Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 17: The Copa Has Started!!

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We just finished the battle for who has the best yellow, blue, and red flag between Ecuador and Venezuela. Colombia looks down on both of them.

This evening’s game features a Soon-To-Be- Disappointing Mexican team against Jamaica. I say Soon-To-Be because Jamaica is not good enough to embarrass México. I think.

I have been watching the Fox coverage in the office and I have to say I’m pretty happy to be able to watch some games on my TV screen as opposed to my phone. Yes, I have a TV in the office, do you not? It is so choice.

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Golf Update

Today, I played in an “Away” tournament at a course about an hour from my house. I did not expect to play well because last night was a Hotel Night with Lady Balls.

Don’t cry for me, Argentina.

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Fitness Update

I finished my sixth round of Iron Curtain training last week and tested myself. I got Personal Bests on Deadlift at 330 pounds, on Squats at 295 pounds, and on Bench at 220 pounds. That’s a total of 845 pounds!

I’ve started Round 7. Let’s see how far I can go!

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Y’all ever taken a dookie so stinky you lit a match even though you are all by yourself? And have you had that match go out almost immediately? Like it met the smell and said, “Oh hell no!” and decided to put itself out of misery?

Yeah, me neither…

Completely unrelated, do you prefer wooden matches or paper matches? I really like the fancy steakhouse wooden matches but there is a lot more variety in the paper ones and you can write phone numbers on them.

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As a quick reminder, the full Summer of Soccer schedule is below:

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Your weekly Psych gif:

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Your weekly hot girl pic:

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Your weekly music video:

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It’s all soccer nowadays. Enjoy the evening!

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Game Time Decision

Was trying to fix the link but wordpress keeps wrapping it like above

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Brick Meathook
Brick Meathook
rockingdog

Not sure how, but I found this artist online who does really cool paintings.
Lots of them are related to The Simpsons!

https://davidbcooper.bigcartel.com/products

https://bsky.app/profile/davidbcooper.bsky.social

It’s Rockinggggg!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

She admitted it!

Brick Meathook
Gumbygirl

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WCS

Australia was a prison colony.

Don T

México 1 : 0 Jamaica notes:
1. Viva México cabrones
2. Good thing I skipped the game NO RAGRETS MOOD:
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Doktor Zymm

What are those? Look tasty, but I’m a sucker for anything with cinnamon sprinkled on it

Don T

The dust is red cayenne. The shot is rum with contsjgfs ants anishodvbj imhomebtw 👍🏼🥴

Doktor Zymm

Nice!

Mr. Ayo

Rumbouble!

2Pack

Great job on the workout plan Buddy. The pool tweaking lady was a nice touch.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m jealous of the bench press, the best I ever did was 205 and that was like 10 years ago.

Brick Meathook

Hey I just bought a new camera and the imaging sensor allows you to take a photograph of your own soul.

Here’s mine:

https://ibb.co/FgZpbb5

Mr. Ayo

Your refrigerator is very clean. I’m impressed, Brick.

Brick Meathook

Ayo, my refrigerator is as clean as my engines and their associated lubrication products..

Senor Weaselo

You’re Old Gregg?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Rockin’ out, about to commence drinkin’ rum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03wVjXrcpk

Doktor Zymm

I’m amused at the very French ‘shit in the Seine’ protest that’s scheduled to happen at the same time Macron swims in the Seine to demonstrate how effective the pre-Olympic cleanup was. They even have timers so if you live upstream you know when to poop in the river so it shows up at the time of Macron’s swim

Dunstan

Do you want to provoke an invasion of German swimmers? Because that’s how it happens!

WCS

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Dunstan

I wonder if Germans know this is what people think they’re into. And what other weird sexual stereotypes are out there? Like, what do Germans think Canadians are kinky for?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I expect that Germans are much happier getting ripped on for being into scat porn than being into, you know, fascism.

Dunstan

Probably!

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WCS

I’m an(ex) Geography professor, and I couldn’t tell you what MURICAN’s think Canadians are kinky for? Bonnie McMurray drinking syrup in a Leafs jersey?

