This is probably the best day in the auto racing calendar. The day starts off with the Monaco Gran Prix
which (/looks up polesitter) Daniel Ricciardo should win, continues with the 100th edition of the Indianapolis 500 (watch out for the gravy-related yellow flags)
And then finishes with the NASCAR Coca Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule.
If you can watch all three without falling asleep at any point, you are a better person than me.
Grab an alcoholic beverage, fluff up those pillows, and enjoy the day! And tell us about it in the comments!
I stand corrected on Game of Thrones. Some good shit this week.
Still needs more Dire Wolves though.
Holy shit.
Spoiler spoiler spoilery spoils.
That’s where he’s been!
Holy shit and he’s going to be there next week and she’s finally going…
If Lady Stoneheart shows up I may have a nerd gasm.
The fun part was explaining to the non book readers, remember back in season 1 when…
And that was the guy from the…
I ain’t gonna spoil anything but that was fun.
Never too much Dire Wolf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhqyg_dTaTg
I’ve said it before but Nymeria is still out there somewhere and she’s had a chance to start her own wolf pack.
Awoooooooo!
There’s rumors of that in the books but I haven’t seen the show touch it. I’d love to see her come over the hill with a thousand wolves at some crucial point.
Dany was electric tonight.
I’ve never had to really worry about anything before in my life and now that I do I’m coming apart like a child.
I think I’ve missed a key detail somewhere.
What’s up? Talk to your buddy tWBS. I’m a good listener.
You catching any of the shit from Bonnie or are you further inland?
Dreary gray rainy, very little wind tho.
Good deal. Shits starting pretty early this year.
Yep. I didn’t mention….we’re inland pretty far so probably won’t get the brunt. Meh…weather never bothered me too much to be honest.
Except for that one time when God started throwing trees at me while I was driving. That kinda sucked.
I only live a mile or so inland so it gets a little rough at times, and this area floods pretty bad. During one of the big tropical storms a few years back (might have been Debbie), I was in the back yard trying to secure the hurricane shutters and run a siphon hose away from the house when a small tornado popped up. It went from dead still with pounding rain to deafening with wind so strong it was pushing me around like someone flipped a switch. Took the neighbors roof off but left my house pretty much untouched other than scaring the shit out of my ex. Looking back on it, I’m kind of surprised it didn’t drop a house on her.
Yep, been there. In ’90(?) when Hugo was bearing down on Myrtle Beach, gal I was dating at the time and I were racing to reach her folks’ beach house before it got beat all to hell. We didn’t make it in time, but luckily their place was untouched while many of the surround ones were washed away.
God threw trees at me during Fran (’96). Of course, part of the reason for that was that I was the only asshead stupid enough to be driving INTO the hurricane. But seriously, driving down I-85 that night between Richmond and the Raleigh/Durham area was sketchy to say the least.
These are all from around my town during Debbie. This are has some serious drainage issues. If it rains hard for a few hours we have roads that are impassable.
http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wusf/files/styles/medium/public/201206/Pasco%20Boat%20rescue%207_0.jpg
http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2012/06/26/b0b7df6d-a644-11e2-a3f0-029118418759/thumbnail/270×150/2633c03bf22fddfcb20a4d7fb6be8f03/120626-Tropical_Storm_Debby-AP120626010991.jpg
Yikes. Katrine-lite.
Katrina-lite, that is.
/can’t type for shit
//too stupid to proofread
So, judging by the landscape and foliage….
You’re in FLA?
Oh yeah, sorry. Just a little north of Clearwater.
Sweet. I prefer the Gulf coast to the Atlantic, truth be told. Beautiful beaches.
Of course, that’s also the area where I first met my future (now ex) wife. So there’s that.
Same here. Gulf is much nicer to swim in than the ocean as well. I spend a lot of my time off at beaches and parks, so that’s a big thing for me.
I comment on the same blog as you sir. How dare you not know the details of my personal history.
I actually think you might have mentioned FLA previously now that I think about it. But I swear, my guess was purely from your photos. I used to hang out down there frequently at one time.
Everyone loves to talk shit about Florida, but I love it down here. Also for as terrible as everyone says it is, the traffic doesn’t seem to be getting any lighter.
Nerd watch!
Game of Thrones countdown has been started.
It’s the only show on TV that I watch as it airs. I DVR everything else. Just glad HBO has no commercials or I would DVR that too.
I can see where things are starting to fall into place as a whole but the individual parts this year have left me cold.
Anyone else watching Game of Thrones? I used to look forward to it every week. This week I’m watching it because I feel I have to.
That’s probably not a good sign for the series.
It’s been a great season for storyline progression, they’re actually doing things!
But it has come at a bit of a cost to the character development and intricacies.
They’re running out of time and have to get things rolling.
I’m just going to wait for the porn parody of the series…
Um, you don’t NEED to wait.
http://mcsaatchi.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/GOB_movieart1.jpg
Maybe the series ends with Peter Dinklage becoming a lumberjack.
Hello all.
How do?
