Okay…funtime is over, I’m back. Now, how about we take this A’s related blog back to the things it should be talking about? Golf, Arkansas and the genius of Phil Collins.
Lounge em’ if you got em’
The Lounge where we turn it on again.Okay…funtime is over, I’m back. Now, how about we take this A’s related blog back to the things it should be talking about? Golf, Arkansas and the genius of Phil Collins. Lounge em’ if you got em’ 387 comments to The Lounge where we turn it on again.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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Ten days into the new year my New Year’s Resolution of not watching Two and Half Men remains strong.
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I have come to realize that I will watch most of the junk Chuck Lorre puts on TV if I change to the channel, and I will mildly laugh ince or twice. But I dont like it. And yet I will continue to watch.
Instead of having a way to block “adult content” I need a blocker for “wasting 30 minutes” TV.
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Didn’t he do Dharma & Greg? I liked that show, until the last season.
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Yes, and I have never seen it. Based on 2 1/2 and TBBT I dont want too, Im scurred.
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I love TBBT.
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I feel like I should. So many people I know and like LOVE it. But every time I watch it Im just meh..
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To each his own. I still almost love you.
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Is TBBT…The Big Bang Theory?….it’s my new treadmill show…I’m on season 2 I think.
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Yeah.
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Tonight’s show was gooood.
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Yes it was
And HIIIIIIIIII!
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Chickie!!!!!
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HIIIIIIII!
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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a full episode, yet I find myself avidly and viscerally against it.
Your confused racist putdown of the day…you have more chins than a Swedish phone book.
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If someone can tell me the difference between someone who is Swedish and someone who is Swiss I’ll buy them some preseverved fish.
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If someone can tell me what preseverved fish is, I’ll buy them some Swiss and Swedish people.
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All I know is when I see the folks from my Swedish side they often have this stuff…lutfisk…it’s not my favorite thing ever.
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I’ve heard of it, and I think I’ll pass. Europeans eat weird stuff.
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Yep…and really when was the last time anyone said let’s go out for Swedish tonight?…Well, maybe if they were looking for a blonde but that’s about it.
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The Swiss gave us fondue and fine chocolate, though. And of course Swiss Miss, which isn’t as dirty as it should be.
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Fondue?…the 70′s called they want you to bring your meat, cheese and pot filled with oil to a key party in the suburbs.
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Fondue should be called fundue, cuz it’s so much fun!
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I haven’t had it in years…I liked it with steak…to be fair though I like most things that involve steak.
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I actually prefer chocolate fondue. With strawberries and pound cake.
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I like meat…I like it hot…mmm…hot meat.
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Head to Taco Bell for your hot beef injection.
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I’m about eight hours late to the party, but it’s good to have you back, Bed.
Yay Bed!
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Howdy.
Damn you, Bed. I was just about to go to bed.
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I’m sure bed is better than Bed…or at least that’s what I hear.
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Well, bed certainly knows how to cuddle me.
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That’s what wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends/hookers/body pillows are for.
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I don’t have any of those. :(
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I have two of them…I won’t say which two…(tells the body pillow to keep quiet)
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I have a teddy bear somewhere.
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Mine left me for another teddy bear…they just got married somewhere back east and they run a Bed and Breakfast.
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As long as they’re happy.
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pfft…what about my needs?
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That’s what Bridget the Midget is for.
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pfft…she runs the strip club across the street from the Bed and Breakfast…she buried Robert Wuhl’s body underneath it.
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methinks next time I change my FK handle, it’ll be to
“and Breakfast”
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Heh.
And now a little thing for the ladies…well, it’s not that little…and, uh…it’s not the size it’s what you can do with it…and, uh…(goes off for a good cry)
How were your holidays?
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We had a nice Christmas…how are things going with you?
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Meh. Had a scare last night. My dad passed out while brushing his teeth. He’s in the hospital for observation, but everything seems ok now.
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This is why I never brush my teeth…I’m glad he’s okay.
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Thanks, me too. I just want to know what brand of toothpaste he was using.
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Yep…that might be a brand to skip.
You missed it, I made a lounge.
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Well, I’ll make sure to be here for the sequel…just don’t make it a prequel, those suck.
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Lounge Wars: Episode 1
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I’ll play the role of Bed-Bed…and everyone will hate me.
