The 14th in our 118-part series.
The Devils Logo
In light of all the new sweaters being unveiled, we’d like to take this moment to discuss how subtly classic the Devils logo is. It has an “N” and a “J” and little devil horns and tail. And nothing else. New Jersey Devils. What more do you need? It’s as quietly staid as the team; the logo has no extras, no fancy swirling flags, no sparkly embroidery, no cartoon animals. Like the team, it’s also versatile — it’s the perfect logo for little kids to draw on signs for their favorite players as well as the perfect logo for adults to get tattooed alongside Stanley Cups to commemorate the best years. The most wonderful thing about the Devils logo, though, is Marty’s mask. For those unfamiliar with the story, he had his mask painted when he was still unsure how much time he would spend in Utica. The Utica logo contained the same be-horned lettering, so Marty had painted a sort of nondescript letterish type thing with horns and tail on it, so he could wear it in the minors or in the big show. And now, having cemented his status as a future Hall of Famer, he’s still wearing that same variation on the logo. We can only hope with all our hearts that when the new Rbk sweaters get rolled out, that the logo is still the same cherished devil-horned NJ.
Okay, I will begrudgingly give you this one. I do like the Devils logo and will be very sorry (in a somewhat gleeful way) if the new Rbk jerseys change it in any way. Other teams’ logos I can look at without wincing (forgetting all associations with the actual teams): Boston, Toronto, Dallas, and Colorado.
Thanks Grace — that’s so big of you! :-)
I agree that Boston and Toronto are wonderful logos. And how can one not like Chicago, Detroit and Montreal (team affiliation aside, of course)? I will begrudgingly give you Dallas, too (but not the fallopian tube third jerseys), but never Colorado! :P
I like the Rangers and the Leafs logos. I have no problem with the Detroit winged-wheel logo, but when they’re in the red jerseys, with the red pants and the red helmets, I feel like I’m watching the Soviet Red Army team play.
The Thrashers logo (and blue jersey) is the only one that kind of bugs me.
Schnookie, I like Montreal and even Calgary, but Chicago? Really? I don’t know if I’m being overly-PC, but I find the logo somewhat offensive/outdated. And I think your Colorado is my Detroit, if you know what I mean. (Sorry, Steph.)
Amy, the Thrashers logo bothers me, too, if only because that bird looks so awkward holding the hockey stick. Why did they feel the need to include it?
Oh man — that Thrashers logo (and the really bizarre powder blue sweater that has nothing to do with anything but the company that holds their arena naming rights) is everything the Devils one isn’t! So awful!! (The Rangers really don’t have anything wrong with their logo, per se, but they are one of those teams I just flat-out can’t get over. They could have the most perfect logo in the universe and I’d still be like, “Ew!”)
I have no problem with the Detroit winged-wheel logo, but when they’re in the red jerseys, with the red pants and the red helmets, I feel like I’m watching the Soviet Red Army team play.
Does anyone remember the years of the Russian Line? Federov, Larionov, Kozlov, Konstantinov, and…who else was there? I remember that when Brown began to fill in for one of the Russians, broadcasters affectionately called him “Brownov.” That is my ONE feel-good Red Wings memory.
but Chicago? Really? I don’t know if I’m being overly-PC, but I find the logo somewhat offensive/outdated.
That’s a really good point, Grace. I don’t know what I was thinking when I included it on my list. I must be brainwashed by Doc (who waxes poetic about it at every opportunity) and exhausted from a difficult evening here at IPB Manor. I take it back! Thanks for correcting me!!
I’m also not a fan of the solid-red look. Be it the Wings or, even worse, the Hurricanes, it annoys me. Although the Hurricanes have those see-through shorts (as if Brind’Amour wasn’t bad enough, how about when those shorts of his get wet?) that are as annoying as hell…
I must be brainwashed by Doc (who waxes poetic about it at every opportunity) and exhausted from a difficult evening here at IPB Manor.
I can imagine–two excellent reasons for granting a mulligan. : ) I’m actually pretty exhausted myself, not from any exertion or hardship, but from sheer food coma. In fact, I’m thinking of turning in early…before I…zzzzz….
I don’t think you have to worry about the logo changing; the new jerseys will just change the look of the jersey – nobody’s logo is changed unless the team wants it to (and they’d be changing it anyhow).
That said, you’re definitely right. The Devi;s logo is just perfect. There is not a bad thing you can say about it; it’s simple and it’s clearly from NJ.
I’m not too worried about the logo changing, John — what scares me is all those goofy Rbk bells and whistles in the styling! Although Lou would never let the Devils do anything other than traditional stripes, right? Right?
but not the fallopian tube third jerseys
Oh, my gosh, don’t get me started. We here in Dallas call it the Mooterus jersey.
When it first appeared, the guys on the local sports station really beat it up and the emails swamped the Stars. So they just used them the bare minimum that the contract required.
I like the Devils’ look, too. I also like that they have a red scheme, yet stick to black pants. I don’t like the red or blue, or even the Wild’s green pants. Only black hockey pants.
Mags and I go for a brief bit and there is no one to kill the thread….
Can we just eliminate some teams all together like oh……the Rangers, perhaps???
We here in Dallas call it the Mooterus jersey.
AHAHAHA. I think that made my evening. Good things there were no liquids nearby.
I absolutely hate that stupid asymmetrical powder blue Trash jersey with the angry little bird you just want to flick and shoot with a pellet gun and…yeah. I may have some unreleased anger against Atlanta. ;)
a.oil – YES! Doooo it…buh-bye, Rags.
Schnookie and Pookie, you may love the jersey now but I still have nightmares of the Christmas jerseys of the late 80s/early 90s – may have been before your fangirl time, but ick.
Ok…..Say goodbye to the Rangers.
To me the Devils logo was just always completely perfect. I don’t know how much they paid the guy who though it up, but he should be knighted for his contribution to logo design. It’s just that good.
Does anyone remember the years of the Russian Line? Federov, Larionov, Kozlov, Konstantinov, and…who else was there? I remember that when Brown began to fill in for one of the Russians, broadcasters affectionately called him “Brownov.” That is my ONE feel-good Red Wings memory.
Omg yes. The Russian Five years were amazing. Fetisov was the last one, by the way :) And then later on Mironov took Konstantinov’s place after the limousine accident but he never really did much except be Russian and take up the fifth spot :P
I really don’t mind our all red jerseys though…the only thing I dislike about them is that they almost don’t look real or something. Like my Wings jersey, when you hold it up to say, Mags’ Devils jersey or something, looks like a some crappy $20 replica you got at a sporting good store made by like, Hanes or something, because they just aren’t as intricate and pretty since they’re pretty much just red. And white. But mostly red. Or the other way around.
And I think your Colorado is my Detroit, if you know what I mean. (Sorry, Steph.)
I suppose I’ll forgive you…
WHOO. Ten minutes, Mags I’m taking your threadkilling position!
I was waiting for enough time to pass to anoint you ThreadKiller of the day :P. Given that you did 2 threads at the same time ;)
Sorry to be so quiet — we’re watching a movie here…
I am just that good.
Or something.
I like the Leafs are finally getting some love :D you can’t really screw a Maple Leaf. I hope :X. I think they’re trying to “change it”.
Atlanta…THE SENATORS (hahaha.sorrysherry:Pbutthesenatorisugly!)…I actually kind of like the Colorado logo.
But yes, I really like the NJ logo too =D. Plus the colours are kind of nice :D
By the way, Patty, I have massive stove envy. MASSIVE. Your stove makes mine look like a pile of puke.
Oh, and “Mooterus” is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. Furthermore, I agree, Vinny, that Ottawa’s three-quarter view senator sweater is totally fugly. (As were the Christmas color Devils sweaters. You’ve got us on that one, CC.)
You checked out the stove? I got the 5-burner one in white. I had a 40-inch space for the original stove but this one is 36 inches wide. So it has a 2-inch gap on either side. But if you squint a little, you can make it look intentional.
Your stove probably at least fits its opening.
Oh, and “Mooterus” is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
No “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” award? I just want to look at it. I won’t touch it. :D
This is kind of off-topic (on the other hand, are toasters ever really off-topic?).
Has anyone seen the commercial where the guy is all freaked out about his toaster? I saw it a few days ago so I don’t remember the details, but I laughed out loud!
He tells his roommate that something’s wrong with it or something, and the roommate is skeptical, then the toaster starts going crazy and “transforming” into some robot of some kind. Turns out it was for that Transformers movie. I thought of all-a-y’all.
So I have to be honest. I am not sure if I have ever seen the Dallas third jersey (I am a hater of most all third jerseys, and unless they are bringing back a tradition jersey from the past I say…blah). Today, I saw the Mooterus. OMG. WTF were they thinking? I didn’t think it was possible, but that was one of the most god-awful things I have had to see.
Why??? Who??? How????
Patty — do fans actually buy this jersey and wear it?
This post about the NHL draft was suggested by a friend. I found it pretty hilarious. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070625
do fans actually buy this jersey and wear it?
A very few did buy it, believe it or not. It has long since been discontinued, though.
That’s what you get when non-Texans try to think of something Texan. They head straight for cowboys and western stuff and then miss it by a mile.
Steer-themed stuff is for tourists and people actually living on ranches, raising cattle.
Whoa, I’ve never seen that Dallas jersey either. It is… quite interesting. Maybe worse than the slug! No? Well, it has to be close.
I remember being really young and sketching all of the logos and noticing that NJ’s logo was the easiest to draw. I’m with Heather B., I have never seen or heard of this alleged fallopian tube-esque Dallas jersey.
oh wow, it is bad: http://shop.nhl.com/sm-dallas-stars-jerseys–fi-1920726_cp-1919741.html
Oh come on now, Heather! The slug is ugly, but the mooterus is something else all together. At least the slug doesn’t remind us of seventh grade health class.
One of the recent “Reasons I love hockey” over on my blog was about the NHL logos, and somehow I forgot to mention New Jersey’s. What an oversight! I honestly think it’s the best current logo of any team. So simple and elegant. Even though it hasn’t been around as long, it fits right in with the “classic” logos of Boston, Montreal, Detroit etc. In fact, if it weren’t for the original rebus-like logo of the Sabres (which is pure, transcendent beauty), I might be inclined to go all Pierre McGuire and name the Devil’s logo the best in the world, ever. In 2000, when I was still a fledgling hockey fan with little to no applicable hockey knowledge, I chose the Devils as my playoff team based solely on their logo. So, yeah. You have me to thank for that Cup.
I meant to get here a lot sooner and write this, but ugh, I’ve had such a day, I can’t even describe it. Let’s just say that if anyone needs a magic recipe for removing pen ink from a dryer, I’ve got just the one. I’ve tested it. Twice. In one day.
And now, instead of going to bed like I should, I’m checking out Jochen Hecht’s wikipedia page to make sure there’s nothing untoward on there.
Aside from a ridiculously unnecessary number of wiki-alerts, nope. But there is a great list of his nicknames: “The Mannheim Steamroller,” “Broken Jochen” (HA!), “Hechtor,” and “Yo-Yo.” I’m convinced Marty Biron went to wikipedia and added that last one himself.
La dee dee… Sleep now.
Can I make a crack about Dallas fans being stupid and that they need the third jersey to continue their family? Unless someone beat me to it.
Steph needs to chime in with me, the Oilers have kickass jerseys. I don’t care what you think, it makes orange a hip colour to wear. The Habs third jersey is very lazy but very fashionable. I mean a blue stripe suddenly makes it very hot and everyone wants a piece.
Watch me kill the thread longer than Gambler.
Too bad Jordi, that I’m around to momentarily Un-Kill it.
I’m sort of stunned by the Mooterus. I got nothing.
Oh, and in case anyone cares, I have another Brodeur story, and I think I killed Steph with it…
…. Brodeur story? Spill. And I don’t see no email from you! You liar! I was hoping to have something to read at work instead I got Capschick getting pissed at me for not being nice to her Caps.
Are you for serious? Maybe my fingers and brain didn’t connect to press the send button at 4 am.
I’ll resend. And include the story.
Definitely one of the best. Though I miss the Christmas jerseys a little.
We here in Dallas call it the Mooterus jersey.
Very nice. BoC occasionalist James O’Brien offered a nice graphic about that at the bottom of his jersey hall of shame post. The side-by-side is pretty staggering.
While I can appreciate the simple elegance of the NJ devil horn tail twirler, can I also reiterate how disappointed I am in the webbed foot D-ucks logo? Yeah, it is simple and a lot of the same descriptions could apply, but it’s just so bland. It’s one step above Courier font.
Nope, no more actual ducks on the logo. Instead, some forensic evidence that ducklike creatures at one point walked the face of the earth.
Yay.
Jordi. I actually love the Oilers logo (minus that stupid oil drop 3rd sweater bullshit).
Earl, ducks sweaters blow and you are right not because they are ugly, but because they are so damn boring.
NJ is one of my favorite logos.
sky rockets in flight……afternoon delight
and the thread is killed.
Okay, I just took a look at the “mooterus” jersey, and WOW. One of the associations I work for is a group for female pelvic surgeons and the logo (I kid you not) is a uterus…I didn’t know the Stars were supporters of my group!
Jordi: I’m not pissed at you. I swear.
Of course, depending on what you write about my boys, that could change…but I trust you. You don’t hate them like you do the Flames, so I feel pretty confident that you have the ability to gush.
Schnookie and Pookie (and anyone else who is interested), you can see the Christmas jerseys in action on my blog today – I recorded some really, er, classy videos from my Caps video vault and there are a few shots w/ the Devils…
hahaha.sorrysherry:Pbutthesenatorisugly!
The Senator isn’t ugly! I really like the classic profile view one, although everybody says it’s too much like the Trojan Condom logo. The new one, I’ll admit, with the Centurion glaring right at you is kind of fug, but it’s grown on me.
a.oil: The third jersey looks horrible, but Steph is trying to tell me that it’s not so bad because the players still look good in it. She has a point.
And Capschick: They love your work! And I will love your Caps. Just not while I’m dead tired.
A-a-a-afternoon delight.
It’s sleep time for me.
The ESPN liveblog was hilarious, but I still much prefer Jay Onrait’s liveblog, haha.
http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/onrait/?id=211569
Honesty can anyone tell me of a good 3rd Sweater? I can not for the life of me think of one that I like (that isn’t a retro sweater ie: Canucks)
Anyone???
The Devils. They don’t HAVE a third sweater :P
Habs! Sorry I’m leaving now!
http://shop.nhl.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2526417&cp=1920303
Okay… just settling down at my desk at work, and I’m blowing off a company-wide meeting to catch up at IPB…
First of all, thanks, Gambler, for that 2000 Cup!
I also agree that the Oilers logo is a fabulous one. I’m a huge fan of those 70′s style logos that sort of cleverly combine all the necessary elements of the city and team name into one cool, simple shape. If I didn’t hate everything about them on principle, I’d include the Flyers on my list. And of course, right up there with the Devils in simple, intelligent, subtle styling is the Whalers logo (sniff… sniff…). That one had it all: a whale tail, the “W”, the positive-negative space creation of the “H”, and the colors! I just loved their colors. That’s the kind of green I actually look good in…
Earl, you’re absolutely right that the Ducks logo is just a step above courier font. They seriously dropped the ball with that, but I suppose after years of Disney over-the-topness (although I liked the relative simplicity, compared to, say, the Panthers, of the original Disney Duck) they wanted to demonstrate a commitment to being serious about hockey. Or they were lazy and skimped on the “design team” budget in the hopes of maximizing their revenue on the new logo sales. Because when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it, short of putting a uterus on your sweater, there’s not a whole lot you can do that the fans won’t spend money on. (Case in point: the Buffaslug.)
a.oil, there are no nice third jerseys. Ever. Even the nice ones aren’t nice because of the principle of the thing (although — and again, this is said with the understanding that I hate everything about them — the Rangers’ lady liberty ones really weren’t that bad, and I liked how the idea was drawn out of the iconic goalie mask of one of their all-time greats. That’s a nice way to base a shameless money-grabbing tactic on an element of team history).
The Devils. They don’t HAVE a third sweater :P
And the day they get one is the day we know Lou is really and truly gone… :-)
Honesty can anyone tell me of a good 3rd Sweater? I can not for the life of me think of one that I like
I actually quite like the Senators third one. It’s the black with the ivy vines on the bottom and sleeves. Maybe I’m biased because it’s the one I own:
http://shop.nhl.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1913561&cp=1920309.1920568&parentPage=family&clickid=body_bestsell_img
Oh, yeah – I like the Habs’ 3rd jersey. That’s probably the only one.
The old black jerseys w/ the dome used to be the Caps’ 3rd jersey until they made it the official home jersey – I actually liked that one.
Sherry, I really like the ivy vines and the black background on the Sens third jersey. Of course, there’s still the issue of the goofy three-quarter view Senator there… (Condom associations aside, I am quite fond of the original “Sen in Profile” logo, and, in fact, many years ago owned one of my own. Uhh… not just because I thought Wade Redden was hot. For, uh, a really good reason I totally can’t remember now… [And yes, the denizens of IPB Manor, when we first became hockey fans, went through a phase of buying random sweaters willy-nilly. So we had some very unusual ones that now hang in our attic as shameful reminders of our youthful naivete.])
Well PP is a collector of odd and random Sweaters (she wears them for practice and games) so if anyone knows of kick ass ones (even local or random teams) let me know. More obscure the better.
Although now that she has NJ socks coming she should get a NJ sweater…..
Schnookie, I have to know what other jerseys you have – spill it! (But if you have a Penguins’ jersey just know that I will probably lose a little respect for you…)
CC, seriously, I’d run down a litany of the sweaters we had, but I honestly can’t remember them all. I know there was a fair deal of Original Six thrown into the mix — Leafs, Wings, Habs, I think Boomer had a Blackhawks one because she grew up in Chicago. Boomer had a Forsberg Avs one, and yes, I had a Jagr Pens one. (This was back in ’96! It made sense then! And I didn’t know any better!) My favorites, though, were my gameworn Whalers and Oilers sweaters (Sanderson [long story] and Weight). And let me tell you — if you’ve ever harbored hopes of meeting attractive men at hockey games, the way to do it is to wear a Whalers sweater. I’ve been to probably 250+ hockey games in my life, and never get approached by anyone… unless I’m in the Whalers sweater. And then it’s raining men. And not, like, slobby gross men. Really, really cute guys. Pookie can back me up on this. If I wasn’t almost always at Devils games (where I have no choice but to wear the Pando tent), I’d probably be married to a Whalers fan by now.
Schnookie…I could use that Whalers sweater please. That is so not the guys who approach me.
I’ll back you up on this, Schnookie. My favorite example of it was when you wore your Whaler sweater in Phoenix. The cutest guy in the world literally bee-lined across the concourse to talk to you. *happy sigh* Ah, Whalers sweaters…
The cutest guy in the world literally bee-lined across the concourse to talk to you.
I’d forgotten about that! That guy was, like, knocking little kids over and pushing people into their nachos to get to me… Good times. I was thinking more of the dreamy dude in the Fairfax metro station (yes, the Whalers sweater doesn’t even have to be at a hockey game to work its magic). (Although there’s something to be said for wearing any sweater other than a Coyotes one in Phoenix. The gameworn Weight sweater almost snagged me a very nice Canadian boy who had even brought his charming father for Boomer. He just walked right up to me on the concourse and kissed my hand. If I hadn’t been so annoyed to be at a Coyotes game instead of watching the Devils, I probably would have pursued that relationship further. But seriously — an Oilers fan? It would never have worked. No offense to our Oilers contingent here. Whalers fans are safe because their team is defunct.)
Well understood, but then again, there is that whole East/West thing……you guys probably could have worked it out…..
Damn…..must go to Phoenix and wear Oilers or Whalers sweater…….ok…….got my winter plan.
Wow. I’ve gotta get me one of those.
I am quite fond of the original “Sen in Profile” logo, and, in fact, many years ago owned one of my own. Uhh… not just because I thought Wade Redden was hot. For, uh, a really good reason I totally can’t remember now…
There’s no shame in thinking that. I was once too blinded by that. It solves nothing!
If I hadn’t been so annoyed to be at a Coyotes game instead of watching the Devils, I probably would have pursued that relationship further.
What a gentleman! Love at first sight. I don’t think I could ever put on a jersey that wasn’t a Senators one though.
P&S: How many NHL arenas/cities have you visited?
Ok….so I have to tell you all this random story. Last night my lovely basement provider and her 2 boys, PP and myself were at the little Chinese place around the corner. So anyhow Nikki, (the basement owner) has been telling me that one of the girls there tells her about how she is a goalie. So we get there and the girl comes over and recognizes Nikki and starts talking to the kids about hockey. Next thing I know she mentions Shattuck St. Marys. Not. Kidding. Nikki and I just about fall off our seats laughing. This poor girl just starting at us like we were insane and looking a bit insulted at what she could have said that would send us into a spasm of laughter.
That is all.
I don’t think I could ever put on a jersey that wasn’t a Senators one though.
Yeah, unless I’m feeling slutty and have to pull out the Whalers one, I don’t wear anything but Devils at this point. Like I said, the heaps of sweaters were back in a more innocent time, when we didn’t know any better!
