Your “Insert Generic Title Here” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • The London games have been announced.
    • Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders, Tottenham stadium, Oct. 14.
    • Philadelphia Eagles vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21 or 28.
    • Tennessee Titans vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21 or 28.
  • Aaron Donald is signed to his 5th-year of his rookie deal, so the Rams don’t feel it a 2018 offseason priority to negotiate a long-term deal.
    • Because star players enjoy being treated like they aren’t an immediate concern.
  • The Bills are now calling what happened with Richie Incognito a “verbal misunderstanding” between two competing players in the heat of battle.
    • “There was definitely an exchange… I think there’s a misunderstanding of what was said. … From what I understand, it was a little bit of on-the-field stuff, back and forth.”
Happens all the time.

Finally, nfl.com has a pretty revealing look into the rehab process of former Dolphins coach Chris Foerster.

  

He’s had a bad year. A fun year, but a bad year.

It’s a recount of the 60-days of Dolphins-sponsored rehab, and the coming-to-grips with the nearly 30 years of alcohol abuse he says he put himself through.

In a statement of support which explains why he stuck by Aaron Hernandez to the end, Dolphins center Mike Pouncey said, “our relationship over the last year and a half is awesome. I still talk to him every day now. Just to see him get through this process. A lot of guys turn theirs backs on him. For me, I’m just not like that. I’m a loyal guy. I think if a guy has a problem, I want to help him get through it.”


Sorry, I’m a tad short on good ideas today. But in my internet travels this week, I did find a couple of interesting things.

First, a surprising catch by the WordPress spam filter:

From the “Let’s eat Grandma” punctuation department comes a query about whether one’s penis will curve while trafficking our site. Not since Marc Wallice has such a concept been considered. (Maybe don’t Google him at work; he’s been in places like Madison and Savannah.) Usually, it’s either Russians or Indonesians trying to ad-bomb the site. But now I’m worried that each time I prepare an Open Thread, Wakdjunkaga is going to pass his curse onto me “The Ring” style.

The second comes from Google, and I’d like to think it’s a point of DFO pride:

FIRST HIT, BABY! Again, thanks to Low Commander for the awesome photoshop.


Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Blue Jackets at Sabres – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • NBA:
    • Cavaliers at Raptors – 8:00PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
    • Spurs at Lakers – 10:30PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
  • NCAA:
    • Men’s
      • Maryland at Ohio State – 7:00PM | ESPN2
      • Iowa at Illinois – 8:00PM | FS1
      • Clemson at North Carolina State – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
      • Stanford at Washington State – 9:00PM | ESPNU
      • Oregon at Arizona State – 10:00PM | FS1
    • Women’s
      • Notre Dame at Louisville – 7:00PM | ESPN

I’ll see youse guys on Monday, where hopefully don_T can lead us in a rousing celebration of Patriots schadenfreude. ONE CAN BUT HOPE!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Unsurprised

The number of comic actors in The Disaster Artist was distracting. Or maybe it’s just because I can’t stand How Did This Get Made and the people on said podcast, but egh.

I like Tommy’s passion and that he has a dream.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That album cover had a lot of weed cleaned on it. Big favorite through HS and still after all deez years.

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Beastmode Ate My Baby

Hey, Moose…here’s some alternate photo editors.

http://www.creativebloq.com/photoshop/alternatives-1131641

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/6648389507/10-photo-editing-programs-that-arent-photoshop

From past use, I’d recommend Paint Shop Pro for usability & price. GIMP’s okay, but often opaque.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Thanks man. I need to start messing with the gigs of photos just setting there.I really liked PS, but jesus, they like it too.

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Mr. Ayo

I love the Skye
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Brick Meathook

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Fucking mounties

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LemonJello

Ook-ook, eh?

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Wakezilla

The “Resistance” showed itself to be full of shit again today. Sixty five Democrats– including Schiff, Swalwell and Pelosi– voted in favor of corrupt racist, Jeff Sessions, having unreviewable authority and expanded Trump’s warrantless surveillance powers for the next six years.

You’d think with them insisting Trump is a treasonous puppet for Russia, they wouldn’t give Trump extremely invasive, largely unchecked domestic spying power.

Senor Weaselo

Well, what’s the worst that can happen?
/Cut to a few years from now

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Try it again.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Is that some kind of menstrual reference?

Senor Weaselo

Without knowing the movie… yes.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Senor Weaselo

The hills are aliiiiiiive, with the sound of shraaaaapnellllll…

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Is it the machines’ time yet?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

Soon. Then we’ll all… eh, I don’t know.

rockingdog

Hahahaha
Oh internet! You are so great!

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Col. Duke LaCross

Bill Walton is in rare form tonight.

