Fashion Board 6-9-04 to 7-13-04

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
One for Slave's dick?

No. One for metaphorically setting my money on fire by buying every brand-fucker item out there.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
No. One for metaphorically setting my money on fire by buying every brand-fucker item out there.

that's why you need to win lotto.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
If you used no caps, I'd believe you. No way are you tapping the caps lock button on and off.

WHHNADHWIDFJPDJOSIJDGSJDHS!!!!

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This reeks of sexual metaphor.

duh

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I don't watch soccer much, but I think the problem is not the low scores, but the fact that the games are decided by penalty kicks.

Everyone is missing the point of soccer, which is to drink, shout & sing obscene things about the opposing team, the linesman and the ref and his whore of a mother, and light cars on fire afterwards.* Plus also to stab people wearing the other team's jersey. This is called "atmosphere."

*Detroit gets this point. Hi, Hank!

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
WHHNADHWIDFJPDJOSIJDGSJDHS!!!!

Your nose has no range.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
One thing I will never understand is why people - well, Americans, anyway - equate the level of excitement of a sport with how often points are scored. Does this mean that basketball is many many times more exciting than all other sports? Is arena football many times more exciting than regular football. Why is not soccer far more exciting than football and baseball because there is constant action instead of the stop-start-stop-start that occurs all throughout the game.

So you feel Sebastian, being shallow, would most like to watch a good game of bowling where scoring is guarenteed most frames?
Have you caught his act around a urinal?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
that's why you need to win lotto.

Or work harder and spend less time jacking off at work.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
WHHNADHWIDFJPDJOSIJDGSJDHS!!!!

See, now, that is ALL caps.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Or work harder and spend less time jacking off at work.

Money will never be more important that jacking off.

What a shitty trade-off.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ironweed
Everyone is missing the point of soccer, which is to drink, shout & sing obscene things about the opposing team, the linesman and the ref and his whore of a mother, and light cars on fire afterwards.* Plus also to stab people wearing the other team's jersey. This is called "atmosphere."

This really is just the British right? I know some South American countries would kill their goalie when they lose, and Uday had some intense motivation techniques, but these guys didn't attack the other team.

If I was a soccer fan, and my team was playing England, I'm not sure I'd go.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
One thing I will never understand is why people - well, Americans, anyway - equate the level of excitement of a sport with how often points are scored. Does this mean that basketball is many many times more exciting than all other sports? Is arena football many times more exciting than regular football. Why is not soccer far more exciting than football and baseball because there is constant action instead of the stop-start-stop-start that occurs all throughout the game.

Not that the reverse situation is not also true. Europeans get bored when NFL games are played in Europe because they are used to seeing highlight reels.

I guess my main point is that Sebastian is a boorish American slob who is too much of a pussy to drink real Scotch.

You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie...

Basketball is the purest sport available, besides boxing, which is a pseudo-sport (only because boxers lack a legitimate season and pick opponents based on who they can beat and payday).

I don't know why football is exciting. Its probably because its the most like chess or war. It has more strategy and mental aspects to it than any other sport. Maybe baseball comes close, but the duel between a pitcher and hitter to determine whether he ought to swing isn't all that exciting. A perfectly executed hit and run doesn't get the blood rolling. But when a long bomb works in football, its glorious. But I do agree that smashmouth run the clock up the middle Big Ten football can get tedious. But not as tedious as a pitcher's duel.

Soccer would be better if the players were allowed to check each other or tackle each other, but I guess it would then be called rugby. Why folks in the states don't like rugby more amazes me. Its got all the violence imaginable, which more than compensates for lack of scoring.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I can only speak to hockey, but I will say that frequently the higher scoring games are the more exciting for the reason that (in hockey at least) those games are more action-packed. More goals are scored in a 4 on 4 situation than 5 on 5 because there is constant action. So I would say that it's not the number of goals, its the action that determines the excitement. And the consequence of an action-packed game is a higher score.

This may only be true of hockey. It is not true of basketball, where a high score is somewhat a function of the fact that there is no goaltender, and not the amount of action in a game.

I don't watch soccer much, but I think the problem is not the low scores, but the fact that the games are decided by penalty kicks.

Maybe, but a soccer game where there are lots of post shots and great saves can be incredibly exciting, even if the final score is 1-0. Your point about penalty kicks is well taken, though.

Regardless of how you analyze it, I think it is pretty clear that much of the world still thinks soccer is pretty exciting. And takes it pretty seriously, too. Let's just say that that the Portugese defender who scored the own goal must be pretty damn relieved right now. Remember Escobar? As this is really a rhetorical question, I will provide a helpful link:

http://www.canoe.ca/SoccerWCPreMay21...21_taylor.html

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ironweed
Everyone is missing the point of soccer, which is to drink, shout & sing obscene things about the opposing team, the linesman and the ref and his whore of a mother, and light cars on fire afterwards.* Plus also to stab people wearing the other team's jersey. This is called "atmosphere."

*Detroit gets this point. Hi, Hank!

Don't forget throwing bricks. Throwing bricks at people (and, with luck, hitting them in the temple with the corner of a brick) is the best part!

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
If I was a soccer fan, and my team was playing England, I'm not sure I'd go.

Read "Among the Thugs."