize the us participating in the world's biggest sporting event.

dtom

481

it was long and boring and nothing happened, plus it was full of pansy foreigners, so I think I'm right.

Yep, that's soccer all right.

 

482 Nothing brings excitement to an Overnight like this

483 I've already spelled it out:

Soccer is like an hour of foreplay, with the possibility of a brief orgasm.

484

Soccer would be so much better if they put on pads and could use their hands.

485 and stuffing your face with $5 hot dogs.
Correction: $10 carbon dogs.

[LOL. I almost misspelt dogs as dongs. I guess we've got a little Shaggy in all of us.]

486 football has like 10 minutes of action in an entire 4 hour game...rivetting, seriously.  that's like paying 10 dollars for a 5 minute movie.

487 520 Soccer would be so much better if they put on pads and could use their hands.

But then it'd be...*gasp*.

/Or put landmines on the field, as somebody up-thread suggested.

488 Whoever mentioned in the earlier thread Levin going to town on the EPA bill was right.  Ass these fiscal conservative/Blue Dog Democrat poseurs are full of shit.

489

Soccer should utilize cats more. Something. I'm reaching here.

I've been told so many times (by some scrawny lib) that a 0-0 tie is awesome.

490 Sleepers, Lock-up, An Innocent Man had football scenes.

491 Damn, how did I spell "all" as "ass"?

492

that's like paying 10 dollars for a 5 minute movie

I think most morons here have done that more than once.....

493

513 Where you been, M80s?  If only you'd been here earlier we might at least be talking cricket instead of this soccer crap.

I only popped-in briefly. Been taking a sabbatical. Just wanted to post that article b/c I liked that commentary & comments.

Cricket? This fellow knew cricket, but I really don't, actually. Know more about rugby, but not much.

494 Submitted for your approval

US Pole Dance Championship 2010

Definitely more interesting than golf or soccer

But is it a sport?

495 Posted by: matt foley at June 11, 2010 12:25 AM (5dlXy)

Shooting competitions have something like 2 seconds of action over an hour and they are riveting.

Soccer has continuous action and it blows chunks.

496 Soccer is like an hour of foreplay, with the possibility of a brief orgasm.

Complete with a loud moan at the end.

497

I've been told so many times (by some scrawny lib) that a 0-0 tie is awesome.

It fits with the "there shouldn't be winners and losers" meme that they espouse.

 

 

498 Karate Kid (original): Japanese mentor, white kid.

Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

Huh?

499

OK, we need to liven this thread up. And that does not mean Star Trek chats.

500 530 Submitted for your approval

US Pole Dance Championship 2010

Definitely more interesting than golf or soccer

But is it a sport?

Posted by: kbdabear at June 11, 2010 12:28 AM (sYxEE)

--No g-strings = FAIL

501

530,

I've seen that Pole Dance Championship before. Definitely better than soccer. Any moron who doesn't agree, give up your man card--NOW!

 

502 my dad, who is no spring chicken, said that back in the day (40s, 50s) soccer games were much more exciting and high-scoring and he used to love them, he can't stand them these days. maybe someone in the New Jersey Devils organization took a trip to Europe a couple decades back?

503 535

OK, we need to liven this thread up. And that does not mean Star Trek chats.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 11, 2010 12:30 AM (RZ8pf)

Boob Pics?

504

Well IÂ’ve missed you on the ONT Miss80sBaby, I hope your sabbatical is over soon.

505 Posted by: M80B at June 11, 2010 12:19 AM (Yq+qN)


Hey, M80, you keeping your feet dry?

506 I only popped-in briefly. Been taking a sabbatical.

Well, be careful.  It isn't pretty out there.

507 I just heard on the news someone did a psychological study of Anakin Skywalker. Basically he has daddy issues and a personality disorder.

Can I be paid to do a psych study on 4 slutty old women while being paid enough to buy the wardrobe those women wear?

