Edging Closer to MOAR Lesser – Open Thread

Yes, by God and Sonny Jeebus, this time next week we get the Premiership back, and perhaps enough decent-ish JV NFL to whet our heroine-withdrawn lips.  As for today…you get FUCKALL and will like it.

Pretend Man City rages on.  In the Year of Our Pretend LAWD 2061, I won the stupid Club World Cup…but not the Cursed Caribou.  So, no 7 trophies = we pretend go marching on.  I have over $1.6B (yes, billion with a “b”) in my transfer kitty.  There’s no way I can ever spend it all.  Feels like a Pretend Rockefeller or sommet.

In quasi-reality, Everton has a shiny new midfield.  Boy howdy, did they need it.  Perhaps as importantly, signals are that Gylfi Sigurddson, Theo Walcott, and their similar deadwooders are heading to the Lesser Farm in the Country.  None to soon.

I reckon it will be October before I return to my normal level of Toffee jadedness.

Oh, and lest I forget – got quite the Friday chuckles over Li’l Messi’s Evita routine.  Jesus, the saddest thing is…I think he really believes his own bullshit.  Dude, you’ns in about as much touch with reality as teh Hippo.  This is not a compliment.

Really, truly, I have nothing else to say to you fine imaginary people.  Talk amongst yourselves.

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Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
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yeah right

We’re doing a live fantasy draft at the top of the hour and this being the Year of Our Fucking Lord 2020 we’re having a Zoom meeting instead of getting together.
This fucking year man.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Please let me know if someone says this and you respond sarcastically. I’d suggest it be more subtle, but at this point…..

ballsofsteelandfury

Puebla for Litre!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

JFC. Gfycat is more ads than videos without ad blockers running. Anyway,

https://gfycat.com/gifs/search/uncle+jeff+ryan

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You know what’s kind of funny? There Will Be Blood is one of those movies that has become a go-to for just watching something well-made to relax (and what I used to fall asleep to when I had a TV in my bedroom). Meanwhile, you couldn’t pay me to watch No Country For Old Men because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I should probably sign off of the internet today, because it ain’t gonna get any better than this:
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Multiple boats sink at Trump boat parade on Texas&#39; Lake Travis – CBS News <a href=”https://t.co/kHb1pupfOi”>https://t.co/kHb1pupfOi</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Andrew (@TwotwentyOne1) <a href=”https://twitter.com/TwotwentyOne1/status/1302347168187998208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hashtag #dumbkirk.

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yeah right

That is brilliant.

yeah right

Eldest brother has officially departed for Reno so it’s just me and DJ TAJ now.

I kind of feel like dancing a little bit.

Fuck it, I’ll open a beer instead.

To new horizons!

Horatio Cornblower

Got the perfect beer for you:
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Horatio Cornblower

Jesus Christ that is a lot bigger than I thought it would be!
/Things my wife has never said to me for $400, Alex

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Except when talking about the blister.

Horatio Cornblower

Marshall playing football in the face of a pandemic makes sense, because having 12% of the team die is nothing to them.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

This comment is going to crash.

LemonJello

Was Rob Bironas driving it?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Piloting.

Horatio Cornblower

Which one of you assholes was talking about the show ‘Queen of the South’? Because I started watching it and now I need to see how it ends, (or at least what the do for the 4 seasons available on Netflix), and it took two full seasons for the heroin(e), (see what I did there?), to pay for the first load of drugs and I’m kind of hating myself right now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Queen of the South…..

Are you talking about Greg Abbott?

litre_cola

I am thru season 1 and its phenomenal

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

2020 waiting for us to come in.

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Horatio Cornblower

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Unsurprised

Shit. What did I ever do with the gifs I made from Veep episodes?

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

Brisket will be ready around 4pm. Welcome to go over.

LemonJello

“Did someone say brisket?”
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Horatio Cornblower

Borble!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

Folks

TheRevanchist

Ladies and germs.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I think I’ll be having chili dogs again for lunch. And then dark & stormys.

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Horatio Cornblower

Is “dark & stormy” what you call your bathroom after a chili dog lunch?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

+three hours.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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It’s fine.

litre_cola

Zoo trip, complete. Now at the pub to watch the local futbol heroes dispatch the pesky club from Toronto.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ballsofsteelandfury

Who is the cute soccer chick on ABC?

herodotus450

Alexei something, I think

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Topless photo.

