Your “We Are All…, You Know The Drill” AFC Champagne-ship Game Open Thread

My diary is filled with various loving tributes to the many, many blades I have in my collection. (Thankfully, no one talks about Knife Control) Much like any artist I’ve felt the need recently to expand my skill set, but how?

The non-profit I visited did so many things for those without a home. They seemed to have an answer for every issue for guys and women trying to get back in the work force. No address? They set up a phone number that prospective employers could leave a message at. Lost ID? They provided assistance to those jumping through the various hoops required to get birth certificates and Social Security cards. Lack of transportation? Temporary bus passes and volunteers to drive the newly-employed to work. I had a Dodge Caravan and this was my way in.

Four guys every day. That was the routine. I’d drop them off in the morning, maybe pick up one or two at night-the rest would get back to whatever passed for shelter one way or another. The organization would subtly lean on me to grab their most promising prospects at night. Giving them a bit more structure than most made their ‘numbers’ look good in the long run. I knew the game-funding doesn’t just bubble up from empty space. Stats matter when the board is making a presentation.

Jason was a likable kid-he was that long-limbed, gawky type that never quite grew into his body. He was-I’m guessing-about 24 or so but looked as though he was 10 years older. Deep down the youngster was an optimist but his back-story was one I’d heard before. When he was 16 he got his 15 year-old girlfriend pregnant. He lived in a small town and his parents were prominent members in the church and business community. His Dad claimed to have sent him off to a boarding school but when they arrived at the bus depot he was handed $200 and a one-way ticket to a city three states away. After the money ran out he was sleeping in parks and hanging out with addicts-“I’d been beaten up so many times, I stopped counting after a month and a half”, he once told me.

After I did a rudimentary calculation I asked him one time, “Did you ever get your driver’s license?” He said that his dad let him drive down some back roads when they went hunting but he was out the door before he was legal. “Tell you what-maybe sometime I can let you behind the wheel and you can see what it’s like to drive again. The way things are going, you’ll have your own car in no time.” His face lit up and his grin stays with me to this day.

Back at the office I’d been letting hints drop to the effect that I had suspicions that my boy was back on drugs but I wasn’t quite sure. Everything was set.

It was a Friday heading into a long weekend and Jason was so excited. He shared with me that he’d recently met and was dating a girl he chatted up at Walmart. She was a cashier and things were going great. “Well, somebody better start practicing their driving”, I said. “I know of a lonely old road about three miles from here but I’m gonna be the passenger in the back seat and you’ll be the chauffeur like I’ve been to you.” He tipped his battered cap-“Yes Sir!” and smiled that smile.

A garrote that you’ve fashioned with your own hands is a thing of beauty in its simplicity. A small length of rope, two pieces of wood with a hole in the center that the rope can loop around and be tied to? Less is indeed more. I asked him to keep his eyes on the road and to slow down as I slipped directly behind him. I had been looking forward to the sound that would be made as I crushed his windpipe but, as I learned after doing a bit of homework online, no air to carry it, no sound. Jason, you let me down…

TO THE GAME!

DACA Killers/Time-Out Squanderers:

[prays to non-existent football gods for result that temporarily brings balance to the world]

You know what you’re here for.

 

 

 

 

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Was that a Pats fan waving a Mexican flag in the endzone or did my brain just melt?

Dunstan

“THIS IS WHO WILL PAY FO-AH THA WALL!”

Gratliff

I will only be happy if at some point Travis Kelce gets to do teabagging taunts on Bill Belichik

Doktor Zymm

The people next to me at the bar just made a blood moon period joke. Classy!

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AWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Was it funny, at least?

Petronel

I’d be tempted to anonymously send ’em two Bloody Marys mixed very thick and red, but then again that’s me.

Sharkbait

That’s a great start

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So this is what it feels like to root for a competent organization.

Gatoraids

Grossest timeline continues

The Maestro

MY BOY SONY!!!!!!!!

fleshwound_NPG

Andy Reid, still terrible at constructing a defensive system.

SonOfSpam

But he’s a wizard at constructing a club sandwich.

herodotus450

“Cover-2? Sure, cover it with two kinds of mayo.”

Viva La Tabula Raza

And destructing it, too.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

The clubs he makes needs a whole loaf of bread.

Doktor Zymm

But defense makes it much harder to crash de neighbor’s BBQ!

Spur

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Doktor Zymm

Puggle!

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Oh fuck this

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

“It’s White this time.”

We know Jim, we know.

Spur

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Oh my God the Clay Travis bet is so much worse than it first appears.

JUST IN: This ticket, bought in February for $8,000, was sold on @PropSwap for $57,500 to @ClayTravis & @TheCousinSal of FS1’s “Lock It In.” Returns $168,000 if Saints win Super Bowl. Sale is largest sale in PropSwap history. pic.twitter.com/12ndZt87U2

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 19, 2019

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Horatio Cornblower

I am suddenly so much happier about the Saints getting screwed.

WCS

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wow, it looks chilly there.

Doktor Zymm

I love watching other people be cold, while I eat tacos at an open air bar in comfort

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I just turned my ceiling fan on.

SonOfSpam

Yeah, I wore socks today, but it was a close call.

Spur

my nipples always hard but thanks for noticing.

Doktor Zymm

I hope the Chiefs play dirty. When you can assume a certain number of BS proPats calls, you might as well get some licks in

herodotus450

“I told you idiots, if Brees wasn’t so short he wouldn’t’ve thrown that interception.”
-Mel Kiper

Horatio Cornblower

The outdoor cat just returned after a 24-hour absence during which it snowed and rained nearly constantly. She was dry as a bone ans pissed off that her dinner was late.