508

^{The only one other than Victory that I know of is Invictus. And I ain't watching any movie with that idiot Matt Damon in it.}

^{Posted by: Land of Leakin}

Please no. Invictus was about rugby, not soccer. Huge difference.
Rugby
Soccer

509 Karate Kid (original): Japanese mentor, white kid.

Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

I still think it's about time those stuffed shirts in Hollywood addressed the menace that is Chinese kids bullying black kids. It's gone on long enough....let's stop the madness.

510 I remember watching Australian Football on ESPN

That was some wild shit to watch. Minimal padding, maximum contact, fights every 5 minutes.

511 Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

I'm hoping the Chinese mentor tormented by memories of his wife being killed at Tiananmen Square.  Like that'll happen.

512 534 Karate Kid (original): Japanese mentor, white kid.

Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

Huh?

Heh.  The Japanese are so 80's...early 90's.

Old and Busted: Pat Morita

The New Hotness:  Jackie Chan.

513 Damn, how did I spell "all" as "ass"?
The curse of Shaggy strikes again.

514 535 OK, we need to liven this thread up. And that does not mean Star Trek chats.

Not even hallucinations about green slave-girl pole dancers?

515 OK, we need to liven this thread up OK. choo, louboutin, mahnolos or stuart weitmans?

516

MrCaniac,

Just goes to show you how much attention I pay to Damon movies.

 

517 Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

The message isn't about race.

And the remake has Jackie Chan, who actually knows Kung Fu and didn't just memorize a few moves for the movie.

Taking the boy to see it as soon as I can.

518

Neil, I'm not going to make it... the ONT is dead ... don't leave me like this

519

Rum, it's all asian to us. The takeaway is that you are a wise people when liberal, and ping-pong ball whores when conservative, how is that difficult to follow?

520 #547  I'm hoping the Chinese mentor tormented by memories of his wife being killed at Tiananmen Square.  Like that'll happen.

Since they're going to market this for overseas too, I doubt it.

Although even if China's sensors didn't allow it, the Chinese would just make copies of the movie and pass them around.

521 543 I just heard on the news someone did a psychological study of Anakin Skywalker. Basically he has daddy issues and a personality disorder.

Anakin has daddy issues because he didn't have a father.  Virgin fucking birth, baby.  I am an absolute genius.

522 Oh, PGiS, the dress changed color. Now it's candy apple red. *sigh*

523

although i still think they should've gotten Chris Tucker instead. He can play young.

524 All right, time to turn in.  Watching at least part of the opening World Cup match tomorrow morning [ducks and runs].

Good night, all!!

525 There was pretty good soccer movie a few years back about a clean, articulate Indian girl living in the UK called "Bend It Like Biden" with some skinny white girl named Keira who brought nuthin'

True story

526 Karate Kid (remake): Chinese mentor, black kid.

Black kid with superstar box office king for a father

527 The message isn't about race.

Didn't say it was. Just thought that was an interesting thing.

And the remake has Jackie Chan, who actually knows Kung Fu and didn't just memorize a few moves for the movie.

I love Jackie Chan, although his last few movies have been really bad. He actually pairs best with Owen Wilson, imo.

528 Heh.  The Japanese are so 80's...early 90's.

That's right, crackas.  And white people are so 20th Century.

529 Bristol Palin to co-host The View in July. Wall Street Journal

530 Night logprof. 

Dunno if I'm going to see the new Karate Kid.  Wasn't really a big fan of the original films.  Especially after seeing "The New Karate Kid". 

531 Black kid with superstar box office king for a father

Saw something about his sister dressing like Rhianna. The kid is nine years old and is emulating a pop star with questionable fashion sense. I'm starting to question Will Smith's parenting.

532

I'm actually going to Europe early Saturday to watch the World Cup teams in their home country. Soccer's cool, but it's much more fun to watch the fans.

Gonna miss you morons for about three weeks. Everybody take care out there.

533

543 I just heard on the news someone did a psychological study of Anakin Skywalker. Basically he has daddy issues and a personality disorder.