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But I thought you were supposed to be the chosen one.
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They chose me…and then wanted a refund. Walmart said no.
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At which point you began your trek to the dark side… Darth Sirbed.
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Darth Sirbed…oh, I like it.
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I smell a geek.
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I’m not cosplay at a convention geek or anything but I like Star Wars….well, I like some of Star Wars.
And I went to ** and posted a pic of TM, and then I stole Tutu and brought him here and now he is mine and I will call him my Squishy!
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Sounds like you’ve been busy…in related news I’ve been taking naps a lot.
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That’s literally everything I’ve done in the last 5 weeks.
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You still have Mitt Romney beat.
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He didn’t really want to be president anyway.
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Who the hell would? I think you have to be a little bit nuts to want that job.
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But think of all the chicks you’d get! Like Monica… and… well, ok, that’s it.
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Yeah…good ol’ Bill would try to poke just about anything…at least JFK was doing Marilyn Monroe.
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Maybe he really loved her.
HAHAHAHAHA!
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I think guys like that mostly love themselves….I used to love myself a lot as well…spent a fortune in lotion.
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me
I would
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I think… you just made his point…?
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Im not bed’s monkey
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Then whose monkey are you?
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Jane Goodall… she use to be a fox.
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Monkeys prefer blondes huh?
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Personally I prefer red heads
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Ever read “Woman In The Mists”? There’s a part where Diane Fossey buys a vibrator during a trip home, takes it back to Africa, and wears it out in 3 days.
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I have not.
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Ok, well I just told you the funniest part.
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Why don’t you cuddle him?
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probably because he’s well armed. Tactical vests full of ammo and clips aren’t very squishably huggable.
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Well, then I’m not too cuddly, either. Except my fat rolls.
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I think big girls are quite cuddly. You should see some of the ladies I play with at the dungeon. I love their courage in getting naked and not giving a FK about what anybody thinks of them.
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I meant with my vest on. :)
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Damn it, you’re supposed to be nekkid.
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I’m a nevernude.
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Must make showers a bit ineffective.
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I don’t shower.
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Is that what that smell is?
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Probably.
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I call the smell “aged”.
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But I bet you tell your patients you’re “cured.”
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ASVD
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It does bear a striking resemblance to certain cheeses.
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including boobs.
BED!
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ED!
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DMOAS!
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um…
It was thoughtful of you to delay your return to us until your rage from the 2012 Raiders had subsided.
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By the end I was laughing…the ten year streak of stink has more than a few years to go I think.
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With two minutes left in the Cleveland game my son got a chuckle out of the fan leaving his expensive front row seat and walking out of the Coliseum screaming “Ten years! Ten mother fucking years!”
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The Decade Of Dumbassery.
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I was laughing when McClain got arrested.
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Anyone who tells the cops “My name is Fuck You” is OK in my book. But not on my roster, mind you.
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I believe it was “My name is Fuck Y’all.”
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Better still.
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He’s one goofy bastard. That would be fine if he was better at football.
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Dumbassery aside, McClain’s lousiness as an NFL player relative to his greatness in college was shocking. You can see why in hindsight; at Alabama he was only asked to stop the run and was surrounded by talent to cover up his flaws. But the descent from top pick to play-calling middle LB to bench player seemed fast as it happened. And then there’s the dumbassery.
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Most of the experts thought it was a good pick by the Raiders. Since I went to KU I hate college football so I can’t pretend to be an expert.
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SEC IS OVERRATED!
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It’s funny, but it’s a dumb thing to do. I mean, there’s no way that ends well for you.
Bed, was Santa good to you? Did you meet Dick Ckark at the Empire State building? Did you play a role in firing Knapp?
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The answer is yes to two of those…I won’t say which…(tells Dick Clark’s ghost to keep quiet)
I’ll just assume all the posts the past several weeks were works of pure genius that have changed the way man thinks about himself in this world…good job, people.
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After a very spirited debate, we voted 89-88 that tractor pulls are a better sport than golf.
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Because the crowds at tractor pulls have better guns.
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I went to a monster truck rally in Hawaii once…so…I can cross that off the bucket list.
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Sounds like you need a new bucket list.
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I really do…and I think I’ll have Morgan Freeman do the voice over when I write it up.
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And they have the radio commercials where the guy yells “SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!”
