Your “Gettin’ Those Letters On!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL Noise:

  • According to the NFL’s Chief Medical Doctor, 68% of all players have had at least one dose of COVID vaccine.
    • That outpaces the national rate of 67.1 percent and is well ahead of the national rate of 53 percent for men between 18-39.
    • There are five teams on which 85 percent of players have received at least one shot.
      • Players are not required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but will face heavy restrictions if they choose not to do so for training camp and preseason games.
        • A fact Sean McDermott brought up during his chat with Cole Beasley.
          • “I trust the players in a our locker room that they’re going to make good decisions and we’re gonna be where we need to be when the season rolls around,” McDermott said.
  • Well, the XFL is coming back in 2023, not 2022 as originally planned.
    • This comes after its planned collaboration with the CFL fell through.
      • “Our talks with the XFL, exploring the potential for collaboration and innovation, have been positive and constructive. While we remain open to finding new ways to work together in the future, we and our XFL counterparts have jointly decided to not pursue any formal arrangements at this time,” the CFL said in a statement.
    • Speculation is that it’s because the CFL didn’t want to play in the Spring.
      • The CFL is set to open its 2021 regular season on August 5th and hold the Grey Cup on December 12th in the wintry delight that will be Hamilton, Ontario.
    • Also, to borrow a line from Senor Weaselo, he didn’t want to change his name to The Rouck.

Non-football observances:

  • Canadian politics:
    • Oh God – they’re not opening the border, they’re planning an election.
      • Because nothing says “summer of pandemic relief” like 28 days of fucktards handing out brochures & making speeches.
    • By law, it has to be held before October 16, 2023.
      • Since Canada’s constitution only mandates an election be held within a five-year window from the last one, and the Fixed Date law only applies to majority governments, there is wiggle room for JT to make his move.
        • But since it’s a Minority Government, it can be triggered any time, even engineered by a PM who wants to win a majority.
    • Here are the current polling numbers:

    • Some truths you need to know:
      • The Liberals & NDP are the only “true” national numbers, as they have representation across Canada.
      • The Conservatives numbers are skewed because they have limited options in some provinces.
        • They are big in rural Ontario but not the cities, which skews their popularity in the province.
        • They are almost non-existent east of Ontario due to various mismanagements.
        • They have acquired a social conservative vibe in the last 25 years that has driven so-called “red Tories” to the Liberals.
      • The Bloq only runs in Quebec, so multiply their number by four in order to get their Quebec support.
        • They are the real competition for the Liberals in Quebec, as they satisfy for voters the socialism the NDP runs on & the nationalism the Conservatives run on.
      • The Greens are in freefall because they have turned on their current leader, and she’s blaming their racism for that.
    • The main issues, in order of polling priority, will be the economy, the environment, the deficit, health care, and the pandemic.
  • The Spelling Bee:
    • The Finals are tonight – there are 11 finalists, out of the 209 that started the competition via Zoom back in June.
      • To help winnow down the field, each preliminary round had a Word Meaning Round, which required the speller to orally select the correct multiple choice answer to a vocabulary question read by the pronouncer.
        • The speller had 30 seconds to view the question and the three answer choices. They had to answer correctly in order to move on.
      • To avoid last year’s eight-way tie, they introduced a “spell off” for the end of the tournament.
        • Each speller remaining in the competition will have 90 seconds to spell as many words as they can from a predetermined spell-off list of words.
        • After all spellers remaining in the competition have competed in the spell-off, the speller who spelled the most words correctly will be declared champion.
    • The winner is gonna get paid!

      • The runners-up just get cash – $25000 for second, all the way down to $2000 for 7th & lower.

Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Done until after Canadian Thanksgiving.
  • NBA:
    • Bucks at Suns – 9:00pm | ABC / TSN
  • MLB:
    • Blue Jays at Orioles – 7:00pm | Sportsnet
    • Phillies vs. Cubs – 8:00pm | ESPN / TSN5
  • Wrestling for newly-employed guys named Jake:
    • IMPACT – 7:00pm | AXS / FiteNetwork Canada
  • Spelling, not telling:
    • Scripps National Spelling Bee:
      • Finals – 8:00pm | ESPN2 / TSN2
  • Futbol:
    • MLS:
      • Nashville vs. Atlanta – 8:30pm | TSN3

I got my second Pfizer dose today. Everything tastes like metal, but at least I’m now a member of the Illuminati. Headache & nausea seem to be the only side effects so far. So, it’s an average Sunday morning, just that there’s no football on.

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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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Senor Weaselo

So Senorita Weaselo’s best friend has a running anthology of things he’s been called at Starbucks, and one of the ones that sits funniest with me is “Albany.”

Because who the fuck would name their kid Albany, as far as cities/communities go? Like, “Here’s my son, Detroit.”

Brick Meathook

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery with his two puppies “Hitler” and Rommel.”
France 1944
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Brocky

Yes, chant suns in four Phoenix fans.

That won’t backfire at all

Gumbygirl

I don’t know, it doesn’t seem unreasonable.Hey, were you watching when one of the announcers said that someone on the Bucks ” looks like a choirboy, but plays like a hooker?” Ummm, thanks?

Brocky

No. You must suffer

May this picture raise your pulse and blood pressure

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Col. Duke LaCross

She takes her vitamins.

litre_cola

Naan bread is a top 5 bread.

Sharkbait

Garlic naan is best naan

BeefReeferLives

Agreed wholeheartedly! Especially if it’s been cooked in a tandoor and is nice and crispy… MUST HAVE THE CHAR

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

And Plan B in the nightstand!

litre_cola

You keep hangers in your nightstand? Weirdo.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Uh, it’s called ‘rope’.” – David Carradine

Redshirt

I watched the Black Widow movie. It was good. Not great, but worth watching if you are into the Marvel movies. Scarlett Johansson held her own as the main role instead of in a supporting role or as part of an ensemble, Florence Pugh set herself up as a worthy successor, and at times David Harbor stole the movie. Also, the fight scenes were very good for the characters being assassins instead of superpowered characters.

Its not without its flaws. It didn’t have an epic feel as some of the other movies and at times the writers walk the razor’s edge between “creative writing” and “ass pull”, but it is an enjoyable experience.

If anything, its nice to go to the movies again. Except the previews and pre-show commercial. They not only survived COVID; they thrived.

Brocky

I would say the marvel formula hasn’t changed, but black widow was made pre covid.

The disney plus shows are a different animal

Horatio Cornblower

Uh-oh, she said ‘M’, then asked for a definition, then started with ‘M’ again before saying “starting over.”

May as well just play the UEFA finals in London, for Christ’s sake.

Fronkenshteen

That was goddamned impressive.

ballsofsteelandfury

SLAM DUNK!!

Horatio Cornblower

No pressure, Zaila, but if you nail this one, it’s hot plate time!
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ballsofsteelandfury

Neureilly-oeuil

ballsofsteelandfury

HA! SO OFF!!

Horatio Cornblower

C’mon, do weather/whether!
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ballsofsteelandfury

Oooh, that was a great guess. She did not know that one.

Horatio Cornblower

The sudden death competition is free throws, so Zaila is just packing 11 in the box and going for PKs here.

ballsofsteelandfury

You know, if you think about it, these Indian kids have an unfair advantage. I mean, they have to spell their own names early in life!

Horatio Cornblower

Rachel Nichols is absolutely rooting against Zaila.

Horatio Cornblower

“We already know that you’re a champion in so many ways. Just not the one that counts here. Get out.”

ballsofsteelandfury

Um, black girl is good at playing basketball.

Way to avoid stereotypes, ESPN!

Horatio Cornblower

Just happy to see one of these kids who’s been allowed to do something outside.

litre_cola

Dominating the Dictionary is a good FF name.

ballsofsteelandfury

So is Dominating the D

Horatio Cornblower

Zaila is from Louisiana and you think you’re gonna trip her up with some French word? You, sir, can go to hell.

ballsofsteelandfury

WHERE THE HELL IS DUCHESS WHEN YOU NEED HIM??