 

 

Remember, folks, it's fair game to analyze and speculate about the daddy issues of anyone, even fictional characters, except it's beyond raaaaacist to even suggest the possibility of such an analysis for Barry Soetero.

534

540 Thank you, PGiS. I hope so, too, but I have some things to take care of 1st.

541 Hey, M80, you keeping your feet dry?

It finally stopped raining, though I think it may start again soon. But as long as I don't have to paddle (in a canoe) to the store, I'm good.

535 First! Let me be clear: I care about soccer football.

536

Candy apple red, well that could be pretty. Powder blue can wash people out depending on their coloring. Of course red is a hard color for some people to wear.

537 #563  I love Jackie Chan, although his last few movies have been really bad. He actually pairs best with Owen Wilson, imo.

Jackie Chan is the man. If you watch this video and don't agree with that sentiment afterwords, well, there's no hope for you.

538 565 Bristol Palin to co-host The View in July. Wall Street Journal
Posted by: davidt at June 11, 2010 12:40 AM

Please be aware that a bald, paunchy gay man with a beard may try to break in to the studio during the show.

539 I love Jackie Chan, although his last few movies have been really bad. He actually pairs best with Owen Wilson, imo.


Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan + Jet Li = Awesome

Loved the Shanghai movies, too!

540 I just saw the Indonesian Imbecile talking about the need for stricter off shore drilling regulations because "those regulations were written when we weren't drilling 4 miles down." [paraphrased from memory]

Is anyone even drilling 3 miles down - to the sea floor?  Did anyone else hear that earlier?

541 568

I'm actually going to Europe early Saturday to watch the World Cup teams in their home country. Soccer's cool, but it's much more fun to watch the fans.

Gonna miss you morons for about three weeks. Everybody take care out there.

Posted by: gator at June 11, 2010 12:41 AM

Enjoy yourself gator. Just remember those young ladies in those Amsterdam shop windows aren't mannequins

542 Candy apple red, well that could be pretty. Powder blue can wash people out depending on their coloring. Of course red is a hard color for some people to wear.

I think I'm glad. I look better in dark colors. I'm not quite sure how bright this red is. I like deep, dark reds, closer to burgundy or mahogany with hints of black. Her wedding colors have changed to white, red and black.

Which were my high school's colors.

I suppose I should be glad it's not red and gold because she got her PhD from USC.

543 oopsie daisie... watch that, MFM. Need a hero in sports? One is around the corner. I hope. Pele was the greatest.

544 Please be aware that a bald, paunchy gay man with a beard may try to break in to the studio during the show.

Build the dang fence!

545

Funny line in Bones:

 

Booth: “God doesn’t make mistakes”

Angela: “I don’t know, putting testicles on the outside of the body doesn’t seem like such a good idea”

546 552

MrCaniac,

Just goes to show you how much attention I pay to Damon movies.

 

Posted by: Land of Leakin

FML, I was trying to stand up for the great game of rugby, and in doing so forgot that the movie has Matt Damon in it. Double FML.

547 565 Bristol Palin to co-host The View in July. Wall Street Journal
Posted by: davidt at June 11, 2010 12:40 AM

Bristol needs to see Mean Girls before going on that show

548

Miss80sBaby, IÂ’ll be thinking about you.

549 #581Booth: “God doesn’t make mistakes”

Angela: “I don’t know, putting testicles on the outside of the body doesn’t seem like such a good idea”

I remember that line.

Angela.  There's a reason for that, you know.

550 I love this Allen Greene guy.  He's really clean and ar... uh clean.

551

Angela.  There's a reason for that, you know.

 

 

 

Oh, believe me, she knows. Sluttiest character EVAH. Stopped watching the show because I couldn't stand her.

552 Jackie Chan is the man. If you watch this video and don't agree with that sentiment afterwords, well, there's no hope for you.

Love it.

Who Am I is one of my favorites.

This also explains why his more recent movies have been more tame.

553

FML, I was trying to stand up for the great game of rugby, and in doing so forgot that the movie has Matt Damon in it. Double FML.