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and they don’t friendzone people.
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hahaha
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I was in the frienzone once in the third grade…I learned my lesson…now I ask for sex right away.
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and your hand still says no
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Yep…story of my life…(goes off for another good cry)
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This.
One if not the most important thing Ive learned in life.
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What would a hipster monster truck rally look like? Would they see who can park a Honda CR-V in front of a bar before it’s not cool anymore?
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no. what self respecting hipster has a suv?
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I don’t know. I live in SC, hipsters are few and far between. I did see a guy with an ironic beard, a backwards baseball cap, and a ton of bumper stickers yesterday. But he was driving an Infiniti, so I was totally confused.
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ew
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I have a feeling he’s more confused than I. He just doesn’t realize it yet.
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I thought the car of choice was either a fixie or the Volvo 200/700 series?
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I really really want a 1968 VW fastback.
Alas. I have a yaris.
fixie for sure, but there are a lot of us in SF that want to be able to get out of the mission to an area with hills.
We live in a world where at least twice producers were looking for someone with the look and attitude to place the most powerful man in the world, and they said “Get me Bill Pullman!”.
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Somewhere…Bill Paxton is so pissed.
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My name is Chet.
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That movie was so rad…like, um…80′s rad.
After midnight, Ozz gonna go pass out…
Good night, folks! Welcome back, Bed! I missed you.
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Sleep well…well, as well as you can sleep without a wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/hooker/body pillow…it was fun to catch up with you, Oz.
(note to self…you use the word well a lot)
Perfection….I was just thinking about golf while listening to Phil Collins while being in Arkansas…Damn, I’m living the high life.
For those keeping score at home…stop…baseball hasn’t started yet.
A good way to break the ice…always on a first date ask the other person if they ever spent time in a Turkish prison?…if they get the joke…marry them.
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What if I’m already engaged?
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Move them both to Utah and Go Big Love with them.
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I don’t think Gigs would like that very much
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Okay…I take it I’ve missed something…are you engaged?
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see what happens when you leave?
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Wow…Congrats!
That’s very exciting news…I’m very happy for you.
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thanks!
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ERMAGHERD WE FINALLY GOT YOU!!!!
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hey baby
fwiw, I actually signed up for an account back in december because I wanted to reply to something you said. got frustrated with the website being all wonky, so I texted you instead…..
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You can text me anytime ♥
I’m just glad we’re getting the band back together.
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I won’t be on very often (not on anything other than facebook much these days), but now that my log in works, I’ll drop in every now and then….
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Bullshit. It’s more active here than over there anyway.
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yeah, but I’m not online much these days (except for fb), so doesn’t matter how active it is….
but yeah, I miss you all, so we’ll see….
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ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE HERE GIGS. NOT THERE. GOSH.
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dude, I said I’d be on fb. all the cool kids are on fb too.
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False. FSU isn’t on facebook… and hes pretty cool
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Well then maybe we need to get him on FB!
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Stay here, Gigs. You’ll like it.
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gigs!
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Wee-oh!
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and you still haven’t made a fb page or emailed me!
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I’ll fire off an email before I sign off tonight. You and Gigs are both sweet folks…I wish you both the best…marriage is great by the way.
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you better! mikedcarrillo@gmail.com
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mine is ascramblingpar@yahoo.com
Unlike you I used my real name in my email address.
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oo la la
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Perhaps she can dip her toe in the waters of bigamy by commenting on a new blog which is ostensibly about the A’s.
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dunno about that hehehe
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hi
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YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY
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Whoo hoo!
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Hi pretty lady!
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I like to slip the waiter a 10 and ask him to pop in at an awkward moment with “I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.”
Also, BED!!!!
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I like that
Wtf? How did all this flour get on me?
Oh, hi
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Flour?….you mean I’ve been snorting flour?
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no comment
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I guess that explains the biscuts in my nose.
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are they sweet or savory?
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Like me…it’s both.
Also like me they’re a bit full of themselves.
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I can see that
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Umm, that’s NOT flour.
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I just have to aim for the wet spots, right?
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yes
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Just ignore that pan full of hot oil.
Heels now unranked and 0-2 in ACC play. Might have to fire Roy Williams.
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Bring back Dean.
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I love Dean so much. One of the only sports guys I can think of whose death when it comes will likely make me cry.