Horatio Cornblower

Twitter, mostly.

scotchnaut

I look forward to The National Spelling Bee’s spinoff series, “Grammar Island”.

ballsofsteelandfury

So who did Jen Lada have to fuck to get this assignment?

Horatio Cornblower

Making your kids perform at the Scripps Spelling Bee for a dog is fucked up even by the standards of hockey parents.

ballsofsteelandfury

Hey Litre, what’s up with the Cavs? No bueno…

litre_cola

REAL ugly start of course against those fuckers. When Camargo is injured it seems they do not know what to do in the attacking end. Ledgerwood has the arm band tonight though!

Horatio Cornblower

Way to remind Roy that he’ll be carrying that stupid word to his grave, fellas.

scotchnaut

/random memory

Conservative Client: “Obama is so full of himself, it’s embarrassing.”

Me: “Oh, why do you say that?”

CC: “Well, that healthcare bill he passed, he called it ‘ObamaCare’-that’s ridiculous!”

Me: “It’s actually called The Affordable Care Act, dumb right-wingers started calling it ‘ObamaCare’, trying to discredit it.”

CC: “….”

/fin

BrettFavresColonoscopy

If the story doesn’t end with him commiting seppuku or you kneeing him in the balls, I’m disappointed

litre_cola

Who is the old broad that is proud of everybody?

ballsofsteelandfury

I don’t know but I think she has a ton of participation trophies ready to hand out.

Horatio Cornblower

That’s no way to refer to Dr. Jill Biden, sir.

litre_cola

No the VAR lady who is proud.

Horatio Cornblower

That was the joke. Clearly the Roy of jokes.

litre_cola

I questioned myself because I heard them talking to Philly Jill and wondered if that was her as I probably couldn’t pick her out of a lineup.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

As opposed to “Filly Jill” which is what Ann Coulter’s classmates called her.

Not to her face, of course. And certainly not in a way that would startle her while standing behind her within range of her hooves.

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Horatio Cornblower

“Your word is ‘sunlight'”

“Can I have all of the information?”

“No. It would break your heart.”

Horatio Cornblower

Zaila is not fucking around.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

FUCK YEAH ZAILA AVANT-GARDE.

Fronkenshteen

Hey! A Long Island girl!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Horatio Cornblower

“Roy, we’re so proud of you, and we wanted to make sure we made the right decision…to throw your semi-literate ass off the stage. Get out.”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

OH MY GOD THEY’RE MAKING HIM DO AN INTERVIEW?

Horatio Cornblower

Kid’s getting VAR’d at the Spelling Bee!?

Fronkenshteen

Oh Jesus, there’s VAR in the fucking spelling bee?

Horatio Cornblower

Goddammit.

litre_cola

I thought the same thing. It has even infiltrated this. BC Dick would have thrown something at the tv.

ballsofsteelandfury

THIS ISN’T THE SPELLING BEE, IT’S THE DEFINITION BEE!!

Horatio Cornblower

What is this multiple choice bullshit? Spell some fucking words or get off the stage.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Pfft. Sounds like the words of a man who married the first girl he laid.
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Horatio Cornblower

I will have you know that I made love to many beautiful women in the Niagara Falls area before I met my wife.

You wouldn’t know them because, as I believe I pointed out, they lived in the Niagara Falls area.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I hope seeing Dr. Jill Biden at the spelling bee ruined the experienced for any redhats who are watch…[breaks down laughing]…okay okay, I can’t keep a straight face, we all know those dipshits would rather pull out their own fingernails than watch the children of immigrants display intellectual prowess.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I also think referencing Jill Biden undercuts your claim of being unaware of MILF porn

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I know that M Night Shyamalan is in the doghouse these days, but the concept for “Old” isn’t something I’ve seen before, which counts for something.

litre_cola

“Old” is also a genre of porn I have never looked into.

ballsofsteelandfury

I find it hard to believe you’ve never seen MILF porn…

litre_cola

That ain’t old. I was thinking retire in Phoenix would be in that genre.

ballsofsteelandfury

Nobody wants GILF porn…

litre_cola

I honestly did not know that was a thing, I am now sure it is a thing.

scotchnaut

“Counterpoint: Everyone wants GILF porn.”