I watched a few rugby matches when I was a student at EIU. Beats the hell out of soccer any day.

 

 

554 this thread is not even going to make it to the magic number tonight

555

590,

Only 76 to go. Hang in there. *He said as he finished his beer and headed for bed*

 

556 Pretty dead around here.

I have another job interview in the morning.

557

I also have no patience for a baseball fan declaring soccer "boring."

The reason I find soccer boring and baseball less so is quite simple: A sport that is not boring has a certain ebb and flow to the game. It has moments of tension and release. Soccer really doesn't have this. The reason it doesn't is partly because there is so little scoring overall. It's not that the games are low scoring, necessarily, that's the problem; it's that the likelihood of scoring is so low, that a "scoring drive" (so to speak), is nothing to get all that excited about. When one team takes the ball down the field there is little reason to expect them to score, because most of the time, they won't. Thus, it's only really exciting AFTER they score (if even then). You can easily miss a goal because you have to have your eyes glued on the game at all times to see one.

Other sports, such as baseball, don't require this. Baseball has moments of tension (although, not all individual baseball game do) and lulls at other times. In baseball, football, and even basketball and golf, there are moments where I want to watch to see what happens, and moments where I can take a break from watching. Soccer is all the same throughout, to me at least. There are no specifically "tense" moments.

In this respect, I actually see soccer being more like autoracing than baseball or football. Soccer is the world's NASCAR.

558

We can do it. CanÂ’t we?

559 592 Pretty dead around here.

That's what she said? 

I have another job interview in the morning.

Oh congratulations.  Good luck to you!

560

The Karate Kid was always about race. Watch the original again and remember it was done in the early 1980s.

Italian kid goes to California wherein everyone else is Anglo. Meets Japanese mentor who fought for the US in WW2 but America interned his wife, who died there. Anlgo bullies are taught by a guy who fought in VietNam.

Moral: root for the people whom White America has screwed over most: which would be, um, Italians and Japanese.

561 594 We can do it. CanÂ’t we?

I dunno.  It's a heavy burden.

562 Good luck mpur; at least you're getting interviews.  I just get people who tell me they want to interview me and then disappear.

563

mpur, IÂ’ll keep good thoughts for you for the job interview.

564 Best o' luck to mpur

565 Soccer is the same thing over and over throughout the game, running and kicking. Whoop-de-doo. Baseball and football have a wide variety of action. Even basketball has variety.

566 We can do it. CanÂ’t we? YOu can do it roy!

567 Greta's going to be most pleased.

Police: Dutchman to reveal Holloway location
Prosecutors prepare charges against Van der Sloot in Peru murder

LIMA, Peru - As prosecutors in Peru prepared charges against Joran van der Sloot in the strangling death of a 21-year-old woman, police told NBC News on Thursday the Dutch man admits knowing the location of the remains of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

/Ride the lightning or share a bunk with Helen Thomas?

568 I thought the 'ronnettes would appreciate the hull of the Wild Eyes (Abby Sunderland's boat).

http://tinyurl.com/2b52c3y

569

The Karate Kid was always about race. Watch the original again and remember it was done in the early 1980s.

Italian kid goes to California wherein everyone else is Anglo. Meets Japanese mentor who fought for the US in WW2 but America interned his wife, who died there. Anlgo bullies are taught by a guy who fought in VietNam.

Moral: root for the people whom White America has screwed over most: which would be, um, Italians and Japanese.

That's all subtext. The main message is about standing up for yourself and doing it with honor and discipline. Which would be boring without some social motivation. You can swap out the races of the characters and right a similar back story, it doesn't change the core message.

570 592 Pretty dead around here.

I have another job interview in the morning.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at June 11, 2010 12:56 AM

Good luck mpur

571 584 Thank you, PGiS; I appreciate it.

572 mpur,
rock the interview

573 mpur 605, yeah I know. I was channeling that guy from Chasing Amy for a moment. :^)

574 Thanks for the well wishes, all.

The job is actually in the medical field, so maybe I didn't waste my time going back to school.