Eh
Every time I see a McDonald’s commercial, I pine for the shrimp burgers they sell in Japan…
http://runningwithtweezers.typepad.com/runningwithtweezers/images/japanshrimpburger.jpg
These things are fucking amazing…
The boys are power sliding through the corners now…
Me, watching NASCAR: “How’s Dale Earnhardt doing?”
NASCAR fan: “Junior’s runnin’ 7th”
Me: “There’s a Junior!?”
He’s the Earnhardt that doesn’t turn right…
None of ’em do….anymore.
There are still two road courses in the series…
http://i.imgur.com/ZaXU7Zi.gif
After going to the hardware store and pilfering the display grill’s instruction, the new grill is set up. I only smashed my fingers once!
I’ve given you a solid blue print to follow.
Now get to grilling!
“Big City Experience”-(1987ish)
A buddy from school invited me to experience Toronto during Caribana. He explicitly told me “Ottawa is a small city, you won’t “run” into anyone in Toronto”. I ended up running into an intramural basketball buddy, another friend from high school and the old girlfriend of a friend.
One of the things I detest about going home to visit family is that I will eventually run into townies that remember me from high school…and I have zero clue who they are.
The person always ends up offended that I cannot recall some random person from the three different high schools I went to in a four year period. Plus its been like 15 years…move the fuck on already…
Scotchnaut Memory-
I had braces when I was in grades 6 and 7. My parents had divorced and the agreement was that my dad would drive me into “The City” which was 4 hours return every other Wednesday to get the braces adjusted. My dad loved boxing-he told me about Carlos Monzon-I remember watching Foreman, Ali, Frazier and even Dwayne Bobick(?) and he passed it on to me. He had heard about this movie “Rocky” and we decided to watch it after one of my brace appointments. Despite the fact that we didn’t talk to each other during the entire movie and most of the two hour ride home I never felt closer to him. Both of us were blown away by the movie.
Yes I’m grilling again today, thank you very much.
The best part about doing day ahead pre-prep is getting to chill the fuck out the day that you grill.
I’ll be starting the fire in about an hour and just propping up my feet with with a cold beer in hand.
No, I won’t tell you what I’m grilling today ( it’s a secret) but I am grilling New York strip steaks and pork chops tomorrow along with a baked potato.
I do enjoy this so very much.
Small Town Experience-
I was headed to the Tim Hortons this morning when I noticed two girls walking ahead. The one on the left was wearing a shortish skirt and the movements of her hips was hypnotizing. As I passed I realized that said “girl” was a high school ex from 30 years ago. And here I was hoping to fantasize about someone that I didn’t know…
As someone who has lived in big cities all his life, I simply cannot begin to comprehend dating in small towns. I mean, everyone is an Eskimo brother, right?
Everyone is at least a friend of a friend and gossip is rampant. Everyone knows your business. Conversations about larger issues are practically non-existent. It’s great!
I am pretty sure I would go insane within a week. Even if everyone was politely Canadian aBOOT it.
Me too.
One of the greatest things about living in a big city is that you can pretty much never see anyone again if you don’t want to.
This is very true. In fact in the 24 years I’ve lived in LA I’ve only run into somebody I know about 6 times. It’s a big fucking city.
Well, this pit stop didn’t go as planned…
http://www.kittenspet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cats-in-trouble-2.jpg
SHOTS SHOTS?
TAMPAX TAMPONS AUSTRALIAN AD NAOMI WATTS 80s
https://youtu.be/jB_ZCX971aU
Courtney Cox 1985 Tampax Commercial
https://youtu.be/kOHCtQfFn7E
Hippo <3 Naomi Watts
Hippo has plenty of agreement from where I’m sitting.
She’s yummy.
http://www.pitria.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%94%D7%92-%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F.gif
Gorilla Zoe – Lost
https://youtu.be/Dd76X8Hh_8E
Admittedly NOT feline.
But I’d be doing you all a disservice if I didn’t post this…
http://quicklol.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bear-driving-car.jpg
And now Senor Weaselo tries to put a grill together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSRzSgwiDf0
Wait, I can’t even find the French instruction manual.
They see me rollin’
They hatin’…
A couple of follow up thoughts on the dipshit kid in the gorilla cage: I’m assuming the kid didn’t drive himself to the zoo so what about child endangerment charges against the person who was supposed to watch the kid?
And for the ghoulish ass bag who was filming this on their phone, what is the desired outcome of this? Did you really want to catch footage of the little kid getting torn to pieces by the gorilla?
Bunch of sick fucks.
The obvious parenting issues had also occurred to me.
I didn’t actually watch the video, so that hadn’t occurred to me, but I concur.
Apparently all of that pre-race talk aboot “Luck to win” holds serve. Congrats, WHO?
That’s got to be the biggest win in the history of NAPA, isn’t it?
HEADLINE TOMORROW: NAPA AUTO PARTS TAKES OVER THE NATION(WIDE).
Dawwwwww!!!!!
http://s9.favim.com/orig/131025/cars-cats-cute-driving-Favim.com-1015340.jpg
I’m just dying to do a car smell joke….
Here is a green joke :
Car Wash Attendant: Sir, what fragrance would you like?