And thanks for making me feel better about Wade, Sherry. We’ve all been broken of that blindness, though, thank goodness. He can’t suck me back in! He can’t — ohhh… so dreeeeaaaammmmyyyy! (What can I say? It’s not my team he’s sucking for.)
Mags and a.oil, I can’t recommend the Whalers sweater system highly enough. I mean, look at my success rate! I live with my sister, mother and six cats! :P
Mags told me that she didn’t need the Whalers sweater….she remembered she had Freakie Reekie.
Oil got there before I did. Out of my brain you.
P&S: How many NHL arenas/cities have you visited?
Not that many. Boston, MSG, the Island, Philly, Washington (old and new), Buffalo, Phoenix, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver and SJ. We once aspired to visit them all, but I kind of loathe flying, so maybe we’ll just visit the once withing driving distance! :P
a.oil, that is TOO funny! I crack up every time I hear about Shattuck during hockey games (which is pretty frequently because they’re one of the top hockey schools, and we, uh, watch a lot of Zach Parise’s games, obviously), so I can’t even imagine how much funnier it would be to hear about it in real life.
I think it’s a crime how dreamy he is:
http://www.standardissue.ca/images/20051229200337_wade-redden.jpg
Except I think hockey has ruined my expectations of men. Good looking? Good sense of humour? Complete gentleman? Suck-ass defenseman? Next, please.
Yeah, unless I’m feeling slutty and have to pull out the Whalers one, I don’t wear anything but Devils at this point. Like I said, the heaps of sweaters were back in a more innocent time, when we didn’t know any better!
Hey, if you ever feel like getting rid of some of them, I know some willing takers :D
Next thing I know she mentions Shattuck St. Marys. Not. Kidding. Nikki and I just about fall off our seats laughing. This poor girl just starting at us like we were insane and looking a bit insulted at what she could have said that would send us into a spasm of laughter.
Did you at least explain why that was so funny? I wonder if she knew Sidney. Maybe she has some insider info we could use for ‘Chasing Sidney’. You know, to make it more realistic.
It was more the total randomness of sitting in a chinese rest. in this little podunk suburb of Everett (which means it is really podunk suburb) in this strip mall in WASHINGTON STATE hearing about Shattuck from a cute little Asian girl. I was very happy I didn’t snort my tea out of my nose.
Except I think hockey has ruined my expectations of men. Good looking? Good sense of humour? Complete gentleman? Suck-ass defenseman? Next, please.
So true! :^::::::::::::::
And thanks for that link. I needed a little cremey Wade to make up for the fact that our effin’ refrigerator is broken AGAIN. Because I’d promised myself not to be so cranky again today, I guess the kitchen gods decided to test my resolve on that front. (And because the fridge wanted to wait until it was chock-a-block full again, rather than dying when it’s not full of perishable produce.)
Did you at least explain why that was so funny?
I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. Then she did the all to common, slow step backwards away from the crazy person move (I find this is a common theme with me). So there really wasn’t a situation where I could explain.
Also, seemed a bit too serious (ahhh Sid) like to find Shattuck Boys remotely funny.
Here’s a gallery full of Wade to cheer you up:
http://www.bohemianwhisper.com/wade/gallery.html
Your fridge sounds evil. It may be time to upgrade. The fridge in my parent’s house, the door doesn’t close properly. You have to put your weight on it for a good 20 seconds for it to seal up. I think now we’ve just given up. I remind myself to avoid the milk in there everytime I’m over.
Also, seemed a bit too serious (ahhh Sid) like to find Shattuck Boys remotely funny.
I probably wouldn’t see the humor in it if I found out someone had written, say, some Patrick Kerney fanfic in which they’d made merciless fun of my prep school (“Princeton Day School Boys”. Heh). Okay, I’d see the humor, but I can see how someone else might not…
Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to find out where I might be able to find a copy of Shattuck Boys.
Completely unrelated note, it’s about 33 degrees outside and I’ve opted to wear a skirt and heels and I made the mistake of walking to work in them and now I’m determined to wheel around in my chair everywhere I go save myself the pain.
Thanks so much for the Wade-a-rama Sherry! That definitely made my day! (*Dreamy sigh…*) (And yes, I’m 31. I hope to never grow out of this mentality.)
Your fridge sounds evil. It may be time to upgrade.
You’re telling me! The most annoying part of this whole thing is that it’s a stop-gap fridge in the first place. We’re getting a fancy built-in fridge in the new kitchen, so this one just has to stay alive for, like, a few more weeks. Which, naturally, seems to be more than it’s capable of doing. We are now in negotiations with our contractor to just jump the gun and put in the behemoth new fridge so we can wash our hands of what is clearly the lemon of the fridge world. (Your parents’ fridge sounds like a nightmare! I am now imagining how much food would spoil if X, our ex-roommate, every came across it. She had a tendency to leave the fridge in our old place just slightly ajar all day. You’d come home from work and be like, “WTF? Why does it smell so bad in here?”)
I made the mistake of walking to work in them and now I’m determined to wheel around in my chair everywhere I go save myself the pain.
Hee! I mean, I’m so sorry, Sherry! (This is why some of us literally don’t own a pair of heels. Or at least, this is what some of us tell ourselves is why we don’t own heels. The real reason is that some of us have very fat feet and look hilariously awful in them.)
I believe Pookie is sending Shattuck Boys your way as we speak!
Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to find out where I might be able to find a copy of Shattuck Boys.
Sherry, I’d be happy to email it to you. Just either give me your address here, or email me at interchangeablepartsblog [at] gmail [dot] com.
I probably wouldn’t see the humor in it if I found out someone had written, say, some Patrick Kerney fanfic in which they’d made merciless fun of my prep school
That’s still a damn sight better than some murdering rapist claiming he used to teach English at your school.
Thanks so much for the Wade-a-rama Sherry! That definitely made my day! (*Dreamy sigh…*) (And yes, I’m 31. I hope to never grow out of this mentality.)
Good, you never should! There’s also more here:
http://www.senators65roses.com/photosMain.html
It’s instances like this where I tell myself, maybe I should cut the poor guy some slack. But when I see him out on the ice, everything else seem to be forgotten and all I can think of is the suckitude.
We are now in negotiations with our contractor to just jump the gun and put in the behemoth new fridge so we can wash our hands of what is clearly the lemon of the fridge world.
I think you should! Think of all the food that can be saved. What will you do with the old one then? Build a girlfriend for Sidney?
This is why some of us literally don’t own a pair of heels.
I try not to wear them. For the most part I live in my sneakers but they look bad with skirts and being as short as I am, it becomes necessary to wear them to actually look acceptable, and not have people asking me if I’m 15 and lost whenever I’m on campus Sigh.
That’s still a damn sight better than some murdering rapist claiming he used to teach English at your school.
Wha-HUH????
(We had a lot of murdering rapists on our English Department staff, though… :P)
Pookie – saj.gunner@gmail.com
Sherry, Shattuck Boys is in the mail! Enjoy!
True story! Some American guy who raped and murdered a bunch of teenagers last year had 3 years of teacher English at Atheneum College Hageveld on his CV. No one checked this with Hagveld until he was on trial. He’d never even been to Holland. So creepy.
Hope the fridge thing works out. Go bully your contractor.
Woo-hoo! Reading material for work.
But when I see him out on the ice, everything else seem to be forgotten and all I can think of is the suckitude.
Such a waste! Perhaps, then, the off-season is the best time to appreciate the many, many positives Wade brings to the table…
What will you do with the old one then? Build a girlfriend for Sidney?
It’s early going yet, but Sherry’s a recipient of the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” already! I think our fridge will be a perfect girlfriend for Sid, because she clearly won’t work, which will be a huge load off Sid’s mind. Wouldn’t want him to have an actual, functioning girfriend, would we? I mean, he might have to learn what to do with his little wooden robot Sidbits, then!
Some American guy who raped and murdered a bunch of teenagers last year had 3 years of teacher English at Atheneum College Hageveld on his CV. No one checked this with Hagveld until he was on trial. He’d never even been to Holland. So creepy.
That’s craziness!! How incredibly bizarre and creepy! (The Menendez brothers went to our high school, for reals. Several of our teachers testified at their trial.)
Oh god, wooden robot sidbits. Are even the bits made of wood?! Oh, poor Sidney!
Whoops. I didn’t mean for that to sound so dirty.
The Menendez brothers went to our high school, for reals.
Sho creepy.
Poor Sid. Poor Sid’s girlfriend.
Whoops. I didn’t mean for that to sound so dirty.
Suuuuure you didn’t! And yes, he’s all wood. If, uh, you know what I mean… (Seriously, he’s a wooden robot boy. Wouldn’t it be weirder if his bits weren’t also wooden?)
My brain is doing a number of VERY unpleasant things.
Thanks girls. Thanks so much.
Ok I have gotten out of the shower and now have to head to work….I will catch you on the flip side.
My brain is doing a number of VERY unpleasant things.
I hope it’s thinking of a wooden automaton Sid with flesh bits, because that’s what my mind’s doing right now.
Such a waste! Perhaps, then, the off-season is the best time to appreciate the many, many positives Wade brings to the table…
If that happens, I’ll just get my hopes up about him and then be severely disappointed once the season starts. I think we’ve made our peace that we’re better off as ‘just friends’.
It’s early going yet, but Sherry’s a recipient of the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” already! I think our fridge will be a perfect girlfriend for Sid, because she clearly won’t work, which will be a huge load off Sid’s mind.
SWEET!
See, when you said ‘work’, I thought you meant ‘have an occupation’. Because being Sidney’s spouse is probably a full-time, robotic job.
I hope it’s thinking of a wooden automaton Sid with flesh bits, because that’s what my mind’s doing right now.
It was going in that direction, and now I’m definitely there.
I am going straight to hell.
See, when you said ‘work’, I thought you meant ‘have an occupation’.
Your mind is clearly not far enough in the gutter, Sherry. We’ll have to improve on that! (I think the robot girl will definitely have her job cut out for her, being Sid’s wife, though. You’re right about that. I mean, she’ll have to be able to fight off Mario!)
And yes, being “just friends” with Wade is probably your best bet. I’m glad the two of you are happy with that.
I am going straight to hell.
I’ll be right there with you, Mags! And we’ll have so much fun together! (Hell is going to be great, because so many cool people I know have promised to meet up with me there…)
Seriously, he’s a wooden robot boy. Wouldn’t it be weirder if his bits weren’t also wooden?
I dunno. I guess wooden bits is a line my imagination has a hard time crossing. It’s easier to imagine that he has no bits at all, just a smooth space, like a Ken doll.
I hope it’s thinking of a wooden automaton Sid with flesh bits, because that’s what my mind’s doing right now.
This is where my mind first went too, but come on, that’s just silly! That sort of technology doesn’t exist and if it did, Sid would be too stupid to use it on his bits. He’d probably opt for a flesh foot or something before it occurred to him to go for the flesh bits.
Alright, “flesh bits” is officially my new favorite term. Brace yourselves IPB.
Your mind is clearly not far enough in the gutter, Sherry. We’ll have to improve on that! (I think the robot girl will definitely have her job cut out for her, being Sid’s wife, though. You’re right about that. I mean, she’ll have to be able to fight off Mario!)
What can I say, I’m a goody two-shoes.
It’s true, Mario would probably make them sleep in different rooms. To save Sidney’s career, because obviously physical contact and real feelings would just ruin him.
It reminds me of that Gilmore Girls episode where Paris thought the reason she didn’t get into Harvard because she slept with her boyfriend. I bet Mario would totally use that as a reference.
Good morning, IPBers! Not much to report about the Angels game last night–they lost 12-4, we had great seats, and the Tigers lost on the out-of-town scoreboard (oh yeah, and I drank quite a bit).
Anyway, I thought I would be really bored, but there’s this mini-game they taught me to keep people like me involved. It might be called “quarter cup” or something. Basically, there was one cup and four players, and each person held the cup for an at-bat. Depending on the result of that at-bat, you would either insert quarters or extract them, with a home run being a cup-clearer.
At any rate, it really helped me concentrate on every fourth batter, which is quite the feat, and we even stayed until the end of the (blowout) game. I almost felt like a die-hard fan.
I’ll be right there with you, Mags! And we’ll have so much fun together!
Dyou think the dude down there will go easy on us because we’re Devils fans?
Anyway, I thought I would be really bored, but there’s this mini-game they taught me to keep people like me involved. It might be called “quarter cup” or something. Basically, there was one cup and four players, and each person held the cup for an at-bat. Depending on the result of that at-bat, you would either insert quarters or extract them, with a home run being a cup-clearer.
We have to find a way to adapt this to hockey. On like, face offs or something. I dunno.
Katebits, you’re right about Sid and the fleshbits. Although I think he’d probably opt for a flesh caboose, just because it’ll maximize his skating abilities, and flesh is easier to squeeze into jeans than a giant wooden caboose. (As for opening the floodgates on the term “fleshbits”, I, for one, can’t wait!)
Sherry, Mario would absolutely tell Sid that sex — or even worse, making love — will ruin his game. Poor, poor Sid, wanting to give in to the feelings he has for our refrigerator, but being so terrified of losing his hockey skills and letting down Mario and his parents!
Earl, I actually think that “quarter cup” game would keep me entertained for an entire baseball game, too. I’m glad to hear you had a good time.
Earl, that sounds like an awesome way to trick someone into paying attention to a baseball game! I went to a game with friends in college who switched off scoring. One would score when the home-team was batting and then the other score the other team. That seemed like a nice mellow way to pay attention to half of the game, and spend the other half getting up and walking around or chatting with other people.
Here’s a sneak preview of our post about why I hate baseball: Home runs. Why should they clean out the quarter cup? Why are they such a big stat? Getting a home run counts just as much on the score-board as a guy getting walked and then doing smart base-running to get home. Maybe it’s the Devils fan in me, but I hatehateHATE that home runs are a big deal. RUNS should be the important stat, not homeruns.
Mags, things will definitely be easier on us in Hell — I mean, being Devils fans, Lou — er, the “dude down there” — already likes us!
Poor, poor Sid, wanting to give in to the feelings he has for our refrigerator, but being so terrified of losing his hockey skills and letting down Mario and his parents!
First toasters, now refrigerators! What is with us and kitchen appliances? : )
I would like to request a copy of Shattuck Boys. :)
And good luck with the fridge.
Also, Sherry…buy heels that don’t hurt, silly.
Sherry, Mario would absolutely tell Sid that sex — or even worse, making love — will ruin his game. Poor, poor Sid, wanting to give in to the feelings he has for our refrigerator, but being so terrified of losing his hockey skills and letting down Mario and his parents!
Sid must be one of the robots from the Simpsons future where if they feel emotions [e.g. shed a tear] they will end up melting and exploding. Somebody needs to tell Mario that the technology is so advanced now. He could have both!
Also, Sherry…buy heels that don’t hurt, silly.
Pray tell, where may I find these mythical objects? My high school writer’s craft, who was totally gay and totally fashionable told me that there was no such thing as comfortable fashionable shoes and that it was simply a sacrifice we would have to think about making.
er…writer’s craft teacher. I need another cup of coffee, ‘scuse me.
I would like to request a copy of Shattuck Boys. :)
One copy of Shattuck Boys, coming right up!
Here’s a sneak preview of our post about why I hate baseball: Home runs. Why should they clean out the quarter cup? Why are they such a big stat?
You shouldn’t try to rationalize “winning baseball” with “winning quarter cup”, as there are clearly times when a good baseball play will be a poor quarter cup play.
Sacrifice flies or advancing runners gets you nothing but an out (insert one quarter). Walks or hit-by-pitches (zero quarter ramifications) are treated differently than singles (take a quarter). And there was even a different rule if a person struck out swinging (insert two quarters) or struck out looking (insert three quarters).
Still, engaging enough for one evening.
there was no such thing as comfortable fashionable shoes
Not true. My UGGs are most comfy, and they’re fashionable. Sorta.
Maybe it’s the Devils fan in me, but I hatehateHATE that home runs are a big deal.
Oh, Pookie.
I’m getting so sad thinking about Pookie hating baseball and Sid being a sexless robot. :(
Sid, don’t listen to Mario! If you love that fridge, you should go to her.
Earl, sorry, I shouldn’t have brought the quarter cup game into it. My brain is still fried from the stupid fridge burn-out this morning. My issue 100% with real baseball. Seriously, home runs are stupid. Can anyone tell me why home runs should be such a revered stat? And don’t give that “it’s exciting that the batter hit a round ball with a round bat and managed to get it out of the park” crap. It’s far more exciting to see both sides of the game, offense and defense, involved in a play. I’d much rather see a hit drop behind a SS and then see him try to out-throw the runner. You know, some action! Why do I want to see a steroided-up freakshow smack a ball and then run ever-so-slowly around the bases?
Not true. My UGGs are most comfy, and they’re fashionable. Sorta.
Mags, I hate to break this to you, but UGGs were sorta fashionable four years ago…
Mags, I hate to break this to you, but UGGs were sorta fashionable four years ago…
A fact of which I am fully aware. But that doesn’t make them any less comfy. (oh, and tell all those prissy girls in NYC that. I wished so hard I could beat them over the head with their silly boots last christmas)
Sid, don’t listen to Mario! If you love that fridge, you should go to her.
Sid, you should definitely not listen to Mario, but don’t waste your love on our fridge — she’s no good! She’ll only let you down and break your heart!
I’d much rather see a hit drop behind a SS and then see him try to out-throw the runner. You know, some action! Why do I want to see a steroided-up freakshow smack a ball and then run ever-so-slowly around the bases?
Actually, I totally agree with you on this. The steroid induced home run explosion has pretty much ruined home runs for this entire era of baseball.
But, I LOVE it when the home run hitters are too out of shape to trot around the bases with dignity.
I could never get behind the whole UGGs thing. They just seem kind of pointless to me.
You know what was annoying though? When those girls would wear them in the middle of winter with a formal dress or something. It just doesn’t work!
oh, and tell all those prissy girls in NYC that. I wished so hard I could beat them over the head with their silly boots last christmas
With their UGGs, or with their non-UGGs? I’m confused.
‘pinch runners’ drive me nuts. XD.
OMGAH SID HAS FRIDGE GIRLFRIEND? Or uh. he wants one. or he wants a specific one but can’t have her bc evil Mario would kill her if he even thought about having her and ruin (eep!) his hockey skills. how sad how sad. A moment of silence.
ah well, forbidden fruit is always sweeter.
If i sound kind of wacked, it’s because Vinny is now fully licensed to maul people over on the road :D yay!
With their UGGs, or with their non-UGGs? I’m confused.
Their UGGs and their stupid skinny jeans no normal human should be allowed to wear.
Sid, you should definitely not listen to Mario, but don’t waste your love on our fridge — she’s no good! She’ll only let you down and break your heart!
Dude. I am actually literally sad right now imagining Sid believing that his hockey skills and his love life are somehow conversely related. It’s horrible, and it’s so exactly how he thinks, I just know it. We have got to find Sid a robot girlfriend (with fleshbits) asap, or I’ll start to cry.
If i sound kind of wacked, it’s because Vinny is now fully licensed to maul people over on the road :D yay!
You mean you got your ‘G’? Holy Crap, I’ve been putting mine off for years now and if I don’t do it by ’08 it expires so I’m doing it in July. I’m so freaked out. I’ll probably fail. I’ve only driven maybe 10 times since I got my G2 3 years ago. I hate driving. It’s traumatizing.
Congrats on the license, Vinny! I hope you told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth on your vital stats, too. You don’t want Earl coming to lecture you about that.
(And please tell me other people here have seen “Wet, Hot American Summer”, because that’s where I’m starting to go now in my head with Sid and his fridge girlfriend…)
Congrats, Vinny!
I hate driving. It’s traumatizing.
It’s not so bad if you drive around with a cup and some quarters, and play some sort of game around right-hand turns and hit pedestrians.
Congrats have been extended to Vinny over IM XD
Heh. Now I’m cheering myself up by imagining your fridge with fleshbits. Heh.
I’m sorry, I haven’t seen “Wet, Hot American Summer”
Nice work Vinny!
:0 Sherry i hate driving =(. But no it’s just my G2. and Schnookie there isn’t as much stats on Canadian licenses I don’t think :D but the picture is horrible. Sid’s girlfriend probably looks better.
and I don’t like the direction my mind is heading thinking about that film :X
And please tell me other people here have seen “Wet, Hot American Summer”, because that’s where I’m starting to go now in my head with Sid and his fridge girlfriend…
I can so clearly hear, in Sid’s squeaky voice, him giving the stirring speech before the elimination game: “Be proud of who you are!”
And congratulations, Vinny, on the license!
Their UGGs and their stupid skinny jeans no normal human should be allowed to wear.
Ah, in the part of the city I live in, we tend to see UGGs these days and think, oh, look, bridge-and-tunnel. I’m not saying this is a good thing, just the way the East Village tends to be. Although I make a horribly unfashionable resident. Currently I’m busy being annoyed by gardening clogs…people, I understand that they’re comfortable and all, but they might just make UGGs look nice.
Vinny – Me too. I live and die by public transit.
