This is the 23rd in our summer series in which we are drawing hockey cards at random from a box and then writing about them.
Ten Trades We’d Make Involving Brian Gionta
1. Brian Gionta to the NHL League Offices for the Devils to play closer to our house, with more affordable ticket prices and 7:30 start times.
2. Brian Gionta and Andy Greene for Vinny Lecavalier, with the Lightning picking up 85% of Lecavalier’s salary and changing the Devils start times to 7:30.
3. Brian Gionta and a lightly used iPhone to MSG Network for the promise to limit Stan Fischler to Rangers broadcasts only and 7:30 start times.
4. Brian Gionta and an 18″ replica of Augustus of Prima Porta to Philadelphia for Mike Richards, a reduction in the obnoxiousness in the hue of Flyers orange, and a return to 7:30 start times.
5. Brian Gionta and Sheldon Brookbank for Brian Gionta of 2005-2006, and 2005-2006’s 7:30 start times.
6. Brian Gionta and the complete Oxford English Dictionary to Carolina for Eric Staal and the obliteration from the Devils schedule of all Saturday matinees and the restoration of 7:30 start times for all non-matinee games.
7. Brian Gionta and our DVDs of Season 7 of MacGyver to make Peter Forsberg and his stupid foot go away forever, and the Devils to switch back to 7:30 start times.
8. Brian Gionta and Bryce Salvador’s new contract for Ryan Getzlaf, a guarantee that Brian Burke will actually go to Toronto midway through this coming season, and the Devils getting 7:30 start times.
9. Brian Gionta and Chunky Beaver Butt for the 2001 Stanley Cup and 7:30 start times.
10. Brian Gionta and John MacLean for a functioning power play and games that start at 7:30.
Brian Gionta, Bobby Holik’s unibrow and voice, plus the right to demand that Kevin Weekes, not Marty, play against them in one of the 4 games this year (for the whole game) to Florida, for the rights to RFA Jay Bowmeester. Oh, and, since it seems important to P&S, 7:30 start times for all non-matinee home games.
I have to say, one of my favorite things about the draft was that Ottawa fan trying to convince you guys that Gio wasn’t that bad and you repeatedly shooting him down. You’re such pessimists :P
SueNJ97, that’s a GREAT deal! Let’s swing that one! I love it!
And Heather, that guy in Ottawa was hilarious. It was a classic case of “You haven’t seen the guy do anything in the two years since you heard how awesome he was, have you?”
He was so persistent though. He was very invested in you saying SOMETHING nice about Gionta. It was pretty cute from the outside.
Yeah, but saying Gio’s still an awesome goalscorer is like saying Brian Campbell is an amazing open-ice hitter! :D
I thought it was pretty cute, too. If you took out all the games I’ve watched when Gio sucked ass. That element was less cute… What I loved best about the guy, actually, was how perplexed he seemed that we would say anything negative about our team.
Hmmm… I see your point. I probably wouldn’t have been able to let that one go uncontested :-D
I probably wouldn’t have been able to let that one go uncontested
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Brian Gionta and an 18″ replica of Augustus of Prima Porta to Philadelphia for Mike Richards, a reduction in the obnoxiousness in the hue of Flyers orange, and a return to 7:30 start times.
When the inanimate object you’re throwing into the deal is taller than the professional hockey player the deal is centered around, there’s something horribly, horribly wrong.
Hee hee, Josh! We’ll trade Brian Gionta and a matchbox turned on end (the long end) for Mike Commodore and 7:30 start times.
Pookie, yeah! That probably was the best part. He said something nice to you about one of your players and seemed taken aback that you contradicted him. He had no idea who he was talking to :P
He had no idea who he was talking to :P
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The sweatshirt should have been enough! Wait, am I not famous yet?
He had no idea who he was talking to
Clearly our brand recognition isn’t strong enough yet — someday people will recognize us immediately and know better than to expect us to agree about the nice things they say about the Devils. :P
Clearly our brand recognition isn’t strong enough yet — someday people will recognize us immediately and know better than to expect us to agree about the nice things they say about the Devils. :P
“We’re bloggers dammit not cheerleaders!”
Nice, Josh! That’s our new motto!
“We’re bloggers dammit not cheerleaders!”
Word! That should be our motto, actually. I might get that embroidered on the back of my “SCHNOOKIE” hoodie. :D
Jinx, Pookie! :P
Word! That should be our motto, actually. I might get that embroidered on the back of my “SCHNOOKIE” hoodie. :D
Hahaha now THAT would be awesome
That reminds me, icejerseys is having a personalization sale, and I’m seriously considering getting a Devils jersey with the number 2 and the name MANADVANTAGE.