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2Pack

A level of planning so un French.

jjfozz

mabe i could be a hiomicide detective, smoke cigs drink bad coffee but bad guys, fucke up some cimrinals

Dunstan

Good god. I sat down at the sushi bar, and the woman beside me was talking the manager’s ear off with her complaints about the service, rents in LA, schools, and who knows what else. Poor guy already offered to comp her meal and that still didn’t shut her up.

Doktor Zymm

I hope she complains her way to having her meal un-comped and a 25% gratuity automatically added

Dunstan

I will admit that when she started complaining I assumed she just wanted the comp, but she was clearly a lonely and bored Karen who wanted to vent her spleen on a captive audience. I was very careful to avoid eye contact.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He should have handed her $20 and told her to please fucking leave.

Which place are you at?

Dunstan

Sugarfish.

They’re not the best, but they’re a solid “middle class sushi” for a man of the people like myself.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I enjoy Sugarfish a lot. I’m actually friends with the guy who owns the sugarfish.com domain. He just uses it for email as far as I know and refuses to give it to them.

jjfozz

I’m 55, is it too late to get my captain’s license so I could steer one of those cargo ship motherfuckers? Or at least, get a job as a macjhine gunner for somali pirarets.?

WCS

I hear the local harbor is looking to hire.

jjfozz

theya re actually fucking inviting peopel to swim in that scesspool tomorrow fucking retards

yeah right

What, you’re going to take down the other bridge in Baltimore?

jjfozz

It woudl natek a nuclear sub to take down teh bay bidge, but i can get thos ecodes.

Doktor Zymm

I don’t think you need a license to work for pirates, unless they’re really shitty pirates

Brick Meathook

I don’t know much about the civilian merchant marine, but I can tell you about the submarine service from personal experience.

If you watch a Hollywood movie about submarines, the captains are usually 60 year old, played by great actors like Clark Gable or Sean Connery.

However, in reality . . .

On my boat our skipper was the oldest guy and he was 36 when he took command. Our “C.O.B.” (which stands for “Chief Of The Boat,” the senior enlisted man aboard) was only slightly younger. Our department heads (the Navigator, the Engineer, and the Weapons officer) may have been 30 years old. The bulk of the crew was on average about 25 years old or less, and some of us weren’t even old enough to buy a beer in the State of Georgia.

Yet we had our fingers on the trigger of a massive nuclear arsenal.

jjfozz

Guess who’s had four gin and tonics on a hot, sultry, murderous Baltimore night?

yeah right

Now see?
I’m going to watch this.

WCS

Gintress rather than bourble this time?

jjfozz

It’s summer, you switch liquors like those rich old women switch colors. Like, in the summer, hyou twear white, so your liquore ha s to be clear.

Doktor Zymm

My summer drink tends to be a vodka soda with a ton of ice and a ton of citrus, also a fan of mojitos or anything else with mint

Horatio Cornblower

I think Jamaica’s problem going forward is that they simply aren’t very good.

yeah right

Man, shit’s getting fierce up in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XWkQWizc4g

ArmedandHammered

Goodnight all. Gonna get even more stoned and read comic books.

Doktor Zymm

A man, a plan, a comic, this isn’t a palindrome anymore!

yeah right

Someone played Wall of Voodoo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NfvI2C5Bus

jjfozz

That motherfucker might be one of the most genuine weirdos the world has ever produced.

The Big Heat is a literal journey into the weird and impressive.

yeah right

Saw the band and Stan on a solo tour.

I remember that for a reason.

Horatio Cornblower

Jamaica’s keeper played for UConn, (a lifetime ago), so I gotta root for them.

Which I’m kind of mad about, because Lalas is also rooting for them because he clearly hates Mexicans.

yeah right

Jamaica was wonderful.

Say when and I’m there.

yeah right

I will most definitely not be wearing pants.

WCS

Well, wearing them in the first place is against like 52 different by-laws, and if there’s one thing this place has enough of it’s law-talkin’ guys…

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Bring Beansie!