And don’t worry Vinny, it’s not a dirty movie. It’s about a beach! I think. Unless we’re talking about the X-Rated version, which I’m sure exists.
It’s not so bad if you drive around with a cup and some quarters, and play some sort of game around right-hand turns and hit pedestrians.
Okay, note to self. Don’t drive/walk/be on the street anytime Earl is in a car.
but the picture is horrible. Sid’s girlfriend probably looks better.
Don’t worry, all pictures are bad. I was going to scan mine to show you guys just how pre-teen I look in it. And don’t compare yourself to Sid! We all know it’s all artificial anyways.
Oh, but Mags, you don’t look at all bridge-and-tunnel, so in my mind are exempt from the UGGs judging.
I like UGGs :) but I’m not a fan of the skinny jeans. Stupid jeans. I’m hoping they go out of fashion and I stop seeing them. :(
Thanks everyone! May you not be on the road while i’m driving :).
Sherry, I also hate to drive. I refuse to drive on highways. I am like a 12-year-old, in that I make Boomer drive me places if I can’t get to them on surface streets. I had to have periodontal surgery last year, and getting to the periodontist’s office involved just crossing a highway, and I made Boomer drive me for all my office visits. She even sat in the waiting room while I had the 90-minute procedure done, and then had to drive me for all my follow-ups. I’m such a baby.
And my favorite thing about passing the test to get my license was that I had the most lenient grader EVER. I went throught the winding road course, came to a stop, and he said, bone-dry, “Well, if that was a ravine you’d been driving along, we’d be dead now, but I’ll pass you anyway.” Heh.
Katebits, don’t worry about Sid. His relationship with hockey is more fulfilling than any boy/girl love affair could ever be.
And congratulations, Vinny!
I’m so behind on these comments.
And my favorite thing about passing the test to get my license was that I had the most lenient grader EVER.
The lady that examined me today was really really cold. Ice! But after the test, she asked if I was nervous XD. And I mucked up my parallel parking, but she passed me :D so I guess she’s lenient?
I haven’t parallel parked since my driving test! (Nor have I ever pumped my own gas, but that’s a Jersey thing…)
I took my entire test with the parking brake on. My mother had accidently turned it on and I didn’t know how to turn it off. Lets just say that my tester was less than thrilled but passed me anyway.
And my favorite thing about passing the test to get my license was that I had the most lenient grader EVER.
Gosh, I can only hope the same courtesy is extended to me. I dread driving, absolutely dread it. Which is why I never drove after I got my G2. Apparently, my tester was one of the hardest and he was also really cold during the whole thing but he passed me, which surprised the hell out of me. I must have been smiling like I just won the lottery when I was doing my paperwork afterwards. My driving instructor came with me and he was just as surprised as I am.
The G exam means you have to go on the highway, and do everything you did in G2 except harder. I’m not looking forward to it but it’s just a lot more convenient if you have a license, although I don’t see the point since I don’t own a car.
Currently I’m busy being annoyed by gardening clogs
Word.
I can see where you’re coming from, about the bridge and tunnel people. But yeah, such is life. I still wear mine because it’s so fricking cold here in the winter that it’s either that or moon boots. UGGs work better with jeans.
I went to go buy a new pair last week and the sales lady said “Well, they really only look good with skinny jeans, and you REALLY don’t have the build for those”. I just stood there stunned for a couple of seconds.
I just stood there stunned for a couple of seconds.
HAHA, I think you ought to take it as a compliment, although I can understand why you think they’re fug. I can’t pull them off at all since I have short legs and they just bring out their stumpiness.
I went to go buy a new pair last week and the sales lady said “Well, they really only look good with skinny jeans, and you REALLY don’t have the build for those”. I just stood there stunned for a couple of seconds.
wtf. she should be fired! *drops f-bombs like sid*
>( did you file a complaint?!
Re: driving, the first 3 times I took the test I failed miserably. I got so stressed out I started crying the first time. It was pathetic. The fourth time I did it the test I figured, wth, who gives a damn and the test dude me listen to my iPod and I did just fine. It was really weird and nice at the same time.
I can see where you’re coming from, about the bridge and tunnel people. But yeah, such is life. I still wear mine because it’s so fricking cold here in the winter that it’s either that or moon boots. UGGs work better with jeans.
UGGs only bother me in the summer (particularly with dresses). In the winter they just strike me as totally logical footwear. Since it almost never snows in NYC and when it does it immediately turns into soupy slush and everything gets wet, so I don’t think they’re particularly logical here, but elswehere they certainly make sense.
I went to go buy a new pair last week and the sales lady said “Well, they really only look good with skinny jeans, and you REALLY don’t have the build for those”. I just stood there stunned for a couple of seconds.
Ick. I’d be buying my shoes elsewhere if a sales lady said that to me.
I hate those gardening clogs! (We are talking about Crocs, right? Because if I didn’t hate them enough already, I recently saw Foppa’s ad for them, and that made my eyes vomit in their own mouths.) But I wear Danskos every day, so I’m probably not much better…
Mags, I would have given a Crunchy death glare to that sales lady telling you that stuff about skinny jeans. Wow.
IPB chewed my comment.
I think it was the f-bomb. IPBfilter apparently doesn’t want me to tarnish my schoolgirl image :(
But it wasn’t even a blatant fbomb! I was just trying to be like Sid ;_;!
Really, no one except the dangerously thin, look good in skinny jeans.
Really, no one except the dangerously thin, look good in skinny jeans.
I mean seriously! Imagine if Sid wore skinny jeans :X.
Really, no one except the dangerously thin, look good in skinny jeans.
Like my twin. Don’t envy her one bit though.
I would have given a Crunchy death glare to that sales lady telling you that stuff about skinny jeans.
I did something like that. With more swearing. And chewing her out.
Schnookie, I unapologetically wear Danskos every day too. Danskos are ugly but they’re not CROC ugly, right? I mean, at least they’re not made out of brightly colored plastic.
My friend’s parents have more than one pair of Crocs each. Apparently, to ‘colour coordinate with outfits’.
Heh. I bet Crunchy invented skinny jeans!
But I wear Danskos every day, so I’m probably not much better…
I love my Danskos so, so much. They are so infinitely better than Crocs. There’s nothing wrong with clogs, just with plastic clogs that have holes in them.
Really, no one except the dangerously thin, look good in skinny jeans.
My roommate could totally wear them. But she doesn’t because, as she points out, her chicken legs are not actually her favorite feature. Also, being that thin is a total pain. She has to get everything altered, slacks, boots, dresses, bras…you name it, she knows where to get it tailored. And if she doesn’t need to get it altered it’s because she bought it online in a size they don’t actually carry in stores. No thank you. I’d rather be the size I am than model-skinny.
Ok….so my driving test, when I was sixteen (please remember I grew up in a farming community in Eastern Washington) was taken in 4 door dually (you know two sets of wheels on each side) extended bed diesel truck. Um..yeah. I actually did the parallel parking. I think the guy gave me the license just for that fact. Needless to say, I can drive any vehicle and pretty much park anywhere. Yes, that is just how kick ass I am. Earl can attest to my bull riding.
Not to mention……..I live in Seattle area which means functional mass transit is non-existant.
Earl can attest to my bull riding.
Shit, that so came out wrong.
Umm, is the clothing/footwear debate over? I got nothing to add there, except that I do now know that green is for pimps.
As for poor little Sid, I can’t wait to see how red he gets when Mario finds his refridgerator poetry. “‘Ode to your eggshelf’?! ‘Make me some more ice’?! This is NOT Hart material, Siddy.”
green is for pimps.
And leprechauns.
Earl can attest to my bull riding.
Tee-hee! Dirty.
I just finished reading Chapter 1 of Shattuck boys. Model UN and Aloysius and computer camp? Brilliant.
On the subject of shoes. Yes there are comfortable heels, but you need to be willing to pay for them, as in a months salary. So, not really worth it.
UGG’s….I owned them when I lived in the Yukon when they were not only NOT COOL, but actually used for functional reasons. Crocs are horrible. But my standby is SCOTT Slippers or as you all call them flip flops……most comfortable things in the world. Thank god for no dress code at my office.
green is for pimps.
awwww….Earl likes my shirt……..I have found a few more attitude shirts for you Earl.
:0 waht? Shattuck Boys is being handed out and read? I want a copy :D!
I love flip flops and I love heels. I love footwear.
IPB chewed my comment.
I think it was the f-bomb. IPBfilter apparently doesn’t want me to tarnish my schoolgirl image :(
Vinny, you naughty little vixen! Comment restored, somewhat belatedly — see #149
I can imagine that Sid has spent many a tearful morning trying to get dressed in clothes he got from Crunchy’s Big Ten Fashion Emporium and ripping out the seat of his skinny jeans.
Vinny, send an email to interchangeablepartsblog [at] gmail [dot] com and I’ll try to send you a copy of Shattuck Boys!
It’s okay Schnookie :D Mags sent me :D
I’m going out for lunch everyone :) Don’t comment so much that when I come back I have to read 300+ :D
I love flip flops and I love heels. I love footwear.
Same here. I sprained my ankle like 3 months ago and it’s just now gotten to a point where I can wear real heels again (as opposed to just little kitten heels). I’m very happy about that.
–ookies please send a copy to my Landlord (aka Nikki) who laughed hysterically at the waitress only with a brief rendition of the story a told her a couple of weeks ago.
mymomdy@comcast.net
Thanks
Thanks for sending SB, Mags! You’re like IPB’s personal secretary now!! ;-) (I think, of course, that secretaries are incredibly cool — even, dare I say it, cook.)
I sprained my ankle 8 years ago and still use it as an excuse why I can’t wear heels!
personal secretary
*gigglesnort* that’s the third time someone has told me that today. Crazy.
I hear it a lot, too, Mags. Although I am a secretary, so it makes some sense… (Correction: I am an administrative professional. I need to remind myself of that to maintain my self-respect. :P)
By the way, everyone — at the rate we’ve been going here with the comments at IPB, we should be hitting our 10,000th comment sometime in the next two days. There will be all kinds of IPBucks and IPBalloons falling from the sky for the lucky person who leaves that comment! (Serious bonus points if that comment includes a word from the “-bits” family.)
I bought a $5 pair of heels at Wal-Mart while having a shoe emergency in rural Indiana, and they are one of the most comfortable pairs of shoes that I own. Second only to my Addidas slides that can go through water, mud, grass, swimming pools and still look spiffy.
Schnookie, when I was in college, I went on a road-trip with friends to the Jersey shore (over the 4th of July weekend-crazy, right). When we needed gas in Jersey, one of the guys we were with was trying to be all chivalrous and pump the gas for us girls, when he was shooed back into the car by the attendant. One of the funniest moments of that trip.
Does ‘-bits’ in the name count? Because then I think Katebits has an unfair advantage.
Aaah, stupid tags. My comment in italics was in response to Schnookie commenting about never pumping her own gas in Jersey.
I think Mags and I should get some sort of an award for our obnoxious spamming. Although lately we have attempted at getting better so less stupid stuff from us.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for the IPBAwards Ceremony, where everybody is a winner. One-time commentors get participation ribbons.
Really, the only reason we’ve gotten any less spammy is because we spam each other over AIM now. It’s because we love you all too much to bother you with all the Reekie talk ;)
I’m off to make prawn kebabs for dinner. Be back in a few.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for the IPBAwards Ceremony, where everybody is a winner.
Warning: awards may be taken away and re-awarded at IPB’s whim.
Does ‘-bits’ in the name count? Because then I think Katebits has an unfair advantage.
Hee. I knew I was on to something when I pounced on the “bits” suffix. I’m totally going to win the IPB all-inclusive vacation prize, I just know it! I can feel it in my bonebits!
Warning: awards may be taken away and re-awarded at IPB’s whim.
Just like everything in my life……..
Oho, Amy, I’m glad you got out of that gas-pumping situation with your life! The attendants here can be very territorial!
No, Sherry, Katebits doesn’t get extra points for the -bits in her name — that would be totally unfair! The IPBAwards Ceremony is going to rock, becauase we’re not just going to be an “everybody gets a trophy” kind of organization. We’re going to be an “everybody gets two trophies” organization, but you all only get to keep them for, like, three minutes before we give them to someone else.
And Mags and a.oil, you know your so-called “spamming” has never been unwelcome here, right? :-) (So self-conscious, these thread-killers! Although after all the mean things I said about the Reekster yesterday, I can see why you don’t want to talk about him around me…)
The IPBAwards Ceremony is going to rock, becauase we’re not just going to be an “everybody gets a trophy” kind of organization. We’re going to be an “everybody gets two trophies” organization, but you all only get to keep them for, like, three minutes before we give them to someone else.
okay, but if we get 2 could we at least keep one?
Time for on air, see you at 3.
No, Sherry, Katebits doesn’t get extra points for the -bits in her name — that would be totally unfair!
HEY! I thought you were against changing the rules to adapt to the cunning play of a single player! Just because I reinvented the game doesn’t mean I don’t deserve the 2003 Conn Smythe!
Have fun, Sherry! Send us lots of loving shoutouts that someone else can report back to me about! (Really, you can mail in the early-week shows and just rock out on Fridays when I’m listening. Because me listening is all that really matters, right?)
Time for on air, see you at 3.
Knock ‘em dead, Sherry!
Enjoy Sherry. I’ll tune in :D
HEY! I thought you were against changing the rules to adapt to the cunning play of a single player! Just because I reinvented the game doesn’t mean I don’t deserve the 2003 Conn Smythe!
You are very cunning, aren’t you, to try to distract from your blatant cheating by launching the Official Argument of IPB! Well it won’t work! And yes, I’ll go all “Harrison Bergeron” if it will work out in my favor — I’ve never said I’m not a complete hypocrite.
Kick ass, Sherry!
“Harrison Bergeron”
That’s Vonnegut! I read that! I though it was so depressing.
Pookie and I actually call the trapezoid rule the “Harrison Bergeron Rule”. (I read that story in 6th grade and barely remember it, so that could be a huge stretch of a reference for all I know…)
You are very cunning, aren’t you, to try to distract from your blatant cheating by launching the Official Argument of IPB! Well it won’t work! And yes, I’ll go all “Harrison Bergeron” if it will work out in my favor — I’ve never said I’m not a complete hypocrite.
Hrumph. I have only a very vague conceptual understanding of Harrison Bergeron, so I declare NO FAIR! Let’s bring this discussion back to references I understand, like fridges with fleshbits, and Battlestar Galactica, and then we can talk.
No that makes sense. Handicap the skilled to put them on the same level as the least able.
Dammit! I should have bluffed! You don’t know what your talking about either! Dammit!
Speak slowly for me I only understand small words….
Only Mags understands what’s going on here. You are unfairly handicapping me!
Mags doesn’t understand shit…..even if she could she is all wrapped up in running in a field of daisies with Reekie….
Ignorance is no defense, Katebits!
even if she could she is all wrapped up in running in a field of daisies with Reekie….
Why make him all uncomfortable like that? He’d clearly be more at-home in the familiar confines of Lego Land.
Actually, I think that the “bits” in the names should count, but everyone should add it for the next couple of days. It would be a wonderful celebration of all things “bits”. I can’t think of a better way honor the IPB’s meteoric climb into comment thread history.
Go read Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron. It’s a depressing but interesting look at a society where everyone is made equal to the lowest common denominator by handicapping those who are prettier, more intelligent or more athletic.
Earlbits
Oilbits
Magsbits
It’s a lego field of daisies, Earl. You know, the little three-stemmed lego flowers that you could stick on lego ground or on round legos to make it look like a vase… I don’t know if these newfangled legos have them anymore, what with all the fancy, specialized geegaws they make nowadays, but when I was a kid we had to use our imaginations to make lego things, and then we had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to be able to play with them.
Katebits, I think a -bitsabration is in order!
Earlbits
Ok…my mind went in the gutter….I don’t think Earl can add that since he has “bits” (or please god don’t make me consider the other options) I would never be able to type to him the same.
Playing catch up. Don’t mind me.
- The only 3rd jerseys I generally like are throwbacks. I mean, I know I’m beating a dead buffalo at this point, but thank god for our third jerseys. I don’t know what I would’ve bought if they didn’t exist.
- I love baseball and homeruns – unless they’re dramatically placed – are boring. I always loved the great defensive players (like Andy Van Slyke, Steph) and even now, I hate when Baseball Tonight has a string of homeruns on the top plays list.
- Skinny jeans don’t look good on anyone, even the skinny, IMO. In fact, I almost think they look worse on little chicken legs and bony hips. Ugh, not my think.
- I went through a period where I asked every customer I cashed out who was wearing crocs how comfortable they were because they just look so ridiculous. I’ve never heard of these danskos so I’ll have to do some research.
- I’m the designated driver in my family. My husband – the one who grew up in Buffalo – makes me – the one who grew up in Alabama – drive if there’s even a hint of snowfall. He also makes me drive if there’s going to be a lot of traffic, a tight parking lot, or a left hand turn onto a busy road.
Is Sleekbits any better?
Is Sleekbits any better?
Nope…mind still firmly planted in the gutter. Worse I have seen pictures of Sleek to put a face to the pictures…….it becomes uncomfortable. Really. Ask Mags.
It’s a depressing but interesting look at a society where everyone is made equal to the lowest common denominator by handicapping those who are prettier, more intelligent or more athletic.
Dude. That is so what Schnookie is trying to do to me. Or maybe I’m just trying to drag you all down to me with the “bits” thing. It’s hard to say.
Sleekbits is so, so, so much worse.
A Bitsabration! (It took me a second to work that one out Schnookie. I had to say it out loud!)
or a left hand turn onto a busy road.
Oh my god — I can’t even cope with thinking about left-hand turns onto busy roads! They’re almost as bad as merging. But not quite. Merging is the absolute worst.
Mental note…..Never let Schnookie drive with me….I would probably give her an instant heart attack.
So Earl is strangly silent while we are discussing his “bits”….
I’m a pretty interesting driver. I’ve always driven an SUV, so I sorta have trouble when I’m forced to drive a smaller car. Especially one that is closer to road level. I’m all “I can’t see over the next car mom! *panic*”. Not good.
I have a love/hate relationship with driving. I love love empty, multi-lane freeways, but driving in Boston is my personal hell. (Actually, it’s a lot of people’s hell–anyone who’s been here or looked at a street map will agree.)
So Earl is strangly silent while we are discussing his “bits”….
They don’t have an opinion. Also, Mags is demanding payment for mentioning Lego Land and Reekie on the same internet.
anyone who’s been here or looked at a street map will agree
My hometown’s official nickname is Spaghetti City. And not because we have a lot of excellent pasta restaurants here.
Um….I used to love driving. Back when I was married I used to think it was so stupid that my husband (who was clearly the inferior driver of the two of us) always drove. Now that I am single……and I spend most of my life driving all over to ice rinks………I WANT SOMEONE TO DRIVE FOR ME. That is actually probably only one my only reasons for even bothering to occassionally date…..maybe one of them could be my driver…..
The more I think about it….I could actually get married again. If the guy drove. Shut up. Didn’t bother me and did laundry.
I think that is a hell of deal actually.
Katebits, yeah, “Bitsabration” didn’t look the way I’d hoped it would when I wrote it down. I’m glad you took the time to sound it out, though!
Oh, and Mags totally wins the rarely awarded (yet totally coveted) “Immediately Understood The Obscure Cultural Reference Shnookie Was Using” trophy. Nicely done, Mags!
Earl also wins the “Best Lego Jab Taken At Reekie Today” award.
I see that you are not all racing to add “bits” to your names. Just try it! You might like it. Release your bits! It’s very freeing, actually.
I can’t add bits to my name! I would have to re-set my blog author name up, and that’s something Pookie took care of, and I don’t even know how to change it! (Pookie has to drive me places, she has to do my blog tech stuff… I’m totally dysfunctional as a human being.)
And yes, Katebits, we need you encouraging everyone to freebits it around here!
“Immediately Understood The Obscure Cultural Reference Shnookie Was Using” trophy.
W00t! *puts it up on the wall next to the other medals*
Oh my god — I can’t even cope with thinking about left-hand turns onto busy roads! They’re almost as bad as merging. But not quite. Merging is the absolute worst.
Oh, yeah I forgot about merging. I have to do that too. Basically I do all the driving. I guess it’s no wonder though. He’ll drive 5 miles out of the way to avoid a lefthand turn and I spend the whole 5 miles griping about how much time and gas we’re wasting.
Kate, EJ Hradek of Sports Illustrated was on Schoop and the Bulldog yesterday – I wasn’t listening, I swear! – and he said that most of the Drury rumors are just rumors because Chris, his agent, and Darcy are all guys who keep their cards very close to their chest. They don’t negotiate through the media, they don’t really talk to the people around them. He said that in this case, fans AND reporters are basically grabbing onto whatever they can and running with it. Drury has a summer home in California? He wants to be there all year! He’s best friends with Mike Grier? He wants to play in San Jose! He hasn’t say anything definitive about wanting to return to Buffalo? He hates it and everyone who lives there! Hradek said he thinks San Jose has a good shot at Chris if he doesn’t stay in Buffalo but that he doesn’t think Buffalo is out of the question at this point and that you can disregard almost every rumor that involves “Drury said…” because it’s probably not true.
