Your Scattered Thursday Night Open Thread

Man, what a day today. All the seasonal accounts want their opening orders and it’s mayhem. Can I talk to you about chip stands? Long before food trucks were a thing, in The Canada (especially up here, others can weigh in) small buildings that were only open from May to October would do a crazy amount of business. In smaller communities when the weather got better, couples and groups of friends had an excuse to walk around after the long, hard winter and a large majority would make their way to these small, standalone buildings and order fresh cut french fries. The smarter business owners would work like dogs for 5 1/2 months and take the rest of the year off because they made so many hard-for-the-government-to-account-for cash sales. Those were the days.

Anthony Richardson is 255lbs:

Lock up your linebackers and safeties.

How The West Was Lost:

Delonte is having an on-going rough go of it, being arrested again the other day. He took off after being chased by police and was found unresponsive. Two separate doses of NARCAN eventually brought him around.

Hurley Burly and Hullabaloo Too:

Sports media tongues are wagging about UCONN’s coach being wooed by the Lakers. He’s a fool if he leaves and he’s no fool but there’s nothing really interesting going on right now so, “BRING ON ALL THE STUPID FUCKING SCENARIOS!”

He Is My Shepard:

Sterling Shepard, the ex-Giant, signed a one year deal with the Bucs. Was there a ever a guy on your favorite team that was beloved by the fanbase and you couldn’t figure out why? That’s this guy for me. He’s missed more games in the last 5(!) years than he’s played due to concussions, ACL’s and a blasted Achilles. He’s 31 years old, has “played” eight seasons and has a grand total of 23 TD’s.

Obit Time:

If you happened to be watching that Dallas/New Orleans game live you couldn’t help but become a fan of Larry Allen, who passed away recently at the age of 52. (tries to post vid, is cockblocked by The Shield) Anyway, he ran down a linebacker that was running an INT in for a TD. Remember DK’s chase and tackle? Add 100 pounds.

Sports:

[scans the vast, empty horizon]

Mavs/Celtics: Win or lose, no one outside Boston will care about this final in five years time.