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For me it would have to be either Marc Wilson or Bobby Crosby.
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Of all the bad ideas-drafting a kicker in the first round, James Jett and every other fast no hands WR, I was always most confused by Wilson. I was like 9-10 and I knew he was awful.
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I was a little kid too…he was my first case of sports hate…those are always the ones that stick with you.
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It’s a terrible name for a QB. Marc Wilson. Ugh.
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He’s a very cool dude.
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Well, yeah…he’s a Jayhawk.
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What a bum…
From everyone in the great state of Kansas.
P.S.
Bill Self Rocks!
13-1 Kansas Jayhawks
Did Gigs break FK? No new comments since she got here…
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oh sure, blame me….
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Yay!
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hiya!
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Bed or some other editor needs to approve her first comment, if she’s just joining tonight.
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Go do it bed!
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Done….sorry…I didn’t know I had to do that….HI GIGS!
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hi Bed!
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It’s nice to come back after a break to such great news. There’s been a lot of big changes in all our lives that last few years.
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If it makes you feel any better, I’m basically in the exact place in my life that I was about 8 years ago.
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Well, you’ve got that consistency thing going for you.
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I got 4 and a half years the same if that is anything
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Yay!
Hello and good evening, btw.
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HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Kay!
Hmm…
(Note to self…If I move to Utah I can marry both my wife and my ego and Go Big Love with them)
Bubba got a big ol’ truck, I know I told you I’d be true, but Bubba got a big ol’ truck, so I’m leaving you. – A line from the Arkansas State Song.
Howdy Kay…
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Howdy, Bedrosian.
Life is good in the ‘Mont. Quite cold, tho. It’s already below freezing outside.
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It’s close to 60 here…I’m dancing naked outside with the moonlit knight as we speak.
Engagements…Fondue…me talking about myself…It’s a lounge, baby!
Yay for Bed and Chickie! I’ve missed you.
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Hello Jennifer…how is life treating you?
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Pretty good. School starts again next week. One more semester left. Got a job offer today from Dr. Asshole, but had to turn it down. I’m poor. Worked as a nurse over Christmas.
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I’m glad you’re so close to the finish line. I look forward to reading about your adventures as a nurse.
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I stuck my finger up a pt’s butt the other day. Got barfed on. Stuck a tube down a nose. Got some IVs. Cathed a few people. Now I’m back to my regular job.
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I’ve gotten barfed on a couple of times the last year….and to think I used to have to pay for that service.
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Those crazy Romans.
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Bed is Roman? Explains a few things
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Yep…my pale skin and blonde hair screams Roman.
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I love your sandals and btw, nice skirt
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Thanks…I just got them…they bring out the bald in my hair.
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I agree. very cute
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Meh. Dude needs to shave his legs if he’s gonna step out around town in that thing.
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I don’t have that problem
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You just have to pluck your feathers.
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I always shave my legs…for uh…swimming…yeah, that’s the ticket.
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Wow…what a coincidence…the hooker..uh…person I paid to barf on me was named Roman.
Like most investors I make my stock picks by listening to Pink Floyd albums backwards.
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The entire future and past history of the human race is encrypted in a so-far uncracked code etched into the leadout groove of specially pressed copies of Brian Eno’s “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)” album.
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I always figured it would be a Brian that had all the answers.
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That’s why I’m still looking for a certain ratio.
All I need is a TV show
(that and the radio)
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You feelin’ better?
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Still sick, in the lungs and in the head. But a just-completed 2-hour phone convo w/the esteemed AV has made me feel a little better for the moment.
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I hope you feel better soon.
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and that reply is why you are so awesome
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These replies are even better, because they speak (sing, play) for themselves :)
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I had that beard on my Christmas break..sadly it’s gone now.
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In related news my wife didn’t leave me.
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Bearderick?
SirBeard?
Beard29?
1Iron0Blades?
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All good and fuzzy…just like I was…Miss Hawaii wasn’t a fan however.
You gotta know when to hold em’ know when to fold em’ know when to walk away and know when to pun.
I’m drinking Perrier water straight out the bottle…gangsta style.
The two lead stories on the local news tonight were about LED light bulbs and Justin Beiber….typical if it bleeds it leads journalism.
You know I’m starting to think the guy from the Captain and Tennille isn’t really a captain.
