Your “Only 205 Days Left Until The New Season Starts” Tuesday Night Open Thread

Was it truly less than 48 hours ago that the 2021 NFL season came to an end?

A lot has happened since then.  Valentine’s Day, for one thing.  I hope you treated your special someone right.

The ladies figure skating short program also happened.  The cheating Russians also benefited from some extremely generous overscoring, so they’re currently holding the 1, 2, and 4 positions heading into the free skate (aka the “not-drug-free” skate for Russian cheaters I mean skaters).  Cheating enthusiasts throughout the world are optimistic that Russia’s cheating program, long believed to be the world’s leader in the field of cheating science and related disciplines, will emerge from this Olympics fully vindicated as producing the most corrupt cheaters in the world.  “This is the first time anybody thought to use the athletes’ minor status as a shield from both criticism and consequences,” pundits opined, “but I guess that’s why Russia cranks out the best cheaters year after year.”

I had the idea of creating a dirty version of Wordle but the domain “dirtywordle.com” has already been registered.  I might code it up anyways, just for fun.  Leave your suggestions in the…wait, no, don’t do that.  We already have enough problems getting put on domain blacklists.

Another thing that happened is that I got a bunch of fence boards for free off Craigslist.  I can’t say that this guarantees me a nomination for the Mike Brown Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Frugality, but I’m starting to feel optimistic that my efforts will receive formal recognition at some point.

We also started keeping a little journal of wines that we like.  The first entry was Trefethan’s cabernet sauvignon.

Let’s see…how about some music?  I haven’t been able to get this one here out of my head.  Could certainly be worse.

Am I at the word count yet? Eh, probably.  Let’s see what happens when I hit the “publish” button…

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ballsofsteelandfury

UPDATE: Sometime during the night, sanity, order, and electricity were restored.

The jigsaw puzzle of Ancient Rome suffered some damage from clumsy feet but it seems the worst is past.

Provisions held up and I still have a half-full large Baja Blast Zero.

Thank you all for the kind wishes and thoughts and prayers. They helped to end this disaster!

LemonJello

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Gumbygirl

I’m glad you survived!

Gumbygirl

Fuck, Lake Arrowhead got 81/2 inches of snow. I’m afraid to look outside to see what we have. I really need to take stuff to the new house tomorrow, but I am not willing to put the chains on, take them off, then put them on again to come back up.

Gumbygirl

Gumby’s paternal grandparents came from Slovakia, so yay?

Gumbygirl

I don’t know, I’m guessing the Slovakians play professionally, and the Americans are just college kids. Wouldn’t that be an advantage for them? But yes, at least it wasn’t the crime syndicate ROC. Rampant Olympic Cheaters.

Sharkbait

We deserved that loss. Piss poor shootout strategy and not taking advantage of chances when we had them

WCS

That five minutes, OT, and shootout was like passing a kidney stone.

In the sense, where you’re thinking, “OH WE GOT THIS!” And, you don’t. Crap.

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Sharkbait

Why would you skate to the short side, and then attempt to shoot there??? THREE TIMES IN A ROW?

WCS

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Sharkbait

You can tell these NCAA players haven’t had 3 on 3 experience. A lot of unforced turnovers here.

Sharkbait

Well fuck

WCS

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Sharkbait

Another bad looking power play. Just eat clock at this point.

Sharkbait

Was talking to a buddy of mine about that. We figure that they just don’t have the time to develop a decent powerplay since the tournament is so short

Sharkbait

USA 2 – Slovakia 1 after 2

Doktor Zymm

Anyone been to Suriname?

Sharkbait

USA 1 – 1 Slovakia after 1.

Brick Meathook

Me in a bar in Lackawanna NY
December 2018

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Dunstan

Canada beats the U.S. in women’s curling. IN YOUR FACE!

BrettFavresColonoscopy
Doktor Zymm

I kinda love it. You get to have a super warm face AND look like a puffy elephant!

Gumbygirl

Good for Johnny and Tara. How refreshing to hear sports announcers telling the truth.

Gumbygirl

There appears to have been a mandatory attendance rule for the entire Russian Olympic team. No way anyone else was cheering for her.

ballsofsteelandfury

Public Service Announcement:

There will be no AFL Beat tomorrow as the apocalypse has descended upon Southern California. I have seen the streets of Pasadena looking like there’s a snow storm we got so much hail.

The power is out at my house and the tiny 1 square mile block in which I live.

Luckily, Taco Bell is safely outside the destruction area and is still serving.

I shall report on the morrow how extreme things got. I don’t expect cannibalism but I don’t think it is out of the realm of possibility.

Power is expected back at 6 AM. We’ll see what is left of this place…

Doktor Zymm

Thoughts and prayers my friend

BrettFavresColonoscopy

TIL Taco Bell is Burger King in Puerto Rican

WCS

Oh, man, now I want Taco Bell…

I’m not going back out.

/looks up DoorDash

Senor Weaselo

“But what about Burger King?” -Una voz de Puerto Rico

2Pack

Hunker down and be well Brother

Doktor Zymm

Neat, there’s a Qatar flight SEA-DOH that takes off and lands at 5:05 pm

Doktor Zymm

I don’t understand people who miss work when they’re retired. Also, people who don’t use their time off.