-Male residents of The Villages

Horatio Cornblower

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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ballsofsteelandfury

HI CORY!!

um, hi random lady whose name I don’t know…

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Ted Cruz agrees

herodotus450

If instead of a wall Don T. had promised to lasso the island of Taiwan, tow it across the Pacific towards California, and annex it as the 51st state, I’d have voted for him.

Horatio Cornblower

Don T has enough to do managing our investments in shady Puerto Rican energy concerns.

Horatio Cornblower

Ooh, wrote this one out before they put it out. I added an extra “l”. I’ll go sit in the corner with the other trembling children.

litre_cola

YOU will never be a success until you make partner. Feel shame.

Horatio Cornblower

My name’s on the door, buddy.

I mean, it’s on there in chalk, but it’s on there.

litre_cola

Bigger firm, your sister is a rocket scientist doctor philosopher, at least she isn’t an embarrassment.
You’re lucky you are from a good family or you would be selling roses for rupees in downtown Bangalore.

litre_cola

So Texas is a hotbed for Indian Spellers?

herodotus450

That’s their recruiting slogan in Jabalpur: “Texas: just as hot and racist as India, but with 10% less shit in the streets. Visit today!”

litre_cola

So kids from the Northern States just ain’t spell that good?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“When all you can tortas about is think about…”
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Horatio Cornblower

And then there were 7.

ballsofsteelandfury

I’ve got ten bucks on the Indian kid.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Sucker bet

litre_cola

The parents scare me.

Horatio Cornblower

Not as much as they scare their kids.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Personal reminder: I don’t like pastisse as much as I think I do

litre_cola

I can’t drink it. I have tried many times and just don’t like it.

ballsofsteelandfury

The BEE!! WHOOHOO!!

litre_cola

Also Cavs v Forge

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Who won? I’m on vacation and not sober.

Gumbygirl

The Conservative candidate- that’s a guy, right? Why does he spell his name Erin, like a girl? No wonder he’s going to lose- conservatives don’t like the girly men!
Also, the spelling bee- I came in 2nd in the Western Pa Catholic schools bee, got a really nice pen that I promptly lost. The winner went to the National bee in DC. Now, even though I am a highly qualified under No Child Left Behind secondary ( grades 6-12) English teacher, my spelling and punctuation are…let’s just say “whimsical.”

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Game Time Decision

He represents my area. He’s a fucking racist clown. Sooooo embarrassed that he’s my MP.

litre_cola

Ooof that sucks GTD, yes he is an enormous ass clown and hopefully his ineptitude will lead to a complete collapse of the CPC

Game Time Decision

One can only hope

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I won a spelling bee when I was in 3rd grade. It was joint 3rd/4th grade bee. The preliminary round was a knock down, drag out affair that featured a heroic – but ultimately unsuccessful – run by one of the average students in the class. I spent a good month studying for the final, which I won after spelling maybe two words correctly because the other three contestants got the yips.

Don T

Cup – Drink pairings

Stanley Cup – Beer

Scrpps Cup – Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper

Horatio Cornblower

drink some cheap liquor and scream at them like their parents do. Give them that homefield feeling.

TheRevanchist

That earthquake seemed to have jarred everyone awake. It was a gentle rocking here, so nothing too crazy.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Been in several earthquakes in my life; a pretty strong one in Turkey in the early 1970s; while watching John Carpenter’s The Thing while sitting in the Base Theater in Yokosuka Japan whenever that movie came out, and another Japanese quake at the same base but this time I was on the ship tied up to the pier, and we still felt it. Very surreal experience in every instance.

litre_cola

What would Rocking Dog characterize it as?