Only drawback is I would seem really gay to folks not in the Devils blogosphere.
Only drawback is I would seem really gay to folks not in the Devils blogosphere.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeeeeeeah, I can see how that could be a problem. (Of course, what’s wrong with those people that they’re not reading your blog?)
That guy was relentlessly positive. I particularly liked the “didn’t he score 48 goals once?” bit.
Awwwww! Draft memories! That was hilarious! I also liked when I got to tell Ottawa guy just how many ways Burkie was a pile of puke as a GM.
Only drawback is I would seem really gay to folks not in the Devils blogosphere.
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I’ll take Gio if you guys take Pamela Anderson…and I’ll throw in some pot.
That guy was relentlessly positive. I particularly liked the “didn’t he score 48 goals once?” bit.
You mean, nobody pointed out that Jim Carey won the Calder one year and the Vezina the next and is probably a valet parking lot guy somewhere these days?
I particularly liked the “didn’t he score 48 goals once?” bit.
Poor guy was probably wondering if he was thinking of the right Brian Gionta. :D
I’ll take Gio if you guys take Pamela Anderson…and I’ll throw in some pot.
I dunno, alix… We’ve got Paulie, which means we’ve already got the pot without having to have Pamela Anderson.
I dunno, alix… We’ve got Paulie, which means we’ve already got the pot without having to have Pamela Anderson.
HA! True. Paulie is so useful.
So, I officially reached the off season point today where I have NOTHING to talk about on THG. I just reposted an interview with Matty that was on the front page of the Canucks website today. I think it’s time for Mars Sundin to come to Vancouver and the season to start…
alix, I vote for the season starting over Mars signing.
I don’t know which is better, the list of trades (I think there is a recurring theme in there, but I can’t put my finger on it) or the draft story.
alix, I vote for the season starting over Mars signing.
Beautiful. He’ s supposed to be signed in a week or two, so works for me. Heh.
The Matty article was really adorable so I suppose it did warrent being posted. It was all about him playing his whole career so far for Vancouver, and how he’s a rare breed. And how much he loves Vancouver, and it just feels like he’s going to visit Sweden now when he goes there in the off season. And how much he loves the Vancouver fans. Awww. *Sigh* Is it too early to be terrified he’s a UFA?
(I think there is a recurring theme in there, but I can’t put my finger on it)
It was a very subtle undertone, but I was confident you’d pick up on it. :D
alix, it’s never too early to be terrified of UFA status!
And on that note, I’m shutting down early tonight. See y’all tomorrow!
alix, it’s never too early to be terrified of UFA status!
Alright good. I’ve been freaking out for a week now. Good to know I’m not alone/crazy.
Night, Schnookie!
That Ottawa guy was funny! He was also nice enough to agree that the Roman Senator guy that opened the playoffs for them was an awful idea. He was embarrassed about that. :D
I don’t remember exactly, but I think he tried to say something nice about a Stars player, but I can’t remember. I’m sure I agreed with him though. Or if he said something mean, I disagreed. I kind of am a cheerleader. :P
And hilarious post. I think trade #2 should work!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Great post, guys!….although I notice I didn’t see Brian Gionta for Max Afinogenov and a return to 7:30 start time. That offer is still on the table, but just as fair warning, I’ve been fielding calls all week about Max. We really want to get him signed to the best possible situation- hopefully a contender. It would be a CRIME to stick a dynamo like Max on the wrong team. The Devils would be a great fit for a player like him. I think Max scored 48 goals once! *shifty eyes*
Trade #6 is my favorite. At least Gio would be able to expand his vocabulary with the dictionary while waiting for those 7:30 start times.
Great idea Katebits! Although I would through TimmyHo into that as well. I would also be slightly optimistic that Gio wouldn’t want to make an ass of himself infront of his family.
Brian Gionta for Mad Max, TimmyHo, 4 bags of freshly ground Tim Horton’s coffee (to keep TimmyHo awake) and a return to 7:30 start times.
Then again, I could be wrong…
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Chaz — we are NOT taking Timmy off your hands! You guys are stuck with him!
