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Time To Panic, Celtics Fans

HuckNPluck — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:46:30 EDT

@FoxHoundADAM: Ya know, I'm not a Boston fan, in fact I'm from the Bronx, but I have to say... how exactly is losing in the superbowl, having a hockey team that has been a joke and having a basketball team that before this year couldn't go .500 "all the luck in the world?"

I guess you're just mad at the Red Sox?

/puzzled

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:13:13 EDT

@FoxHoundADAM: thank you, oh wise one!

please provide us with another taste of your infinite wisdom, sir! praytell, what else is "a bitch"?

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FoxHoundADAM — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:34:45 EDT

Note to Boston fans: Karma'ss a bitch.

You had all the luck in the world on your side for about 5 years and now it's swinging the other way.

FoxHoundADAM

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:55:03 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: @supermike5alive: No matter the outcome I will take the middle road and make my avatar Domique Wilkins in a Celtics uniform

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

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Max Power — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:31:35 EDT

It's downright cromulent.

Max Power

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anonymouseducator — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:31:35 EDT

The series is still at 2-2, right? Celtics still have homecourt?

anonymouseducator

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procras — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:23:35 EDT

i got the ricoculous once. two weeks of antibiotics to clear that one up.

procras

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:05:34 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: you are on

but instead "Hawks Team Slut" (me) or "Celtics Team Slut" (you)

my new avatar won't show up

supermike5alive

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:13 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: No they aren't insufferable. The upper levels of that arena were just cardboard cut-outs and the noise was piped in.

It was fairly obvious when the crowd started chanting Goldberg.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:52:33 EDT

@supermike5alive: OK. From the time the series ends, the loser must add "Celtics Fan" (if I lose) or "Hawks Fan" (if you lose) to the end of their screen names for a week. This still means you have to keep the Hawks logo 'til next Monday.

Deal?

Brazil Thrill

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Thundercracker — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:30:16 EDT

wow Bill Simmons was right! Magic-Raptors doesn't deserve to be on TV, if they were we'd all be missing the mighty Celtics choke on the neck bone that is Atlanta Hawks Basketball

Thundercracker

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NJP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:30:11 EDT

Speaking as a one-time fan of the Seattle Supersonics, I'm having flashbacks to the 1994 collapse against the Denver Nuggets. If the series ends with Al Horford clutching the ball in the FleetCenter on the ground in the paint, the image will be complete.

NJP

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A Pimp Named DaveR — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:28:58 EDT

Everyone, quiet! That guy in the black jacket is trying to sink his putt!

A Pimp Named DaveR

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Jay Busbee — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:26:51 EDT

All I know is, there's something happening in this town. Me and the five other people scattered around the Buffalo Wild Wings in Alpharetta were going NUTS, man!

Jay Busbee

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THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:26:39 EDT

@DeepFriar:

+1, though you will never be the man Timmy Welsh is.

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:26:36 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: BUTT-CHEEK COUNT!!! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

that's rich.

hey wanna bet on the series now that it's tied up?

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:25:49 EDT

@Chief Wahoo: yes i do.

thanks for your concern.

why do you ask?

supermike5alive

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:24:50 EDT

@supermike5alive: Reason #2,312 why most Boston fans are insufferable but don't realize it: Arguing attendance figures after their team gets a swift kick in the ass on the road.

But to answer your question, I'm sure they weren't counting each cheek individually.

Brazil Thrill

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Chief Wahoo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:24:34 EDT

@supermike5alive: Have any trouble with your gag reflex?

Chief Wahoo

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:20:33 EDT

is that in butt-cheek count?

some GIRTHY Atlantaniaians in attendance last night!

supermike5alive

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Chief Wahoo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:19:17 EDT

@King of Pants: You nailed it. I paid a rare visit to the Sports Guy to get his take on the NBA Playoffs and find 10 lengthy paragraphs about Rajon fucking Rondo? Go fuck yourself, Simmons, you aren't writing for the Boston Globe and no one outside of the 617 gives a shit.