Good luck mpur; at least you're getting interviews.  I just get people who tell me they want to interview me and then disappear.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead and Not-Giving-a-Fuck-About-Soccer States at June 11, 2010 01:01 AM (m8nvD)

I've been getting interviews and thought I've done well and never hear from them again. Hopefully this one will be different.

575 Good luck, mpur!

576 Hello there, Jason. If you say so. Your attention span rivals that of a flea.

577 612 Hello there, Jason. If you say so. Your attention span rivals that of a flea.

Jason?

578 Jason?

Yes?

579 Sorry I am late for the party, but tomorrow is my last day of work I and am heading back to my home town to help run the family farm and start up a fish farm operation.  What is new with you guys, beside the innane soccer discussion. 

580 615 What is new with you guys, beside the innane soccer discussion. ------------- got a new swamp cooler, so now the Anachronda compound smells like wet cardboard.

581 Good luck with your interview, mpur! I hope things go well.

582 615 Sorry I am late for the party, but tomorrow is my last day of work I and am heading back to my home town to help run the family farm and start up a fish farm operation.  What is new with you guys, beside the innane soccer discussion.

Nothing new with me, only chaos.

583 618 Nothing new with me, only chaos. ------------ I thought you were saving that for the end. If you use up your chaos now, what will you do when the end rolls around?

584

Hello there, Jason. If you say so. Your attention span rivals that of a flea.

This misses the point entirely. It's not about my attention span (which I'll admit is low). It's that soccer does not have moments that really draw ones' attention more than others. In soccer, the excitement occurs, from the viewers' standpoint, only after something happens, rather than the excitement occurring through the process of building toward something.

For example:

In football, if a team is on their opponent's 20 yard line, there are 3 possibilites: score a TD, score a field goal, or miss the fieldgoal/turnover the ball. All 3 are not equally likely, but all are reasonably likely.

In soccer, if a team is making some sort of scoring run (or whatever the hell it might be called in soccer) there are two possiblities: they score or they don't. The second is much, much, much more likely than the first. So, nothing to get excited about, really.

585 Nothing new with me, only chaos.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 11, 2010 01:15 AM (c0A3e)

Chaos is good, if it's controlled...just sayin'.

586 Chaos can be good a goood thing sometimes there Kratos.

587 Sorry I am late for the party, but tomorrow is my last day of work I and am heading back to my home town to help run the family farm and start up a fish farm operation.  What is new with you guys, beside the innane soccer discussion.
Posted by: Picric at June 11, 2010 01:13 AM

Interesting. What kind of career/lifestyle are you leaving and what calls you back there?

588 yeah davidt... lots of variety to that picture when watching baseball. like a bowler telling a golfer how much they have in common. bowled in Detroit? then you've bowled in Maui. or wherethefuckever. compare baseball to soccer and that's what you've got. bb always starts from the mound. exciting shit, right? at least soccer moves around from starting place to starting place. and it can start at any time, so don't fall asleep or depend on a potty break and replays.

589 620 In soccer, if a team is making some sort of scoring run (or whatever the hell it might be called in soccer) there are two possiblities: they score or they don't. --------------- Third possibility: the refs declare the game over. Since they don't tell anyone how much time is left, it's always a surprise. Sometimes I suspect they're rolling 100-sided dice on the sidelines to see if it's time for the game to end.

590 good luck mpur!

591 622 Chaos can be good a goood thing sometimes there Kratos.

Hey, I know it!  It can be very cleansing.

592 Let me be clear: I like sports.

593

Hey, I know it!  It can be very cleansing.

 

Yeah, prune juice can be too.

594

Um, oops!  We were off just a tad on our estimate...

U.S. Doubles Spill Estimate - Researchers monitoring the well say up to 2M barrels of crude oil a day m... http://ow.ly/17H2Vr

HOUSTON -- Researchers studying the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico said Thursday that up to twice the amount of oil previously thought may have been spewing into the sea since an oil rig exploded nearly two months ago.