Me: New Cat Smell
“Ping pong ball sized hail”
WHY IS IT NOT CALLED CRICKET BALL SIZED HAIL? DAS RACIST!!
A cricket ball is much larger than a ping pong ball.
If they called it “BASEBALL SIZED HAIL” it would be racist.
Well there goes the no-hitter.
-Ex-girlfriend watching Drake leave her after getting the bad news.
– Ciara watching Russell Wilson leave for OTAs
No Aaron Rogers/Olivia Munn remarks?
Wow, you guys are slipping (giggity).
Did I just hear a racing commenter say, “there lies the rub?”. Sylvia Plath must be rolling over in her oven…
I really did want to grill today, but, instead treated to a severe thunderstorm and flash flood watch. It hasn’t rained in a week, and has to today.
Guess who gets to use the “new baby” excuse to get out of a wedding shower and watch racing all day?
/Vitamin X bottle flies open
Do you actually care about racing? I mean, I’ve used it as an excuse before but….
Indy Car basically combines the worst of Nascar and F1.
European rednecks??
An casual racism in the broadcast booth!
“And casual …”
http://wisance.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Tiger-in-car-dubai.jpg
Wow that’s a big pu…
/struck in head by balls for stealing his routine
Hehehe…I said “struck in head by balls”.
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/Chapa37/gif/cartoon-gifs-old-beavis-and-butthead.gif
Relatively boring tracks like Nascar. None of the batshit crazy funding like F1. Manages to have none of the competition of Nascar (I realize that the usual top names are always in it with Nascar but the field of potential winners is larger than F1).
Garbage – You Look So Fine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyAK7qPeHY0
I don’t give one sheckel about this race but I appreciate so much that a bunch of you like-minded goobers are hanging out here and we’re trying to make each one of us giggle/snort/guffaw/barf.
Hey, I’ve already had Monster Energy exit my body nasally, thanks to balls and his schtick.
Everything after that is gravy.
Hang a right up here. I gotta pick up a fat sack of catnip. You stay in the car though….my guy’s a little twitchy about people he don’t know.
http://www.jananas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3616-v2-225×300.jpg
Yankees are getting no-hit right now. Just in case you were wondering what’s more boring than watching the wheels on the race cars go round and round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4jGSvxCRp4
Southern Culture On The Skids
http://youtu.be/zAQv1pxrpy4
And now I must go flip steaks for 8 hours. Enjoy your Sunday, gentlemen!
Whoa! 8 hours?
Special Memorial Day hours!
will there be milksteak??
Of course! With your choice of rice, baked potato or jelly beans.
You work at Beefsteak Charlie’s!?
For my Friend Unsurprised:
Garbage – The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
https://youtu.be/GwKtszQ8Ejo
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!
Ditto me that.
A tire is trying to escape one of the cars. If it gets over the fence will the folks at the Cinncinnati Zoo try to shoot it?
Uh, no. They’re shoot the fans in the stands. We don’t to harm the tire.
#rubberlivesmatter
#rubberspreventlivessonomatter
Can’t remember if one of you posted this one earlier or not. And I’m way too lazy to go back and check.
/sorry not sorry
Garbage – Stupid Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GhPUAVgHZc
It’s on the previous page, but I’m too lazy to click back. Good job!
Yeah, I figured I had probably missed it.
How ’bout this one then?
Garbage – Cherry Lips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy1LdAaGASw
#4’s Left Front Tire: “Screw this, I’m outta here!”
Hey, you know what would make several hours of driving in circles even better? How ’bout some Coldplay when going to commercial breaks?
Said no one ever.
/actually likes that song, however
“Not enough crashes, gotta make drivers drowsy.”
Or just hypnotize them with pu…
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/01/22/32BF831C00000578-3519660-Prime_position_Rory_the_cat_lays_outstretched_on_his_owners_dash-a-35_1459545994074.jpg
Next year’s Indy Car design?
http://s22.postimg.org/sgw79sr0x/il_340x270_449426757_pmf4.jpg
I love pink pu….
/shot by Fearless Leader
Ha!!!! I wasn’t drinking anything that time.
MISSED ME!!!!!
The Snapple car ain’t runnin’ good!
/hurls Snapple out the window
Indy 500 Infield-brought to you by bad tattoos and all kinds of watery beer.
Just now in Assholes in Sports, a baserunner tagged up from 1st to 3rd while a player was in pain after crashing into a wall.
eh, part of the game. As long as he didn’t slide in and start celebrating.
Another I can’t believe I’ve forsaken until now….
Garbage – Androgyny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVs6Fekh0RY
They don’t make movies like this anymore:
http://www.gadgetshowprizes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cannonball-Run-Ambulance.jpg
WHERE’S TERRY BRADSHAW?!
I love this movie so much.
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsB/1950-2863.gif
TB: How bout beer? Do we have enough beer?
Mel Tillis(?): (shows Terry backseat FILLED with beer) P-p-p-plenty!
TB: Well what about food, son? Do we have enough food?
MT: (holds up small bag of pretzels) P-p-p-plenty!
Auto races would be so much more fun to watch if the drivers had to kill a six-pack beginning three hours before the start.
And a bowl of curry.
That’s just cruel.