Chief Wahoo

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:18:21 EDT

@supermike5alive: Phillips Arena can seat up to 18,729 fans for basketball events. The reported attendance for game 3 was 19,725 and 20,016 for game 4. The math shouldn't be too hard on this one.

Brazil Thrill

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:11:28 EDT

@King of Pants: If that's the case then I look forward to his next piece blaming the refs for both Celtics losses and comparing Leon Powe to some character from Karate Kid.

Keep it up, Billy Boy!

Brazil Thrill

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:06:38 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: that's a joke, right?

they didn't sell out game 3.

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ithacabaron — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:05:35 EDT

"Celtics Nation" ?

Seriously?

Does this douchebaggery affect every Boston team now? Should the MLS be looking for "Revolution Nation" any moment now? You people are pathetic.

/bitter, provincial philadelphian

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King of Pants — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:03:48 EDT

I have a hypothesis.

SImmons writes mawkish, passive-aggressive column about Red Sox WS victory = Sox get swept by Tampa Bay.

Simmons writes single most obnoxious Boston-homer-with-head-crammed-up-ass... column asking if '07 Patriots are better than '86 Celtics = delightful Giants win in SB.

Simmons ignores every other plot in the NBA playoffs to expel over 1,000 words on Rajon Rondo = Hawks tie up at 2.

Keep it up, Bill!

King of Pants

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Secret Identity — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:02:43 EDT

@Carmen McFanzone:

The Bruins would settle for a neighbourhood association.

Secret Identity

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Human_Cannonball — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:59:38 EDT

Bigger surprise:
1.Atlanta has enough fans to fill Phillips Arena
2. The Celtics/Hawks series is tied?

Human_Cannonball

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muggsybogues — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:59:14 EDT

Leon Powe looks like he stepped in some dookie.

muggsybogues

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:57:06 EDT

@middlejester: I've been to Phillips twice this season and have to say the house was packed. Same last season when the Suns were in town.

Brazil Thrill

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:56:34 EDT

@Carmen McFanzone: Most of them do.

And yes it is really obnoxious and annoying and makes my head hurt.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

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middlejester — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:50:41 EDT

that image is clearly photoshopped. I lived in Atl for 8 years, and never saw anything remotely close to that.
Either that, or the ushers packed the entire arena into the first 8 rows for the photo.
Either way, well done. It almost looks real!

middlejester

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Carmen McFanzone — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:49:44 EDT

Does every Boston sports team think they have a fucking "nation"?

Celtic "nation"? Really?

Carmen McFanzone

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Babcocksure — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:47:20 EDT

@supermike5alive: see that now weird.

Babcocksure

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Babcocksure — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:46:09 EDT

@hockalees: guy on court in #2 Jersey -> The Celtics Daddy

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DeepFriar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:46:02 EDT

@THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY: he's white and attending an atlanta game, obviously he is in the midst of uttering
"Hot dang! These (insert racial epithet here) can play some ball!"

DeepFriar

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:45:14 EDT

@millensdraftskills: you're not going to believe this, but the gawker media empire's comment system won't update it!

if you click my name it's on my page, but not showing up in comments yet.

i'm sure it'll show up before the start of the nba next season...

supermike5alive

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hockalees — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:44:48 EDT

Guy in blazer -> Coca-cola executive
Oxford/Jersey Guy -> Church's Chicken board member
Short Sleeve Oxford/Jeans/Boots Guy -> Chick-Fil-A exec
Guy in #15 Hawks jersey -> Their best customer

hockalees

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suntastic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:43:39 EDT

What's that? Good God! It's Mike Vick's music!

suntastic

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MyronCopacetic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:43:20 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis:

I assume you meant "arm wrassle."

Cope was a very attractive man, wasn't he?

MyronCopacetic

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THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:39:30 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle:

Actually, he's from out of town. That is the Ickey Shuffle.

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY

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Babcocksure — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:38:33 EDT

@supermike5alive: aren't you supposed to have a Hawks logo as your avatar now?

Babcocksure

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Babcocksure — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:37:00 EDT

You just got owned by Joe Johnson.