The new figures could mean anywhere from 42 million to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the fragile waters, affecting people who live, work and play along the coast from Louisiana to Florida -- and perhaps beyond.

It is the third -- and perhaps not last -- time the federal government has had to increase its estimate of how much oil is gushing.

595

OK, I mean I like Bones, but there are all of these little things that are annoying, like I just noticed in the 2^nd season they replaced the lovely photograph of the American flag behind BoothÂ’s desk at the FBI with other art.

596 Baseball can be boring, but baseball has a lot more variety of action than soccer.

597 Crap, I was hoping the soccer talk had run its course.

Robin Williams on soccer

598

629 Hey, I know it!  It can be very cleansing. Yeah, prune juice can be too.

So I hear

599 623 jcjimi I have worked for about 5 years at Vanderbilt University as an Electron Microscopist (I looked at really small things down to 5 nanometers) and one day I looked up and I realized was in the basement with no windows, very little chance of promotion, and I was depressed.  So looked at where I was going, and decided to dust off and update some plans I had made when I first graduated from College.   

600

Picric, I admire you for realizing you needed to change your life and then following through. Good luck in your new adventure.

601 i did like katy perry's cameo as bones' sister. the part when they kissed was kinda icky, though. arousing, but icky.

602 Robin Williams on golf

603

i did like katy perry's cameo as bones' sister. the part when they kissed was kinda icky, though. arousing, but icky.

 

Bones kisses his sister? Yuck, thatÂ’s going to make me unhappy. Or is this some sort of Katy Perry joke?

604 637 i did like katy perry's cameo as bones' sister. the part when they kissed was kinda icky, though. arousing, but icky.

Posted by: Adrian at June 11, 2010 01:30 AM (ykswA)

Were there any cupcakes involved?

605 Cool, Picric. What PGiS said. Enjoy the new road you're one and good luck. Good for you for making the change.

606

Mmmm, cupcakes.

607 "Can God make a rock so big he can't lift it, and when is he going to use it to plug the damn hole?" Taranto

608 Ok. You win. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

609 PGiS,
Since I'm not here consistently enough to follow through with being a tester for wtr's cheesecake-chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting if she makes them, will you bring some the next time there is a Seattle M&M meetup?

610 Dude, PGiS,
I had not read your comment when I wrote that.

*cue Twilight Zone Music*.

611

Sure jcjimi, or she can give me the recipe and I can make them for you.

 

We should have a meet-up soon.

612 I get out of town to Ocean Shores as often as possible during the summer so hopefully there will be enough lead time for me to get there this time.I can't believe I missed the last one.

Baking? For me?

Are you trying to seduce me?

613 Are you trying to seduce me? PGIS, have your lacey underthings ready? cue boom chicka wow wow music.....

614 649 Are you trying to seduce me?

PGIS, have your lacey underthings ready? cue boom chicka wow wow Carpenters music.....

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 11, 2010 01:44 AM (FJ89r)

FIFY.

615 I'm going to go out on that up note before I say something crude and moron-ish. Early morning tomorrow.

'Night gang.

616 Carpenters music.....

I DIG the Carpenters, but they remind me of mom so...

617 Good night, jcjimi!

618

Are you trying to seduce me?

 

Well, IÂ’ve never used cupcakes as a seduction technique before but I suppose thereÂ’s a first time for everything.

619 PGIS, failed attempt at a katy perry joke, sorry. There's one ep where zooey deschanel plays bones' sister, i sorta have a thing for her (heck, i just sat through all six hours of Tin Man last week, so it's more than a sorta thing), so i liked it, no incest involved though.

620 651 I'm going to go out on that up note before I say something crude and moron-ish.

It's not so bad once you get used to it.

621 Heh

Okay, really, goodnight!

622 654

Are you trying to seduce me?