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rockingdog

found a funny:

Wife: I want a divorce because your enthusiasm’s turned into bitter sarcasm

Tony the Tiger: great

bk109

Also hello, y’all …How ya degenerate pervosaurs are doin’ this fine eve

Horatio Cornblower

Just enjoying Arsenal Twitter’s reaction to losing a pre-season match against Aston Villa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYKlLUym414

bk109

Twitter’s always reacting like a shitgibbon on meth’n’PCP on any topic, so what else is new 😀

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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litre_cola

I clearly did not put enough THC in my system for this zoo trip.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Don’t go with too much.

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TheRevanchist

Ooh! A hatchback. Would daily drive.

ballsofsteelandfury

Re: Messi

He wanted out and was told by his lawyers he could, so he did.

Bartomeu is a stubborn idiot and could have negotiated a transfer fee that would give Barcelona some money back but he didn’t.

Instead of going to court, sitting out the year, and potentially having the court add an extra year to his contract, Messi decided to stay and leave next year for nothing.

Who’s the idiot? From where I’m scratching my balls, it’s Bartomeu as he won’t get ANYTHING and has to deal with a disgruntled player all year.

bk109

Or Messi, because he’s not getting any younger and it’s also becoming glaringly obvious that without a proper supporting cast, he’s not worth the massive price tag… and that with a good-to-great supporting cast, everyone will be good enough and who knows if “the interest” in him is still there in a year. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised that if the interest isn’t there that he not only remains in the Barcelona Theatre and Footy Troupe, but he does so on a lesser contract than now

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ballsofsteelandfury

Yeah, but he’s made his money. He doesn’t need more. He will probably join Man City next year for a very reasonable contract and then go to the MLS City farm in a couple of years to retire.

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Horatio Cornblower

Turns out Sunderland didn’t start the season today, but lost in the Carabou Cup or something like that.

5-4 on PKs, which sounds exactly like what they’ve done in both of the Netflix seasons. Poor Black Cats.

ballsofsteelandfury

At least it sounds like Hippo has survived teh rona…

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Konichiwa, bitches

herodotus450

In related news, apparently Peter Sellers is dead! Some internet wobsite starts his bio with

Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time…

which seems a little boastful.

Unsurprised

Oh, Hell

herodotus450

If Dallas wins this hockey series, they should get to change the line in Dr. Strangelove back to it’s original, “a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff.”

scotchnaut

I have a draft at 4 and an auction at 7. My bestest buddy is a Jets fan and I’ll be doing my spot-on Adam Gase impression by asking, Has Frank Gore been taken yet? about every other round or so.

rockingdog

wat
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Rule 34.

rockingdog

about half way thru this book SANDWORM by Andy Greenberg
really cool
the chapter about the WannaCry ransomware that hit back in 2017 is fascinating

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scotchnaut

When do you think you’ll be Dune, I mean, finished?

Horatio Cornblower

Sunderland, of ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’ fame on Netflix, gets started today vs. Hull City in hot League One action, which is like AA baseball, or Montana State JV football, or so I’m led to believe.

Huge stadium, though.

litre_cola

The second season I felt that tosser deserved everything he got!

yeah right

Agreed, the hard ass GM they brought in earned that fate. Fucking splitter.

Horatio Cornblower

He was a right cunt, as the saying goes. I believe he’s been canned, although I’m not positive.

litre_cola

Dear London Jaguras,

You are back, that’s great! Remember last time when our back 4 was a step slower in every aspect? Yeah, well 3 of the 4 are the fucking same, and now 2 years older!!!!!! SIGN SOMEONE OR ELSE WE WILL YOYO AGAIN KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!

Signed,
Mighty Whitey Fans.

(There are quite a few of us in N.A. due to past signings like Dempsey et al.)

Horatio Cornblower

I am watching ‘Justified’ again thanks to the wonders of Hulu, and in one of the first season episodes the killer, a horse trainer from Kentucky, is wearing a Fulham pullover.

I was so impressed that I DM’d Litre at about 11:00 pm EST, but since he lives in the wilds of Canada I think it was like 6 pm three Tuesdays before.

herodotus450

“You’ll never leave Fulham aliiiiive”

litre_cola

I was definitely impressed that the auto gyro stopped here on its way to Siam.

blaxabbath

I feel like the PANDEMIC is giving solid cover while the NFL initiates changes to start letting teams break their leases early and, thus, grift cities for billions in freebies ahead of schedule.

scotchnaut

I always hold my breath when I see the cyclists in the Tour de France speed down the mountainside.

herodotus450

“That’s a long time, can I interest you in some oxygen rich blood transfusions? (opens trenchcoat to reveal blood bags)”
-Lance A.

Horatio Cornblower

/hyperventilates in Transylvanian

-Vlad Dracula