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mrs ptbnl was just recording in a studio that features the late Captain’s organ.
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Hmm…so he’s dead then?
(Note to self…make sure someone is not dead before joking about them)
Now…are you guys ready for some Jack Klugman jokes?
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is tennile dating?
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Displayed in a suitably ornate ossuary, one hopes.
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asvd
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he topped out at Lt.
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second Looey, to boot!
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yeah!
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You know that Tenille was really Terrence, right?
Muskrat love, my ass! Actually, Terrence’s ass, when you get down to brass tacks.
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And she was the Beach Boys only Beach Girl :D
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I did about 6 pounds of coke with the Beach Boys back in 76 in the back of Bob Seger’s limo once.
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love it!
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So you, uh, like(d) a rock?
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It made me feel like a million…feel like number one.
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standing arrow straight… that is, until the dexedrine kicked in.
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beach boys had a ruttle
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you know the captain was the brother of the surf punks guy, right?
(whew. that was exhausting. i’ll need a few more months to work up another jawdropping fact. see you then!)
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Hooray, AV is back! It’s a Loungetivus miracle!
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No kidding. Where has he been?
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Yay!!!!
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but from my perspective i’m no more back than i was ever gone! still sitting at the same exact chair even.
i just think i prefer the in-person experience right now and i’m stoked to see and hang out with any and all of you. so come on over/invite me to your mayan apocalypse party/or white elephant xmas/i won’t be at fanfest but there’s always opening day and 80 (+post?) other tailgate opportunities!
just couldn’t resist that comment the other night when i was looking for stuff that the emperor told me he’s been writing.
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speaking of, my friend Johnny’s current band, the Ogres are playing in Alameda Jan 24th.
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I’ve never been to Forbidden Island, even though it’s owned by friends of friends.
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I may or may not go on the 24th. I’ll let you know
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good to see you
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AV!
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:)
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Hey! an AV! I missed everyone last night!
I don’t want to get all political here but…yellow mustard is boring.
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colonel mustard ain’t much better
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That fucking guy is always killing people in the study with a candlestick.
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DAMMIT. HOW COULD YOU KNOW THAT THIS EARLY IN THE GAME?!?
I was sad to hear Richard Ben Cramer had died….What it Takes is the only book I’ve read 5 times…even at over a 1,000 pages it reads fast.
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You know I’m starting to think he wasn’t really a captain either.
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That’s just tacky…you’re such a jerk.
and now for more Jack Klugman jokes.
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(Brett Somers rolls over in her grave, but only so she can hear better)
The best thing about being a blonde…well besides being hot is that my ear hair is basically invisible.
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You lucky lucky man
Longer streak?
DiMaggio’s hitting streak or Joe Posnanski columns about the Hall of Fame vote?
is anyone else watching Gus’ documentary?
It’s actually muggy enough for me to post MUGGY and actually mean it…usually my heart isn’t into it…like when I tell people I love them.
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Oh, and I love you all.
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you always say that just to get sex
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works every time
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You Mike, you just need to look at me to get sex
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I just looked.
Okay, it was nice talking with you fine folks again. I hope everyone is doing well and I’ll see you later.
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Sleep well, Bedley.
Fun crowd. You’ll all regret it when the keystroke harvest comes in, but still, good times.
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Meh. Earhair harvest futures are trading higher than keystrokes. Hurray for disgusting-but-profitable grooming!
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… I won’t
ok, nite all
Miss you, sweethearts.
What, no VORP?!
Seriously? BED, Lynn, AV, Chick and gigs all dropping here at once? That’s awesome
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Every time that Bed goes on hiatus and returns, we get a bunch of long-term refugees or newbies. Next time, I figure we’ll see the return of danmerqury and WC, followed by the resurfacing of PT and the emergence of iglew as a long-time lurker. By this time next year, the monkey will have returned and we will have to create a new category above called “FK on caprines” when **** quits **.
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I had to google to find out what “caprines” are (but I guessed correctly).
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I had to look it up before I posted.
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Bed has some sort of reverse bat signal, I think.
I really like the WBC cap for Australia.
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With Balfour and Blackley, it makes total sense.
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That’s beautiful. I’ve been toying with the idea of buying the significantly less attractive Brasil cap. I’ll do it if they can make it to the Phone Booth.