 

Well, IÂ’ve never used cupcakes as a seduction technique before but I suppose thereÂ’s a first time for everything.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 11, 2010 01:48 AM (RZ8pf)

PGIS, if you wear them like Katy did, there will be seduction involved. BUNK!

623 Um, what?

624

OK, good to know Adrian. Zooey is pretty. Sometimes. Though sometimes she looks kind of odd. Emily is a classic beauty.

625 adrian, zoey IS her sister.

626

It's now or never!

627 Goal!

628 memeememe

629 now!!!

630 kkkk

631 just damn

632 If nominated, I will not run.  If elected, I will not serve.

Actually, you know what?  Fuck you.

633 missed by 1!~

634 KuKluxKrapK-bobs

635 638 FTW

RIP Sergio Hernandez. Know that your Darwin Award nomination has been accepted and approved by Yassir Arafat.

Love, Satan

636 The people

637 have

638 Congrats Stan!

639 missed by 1!~

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 11, 2010 01:53 AM (FJ89r)

that's what she said.........

640 bebe, i know! they're very similar, too, their voice patterns are identical, i find.

641 spoken.

642 Congrats Stan!

Posted by: davidt at June 11, 2010 01:55 AM (HtIec)

That was the slowest win in my long strange career.  Like bidding on eBay

643 hottest acting sisters ever: Olivia and Joan. Olivia was always my favorite by far, though, and so I take her side and dislike Joan.

644 they're very similar, too, their voice patterns are identical, i find. its not obvious until they are next to each other

645 i have far too much dignity, as you know, to sockpuppet polanski and nominate the olsen twins, so i'll just say goodnight!

646 Does Jesus really love me? Oh... please don't shatter my fragile life.

647

Whew, we made it over the magic number. Now I can sleep.

648 me too. nite all

649 Ok, now that is over with, I'd like to point out to Maet that the soccer ONT was the lamest ever. Bring back circumcision!

Gotta do some chores and get my beauty sleep for the interview tomorrow.

Night all!

650 Does Jesus really love me? Oh... please don't shatter my fragile life.

Yes, Jesus loves you.

Everyone else thinks you're an asshole.



Ok, really, night all.

651 Everyone else thinks you're an asshole.

You know, I didn't want to say anything, but...

652 Soccer is to football what dwarf tossing is to pitching.

653 Sorry to see I am such an asshole. I guess it's shutty time and nite nite. One more beer & that's it.

654 Okay, I know I said I was going but I'm out of the shower and about to bed down and wanted to ask:

TexasJew,
Is it true that we have greater known oil reserves than we did 50yrs ago (world/US)? I was arguing this the other day and can't remember where I'd read it. Hopefully I was not totally full of shit.

Off to bed I'll read your answer if it's in the next few post or catch it in the AM.

655 TexasJew,
Is it true that we have greater known oil reserves than we did 50yrs ago (world/US)? I was arguing this the other day and can't remember where I'd read it. Hopefully I was not totally full of shit.

Off to bed I'll read your answer if it's in the next few post or catch it in the AM.

Posted by: jcjimi at June 11, 2010 02:15 AM (piERg)

The world certainly does, but the US does not. The US has produced over 100 billion barrels of oil since 1901 and almost all of that was consumed by us. Our present national oil reserves are less than a quarter of that number.

Goodnight! Got to drive through 600 miles of Texas tomorrow - something I seem to be the only person in that world to actually enoy...

Good luck to mpur, whatever kind of a job that is..

656 Last? Good night, all.

657 Official 2010 World Cup video: One cup, two Bafana Bafanas.

658 ok back
what did I miss?
more soccer gheyness?

659 Crap, I hope the girl lives through this, but it sure looks bad for her. Nature isn't cruel, like they say. Nature is indifferent, and we humans interpret that indifference as cruelty.

660 Abby is fine: http://soloround.blogspot.com/2010/06/abby-is-fine.html

661 I saw on the local news out here that she's fine, she lost the mast in rough weather, just has to sit tight until a rescue ship gets there in about 26 hours

662 Glad she is OK.

663 Good Morning M&Ms. Yes that is good news. I had feared the worst.

On the thread topics I reviewed all those deadly plants. My MIL has Hydrangeas growing in her yard and I was considering getting some in order to have a flowering plant in between the spring blooming of all the trees/shrubs and the July blooming of the Crepe Myrtles.