Good morning everyone! Today I’m teaching a class on starting a blog with WordPress! I’m going to sit in the back of the computer lab saying, “One of us… One of us… One of us…”
Okay Chaz and Katebits, I don’t know how I can make this any clearer: you are STUCK with Max! No one wants your headaches! Now, if you could talk Max into engaging in acts of blatant thuggery on the ice, you can probably move him to Toronto once Burke is GMing there (see: Brian Gionta trade #8), and Burke will most likely take Timmy to help you unload unwanted salaries too. But the Devils aren’t your dumping ground, so quit trying to foist those guys off on us! We have PLENTY of overpaid, underachieving forwards of our own, thank you very much! :P
Ok, ok, I wasn’t going to go to this extreme, but you made me do it.
In addition to TimmyHo, Mad Max AND Tim Horton’s coffee,
we’ll throw in a 2 year supply of Anchor Bar Buffalo wings to top off the deal. This is all in addition to the 7:30 start time. It’s a great deal! *crosses fingers*
Now, it’s hard for me to say no when you throw in the 7:30 start time, but it seems to me that a lot of other teams are offering that, too…
Alright, since there’s no chance in hell of Max becoming a member of the Russian Mafia, tell me who’s offering the 7:30 start times. I’ll take care of them for Max.
**Flips through phone book** Mafia, mafia…hmmm…
I still have a soft spot for Mr. Gionta…even though he was less than “stellar” last season. (Okay, so he was terrible.) 7:30 start times would be nice. I wondered why they couldn’t meet us halfway, and have 7:15 start times even.
Uh oh. I feel like the Devils might be very vulnerable to the Russian Mafia this off-season, after we treated our one notable Russian player (Brylin) so badly…
Pam, I also have a soft spot for Gio, but I’m starting to get the faintest notion that maybe, just maybe, his best years are behind him. Maybe. Heh. (I don’t understand how the Devils can be so cruel to us with the 7:00 start times. I mean, they suddenly have mass transit to their arena, making it easier for everyone to get there after work, but then they push the start time up a half an hour? Whose stupid idea was that? The same guy who cooked up the division-heavy schedule? Waaaaaaait a second…)
It’s not so much that his best years are behind him, it’s really just that he never was a true 48 goal man. That season was a fluke, like so many other things in hockey. I think goal totals in the 20’s are more his style.
Plus, he was a rookie in 01-02, which I always considered my “rookie” year, because it was the first season I started really paying attention and going to games.
Awww! As a fan, you never want to see your fellow rookies go! I know the feeling well — Pando was one of our concurrent rookies, in that we ran into him walking out to his car after our very first preseason game as season ticketholders. (He played most of that year in Albany; I think Patty was a “real” rookie our rookie year…)
And I agree that the 48 goals was a lightning in a bottle sort of thing for Gio, so it’s not like I’m holding those kinds of expectations for him. I just feel like he was out of synch pretty much all of last season, like he’s not quite sure what to do with himself when he’s not playing with Gomer.
i’d like to trade brian gionta and mike mottau (with hobey baker award) for miroslav satan and the statue of william penn on the top of city hall in philadelphia along with 7:35 Eastern Standard Time starts.
Hmm, Matt, I like the way you’re thinking with the statue of William Penn (and the 7:30 start time, natch. :P), but Mottau is one of Boomer’s favorites (what can I say? There’s no accounting for taste). I think we’ll have to insist that the Flyers toss in Mike Richards, too. And pick up 85% of his salary. Oh, and they’ll have to guarantee that Martin Biron start every game against the Devils for the rest of time.
I always wanted Satan to be a Devil so I could buy his jersey. But as a player, meh…I don’t want him.
Schnookie, I’ll never forget Gio’s 1st career goal. They were probably tinking out the joint, so I went downstairs to go online for a bit. My sis was watching on the couch. He scored in that game, and when I came upstairs later, she was like “you missed Brian ‘hee-ON-ta’s’ first goal!”
That was how she pronounced his name the 1st time.
I have spent a considerable amount of time with someone who thought the Miro Satan/Devils thing is the absolute peak of wordplay humor. That really ruined the comedy of the situation for me, and now whenever I see it coming, I’m just like, “Don’t say it. Just… don’t.” :D
and by “tinking” i mean “stinking”
Aww, that’s so cute about Gio’s first goal! And sort of fitting that it would be a game in which the Devils were stinking out the joint. Morgan has a theory that every Devils rookie has scored his first NHL goal while on the wrong side of a huge-assed blowout. (He floated this theory to us after we saw someone — I don’t remember who — score his first career goal in the St. Patrick’s Day massacre against the Canes in 2007. The final was something like 7-1 or 7-2, and it was, of course, the only game we attended in NJ that year, and our last trip to the old barn. Good times, I tells ya! Good times.)
