smitty wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:A guy on the El walked through with a cup asking for "money, food, anything," saying he hadn't eaten all day. I had a sandwich left over from lunch. I offered it to him. He asked what was on it. I said turkey and cheese. He said, "Oh, I don't eat turkey" and walked away.

I don't really know why, but I felt like cursing him out. What a piece of $#@!. Now, whenever some a-hole on the street asks me for money, I'm just going to offer him a sandwich and see what he says.

You should have bit him.





(that's the punchline from a really old joke that I barely remember but Swish or TV or Doc probably do).

"A wastrel accosted me on the boulevard yesterday afternoon, begging for alms, exclaiming bitterly that he hadn't had a bite in days.

straightaway I bit him."

I go way back.

ho ho ho

Yeah, this jersey is like 1% real and 99% hypothetical. No word on how much is polyester.

Barry Jive wrote:I love what Ryan Howard does on the field, but I don't give a crap that he bangs 13 hot blonde chicks every night he goes out on the town.

FYP

I want a cheap jersey of the 49ers Punter.

phatj wrote:I'm trying to imagine the circumstances under which a guy who grew up in, went to college in, and currently resides in PA could possibly become a Yankees and Cowboys fan.

Ask Shore about the Cowboys thing.

I saw a fat guy working the register at GNC today. Not even like football offensive lineman fat, just obese, and it messed with my head. Hey buddy, what can you recommend for me out of experience?

Shore why are you a Cowboys fan? Also isn't traderdave a Cowboys fan? How does this happen? I know I don't have a whole lot of room to talk on a Philly message board, but I have a story that sorta makes sense. What is yours? Explain yourselves.

Werthless wrote:

phatj wrote:I'm trying to imagine the circumstances under which a guy who grew up in, went to college in, and currently resides in PA could possibly become a Yankees and Cowboys fan.

You find it inconceivable that a front-running tool could exist in this state?

Not necessarily. It can depend on how old the person is, where they grew up, where their family was originally from. IIRC, in NEPA the Cowboys were always on TV in the 1970's. Same for baseball. My folks had NY stations WWOR and WPIX on their cable lineup years before any Philly station, so this fostered plenty of Yankees and Mets fandom in the region. IIRC, the Phils didn't really make a move into the NEPA market until the late 1970's (the first time I met Harry K was at a NEPA car dealership in the late 70's as part of a Phils publicity campaign to expand their market north).

Location and travel routes played influence too, as before the NE Extension, New York was quite closer to NEPA than Philly. And even with the NE Extension, it took the Blue Route to make it easer. So more old timers up in NEPA are NY team fans than Philly. I only knew 1 Eagles fan growing up, and he had relatives in the Philly area. Everyone else were Steelers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Colts, Jets... the teams we (and our parents) got on TV/radio.

Now, if the kids are from the Philly region... well, it's human nature to avoid things that make you sad and disappointed

On the one hand it makes me sad that we're unlikely to have a magic number of 9 this year. On the other, I hope we don't have a magic number of nine this year.

There's someone from Scotland posting rapidfire on MetsRefugees. I wonder if Wiz knows him. The UK is a small place, right.

jerseyhoya wrote:There's someone from Scotland posting rapidfire on MetsRefugees. I wonder if Wiz knows him. The UK is a small place, right.

I'm pretty sure it's either Belle or Sebastian, Belle more likely because of the screen-name.

Piazza, New York Catcher

"San Francisco's calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?"

These jeans make me feel like Burt Ward in Tremors 2.

I got a notice in the mail the other day about leaving contractor signs in the front yard, and how the township demands they be taken down within 10 days of service. What the hell? They really not have anything better to do?

Computer and communication technology pretty much shot right by what's available in star trek. They didn't even have blue tooth! But why can't I get a phaser, transporter, warp drive or replicator?

Barry Jive wrote:Piazza, New York Catcher

"San Francisco's calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?"

A board with Belle & Sebastian references moves up quite a few levels in quality, IMO. A non-music board, even more.

Well done, sir.

Harpua wrote:I got a notice in the mail the other day about leaving contractor signs in the front yard, and how the township demands they be taken down within 10 days of service. What the hell? They really not have anything better to do?

when i had my house painted the contract said i had to leave the sign up for 60 days. i took it down after about 2 weeks.

smitty wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:I like Lofa, but only because Football Outsiders was hyping him as a rookie. I'm not really a big fan or anything.

How about a real obscure guy? Like the long snapper for the Houston Texans. If I wore stuff like that that's probably what I'd do.

This reminds me of my friend who's a big Yankees fan with a perverse streak, and had to get a custom Luis Sojo t-shirt (not a jersey) because apparently Sojo either hadn't licensed his name to MLBPA or as a then-active coach you couldn't get his shirt through the normal channels.

He is very, very proud of that shirt.

So a coyote ate Jessica Simpson's dog? Is that right?

"we're not terrific but we're competent"


i just bought a sweater vest. huh.