Babcocksure

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GreatOdensRaven — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:35:57 EDT

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Remain calm. All is well.

/Animal House

GreatOdensRaven

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:35:05 EDT

according to that site "The C's still have home court advantage and now is not the time to panic or jump off the bandwagon."

so there!

supermike5alive

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Artie Fufkin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:34:30 EDT

The Hawks always play this well in front of sold out crowds at home.

Artie Fufkin

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VTBen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:34:05 EDT

What great timing... Bill Simmons is having a chat at noon today.

VTBen

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hockalees — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:33:57 EDT

Relax, Celtics fans. The team with the best record always wins in the first round. -- '07 Mavs

hockalees

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7-8 Deville — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:33:29 EDT

Powe: "did we step in it? Yeah, we stepped in it."

7-8 Deville

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Secret Identity — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:31:51 EDT

@Civil Negligence:

INVISUBILL CRYING BILL SIMMONS!

Secret Identity

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supermike5alive — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:30:50 EDT

@Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: /shortstack6969

supermike5alive

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:29:11 EDT

@The Gentleman Masher:

INVIZIBUHL COUNTRI LYNE DAHNCING!

Civil Negligence

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Cindy Cinnamon Roll Brunson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:28:07 EDT

I don't know about you guys, but I usually count on Celtics fans to sooth my fears

Cindy Cinnamon Roll Brunson

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:28:01 EDT

Are you sure this photo was taken at Phillips? I don't see one person talking on their cellphone in the photo.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:27:55 EDT

The Celtics have pushed people around all year. They're not used to getting pushed back.

Brazil Thrill

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The Gizmo from Pismo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:27:36 EDT

@MyronCopacetic: See. I just figured he thought he stepped in a pile of shit.

The Gizmo from Pismo

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BringBackAlHolland — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:26:56 EDT

Powe seems to think he stepped in dog poop at the top of the arc.

BringBackAlHolland

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Chamomiles Davis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:56 EDT

@MyronCopacetic: Your avatar both amuses and frightens me. Cope looks like an old WWII Navy vet who wants me to arm wrestle him.

Chamomiles Davis

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Windy City Wahoo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:22 EDT

@The Gentleman Masher: Nice timing

Windy City Wahoo

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Windy City Wahoo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:05 EDT

INVIZIBUL WHEELBARROW

Windy City Wahoo

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The Gentleman Masher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:04 EDT

Powe:

INVIZIBUHL DOG POO?

The Gentleman Masher

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MattinglysSideburns — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:24:16 EDT

I think it's pretty disrespectful for the guy in the blue blazer to practising his putt courtside at an NBA playoff game.

MattinglysSideburns

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The Gentleman Masher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:40 EDT

@Civil Negligence: I think that was Corky Nemic, star of Fox's "Parker Lewis Can't Lose".

Yep - we bring out the big stars down here in Hotlanta!

The Gentleman Masher

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David Hume — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:09 EDT

@Sh!tShow: It was Zapruderesque...

"Were they, were they?, OMFG THEY WERE!!! SUNS & SPURS, OMFG!"

David Hume

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Its The Beer Talking — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:04 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: The other half still think they were at a Jermaine Dupri concert last night.

Its The Beer Talking

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Chamomiles Davis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:04 EDT

@Its The Beer Talking: You can tell he just bought it that day to wear at the game. It probably had that tag with the authenticity label still hanging out the back. Ah, white people.

@Civil Negligence: I did! You are the devil! I'm in hell! I'm burning. Help me.

Chamomiles Davis

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Paul Zuvella — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:22:38 EDT

Doesn't Kevin Mchale have any players left to give them?

Paul Zuvella

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MyronCopacetic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:21:33 EDT

You know, this is an interesting shoe. I never really looked at it before. But it's not really "black" black. It's more like a blueish black. Anyway, I like it. The pattern in the treads is odd too. I wonder whose job it is to design the tread. Do you go to school for that? I remember when shoes didn't have shock absorbers. I wonder if these really do anything.