Again with the 7:30 start times! What about us people who like to get home from the Rock before midnight? :p
I was at the St. Patrick’s Day massacre! (I had season tickets afterall) Christ, who was a rookie at that point?
Val (my sis) bitched all day about how she didn’t want to go because they were gonna lose and we were driving to Lowell immediatly after the game to see the AHL team that weekend.
We left mid second period, and did not regret the decision. The only thing we regretted was showing up in the first place.
I was at the actual CAA funeral, when they lost to Ottawa in the playoffs. Ugh.
Oh, and they’ll have to guarantee that Martin Biron start every game against the Devils for the rest of time.
I’m not a Philly fan, but I object to that deal. Marty doesn’t deserve that.
Again with the 7:30 start times! What about us people who like to get home from the Rock before midnight? :p
Tough noogies! Those of us who like to be able to make and eat dinner before having to diarize a game should have precedence over people who worry about lame things like “being home at a reasonable hour”! :P
We left mid second period, and did not regret the decision. The only thing we regretted was showing up in the first place.
As I recall, that’s what Morgan did too. He muttered some excuse about his then-baby son not doing well with the noise of the arena and then he, Liz and Max booked it. I was like, “Why didn’t I bring a baby today so I’d have an excuse to leave too?” (It was actually kind of fun to stay until the end because they were having high school tournament finals there that night, and the Devils game tickets were good for admission to that as well. So we were able to linger at the arena for a long time, wandering down to our original seats down in the fourth row of section 118, soaking up the atmosphere of CAA for one last time. It was a nice send-off, even though we were almost as disgusted with the team that day as we would have been had we been there for the loss to Ottawa.)
I’m not a Philly fan, but I object to that deal. Marty doesn’t deserve that.
Hey, I can’t help it that he gives up goals to Rod Pelley from behind the goal line. If he’s so unhappy with that, maybe he should try stopping the puck more against us. :PPPP
That Rod Pelley goal was the softest goal of the season!
That Rod Pelley goal was the softest goal of the season!
It really was! And I think Biron gave up an identical one to someone only slightly less outlandish than Pelley, too, but like the first-career-goal in that Carolina game, I can’t for the life of me remember who it was who scored it. Madden maybe?
Why do I want to say it was Clarkson who scored his first goal in that St. Patrick’s Day massacre? Wouldn’t he have been a rookie then?
I’ve never gotten the Satan thing because I’m just too literal. My theory is, “If you got a Devils sweater for Satan it would be a sweater that says the name ‘Satan’, which isn’t pronounced the same as ‘Satan, aka the devil’. It would say ‘Satan, the hockey player’. Ergo, it wouldn’t be funny.” Maybe I’m overthinking it.
Schnookie, here it is, from Wiki:
Clarkson played his first game on March 15th, 2007 at Carolina. Two days later Clarkson scored his first NHL goal with the New Jersey Devils and his first assist in a 7–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. This was Clarkson’s second NHL game. He would go to finish the season with New Jersey, including 3 playoff games, and start the next season in the NHL.
OK, this is Buffalo’s final offer.
In addition to TimmyHo, Mad Max AND Tim Horton’s coffee,
we’ll throw in a 2 year supply of Anchor Bar Buffalo wings to top off the deal. We’ll move game start times to 7:45, with the National Anthem and any other crap starting at 7:30. In addition, anyone who’s name ends in “ookie” will get a $10 voucher* per game to use at the concession stand or team store.
*Voucher’s are non-refundable and will expire at the end of each season. They may be saved and used simultaneously to say, buy a jersey. Should a jersey of a traded player be purchased, freshly laundered jersey’s will be exchanged for a current players jersey of your choice.
Good call on Clarkson, Pookie! So we saw a notable goal in the history of Devils hottness, if not a good game that day. :P
Chaz, these vouchers are very tempting, but they haven’t really distracted me from the whole “Timmy and Max” part of the deal. If we could do something about not including either of them, maybe I’d be on board with this. :D
In addition to TimmyHo, Mad Max AND Tim Horton’s coffee,
we’ll throw in a 2 year supply of Anchor Bar Buffalo wings to top off the deal. We’ll move game start times to 7:45, with the National Anthem and any other crap starting at 7:30. In addition, anyone who’s name ends in “ookie” will get a $10 voucher* per game to use at the concession stand or team store.
