Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 2025-10

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We live in interesting times. I, particularly, have lived through:

  • 70s gas rationing
  • The Cold War and the constant threat of nuclear war
  • The fall of the Berlin Wall
  • The dissolution of the Soviet Union
  • The dissolution of Yugoslavia
  • Vegas being run by the mob
  • The Birth of the Internet
  • Vegas being run by corporations
  • 9/11
  • The Napster era
  • A global pandemic

I could go on. However, I never thought I’d see this:

So, aside from whatever THAT is, what is there to talk about?

Sports Update

We are now in the Final Four. Championship game is on Monday. Fuck chalk.

Not what I meant, but we’ll allow it.

Current Events

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Easter is coming! The stores are filled with chocolate goodies. I’ve never understood people saying Happy Easter. Happy Torturous Death of the God you worship! Have a chocolate egg.

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Other Updates

I was scheduled to play in another golf tournament tomorrow but I’ve got special plans with Lady Balls, so I’ve cancelled. Priorities, people. You need to keep your penis happy.

As I’ve mentioned before, work is CRAY CRAY. I’m just surfing the wave. You can’t fight the current, only take advantage of it and have some fun. That’s a life lesson right there.

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In this space, I will tell you what I’m drinking as I type this post. Today’s drink is: Celsius Energy Tropical Vibe flavour.

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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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One last thing:

Seriously, hat tip to Brocky:

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scotchnaut

A fella on the Canadian cricket team must be fun to party with-arrested in relation to having twenty pounds of weed!

https://www.cricket.com/news/barbados-born-nicholas-kirton-arrested-for-drug-possession-442025-1743761406770

WCS

Sent to the ER, four stitches and some Wacky Glu later, back home.

WCS

Game ended, and everyone fled?

Gatoraids

punishing people playing even more drunk Marvel Rivals

go florida, only time i can say this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4NxiURhEw&list=RDNv83lZfp7Zg&index=3

Gatoraids

being max drunk so i can do my taxes tomorrow before DOGe squad fucks it up next week

Mr. Ayo

We’re all in our refractory period after that Dook loss.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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WCS

Opposite of what Mike Krysrsisrksyskzsksy feels right now, artist’s rendition

WCS

Dook loses, the DC Defenders are 2-0, the only undefeated team in the UFL, and the Dirt Stillers remain a complete pile of stinky ass.

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Gatoraids

New favorite duke defeats of all time

https://youtu.be/IEfJNc8z2w4?t=117

scotchnaut

So many blonde trust fund girls shedding tears right now. How will they ever recover? Aside from a shopping trip to Sephora first thing tomorrow morning, I mean.

SonOfSpam

They’re all getting ready for angry frat guy date rape, so have a little sympathy.

SonOfSpam

Man, Houston could’ve given up many times. Gritty as fuck win.

Mr. Ayo

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Mr. Ayo

ROFL

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WCS

All that weight brought Dook down…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2xc-ZCZyjI

SonOfSpam

Tonight, I don’t hate this band. Or any band.

WCS

MERRY DOOK SCHADENFRAUDE DAY DFO COMMUNITY

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

AND WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY IT IS!

scotchnaut

I’ve never been more pleased to be wrong.

scotchnaut

Attention please: There are bananacakes on offer in the DFO commissary.

SonOfSpam

I credit you with the Duke jinx, thank you for your service.

Mr. Ayo

I can’t believe Hippo is missing out on this all time Dook choke job

SonOfSpam

Oh my.

If you stopped watching, START

jjfozz

50th surprise bday party, and i whave so much energy to burn, mrs fozz, not sesat aqui. os it s me an dme. nad i might og punch a treen, jus tto have fun fucking trees

SonOfSpam

Vaya con dios

Mr. Ayo

Congrats and enjoy!

WCS

BIRTHDAY BOURBLE ACHEIVEMENT UNLOCKED

scotchnaut

What a dumb clown. Jesus Christ.

SonOfSpam

Seems harsh, but yeah, returning to Nazareth wasn’t great.