Unsurprised

I think this supercut of Jaime Pressley’s ass (and one or two shots of nipple) are all from that Poison Ivy movie she did.

https://gfycat.com/ShabbyHilariousAvocet

BrettFavresColonoscopy

That was excellent exposure

rockingdog

Oh shit!
Florida has Monkeys? And they have Herpes?
Wait, what?
Bahahaha

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/florida-mans-latest-worry-killer-herpes-from-wild-monkeys/

Unsurprised

They’re in Florida. Of course they have herpes. I’m pretty sure they spray that shit on you at the airport when you deplane.

rockingdog

Reading that article, the first thing that went in my head was the Will Ferrell comedy special when he was George Bush, he had a great bit about Trained Monkeys with spearguns. Operation Primate Speargun!

Now our president kind of actually achieved that….. accept in a different way. The monkeys have Herpes instead of Spearguns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9NO2KfxeeY

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

Yeah, that sounds like a normal day in the life of Florida Man.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Sup

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Unsurprised

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Wakezilla

Didn’t swallow. 2/10 still would

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

It feels weird but good to leave the therapist feeling like I did a workout or that a weight got lifted off my chest. Time to relax.

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Unsurprised

Holy crap. Philip Mudd looked like he was about to jump through that HD screen and yell at Wolf Blitzer until he cried, and Wolf was just the messenger.

Mr. Ayo

Thirsty Thursday!
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Unsurprised

Her underwear seems a little tight.

Wakezilla

That’s compressed

Mr. Ayo
Unsurprised

GIS says she’s Iryna Ivanova, a playmate.

Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

Do we care about Charissa Thompson? Anyway.

h

ttps://pixxxels.org/gallery/1bhu864hi/

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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rockingdog

Folks!
Had did my first Interactive Design class this evening:
Lecture was about basics of pictures- pixels (a square of color); RGB color scheme; 1080P means High Def and 4K is just another kind of resolution; info/license about the picture/content found in something called The Metadata; when you first download/borrow an image make sure it is in the highest resolution; no uppercase or special characters when saving; use sRGB when saving for the website; difference between GIF, JPG, PNG, SVG and what they are short for.
And messed around in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I need a new photo editor, I really liked Adobe Photoshop when I had it but don’t want to spend that much. Elements was OK, but had some limitations. Maybe next time.

Unsurprised

GIMP is free.

Horatio Cornblower

Well, not free exactly…

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Fucking beat me to it.

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yeah, used it on my uncle’s computer, it was pretty good for the price;

theeWeeBabySeamus

I use that almost exclusively these days to be honest.
Nice call.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

80s porn was weird.

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Horatio Cornblower

Most brutal part was he added anchovies to her order.

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Redshirt

Tuesday: “The models are far out, but it looks like we’re gonna get up to 10″ of snow Friday night.”
Wednesday: “Yeah, we’re going to get 4-6″ of snow on Friday night going into Saturday.”
Thursday: “Tomorrow night, we’ll be getting 2-4″ of snow.”

At the rate the weather forecast is going, come tomorrow, I’m gonna have clear skies and 70°.

Horatio Cornblower

That was our blizzard last week. 14″ turned into 6-7″.

Kinda like how I got my wife to marry me.

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theeWeeBabySeamus

I’ve had a headache all day. That’s a bummer.

Time for moar Advil and a beer.

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

“Tango.”

Senor Weaselo

Advil and beer’s the okay one, right? Motrin and beer fucks up your liver.

King Hippo

Can’t they just play the London games tomorrow? I’m bored.

WCS

It is Thursday night…

(thinks about it)

…maybe we’re better off without football tonight.

King Hippo

Thursday Night Football on FRIDAY! Uncle Joe’s prophecy shall be fulfilled.

litre_cola

I have 1 week not spoken for vacation this coming year that my missus does not have. I just told her that I want to go to London for the Iggles game and the mighty Fulham at the Cottage! Why the hell is it either on of two weeks NFL????? Pick a date!!!!

King Hippo

oh shit, we should be able to pick you out at that one, even!!

litre_cola

If the Iggles game was today it would all my Foles filled followed by an aBortle.

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WCS

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Redshirt

That was me today at work. Thankfully the pizza guy showed up when he did.

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LemonJello

Getting caught up on my reading tonight.
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LemonJello

Forgot to put the ass-gasket down before sitting on a cold, wet seat?

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Beastmode Ate My Baby

That looks like the pre-Buckingham/Nicks lineup.

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Beastmode Ate My Baby

Shameless plug:

The new HRTN feature debuts tomorrow!

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nomonkeyfun

I don’t have to drop acid tomorrow!!!

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Beastmode Ate My Baby

Well, you don’t have to, but…

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“Oook.”

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No, no, it’s all fine and good. No problem.

the Alpha and the Amoeba

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the Alpha and the Amoeba

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‘Tis but a flesh wound

LemonJello

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the Alpha and the Amoeba

Oooooooh, I never thought this would be relevant, but have you ever heard the story about how Kenny Loggins ruined Christmas?

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

He touched my Danger Zone.

Spanky Datass

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LemonJello

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That probably should have been: “Tommy; show us where on this puppet that Mr. Loggins toughed your Danger Zone.