All that for Gionta? Sweet merciful crap.
Amy, think of it less as “all that for Gio” and more “addition by subtraction”. :P
The sad thing is that would only get you about 2 jerseys per season. Damn RBK.
You know, I only just now realized the back of this Gio card describes the Devils as being “a team that values effort more than flash”. That’s SUCH a nicer way to say “trapping”!
I can’t believe we didn’t read the card last night! We could have written “Effort More Than Flash: A Devils Morality Play Starring Patrik Elias”.
“Effort More Than Flash: A Devils Morality Play Starring Patrik Elias”
I’m not sure I want to know what kind of morality a Patty Elias morality play would feature.
ok new deal.
6 Team Trade including Nashville Predators, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jersey Devils, and Menlo Park Mall.
New Jersey Devils send Brian Gionta to Menlo Park Mall for a couple of Cinnabons and in exchange Gionta will be and elf for Santa during the months of October, November, and December.
The 48 goals Gionta once scored will be divided between the remaining 4 teams for use during any game in the 08-09 season.
In return the Devils will receive RW Martin St. Louis, D Radek Martinek, LW Martin Erat, and C Martin Pierre.
The Devils will then place all of these men on the ice at the same time alongside D Paul Martin and G Martin Brodeur to be the first team in NHL history to have an all “Martin” lineup. And in case you are wondering, Radek Martinek’s jersey will only ready “Martin” because the EK was used as the entire Devils audience made the same noise during last years season.
Lou also stated that the trade is void if 7:30 start times are not re-instated.
In addition to my earlier comment, that 48 goal season looks really out of place on that card, no?
Matt, I don’t like the Menlo mall. Make it Woodbridge or Bridgewater and I’m on board!
think of it less as “all that for Gio” and more “addition by subtraction”.
Heh. But I do like Timmy as a player. I just don’t think his oft-injured self is worth what he’s making in salary.
We could have written “Effort More Than Flash: A Devils Morality Play Starring Patrik Elias”.
Sounds like a bad episode of “Davey and Goliath.”
Okay, Matt, I’m in. That trade is BRILLIANT! Bravo!
Matt, I love it! The Cinnabons would be the little mini ones, right? The little Gio-sized ones?
of course, is there any other kind?
Um… Big Marty Brodeur-sized ones? I dunno. There hasn’t been a Cinnabon in the mall I go to for like ten years! :D
The Devils know better than to trade for Marty-sized cinnabons. I mean, COME ON. If they’re Gio-sized, Marty doesn’t even notice them, which means everyone gets to have one. And Lou’s all about spreading the cinnabon wealth across the organization.
It should be noted that Waldorf-kid Travis will be hopped up on cinnabon for MONTHS if he eats his cut. Someone’s going to have to substitute carrot sticks and raisins for his.
And make sure that Travis doesn’t even see the others’ cinnabon booty. The mere sight of all that sugar will send Travis into overload!
Marty’s like, “Just try to cover up my cinnabon booty!”
So I guess Travis isn’t going to get one of those little plastic containers of extra frosting!
(seriously, it’s been years since Ive had a cinnabon!)
Oh my god, Travis’s head would literally explode if he had a container of extra frosting! :D
(I can’t remember the last time I had cinnabon. I think it was before I was in college. In the Stone Age.)
Zach is going to stick a Capri-Sun-sized straw in his extra frosting containers and drink them like juice boxes while sitting next to Travis in the dressing room. “I say, man, where’s your juice box? Oh, does Coach not like you enough to give you one?”
Travis is secure enough with his carrot sticks (ifyouknowwhatimean) that Zach’s pathetic attempts to rattle him don’t work. He just serenely noshes on fruits and veggies and shoots that Mona Lisa smile at him.
I’m not going to be able to look at carrot sticks and raisins for a long time. Thanks for that.
I thought I’d ruined raisins with Crunchy! :P
I thought I’d ruined raisins with Crunchy!
Nah, that didn’t bother me.
Do you bring carrot sticks with you for lunch every day? Has Schnookie ruined your afternoon snack for ever and ever?! :D
Nah, that didn’t bother me.
Obviously I’m not trying hard enough. :P
i know i’m way late in this but was clarkson’s first goal by any chance a wrap around?…lol
Dude, if it wasn’t a wraparound, then I REFUSE it. We should only count his wraparound goals!
well, since it does seem to be his only move, i thought it had a fair chance of being his first goal…lol
It does make a lot of sense. I frankly can’t imagine Clarkson scoring any other way.