WCS

I’ve heard rumors he does cocaine…

Senor Weaselo

So Senorita Weaselo showed me a song her friend had the misfortune to be the engineer on. To the point that working on the song was giving him anxiety.

It is, at best, the third-worst song I’ve ever heard. The second worst song is the legendary Lennon-Berry-Ono whatever the fuck that was. The worst is of course “Shine” by Final Placement.
https://youtu.be/QRmnbo18IR0?si=GNrucVk02WX3Fu6E

SonOfSpam

Thank you for introducing me to this. It’s wonderful.

Mr. Ayo

Can’t believe that’s worse than this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m0bI82Rz_k

SonOfSpam

I think there are some Collective Soul fans here. I am not one of them.

Mr. Ayo

See, I knew I liked you for a reason.

Gumbygirl

I have a soft spot for them, because they were the first band my son liked when he was tweenish.

Brocky

Duke University:

A program so legitimately unlikeable that they’re making me root for a coach who’s unethical practices made sure my alma mater didn’t have a single winning season during my time on campus

SonOfSpam

QUICK SCOTCHY SAY THERE’S NO WAY HOUSTON TAKES THE LEAD

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I don’t know if “Paralympians Made Here” is a great slogan for your organization.

SonOfSpam

Is it the Christopher Reeve Riding Academy?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Are you going to hurt these athletes?”

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Mr. Ayo

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SonOfSpam

(can say this about many South Parks)

God, that was a fucked up episode

WCS

Might get sent home for the first time in my tenure here, due to an unfortunate bagel-slicing incident about 90 minutes before my shift began.

Took a miniscule chunk out of the bottom of my left index finger, and it refuses to stop leaking. This is what I get for trying to be helpful and nice for people.

For the record, I do not want to be guy sent home for something this stoopid. That would be akin to former Dirt Stiller Pokey Reese doing on the five-day DL for a “hangnail.”

Mr. Ayo

You should call 912. I’ve heard they’ll help you out and get you going again.

SonOfSpam

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SonOfSpam

Hell of a way to do a Free Palestine protest

Senor Weaselo

You should probably call for an ambulance. The call center’ll get a good story out of it!

Doktor Zymm
Game Time Decision

Mrs GTD cut her hand slicing apart a presliced bagel, bad enough that the cut needed stitches.

WCS

That’s what the lieutenant said was next if the leaking doesn’t stop.

It’s definitely sopped through this latest bandage. SUCK IT UP SNOWFLAKE

scotchnaut

Houston will get no closer than six points the rest of the way.

Mr. Ayo

That’s still wildly optimistic.

Time to go home House-ton.

Mr. Ayo

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litre_cola

I love and respect all the Cougars. Let’s go.

SonOfSpam

(oh look, it’s Zach Wilson)

Brick Meathook

I shot this roll at my friend Deborah’s house in Pacific Palisades CA back in 2004. Her house burned down in the Palisades fire of recent memory and she lost every material thing she ever had, including all her photos.

This is Deborah and her two lovely daughters, who are twins who were in high school at the time. This was on slide film and never scanned. I’m printing the whole roll for her as a gift.

It was Ektachrome 200 reversal film, in my Leica M6 with a Leica 50mm f/2.0 Summicron lens (the only Leica lens I could afford but the 50mm is the workhorse lens). I shot with a mechanically-triggered flash so I had to do all the exposure calculations by hand, but that’s not hard. I rated the film at 640 and had the lab do a 2-½ stop pull-process; Ektachrome 200 gave great results with this method.

They were such wonderful models. I think these are the best photos I ever took.

https://ibb.co/6ch1XrT0

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WCS

That’s a horrible situation, but good on you for doing that. For real, Brick, that’s really cool.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Houston did not show up to play tonight. This game might be over by halftime.

Gatoraids

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scotchnaut

Still with the one-on-one garbage and Duke is employing the incredibly sophisticated “Double Team” defense on the ball. Houston has yet to adjust. Just amazing.

Mr. Ayo

Woah, Coach K! Still sticking with the hair dye. Good for that rat bastard!

