Did y’all read this booky-book in high school? Somehow, I didn’t. But I love end of the world/dystopian fiction, so maybe I will put it on my library hold list (saving me ass tons of moneys, why did I ever get out of the habit?). Anything you’d care to recommend to Other Hippo and/or the class?
But in Lesser Footy, tis used to describe the sides playing for the square root of fuckall in May. Safe from relegation, no chance at European qualification. This year? Holy shit, there are just SO MANY of us (and Toffees supporters are very grateful to be included).
All the drama is really down to two things – (1) Will City of Men stub their toe and let the King’s Afrikan Water Pistols back in the hunt? and (2) Will Villa somehow blow the 4th Shempions League qualifying spot (for which they clearly have pole position)?
Nothing else really matters.
Arsenal have to go first this weekend, hosting yeah right’s Cherries Jubilee early (7:30, USA). This is, without question, a banana skin fixture. The Gooners may or may not slip on it…but the danger is deffo there. Ded Knifey and Insane-They-Won’t-Go-Down Robins Hood (10:00, USA) are the featured 10:00 window match. Zero fucks given. Beesus/Mighty Whitey could very well have some quasi-rivalry spice (Peacock).
City of Men host Wolves in the Spotlight round (12:30, NBC) – which is a pretty easy task, really. But do recall that City don’t need to LOSE – a Draw puts Arsenal back in the driver’s seat, unless they drop points first. A City Draw could be fun as shit, in that Pep’s bunch would then have to boat race their remaining opponents, trying to catch Arsenal’s goal differential. Chaos is always fun.
Villa get Trashbirds on the South Coast Sunday (9:00, USA) – the rest are just filler. Villa shit themselves in European/Zooropa NIT play mid-week (at home to Olympiakos), which was quite surprising. Interested to see their response.
Totally unrelated, but when I was in between London and Exeter, Ontario – oldest HippoSpawn and I passed an active Godfather’s Pizza. Probably been 20 years since I’ve seen one, but good for the Herman Cain estate. NINE NINE NINE!!!
Make pun-ny Star Wars references in my thread? You’ll be on our list, chuh chuh.
I don’t have any ridiculous hats, but at least I have a mint julep
Tomorrow will be a Scilly day!
My darling dear, every day is a Scilly day around here!
Yesterday and the day after? You guessed it. Chrybdis Day.
While listening to this in the car, I had another Great Idea From teh Mind of Hippo! Los Doyers should move their AAA squadron to Watts, and rename them the 187s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dPKfxRhk0
I was right here in the DMZ.
We need to get around to ghost-writing your biography – A Lifetime of Bangin’
/we can call ya “y. right” to protect your identity
That was my biggest mistake, using my real name here.
Fun fact: LA had its own Wrigley Field and it was located not too far from Watts in South Central.
For a long time, it was home to the LA Angels.
Yes, same Wrigley. The Angels were a minor league club for the Chicago Cubs.
Fun fact 2: the MLB Angels played there in their inaugural season.
Fun fact 3: Wrigley OWNED Catalina Island. The Cubs held spring training there and there was another Wrigley Field there.
I watched a Huell Howser episode about the Wrigley botanical garden on Catalina the other day. It was very pretty.
Watched that new Unfrosted movie
Pretty funny
Kinda Rockinggggg!
That’s an amazing coinkydink, I ate a poptart today. First one in many years. It was frosted, however. Blueberry. Not bad, as long as you don’t think about it too hard!
https://youtu.be/2jBiHhhd0a8?si=pk-RoRNhqXTmV69u
Frosted Cherry and Brown Sugar Cinnamon. Trust me.
I’m kind of intrigued by the hot fudge sundae one. I have problems with fake cinnamon flavor. I can’t use Colgate toothpaste or chew Dentyne gum, I’ll get giant hives in my mouth. Real cinnamon is fine, but is Kellogg splashing out for the good stuff?
Probably not. In the video, Matt says all the chocolate flavors are trash, but YMMV.
