Rooting for Marist sports consists of reminding everyone Rik Smits went there. That's about it. Terribly depressing. My Uconn fandom didn't drop one iota while I was there. #openmailbagtuesday
Just when I think you're a low-brow jerk that I can relate to, you throw completely apropos references to True Romance and The Road into the same post.
Confirming that you're OBVIOUSLY a low-brow jerk that I can relate to. #openmailbagtuesday
@Clarence Rosario: True Romance is such a good fucking movie. I've had dreams where some chick told me I was so cool. Unfortunately for me though I'm not, so they don't.
I was an August baby, and my mother never forgets to remind me how awful it was being 8-9 months pregnant in July and August. That's why your wife wants to wait a few months until your seed finds purchase in her womb. #openmailbagtuesday
No, you gotta hit the kitchen and do that clenched asswalk.
Agreed, but assuming this is a typical dudes-living-together housemate situation, is he obligated to pull up his trousers and risk getting shit on the undies? I've always left the pants and underwear in the bathroom, covered my junk with hands and hustled into the kitchen. Have I been doing it wrong? Should I not cover my junk? #openmailbagtuesday
@David Hume: By typical dudes-living-together housemate situation, you are referring to the 12 Honduran men I generously rent my crawlspace to, right? #openmailbagtuesday
@Bobby Big Wheel: Losing the Whale was a travesty, but you miss the point. You had a reason to root, fervently, for them, because they were the pro team in your area, and pro team affiliation is mostly determined by geography. I also had no problem with the Yanks, Sox, Giants, and Pats fans when I lived in CT. But if you're going to get 'Doron Scheffer' tattooed on your ass, you should have at least attended the institution. #openmailbagtuesday
@The Krampus: I'm not getting a tattoo on my ass, but I had gone to UConn games since I was 6 years old. I'm supposed to stop rooting for them because I went somewhere else for college? #openmailbagtuesday
@Bobby Big Wheel: If somewhere else had a basketball team, then yes. If not, feel free to be a UConn well-wisher, but don't go overboard with it. I'm not talking about casual rooting (like I do with ND). I'm talking about obsessive interest in the team, which is rampant throughout the state. #openmailbagtuesday
@The Krampus: As Drew points out, what else are you going to obsess about in Connecticut? The Sun? The Rock Cats? Sure, you can adopt a pro team from another state, but it's a hassle going to games in Boston or New York. And most people choose which college to go to when they're 17 years old. 17-year-olds don't know shit.
Also, that 1999 championship team came just 2 years after the state lost the Whalers and the team became a point of pride for a state that had just gotten beaten down in the sports world. That's probably why so many in the state go overboard on UConn. #openmailbagtuesday
@Bobby Big Wheel: Good points, but:
I lived in CT in the early-to-mid 90's, before the championship and while the Whalers were there. That is the period when I interacted with legions of UConn douches. Also, nobody cared about the Whalers when they were actually there.
East coast people have cute notions about places being "far" from each other. It is not a pain in the ass to get from where 95% of the population of CT lives to NY or Boston. Try living in Albuquerque or Fresno and getting to a game. #openmailbagtuesday
@The Krampus: Many people cared about the Whalers while they were there. Enough to fill their dump of an arena to 95% of capacity even as they didn't make the playoffs the last 5 years of their existence. There wasn't much to brag about though, which is why you probably weren't annoyed by them.
From where I lived in the state it was about a 2 hour drive to New York or Boston, plus game day traffic. And we were Giants fans and getting to and from Giants Stadium is a nightmare no matter where you come from. Meanwhile it took us all of ten minutes to get to the Civic Center, thirty to Gampel. Just because we're closer to a team than Fresno doesn't mean it's not a hassle to get to games out of state. #openmailbagtuesday
@Bobby Big Wheel: You seem like the kind of fan who wouldn't have annoyed me (since you actually went to games - most of the UConn Douches I knew never did) but I must contest some of these points.
Whalers fans didn't annoy me because I didn't care about hockey and only knew 3 people who did. The Whale had a fiercely loyal core fan base, but it came nowhere close to the ubiquity of UConn fandom. Everyone I knew who liked basketball liked UConn, and at most 25% of them went there or had immediate relatives who went there.
I knew many devoted Yankee fans (way more than Whalers fans) who drove an hour and a half to games all the time. I have no problem with this, because it's a PRO team. College super-fandom should be for current or former college students.