Gumbygirl

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scotchnaut

Houston, one-on-one adventures is not an offense. Get your shit together.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The announcer was very amused to make the call “free up the Kneuppel…”

scotchnaut

One of my favorite ex-girlfriends was one that practiced her Kneuppel exercises on a regular basis.

Mr. Ayo

DOOK!

Gatoraids

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Gatoraids

ewps

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WCS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNOyI9V2RfE

No one will see this down here, but still posting.

scotchnaut

Cooper Flagg is a Confederate soldier that lost his lower left leg at the Battle of Antietam and no one can tell me different.

SonOfSpam

Something called Jelly Roll is singing country on my TV, time to go Europeaning with Rick Steves.

SonOfSpam

Aw, he’s checkin out chateaux in the Loire Valley. I WANNA LIVE THERE.

Gatoraids

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scotchnaut

He’s been voted “The Most Awkward Fella on PBS” for twelve years running. An extraordinary accomplishment given the competition.

Gatoraids

shout out to classics cooksPaul Prudhomme, Julia Childs, Martin Yan, Jacque Pepin, and Justin Wilson

scotchnaut

I’ve mentioned it before and I’ve tried to find it but I’m sure it’s been scrubbed from everywhere-there were two French women that did ‘rustic’ stuff including wringing the necks of live rabbits and peeling the skin from live eels during their cooking show.

/quite the surprise when you’re sick on the couch on a school day

Gumbygirl

Wasn’t it Sarah Palin that did an interview in front of a guy who was tossing live turkeys in some sort of wood chipper thing?

Gumbygirl

Ha, yup!

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Gatoraids

think was foot network two fat ladies

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Gumbygirl

I have one of their cookbooks.

Mr. Ayo

They must have some amazing pie recipes.

scotchnaut

I remember them-the gals I’m thinking of were in a bare kitchen in the early 80’s or thereabouts.

SonOfSpam

Balls asked him to write a book?

Gatoraids

“Steves, Steves” An Erotic Journey from Milan to Minsk.

Only more influential European tour guide was Emanuelle

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Balls right now (artist’s conceptions):

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Gumbygirl

Rick Steves is the guy who should explain us to the aliens. I love him.

SonOfSpam

He’s the best of us.

Gatoraids

Go Gators, fuck it we’re going deep

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This pic Blog also ranked Sex Cannon as 2nd best Bears player name after the fridge but in front of Sweetness.

WCS

Gotta unleash the dragon sometimes.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Mr. Ayo

These official reviews should be controlled like coaches challenges.

They get two per half, and if the call isn’t overturned, they lose it. If they they overturn it, they keep it.

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scotchnaut

The Gators are a goddamn resilient team.

Gatoraids

we certainly like to make it interesting

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Thick-skinned.

yeah right

Seafood Johnson is a bad ass handle.

scotchnaut

Cornbread Maxwell.

yeah right

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Mr. Ayo

Refried Gringo

Gumbygirl

My sister told me a friend of ours died this week, so I looked in the local paper for his obituary. I scrolled back for a few weeks, and unexpectedly found the obituary of one of my closest friends from childhood. My useless brothers still live in our hometown and couldn’t be bothered to let me know. I’m so fucking angry right now.

scotchnaut

“And I can be myself here in this small town,

And people just let me be what I want to be.”

-John “Liar” Cougar Mellancamp

/turns out he’s a piece of shit peddling bullshit and raking in millions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1kyCQsxjec&ab_channel=OilersRule93

WCS

Sincerely sorry, and condolences. Rant away; we love you and will tell the others.

Gumbygirl

Thanks ! I was just telling my SIL that Susan and I started out as mortal enemies, she used to throw M&Ms at me and my boyfriend Kevin when we were at the movies in 6th grade, lol! But we started hanging out that summer after Kevin dumped me, and we were buddies from then on. She had a son who was a little younger than mine, whenever I was home visiting, the kids would play and Susan and I drank wine and talked shit on everyone we went to high school with. I’m not on Facebook, but SIL is, so she messaged Susan’s sister to send condolences to the family for me.