Since I have a lot of traffic with the little girls from next door in my yard I may have to second guess that. I had just looked at some yesterday at Lowes ($25.00/each).

664 Sweet.

I don't usually follow the baby stuck-in-the-well flavor of the month story but while so many are rightly/wrongly excoriating her parents all I can think is "What a big fucking pair this one has!" and was following any news I could find. Thank goodness.

Saw her give a video tour of her boat. That is one built-for-business ride. A watertight lifeboat disguised as a sailboat.

Good to see this will end well.

665 Posted by: Adrian at June 11, 2010 01:48 AM (ykswA)

I have liked Zooey ever since she sang in Elf.  Still sad that they didn't release a recording of her and Will on the soundtrack for the one song.  She has an oddball career - I will watch almost anything she's in, and then bitch later if it sucks (Summer).

And Tin Man was pretty good.  It didn't step on the original OZ stories very much and the cast was incredibly talented.  Actually, I ended up buying the DVD set.  Still have a thing for the Tin Man from that series - great actor, even if I can never remember his name.  Too bad the Alice series wasn't as good (ok, but holey).

666 Praise HayZeus!!!  I've made it to Anchorage.  Busiest red eye airport I've ever been to.  Just another 4 measly hours to Seattle.

667 You know, when that Alvin Green guy keeps saying, "I just ran a good ol' fashion campaign," I'm starting to think he means he bought nose candy for everyone.

668 For the redeye morons

Walkin' After Midnight

669 oohh, Patsy.

670

the referees run over 10 and a lot of that is sprinting

 

Thank you for noticing!  And its not nearly as much fun as it sounds. 

671 I can't believe you put Cristiano Ronaldo AFTER Kaka and Rooney. And Cristiano is not a mid-fielder! He is a attacking winger, and a striker most of the times.

Goodness!

672 and Cracked goes deep into the underpinnings of our current fiscal and political problems: Germany Another traditional powerhouse, the Germans are a little less feared this year, having lost dangerous midfielder Klaus Hundfocker and many other veteran players to the mandatory euthanasia program Germany implemented in the 1980s, when a poor translation of the film LoganÂ’s Run led the entire country to walk out of the movie with entirely the wrong message.

673 w00t Best sport in the world. Which I can admit, because nobody has any respect for me anyway.

674 Boo.

675 It's illegal to shtup dogs?  Since when?

676 One of the fun things to do with Euros and their football is to just call it "soccer".  They can get pretty bent just with that alone.  At that point, make sure they know that the roots of the word soccer are actually English, and therefore European.

677

First results from the World Cup:

Bafana Bafana 1, America's Front Porch 1 in a high scoring shoot out.

Gee, that's great.  Joe Fucking Biden was in the stands looking semi-comatose.  To be fair, the game was already at least five minutes old when they showed him.

Next up:

Youreagay vs. France (also gay)

678 This is that game where both sides kick a head back and forth down a field. Right?

679

The reason why soccerplayers hug and pretend they are dying is to

waste time for the team which is behind to equalize. The clock never stops 90 min plus 1 or 2 min extra time.

This is what soccer is realy about.

http://tinyurl.com/yh7rdg8

680 France 0, Uruguay 0. I'm sure it was scintillating.

681

@ 720

No it wasn't. Soccer is not easy. It is not easy to controle the ball and it is not easy to score goals. That is part of the struggle and the appeal.

People who have played it themselves know what it means.

Not all matches are great but even the struggle to break them open can be exciting. But if I hear people say they have trouble watching 90 min of soccer but no trouble watching a boring game of baseball for 5 hours, they are either lying or have never watched a soccer match or maybe don't understand the offside rule.

http://tinyurl.com/2cx88rb