Mr. Ayo

JA MAN!

Mr. Ayo

VAR, MAN!

Horatio Cornblower

Did a bunch of work around the house, went to the gym, hopped in the pool there and then took a shower. Then I went to dinner, walked the dog, and now I need another shower because it’s so goddamn humid up here.

Beginning to understand why people in New Orleans are so enthusiastic about murdering each other.

yeah right

Just have a mint Julip and relax.

Horatio Cornblower

I’m out of mint. This’ll have to do.

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Horatio Cornblower

Also, I only wish I was taking this picture myself from that spot.

yeah right

that looks drink worthy.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s very, very good.

ArmedandHammered

WTF – anyone else having a bad feed of the game.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m watching the Univision broadcast.

King Hippo

which has been el perfecto, senor

Mr. Ayo

It’s FOX so yes, but also the picture looks fine for me.

ArmedandHammered

The hotel cable is horribad so I just quit trying to watch.

Mr. Ayo

Try streaming on Fox Sports web site?

rockingdog

Padres hit a 2 run Home Run!
Score is now 6-0! ⚾️

That’s Rocking!
Gooooo Padres!

yeah right

Ok.

I’m very happy.

Guitar sounds good.

Going out for an encore.

Everybody play E and D.

C’mon you know this.

WCS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzOUvB1WSg

It just kind of dawned me that Balls isn’t here.

rockingdog

Found a funny:

Stork: I have a baby.

Pigeon: I have the mail.

Canary: I have bad news.

Dunstan

Rationalizing that it’s not entirely lazy of me if instead of having food delivered I actually shower and walk to a restaurant.

Doktor Zymm

Sounds legit to me

Horatio Cornblower

Also those food delivery services screw the restaurants.

Horatio Cornblower

Same

LemonJello

Do the fans of El Tri bring into the stadium already filled bags of urine to throw onto the field, or do them fill them once past the turnstiles?

King Hippo

YES

Mr. Ayo

The fresh piss is the one that slaps, so definitely post-turnstile.

Horatio Cornblower

El Tri fans don’t rebuild, they reload.

Don T

I have been summoned to go out and thus miss watching my FIF game of fútbol. Should’ve started at 8 Eastern, México 😤🤬

King Hippo
herodotus450
Horatio Cornblower

Can you get the game on radio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw

yeah right

I so rarely have the chance to use a match but when offered a choice?

I’ll take the wooden match.

Hobo Jim said you can use them for kindlin.’

Doktor Zymm

The extra long fireplace matches are pretty awesome

Dunstan

Holy shit they’re making a big deal about Reynaldo passing.

Mr. Ayo

He passed? RIP, but also about time.

Brocky

Evening

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yeah right

I’m going to trust the GM on this. He was very expensive and very broken late last year.

Must have found something in the TE group.

Doktor Zymm

And thanks to my internet research yesterday I get the joke!

Mr. Ayo

The Astrodome is still standing? Get your shit together Houston.

Horatio Cornblower

After a week of a renovation project that involved having all of the first floor ceiling essentially torn apart, resealed, and then painted, which in turn involved moving all of the furniture from room to room like some kind of deranged game of…I don’t know, some game where you move things around for no reason…I now have my office back and will be here more often wasting time.

I apologize in advance.

LemonJello

Did Lowratio get to move up from the basement to a little condo under the stairs with this renovation?

King Hippo

Not until he EARNS it if u noe wut ah mean

Horatio Cornblower

We do have a crawl space/condo under the basement stairs, and now I need to know why you know that.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Because Lowratio asked him to put in a good word, duh.

blaxabbath

Resealed? Exterior for waterproofing?

Horatio Cornblower

The tape they ran down the ceiling when either rebuilt the house or sometime during the 75 years it’s been standing was cracking and peeling away from the ceiling. Also the ceilings were old, dingy, and had that sort of rough look that was popular years ago for reasons I’ll never understand. Once we had the kitchen done we really needed to do something about the other ceilings.

