They Shoot Penguins, Don’t They?: A Larry King Not Live Tuesday Open Thread

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Hello, friends, Larry King here. Things are heating up across the world of sporting, and I couldn't be happier if they also managed to preserve my penis in this cryogenic storage pod. Baseball is finally starting to cook, playoff hockey continues to surprise and delight with ever-more-gruesome penalties, and basketball

Your “There Is Still Good in the World. Somewhere. Maybe.” Tuesday Night Open Thread

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - March 22, 2022March 22, 2022

I've been doing little else for the last month other than following the progress of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Paying such close attention to man's inhumanity to his fellow man isn't good for my mental health, so I leapt at the opportunity to take over for the Right Reverend Electric

The Maestro Goes To A Meeting (Your Tuesday Night Open Thread)

The Maestro - March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

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[EXT. A cold, barren Canadian wasteland.] [A man in a giant parka dismounts from the back of a polar bear. The bear is haggard, having trudged for days through the deep snow while carrying the man.] [The man gives the bear a gentle nuzzle on his snout]. MAN: Thanks, pal. You've earned yourself

Your Welp? Now What? Thursday Evening Open Thread

yeah right - February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

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banner image via Evening everyone and welcome to the opening act of WWIII. Will try my best to remain apolitical here but just like everyone else today it's not going to be easy. Nope. Just wasn't challenging enough to survive a, you know, GLOBAL FUCKING PANDEMIC! Now we're treated to an outright

Rum, Simile and the Lash: Tuesday Open Thread

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

So that happened. Yes, it was an amazing game. And yes, if Andy Reid really had any of the good-natured regular-guy humanity we attribute to him, neither Tyreek Hill nor Willie "Marvin" Gay would have been on that field. And Josh Allen might be this generation's John Elway or Dan Marino.

A Modester Proposal: DFO Buys the Denver Broncos (and Tuesday Open Thread)

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - January 18, 2022

I have been called many things: Dreamer. Madman. Mrs. Ethel Burstein. But this is not some delusion of grandeur, like that time I thought I could renew my drivers license in less than two hours. No, this dream can come true. WILL come true. DFO is going to buy the Denver Broncos. It sort

Your “I Guess I Volunteered Myself” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

2b.jpgServes me right for asking, now I get to do it. Here's the news! -David Culley (Team Not Found) is fired after one season. Even though a nonexistent team went 4-13 with a nonexistent roster not expected to compete after their one good player was asked to not show up ever

Reflections on Insurrectionists–Your Thursday Not-So-Lighthearted Open Thread

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BrettFavresColonoscopy - January 6, 2022January 6, 2022

As you surely know by now, today marks one year since an outgoing President attempted to disrupt the 219 year old American tradition of peaceful transition of power. This is probably going to be my only post on DFO without links and one of maybe two or three without jokes. I honestly

Wait, It’s Tuesday? Where Are The NFL Games? Open Thread

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - December 28, 2021December 28, 2021

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[EDITED: JOHN MADDEN IS DEAD AND A HAMSTER BIT A KID AT A MOVIE THEATER. NEWS ALWAYS BREAKS LATE] Jeebus on a whole wheat cracker, what day is it? Shouldn't there be two or three postponed NFL games? Whole Wheat Cracker Tangent: remember Stoned Wheat Thins? Man, those were the shit back

Your Festivus Airing of Grievances/Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - December 23, 2021December 22, 2021

Well, another year has come and gone, and it's time for another Festivus celebration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX55AzGku5Y RIP Jerry Stiller, who I would wager had free rein to do whatever he wanted during Festivus dinner. No script, just go off. Anyway, since we're light until the evening it's time for our own Airing of Grievances!

Death to Our Smurf Overlords: A Larry King Not Live Tuesday Open Thread

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Hello, friends. It's another High Drama Tuesday in the National Football League, and yours truly has some thoughts. Yes, I am still dead, but my head's cryogenic storage pod only gets NFL Network and the Oprah Winfrey Network, so watching Urban Meyer threaten his handpicked staff with death for

Pole Assassin Monkey Attack II: When Nature Calls! Tuesday Open Thread

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." -Wm. Butler Yeats Yes, the Bills lost a heartbreaker to the Accursed Patriots /spits. But all is