Evening, lizard people. For this week’s Wumbo Wednesday we’ll do things a little differently. Namely because I have robot fights to watch even if we all knew what happened if we paid attention.
As this past Saturday morning Hippo thoughts alluded to, the Premier League is back. Now, for a variety of reasons, I don’t have a team. Among them, never gotten into club soccer, no particular allegiance to a team, sleeping in, or, more recently, taking Senorita Weaselo to work on Saturdays. So, let’s recap some things about me:
Current teams I root for: Yankees, Jets, Rangers, Knicks, St. John’s men’s basketball, Team Momo (Marble League)
Relevant (non-rival) teams family roots for: Juventus, Bayern Munich (kinda, to the extent Padre Weaselo cares about soccer which is not at all)
Relevant to where the family’s from: SSC Bari (Serie B), ASD Audax Rutigliano (Five-a-side, Serie C2-Puglia)
Other possibly controversial opinions:
-Spyro over Crash (not that strong for me though)
-Early Sonic over early Mario, though the later games are obvious
-Squirtle as my Pokémon starter, picked Team Instinct for Pokémon Go.
-Gran Turismo over Forza
-Smash mains: Fox & Marth/Lucina; occasional playing as Game & Watch or Pit (though I liked his Brawl set better)
-Harry Potter house: Ravenclaw, but we’re in America, so when I did the test I ended up in Thunderbird. Even if the Fantastic Beast movies are trashing whatever legacy JK Rowling hasn’t damaged herself.
And at the risk of starting the great cookie war again, I like the peanut butter ones.
That should be the big ones, so use that as a sounding board. Just don’t give me Liverpool, since the guy who runs the Red Sox owns them too. Hell, use that as another thing!
The best idea will get absolutely nothing, since I probably won’t watch anyway. Argue away while we don’t watch football (nothing on) and there probably isn’t any national baseball on, because who would want live sports and not talking heads? Anyway, fight for my not-that-undying allegiance!
Gee YouTube, you sure are accurate and not fucked up at all when I’m listening to Debussy and you recommend that I watch “5 signs that someone is secretly a sociopath” next. I hate my industry.
“Sign #4 That Someone Is A Sociopath: They Listen To Debussy”
Probably my favorite piece of classical music, although it’s a tough call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_hOR50u7ek
I don’t understand people who take jobs after retirement. Are they really so incapable of amusing themselves in this infinite world that they are left with the choices of wasting away or being a greeter at Walmart? And wouldn’t wasting away be the better of the two choices?
I met an Uber driver in Austin who was a golf pro and then retired and was like “I miss being around people” so he drove Uber for like 4 hours a day 3 days a week. Nice guy.
I would retire tomorrow if I could. Never work another second, talk to people as seldom as possible.
Goodnight peeps! Tomorrow we (preseason) football!
HOLY SHIT! The Hypershock/Valkyrie BattleBots fight was one for the ages!
Also, very glad I record these shows. The commercials breaks are long and multiple.
RIP MadCatter and all of this various pieces. lol
As usual I was premature on this. Hypershock/Gigabyte was more bonkers.
I enjoy rooting for my team. I like when they play games here, in our stadium.
How do you do, fellow sports fan?
I also enjoy rooting for my team. Even when they play in other teams’ stadiums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fraSdN-PG8
Packers, LR Vicenza (Series C) – solid and exclusive. Bandwagons commitment to Montreal (CFL), and Newcastle for DFO clowning around.
I root for:
-Titans in NFL
-Uruguay in fútbol
-Puerto Ricans in all other endeavors, especially loud ones.
Senor has too much pain in his life already for Everton. Robins Hood (Nottingham Forest) could be similar to J-E-T-S, even if they missed the marketing potential of Gang Green.
I’m a homer.
Bengals, Reds, FC Cincy, UC, OSU, Cavaliers.
Outside of Ohio:
Green Bay (before Rodgers went Qaron)
Raiders
Washington Nationals
Washington R(static)s (before Snyder and maybe after he is dragged back to Hell and shoved up Satan’s anus from whence he came)
Other Sports I wait for the Finals and the decide if I should back one
Whoever is playing the Chicago Cubs
Whoever is playing the Pittsburgh Pirates
Whoever is playing the Pittsburgh Steelers
Whoever is playing the Michigan Wolverines.
Ok, yinz noe it’s the Stillers and Pens in the pros, with the Rams as my current side bitch. I refuse to recognize dirt football, for obvious, painful reasons! Gimme my Blazers all day for college stuff, although remember that I went to Georgia through my Junior year, and grew up a Pitt fan. Pro basketball used to be the Seattle Supersonics and Showtime! But I could not give a rat’s ass now.
And I was sorted into Slytherin! If I had to pick a lesser footy team, I’d probably go with Palace, being a fucking princess myself!
Oh yeah, Alouettes, oui!
with Palace, being a fucking princess myself!
Like a FUCKING LADY
Fuck yeah!
Agent Orange is suggesting the FBI planted evidence. Which means the FBI found something, and something big.
NY AG may seek ‘corporate death penalty’ for Trump Tower — and all his golf courses: legal expert (msn.com)
For Religious Reasons, I do not personally agree with abortion. (ducks thrown brick and empty liquor bottle)
However, if Planned Parenthood decides to build a new location on the green of Hole 18, I’ll be glad to help with the foundation.