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I think that one is very nice looking.
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agree
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My concern is that the B may look way too big and bright when viewed straight on. I also don’t need to be buying anymore baseball caps, but that’s a different issue.
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I need an A’s cap.
I don’t have one.
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If you wear a 7 1/4 I’ll give you my old home cap that’s too small for me. That’s kind of yucky of course, but whatever.
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My head is bigger than that.
And that doesn’t even count the extra room my ego needs.
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You’re like the Kevin Mench of ego-adjusted head size.
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obscure, but funny!
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Indeed. He wore an 8, and presumably he wasn’t tucking his ears in like the kids these days do.
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Is that really obscure? I mean he would likely obscure the screen in a movie theater but did people not get it?
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I think that knowing Kevin Mench’s hat size and remembering his big honking head is kind of obscure, yes.
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huh. I remember Kevin Mench quite well and his hat size is the most outstanding thing about him.
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I love that bar.
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I want this.
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That logo looks more ABA than MLB. I dig it though.
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They faked it for the throw back the clock day this year. Its so awesome.
I think I’ve decided who’s going to win the SF-Green Bay game. I keep going back and forth on Seattle and Atlanta though.
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I think Seattle’s gonna win that one. I think they may go all the way.
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That seems to be the popular position. For some reason I’m uneasy with it. Maybe because I picked all underdogs last week and got burned.
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Record of underdogs in the first week of NFL playoffs is pretty good historically. However, favorites mostly win big after the byes.
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Part of the problem is that I’m paying attention now. I cruised to the top seed by making 16 gut picks and watching basically no games. Now I’m actually thinking about these picks, and that’s a bad idea.
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You got burned? I had all 3 of my teams in the playoffs… and all three eliminated. I went 1-1 on AFC and 0-2 on NFC. If only I’d known about Ponder.
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The collective 3-13 record in our league was impressive.
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Truly. I still think I was correct to pick Cincy. The Indy pick was indefensible though.
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Yeah. It didn’t go that way in the other league.
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Ouch. I didn’t notice that.
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Hang on. You had the 49ers, the Colts and ??
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He’s in another league also.
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Ah.
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I had that Pats in the other league. Went 10-6 (after a 6-0 start), and went 1-1 in the playoffs. Two jerks went 2-0.
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Nah, America’s only prepared to let one black QB win a Super Bowl every 100 years.
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THASS RAYCESS!
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I should’ve cf’d Magary. Who also makes the very strong point that if Seattle runs the table Bill Simmons will become like Barbara Streisand in that South Park episode.
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His Simmons hatred is so wonderful. And I mostly like Simmons.
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I think Magary likes Simmons too; he just finds it more fun to hate him. As compared to Easterbrook, who Magary genuinely hates.
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This is probably right. He mocks Simmons for all of the things that drive me crazy about Simmons (the repetitiveness, the name dropping, the egocentrism), but it’s more in good fun than the way he tears Easterbrook and Peter King to shreds.
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Simmons is making a strong comeback with Grantland. I liked his late-20s college-hijinks-with-money phase when I was in college, hated his wannabe-college-hijinks phase, and am now liking his just-write-about-sports phase.
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No one denies this!!
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Agreed.
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I think that they are the most dangerous team. I think that they are probably most susceptible to a post bye loss, but I have no faith in ATL. I think the 49ers could stop them if Justin Smith is healthy, but I have no faith in that. I think that Atlanta is the weakest team left, followed by Green Bay/SF Smith is hurt still, and then SEA.
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I agree that SEA is the better team, but bye-week + home team giving less than a field goal + Seattle on the road + rookie QB in a dome + best lineman injured…It’s a very close one for me.
From the 49ers perspective, I take it you would rather they play the NFC Championship in Atlanta than at home against Seattle.
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Yes.
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ATL was undefeated at home except for the meaningless last game vs TB.
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Interesting.
FO says Seattle all the way. Id rather have the not best team.
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I just got done reading FO. They say “Seattle in a squeaker.”
Their former writer Bill Barnwell picked Atlanta.
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Oh, you mean Seattle is the tougher matchup for SF. That’s correct based on DVOA, but their home/road split tends to be pretty radical. My strategy of “bet them at home, bet against them on the road” made me 12-4 in 16 picks.
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Makes sense.
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Barnwell makes a strong case.