So you were right! :-)
You don’t leave comments in the normal reply box like the rest of us? This leads me to a question I have about wordpress. Do you like it? typepad is really getting on my last nervies lately and I’ve been thinking about making a switch.
I utterly adore WordPress. I mean, really, really love it. I love the professional look of the template we chose (if any of you don’t like our template, you can just suck it!), I love the functionality of it, I love how the comments are so easy to read… I just adore it. It has some limited features, I’m told, compared with the other blog thingies (I am out of my element talking about this exactly… NOW!), with regards to stats and metrics and shit like that. And I think there are some issues with posting pictures or something, but that might just be that Pookie tries to reinvent the wheel on the rare occasions we want to be illustrative. I also really prefer how WordPress blogs read compared to the ones I encounter on, say, blogspot. I just find it a bit more user-friendly and readable. Of course, I’m 31-going-on-80, so I think I just like how spare our template is.
Heather, Wooo-ooo! I told you! My sexy, bland passionate warrior isn’t going to be all blabby about things! No way! He really only reveals himself when we are frolicking in the daisy field. Obviously we haven’t been there much since the end of the season. (We had a brief second to catch up during the Game to Remember, but Soupy and Teppo were also there so we couldn’t do much except covertly stare meaningfully at one another.)
Schnookie. I really like how your blog looks too, but the thing I really like in comparison to my blog is how the comments work. The last straw with me and typepad is that they have put one of those “user confrimation” automated robot thingies on my comments. So now, to leave a comment you have to tyoe in a weird jumble of numbers to prove you are a real person and not a robot spammer. What if Sidney Crosby want to leave a comment or fucks sake?! Eff you typepad!
You don’t leave comments in the normal reply box like the rest of us?
Well, I think I do, but I’m logged into IPB all day, too. I guess if I wanted to sign out and leave comments as an outsider I could — and simultaneously drive up our stats! Hey! This is a great idea! I can make us get to 100,000 views that much faster!!
I can’t believe there isn’t a single other person freebitsing it around here! Get on board, and loosen up people. God gave you bits! Flaunt ‘em!
So now, to leave a comment you have to tyoe in a weird jumble of numbers to prove you are a real person and not a robot spammer. What if Sidney Crosby want to leave a comment or fucks sake?! Eff you typepad!
I really, really loathe those things. I suppose it helps if you have a lot of commentors who tend to get their comments stuck in your overaggressive spam filter, but that’s not really a problem we come up against much here…
And yeah! Poor Sid can’t leave comments on so many blogs out there! All this time he’s been trying to reach me on HLOG and can’t get past the robot test. That’s awful.
Mind. Gutter. All this bits talk.
Typepad is just stupid and blatantly discriminatory towards robits.
Wow, robits is the best typo ever!
I can’t believe there isn’t a single other person freebitsing it around here!
I can’t believe there isn’t a single other person here, period. Do you get the feeling we’re the crickets chirping in the empty hollows of IPB while everyone is hoarding their comment buddies greedily in single-contact IM World?
God gave you bits! Flaunt ‘em!
The proud entry that won Katebits the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” Award… for now.
Mind. Gutter.
Hee. TheGuMags’Mindtter.
ROBITS!
Kate, you just stole your own “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” Award!
Sid so has robits! They’re sidrobits.
CRAP YOU GUYS. For some reason the Tigers game started at 1:05 today, SOMEONE CHEER AND FAST. (This isn’t fair why are they making me choose between Magglio and Sherry?)
Also because Jordi incriminated me and I feel the need to defend myself, I support the Oilers third jerseys because they are such a dark pretty blue that anyone who is extremely pale and blonde looks exceedingly pretty in them (not that I have anyone particular in mind or anything). And um. I’m done.
I can’t believe there isn’t a single other person here, period. Do you get the feeling we’re the crickets chirping in the empty hollows of IPB while everyone is hoarding their comment buddies greedily in single-contact IM World?
Yeah, and when they come back they are going to have all sorts of new inside jokes that we don’t understand. (Let’s not tell them about robits.)
They’re sidrobits.
That’s just too perfect for words.
I hate those little “type these letters” boxes. Sometimes I have to attempt them three times before I can get my comments to post on HLOG. Which may say more about me than them but still!
oh well sorry…I was momentarly working and discussing PP’s pink gloves going on mags’ f’cking awesome helmet.
WAIT! RAIN DELAY! CRISIS OVER!
I want to take a brief moment to say that I love driving, particularly driving fast on the highway, and quite miss it. I’m pretty comfortable driving in any kind of situation (my parents were rather exacting teachers). I can’t parallel park to save my life though. Haven’t done it since I took my road test.
Yeah, we are SO keeping robits to ourselves. Oh, and when they come back, let’s make a bit point of laughing really loud and then getting all quiet when they come in, so they think we’re laughing at them!
I hate those little “type these letters” boxes. Sometimes I have to attempt them three times before I can get my comments to post on HLOG. Which may say more about me than them but still!
Me too Heather! I can very rarely read those things on the first try. We must both be part robot….
WAIT! RAIN DELAY! CRISIS OVER!
The apocalypse has been averted. XD
I think the problem with the letter boxes is that if you take too long typing your comment those letters are no longer valid and you need new ones. Or at least that’s what I tell myself.
Parallel parking was always really easy to me…backing up into a spot though? HAHAHA no.
Steph, thinking a dark, dark blue looks good on a certain blond-haired, blue-eyed lad is as good a reason as any to love a sweater. Just as long as you recognize that if that certain lad wasn’t wearing it anymore, the sweater would suck.
Heather, I also bungle the robot test on blogspot all the time. And there’s something wonky with my computer today and it won’t let me load the blogspot comment screens. So no comments from me today on topshelf or HLOG. Sorry, kids.
GOOOOOO TIGERS!!!!
Beat the hell out of that rain delay!
I think the problem with the letter boxes is that if you take too long typing your comment those letters are no longer valid and you need new ones. Or at least that’s what I tell myself.
Meg, that’s a fantastic excuse! I’m going to use it from now on!
Parallel parking was always really easy to me…backing up into a spot though?
Christ. That is something I have never tried, and never will.
And there’s something wonky with my computer today and it won’t let me load the blogspot comment screens
Like mine is doing to IPB. On all the browsers I have. O well, I can still see what’s going on and hope my comments go through if I click submit often enough.
Parallel parking was always really easy to me…backing up into a spot though? HAHAHA no.
I’m not sure I’ve ever even attempted that.
Heather, Topshelf narrowly avoided another rambling, nonsensical rant from me today. I actually wrote a whole big long comment and then deleted it because it sounded pretty desperate even to me. But now that distinguished SI writers are taking my Drury theories seriously, I realize I should be so shy about sharing my wisdom with the world. :D
..I recently saw Foppa’s ad for them, and that made my eyes vomit in their own mouths.
I’m still trying to catch up, and I might never since I’m at work, but I just had to say that that is HILARIOUS.
OOOhhh…well I just got the phone call that PP is sick with the flu….and when I say flu I mean has been vomiting non-stop. I was a bit concerned at first that I had left her at the house with not Nikki (she is a nurse and actually had to work today) but with her husband and their 2 kids (one of them also being sick) thinking…wow, he isn’t going to be happy about this at all. I assumed that the phone call was in reference to “WHEN THE HELL CAN YOU GET HERE”. Alas, it was not. He said that she had been sick all morning, but that she was happily eating candy right now. Hm…….sick kid…candy…..oh well…he is a man for goodness sakes……..!
Like mine is doing to IPB.
Mags, that’s terrible!!! I was near tears this morning because my computer was also eating my gmail, which was making it difficult for me to communicate with Pookie about our fridge disaster, and, more importantly, what we think Crunchy and Staffy are doing on their vacations.
Hm…….sick kid…candy…..oh well…he is a man for goodness sakes……..!
Eh…better that than nothing. Vomiting on an empty stomach is entirely too miserable.
Poor, poor PP! (Although Meg’s right — better to have something to vomit than not.)
Crunchy is meticulously photographing the shores of Lake Michigan. He’s just trying to be the best hobbiest he can be. And Staffy is sitting an the couch right next to me. Say hi, Staffy!
Hi guys. (that was Staffy)
Well PP has a stomach of steel and is a professional puker. So I am sure she will be right back into the bathroom soon. However, she is under the belief structure….it is going to come out anyway….why have crackers, I might as well eat something I enjoy.
and, more importantly, what we think Crunchy and Staffy are doing on their vacations.
Yeah, I can see where life hinges on that discussion :P
Crunchy is meticulously photographing the shores of Lake Michigan. He’s just trying to be the best hobbiest he can be. And Staffy is sitting an the couch right next to me.
That’s about what we figured.
I will never understand those dumb anti-robot things. I mean, why do they have to make them near illegible? If it’s an image file why does it matter if it has like, argyle patterns crisscrossed over the jumble of letters so you can’t tell if that’s a 6, a J, or a little pictograph of an elephant?
And Schnookie, does it count if I realize that as only a sweater by itself it would suck, but I never have this problem because I am able to easily conjure up and image of said blonde haired blue eyed lad wearing said awful sweater, thus making it no longer awful?
You’d better be cheering hard, Earl, I’m losing faith in you after the past two days! (How was the game yesterday, by the way?)
And the backing into a spot thing is not only terrifying, but it was a part of my (and, well, anyone who takes the test in Michigan) road test. I think since then I have done it maybe, maybe three or so times.
You guys hate those robit-blocking spam-comment guards? Try teaching 9 computer novices how to sign up for free email accounts. Nobody ever fills out the form correctly (how hard it is to type the same password twice in a row?!) so each person fills out the form at least 3 times each, and has to do that stupid comment word jumble every flirking time.
Nice seamless use of “robit”, Pookie!
Earl, I’m losing faith in you after the past two days!
Yeah, it’s been bugging me also. What am I doing wrong? Was it bad of me to learn actual player names for an all-star ballot that I never got to see? Was it bad of me to actually tune in to that one ESPN game for a few pitches?
I am currently de-bugging my baseball mojo; hopefully I can get things working again by the end of this delay.
You know, Steph, now that you mention it, I think I had to do a pretty lengthy straight reverse on my driving test. But no backing into spaces. I bet if my driving test grader hadn’t kept his thoughts to himself, he probably would have said of my straight reverse, “If we’d just been backing over a one-lane bridge spanning a swollen river, we’d be dead now. But I’ll pass you anyway.”
And it’s not any better that you can all-too-easily imagine your blond-haired, blue-eyed lad in those sweaters. What that means is that you have a problem. :P
Yeah, I can see where life hinges on that discussion.
I knew you’d understand, Mags!
Hi all!
Katebits / Schnookie – do you think Crunchy strategically placed his brother’s cup ring in the photo of Lake MI somewhere – kinda like his own ‘where’s waldo’?
As for driving, I used to like it. Then I got a job that requires I spend 2 hours of every day driving on highways. I was sort of okay with that until I started watching ‘Mythbusters’. They showed what a bit of rubber tire coming off a semi would do to a human head. And they crash a lot of cars for fun. Since watching it, I’ve noticed so much dangerous stuff on my drives. Like the person who nearly rear-ended me going 80+ miles per hour today (the only thing that saved me was my wild swerve into the thankfully empty next lane). And I’m getting crazy signs too, like the 3 funeral processions last week, and the casket company truck today.
do you think Crunchy strategically placed his brother’s cup ring in the photo of Lake MI somewhere
I think Crunchy did something like that. Only it wasn’t placing the ring in the “photo” of Lake Michigan, and there was nothing “strategic” about it. BabyCrunchy was like, “Dude, you just threw my ring into the lake!” And Crunchy just gave him the death glare and stomped off into the woods to be the best devastated older brother whose asshole younger brother lucked into winning a Stanley Cup first he could possibly be.
Okay guys. I have got to peel myself away from the computer for awhile. You all are sitting at your jobs pretending to work, but I am sitting on my couch acting like a slug (And sadly, I’m not a speedy Buffaslug, I’m an icky slimy bug slug.) I;ve got to pull it together here.
Heather, Topshelf narrowly avoided another rambling, nonsensical rant from me today. I actually wrote a whole big long comment and then deleted it because it sounded pretty desperate even to me.
So wait, Kate are you saying that the last rambling, nonsensical rant you left didn’t seem desperate? :-) Seriously, I’d rather read a desperately hopeful comment than another desperate “Oh my God Darcy should be fired/Buffalo is worthless” comments so feel free!
I think Crunchy is slumped in a chair in his parents’ living room, staring nastily at the Stanley Cup while muttering, “I was the best professional goaltender I could be in the playoffs” over and over.
HA! the best devastated older brother whose asshole younger brother lucked into winning a Stanley Cup first
do you think the Niedermayers played that scenario out too?
Bye Katebits! We’ll miss you while you work out your icky slimy bug slug issues!
do you think the Niedermayers played that scenario out too?
Nah, just because it was much more of an “Oh, yeah. I’m younger, uglier, and have never been as good at anything as Scott” situation for Rob. It was entirely to be expected that Scott would win three Cups first, and when Rob finally did get one, it would only be because Scott came and took care of it for him. I mean, of course Scott won the Conn Smythe! It was just to rub it in to Rob how much better he is.
I think Crunchy did something like that. Only it wasn’t placing the ring in the “photo” of Lake Michigan, and there was nothing “strategic” about it. BabyCrunchy was like, “Dude, you just threw my ring into the lake!” And Crunchy just gave him the death glare and stomped off into the woods to be the best devastated older brother whose asshole younger brother lucked into winning a Stanley Cup first he could possibly be.
Okay, just as I was about to leave Schnookie and Heather both got really funny!
I know Heather! I’m totally pathetically desperate to continue loving Drury! If he actually spurns us to go to another team it really better be on the West coast because after all of this willful, unreasonable faith in him, it is going to be VERY painful if I have to see him on another team. But, don’t worry, he’ll be back. His eyes told me so in the PPB the other night! :)
do you think the Niedermayers played that scenario out too?
I don’t know. Atleast with the Niedermayers it was the older, more talented brother that actually won. Still… the third time Rob was probably wanting to throw things in the lake.
“Why do I have to be Niedermayer 2?”
“Don’t even go there, Rob!”
Heather, you get two big, fat :^:::::::::::::::’s for both the Crunchy scenario and the Nieders!
I actually think that without the beards, Rob is the cuter Niedermayer. At least he’s got that. Poor Crunchy. BabyCrunchy is cuter and he’s got the cup.
What that means is that you have a problem.
You know what, if my biggest problem is the ability to spontaneously picture certain blonde haired blue eyed lads, then I think I am okay with it.
Our test involved backing into a car-sized spot (points docked if you ended up on the lines), then immediately driving forward out of it and parallel parking. I think it made some of my friends cry themselves to sleep.
I am currently de-bugging my baseball mojo; hopefully I can get things working again by the end of this delay.
I presume this touching story about Craig Monroe’s first hit in the major leagues they are wasting my time with would not particularly be inspiring? I hear they’re going to talk about Mags next though!
I actually think that without the beards, Rob is the cuter Niedermayer. At least he’s got that. Poor Crunchy. BabyCrunchy is cuter and he’s got the cup.
Wait, WHAT???
No way is Rob cuter than Scott. And no way is BabyCrunchy cuter– uh… on second thought…
okay… i need to know where you find good, early, reliable trade info. TSN.ca sux wind for info and timeliness.
what are the best hockey news sites out there?
You know what, if my biggest problem is the ability to spontaneously picture certain blonde haired blue eyed lads, then I think I am okay with it.
There are certainly worse problems to have, that’s for sure…
I can’t believe there isn’t a single other person freebitsing it around here! Get on board, and loosen up people. God gave you bits! Flaunt ‘em!
Mind if I join the IPBits party?
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This is what Sidbits robits could be experiencing!
I hear they’re going to talk about Mags next though!
Me? :P On a program about baseball? They must be talking about the only person on the planet who’s swing is worse than PitchyCrunchy’s
Ron Hextall had the best baseball swing in hockey
I would give Scott a slight edge because he has kind of that sweet, wistful look that I like. But I’d hardly call Rob ugly.
BabyCrunchy is definitely cuter than Crunchy although I’m not bowled over by either of them. It perplexes me because they have so many of the same features but for some reason they seem to pull together a little better on Drew. I’m completely in love with the wonky eyebrow at this point however so what do I know?
Wait, WHAT???
No way is Rob cuter than Scott.
Well, with the beard PapaNeider trumps everybody, but I really do think that in a situation where we could judge them both without weighing any factors besides their physical appearance, that Rob is better looking. Sure, Scott has got the intangibles, and at the end of the day, that’s what I’m looking for, but Rob has the best raw material.
Ron Hextall had the best baseball swing in hockey
I dunno, there seems to be some up-and-comers challenging that. Jamie McLennan? Chris Simon?
Agree with Katebits.
Rob…….just edges on top.
It perplexes me because they have so many of the same features but for some reason they seem to pull together a little better on Drew.
too funny Heather – Just like the difference between a Volvo and Jag? Same features but one definitely looks better
okay… i need to know where you find good, early, reliable trade info. TSN.ca sux wind for info and timeliness.
All of Buffalo seems to be obssessed with hockeybuzz.com but I’d question the “good” and “reliable” parts of your request list.
BabyCrunchy may be cuter, but he doesn’t have the Monocle Scholarship winning eyebrow!
See, I’ve always thought the Nieders had the same thing going as the Crunchys: they have basically identical facial elements, but they fit together differently. Of course, the Nieders are both actually what you could call “relatively handsome”, while the Crunchys look like they have “great personalities” (if that). But anyway, I always thought Scott had a nice, even-featured thing going on, while Rob’s face was like the Cam Ward “inbred puppy-mill” version of Scott.
BabyCrunchy may be cuter, but he doesn’t have the Monocle Scholarship winning eyebrow!
It really is all about the monocle brow.
okay… i need to know where you find good, early, reliable trade info. TSN.ca sux wind for info and timeliness.
Spector’s Hockey is not only the best source for confirmed trade rumors, but Lyle is also very diligent at reporting the breaking news as well. He’s definitely a daily read during the offseason, and a weekly one during the season as well.
As for good, early, reliable Gatorade info, then go hit your local BoC.
Rob’s face was like the Cam Ward “inbred puppy-mill” version of Scott.
Okay yeah that might have just killed me a little.
BabyCrunchy may be cuter, but he doesn’t have the Monocle Scholarship winning eyebrow!
I do think that while Drew is conventionally cuter, there is something interesting about Ryan’s face. Take that as you will, I guess. It appeals to me in a weird kind of way but I can understand why other people wouldn’t be drawn to him.
the Crunchys look like they have “great personalities” (if that)
What, not a fan of Crunchy’s serious, earnest, cranky, hands-off personality? Life can’t just be nice, even features.
It really is all about the monocle brow.
Crunchy packs quite a dollop of hot into that one wonky brow. It’s like God was all, “Well, I’m going to put all of this kid’s attractiveness into one feature at the expense of all the otherfeatures. That could be funny. Then I’ll make him a really high stung, highly professional goalie. Now that I think about it, this will also be a funny trick to play on all of the puck bunnies in Buffalo, NY…..”
Katebits… the brow certainly works in a stare-down situtation. I’d be mesmerized rushing the puck at him. *blink*
Mind if I join the IPBits party?
zot, welcome aboard. I’d say you have some catching up to do, but that t-shirt indicates you’re pretty well up to speed. :)
k… i’m just gonna throw this out there for the sake of it… what if Drury and Briere go UFA and Buffalo goes after Ryan Smyth.
Everyone Oilers fan in the world would cry. A lot.
i’m actually kinda p.o.’d at the Sabres management over this… inquiring fans want to know… why the suspense – it can never be good.
Dammit! Tigers game officially postponed due to rain.
what if Drury and Briere go UFA and Buffalo goes after Ryan Smyth.
I’m pretending I didn’t hear it.
wow… i’m a threadkiller
Well, I think it’s really just Darcy being Darcy. He’s always slow and deliberate. Last off-season he signed every guy that didn’t go to arbitration RIGHT before his arbitration date so I don’t think the last minute-ness stuff going on now means anything. It’s pretty standard. It’s frustrating for sure, but I’m trying to cut the guy a little slack.
zot, welcome aboard. I’d say you have some catching up to do, but that t-shirt indicates you’re pretty well up to speed. :)
I second the sentiment! zot, you are most definitely well up to speed! Great t-shirt!
Katebits, Crunchy is now focusing all his energies on being the best guy on whom God was playing a cruel joke that he can possibly be.
what if Drury and Briere go UFA and Buffalo goes after Ryan Smyth.
I’m pretending I didn’t hear it.
Sorry Steph…. I am simply trying to justify the lack of talks tween Drury, Briere and management…. The Sabres would be like pizza without the sauce if they let them go…
Oil repeated bangs head agaisnt desk
Dammit! Tigers game officially postponed due to rain.
Yes!!! My losing streak comes to an end (or at least a break), thankfully.
I’ve heard if Drury and Briere go overboard, that the Sabres would sign Michael Peca(head) and make him Captain.
Is Smyth supposed to resign with Edmonton this off-season?