I just watched it. No longer intrigued. I’ll stick to the fruity ones. I’ll be due for another one in ten years or so.
https://youtu.be/Y4ONXuyvZrw?si=pGiqkaL8gaWXhOcg
A friend of my daughter’s had to borrow both a tie and a belt from me (for university graduation). Hopefully this just means the era of Big Pants is almost ded.
A belt AND a tie? East Carolina taking on airs now?
ah, this is the NC State round of graduations. Same sentiment applies, though.
Jeebus Criminey, the banner quote.
“We’re inside
the looking glassbaseball, folks!”-Kevin Costner, Bull Durham
yeah, nobody in the wilds of CT is in it FOAR teh moneys!
-sigh-
https://ibb.co/vHqFxq6
I worked the curtains and painted the flats for Hello Dolly with my dad.
He was in the chorus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHQAIznjLY
Team’s response to Pep after being asked to play an exhibition vs City of Men this summer. [sub “Man” for “Sun”]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BIvf-ZlJNc&ab_channel=alexbizzo
“Ostentatious hat display by very drunk and pale trust-funded women followed by four-legged creatures trying not to die at full speed.”
-TV Guide description of the Derby
Yankees just welcomed a 102-year-old WWII Army veteran while playing ‘Anchors Away’ as they gave his background.
/giggle, snort
Small men mounted on large animals, running around in circles and breathing heavily with tons of money on the line? Sounds like a typical Friday night at the Horatio household.
Yes, this is the new banner!
“The Kentucky Derby-the fastest two minute event since the crushing disappointment in my bedroom last night!”
Braggart!
UFL games being played in front of literally dozens and dozens of fans.
UFL Season Ticket Holders Picnic, to be held during half time.
Reporter: “Any good luck wishes for the first Japanese horse to run in the Kentucky Derby?”
B. Parcells: “Of course. Break a leg!”
Man, PETA is going to be pissed at City of Men for that slaughter of wolves.
Oh, did Wolves not come back from what I assumed to an insurmountable 1-0 deficit when I went out to mow the lawn?
Shocking, that.
Oh shit, Haaland absolutely pissed at being subbed out.
A City of Men W as certain as Rikki’s stock portfolio being heavily weighted in Dyson, Shark, Dirt Devil and Bissell.
If I lived in the UK I would join CAMRA so fast
That ‘Kids < 7″ is getting pretty close to being hieroglyphics.
£7.95 for a Kids Sunday Roasted isn’t a bad deal!
Depends on the kid. Some of them are stringy and tough. What you want is a juicy , well- marbled toddler.
Slow and Low is the key…
All that ink on his neck weighing him down, no wonder Ederson couldn’t reach high enough to get the ball cleanly.
Haaland is tied for 8th place now.
I tried watching the Derby coverage one year. MOAR pointless buildup coverage than the Superb Owl.
The key is to drink enough mint juleps so you don’t care.
Found GumbyGirl’s horse. West Saragota everyone!
Pretty! And probably pretty slow!
Current odds are 23-1, safely mid pack!
I can’t watch on the television, my SIL doesn’t have any network channels. She only has free streaming stuff, because she gets a bug up her cheap ass. She just completely remodeled her kitchen, replaced her floors, and rebuilt her upstairs deck, but Youtube tv or Hulu is a bridge too far!
I’ll cheer for your pretty boy in your stead!
Horseracing was popular back when its competition was boxing, mumblety-peg, and lynching bees.
Anyone else having a 7 year old birthday party at their place? There is not enough edibles for the noise.
Hosting is always gonna suck. But the greatest parenting transition is when you can start just dropping them off for OTHER kids’ birthdays. As opposed to spousal negotiations for who has to bite the bullet.
Nope, just getting mocking pictures from my adult children about the BBQ they’re having for lunch while I mow and rake the lawn.