So the guy had to dig out all the old taping parts, scrape away from them until he got to solid ceiling, put layers of what he called mud along the new cracks, (and also power-scrape the rest of the ceilings), then paint the ceilings.

And he got to do this in sealed rooms (because of the dust), with no AC during CT’s first heat wave. He earned his money.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Probably didn’t help that a territorial Lowratio kept trying to kick him in the shins.

Horatio Cornblower

And we’d only just got him to stop pissing in corners, too.

yeah right

This is reason number 2,492 why I rent.

King Hippo

Christian Pulisic can eat shit, too. He’s NextGen Landon Donovan.

WCS

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Horatio Cornblower

/Yankees load the bases with no outs and Aaron Judge coming to the plate
//Yankees get exactly one run

This is turning into 2023 so quickly I need to go look up winning Powerball numbers from last July and make a fortune!!

WCS

aaawww someone got used to their alma mater winning national championships like FACKIN’ TAWMMMY

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Horatio Cornblower

“Hello, 911? I’d like to report a jealous rage?”

WCS

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“Operator disconnecting.”

ArmedandHammered

I love this. Less Grossman and Bill Hader need their own movie.

WCS

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blaxabbath

I gotta publicly request a retirement to this header .jpeg.

Also I know I never do nothing no more.

Feel free to outvote me. I am Ron Paul effective in group work.

Thank you for your time.

Horatio Cornblower

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yeah right

If put to a vote? I might give you a second.

Horatio Cornblower

Thirded.

Hey!

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ArmedandHammered

I agree about retirement of the banner.

Don T

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Conceptually it’s good but whoever designed that needs to spend two weeks at setup-punchline camp.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Punchline camp? Is that where you send your kids when they’ve been bad?” – Adrian Peterson

Don T

Big noses is the “Argentinian” mark on Mexican memes. The hate on Spain is accurate, not the de-evolution tho.

King Hippo

Think maybe I will make some plain white rice for dinner soon. Try not to be too jelly.

LemonJello

Live look-in at the Hippodrome:

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King Hippo

I don’t feel entitled to such decadence, but it will keep me from the clutches of #ShamePizza

Doktor Zymm

I ordered a shame burrito and they made it all wrong. VERRAH DISSAPOINT

King Hippo

Yeah, when you pay moneys and don’t get to properly wallow in the SHAME GOODNESS? That is the WORSTEST.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Might I recommend purchasing some of the following?

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yeah right

Oh fucking hell to all of the yes.

That’s my base for the greatest soup on the fucking planet!

Well that and fish sauce and XO sauce but it’s a goddamn beauty.

I’ll buy that car!

ArmedandHammered

The beef and the veal flavors are awesome.

Gumbygirl

Chicken crack!

Doktor Zymm

Are you also doing protein shakes or something along with the workout program?

I used to really love the Core Power vanilla protein drinks, but they switched to artificial sweeteners and now they taste gross.

blaxabbath

How does everything have protein now? Are they just like sprinkling some Costco whey powder in their HFCS and, poof, everyone is all jacked and in beige sweats?

Horatio Cornblower

You just print ‘protein’ on a jug of some kind of power, jack the price up, then profit.

Doktor Zymm

Whey is a byproduct of Greek yogurt, when that became super popular years back they had to figure out what to do with all the whey

blaxabbath

Oh so it’s really like ‘good’ protein in the Snickers Powerbars?

yeah right

Not to mention it’s a wonderful aid for a marinade!

/ dances away with a wooden spoon

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Univision announcers saying “Chattanooga” is funny, even to them.

King Hippo

heh, was just thinking that

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I am not happy to be awake right now, because before I woke up from my nap I was having the most wonderful dream where I was about to hook up with a school nurse who looked like Christina Hendricks.

Oh, I was an adult in the dream, it wasn’t like I was about to be molested or something.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

RTD, attempting to recreate the dream using his own imagination instead (artist’s conception):

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LemonJello

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Man do I hope my subconscious heard that and decides to show you up.

LemonJello

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WCS

Umm… when?