Oil, don’t do that. Think zen. Zeeeeeeeeeeen.
Great t-shirt!
I can’t really take any credit for it. I just get the weekly newsletter and thought that it was appropriate. :P
If Kukla is to be believed, hockeybuzz.com is essentially a fraud. I’d steer clear of if. July 1 is only a few days away. Just try to relax because you know nothing’s going to get done before then (a this is not something unique to Buffalo; notice Lou hasn’t exactly been negotiating with Raffie and Gomer, who are just as big a part of the Devils as Drury and Briere are the Sabres). Watch some “Sabres to Remember”, attend a baseball game with Earl and his magic making-baseball-palattable quarter game, contemplate what words best fit with the suffix -bits. It’ll all be over soon.
OMG … *kneeling to pray*
They cannot possibly sign Peca – he cant even hardly skate yet AND he comes from Toronto where they are lazy and overpaid. Poor work ethic (although, I suppose Peca has very little work ethic since he hasnt playes since xmas)
I think my comment just got munched on by Mr Spammy.
ahhh Pookie, reading that was like sitting in front of a lazy stream on a warm Sunday afternoon dreaming of Crunchy browbits and nibbling little cheesebits
Or alternatively my browser is just being an ass again.
Mags, I just checked the spam filter — nothing there. The interwebs are trying to eat your comments now! Bastards!
STOP….no more mentioning SMYTH. FUCK……..my kid is puking, my job has the worlds most idiotic people calling, a whole entire airline is seemingly avoiding me by not answering the phone, and I CAN NOT HANDLE SMYTH TALK TODAY.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…………..
oh and I have to drive across the state and deal with my family this weekend….can someone give me a BREAK????
I’ve heard if Drury and Briere go overboard, that the Sabres would sign Michael Peca(head) and make him Captain.
I highly doubt that. While I can’t recall ownership saying anything particularly negative, I get the feeling he didn’t leave under the best of circumstances. And I would be shocked if the brought in Peca and gave him the “C” over some of the guys already in Buffalo.
If Kukla is to be believed, hockeybuzz.com is essentially a fraud.
Oh, I believe it. But I can’t escape it.
I think my comment just got munched on by Mr Spammy.
I thought mine did too, and thought “Ooh, I feel like an Irregular already”, but it turns out it didn’t. Maybe I should try thread-killing.
The interwebs are trying to eat your comments now!
The internets, it gets you addicted, then it takes away the drugs. Bastards.
Crunchy is now focusing all his energies on being the best (insert description) that he can possibly be.
I know this is one of IPB’s most played-out jokes, but I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten to the point where Crunchy gets perturbed that one of his eyebrows is clearly not trying to be the best eyebrow it can possibly be.
I love you Earl. I needed that. Seriously.
Oil needs a restbits.
Maybe I should try thread-killing.
Come! Make our assasin duo and assasin line!
Maybe I should try thread-killing.
Come! Make our assassin duo and assassin line!
Jezus? WTH IS UP WITH MY INTERNET?!
Mags it is your demise of the lamp. Nothing in the house is willing to work until you get that lamp in the proper position.
hey gang, what’s the topic of discussion for today? haha just kidding, of course there’s no topic! But seriously, I was driving around the S.F. bay area all day yesterday with co-workers. With the conversation swinging wildy between “boring” and “non-offensive”, I kept thinking “I wonder what the Irregulars are talking about?”
Mags, when I see double comments like that it really makes me think it’s time to slow down on the liquor. Please don’t call my alcoholism into question again, thanks.
I know this is one of IPB’s most played-out jokes, but I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten to the point where Crunchy gets perturbed that one of his eyebrows is clearly not trying to be the best eyebrow it can possibly be.
I can’t believe I didn’t think of that — damn you, Earl, for besting me at my own game! (And what’s this “played out” of which you speak?)
Nothing in the house is willing to work until you get that lamp in the proper position.
Then those fuckers had better get their asses back from the hospital because I am not going to climb up there without someone there to catch me in case I fall.
Nope, not non-offensive or even politically correct today.
Reekie. Save me. Now.
Well Earl, your alcoholism was NEVER in question. it is firmly solified as fact.
With the conversation swinging wildy between “boring” and “non-offensive”, I kept thinking “I wonder what the Irregulars are talking about?”
I think we were pretty boring and inoffensive yesterday, what with the crotch novels and the pirate porn…
Pirate Porn?
YAARRRR!
Oil needs a restbits.
Hellooo? “Oil needs a restbits” , like rest (respite) from the Ryan Smyth talk? Heeello? That was hi-lar-ious guys. Try to keep up.
Hee. Sorry, I’m being extra obnox today! Carry on.
YOU SAID SMYTH AGAIN…………….
…..KATE….GRRRR
Katebits, “restbits” was so funny I couldn’t even touch it. It was radioactive it was so funny. I am now suffering restbits poisoning.
Watch it people. Oil and Mags are on edge.
I don’t know if this would qualify as offensive, but speaking of lamps, my aunt has a boob lamp. It’s actually a nice, can-put-it-anywhere-in-the-house kind of lamp until you look at it from the top, and voila, boob lamp!
Oh, sorry Oil! You deserve a restbits from that talk! My humble apologies.
I’m pretty sure I’m trying to pretend he doesn’t exist until whatever is going to happen does so, and I assume then I will cry for several days straight. Care to join me Oil?
Katebits, “restbits” was so funny I couldn’t even touch it. It was radioactive it was so funny. I am now suffering restbits poisoning.
Atta girl Schnookie!
Well sure Steph…I wasn’t aware that I had ever stopped on that topic.
Reekie. Save me. Now.
Ah, I can picture it now. ReekBits casually removes his round yellow head in order to put on his superhero cape, jumps into his Lego chopper, and hurries to save the day.
“Lamp’s misplaced? Where do you want it? One peg over, two pegs up?”
EARL…….SERIOUSLY IN LOVE.
Wait…….I LOVE REEKIE……..damn you.
I kind of skimmed the comments I haven’t caught up on yet, but I didn’t see this mentioned:
Brodeur is resigning from competition committee
Kind of surprising to me.
hmmm… S/w Ontario is in for it me thinks…
latest weather warning: torrential rainbits and damaging wind gusts up to 100 km/h. Furthermore funnel clouds have been reported near sarnia so there is still a risk of a tornado with these stormbits.
Ooh, what’s this I hear about a Brodeur temper tantrum? He wanted to make the crease bigger? Uh, talk about someone who’s been spending too much time in a field of daises!
Threadless shirts! I’m waiting until my next couple of cheques for this one:
http://www.threadless.com/product/868/Dulces_Vacaciones
Although I don’t know how that shade of green will look on me.
EARL…….SERIOUSLY IN LOVE.
Earl! You can stop looking for a wife now.
I love Marty, but I can totally see him stomping his feet and threatening to run a way from home after reading that article.
Earl, don’t forget that Reekbits will have to slowly make his way up a ladder to get to this lamp, so he’ll have to hook his little hands onto the rail, then unhook them, move up one more rung, hook them again, and so on. It’s painstaking, but he’s proving his love.
Woops, I think I did it wrong…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/rumors/post/Turco-may-replace-Brodeur-as-voice-of-goalies?urn=nhl,37696
Brodeur probably should’ve known it was going to be an uphill battle when they decided at the last second, “We should have a goalie on the committee? Well, okay if you really think so.” I do think the NHL is terrible in this regard. Sometimes they don’t protect the goalie at all, sometimes they overprotect him.
Thanks, Grace!
Everybody ignore my first link. For a “software” “developer”, I struggle mightily with comment coding.
I’m glad to see Marty’s given up on the stupid competition committee. He bitched pretty much from the start that they weren’t listening to him, and his complaints about what the league is doing to protect goalies are pretty valid. And seriously, look no further than the dopey-assed Harrison Bergeron rule to see that no one seems to care what the goalies think, anyway. Furthermore, he successfully accomplished what he wanted — to ban Ovie’s mirrored visor. He should be satisfied with that, and move on.
Come ON ladies, SHOW US YOUR BITS!
Hee, thank you very much. I’ll be here all week.
Come ON ladies, SHOW US YOUR BITS!
I’ll get my coat.
Yeah, you can clearly see that Marty was too distracted by the demands of the competition committee when the Devils resorted to starting a backup goalie this year.
I was kind of hoping Marty (yours) would be able to talk them out of that stupid trapezoid. If they put Marty (mine) in there instead, I doubt he could get any further.
Turco’s a good replacement choice. Maybe the rest of the committee will occasionally agree with him just to get him to stop talking. Throw Biron on the committee too (what’s with all the Marty goalies?) and goalies might suddenly find themselves able to do whatever they want.
Patty… sorry, is Marty (mine) a Biron Marty?
NP, Patty! I am awfully slow at this comment thing. I was always a bad jumproper, too.
I believe it is a Turco Marty.
Can we call one of them ‘Martin’ instead? To limit the confusion? Or last names? Last names would help.
okay.. i’ll retract that Marty bit
Yeah, you can clearly see that Marty was too distracted by the demands of the competition committee when the Devils resorted to starting a backup goalie this year.
Yeah, I love Marty being all, “I want to stop having to focus on this and focus on helping my team more…” because, uh, yeah. He really wasn’t ever there for the Devils this past season. Of course, maybe his poor showing in the playoffs was the fault of the competition committee! Maybe all that bizarre, totally-fabricated-so-the-haters-would-have-something-to-talk-about brouhaha about changing the playoff OT format was really eating at him?
I was kind of hoping Marty (yours) would be able to talk them out of that stupid trapezoid. If they put Marty (mine) in there instead, I doubt he could get any further.
Patty, maybe having a goalie who is more likely to mishandle pucks than our Marty is what the committee needs to abolish that retarded rule. What we need is Ricky DiPietro on the committee to remind everyone that, more often than not, letting goalies handle pucks wherever they want to will actually lead to more offense.
Sorry, Sandra, I was thinking “Marty (mine)” as Turco Marty.
I forgot about Biron Marty. They didn’t mention him in the article.
I’ll have to be even more specific next time. :D
Due you think there are as many “Chris”‘s that are Centres as there are “Marty”‘s that are goalies?
If we’re calling one of the Martys “Martin” I’m calling seniority on Marty (Brodeur’s) part. He might have been shorted a bunch of Vezinas (and a Conn Smythe) in his career, but he’s earned the right to be THE Marty now. I will brook no argument on this front!
Okay, but Biron has always been Marty in my mind yet I’ve never heard anybody call Turco “Martin Turco”.
This is hard.
maybe having a goalie who is more likely to mishandle pucks than our Marty is what the committee needs to abolish that retarded rule
That’s a good idea. It’s definitely a “Marty” rule, encompassing most Martys. Need Giguere or somebody to ask for its abolishment.
Can we call one of them ‘Martin’ instead?
Might have to be Brodeur that goes to “Martin”. Turco’s official roster name is “Marty”, so we’d only be assuming it’s short for Martin. Might be Martino or something.
Brodeur is DEFINITELY “THE” Marty… like there is/ever only one Guy, Maurice, Wayne, Mario and possibly Sidbit
Schnookie, I see where you’re coming from but Brodeur is the one I’ve most heard called “Martin.” “Marty” really fits Turco and Biron’s personalities more. Either way we’re left with two Martys though. Maybe we should just call Biron “Sweetheart”?
I think Brodeur is the only one I hear called Martin on a regular basis…Turco and Biron are always Marty.
Maybe we can differentiate the Marty goalies thusly:
Marty: future first-ballot-HOFer, 3-time Stanley Cup Champion, Olympic gold medal winner, multiple Vezina winner (I can’t remember how many, but not enough), and will likely retire with the most wins all-time and possibly the most shutouts of all time.
Turco: Chatty, lovable Stars goalie who deserved better this Spring.
marty: Chatty, lovable goalie who is now languishing in Philadelphia.
Heather you are clearly in my brain.
Brodeur is DEFINITELY “THE” Marty… like there is/ever only one Guy, Maurice, Wayne, Mario and possibly Sidbit
What no Steve? I’m hurt :(
I was still typing when Schnookie made the seniority argument, so I’m still torn.
Over here in the West, we hear Mar-tahn Biron all the time. Same with Brodeur. Probably just because our guys don’t know them that well (or assume we don’t).
Turco and Biron are really practically the same person, aren’t they? Weird.
Either way we’re left with two Martys though.
No, we’re still left with three Martys because no one who actually watches the Devils calls Brodeur “Martin”. That’s his formal name. That’s like the people who don’t know me and call me by my full name, Schnookabeth. I only really answer to “Schnookie”. Likewise, in New Jersey, the goalie’s name is Marty. Period. End of discussion. Don’t make me get all cranky about this! :P
Steph, Steve has always been Stevey.
I’m all right with Heather’s nickname for Biron, except i would like to amend it to “Sweetie-Pie”
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Steph… i’m typing without thinking… my apologies…
I should also add Dino, Shanny and the ‘Greg Luganus’ of Hockey, Hascek
And Bobby!
Let’s just promise not to talk about them at the same time any more.
We’ll do like we learned in elementary school, we’ll figure it out from the context. We can determine if the subject is chatty and likeable and languishing, or chatty and likeable and more deserving, or all that other stuff that I kind of skimmed over. :D
Patty, it should be pointed out that Marty (of the capital-M) is actually also chatty and likeable. So go figure. I guess that explains Crunchy’s surly demeanor — he’s trying to differentiate himself from all the other goalies.
(I always thought Steve was “Stevie”, too. Or actually “Stevie Y”.)
Oh, I just pictured it!
If Turco is on the committee, I think he can sit in on the meetings AND play goal at the same time, like he did in the All-Star Game. That way it won’t affect the team’s success.
Turco and Biron are really practically the same person, aren’t they? Weird.
Except for the bit where Turco’s an excellent stickhandler, while Biron is…not.
Marty B. [Brodeur, dang, not even that works!] does seem likeable but in relative terms, he is a lot less chatty. I mean he wrote a whole book but that’s more ‘verbally chatt’.
^chatty. My typing has gone down the drain these days.
Sherry, “Sweetie-Pie” works for me :-)
We’ll do like we learned in elementary school, we’ll figure it out from the context.
Perfect! But if we’re talking about boring trapping hockey, it could be Turco OR Brodeur! Oh, well, we’ll make it work!
it’s vicious weather here… may not be online too much longer
when I’m off to see the wizard i’ll ask him to give Regier some courage to sign the boys before Sunday
Brodeur is more chatty in a “I’m going to amuse myself and talk to you even though you really don’t measure up to me” kind of way – and I mean that in an affectionate way, I swear. Turco and Biron are more chatty in a “Hey, you’re standing there so you’ll work just fine” kind of way.
Seriously? This is a debate? Who gets to be “the” Marty?
Uhh, a dubious reward at best, especially when there figures to be multiple Marty goalies in the league for a long while. It’s not a problem Mario had, or Wayne had, or Gordie had, or Sid has, thus for them it makes more sense.
C’mon, stop being so embarrassed by last names.
Marty B. [Brodeur, dang, not even that works!] does seem likeable but in relative terms, he is a lot less chatty.
Dude, FSN can’t pry Marty away from the cameras during the Devils season. If they tag him for a post-game interview, you can settle in for a long evening, because the man does not ever shut up. Not quite in a Biron way (but who else is like Biron), but he is every bit as relentlessly chatty as Turco. And he laughs at everything. I still want to vomit a bit thinking about how he laughed after letting in that horrendous goal in G6 of the 2003 SCF. Or that time (it might have been 2002) when he shrugged off an early-round playoff exit by saying, “You can’t win every year.”
But if we’re talking about boring trapping hockey, it could be Turco OR Brodeur!
Ohhh… BURN!
Sandra – has the thunderstorm started yet? I’m still at the office and already dreading the walk home because of the heels and I don’t know if I want it to be compounded by the rain without an umbrella.
Sherry, Schnookie, you’re right about Stevie Y., that’s almost always how I refer to him at least…I guess I just didn’t realize it spread so far out of Detroit.
And Sandra, no worries, you got all the other bases covered :)
C’mon, stop being so embarrassed by last names.
I’ve noticed that if I really like a guy, I always refer to him by his first name. And I like Marty! (Which one? I don’t know anymore!)
C’mon, stop being so embarrassed by last names.
I’m not embarrassed by last names. But dammit, I’m going to use the nickname the Devils have given Brodeur!
C’mon, stop being so embarrassed by last names.
I think this might be a gender issue. Women want to have a nice friendly way to refer to the players, and men like to keep things all last namey and statbitty.
Fine, revel in your vagueness, then.
In the meantime, I’ll just start calling them all “Martina” and you’ll have to guess which one I’m insulting each time.
I’m not embarrassed by last names. But dammit, I’m going to use the nickname the Devils have given Brodeur!
Oh, Schnookie, you’re so cute! It’s not like the Devils created the nickname “Marty” just for Brodeur :-)
Kate, I just read “and statbitty” as “and stabitty” and was like “wow, violent!” and also confused.
Oh, Earlbits.
This reminds me of the time my little brother and I were embarrassingly deep into a conversation about “Edge” before we realized I was talking about the guitarist and he was talking about the wrestler. It seems like a difference that would come up a lot sooner, but no it went on for quite a while.
heh. Stabitty. Boys can be soooo stabitty sometimes! I guess it really makes no less (or more) sense that statbitty.
I want it stated for the record that calling Martin Brodeur “Marty” is not just a feminine desire to be more friendly about him. Marty is just flat-out what he’s called. By everyone. You will very rarely hear the FSN broadcasters call him Brodeur. In fact, I don’t think Chico uttered his last name all of last season. Even Doc calls him Marty, and that’s almost unthinkable. Lou calls him Marty in interviews. Marty is his Official Nickname, as prevalently and universally used as Pando, or, say, G/Jiggy.
(This does make me laugh thinking of the 1996 A-S Game. Marty had an earpiece, and Barry Melrose decided he wanted to say something to him. So he started barking, “Martin! Martin” [in full-on, almost Jersey-ish American pronunciation], and while the problem was most likely that the earpiece wasn’t working, Marty totally ignored him. It was this wonderful stretch of airtime with Melrose just desperately tryign to get his attention while mispronouncing his name, and Marty being totally oblivious.)
Aunti Emm? am I in Kansas?
Sherry – that was a terrible storm! it’s still wild out there but at least you can tell there is an ‘out there’ now!
I think this might be a gender issue. Women want to have a nice friendly way to refer to the players, and men like to keep things all last namey and statbitty.
No, I get this, and it’s not really a problem. I call a certain guy “Teemu” all the damn time. But if we’re going to be talking comparison goaltenders, and everyone’s going to stick to their “Marty” guns, well, I hope being right all the time is worth it.
This reminds me of the time my little brother and I were embarrassingly deep into a conversation about “Edge” before we realized I was talking about the guitarist and he was talking about the wrestler. It seems like a difference that would come up a lot sooner, but no it went on for quite a while.
That is fantastic! I can’t even imagine how the distinction wouldn’t have asserted itself almost immediately in the discussion…
(And I never claimed the Devils created the name, Marty, by the way. I just stand by using it because that’s what he’s called. So there.)
“Stabbity” is my new favorite word.
This reminds me of the time my little brother and I were embarrassingly deep into a conversation about “Edge” before we realized I was talking about the guitarist and he was talking about the wrestler. It seems like a difference that would come up a lot sooner, but no it went on for quite a while.
Heather, I love this story. It sounds like something my little bro and I would do/have done.
[sigh]
All right, I’m going to brave the storm. Wish me luck.
See you guys at home/after dinner.
Kewl…. my vocabulary has greatly increased purely from attending this truly awesome forum. Who know that you would get “about 42,400 for “Stabbity”” on Google
Good luck, Sherry! I have faith that you can make it, thanks to Sandra’s reporting back, safe and sound.
spikes up Sherry! stay grounded
For the record, I wasn’t claiming that wanting to call a person “Marty” is an overly girly phenomena. All I was saying is that it seems to me that women are more likely to find “Brodeur” inadequate.
Let’s face it, Earl’s just going to end up calling little Teemu “Sleek Jr.”.
That is fantastic! I can’t even imagine how the distinction wouldn’t have asserted itself almost immediately in the discussion…
I wish I could remember the whole conversation because it was really hilarious when we went back over it. Lee finally said something about Edge getting a haircut and I was all, “What? Edge hasn’t had hair in like 15 years!” and he was all, “What? His hair went almost to his waist!” and I was all, “No, he wears that stupid beanie hat everywhere,” and he was all, “Beanie?!”
Yeah, it was a good one.
I hope being right all the time is worth it.
It is, Earl. It really is.
I don’t even know where stabitty came from…but I immediately recognized it when I saw ‘statbitty’. And now I feel like I should probably use it in casual conversation about 300% more often.
In the meantime, I’ll just start calling them all “Martina” and you’ll have to guess which one I’m insulting each time.
I’ll always assume you don’t mean Turco. :D
All I was saying is that it seems to me that women are more likely to find “Brodeur” inadequate.
I have to be honest, whenever I meet a Devils fan who calls him “Brodeur” I kind of assume that person isn’t a very serious Devils fan. Because honestly (and I know I’m being a broken record here), nobody calls him that. It just feels wrong saying or typing it…
Let’s face it, Earl’s just going to end up calling little Teemu “Sleek Jr.”.