Can we at least agree that people who live in Syracuse are insufferable, and should be sterilized? #openmailbagtuesday
@The Krampus: What if one was a UConn fan for one's entire life (in addition to being a Whale fan) and didn't go to UConn because it was a backup school? Should one really have to choose between a superior education and sports team loyalty? I went to a school with a Div. I basketball team, but we haven't made the tourney since 1996. Can you really begrudge my UConn fandom? I had a Chris Smith jersey when I was a kid for chrissakes. #openmailbagtuesday
He came down to tell the housekeeper there was no need to spray, and he didn't want to take Snyder's money for a service the Redskins owner didn't need performed
Ten minutes later, the exterminator walked out of the house with a bewildered look on his face and a six-year, $142 million contract in his hand. #openmailbagtuesday
@ScientificMapp: I forgot to mention. The whole I WANT A CHILD ON THIS EXACT DATE thing that women do is insane. They all want the baby to born at a specific time. LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE, LADY. #openmailbagtuesday
The one exception is the visitor's center on Assateague Island in Virginia.
False. Everything about Assateague Island sucks except about my doomsday scenario that wipes out just Assateague Island. And Chincoteague. #openmailbagtuesday
@MarkKelsosMigraine: That's a lie. I didn't see shit. Then again, my whole negative view is based on one extended weekend there over Labor Day that had more to do with my travel companions than the actual island itself. #openmailbagtuesday
@ArkansasFred: The horses are there, but they are vicious. Both places are nightmarish hellholes. And I went to school in Lancaster, so I know from hellholes. #openmailbagtuesday
@Greek McPapadopoulos: Ida will probably make a few passes over New Orleans after lingering out in the Gulf for another couple of months. #washingtonredskins
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Confirming that you're OBVIOUSLY a low-brow jerk that I can relate to. #openmailbagtuesday
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It is possible - my little brother did it. And I can say is...some things you can't unsee. #openmailbagtuesday
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Dude, way to prey on a wage slave's increasing sense of self loathing! And way to spell "cause" with only three letters! High fives!
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Agreed, but assuming this is a typical dudes-living-together housemate situation, is he obligated to pull up his trousers and risk getting shit on the undies? I've always left the pants and underwear in the bathroom, covered my junk with hands and hustled into the kitchen. Have I been doing it wrong? Should I not cover my junk? #openmailbagtuesday
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to enjoy a cigar in my man-cave. #openmailbagtuesday
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Also, that 1999 championship team came just 2 years after the state lost the Whalers and the team became a point of pride for a state that had just gotten beaten down in the sports world. That's probably why so many in the state go overboard on UConn. #openmailbagtuesday
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I lived in CT in the early-to-mid 90's, before the championship and while the Whalers were there. That is the period when I interacted with legions of UConn douches. Also, nobody cared about the Whalers when they were actually there.
East coast people have cute notions about places being "far" from each other. It is not a pain in the ass to get from where 95% of the population of CT lives to NY or Boston. Try living in Albuquerque or Fresno and getting to a game. #openmailbagtuesday
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From where I lived in the state it was about a 2 hour drive to New York or Boston, plus game day traffic. And we were Giants fans and getting to and from Giants Stadium is a nightmare no matter where you come from. Meanwhile it took us all of ten minutes to get to the Civic Center, thirty to Gampel. Just because we're closer to a team than Fresno doesn't mean it's not a hassle to get to games out of state. #openmailbagtuesday
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Whalers fans didn't annoy me because I didn't care about hockey and only knew 3 people who did. The Whale had a fiercely loyal core fan base, but it came nowhere close to the ubiquity of UConn fandom. Everyone I knew who liked basketball liked UConn, and at most 25% of them went there or had immediate relatives who went there.
I knew many devoted Yankee fans (way more than Whalers fans) who drove an hour and a half to games all the time. I have no problem with this, because it's a PRO team. College super-fandom should be for current or former college students.
Can we at least agree that people who live in Syracuse are insufferable, and should be sterilized? #openmailbagtuesday
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Ten minutes later, the exterminator walked out of the house with a bewildered look on his face and a six-year, $142 million contract in his hand. #openmailbagtuesday
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R-O-M-A-N-C-A-S-T-E-V-E-T #openmailbagtuesday
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Because Damien Hirst has cornered the market. #openmailbagtuesday
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False. Everything about Assateague Island sucks except about my doomsday scenario that wipes out just Assateague Island. And Chincoteague. #openmailbagtuesday
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Which one of you regular Commenters is also posting under "I'm Ron Burgundy"? #washingtonredskins
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