WCS

Take a look at my ex-, and now princess. All they want do is work, work, work, sleep, work again.

In other words, everyone is sane until you get to know them.

King Hippo

though princess-ing is pretty sweet work if u can get it smgdh

WCS

She works for the US Federal Court. She’s also nuts. And a very tough woman.

Gumbygirl

Yes. Yes it is.

WCS

E tu, Gumbi?

Gumbygirl

In my mind, I certainly am. Actually, my aunt who’s been a nun for 60 years is into family geneology. We have Irish royalty in the tree, way back. Whatever, it makes her happy and keeps her off drugs!

Sharkbait

Fuck that. I use just as much, if not more PTO now. I’m “unlimited” but I still take close to 20ish days

Senor Weaselo

If I don’t die on a gig, did I really live?

Redshirt

If anything, the Super Bowl put Cincinnati in the spotlight more than ever.

Cincinnati: There’s More Than Just the “Chili”

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Doktor Zymm

There’s also a football team!

WCS

And a show people watched in the late ’70s and early ’80s! Also, this is Rain Man’s hometown!

Brick Meathook

It’s near Kentucky!

King Hippo

I was looking forward to The National performing before the 2022 season opener, damn it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfySK7CLEEg

Gumbygirl

The Queen City. Not sure why, mebbe a bunch of guys in drag?

WCS

I understand there’s strategery in curling, and I’ve watched it whenever it’s on the Olympics. I still don’t know a thing about this so-called “sport.”

herodotus450

It’s been all downhill since the NCL banned carbon fiber nano bristles back in ’99.

Doktor Zymm

Yeah, no one is gonna beat those sweeping records, especially now that they’ve really cracked down on doping as well

Dunstan

When I was a kid, my best friend’s mother’s co-worker was a world champion. So clearly I’m an expert.

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King Hippo

Same. It’s like when I tried to learn chess and kept having to ask my then-wife “what does the horsey piece do again?”

Senor Weaselo

I think that’s the one you throw at your opponent when the bell rings.

We’re talking about chessboxing, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJk0p-98Xzc

Dunstan

You come at the king, best not miss.

herodotus450

My hockey team ALSO has a defensive named Derek Forbort.

scotchnaut

I’m a bit disappointed in Detroit making more signifigant progress than the Sens.

/is it pronounced “Floorboard”?

herodotus450

ppl like to joke about Detroit’s head coach being the second longest tenured coach in the league now, but I think stability has a benefit when rebuilding. Just look at other pathetic excuses for sprots franchises, like Detroit (Lions), or Detroit (Bilgepumps, their AFL team).

Brick Meathook

Holy shit we’re having a thunderstorm in L.A.!

Quick, turn on StormWatch™ on the tee-vee!

King Hippo

Nobody FO SHO walkin’ in LA tonite!

WCS

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Doktor Zymm

Will it last until tomorrow? Will the sky rain on LA’s parade??

Redshirt

…and now we know who God was rooting for on Sunday.

ballsofsteelandfury

My power is still out and will be out until tomorrow morning thanks to the lightning.

And Obama.

Fronkenshteen

Making Anthony Bourdain’s recipe for mushroom soup he served at Les Halles. My in-laws brought us a 2 lb. bag of beautiful button mushrooms from Delaware, I had a really nice turkey stock in the freezer, and the recipe is really easy. They showed up last night just as I was figuring out how to open the Valentines present I got my wife, which was a Cameo from comedian/actor Andy Kindler. It was the best gift I’ve ever gotten someone. Screams of laughter from all. Just a standout comic’s comic being as sweet and funny to me and my family as a new grandfather would be when holding his grandchild in his arms for the first time. If you dont know of him, and have Apple Music, his standup albums are gold.
Oh, and the Beatles’ “Rooftop Concert” record is so good it makes you mad.

Gumbygirl

It hasn’t snowed in two fucking months. The week I’m moving, all of a sudden it’s winter. What the actual fuck?!!

Gumbygirl

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WCS

Sidney Crosby just scored his 500th NHL goal. Against the Flyers. Maybe there is some good left in the world.

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If only Mike Lange wasn’t retired to make the radio call.

King Hippo

Think of the raging semi this gave Putin!

Gumbygirl

Hahaha wrongsiders!

Brick Meathook

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herodotus450

Heard there was a really funny comment in that thread, too.

Mr. Ayo

Someone hasn’t heard of Lewdle.

https://www.lewdlegame.com

Doktor Zymm

Huh, now that I’m thinking about it, a lot of lewd 5-letter words have repeated letters and I can’t think of a good one with 3 unique vowels

Doktor Zymm

Daily Lewdle 28 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ok, that is legit harder than wordle

Mr. Ayo

Nawt as lewd as I thought.

Daily Lewdle 28 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Redshirt

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WCS

Somewhere, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson drunkenly counsel each other.

“Why didn’t we think of that?”

King Hippo

It very much amused/impressed me that the Owl got better viewership in Detroit than LA.

(the numbers were waaaaayyyyy better than last season’s Narrative Owl)

Senor Weaselo

Is “Dirdle” still available?