That cat is Satan.

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Your cat has a secret family and is a senator from Florida.

Spur

We need Romo on TNT to announce NBA games

Game Time Decision

Looking to buy some 2019 NO NFC Conference champs hats. Can anyone help me out

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I know a Nigerian Prince who might be able to help you out.

SonOfSpam

Most of them are already in Rwanda.

Viva La Tabula Raza

They’ll pair nicely with their hand-me-down “Patriots 19-0” t-shirts.

WCS

I know some orphans in Mali who might be able to help.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

This guy gets it.

Senor Weaselo

Well this isn’t looking ideal.

SonOfSpam

Yeah, Brady still has two ACLs intact.

Gratliff

oh my god
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Sharkbait

That’s amazing

herodotus450

If Eric Berry’s middle name isn’t “Boysen” I’m not sure I want to live in this world much anymore.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

It’s funny to watch Gronk try and sing along to the Anthem, because there’s no way he can remember that many words concurrently.

Doktor Zymm

He’s actually singing Andrew WK’s Party Hard

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I stayed seated throughout the National Anthem, but only because I thought it would have been more disrespectful to lean forward and wipe.

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using the toilet when i hear Our national anthem start to play. i do what i must. i stand tall in complete agony; as shit runs down my leg,

— wint (@dril) September 21, 2016

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SonOfSpam

Out of protest, I knelt-crapped.

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Doktor Zymm

I like it when it’s cold enough that the players look kinda like fire breathing dragons

Petronel

Kinda impressed that Etheridge was able to sing at all in those temps.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I hope we get to see some steam coming off of player’s heads when they pull their helmets off on the sideline.

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Alright Chiefs, you’re our only hope.

Spur

Those Jets should be grounded.

fleshwound_NPG

have been since 1969

Gratliff

Oh man. Not gonna feel good about this one.

“Come to my window.” – Drive-Thru cashier to Melissa Etheridge

fleshwound_NPG

um, ok

still not as odd of a choice as jimmy buffet

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Wait, how long has Terry Bradshaw been homeless?

SonOfSpam

National Anthclam?

Spur

All the motivation Andy Reid needs comment image

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This is the last image we’ll have in our heads when we die.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m kind of surprised other countries aren’t trolling us over this.

Gratliff

I would fuck every tray on that table and feel nothing about doing so

Mother Puncher

That photo unfortunately cuts out Lincoln stating down above him

Gratliff

I can’t find it anymore, but there’s a photoshop I saw on Twitter last week with Vigo instead of Lincoln.

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The best photoshop puts this into the bedroom scene of 2001.

yeah right

My two team parlay of both games being under lives! Go KC and cover 3.5!

ballsofsteelandfury

All of you rejoicing in the refs handing the NFC Championship to the Rams: You just guaranteed another New England Super Bowl win.

I hope you’re proud of yourselves.

Mr. Ayo

Hey! You said that was the superb owl and whoever won will roll the AFC pretender.

Stay true to your picks, pal!

ballsofsteelandfury

Not when the refs get involved to this extent. That was shameful and I’m not a Saints fan.

Senor Weaselo

It’s strange though, you would have thought they’d rig it for Breesus and the Narrative Owl.

Dunstan

Nah, “young QB versus Brady” is a better narrative for the league than “old QB vs. old QB”

SonOfSpam

I’m very proud of myself! RAMMMMMMMMIT

ballsofsteelandfury

Hey, are you available next Saturday afternoon? Looking to do a DFO SoCal meetup at Alpine Village!

SonOfSpam

Thanks for checking; been following it on backchannel. Big ol maybe at this point. But I’ll try!

Petronel

I do love Romo’s enthusiasm.

LemonJello

He can barely hide his erection!

Brick Meathook

I’m already sick of the CBS coverage of this game

Ian Scott McCormick

Patrick Mahomes did not start out like me. Mahomes was probably a better QB when he was 8 than I was when I was 22

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My stank ass is going to take a shower. I expect it to be 14-0 Chiefs when I emerge.

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Tired: Killing Baby Hitler

Wired: Killing Baby Brady

fleshwound_NPG

galaxy brain: killing baby art modell

Gratliff

Eagles got theirs. I really want to see Andy get his this year.
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SonOfSpam

/finally exhales

HOW THE FUCK YA DOIN BOYS?????

RAM IT RAM IT RAM IT RAM IT RAM IT

Ian Scott McCormick

Maya Angelu sucks and I now think less of CBS

Spur

Maya Angelu was a pimp, it’s true.

Senor Weaselo

You know what you’re here for.

Hobo-killin’ stories?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I was hoping for more hobo erotica. Hoborotica, I call it.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

As opposed to Hodorotica, which, well, I’m not going to describe it.

SonOfSpam

HODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODORHODOR HODOOOOOOOOR

hodor

The Maestro

Alright. Time for the real fun to start.

/FACK YOU
//YOU FACKIN’ FACKS

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Sorry, Maestro, but i am rooting for the Patriots today, thus they are doomed.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Ah the Rikki Reversal. Nice play call.

SonOfSpam

Normally that involves a cucumber and 3-in-1 oil.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Even though the Saints got completely jobbed, I like that McVay had the balls to trust his kicker.

fleshwound_NPG

to be fair, saints deserved that ending

rams had NOTHING for 1 1/2 quarters and made it a game, and won

enjoy your failure, sean payton

hmmm…failure…you know that well, sean, don’t ya?

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Spur

Rammit made us all happy.
Now all we need is KC to blowout the Massholes.

Sharkbait

Come on road teams! 2/2

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