Welcome to Thursday evening. As almost always, it precedes Friday and thus should be celebrated.
What Do Words Mean Anyway?:
Dan Campbell was asked if this year was Superb Owl or bust. His reply was, “I don’t see bust, I see Super Bowl. I don’t know what bust is”. The Lions at +1100 have the fourth-best odds to win that game should you wish to get a head start on throwing your money away on the NFL. I kid, sort of-I guess they have as good a chance as anyone as they appear to be on an upward arc.
Speed Kills…Common Sense:
The Philly Eagles are the latest team to sign John Ross’ 2017 NFL Combine 40 time of 4.22. Mr. Glass Hands or One Route Johnny has done this before-previous suckers include the Bengals, Giants and Chiefs.
What About His Heart?:
Anthony Richardson’s surgically repaired shoulder has been “achy” but not “breaky” after tossing the ball around this week. A running QB with a wonky shoulder who is going to take a ton of hits this year? I think we can all see where this is going to end up.
Buddy, Can You Spare A Vet Minimum Contract?:
Folks who have done well in the past but are deemed too old or play at a devalued position include Xavian Howard, Tannyfanny, Justin Simmons, Calais Campbell, Steph Gilmore and Hunter Renfrow. There are more than a few others that are hoping to see some season-ending training camp injuries.
A Special Kind of What About-ism At Work in The Big Smoke:
The WNBA announced that Toronto will be given a franchise! The vast majority of questions directed at Drake, Mayor Olivia Chow, Doug Ford, Scottie Barnes and Justin Trudeau centered around their guesses at Austin Matthews goal total next season.
Sports Tonight:
(I’ll give it the old Wumbo try)
NBA: Caitlin’s Crew vs. Bill Burr’s Bro’s (Indiana/Boston)
NHL: Truck Nutz Buttercups vs. There Will Be Bloodstains (Edmonton/Dallas)
Have at it!
What the internet was made for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUYvbT6vTPs
Unless it’s this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxYTdlcUMw
Yessssss
aaaannnnnddddd up from the rink come a bubblin’ crude….
Well then
Jesus!
mofomamy akondro
More Free Hockey! Glorious!
banankakor
Lil’ WCS’s birthday begins in 23 minutes on EST.
This game is bananenkuchen. Sehr gut!
Alright, Dallas, you HAVE to take advantage of this
Dos el postes!
pasteles de plátano
“Mmm…el postre…” – Coach Andréas Reid
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I did volunteer work tonight at the Post #85 Legion in preparation for an amazing cookout on Sunday.
Here’s a still life composition for your perusal:
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This is better. Lit with my favorite flashlight. In England they would call it a “torch.”
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It’s amazing how you can take a picture of your camera with your camera. Your post is very lucky to have you.
2249 Shemp final will see Gilkey’s men up against Sporting Gijon. GET YER TICKETS NOW
FREE HOCKEY! FUCK YES!
Neutral OT hockey, the best kind!
Accurate!
Gonna assume this guy is one of us?
https://x.com/TheCousinSal/status/1793798295892222281
Big Black Richard!
Nah, from what I hear he runs with the Blair Witch crowd.
lol shoulda known
Well, Haliburton’s apparently out. Didn’t know he played for the Knicks now.
With their dying breath, the Knicks put a curse on the Pacers.
Just booked two nights at a hotel in Millinocket, Maine, so that I can climb mile-high Mt Katahdin in late July. Climbed it once myself, 38 years ago. I was 17 and my knees didn’t hate me yet. There’s a good chance I won’t need the second night, since I’ll either be dead or in a hospital.
Here’s a picture of The Knife Edge, one of the trails we may use.
800′ to the first bounce.
plenty of time to shit one’s pants before bludgeonous death!
I almost fell off when I hiked it at 17, and I’m pretty sure my father did shit his pants when he saw what I was doing.
He still gets shaky when discussing it.
If you look at the photo, there’s a hump, (stop it), in the middle. Towards the bottom of the hump, (grow up), you can see a thin line. That’s the trail.
We were coming from Katahndin, towards whoever is holding the camera. I was dawdling and behind my brother and father. The trail isn’t really well marked, and I would up going up to the top of that, (look if I call it a ‘hillock’ will you stop giggling? Fine) hillock, then realized the trail was below me. Instead of doing the sensible thing and back track I figured I’d just crabwalk down to that trail, which at that point is 4′ wide with 2,000′ of void on the other side.