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So eating pussies was not all about cats apparently.

the Alpha and the Amoeba

That puppet was fully functional

Redshirt

He keep saying he wanted to eat cats. Maybe his translator was acting up.

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scotchnaut

/not a fan of XTC
//is watching the doc on the band nontheless because
///Where’s the Strawberry Alarm Clock doc?

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ballsofsteelandfury

That’s Gronk, right?

Where’s the penis? Tucked?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Um… trouble with anatomy or did you expect him to have a hard on?

ballsofsteelandfury

Yes. Yes, I did. It’s Gronk!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Fun Fact: Steve Bartek, long-time guitarist for Oingo Boingo, began his musical career playing flute for the Strawberry Alarm Clock.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

So according to a book on Paul Brown’s life, on his death bed one of the last things he told his son Mike was “Don’t draft David Klingler.”

Yup. That’s my Bengals.

WCS

Throughout the ’90s, Paul would visit Mike in the latter’s dreams, warning him not to pick Akili Smith, Ki-jana Carter, or Reinard Wilson. Paul stopped trying after warning his son against Peter Warrick, and Mike woke up saying what a great dream about pancakes.

the Alpha and the Amoeba

To be fair, another main point of that dream was warning him not to waffle on important matters, so his confusion is a bit understandable

Redshirt

Mmmm. Waffles.

LemonJello

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

So it will have been a year ago tonight that the NFL gave up on me and allowed Dean to take his nepotism and lack of success north 3-ish hours, making an entire region hate him (even more). Even after the initial depression of losing something I cared about so much for so long wore off, I still wake up most days with a deep, SEETHING RAGE that mostly comes out when I’m in traffic, or when some hapless person mentions the team in any positive light within my earshot.

While the year has had its share of colossal embarrassments to the franchise, it simply wasn’t the dumpster fire I desperately needed it to be. A non-winning season would have very likely sent Philip Rivers packing (probably through a trade,) send the team back to the gutter and at least allow me some kind of rooting interest in the league, other than abject failure. Instead, I guess I’ll just have to accept my role as a bitter, (more) hateful young man.

Alright, enough of that. Who’s got the beer?

litre_cola

I was you when the Ice Bombers moved to Phoenix. I am happy for the return of them but as small a group as they were I did feel sorry for the Ice Falcons fans

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Was there a point when your anger subsided? Or at least lessened? Because this season has been brutal, and I probably watched less than 10 total quarters of NFL action.

litre_cola

I would say 2 or 3 years. I sort of followed Calgary as they were equally as shitty as the jets were thus not being a bandwagoner. When the Jets came back I was all in. Smallest city in the league and worst place to live in the winter. Pride..

nomonkeyfun

Look what it did to Fozz.
I was born 20 years after the Dodgers and Giants left NY, if knew where Walter O’Malley and Horace Stoneham were buried, I would be very hard pressed not to piss on their graves. I would shit on them, but I don’t want to give them any fertilizer.

Don T

Shitty Clippers have Whisenhunt. Don’t give up on your dreams of a crash and burn.

King Hippo

Think of it thisly – they came closest to the prize, and got burnt by the fucking goddamned Bengals and Bills winning the same weekend.

That’s Shitty Clipper Karma at its shittiest.

litre_cola

Generic? This gets the Flacco approval!

WCS

Has anyone every actually seen this:

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Does it really exist?

the Alpha and the Amoeba

Isn’t that just prop beer?

I mean, if you look at the bottom, you can see where the label isn’t properly attached to the can.

I think it’s just used to avoid having a brand in a commercial production.

WCS

That’s what I mean. Has anyone ever actually found a can or bottle of “BEER” in a store or business? Does “BEER” really exist?

yeah right

It’s been awhile but I can indeed confirm it’s existence. It used to be found in the beer section right next to Lucky Lager.

ballsofsteelandfury
Spanky Datass

Yep, I bought a few sixers of that crap in the ’80s. What?!? Money was tight.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I’m pretty sure I saw that on the shelves at the grocery store when I lived in Southern California back in the mid-70s.
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the Alpha and the Amoeba

The title picture of this thread reminds me of the time I was digging through a box of miscellaneous toiletry items at my parent’s house, and buried deep at the bottom, I came across a travel-sized tube, simply labeled “TOOTHPASTE”. God knows how old it was, since it apparently predated branding on packages.

JustStopDude

The whole NFL handling of Chris Foerster is such a fucking double standard its insane.

And its the same shit with Richie Incognito.

You can do blow…you can be a racist prick…but god help you if you try to bring attention to the extrajudicial killings going on in the US.

WCS

This is clearly all Obama’s fault. #MAGA

the Alpha and the Amoeba

Well, to be fair, it’s not about the content of the infraction as much as the visibility and verifiability. If Chris had been caught by the Madden Cam snorting lines on the sideline or Richie had been wearing a KKK hood during the national anthem, that would have gotten a much more severe response.

Like any corporation, the NFL as a whole is essentially amoral, and any ethics it may appear to have are strictly utilitarian and only concern the effect on business.

WCS

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