MyronCopacetic

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:19:27 EDT

Half of the people who showed up just discovered that Atlanta had an NBA team.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Sh!tShow — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:27 EDT

TNT got clips of Perk and Williams almost kinda sorta touching the court during the fracas. Any word on suspensions?

Sh!tShow

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Its The Beer Talking — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:10 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: @Slothrop: Business and partying haven't been combined that well since the invention of the mullet.

Its The Beer Talking

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:06 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: @Slothrop: You can both go to hell.

Civil Negligence

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:16:22 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle: I saw the guy to his right last night on TV. Nothing says dedicated fan like a jersey over a button-down oxford. It's not even a shirsey, for Pete's sake!

Civil Negligence

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Slothrop — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:16:15 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis:

at least he didn't tuck it in.

Slothrop

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Juancho — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:16:14 EDT

Would a Hawks series win be bigger than the Warriors over the Mavs last year?

Die Bitteren Tränen der Bill Simmons!

Juancho

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:44 EDT

@HIV 2 Elway: +1 for masterful use of the word "dignity". I spit out my Count Chocula.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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Mr. Bigglesworth — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:37 EDT

@RachelRayIsTheDevil: I didn't know that Bill Walker grew into an old white go so fast.

Mr. Bigglesworth

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Chamomiles Davis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:28 EDT

@Slothrop: "Great minds...", my brotha.

Chamomiles Davis

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LosOsosdeChicago — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:11 EDT

Yay Simmons having an aneurysm!

LosOsosdeChicago

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Mr. Marinovich — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:14:45 EDT

That was the play where Johnson made Powe fall over, stepped back and nailed a three.

Best to look at your shoe in such instances.

Mr. Marinovich

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Slothrop — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:14:38 EDT

@Its The Beer Talking:

The guy next to him wearing his brand new Joe Johnson jersey over his oxford and tie needs to be kicked in the junk.

Slothrop

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Chamomiles Davis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:14:24 EDT

To the guy wearing a basketball jersey over his buttoned-down Oxford shirt: Really? I mean, come on -- really?

Chamomiles Davis

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Mr. Bigglesworth — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:14:11 EDT

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Looks more like Tourette's to me.

Mr. Bigglesworth

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Trenton Makes The World Takes — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:14:05 EDT

I will now light myself on fire

Trenton Makes The World Takes

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Its The Beer Talking — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:12:48 EDT

That guy rocking the sportscoat/jeans combo looks like he just got kicked in the balls.

Its The Beer Talking

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:12:34 EDT

Why is the guy in the sports jacket taking a leak on the court?

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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Mr. Marinovich — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:12:04 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle: Yup. Definitely the Dirty Bird.

Mr. Marinovich

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HIV 2 Elway — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:51 EDT

Hey Powe, yo're not going to find your dignity under your shoe.

HIV 2 Elway

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Herbies_Wingman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:37 EDT

I am waiting for the Bob Ryan crying when KG gets suspended for Game 5

Herbies_Wingman

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futuremrsrickankiel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:11 EDT

You know you're in trouble when your team's down by 6 with 34.9 on the clock... and your secret weapon is Eddie Fucking House. Seriously now?!

I'm legitimately surprised one of my neighbors didn't call the cops on me the way I was screaming at my TV last night. The gist of it was something along the lines of "REBOUND REBOUND WHAT THE FUCK YOU HAVE TO FUCKING REBOUND YOU FUCKING SACKS OF FUCK!"

Wow, I STILL haven't gotten it all out of my system.

futuremrsrickankiel

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VTBen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:10:20 EDT

If the Pats could lose to the Giants in th Super Bowl and the Sox just got swept by Tampa, then of course this could happen. Go Hawks (and Sixers of course!)

VTBen

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Matt Sussman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:57 EDT

And they did it without the Bucktoothed Pacman logo.

Matt Sussman

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Doyle McPoyle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:22 EDT

Please tell me that fan all the way to the left is doing the Dirty Bird.

Doyle McPoyle

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:20 EDT

Everything will be alright!

WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP OUR COMPOSURE!

/oldschool

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