My father turned around in time to see me start and yelled loud enough to be heard in Toronto, (but what would my death mean to the Leafs?), that what I was doing was a bad idea and I should cease my efforts forthwith.
There may have been a few variations of “fuck” in there as well.
17-year-olds are remarkably stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQuVe6wxSU
Yes teenagers (especially boys) are REMARKABLY stupid yet you are reprising this feat in your mid-50s??
Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking. Not exactly advisable…
That is not a happy-looking trail. No. Indeed, not a happy trail to be found here.
You have a very different definition of a trail than I do
Oh hell no. What are you thinking?
Is that bit of blue at the bottom what is left of the last hikers? You know, a skeleton still wearing the t-shirt they died in?
BOTG
Literally.
“Here’s where I’m regretting every decision I’ve made to bring me to this point.”
Horatio you’re talking about the birth of your son, and you’re standing in the parking lot.
“I SAID WHAT I SAID!!!”
Or ITA, though I suppose that would make for a very brief post.
In The Ass?
Aw, my summer camp girlfriend lived in the Katahdin cabin!
You got it.
If this guy isn’t already on DFO under an assumed name he needs to be
https://x.com/BrianMFloyd/status/1793083081236373753
I don’t track
It’s a riff on some of the Chicago contingent’s fascination with Malort, which by all accounts is one of the worst liquors in the world.
Worst aftertaste. In the beginning it is fine, the aftertaste is like drinking a rusty aenima cocktail
Hey everyone, Balls was on Wheel of Fortune!
https://x.com/TayVictoria8/status/1793781611152257356
I would have gone with “What in the butt” because it would have been the right number of letters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU
I assumed he was spelling it “rite,” which probably doesn’t bode well for his chances on Wheel of Fortune.
That’s actually how the sacrifice dances herself to death in The Rite of Spring, ppl forget that
EXACTLY!
Pleased to announce that my first attempt at making a pomegranate margarita has been a smashing success.
As in “I’ll be smashed if I have more than two of these things.”
getting drunk off pomegranate is a fine idea, sir
I think it’s more likely to be the tequila’s fault. But I used pomegranate triple sec. Wasn’t sure it would work out, but it seems to be doing nicely.
When in Toronto we went to a Mexican restaurant which sold pomegranate margaritas as Iranian Car Bombs.
Sorry, it was Iraqi not Iranian, sorry to confuse my middle eastern terrorists.
Iran is busy right now finding their next
fanatic religious, democratically elected leader.They might want to audition a few helicopter pilots while they’re at it.
Russia is also looking for window technicians if anyone is on the job hunt in Mother Russiya
Well, that’s a fatwa.
I’m drinking wine!
Flowers today at Merrifield Garden Center, Virginia.
Taking pictures of pretty flowers is the easiest gig in the world. Just press the button, make sure it’s in focus.
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Btw, the latest 25 Questions post is written and ready to schedule. Any suggestions as to when to run it?
Saturday night?
(the Hippo Week Off GRATE REPLACEMUNT morning post is killer btw, despite the block editor)
Is it the green monster?
Oh yeah
Now I’m a little bummed that I didn’t take tomorrow off.
Then again, my boss and his boss are both off and they put me in charge of the whole branch.
Let’s see what Mayhem I can create…
Why take off when one can less-than-half-arse it?
Four day weekend wooo!
Same. Gonna make a pomegranate margarita in a little bit to kick this thing off, the way Washington, Jefferson, and Adams intended when they invented this holiday.
Also, can’t believe no update on scotchy’s knife. We held an all-nite prayer vigil and everything smh
Agreed, the WNBA should be the final move to get the Leafs a Cup.
I’m pretty sure John Ross did some FLEX murdering for me two or three seasons ago in some fantasy nonsense.
So the goal is to be off tomorrow through all of next week. Was supposed to half-day today but mom’s flight has been delayed so just working late to not bother with the traffic now/twice anyways.
Also, sounds like Dan Campbell has the vision of Trent Richardson. Let’s see how well that purposeful-ignorance-of-reality holds up outside the privacy of a November Michigan voter box.
I’m off now too for a week and a half. Got to do some chores and pack tomorrow but still better than working
You don’t hate your job like I hate mine.
but if you work for yourself and hate your job…ain’t that just self-abuse?
But I only like to give it hard…