That’s so true! Dudes and their last names. So bizarre. (I had a female friend once who referred to herself by her last name and I was like, “WTF?”)
It’s always disturbing when someone refers to themselves in third person, especially when they are in the elevator with you.
That’s so true! Dudes and their last names.
When I was a kid and my dad would talk about his pals at work, I thought they had the coolest names. Like Aalund and Terrell and such. It wasn’t until I heard one of them call my dad by his last name that I understood what was going on.
I thought the practice had started to die out. Hopefully not, because I think it’s endearing.
I always joked that my kid had four first names or four last names … it never sounds right when someone calls him by his last name cuz it’s so more often a first name…
Denver Lee James Scott
Denver Lee James Scott
Heh, yeah. Kind of like Bobby Ryan or James Patrick.
It’s always disturbing when someone refers to themselves in third person, especially when they are in the elevator with you.
Well, I’ll come clean here. I’ll do this quite a bit while blogging, “Sleek says this” or “Earl disagrees”, but I feel somewhat justified in that my name isn’t really Earl Sleek–he’s sort of a blog persona that shares a lot of qualities with me, but is more King-hating and Shark-taunting than I usually am.
Earl – I’m shattered that ‘Sleek’ is an alias
We have a rule at the Student Corps here. Guys refer to guys by their last names, unless they think the other guy is a pansy. Girls refer to guys they know, or would like to know by their first names and otherwise it’s last names only. Girls refer to other girls by their first names unless they think the other girl is a dyke.
It’s easy when you do it all day long.
We have a rule at the Student Corps here. Guys refer to guys by their last names, unless they think the other guy is a pansy.
Yeah, the Devils have that rule, too. :P
Well, I’ll come clean here. I’ll do this quite a bit while blogging, “Sleek says this” or “Earl disagrees”, but I feel somewhat justified in that my name isn’t really Earl Sleek–he’s sort of a blog persona that shares a lot of qualities with me, but is more King-hating and Shark-taunting than I usually am.
Referring to myself in the third-person has been the most hilariously freeing part of blogging. I suddenly feel like I’m talking like an athlete!
bwaha
Sandra says … that snicker was to what Earl said
Yeah, the Devils have that rule, too.
It’s true. But Marty just ignores it. “Go ahead, boys, call me a pansy,” he taunts, “But I’m still going to be starting 80 games a season when you’re in your cold, dark graves!”
Yeah, the Devils have that rule, too. :P
Wow. Earl kills me!
(I’m actually directing that at you, Earl, but I’m trying this third-person thing.)
Clearly one of the Martys needs the infamous “sy/sie” slapped on the end of his name a la “Millsie.” So who gets to be Martysie?
sheesh.. gawd got me for that bwaha… i’m bleeding devil’s red from a small but profuse injury to my hand…
i’m bleeding devil’s red from a small but profuse injury to my hand…
*stuffs nose*
at least you didn’t just have Schnookie induce another coke-snort-nosebleed.
Coke as in, diet coke. Not the Peruvian marching powder.
good idea Heather, of course, the francophone way of pronouncing Mar – tan doesnt distinguish any of them either.
I’m going to have to talk to you kids later.
I’m hoping that if I actually make an exit, that I can stay away and get some work done.
I’ll catch up later. Y’all have fun!
Clearly one of the Martys needs the infamous “sy/sie” slapped on the end of his name a la “Millsie.” So who gets to be Martysie?
Excellent point, Heather! Although there’s also the “-er” construct to consider. (I am endlessly disappointed that the Sabres don’t call Crunchy “Millerer”, by the way.) Perhaps we can have Marty, Martysie and Martyer?
Shit, I go for one painfully horrible lunch and I miss all this???
WTF???
ONE MARTY – NJ DEVILS. END. OF. FUCKING. STORY.
Coke as in, diet coke. Not the Peruvian marching powder.
Ha! Mags, if each comment were an at-bat, this one cleaned out the quarter cup!
Perhaps we can have Marty, Martysie and Martyer?
That sounds distinctly like Marty, Martyer, Martyest. Which could also work.
Coke as in, diet coke. Not the Peruvian marching powder.
Suuuuuure, Mags. :P
See you Patty! Have fun working!
gotta fly peeps… keep on Martying
ONE MARTY – NJ DEVILS. END. OF. FUCKING. STORY.
Nicely done, a.oil. You clearly Get It!
Hey folks, I’m back from my hour-long budget meeting, in which we discussed non-budget related policies that I seem to be the only person who remembers resolving over a year ago! Immediately upon my return to the computer, I was deluged by IMs from Schnookie, apoplectic over this Marty thing. I was laughing at her — until I read the comments. There is no Marty but Marty.
Catching up a bit…
I thought the practice had started to die out. Hopefully not, because I think it’s endearing.
I think it’s kind of endearing, too. I remember liking it in books and movies when characters got called “Mr. insert-last-name-here” or just “last-name” and for the longest time, I wanted to be referred to by my last name, until I realized my last name was too short to sound good. :|
Yes, I admit. I have been apoplectic. It’s sad but true. I had no idea how passionately I believed in the One True Marty.
MARTY IS A RELIGION. A VERY HOLY RELIGION.
This is coming from an Oilers fan. So clearly you must all understand. There is no other MARTY. The rest are just shit on the bottom of your Crocs.
I remember liking it in books and movies when characters got called “Mr. insert-last-name-here” or just “last-name” and for the longest time, I wanted to be referred to by my last name, until I realized my last name was too short to sound good. :|
Yeah, I used to be like that. And then I realised my name is just impossible to pronounce for anyone who doesn’t speak Dutch (which includes my mom. Hilarious, let me tell you)
I have been apoplectic
Poor Schnookie. I’m totally not laughing at you over getting apoplectic over this.
The rest are just shit on the bottom of your Crocs.
Well, I wouldn’t go that far… :-)
Poor Schnookie. I’m totally not laughing at you over getting apoplectic over this.
I appreciate that, Mags. Truly, I do. Pookie and Boomer like to bait me, because I fly into fits of righteous outrage over the littlest things. And, uh, it seems the issue of which goalie gets to be known simply as “Marty” is one of those things…
Yes, I admit. I have been apoplectic. It’s sad but true. I had no idea how passionately I believed in the One True Marty.
I admit, at this point I’m really just enjoying poking at the wild, crazy Schnookie. I don’t care if we call them all Marty or not.
Oh….they are great Turco’s or Biron’s….but not MARTY.
Dude. When I grow up I’m totally going to be Schnookie. Fits of righteous outrage are so my thing.
I admit, at this point I’m really just enjoying poking at the wild, crazy Schnookie.
SEE? Everybody does it!
Dude. When I grow up I’m totally going to be Schnookie. Fits of righteous outrage are so my thing.
I highly recommend them. I mean, I am really cook.
Fits of righteous outrage
I could use you right now Schnookie….
For the record, I don’t think anyone’s arguing that Biron and Turco are in Brodeur’s company talent-wise. We’re merely pointing out that they’ve always been Martys and not Martins. Heck, we’re still not sure Turco Marty’s full name actually is. But the Schnookie baiting was definitely a nice side effect of the whole thing ;-)
And now I’m off to sell crap to people who can’t be bothered to put their cellphones down for 45 seconds. Yippee!
Y’all be nice to Oil. She’s having a hair appointment disaster.
Heather, have a great time — sounds like fun!
a.oil, I’m so sorry to hear the hair appointment isn’t going well!
among many other disasters.
client:…..hi, were coming up to stay with you this weekend……so where do we go to meet you in Anchorage…..
Oil:..um….we are 300 miles southwest of Anchorage…..
Client:….Ok, so where are you picking us up……
at the magic fucking carpet airport
Hair appointment has been rescheduled to 10 am tomorrow. Clearly they didn’t appreciate my “BUT THAT IS PRIME IPB TIME” squelch followed by “It could take me hours to catch up NOW!!”
a.oil, I think that client of yours just applied for a job in my department! I had to set up a last-minute interview for a guy who claimed to be living nearby. And at the last minute of setting up this last-minute interview he added that where he’d put down “New Jersey” on his CV as his address, what he’d actually meant was “Boston”.
She’s having a hair appointment disaster.
Insert your favorite Reekie never-having-a-hair-disaster joke here.
We’re merely pointing out that they’ve always been Martys and not Martins.
And my point (and Schnookie’s, I think) is that they’ve always been “marty” while Brodeur is “Marty”. Big difference! And I promise that’s the last I’ll say about that.
If you really want to get Schnookie flying into a fit of righteous indignation, show her an episode of Sandra Lee’s “Semi-Homemade”. Boomer and I TiVo this every week just so we can watch Schnookie turn purple and start raging about the food industry convincing women it’s hard to cook.
Earl…seriously Marry Me.
You just have to drive. It is my only real requirement. Oh…and laundry.
“BUT THAT IS PRIME IPB TIME”
Hee hee! I have to admit, that’s kind of what’s keeping me from scheduling a much-needed haircut myself. That, and I don’t want to cut too much into my Friday afternoon naptime…
Ohhhh Schnookie….I could get on board with you on that one. It isn’t hard. I do everything from scratch……it is so much easier and simpler and BETTER then the premade shit.
See, this is why it’s great to be in Europe. Prime IPB time doesn’t start until 5 here and I’m usually done with everything I could think of fitting into a day by that time. That is, in the off season. May become more of a problem once hockey starts again.
Earl…seriously Marry Me.
Uh-oh. What will little Teemu think?
And my point (and Schnookie’s, I think) is that they’ve always been “marty” while Brodeur is “Marty”. Big difference! And I promise that’s the last I’ll say about that.
Well, geez, that’s all you had to say – THREE HOURS AGO! I can totally live with “my” Marty being “marty b.” It looks kind of cute actually – just like him :-)
Can we put Reekie in the glossary? Because somehow I have no idea what we’re talking about.
Oh man, seriously, don’t get me started about the American food industry and how evil it is. I could start a whole separate blog about it. (And yes, it is incredibly easy to prepare food that is tasty, simple, quick and healthful without having to go out of your way. I just… I can’t… I just. don’t. understand. GAH!)
Uh-oh. What will little Teemu think?
Um……since little Teemu is just a star in your eye…..I am pretty sure she won’t have much to say…..
Well, geez, that’s all you had to say – THREE HOURS AGO!
Three hours ago I totally DID say this when I listed them as Marty, Turco and marty. I guess everyone just wanted to laugh at my flight of moral outrage, huh? :P
Oh, and Earl, Reekie had frequent bad hair days, but he just has someone get a little buffer to smooth out the scratches in his plastic before he pops it back on the peg on his head.
Uh-oh. What will little Teemu think?
Mommy?
Oh…I have such and issue with Rachel Ray’s 30 minute meals…..they may be simple…but they aren’t cheap and they are certainly not with easily accessable/normal ingredients.
I’ve only watched two or three episodes of Sandra Lee, but the one thing I noticed was that her outfit always matched whatever decor her kitchen was sporting that day.
Reekie? What? Huh?
Gah. I don’t even have time to read what led up to this or find out who Reekie is but I’m praying it’s Joe Reekie…please please please…
I’m praying it’s Joe Reekie…please please please…
Sorry, no dice.
See, I disagree about Rachael Ray. I like that she demonstrates how simple it is to work with fresh ingredients, and how she makes cooking approachable. And she generally uses pretty affordable cuts of meat. I disapprove of her disinclination to discuss issues of buying produce locally and in season (which helps cut down on costs, and shrinks your environmental impact footprint), but for the most part I like what she has to say about how cooking can fit into most people’s lifestyles.
Schnookie, have you read The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan? You sound like you have the same attitude about food in general that I do. check that book out, it’s fantastic. well, fantastic if you’re into food-centric investigative journalism.
wow :X that’s a lot of catching up to do.
re robits: my papers are now coffee-soaked. damnit.
Uh-oh. What will little Teemu think?
Maybe PP won’t mind having a new nickname :x.
Damn…okay, I’m too far behind to try and figure out what any of you lovable nutjobs are saying today so I’m out. Time to go home anyway.
Curse this stupid office job for making me actually do work and miss out on the IPB chatter!
zot, I cannot get enough of Sandra Lee and her decor and matching outfits. It just cracks me up. We got together with a bunch of our friends last year and had a Sandra Lee party. We had a theme (“Sweet Little Green Spring Fling”, which means Earl would have been dressed appropriately if he’d been there), and we each had to bring an item for the tablescape. And we all had to prepare several of her recipes. As awful as her food sounds on that TV show, you cannot prepare yourself for the putridity of it in real life. Now, this group of friends includes quite a few foodies, so we thought we knew how bad it would be, but the overriding sentiment after the party was that we were stunned by how inedible the recipes were, top to bottom. The next most notable thing: they were really, REALLY expensive. And thirdly: really inconvenient to make. Sandra’s not big into “make-ahead” recipes.
andrew, I keep meaning to read The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I’ve read a lot about it, for whatever that’s worth, though! (I’m pretty sure I’ll end up terribly depressed and wracked with guilt for how huge my footprint is, despite my honest efforts to be more conscientious about the social and environmental price of how I eat.)
Oh, and I’m also on my way out now. Gotta go gorge on veggies so my entire farm share isn’t lost this week to the stupid fucking fridge. Mmmm… broccoli!
Working on Reekie entry right now for all you confused. Give us a moment to completely screw it up.
Done XD
Wait, I screwed it up, too!
OH FUCK……………..EARL…………………SODA EVERYWHERE.
EARL YOU ARE EVIL! But funny. Still evil though.
tis sweet :D
Here’s to hoping he doesn’t google himself and finds out American Oil is setting up an opportunity for Mags to tacklehug him when she comes to the States.
Maybe he’ll read it and personally invite her to come tacklehug him :D.
I sure hope I’ll be within driving distance to the Everett area when Mags goes :0
HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
oh shit. there goes more of my coffee on my notes. I NEED THESE EARL!
gahahaha :X
EARL YOU ARE EVIL!
It had to be done. The story of Reekie’s Lego Hair must be told!
The story of Reekie’s Lego Hair must be told!
Must it ever!
Did you see the IPBGlossary
For the record, I’m never looking at my Lego the same way :X.
and i own alot of Lego :X
and i own alot of Lego :X
Shit. So do I. Hold on a minute I’mma find me a Reekie Lego.
Did you see the IPBGlossary
Yes, and I think it’s FAN-tastic!
Here’s to hoping he doesn’t google himself and finds out American Oil is setting up an opportunity for Mags to tacklehug him when she comes to the States.
Oh man. One of my very favorite things to do in life is to create funny links for people to find when they google themselves. You guys have created a beauty here for David Reekie! We can blabber on and on about people like Ryan Miller because he is suitably famous (and he has a very common name), but “David Reekie”? No, he’s going to find all of this, and he is going to be very interested to read what you guys have to say.
David Reekie, if you are reading this, please understand that our fixation on your lego hair is all in fun. Please consider your inclusion in IPB lore a loving tribute……to your lego hair.
I know a lot of you are sometime gamers (Katamari, NHL ’0#, FF#) so let me mention one of my favorites, Lego Star Wars II. I haven’t actually played the whole thing, but I believe there is a section where you can modify hair and outfits and whatever, which means that Reekie can bring balance to the Universe. :P
which means that Reekie can bring balance to the Universe.
Zot….we are glad to have you.
I only played Lego Star Wars I, which is about the easiest game on the entire PS2, but even having said that, it was a lot of fun. The multiplayer is great because we constantly kill each other (without mercy and without purpose), and I meant to get the sequel, but haven’t yet.
Yeah, Reekie’s a star in those games.
Earl……Mags says that you are DEAD to her…..
Aw, my skating lessons are off, then?
Pah, you’re not getting off that easy.
Holy crap I didn’t realize just how lego-like his hair really is until just now.
No, but I believe they will be a considerable bit rougher now.
I am so bringing a camera….and video equipment……..no worries GR’s….this will be on YouTube.
Oh, the plan then is to skate me to a corpse, until I finally get my priorities straight?
“My name is Earl Sleek, and I play for the United States of America!!”
We can blabber on and on about people like Ryan Miller because he is suitably famous (and he has a very common name), but “David Reekie”?
Schnookie and I realized almost immediately upon starting IPB that we were going to be reaching the Long Tail of the NHL when we started getting searches for Colby Armstrong and Jordy Parise and “Paul Martin wire rim glasses”.
I have to say, I wholly approve of the addition to the IPBGlossary! Nicely done, all. (And especially Earl.)
“My name is Earl Sleek, and I play for the United States of America!!”
on the floor laughing.
Holy crap I didn’t realize just how lego-like his hair really is until just now.
Steph, we would never baselessly accuse someone of having lego hair!
Oil, :D.
Sleek, I’ve never played Lego Star Wars I, probably because I’m partial to Episodes 4-6. I’ll get to it someday…
Earl, you haz keeled me.
by they way Earl….you skate for the United States of America.
Sleek, I’ve never played Lego Star Wars I, probably because I’m partial to Episodes 4-6. I’ll get to it someday…
Oh, I’m WAAAAY partial to episodes 4-6. For a while, the only way I even saw episodes 1-3 was smashingly drunk, so I’d be the obnoxious guy in Episode 3 going “Who’s this trade federation? And Boba Fett has a father?!”
But this was back before they had made LSWII, so we were without options. Given the choice today, I would easily play out Ep. 4-6, as those ones I know by heart.
we were going to be reaching the Long Tail of the NHL when we started getting searches for Colby Armstrong and Jordy Parise and “Paul Martin wire rim glasses”.
We’ve also lately started getting a lot of “Rod Brind’Amour girlfriend” searches, which is puzzling, both for the actual basis of the search, and for the fact that it would find us. So whoever is going into our old posts and leaving comments, “I so want to be Rod Brind’Amour’s girlfriend” (and you know who you are), please, just stop.
on the floor laughing.
Seconded.
Meanwhile, on the topic of Lego hair, I think my favorite thing about the little Lego men used to be seeing just what other lego-objects fit the same little pegs as the hair. Like the little lego plants. And if isn’t ever creating a pretty damn excellent image in my head right now…
Earl…stop leaving the “I so want to be Rod Brind’Amour’s girlfriend” posts. He just isn’t interested. Okay.
We’ve also lately started getting a lot of “Rod Brind’Amour girlfriend” searches
ME TOO. I seriously have not been able to figure this out as I think I shy away from any mention of Rod Brind’Amour because, well, it’s Rod Brind’Amour.
In a way I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one experiencing this for no good reason…on the other hand it’s really unfortunate that people besides myself are being forced to think of Rod Brind’Amour on such a regular basis.
I don’t check out my search terms as vigorously as I used to, so I decided to take a look at them just now.
I did get 26 hits this month for the poor soul looking for “chris pronger skeletor”, which I hope we were able to help with, but you gotta feel bad for the poor Kings fan who tried to find out “mathieu garon salary” and ended up at BoC 67 times in June.
you figure once they tried to find it and couldn’t they’d go somewhere else :X
That’s what I’d think. I can’t see my search terms, and I don’t much care. Although I am wondering what wth my visitor from Poland was looking for today.
I think my favorite thing about the little Lego men used to be seeing just what other lego-objects fit the same little pegs as the hair. Like the little lego plants.
Steph, I used to do the exact same thing. I don’t really know what that says about us.
For a while, the only way I even saw episodes 1-3 was smashingly drunk, so I’d be the obnoxious guy in Episode 3 going “Who’s this trade federation? And Boba Fett has a father?!”
Isn’t that how you see most things? But seriously, Boba Fett was one of my favorite characters. And now he’s a clone! I still haven’t gotten over that yet.
just what other lego-objects fit the same little pegs as the hair.
Steph… I used to stick the lil shark that came with the lego ship in the to of the lego pirate head – and now that I’ve mentioned ‘pirate’ dont nobody go back to yesterday’s subject.
and now that I’ve mentioned ‘pirate’ dont nobody go back to yesterday’s subject.
You might as well just call it “this summer’s subject”. Not much gets left behind just because it happened yesterday.
Hey….crotch novels and pirate porn…..that is just a subject that keeps on giving.
Dang. How did I miss the pirate porn conversation? Usually I’ll all over the pirate porn type threads! :D
I’m wondering, Steph, if this “Rod Brind’Amour girlfriend” searcher is Rod the Bod himself. Attempting more of a viral approach to publicizing his heterosexuality so he doesn’t have to be like Mike Piazza calling a press conference to announce it, you know?
Earl, I actually always go to BoC first for all my “Chris Pronger skeletor” needs. You are a very reliable source for that — I daresay the preeminent one.
Steph, I used to do the exact same thing. I don’t really know what that says about us.
Sometimes, considering my hair has, at some point in my life been just about every color I can think of, I think it was just a sign of what was to come.
Then again, that doesn’t really explain the fascination with plant/lampshade/steering wheel hair…
I love my pirate lego :X. There’s a monkey that fits too :D.
on the head i mean.
Earl… i’m still reeling over the ‘Sleek’ pseudonym thingy
Hey…I know Earl’s real name.
Don’t bother asking….I will never reveal it.