If it wasn’t a wrap-around, I think any videotape of the goal should be altered to make it look like it was. Suddenly Cam Ward (or whoever was in net that day) turns into Ryan Miller and it’s just like that goal that Clarkson scored to force OT.
pookie, i think you may onto something…maybe lou lamoriello can alter a whole bunch of videotape to show some unsuspecting GM that brian gionta is ready to once again score 48 goals and then lou will be able to complete one of the ten trades proposed…
Hey Hockey Experts! Help a relative newbie out. How long after the schdule comes out will tickets go on sale? I’m counting my pennies as I type.
Thanks in Advance
Erin
P.S. This is a hockey advice collum right?
Don, you’re a genius!
Erin, I don’t know, actually. I think probably a fairly long time, but I could be wrong. I would individual tickets would go on sale later in the summer?
BOO-HOO-HOO!!!!
Suddenly Cam Ward (or whoever was in net that day) turns into Ryan Miller and it’s just like that goal that Clarkson scored to force OT.
I love that Crunchy is now the poster boy for brain-fade-in-the-last-thirty-seconds-and-give-up-a-goal-itis.
I think I remembered tickets going on sale late August/Early September.
Hmmm…Matty wasn’t signed for a decade today? Damn…
Paulie will only eat his cinnabons if they’re sprinkled with pot. And then rolled in pancakes.
I love that Crunchy is now the poster boy for brain-fade-in-the-last-thirty-seconds-and-give-up-a-goal-itis.
Crunchy’s like, “As the song goes, you’ve got to have a gimmick.”
Paulie will only eat his cinnabons if they’re sprinkled with pot. And then rolled in pancakes.
They told him they were pancakes at first, but he eventually caught on. (We’ve long had a joke that he’s obsessed with drinking Mr. Pibb, and spent his entire $800,000 rookie signing bonus on 800,000 bottles of Pibb. He demands his plastic containers of extra cinnabon frosting be replaced with Pibb. And when Marty’s gone from the Devils, all the gatorade bottles on the bench will then be filled with Pibb instead of Sprite.)
(We’ve long had a joke that he’s obsessed with drinking Mr. Pibb, and spent his entire $800,000 rookie signing bonus on 800,000 bottles of Pibb. He demands his plastic containers of extra cinnabon frosting be replaced with Pibb. And when Marty’s gone from the Devils, all the gatorade bottles on the bench will then be filled with Pibb instead of Sprite.)
HAHAHAHAHA! I actually had to go look up Mr. Pibb, because we don’t have it Canada.
I actually had to go look up Mr. Pibb, because we don’t have it Canada.
It’s the poor man’s Dr. Pepper. Or really the un-cool guy’s Dr. Pepper. :D
Woops! Not that Paulie isn’t the coolest!
We don’t have Mr. Pibb in NJ, either. And no worries, Patty — we picked Pibb precisely because it is so lame! :D
We are sloppin’ over with Mr. Pibb around here. Heh.
Don’t say that too loudly or Paulie will TOTALLY want to move there!
Even Mountain Dew has a certain cachet that Mr. Pibb doesn’t. :P
Pancakes are big around here, too.
Pancakes are BIGGER around here! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!! :P
RC Cola has more cachet than Pibb.
Pancakes are BIGGER around here! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!! :P
Oh! Sorry! Forget I mentioned it!
Paulie? We’ll talk later. *shifty eyes*
HAHAHAHA. Sundin has gone fishing with his family for the week and is not ready to announce his future playing plans. He really takes his time, doesn’t he?
By the way, someone found my blog searching for Swedish Touch Massage stories. HAHAHAHA. I guess Matty and I will have to find somewhere else to hang out. :D
Grapette has more cachet than Mr. Pibb. (If it’s actually still around. I’ve never actually seen it in person, just ads at antique stores.)
alix, you should look for Swedish Touch Massage places to advertise on your blog. :D
(That might get Matty to visit it more often.)
HAHAHA! Good idea, Patty!
Mr. Pibb can be found at Five Guys. At least, the one on Route 1 has it.
It’s OK. Stick with the good Doctor Pepper, though.
The only time I’ve ever seen, let along tried, Pibb was at the Burger King that used to be on Nassau St right across from Princeton University. It always seemed so odd, like being in another word, eating at a Burger King in classy place like that.
I guess we know now where Paulie hangs out. :P