Your “Can You Use It In A Sentence Please? Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • Just the worst news: Nick Foles’ wife had a miscarriage, so that’s why he left OTAs.
    • She developed pneumonia during her 15th week, and complications induced labour.
      • It was too early to be viable.
  • More CBA news: the owners will be pushing for an 18-game season.
    • More games = more legalized gambling = more team revenue.
    • In return, according to the Washington Post, many owners are willing to offer players concessions to the commissioner’s disciplinary authority and to the marijuana policy.
    • Reminder: the current CFL model is an 18-game regular season, with two bye weeks, and a two-game preseason.

RANT!:  

I know I’ve gone off on this before, but I have had it up to fucking here with the Toronto-centric sports media in this country and their desire to ram the Raptors down my throat. The closest would be having all the US sports channels advocating for the Yankees, or English channels advocating for Man U. It leads every broadcast, and the centralization of all media means that it’s the lead story pretty much everywhere. I can only escape by not watching TV, which is hard because it did more to raise me than my own family.

Now, I’m not an idiot. (source?) I get that it’s a big deal that a Canadian team is challenging for a US title for the first time. I remember in 1992 when the Blue Jays made their first World Series. As an Expos fan, I equally hated the “ramming down the throat” of the coverage, especially since you could rarely find Expos games on English TV. And as a Best Coast Canadian, I have more of an affinity for the Mariners than the Blue Jays.

  

And I’ve been hurt before.

But I understood the concept of embiggening the deal because of the whole first-time aspect.

But this is different, and it’s mostly because the national (sports) media don’t have the Maple Leafs to talk about during Stanley Cup season, and they seem lost having to talk about other teams pursuing a trophy they haven’t competed for since 1967. They were dismissive fucksticks the last time a Canadian team challenged for the Cup, and seem to write-off any other Canadian franchise that dares compete.

The Blue Jays suck so hard right now they make the Orioles look competitive. CFL season is right around the corner, but you’d never know it watching Canadian sports television; [DFO] has consistently better analysis & coverage of the CFL than Sportsnet, the second-biggest sports network in Canada.

There are so many other sports on right now – French Open; Women’s World Cup; U-20 World Cup; Cricket World Cup; AFL – that they don’t need to build this thing up as a life-changing event, like popping one’s cherry. It’s gotten to the point where Vancouver’s city council was even talking about having outdoor viewing parties for Raptors games, under the very asinine name of “Jurassic Park West”. Thankfully, less-idiotic brains put a stop to that idea before typical things happened.

Fuck all of these people.

Also, where were all these fucking people when we were trying to save the Grizzlies? Double fuck these poseurs. I hope the Raptors lose in four straight, and Kawhi Leonard leaves them hanging for – oh, I don’t know – the Clippers.

I will hate-watch the fourth quarter when I get home from work. I hope they’re down 30, Drake’s crying over Rob Ford’s cardiac arrest, and their fair-weather fans boo them off the court.


Tonight’s sports:  

  • NBA:
    • Warriors at Raptors – 9:00PM | ABC / Sportsnet
  • MLB:
    • Yankees at Red Sox – 7:00PM | Sportsnet360 / MLBN
  •  Spelling!
    • 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee – 8:30PM | ESPN / TSN2
  •  Herpes!
    • Paradise Hotel – 8:00PM | FOX / City

Here are your prop bets for the Spelling Bee, courtesy betsonline.ag:

Prop:                                                                            Odds:

Number of letters in the winning word               Over 9.5 (+100) / Under 9.5 (-140)
Will the winner have braces?                                 Yes (+200) / No (-300)
Will the winner be wearing glasses?                     Yes (-149) / No (+100)
Will there be co-champions?                                  Yes (+250) / No (-400)
Will the winner be male or female?                      Male (-130) / Female (-110)

None of the eight states that currently have legalized gambling in operation permit betting on the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which takes place this week in Washington D.C. While the legal states vary in their rules, the ones that do permit betting on amateur sports only allow it to be on college sports or the Olympics. So good luck collecting your money from Antigua and Barbuda.

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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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BrettFavresColonoscopy

So, I went to Costco today to try the whole “I’m not a member but I heard I can buy booze” thing.

A) Totally worked, you should all do it but you can’t buy ANYTHING else
B) Costco is insane, and I don’t understand why people voluntarily go there on the reg.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

But the stakes are too high

Brick Meathook

Costco is fucking awesome! Buying gasoline there more than pays for the annual fee, But if you go inside, only do that first thing in the morning on weekdays. Never go to the Costco on Washington Blvd near Lincoln (go to Hawthorne). Or go to the Costco Business Center on Prairie and A) see where all the mom & pop bodegas/Korean stores get all their merchandise, and B) feel like you’re in the last scene of the original Indiana Jones movie. Or go to Costco at lunchtime and just eat free samples and don’t buy anything. You can get a mortgage at Costco, and buy a casket too.

Cuntler

They are a pro-labor shop, which can’t be overlooked: https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-pays-retail-employees-20-an-hour-2014-10

Please note, however, that I am a hypocrite, though, because we use Amazon Pantry because the closest Costco is in Littleton, 20 miles away. Also, I hear Amazon doesn’t actively kill its workers, so, yeah. Anyway, how ’bout them Rockies?

Unsurprised

Costco delivers.

Unsurprised

They have a pretty low threshold for free two-day shipping, and the last time I ordered my annual supply of paper products (kleenex, paper towels, etc.) it came the next day. That was nice having it brought right to my door without having to lug that stuff around the store, to and from the car, etc. There’s even online-only deals, so that’s nice. And most importantly, you don’t have to deal with any people.

Unsurprised

Part of me wants to go down the street to get a coke but the other part would rather go to bed or at least stay put and maybe realize I don’t need a coke at 11pm.

Unsurprised

I didn’t go out and I’m over wanting to get a coke. I am going to get some club soda, though.

yeah right

This is weird.

I was browsing around my channels and a local station is showing a baseball game.

It’s funny because the Mets are playing and it almost looks like a real baseball game but they’re playing a team called the “Doggers” or something like that.

I call bullshit. I never get to see these guys play.

Fuck your black out bullshit.

ALXMAC
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ALXMAC
ALXMAC
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

Who gave Rex the corporate credit card?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

See the guy on the left? I once got drunk with him and Buddy Hackett in a Chinese restaurant.

Unsurprised

Archer’s ship is named Seamus. Hmm.

SonOfSpam

Yeah, and it’s already been damaged by stuff he should’ve anticipated happening.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

…and orbiting Uranus.

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