My kid’s parties were usually at Chuck E Cheese, because they served beer. Not to the kids!
ok, that was right purty thar
I didn’t think the Scandos as a race were blessed with leaping ability but I might be wrong.
yeah, you see the replay and that was an incredibly athletic (not to mention instinctive) play
Two more goals and Broom will be in third place all-time for City of Men. It’s taken him 377 games to get there. Haaland has 93 appearances and is in 9th place-I figure by the end of the season he’ll be in 7th.
I just read On The Beach in the last couple of years and it was a solid depressing end of world book.
For book recommendations The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride is absolutely wonderful.
I also quite enjoyed Shalash the Iraqi.
Now currently reading The Wager and it’s super enjoyable.
Imagine how much more talented Haaland would be if he didn’t have that stupid haircut.
It really doesn’t flatter his odd forehead, neither. These guys make MILLIONS, surely they can find a decent hairdresser?
Ask Hi I’m Mark Davis for a recommendation.
I recently purchased one of his “Guilty Remnant” long-sleeve, plain white T-shirts the other day. Comfy and lightweight for summer. PLUS HI!!!
That’s awesome. I fucking loved that show.
You bikers number ten…
Are there skinny biker dudes? I guess if one is super into meth, maybe that melts away the calories.
Certainly melts away the teeth, although you don’t need to chew beer calories
Man, it’s about time Ed Sheeran got a break.
I mean besides making millions of dollars singing some of the worst music you’re ever likely to hear.
He’s really just St. Vincent with a penis.
Kentucky Derby day, so let’s get our bets in on the most important statistic of the day: O/U on dead horses by the end of the races!!
If someone is actively betting, I can PayPal $20 to put on Not Normal for Hippo. Other Hippo says that would be just so fitting for me.
In just the Derby or the whole day?
Dead horse children to be more accurate. At 3 they’re basically early teenagers, and they’ve been racing them full speed since they were the equivalent of 5 or 6 in human years. They keep growing for a couple more years after so their bones aren’t set yet
“pun-ny Star Wars references”?
Back when I still watched el beisbol/#BFIB games, the most annoying broadcasts were always 4 May and whenever was “Christian Day”
Wut? Uh, in ‘MERICA, isn’t every day “Christian Day”?
Such was really my argument as to why that really needed to be such a hyped-up thing. And FFS, I am a Methodist, so it’s not like I am offended by Christianity as a concept.
/though most “Christian Day” backers really only consider White Evangelical Uber-Right Wingers to be “REAL Christians:
& begs the inevitable question, “So, when is “Muslim Day” & what celebrations are planned for it in ‘merica-ball stadiums?”
you COULD do it on 11 September, they’s still playing!
“The worst kind, you’re hired!” -Hedley Lamarr
Never forget
Her…
In Italia, every day is ‘Dem Big Ol Titays’ day
Indeed
I have a friend at work whose family is from Bari. Each one of her boobies is bigger than my head.
Feel confident the Clubhouse could field an XI that would defend more sensibly than Team (Very Dull) Knifey
I know where that is. Is there still the corn field off Wonderland road just off the highway?
I think I saw cornfields??
This cornfield is in town, like, houses and businesses beside it.
Huh. Not sure either way.
https://ibb.co/KGDBZ38
Pride of Senator Street and former Brooklyn Dodger, the Rifleman!
McCain attempts to solve as many problems as possible without resorting to shooting, yet still manages to kill 120 villains over the show’s five-year run.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifleman
Also I once got drunk in a Chinese restaurant in Santa Monica with Buddy Hackett and Louis Nye, so I’ve always got that going for me.
(Horatio, he fills out Dodgers/Cubs in our Immaculate Grid: 1 PH PA with the Dodgers (where he grounded into a double play) and 66 games with the Cubs where he played 1B.
Gotta be a .003. That’s great scoring!
Well, not for today’s. But I love being able to put Tony Lazzeri in for Dodgers stuff and being a guaranteed <0.5%.
I use Tony a lot for WS appearances or general Yankees nonsense. Always a low score.
A lot going on there.
I’ve made Frito Pie on Sunday Gravy in season 1!
