This weekend will be slightly off, given that we have FA Cup raging semis (City of Men/Team Knifey today, Trashbirds/Men Untied tomorry) gumming up the works. But the Prem marches onward, starting with yesterday’s presumed Anger Release Fixture (Gooners taking their frustrations out on Ded Sham Town)*.
* Sometimes, a pre-written prediction is a little off. And sometimes, there is Friday Night Footy at the Emirates.
Mighty Whitey host suddenly desperate Leeds (7:30, USA) to start things off. Marco Silva’s crew might not be “on the beach” after all – ready, willing, and very able to play spoiler. In a just world, all three of Everton, Leeds, and Leicester would go down. But it is highly unlikely that any more than 1 of the 3 actually will drop over the cliff’s edge.
I can’t find the TV schedule as of yet for the 10:00 window. Don’t fucking test me, NBC Sports. But the main “attractions” are all engaged in relegation posturing, with Back to Very Disappointing Everton away to Woy’s Palace – while Leicester face the bear pit of their furious home support (against Wolves). Fun shit, unless you are dumb enough to care like Hippo.
Robins Hood are also away to the filthy Shite (10:00), but I don’t see any way that is competitive.
Both Sunday matches are annoyingly concurrent (9:00), with yeah right’s Resilient As Fuck Cherries hosting Rum Ham (on the precipice of a major European trophy, but not out of relegation’s vortex quite yet). A point would do nicely for both squadrons. One assumes NBC/USA will instead show Spurs at Barcodes, with its major “4th ticket to Shemp Towne” implications. I really hate wanting Tottenham to do a good, but needs must.
Since we have a little Extra Time (pun intended), a few notes on the bananacakes Eurotrips the English “enjoyed” mid-week. As noted above, David Moyes was doing his best Dour Ginger Cunt Death Stare, as his Hammers trailed Gent (or Genk, fuck if I can keep those two straight) at home early. But four goals later, and they are in the Zooropa NIT semifinals. They are pretty much the best side left, because the tourney has been the glorious, chaotic mess that UEFA and its TV partners surely wanted.
No joy in Zooropa proper, though. Men Untied crashed and burned in vintage form, with De Gea and Slabhead shitting their pants constantly. Sevilla, who are basically Sud Espana Rum Ham (clining to survival domestically, but killing it on the continent), humped EtH’s men, 3-nil. This, after two late (and very fluky goals) earned them a draw at Old Trafford in the first leg. Momentum the next day’s starting pitcher? Somebody forgot to tell the Barberz. Figaro to the semifinals.
City of Men scoff at all your chaos, enjoying a nice stroll in the Munchen park. 4-1 aggregate over Bear Team, with a ratings bonanza against Real Cuntfaces of Madrid next.
Macro level, the story has to be how the Eye Ties are killing it, at all 3 levels of European competition. They are represented at each tournament’s semifinals, with a blood-FOAR-teh-BLOOD GODS Shempions Derby (Inter v. AC Milan) on tap. Boots on teh Ground, Mister 2pac??
…and in news that shocked absolutely no-one ever, anywhere:
https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/21/judge-orders-cops-to-arrest-antonio-brown-over-unpaid-child-support/?adid=social-twa
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Fuck you, Koppites!
“AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Fuck you, Koppers!” – Al “A.C.” Cowlings
Pill #2 + Incoming thunderstorms = HippoNap
Going to Super Mario in an hour. Engage edibles.
Not mentioned as a draw for CANs, the Arizona Coyotes.
https://azbigmedia.com/real-estate/from-the-great-white-north-to-the-desert-sun-why-canadians-are-flocking-to-arizona/
I once drew a picture of a girl’s CANs in middle school and got in trouble.
I love Phoenix and will retire there in the winters.
Tucson for me most likely.
My son is begging to see it.
I assume that you’re taking Deci?
Let us other Dad’s know what you think.
I am absolutely taking Deci, then a trip to the hardware store, then a brewery for lunch. Will definitely let you know.
Cool, Little LLL wants to go tomorrow
I do NOT miss kids’ movies, though Coraline and Up were pretty good.
Up was incredible.
Stupid Pixar. I’m in the theater for 5 minutes and I’ve got tears streaming down my face and I didn’t want the kid to follow suit so I’m sitting there not moving.
Love that film.
Speaking of begging to see it (yeah, yeah, phrasing)
how’s the wee coney laird doing?
We’ve also got the possibility of a Wrexham home promotion clinching win at 1:30 today. Man, that guy Paul Mullin has been worth every penny they paid him. He’ll look good in bronze outside the Racecourse Stadium one day.
Hippo will correct my math but I’m pretty sure it’s one win over the last two games and Wrexham go up.
And Marika’s two cause me to go up.
Marika is Serie A. This is Wales sexiest fan. I believe self-proclaimed; I’m nit sure there was an actual vote. Once again democracy dies in the darkness.
Born a dude.
I am #TeamMarika
Our true beacon
Oh no!
Don’t know if she was born a dude, but she’s definitely got Dollar Tree lip injections.
