Good morning to you all. Short week for yours truly, as I’m “working” today and tomorrow, then disappearing until next Tuesday. My holiday may include more training towards climbing Mt. Katahdin at the end of the month, which means I may try to go up a 4,800 footer in New Hampshire, which means I may literally disappear.
I would suggest looking at the bottom of some of the steeper parts of the trail.
This weekend however I, like you, have been spending probably too much time watching international Lesser Footy. Which means I’ve see a lot more of Alexei Lalas than I’d like to, (i.e. “any”), and a whole bunch of flags. Big ones, little ones, too many painted on cheeks, not enough painted on breasts.
Much like Mrs. Justice Alito, I like flags. Like Justice Alito, I like free trips. But no one offers them to me, because I am not in a position to set the US regulatory system back to the Golden Age of the 1890’s, when industries could save money by dumping tar into the reservoir, and use 9-year-olds to do it!
But I digress. We were discussing flags.
This week we’re drafting flags. It must be a real flag, but it does not need to be limited to a country. You can also draft a state flag, a movement flag, a team flag, anything like that. Once a flag has been drafted it is out for all other iterations: you can’t draft the American flag a second time and then say “but I’m hanging this one upside down because my neighbor called me a cunt” for instance.
With the first pick I’m taking Key West’s flag.
It’s cool and it represents one of my favorite places to spend a few days doing nothing other than drinking too much while deciding whether to snorkel, read a book, or go get something to eat.
The commissioner was going to be Mrs. Alito, but I really don’t want to look at either of the Alitos ever again, so I’ll just do it.
The rest of you are on the clock.
Big news on the movement of millionaires last year.
Because the first day Musk gets some trash lands and throws up a X flag, the global order will go full NCAA greed.
Diogo Costa is a GOD. Every city in POR should build him a statue. Pepe shouldn’t mind paying for half the expenses.
France had better make sure OG gets plenty of rest and fluids because I don’t see anyone else scoring against Costa.
The Free and Independent Republic of California!
An excellent flag.
Holy shit, here’s another submarine story.
After our “alert” period, we would cruise down to the Caribbean for exercises. I worked in the engineroom, so when we were in the icy cold waters up north, everything was comfy and cozy. When we got down to the warm waters of the Carrib, the engineroom was like being inside a furnace.
Anyway, on our weapons exercises down south, our fictional enemy was the “Conch Republic” and we would go to battle stations and up on the conn they would be devising firing solutions for different exercise targets.
During my service my boat was attached to Submarine Group Six based in Charleston South Carolina, but a few years earlier the unit was Submarine Flotilla Six, based in Key West Florida (long before my time).
The Conch Republic.
Until I saw this flag I had never realized the connection.
The guy next to me is great, about Ronaldo, while chuckling, “he’s always crying”
Cristian Soriano is a harder man than Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is CRYING.
The funny thing is that he really didn’t do anything wrong, it was just a brilliant save by the keeper.
39 year old can’t finish!
DRAW!! I just made cash monies!
Portugal. The Whiner. is pathetic.
Re: Dok’s bet
Does the bet pay off if they are tied after regulation or does it have to be tied after Extra Time?
Regulation
So you just won again! WhooHoo!
Draws have never been so excite!
The Albanian flag seems suitable for a middle ages castle, current times, or the coming apocalyptic wastelands.
Looks like an early Imperium flag from War40k. Albania better watch out for those cease and desist letters.
“High, wide, and not very handsome…” – soccer announcer talking about the shot attempt or a DFO Kommentist? YOU MAKE THE CALL.
yoink!
I’d deny your pick and Brocky’s last pick on the grounds they aren’t real, but given what you can order on Etsy I’m sure I’d be proved wrong in short order.
Fair. Furthermore, BOOOOOOOOOO 🖕🏼🖕🏼
I’m not sure about the people that live there, (glares in Arapaio), but Arizona does have a very cool state flag.
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I thought you were going to glare at Blax.
He’s halfway to Tahiti. He’s cool.
There is a super angry dude in the Bellagio sportsbook. I’m freerolling Slovakia at the half and it would piss him off to no end because he bet the half draw a couple minutes ago, lol