Does this mean soon I’ll be able to stop giving the finger when I cross the Whitestone and the first thing I see is Tramp Links?
I’ve driven past it twice and done the same thing.
Pick Spurs! Antonio Conte is a very respected coach. A fun dude to root for. Animated but not psychotic.
As they say on TV: case, clost
Thinking about taking up lesser football myself. As a non-mormon Utah native, we don’t really have any local pro teams outside of the Jazz, so my loyalties were forged as a kid in the very early 80’s. Likes: Chicago Bears, Yankees in dirt football, Jazz in wood football, Flames in ice football Secular Big Love for college sports and Ferrari in F1. Mostly teams that had flashes of brilliance in the distant, distant past but have mostly turned to liquid shit recently.
Man United for you sir.
That’s perfect. Liquid shit indeed.
Exceptional suggestion! Perhaps our colleague should consider supporting FC Barcelona as well if he’s going down that road. It seems like it was just yesterday that they had a starting 11 that was the envy of the world. Now they’re more like FC “leave-my-arse-alona”.
Wrexham is available for everyone as a non-Premier or Champion’s leagues team. I highly recommend the white jersey and the red one. The blue away jersey is not a good color.
I’ve got the green jersey
Due to the new owners, the red one is so bad guys can’t see them bleed?
Join me on the Crystal Palace bandwagon! With Watford kicked down to AAA, I’m all in on my backup team, which I’ve liked ever since seeing the name and imagining they played indoors and broke expensive stuff with each kick.
Or take Aston Villa, whose home jersey colour is described as “claret” which is classy as fuck.
Palace does have the best kits, and I like Zaha.
Current teams: Yankees, Cowboys, Anyone playing the Vichy Whalers, Fightin’ Horatios in college sports.
Weaselo’s EPL team should be Manchester City because he lives in the only city in the United States that calls itself The City.
Give him Nottingham Forest, for the laughs.
Does he look good in green?
They wear red, which is just wrong.
That’s a missed opportunity right there.
I thought annoying San Franciscovites did that as well.
I don’t associate with “those people”.
Not even while fighting them in the Dodger Stadium parking lot?
You spelled “stabbing” wrong.
I was going to say, do I have to by extension care about NYCFC because the Yankees are part-owners? But then again, Yankee Stadium doesn’t care about them considering there wasn’t a damn thing about that in December but there were ads for the Pinstripe Bowl.
Not sure what it says about my personality, but I only have teams I pull against, none that I pull for. Kinda like the glass half full or empty, I just know it is something that stains, which I will have to clean up when it is inevitably spilled on something expensive.
I’m getting there in football.
Did not realize how much of an downer I sounded, but I must admit that I am glad that I do not have the power to reach through a zoom meeting and strangle people, otherwise I would be in trouble for multiple homicides today. BTW, I did always think that Vader’s ability to force choke over what was basically a video call, was the greatest Force power of them all. Just think of the carnage if everyone could do that.
St. John’s men’s basketball
This failed program is right up there with DePaul. There’s a shit-ton of basketball talent coming out of that city and both programs dropped the ball so badly.
When Northwestern has more tournament wins this century than you (DePaul), you dun goof’d.
It’s so frickin’ obvious that the ‘powers that be’ don’t give a lick about the program. I’m not invested in DePaul being a power program, I’m just saying that one right coaching hire and a small bit of effort on the recruiting front would pay massive dividends to the damn Vincentians that founded the school.
I hate Gonzaga with a passion as a result! (Also you do realize DePaul is Chicago I think, right?)
I too need a lessor footy team. Been trying to watch more of it.
Likes
The habs
Green Bay
Lacrosse. I’d say teams but it would prob be lost on many
Raptors when I do watch basketball (rarely.
Argos
Hates
The Leafs
Indifferent about
Baseball
Most racing
College sports except Lacrosse. But no fav team
Any suggestions?
Can I recruit you as another City of Men supporter? The only reason I supported them initially was because I was so impressed with The Broom’s play for Bell Gum a few years ago. As a Giants, SillyCuse and Senators fan, I’m astounded that this team is well-managed, allocates its resources well and is absolutely out front about its desire to win. And actually goes about it in a smart, calculated manner!*
*might be a refreshing change for you, as it is for me
It’s a great time to support that club. Watch out when Guardiola leaves, though…
Eh, I think ownership is committed to throwing enough money at the club to solve any problems. There might be some slight dips, but you’re definitely buying high on Man City right now.
I’d actually be more concerned about having to replace The Broom. He is stupid good.
THIS! I’ve been trying to increase my footy knowledge and have been searching for ‘The Next Broom’-I’ve yet to find him. He’s so unique.
They’re also owned by the Emirates and buy enough talent every year to pretty much always win the Premier League so there’s that.
Look, I root for a team Stan Kroenke owns; my hands are not clean.
I do like the Broom. And that Sol guy
And I get the words well managed but not together
Sir! It sounds like you are a fan of tradition. In that case, there is only one choice — the King’s African Water Pistols! They are a fine example of British military fortitude (several successful campaigns, including a season where they did not suffer a single defeat), and they have a cannon on their crest! How can you say no to that!
Current teams I root for: Yankees, Jets, Rangers, Knicks, St. John’s men’s basketball