THIS NOTTINGHAM FOREST DEFENSE I CALL IT THE HOUSTON 500, BECAUSE EVERYONE KEEPS CHARGING INTO THE BOX!!!
So we finished our first multi-unit redevelopment and had our opening yesterday. We bought this adaptive reuse project as a shell and finished it out.
Lesson: I’m sore and will be downing ibuprofen and Lyrica. This weekend is for sleeping.
I lost a fight to my cat this morning over who got the comfy chair.
We are not the same.
Oh, we still are. I slept in the spare bedroom yesterday because the three dogs were pushing me too much on the bed.
No jokes here; looks incredible.
Thanks. We have been working on supplier relationships, and had to increase pay to get the contractors that we wanted for attention to detail, so we’re pretty pumped about this result.
If you’d like an adaptive reuse apartment in OKC, you can have the DFO Discount (first month free).
If you were in this place, you’d be home by now.
I’ll start that add campaign
After consultation with Other Hippo, we have decided to keep the teevee box off and focus on May 2189 and the pending Pretend Shempions Final with Bayern.
At present, I am reading the John LeCarre “George Smiley” novels. The RUS/UKR machinations have lit my latent Cold War fire.
I’m reading “Liberation Day” by George Saunders and holy shit.
Holy shit!
Hahaha suck it Leeds! Suck it all the way back to the championship!
I may have spoken too soon. Feeling still stands though.
Who ya got, Milan…
Underboob is highly underrated
Or Inter?
She makes a valid point. Two, really.
Inter alia.
New Great Goddamned Idea! Cheerleader consortium-owned Bolivian footy side, named Be Aggressive.
Those, those are the pillz I want.
So Arsenal didn’t really want to be champion, huh?
So young it looks like Cecil’s men are not used to this type of warfare.
It appears that the Championship for Arsenal may need to be the friends they made along the way, because I honestly don’t see Man City losing, or even tying, again this season.
Got home late yesterday but think the diving board refinishing went well. Sloppier than I’d have done myself but my 4-year old left me little in terms of monitoring the paint drying so minor bikini blue runs that should be unnoticeable. Top is good so I’m good. Going to hit Ace after the gym and plan to make blaxito help me reinstall the board with some galvanized hardware pieces later this morning. I’ve found that, as his brain and body are kind of our if synch related to hammers use, the ratchet appears to be the best tool of choice for him right now.
My brother is getting married in a couple months and they just bought a place with a pool and diving board. I’d offer to take on refinishing it no problem*.
Can’t speak to their quality of temporarily delaying gravity from pulling me into/under water but Amazon appears to offer 8′ boards for about $600. Comparatively, the refinishing kit and minor consumables run about $100.
*That said, prep is everything and i just brought it to work and the shop prep it. I didn’t want to deal with the filth and fiberglass at home or myself. Immigrants are the best.
I think the moral of the story is that you can’t get started with using free child labour soon enough.
Kids ain’t got no work ethic no more.
Hell, adults ain’t got no work ethic no more.
On the one hand, immigrant laboUr is not-quite-free, but you get quality with much less backtalk. On the other, it’s nice to pay absolutely nothing for laboUr costs (Southern heritage might play a role), and to exercise one’s authori-tah.
I like immigrants. I like that, immediately after Trump got into office, one of his supporters first rallies carried the message “You will not replace us.”
The idea had honestly never crossed my mind before but, admittedly, that was because my assumption was that all young American white men of my generation had a similiar ceiling available in terms of potential and SOME interest in trying to achieve that potential. Then i realized these guys are 25+ and fucked. You ever heard the saying, “working harder to get out of work”?
I love immigrants. Immigrants work. Immigrants can follow the blueprint. They care about their families so much that they come to America to NOT GET first class status and do their thing for their people. Fucking dumbass white kids annoyed me for almost two decades in school now want me to make it look like they’ve made something of themselves?
Losers.
Inshallah, homey. 100% agreed.
Eh, Kids These Days have sucked since there have been such a thing as kids. They made Socrates drink hemlock 2500 years ago because they thought he turned their kids into smartasses.
Inventing ways to avoid hard work is one of the primary drivers of the advancement of the human species.
Parenting is a wonderful outlet for tyranny.
But it also carries about the same risk of being killed for your tyranny. My ADHD 5-year old might drive me into the grave from chasing/fixing what he breaks.
Finally some gives that prick a slap! – Paul Stanley.
You should hold of on using those ” minor consumables” until after the install. Safety first!
The morning’s a bit construction-y and a frigid 79F
😝
Don’t attack us on 9/11 and don’t get sent to gitmo.
You’re not his supervisor!
– Anyone, to Gregory Becker
Not sure if I’ll be able to go boots on the ground. Plus they televise Champions league over the air so free shit Dude! So I will flop my ass on the couch in full mental defalade and enjoy for sure.
I need the play by play of Marika’s game ANALysis.
I may need to rethink the Milano games thing. Half of Wifeys family lives there so while traffic blows, I do have a logistical base to work from and/or crash at.
You’re welcome Buddy
I’ve heard that she’s very organized, so the ANALysis is tight.