However…..let’s just say that Earl Sleek is very fitting……
Vinny… my fav piece of pirate lego is the parrot – kinda has a brind’amour snozzy look about it
well.. not to be out-down Earl…
Earl, I actually always go to BoC first for all my “Chris Pronger skeletor” needs. You are a very reliable source for that — I daresay the preeminent one.
The very funny part about this search term is that I have a picture on my hard drive of a Skeletor action figure carrying aloft the Stanley Cup (uh, the replica cup they gave everyone who attended the first game after the lockout). But it’s never seen the BoC light-of-day.
I was saving it for when somebody truly repulsive or evil was going to lift the cup, and while I understand most everyone’s stance on Pronger, I kind of meant repulsive or evil to me.
So yeah, I am the source, but I’m withholding evidence.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Earl… I think Corry Perry almost qualifies in a number of peeps minds. And I can say that cuz I love Perry – he’s a London Knight
The very funny part about this search term is that I have a picture on my hard drive of a Skeletor action figure carrying aloft the Stanley Cup…. But it’s never seen the BoC light-of-day.
Your thought process must just be getting predictable or transparent, then, if these searchers can anticipate your every move like that!
Well lets face it. Sitting around thinking something absolutely outlandish and weird and semi-hockey related…..we all think EARL if we want photographic (photoshop) documentation.
Well, we haven’t seen anything PJ-and-Sykkie related from the creative minds at BoC yet, and we’ve all been thinking long and hard about that one for quite a few days now…
I’ve also been getting a bit hassled over my handling of the Gatorade thing yesterday. People have said (and I agree) that I was way too much of a pushover about product placement–not even demanding free gatorade out of the deal.
So at the game, my friend and I devised three ways I really could have spun the news better, with different degrees of mean-spiritedness. These also really won’t see the BoC light-of-day either, but you may enjoy them:
1) Giguere seeks professional help for his drinking problem (slightly mean-spirited)
2) Giguere, after improved on-ice performance, tests positive for performance-enhancing electrolytes (still only slightly mean-spirited)
3) Warning: May cause birth defects (WAYWAYWAY mean-spirited)
no Earl, you cant photoshop a Skeletor holding a cup naked for the cover of a crotch novel, it just wont fly
oh Earl
SANDRA.
I love it….I didn’t know you had it in you.
AO… i’m still just a wee bit reserved here trying to earn acceptance from the charter members… I’ll try harder
3) Warning: May cause birth defects (WAYWAYWAY mean-spirited)
I am so glad we’re comfortable enough here at IPB to be able to say shit like that, because I’ve been trying to stifle my mean side since we launched this blog. It’s really hard when you want to make fun of a guy’s newborn’s birth defects but you think people might be offended by it…
(Earl, I think that wins the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” Award for the entire month of June.)
Dingdingdingding WE HAVE A WINNER! Earl, my keyboard and diet coke thank you for making their meeting possible.
I second Schnookie on the award doling-out
I’m still laffing
Oh shit…..acceptance. Bah…..they do accept us…..(mags and oil)…..but they can’t figure out how to get rid of us. So we sit in pure bliss of ignorance that we are favorites. Screw acceptance…live in denial…much easier.
On a scale of one to horrible person, where does laughing at that so hard that you had to go tell your roommate about it fall?
kinda like Conklin in Buffalo huh AO?
Pretty much.
Hey, a.oil! I believe I’ve likened IPB to a Montessori School! We accept everyone here, even the slow and “special”. :P
Are Mags and I making your “quota”???
The Schnookie, she is spoiling for a PP and Mags
torture sessionskating lesson. WE ARE ALL FUCKING SPECIAL!Are Mags and I making your “quota”???
*Laughing nervously* What quota? Heh heh… No, no, this has nothing to do with how much funding we get from the State for taking on “exceptional” commentors…
The Schnookie, she is spoiling for a PP and Mags torture session skating lesson. WE ARE ALL FUCKING SPECIAL!
If Earl hadn’t just cleaned house, awards-wise, for the rest of the month, Mags, I’d be giving you one right now!
*sigh* dont EVER get married. There is a high possibility that, if it doesnt work out, you may actually have to speak to said former spouse at some time in the future and it can get ugly. Kinda like Thorton playing back in Boston.
If Earl hadn’t just cleaned house, awards-wise, for the rest of the month, Mags, I’d be giving you one right now!
Well hell, that’s good enough for me.
OH Sandra……trust me…I KNOW. It goes no where good.
AO… good to know i’m not the only one… sorta (although i think i’m in for an earful cuz I just left the ‘f’ word on his answering machine and his wife will have a jack-sparrow)
Ha……..HA……..that is NOTHING… TRUST ME……..
….mine would be happy if that was the only thing I left on his answering machine……
….rage problem….fuck yeah I have one…..
kinda like Conklin in Buffalo huh AO?
Hey, hey now! :b
I have to classify my issues are the fact that mostly his calls are to inform me that he can’t spend any time with PP (as in….it has almost been a year and he calls about once every other month)…….
(Earl, I think that wins the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” Award for the entire month of June.)
I shall cherish this fondly until its next recipient tomorrow.
I shall cherish this fondly until its next recipient tomorrow.
Tomorrow, you already almost lost it today.
I shall cherish this fondly until its next recipient tomorrow.
Touche.
(And what can I say? The name of the game here at IPB is oneupsmanship!)
I shall cherish this fondly until its next recipient tomorrow.
Tomorrow, you already almost lost it today.
Yeah, and to me of all people, perish the thought.
:-( that bites a fat one… I have the opposite problem – we’re constantly bickering about who has my son.. and the kid’s almost 16!
Kinda like Cherepanov in the draft… everybody wants him cuz he’s our kid… nobody wants him cuz he’s a teenager
OK, IPB, I am shutting down and hitting the road (hide your pedestrians!). Catch you all a bit later!
See you around Earl.
Drive safely, Earl!
Ok…I have got to go. I have to relieve someone of a sick PP. WIll be back later….don’t get tooo crazy wild……I don’t want to be reading for 4 hours just trying to catch up on the thread!
Have fun, a.oil!
Byebye Oil! See you later!
If you really want to get Schnookie flying into a fit of righteous indignation, show her an episode of Sandra Lee’s “Semi-Homemade”. Boomer and I TiVo this every week just so we can watch Schnookie turn purple and start raging about the food industry convincing women it’s hard to cook.
I was watching Sandra Lee’s show yesterday, and she was making potato salad. Nothing was out of the ordinary until she pulls out canned potatoes and proceeds to cook them and use them in her salad. (Because its apparently very difficult to boil fresh potatoes for a salad, you know). After she’s done cooking them, she said you can save the potato “juice” to thicken up your gravies.
I’ve likened IPB to a Montessori School! We accept everyone here, even the slow and “special”
We don’t all have to join hands and sing Kumbaya, do we?
Dude, Sandra Lee just blows my mind. It was watching her that I discovered they sell canned chicken. Canned chicken. I’ll let that sink in now. … Yeah. And seriously, who uses canned potatoes? That’s just so vile it makes my head hurt! (Can you even imagine how nasty that potato salad must taste?) Oh, and mmmm… canned potato juice. I’m sure you could also save it and put it in one of her cocktails!
Yes, we do have to hold hands and sing Kumbaya. Of course, now that everyone seems to have gone home, it’s going to be a small Kumbaya circle. But even if it’s just a circle of one, I will not let the Kumbaya die!
circle of 3?
Whatever the number, it’s a circle if we believe hard enough! Feel the Kumbaya, kids!
Kumbaya?
I’m going now. If I have to sing that song one more time I’m going to take an ice pick to someone’s head. I’m serious.
ah… good scouting mantra Mags
I’ll join in the Kumbaya-ing! Although, truth be told, my first mental image was the D2 kids singing “We are the Champions” around the campfire at the end of the movie.
Mags, you don’t have to sing. You can just mouth the words.
ah… good scouting mantra Mags
Why do you think I hate that song so bad. Far too much of my life was wasted on earning all those badges.
That and my creepy polygamist neighbour likes to gather his 3 wives and 16 (SIXTEEN!) children around a campfire on Saturdays and sing it, very.loudly.
didnt think that Mags…. thot the Mantra I’m going to take an ice pick to someone’s head was waaaaaaay better than one good deed every day
Ah ok. It’s good. It’s all good.
wow… you live next door to Rod Brind’Amour?
I have to be honest, I’ve not actually encountered Kumbaya since my grade-school days. I must not be hanging out with enough polygamists.
beats the hell outta “goin on a lion hunt”
wow… you live next door to Rod Brind’Amour?
:^:::::::::::::
When we start getting hit with “Rod Brind’Amour polygamist” searches, we’ll know it’s true!
looks up :^::::::::::::: in IPB dictionary… damn .. i thot it stood for ‘high five’ but there’s too many ::::’s there
wow… you live next door to Rod Brind’Amour?
*gigglesnort*
Nope, Sandra, :^::::::::::::: is “You just made me snort milk up my nose.” Pookie and I discovered the abbreviation YJMMSMUMN just was too ungainly and an emoticon was needed. Plus, you can vary the length to indicate how much milk was snorted!
ah, thank you…
it really should be added to the glossary huh?
:^::::::::::::: is “You just made me snort milk up my nose.”
Which is why I never use it. All I ever snort up my nose is diet coke :P
:>*****
international sign for DCsnort?
I’ll just stick with *gigglesnort* for now :)
and it’s in there. see?
It actually is in the Glossary. On the last page. Earl added it. Pookie and I had two great hopes when we started IPB: that the nickname “Crunchy” would stick for Ryan Miller, and that the :^::::::::::::: emoticon would gain usage. We are slowly realizing we can expand our goals if we’d like…
Which is why I never use it. All I ever snort up my nose is diet coke :P
I, uh, actually don’t ever drink milk, either. I guess it’s just a fun figure of speech! ;P
♥ damn… i always look in the wrong places – hmmm kinda like Cam Ward says
Schnookie… i’m thinking the Gatorade warning label #3 ought to be added too…
I cheated a little, as this wasn’t actually milk but iced coffee….but uh…it could have had cream in it? If I liked my coffee with cream in it…
Steph… do you remember the Doug Gilmour billboards with him nude painted like a holstein cow… Got Milk?
I figure it can represent any liquid you might have snorted, whether in reality or just emotionally.
Hee…..emotionally snorted milk.
Emotionally snorting milk is a lot like how Crunchy just emotionally eats ice cream.
He eats it with his feeling.
Good old Crunchy….I miss him. When is hockey going to start again?
Emotionally snorting milk is a lot like how Crunchy just emotionally eats ice cream.
He’s totally missing out. Poor Crunchy.
wow… thready thread… i wondered what Katebits was saying cuz I didnt see Emotionally snorting milk is a lot like how Crunchy just emotionally eats ice cream.
until i refreshed like 4 times
But you know that when he’s eating his ice cream, Crunchy’s going to be the best darn ice cream eater he can be.
When is hockey going to start again?
No kidding.
I can’t believe it’s not even July yet.
Crunchy would probably tell us he’s not missing out by not eating ice cream, because he, unlike everyone else at IPB, can fit into skinny jeans. And Crunchy would rather be hipstered up than be happy. (I frankly don’t think Crunchy’s capable of being happy, though, now that I think about it…)
Maybe Crunchy’s just a tiny bit lactose intolerant, and is afraid to try to eat ice cream because that handicap will keep him from being the best ice cream eater he could be?
Crunchy would probably tell us he’s not missing out by not eating ice cream
It would melt while he stared it to death to decide how he would eat it. – geez i did type that under that quote, i remember doing it
I’m listening to Buffalo sports radio right now and it is quite possibly the most miserable talk I’ve ever heard. July 1st cant come fast enough. Please, someone make me turn off the radio. I feel like that horse in the Never Ending Story being sucked down into the weird pit of despair. Heeeelp!
Dramatic, much? :P
Maybe Crunchy’s just a tiny bit lactose intolerant, and is afraid to try to eat ice cream because that handicap will keep him from being the best ice cream eater he could be?
Oh, there is NO WAY Crunchy’s delicate system can tolerate dairy. No way at all. Crunchy is probably medically allergic to most delicious things.
But what about the yogurt raisins?
Crunchy is probably medically allergic to most delicious things.
Yup. All he can eat is raw spelt flour.
And as for the misery of the Buffalo sports radio, I’d tell you to just turn it off and let it go, but I remember my first summer after discovering hockey, and I just couldn’t bear it. At all. So I understand the need to have it on, to just be with the talk about hockey, even if it’s all innuendo, rumor and lies. And even if you know nothing’s going to happen until July 1. So all I can say is, “We’re with you Katebits. We’re here for you.”
But what about the yogurt raisins?
Right. Good point. Of course, he’s medically allergic to most delicious things, which means yogurt raisins are still safe for him. (But too many of them — like, say, five — give him terrible headaches and gas.)
Hmmmphf – backing up a bit… i was looking for the Gilmour cow thing and came across this…
The Globe and Mail reported that the $20-million milk campaign Gilmour starred in had increased Ontario’s milk consumption by two percent.
But what about the yogurt raisins?
Hmm. Can you make yogurt out of soy milk? Or maybe he just eats like one raisin a day, you know, for a treat.
“We’re with you Katebits. We’re here for you.”
What if I end up needing to cry and cry and cry about my sexy, passionate warrior? Can you handle that? Even if I’m not ready to say bad things about him?
But seriously, thanks for your support. For rizzle.
What if I end up needing to cry and cry and cry about my sexy, passionate warrior? Can you handle that? Even if I’m not ready to say bad things about him?
Chica, I was in tears for most of this evening (thanks Oil, for the song, I cried like a baby ;P) so I’m there for you, even if no one else is.
What if I end up needing to cry and cry and cry about my sexy, passionate warrior?
Katebits, we all reach a point where we have to cry and cry and cry about our own sexy, passionate warriors. You know IPB is a safe place for that, where we’ll understand you and try to keep our snarking about him to a minimum.
And you know Crunchy cuts his singular yogurt-covered raisin in half, eats one part and puts the other in a tupperware in the fridge to save for tomorrow.
Katebits… save some tears for Sunday too… I am a devout Crunchy-disciple too…
Chica, I was in tears for most of this evening
Aw, Mags, don’t cry!
Blame Oil. She sent me the most perfectly amazing song ever and being the emotional wreck that I am. Yeah. Mags iz a lozar.
I’m worrying about Crunchy though. A man in skinny jeans = not a good thing.
perfect song? there’s another perfect song?
And you know Crunchy cuts his singular yogurt-covered raisin in half, eats one part and puts the other in a tupperware in the fridge to save for tomorrow.
That comment created the laugh that just enabled me to turn off the radio! Thank you for creating this safe space for wayward hockey fans! I needed that laugh so badly.
Oh Mags, don’t cry, or I’ll cry, and then everyone will just be crying!
Sandra, hopefully Sunday we will be crying tears of joy.
Okay, I’ve got to go to a dinner party now where everyone will be totally oblivious to the hockey drama swirling all around me! Hockey is ruining my life. Heh, just kidding.
Have fun at the party, Katebits!
Of course, he’s medically allergic to most delicious things, which means yogurt raisins are still safe for him. (But too many of them — like, say, five — give him terrible headaches and gas.)
Of course, Crunchy would never endanger his dream of being the best skinny-jean wearer he can be by indulging in a five whole yogurt covered raisins. So the gas and headaches are sort of a non-factor.
What if I end up needing to cry and cry and cry about my sexy, passionate warrior?
Katebits, I’ll not only be there for you, I’ll be there with you. Crying. But in a totally platonic, not-trying-to-steal-your-daisy-frolicking-partner kind of way.
Wow! Everyone’s been busy today! I just spent about two hours catching up on all the comments. Damn having to vacuum ashes out of my basement all day.
Oi you lot! Listen! Don’t pay attention to me crying. Ever. I’m a MESS.
In other news, you lot ever seen that gross video where Ricky DiPietro eats of his mask? I’m sitting here looking at my old mask just dying. That’s so gross.
Blame Oil. She sent me the most perfectly amazing song ever and being the emotional wreck that I am. Yeah. Mags iz a lozar.
You’re not a loser, Mags! (Although you seem to have trouble spelling… :P)
I’m a frequent crier, if it’s any consolation. Like, I cry during every movie EVER. Even ones that have no reason for someone to cry in them. And what really, really gets the waterworks going for me is a well-put-together sports montage set to even moderately appropriate music. *sniff… sniff…* I’m getting teary just thinking about the one from the end of last summer’s World Cup…
ha! schnookie… did it end with a crescendo and zizou’s headbutt?
Yeah, sorry about the spelling. I’ve been hanging around on I can has cheezburger for most of the evening in an attempt to cheer myself up :P
That video of Pretty Ricky (that’s a derisive nickname, by the way. Not at all an indication of any warm feelings on my part for him) eating that cake off his mask made me cry for how disturbing it was.
Gambler, what happened to your basement? Vacuuming ashes out of it sounds like, uh, a ton of fun.
(And yes, Crunchy will stop at nothing to be the best skinny-jeans wearer he can possibly be. And that means no more yogurt-covered raisins. Of course, he still makes yogurt-covered raisins and gives them as gifts. His teammates are always like, “Oh wow, more yogurt-covered raisins. Uh, thanks, Crunch. You shouldn’t have. Really.”)
Maybe Crunchy gets yogurt covered raisins and very carefully peels the yogurt off each one before eating it.
did it end with a crescendo and zizou’s headbutt?
Even better — it ended with Fabio Cannavaro licking the World Cup trophy!
Maybe Crunchy gets yogurt covered raisins and very carefully peels the yogurt off each one before eating it.
And then laughs uproarisly when teensy tiny guys like Birere slip on the yogurt peels! Hee hee! Wow, it’s been a tough night here at work if that’s making me laugh…
So, in an attempt to fill the void for the summer, I have been hunting down little things that flagged my attention during the season… one being… this..
For those curious about the “E.F.G.T.” on the back of Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s helmet – a photo was published in Thursday’s Rocky – they are the first initials of his late grandparents: Estelle, Francois, Gaston and Therese.
Now, I just found this out when all along, my twisted hockey brain thought, well that’s obvious, it stands for Excellent Fucking Goal Tender.
Then I thot, pretty bold for a young kid.
Just how wrong could I have been here?
Maybe Crunchy gets yogurt covered raisins and very carefully peels the yogurt off each one before eating it.
He gets a teensy-tiny vegetable peeler and exactingly removes the yogurt coating in little strips. His teammates watch him do this and ask, “Dude, why’d you cover it in yogurt in the first place?” but Crunchy just shoots the death glare and goes back to being the best yogurt-covered raisin peeler he can possibly be.
Maybe Crunchy gets yogurt covered raisins and very carefully peels the yogurt off each one before eating it.
*gigglesnort*
Excellent Fucking Goal Tender.
Please God John I hope you haven’t put the top coat on my mask yet because I need that on there.
AND.. someone should tell “the Rocky” that goalies where MASKS.. not helmets
Then grumbles hopelessly as BabyCrunchy wanders by, offers a flippant “You gonna finish that?”, and scoops up the yogurt shavings in his ring-laden fist and swallows them.
And then laughs uproarisly when teensy tiny guys like Birere slip on the yogurt peels!
Well, slapstick beats all, but Pookie, you’re not eligible for any of my “Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” awards because you’re related to me. Sorry.
*pant gasp* Man, it is tough work keeping up with this thread. It’s like…a full-time job. Oh wait, it _is_ my full-time job.
Then grumbles hopelessly as BabyCrunchy wanders by, offers a flippant “You gonna finish that?”, and scoops up the yogurt shavings in his ring-laden fist and swallows them.
He’s such a little shit, that BabyCrunchy. Who knew?
hey pseudo-Sleek… glad ur back …. still whalin’ re comment #552
That’s okay, I didn’t want your stupid award anyway! I hate being related to you! I quit! So… uh… you’re still gonna cook my dinner for me tonight, right?
wow… you live next door to Rod Brind’Amour?
This, by the way, was the best comment I missed on my drive home. Top notch, Sandra!
all along, my twisted hockey brain thought, well that’s obvious, it stands for Excellent Fucking Goal Tender
I wish Elly had functioning internet right now. That would literally probably kill her, and the text message time-lapse just isn’t going to do a good enough job supplying me with the proper immediate reaction.
That’s okay, I didn’t want your stupid award anyway!
who invited Alfredsson?
Then grumbles hopelessly as BabyCrunchy wanders by, offers a flippant “You gonna finish that?”, and scoops up the yogurt shavings in his ring-laden fist and swallows them.
Crunchy consoles himself knowing that, if BabyCrunchy’s physiognomy is anything like his (and we all know it is), he’ll be suffering crippling headaches and gas from those yogurt shavings before too much longer.
Oh wait, it _is_ my full-time job.
Yeah, um, if anyone wants to start paying my salary for doing this all day, they’re more than welcome to!
He’s such a little shit, that BabyCrunchy. Who knew?
We’d better be careful, lest PitchyBabyCrunchy find out about this attitude and adopt it.
who invited Alfredsson?
A very appropriate dig for comment 666. Sherry will think you are the devil, but just say the comment number made you do it.