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I’ve said too much already. This playoff format nevermoor devised strongly argues for certain people here to pick the opposite of the way I pick.
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Playoffs are a difficult thing in the league. Last year we did a lottery (of the four teams playing, the #3 seed can pick any, then the #4 seed picks one of the other three, etc). Problem there is the lowest seed doesn’t get to do anything, so win or lose it feels stupid.
I’m definitely open to other ideas.
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I don’t mind this approach. It just adds an element of trying to figure out which way the crowd is leaning.
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I like the old way. The lowest seed should be happy to be there and have a dog in the race by default.
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I get ya. I was of course terrible this year and thus am free from worry over playoff tells. I like GB and Balt tomorrow, ATL and NE Sunday. Really like GB.
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I can’t pick the Niners game, but I agree with NE. I like BALT with the points, but not to win. I think Seattle is the real deal.
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I too like the Ravens and Pats.
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Now that I’ve clinched my spot, my (partly contradictory) opinions:
1) I’m not convinced any of us has any real ability in picking versus the spread, so it’s mostly a crapshoot.
2) Home field advantage is big in the playoffs, especially so in this round because of the bye. Given the small spreads in the NFC I thought it was an easy call to take both home teams.
Next week when it’s head-to-head, the game theory aspect will come into things a lot more. Maybe I’ll flip a coin.
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I went all in on Peyton and the home team, and eliminated myself. Home teams, hmph.
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Tougher call in the AFC, since the spreads were a lot bigger. Of course, they did lose straight up, so see contradictory opinion #1.
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Well as the 3 seed I knew I had to take a risk. I thought it was 50-50, but I chose what I thought people wouldn’t pick.
Would have probably advanced if Peyton pulled it off, but oh well.
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Maybe so, but there’s a whole industry that survives by convincing people they do know.
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2) Good call. I really thought Kaepernick was going to shit the bed. Whoops.
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Reasonable enough. And I hate the Niners way more than any of the other NFC teams; my opinion may be suspect.
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I would agree, except that Seattle looked pretty bad last week until RGIII got hurt. And I thought the ‘Skins were the 2nd worst team in the NFC to make the playoffs, barely better than the Vikings.
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I think with a healthy Justin Smith we are the best team still playing in the NFC. Without Justin Smith, we may well be the worst. So it just depends on what percentage of Justin Smith we get tomorrow.
Needless to say I’m scared to death
UH-OH!!!! It’s today’s racist homophobic misogynist (he calls it “conservative”) roommate with a lovely little FB post that goes a little something like this (and I quote!):
Waiting in line at the bank and it’s packed like a sardine can. Why is it that I can go to any bank, post office, currency exchange, grocery store, Etc. in a white neighborhood and find no long ass lines that forever? What is it about minorities/non-white people that makes them crowd the shit out of everything? SMH! On the plus side there’s a girl ahead of me in line with a super sweet ass! Of course she’s wearing tights so it could just be false “ass-vertising”. One of the bank employees has a nice ass too. See how I’m always looking on the bright side and finding a silver lining. — at Wells Fargo Bank.
SO, FK friends whom I am relating this to so I just don’t go in the living room where this hypocrite freeloading cocksucker that’s been living in my (and Bryan’s, and Ralph’s) home for free for 4 months now (because “the LIBERALS are all socialists,” I guess!) and is lounging on the couch like a beached whale and KICK HIS ASS, what shall I do?
1) OH JOSH JUST KICK HIS ASS!!!!
2) BE COOL and wait for the very Mexican and gay (and Famous) Ralph to return in a few days and kick his ass through the goalposts of Hell
3) Pull a cute black or Mexican dude off Adam4Adam or Grndr this weekend and fuck the guy in an exquisitely loud and boisterous fashion with the door wide open
4) Some other recourse I have not yet thought of
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO, OH FK SAGE GIVERS of WISDOM!!!
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I once was mad at my brother and put pencil sharpener shavings in his bed. It was a great revenge. Well until my mom made us switch beds.
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I don’t see why you have to limit yourself to only one of those choices.
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I vote for Options 2-4, with an emphasis on 3.
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Bitterness poisons you. Rise above and turn the other ass cheek.
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What about evicting him?
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I say just block his updates or get rid of this fool on FB first. Then figure out how to get him out of your living room.