That’s also right here in my neighborhood. PV Drive South and Portuguese Bend is right around the damn corner from me.
I’ve been to the old Marineland. There’s only the tower left and it’s fenced off to keep the locals from climbing and tagging it.
I thought that’s where they built Terranea…
Ipswiches get the bitches chuh chuh!
Must admit that I was a bit critical of the Declan Rice signing, especially how much they paid. But he’s the straw that stirs the drink.
Kentucky Derby hats are stupid. Fight me.
You are correct. Dressing Rebecc-ur like that should be a capital crime.
Being stupid is the entire point of the hats
Service not only held, but GD also increased even further.
I am about to become the most rabid Wolves fan imaginable.
And by that I mean I’m rooting for rabid wolves to attack De Bruyne and Haaland as they get off the bus for the next game, because that’s probably Arsenal’s best chance.
How much pressure there is on City of Men – should they Draw, and Arsenal only win each remaining game by 1 soccer point? They’d need to win all 3 other matches by at least 12 (combined).
Spoiler alert – they’ll (Gooners) beat Very On the Beach Everton by at least 4 on the final day.
They should thrash ManUre and Everton, so naturally I expect them to find a way to draw both.
Historially, away to Gooners is ALWAYS Everton’s shittiest performance. Especially in May. Especially especially when we’ve got fuckshit to play for (which is common).
Men Untied? You never really know what you’ll get with them.
Currently reading The Wall by John Lancaster. Some sort of massive climate disaster has affected most of the Earth and now England/Scotland, (I think) are surrounded by a massive wall to keep refugees out.
So far it’s a very good read.
(ordered)
“Declan Rice demonstrates his box-to-box abilities”
Look man, there’s such a thing as too much information.
There’s the second goal I was sweating!
I knew I would win in life on the day two neighbor ladies wanted to argue with me that Free Little Libraries are better than the public library (cost not even a factor, they say).
How could the Free Little Library be better than a Free Big Library?
Thai photo was at some place I hit for lunch this week.
Darn. I thought you just had the absolute best free library ever.
Handsome Mikel, all liek this to David Raya just now…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_Y740aReI
My word! I haven’t seen a German go down that easily since my most recent journey down into the deep dark corners of OnlyHans…err, OnlyFans! Another step towards glory for the King’s Finest!
If that isn’t a real site already, we must make it so!
“We’ve got your Hans right here! Looking for a medieval painter? How about Holbein The Younger? Perhaps a Swedish-born WMD inspector is more your style? We’ve got a late model Blix that you might like. Are you willing to get weird? What about a children’s author that was petrified about being buried alive? Christian Anderson meets all of your criteria and is 25% off for the month of May!”
-OnlyHans sales pitch
In this Clubhouse we only recognize one Hans…
That’s 1-nil to Cherries Jubilee, if the Gooners don’t employ a “sweeper keeper” model.
Here’s a question for the clubhouse:
Have you ever taken a bowel movement so huge and painful that it made you change religions and also reversed all the clocks in your house by 45 minutes?
I’m just curious, I’m asking for a friend.
I wonder how many men would live past 30 if we knew in our 20s how much future shits were gonna hurt.
Prescription opiates make this matter much easier. Oh wait I meant they make it much worse. But they make everything else better, preferably combined with alcohol, firearms, and a motor vehicle.
Drink water.
No. You could set your clock to mine. There are 3. First after pre run coffee. Second after the run. Last about 90 minutes to two hours later, or around 0830 – 0900… and I am done for the day. From time to time dietary deviations mess with that, but usually for just a day.
Up the Cherries! Footy chant, or slightly questionable xvideos search? You make the call!
I’m near the end of The Wolf and The Watchman by [checks notes] Niklas Natt och Dag. It takes place in Stockholm in 1793 and the period detail is so involved that it’s been compared to The Name of the Rose and Perfume. I was happy to find out that it’s the first of a trilogy.
“I believe the genre is called Thrillergy.”
Professor Vince Young
(will reserve/order once I am back in “period piece” mood)