Yeah, um, if anyone wants to start paying my salary for doing this all day, they’re more than welcome to!
God… dont call my boss…
LOL… the devil I did it
We’d better be careful, lest PitchyBabyCrunchy find out about this attitude and adopt it.
God forbid. Although, I don’t know if he could actually bend down far enough to reach the shavings. What with him being about 3 miles tall.
You know, this is only the second time we’ve ever gotten to comment 666. Wow. I can’t believe I said only.
I cant believe you know that stat Mags
You know, this is only the second time we’ve ever gotten to comment 666. Wow. I can’t believe I said only.
I agree, Mags, that it seems we should have done that more often, but that it’s also utterly ridiculous to expect it!
who invited Alfredsson?
I’ll pile on with the chorus of “ZING!”
You know, this is only the second time we’ve ever gotten to comment 666.
Everyone must be rushing to get to 10,000, of course!
Oh, we’re going to get to 1000 waaay sooner than Schnookie predicted. Wait, what was the prize again?
Wait, it was 10,000??? Ack!
Wait, what was the prize again?
You get to pay Schnookie’s salary for doing this all day.
It’s kinda like the Bonds home-run race… except we’ll do it without the ‘roids
Prize? Uh, I think we’re offering IPBucks and IPBalloons falling from the sky. That’s pretty good, right? Right? (We don’t want to make any empty promises, a la Mr. Sleek, with his parkas and Baileys and whatnot.)
I cant believe you know that stat Mags
I have a brain for numbers. I’m even obsessive compulsive enough to calculate my own stats during games and I’m usually not more than 1 or 2 shots off. Crazy eh?
God forbid. Although, I don’t know if he could actually bend down far enough to reach the shavings. What with him being about 3 miles tall.
I’m picturing him stealing everyone’s gum in the bullpen now. No wonder he was chewing such a big wad of it the other day.
It’s kinda like the Bonds home-run race
And considerably more exciting; you know IPB’s Official Stance on Home Runs. ;P
IckyBabyCrunchy, that’s as bad as licking the cup and stuff
You get to pay Schnookie’s salary for doing this all day.
That’s a great prize! Thanks for suggesting it, Earl!
you know IPB’s Official Stance on Home Runs.
um… legs shoulder width apart and one bat length back from the plate?
you know IPB’s Official Stance on Home Runs.
um… legs shoulder width apart and one bat length back from the plate?
*Rimshot!*
I have a brain for numbers. I’m even obsessive compulsive enough to calculate my own stats during games and I’m usually not more than 1 or 2 shots off. Crazy eh?
REALLY? That’s awesome. I’m a stathead myself, but that’s more about pulling numbers after a game. Of course, I’ve also been tracking my career points, which as of this morning was still at zero.
Sorry to cut in folks, but can we send PP healthy vibes? She’s most definitely sick *mope*
sorry… these one-liners just keep coming up
Feel better soon, PP!
You get to pay Schnookie’s salary for doing this all day.
So…that means I get Schnookie’s boss online when we get to 9,999?
PP~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sabres crunchy oscillations of good health vibes
So…that means I get Schnookie’s boss online when we get to 9,999?
Yup. You get to police me rolling in for work at 10 and leaving at 3, and never doing any of my actual work. It’s really going to be a treat for you!
legs shoulder width apart and one bat length back from the plate?
Unless you are PitchyCrunchy. Then again we are talking about a stance conduscive to home runs and, well…
Unless you are PitchyCrunchy. Then again we are talking about a stance conduscive to home runs and, well…
Don’t you even suggest we change anything about his stance. It’s a thing of beauty that is.
Feel better, PP. Keep drinking that gatorade, kiddo.
rolling in for work at 10 and leaving at 3, and never doing any of my actual work.
hmmm not much would change for me in this case
We are drugged…….and hopefully the raging high fever will drop.
Now that Andy (Nikki’s husband) and Rick his brother, the caretakers today are no longer allowed to feed her candy and ice cream (might I add the only food she was fed today) I am hoping for her to be better.
So…that means I get Schnookie’s boss online when we get to 9,999?
Yup. You get to police me rolling in for work at 10 and leaving at 3, and never doing any of my actual work. It’s really going to be a treat for you!
Heh, I meant that I would drag your boss online to make Comment 10,000. But this works, too. As long as I can pay you in IPGraceNotes.
Yup…Ice cream and fucking candy….hard to believe between these 2 men they have 4 children…and they are all still living.
AO… at least she got something into her…although… back to the dairy thing. I hear it’s not good to have dairy if u have the heevies
Sweet drug-induced dreams, PP! Hope you get well soon!
I can’t believe…shit….puking…be back
Heh, I meant that I would drag your boss online to make Comment 10,000.
See, I’m just not so good with the literacy thing. Reading is for quitters, or so I’ve been told.
ok…false alarm.
I can’t believe what I missed…..you all were on a roll……!!
Poor PP! Her throat must feel awful!
Whoa, I get up to do something for an hour and a half and there are 100 more comments? How many more to 10,000?
PP, hope all your bits feel better!
Reading is for quitters, or so I’ve been told.
who do you suppose reads the contract offers to the players to whom English is a second language (although I suppose alot of the older Anglo players fall into this category too… ever see Domi do an interview?)
zot, we’ve still got a little ways to go to 10,000. I’m not going to reveal the number because I wouldn’t want anyone spamming just to get themselves the prestigious IPBalloon shower, you know? :P But I want this to slow down so we hit 10,000 tomorrow morning when I’m paying attention, and not some time in the middle of the night, forcing me to have to laboriously count back to see which was the lucky 10,000th. Some consideration here, people! ;-)
PP, later you and I can exchange drugged-up-vomit stories. Uh, probably MUCH later.
that’ll kill a thread pretty quick
Oh well when you all leave for the night then it is Mags and me and we just IM.
BUT NOT fair for us west coasters who are asleep in the morning or worse IF I MISS THE 10,000 COMMENT cause I am getting the gray out of my hair I WILL BE PISSED. DAMN SALON.
AO… do it at home like Chelios does
She says she is on Mr. Earl.
(she is old school…..Miss or Mr for everyone – Hawaiian thing)
Hey I am usually around late into the night! But then again my internet has done nothing but crap out on my frequently for the past two or three days, so I probably haven’t really been as around as I could be. Grrr. I hate you router.
do it at home like Chelios does
Um….I want to look better not look like Chelios.
The Globe and Mail reported that the $20-million milk campaign Gilmour starred in had increased Ontario’s milk consumption by two percent.
Two percent! I get it! I think that’s hilarious.
Patty… i didnt know if 2% was available in the US or if was just a Canuck thing… it was a marvelous play on words, don’t you think?
Oh wait….I have Earl….I don’t need to go spend $200 on my hair.
Ha…ok…I feel better now. No need to go to the salon tomorrow.
(she is old school…..Miss or Mr for everyone – Hawaiian thing)
I don’t quite understand the Hawaiian thing, but old school is not a bad thing at all. Parents loved me before with the Mr. and Mrs. Anyway, I am off, M(r)(s) Irregulars and GRs. Hope Miss PP feels better!
Poor PP! Wanna Sprite, sweetie? Might settle your stomach. How about a coloring book?
(These are things my mom would say to make me feel better.)
Get some rest and feel better!
See ya, zot!
$200 on hair? holy cow… my hair has been long and straight for as long and straight as I can remember. I cut it myself to save money…
Have a good night Zot….we are glad to have you.
(when she feels particularly close to an adult the become aunties and uncles)
*smacks forehead* Oh my gosh! I just learned this–Ginger! Give her ginger ale! It helps with nausea. Doctors prescribe it for cancer patients going through chemo.
I just went and tallied all the comments :P We’ve got a bit to go, but not much :P
become aunties and uncles
same in my family… although it confused the heck outta my kid later in life cuz he knew I only had one brother… where’d all these other relatives come from?
um….sandra…..it is my only attribute. and I live in Seattle…everything is overpriced. Also, I LOVE WHAT he does to my hair. Makes me feel pretty. (also include my eyebrows getting waxed)
AO… I am inspired to due something like that soon so I can have an attribute too. They only thing I seem to spend money on for myself is tv programming.
We have a glass of Ginger ale already, the fever has dropped almost 3 degrees……and we have had crackers with NO dashes to the bathroom!
Sandra, yes, we have 2%. There used to just be three main kinds: “Vitamin D”, “2%”, and “Skim.”
Now it’s: “Whole”, “2%”, “low-fat” or “1%”, and “fat-free.”
I kind of wish they’d call whole milk “fat-full”. :P
I just went and tallied all the comments :P We’ve got a bit to go, but not much :P
I have shitty clothes (jeans, fleece, etc) and comfy but unattractive shoes….a “adult” body…..and no significant other…..my hair is my boost to my ego.
We have a glass of Ginger ale already, the fever has dropped almost 3 degrees……and we have had crackers with NO dashes to the bathroom!
Yay for small victories! Keep it up, PP!
Whole milk… better than what we refer to it as….
Canadians call it Homo Milk
I kid you not – stands for Homoginized – just like a tissue is Kleenex, a bandage is a BandAid, electricity is Hydro, a sack is a bag and a soda is a pop.
I just went and tallied all the comments :P We’ve got a bit to go, but not much :P
Oh, I tried to draw an emoticon trying to express how impressed (and scared) I was by Mags’ feat, but it started with an open bracket and killed everything.
I’m as clumsy as a modern-day Chris Phillips.
omg getting my eyebrows waxed makes me feel like 100% amazing about my entire life for the rest of the day. Seriously. If only I looked as amazing as I felt, instead of being red and puffy from the effort.
Also on the topic of milk I find that so misleading…you’d think “whole” would imply “100%”…but that would be absolutely disgusting and clearly isn’t the case. But it always makes whole milk seem soooo bad (I remember literally getting yelled at for a semester straight for ‘letting’ my mother feed us whole milk at home by a high school health teacher, as if I had ANY control over that), when really….it’s only like 1.5% more.
Have turned the corner here, thanks for all your support….
PP is begging to go outside and play.
awesome Sandra. :D our Canadianess owns :D
PP I hope you feel better! Ginger ale is a miracle aid :D I don’t have any advice..but umm grab something cuddly and just sleep :D? *e-attach hugs*
I have shitty clothes (jeans, fleece, etc) and comfy but unattractive shoes….a “adult” body…..and no significant other…
AO … you just described me… without the nice hair!
Steph….yeah…it is funny. I don’t have big/dark/busy eyebrows. I could probably never wax them and be completely ok…..but I love the finished look they give me after I am done……
Oh, I tried to draw an emoticon trying to express how impressed (and scared) I was by Mags’ feat, but it started with an open bracket and killed everything.
I’m as clumsy as a modern-day Chris Phillips.
Thanks dude :)
Canadians also argue to the death for their weirdo milk in bags.
PP is begging to go outside and play.
if it’s as hot as it is here, she definitely wouldn’t want to.
Plus I think it’s still raining. stupid storm.
Oh, it used to be called Homo milk down here. I was going to mention that but I didn’t think anybody would believe me.
Here in Texas, we say sack instead of bag and instead of soda or pop, we call it a Coke. So if you ask someone to bring you a Coke, they might ask what kind.
We’re with you on Kleenex and Band-Aid, too. But we call electricity electricity. :D
HA! Steph.. I stopped buying bags years ago cuz the damn things ALWAYS leaked… plus, it’s hard to put a picture of a missing person (let’s say Spezza) on the side of a bag
Anyone curious for the Dutch version of all those words? No? Didn’t think so :P
absolutely Mags…
Regarding the soda/pop issue, Boomer grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and she was forbidden by her mother to call it “pop” because that was apparently “low-class”. Who knew? (And yes, I think our grandmother was making that up…)
Here in Texas, we say sack instead of bag and instead of soda or pop, we call it a Coke. So if you ask someone to bring you a Coke, they might ask what kind.
Patty, my college roommate was from North Richland Hills, and she used to call Sprite “Coke.” We made fun of her to no end.
plus, it’s hard to put a picture of a missing person (let’s say Spezza) on the side of a bag
Zing!
In case anyone cares, just 27 more comments and then we’ve broken our longest thread record. Stands at 777 at the moment.
Soda/pop/coke = frisdrank
Tissue/Kleenex = zakdoek
Electricity = electriciteit
Homo milk = volle melk
hmmm phonetically, tissue looks like a good hockey name
Thanks for classing us up with some foreign language lessons, Mags! I used to have a Dutch boss, and I used to make merciless fun of how hilarious Dutch looks written down. Because, you know, anything that isn’t English is just funny and/or stupid.
Mags dealt a number and killed the convo’s
Thanks for classing us up with some foreign language lessons
Hahaha, I could do it in Japanese, French, German and Italian too :P
And Dutch looks ridiculous. It totally doesn’t make sense.
Yes….I blessed PP with a hockey name of ZIEROTH
By the way all Zane is sporting a lovely NJ Devils t-shirt…..feeling very Devils happy today between that any my insane MARTY comments.
There’s only one guy in the league with the same last name as mine… Mason
I think you can rest safely AO … your jersey is unique
can i get a pronunciation guide Mags :( it would suck if I went to Holland and I wanted pop and i ended up saying something completely different :X
and embarrassing most likely, knowing me XD
Oil (and I’m totally late on this, my internet died momentarily again), seriously! I actually have really thick, really dark (though not terribly shaped) eyebrows, and no matter how well I keep up with them, it still just never looks as good. But five minutes in the salon and everything is wonderful again.
Also poor PP – I understand the pain of having a name that starts with a letter that close to the end of the alphabet.
I get so immersed here that I forgot I have two chihuahuas and that sometimes humans should have a p
Re: surnames. I’m a Ramselaar. If you break it down into words it sounds “Ram ze maar”, which means “Go hit them”. Yeah, nice name for a goalie.
There’s another girl on my team who has my Dutch first name, so my nickname is Ramses the Great. No, I didn’t come up with it myself. Yes, it sorta irks me that they nicknamed me after a man. But hell, he was a Pharaoh, so who am I to complain.
I’m going to try to work some of those words into conversation at work tomorrow! (Nobody pays attention to what I say, so they may not even notice.)
I have a book my dad brought me from Holland back in the late 70s when he went there on business. It was a Richard Scarry book called, Min Forst Ord Bok (I lack the accents for the o’s). Am I remembering it right? It was supposed to mean My First Word Book. We had so much fun with it. We really thought we were learning to speak Dutch.
anyone ever see the movie SuperTroopers?
My boss and I (two of about 60 people in the office) routinely work “meow” into our conversations with others.
SuperTroopers a classic.
cowfucker.
Min Forst Ord Bok
That isn’t Dutch sister. That’s Danish :P
heh
wow.. is there that subtle a difference in tween Dutch and Danish… *chortle*
Wow, we lost Earl.
there ya go, I think I killed it…
Nope. Dutch and Danish are VERY different.
Earl, Schnookie, Steph, Grace…
So Mags, what is Dutch for “My First Word Book”?
Mijn Eerste Woorden Boek
(Sorry, I was over reading Patty’s excellent post.)
Mags dealt a number and killed the convo’s
Sorry, was making a quick post at BoC around my Skeletor pic. If these search engine guys want it bad enough, I’ll cave eventually.
Mags… I really envy your multi-lingualism…
I speak English and vulgar… and enough french to get me through the province of Quebec via the trans canada highway
Sandra, don’t get me started. I speak 4 languages fluently, and have enough of a handle on 2 more to survive. Blame my parents for moving me all over the world :P
Min Forst Ord Bok
Mijn Eerste Woorden Boek
My First Word Book
Gotta love language families.
Ohhh I speak English (both the American and Canadian dialects) and Sailor.
So SORRY, Mags! I don’t remember my dad ever going to Denmark back then. So sorry! Forget I mentioned it.
I was extremely young, I forgot the details apparently.
I was afraid it might be Norwegian, because he went to Norway a lot, but I could have sworn it was Dutch.
So sorry. Please forgive me.
Patty, that’s ok! European languages are a mumbo jumbo to anyone who hasn’t lived in this melting pot for long enough (that said, I’ve only been here for 5 years…)
Well, kids, I’ve got to sign off for the night. Gotta go get dinner started for the Pookster. Have fun, and try not to roll over 10,000 without me!
So sorry. Please forgive me.
aint that a wide-open statement for a zing…
making a quick post at BoC around my Skeletor pic.
EARL – I woulda paid for that pic!
The big wonderful language family :D You know I think you can get anywhere by trying to mutilate your accent while you speak English. The words might actually end up close enough :X
toodles schnookie!
See you around Schnookie!
True enough Vinny… although there are many words that transcend all languages.
Mags, you’d be even more horrified at our pronunciation, I’m sure. We never actually heard it, only read it.
Bye, Schnookie! I envy your ability to tear yourself away.
Earl… couldnt help myself… i had to enter a search on BoC…
Mags, you’d be even more horrified at our pronunciation, I’m sure. We never actually heard it, only read it.
I have THE WORST Dutch accent ever, so don’t sweat it. It’s sorta terrible when I ask for help in a store, people usually ask me to repeat what I said. I usually get brownie points for trying though.
It is a priceless picture…as always……you are a prince!
Earl for the win. That totally made my day :D
you are a prince!
That reminds me. I’ve got some dinner and some Katamari ahead of me. I’ll be back late-night to post comment 10,000!
(of course, the devious sisters have probably set Senor Spam to catch everything after 9,999, and are each plotting to wake up a little earlier than the other.)
Later!
Well. AO… I did the honorable thing and let my ex’s return call go to my voicemail. Arse didnt yell or anything… I’ll show him. When I get the intestinal fortitude to call him back, I’m gonna be a real Bitch.
Cya Mr. Sleek
Stay Strong Sista Sandra….
Thanks AO. Matter of fact, I may just tell him I cant talk now cuz I’m going to the Salon.
Stay Strong Sista Sandra….
That really made me think of a convent. :X
*support*
Bye Sleek :) Awesome post.
Vinny… is it tomorrow for you yet? Can you call me in sick?
Vinny… is it tomorrow for you yet? Can you call me in sick?
It’s tomorrow for me:P What number am I dialing?
HA! you’d do it too …. I’d be in poop.
HA! you’d do it too
There’s nothing I can say to that except, yeah, I totally would.
I think it’s my bedtime. I do hate to call it a night tho. I have so much fun here! Well… here being online cuz literally, I where I always am. Figuratively I’m with friends. Ramblingly, it is definitely bedtime.
Nighty Night PP… make sure everything stays where it’s spose ta for Mom.
Good night Sandra!
Night Sandra!
niters Grace… y’all pray for #48 and #23 to stay put
Stay well Mags, AO et al
‘Nite Sandra. Will do the calling :P
Will do, Sandra!
So, Mags, I think I missed the Life Story. Mind taking advantage of the lull to fill me in? Besides the Netherlands, you have lived…?
Montreal, Halifax, NYC, Hong Kong.
Goodnight everyone who is leaving/has left….I really hate this internet.
That is really cook, Mags.
Poor Steph! Stay with us! Don’t go toward the light!
So what are the four languages you speak, Mags? Is one of them Chinese?
Not that anyone asked, but “My First Word Book” in German is “Mein Erste Wörterbuch,” another language of the same family.
i know three german words!
ich something something :D. auf wiedersen. or something like that :D.
I’ve always wanted to go to Germany. Best European tourist countries anyone? I’ve been wanting to take a European trip for a while.
Dutch, English, German and French.
I dunno, Vinny, different places have different appeal.
Mags’ number counting is incredible.
Really? Ah maybe I’ll wodka in Russia then. Or not get fat in Paris. Or something.
And I’ll top it off by visiting Mags of course. Bake cookies and all :)
I know. I’m obsessive like that :P
aww it’s okay Mags.
Here I’ll spam with you, so you can get it :)
I don’t need it THAT bad Vinny :P
What…what did I miss?
According to my calculations this should be 10000.
YAY?
hey does that mean i got 10001?
but that’s a really cool digit :X
Damn. I forgot to work -bits into it.
Mags’ number counting is incredible.
Did I miss something? did Mags count up all the comments _ever_ on IPB?
(Sorry, I thought I had killed the thread and went to go watch some more Creature Comforts.)
yup. she did. ish. she wanted 10000.
similarly i really like 10001. it’s just so cool :X.
According to my calculations this should be 10000.
Wow. Congrats Mags! Even if the blogmeter spits out another answer, the fact you tallied and sounded confident is good enough by me.
Wanna race to 20k?
*click* Oh man, the whole day now makes sense. I am the densest person in the world. Excuse me while I go hide my head in shame.
Damn. I forgot to work -bits into it.
Relax. I don’t think anyone’s going to look back through the first 10,000 IPB comments and complain about the underrepresentation of the suffix “-bits”.
According to my calculations this should be 10000.
Are you serious Magsbits? If so, conbitulations!
Sorry you all, I had the very important job of lending Nikki my computer to read the blockbuster of Shattuck Boys……um…she is very upset that it is unfinished….
But she loved every second of it!!
I speak Aussie!
Good for you Jordi :)
Ahaha I’d have had more to add but a friend of mine rang who I hadn’t talked to for a while and all my thought died from there on.
Australian’s a hard language!