Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Laimbeer moves past Linda Cohn, though not Stuart Scott.

Laimbeer wanted you to hate him, it was part of how he achieved what he did with the limited talent he had.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
He does. But he's just big. He is not quick. He is not clever. He is not skilled. Who gives a shit if he can knock everyone down and dunk? Fuck him. I'd rather watch someone with hops, grace and an inside/outside game any day.

TM

Having grown up in the projects in Brooklyn, and being big and not particularly skilled I have a strong afinity for the streetball game.

Even if I need a ladder to reach the rim.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Changing topics slightly, I think the best ever non-porn sex scene that takes place in a bathroom is the one from Femme Fatale. How can Rebecca Romijn be so hot in that and still be married to John Stamos? The mind boggles.

Good topic. Earlier today I was thinking the worst ever non porn sex scenes were the Joe Pesci doing Sharon Stone from behind in Casino, and Janice and Joey Pants with the vibrator in the ass. Seeing any of those faces contorting in Xstasy hurts my brain real bad.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by robustpuppy

Have you ever done the sex in a restroom (your home bathroom does not count), and if so, do you think it's better to use the mens' or the ladies' room? (If it was a same sex encounter and you used the facilities of the opposite sex, please explain your reasons.)

I have never done the sex in a public restroom. Too fastidious. As noted here before, however, I have done the sex in an apartment building laundry room. It smelled nice and snuggly fresh. Furthermore, grad school roommate did the sex with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in a club bathroom. I don't know what the sign on the door looked like.

And just a guess here that ThrashersFan will not answer in the affirmative. I can't imagine that a place that's not good enough to "rest" in would be good enough to fuck in. I also predict a no answer from NFH and Atticus.

You win ... but because everyone knows that I cannot use a public restroom for its intended purpose let alone screwing, you only get to select a prize from the first shelf (I suggest the cute glasses with big nose and bushy eyebrows).

I have fucked on the floor of a ski shop that was closed for the night (but the lifts were still open so I suppose people could have seen us through the doors or windows if they had bothered to peek in to see the latest ski fashions) -- it smelled all nice of sexwax and ground edges. I have also fucked in a snowbank -- I was a little tipsy and suppose that I am lucky I did not get an irreversibly frost-bitten ass. While one can also piss on a snowbank I would not consider it a public restroom.

[pony_trekker]

I hate everyone who ever wore that fucking Dallas Cowboys star on his helmet.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Having grown up in the projects in Brooklyn, and being big and not particularly skilled I have a strong afinity for the streetball game.

Even if I need a ladder to reach the rim.

When you let someone that tall and that wide take 3 or 4 steps with the ball, its kind of tough to do much. I want to say its not basketball, but of course it is because thats how its called now.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Duke Basketball (all players from 1988 through today)

Mm hmm. Good call. But if you're going there, can we add Notre Dame football?

And can I just add the USC Trojans godforsaken trojan fight song dirge for no particular reason?

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
When you let someone that tall and that wide take 3 or 4 steps with the ball, its kind of tough to do much. I want to say its not basketball, but of course it is because thats how its called now.

Watching rec ball is interesting. Kids shooting all assume they get 3 steps to the rim with the ball.

[Atticus Grinch]

No, I haven't seen Gervais in anything but "The Office." But I stand by my pick. The subtlety of that performance is obviously crafted, or preternatural, but not natural. I mean, Jesus, every flick of his beady eyes toward the camera is letter-perfect. The scene where he wants everyone to know he's on the cover of the trade paper? The way he pretends to throw the paper away in "disgust" of his fame, but actually carefully balances it on the edge of the wastepaper basket so it can be retreived later? Genius. The scene where he's trying to induce Dawn to name him as her role model in the workplace? Genius. I could go on, but the memory of it is too painfully real to relive.

Where is it written that a good comic actor needs range, and a variety of roles to prove it? Fuck range; give me timing any day. And Gervais has timing so precise and dense, it's like a David Foster Wallace novel (with footnotes, natch).

I can't name another comic actor who could pull off a mockumentary and make it seem real. Christopher Guest pushes things over the top for laughs; Gervais manages to do it simply by making a character so detailed it's possible that such a man exists somewhere. That's beyond anything I've seen.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Duke Basketball (all players from 1988 through today)

Word. Grant Hill squeaks by. But I don't like him because he chose Duke. Duke's players have this clean cut image that I don't get (and maybe it's only because Vitale sucks their collective cock). They're just as fucking dirty as every other team. Remember when golden boy Laettner stomped on that guy who was on the ground? Did he even get a "T?" If Larry Johnson had done that, he would have been hitting the showers.

And enough with the Hurley and Wojoweroaiuoeaiuwrjwx are so tough and mentally strong. I'll give you Hurley. But he wasn't the best point guard in the NCAAs then. He just had the most talented people to pass to. Jesus. And don't get me started on when UNLV threw that game to Duke.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Phil Jackson

I don't like him at all. His whole zen/I buy my players books like "The Art of War" crap is complete bullshit. He does nothing. His assistant coach (Tex Winters) invented the triangle offense. Not him. And have you ever seen him coach at the end of the game? Uh...no. "Get the fuck out of Jordan's way, you morons."

He's always had the best player(s) in the league on his squad. He is the most overrated coach in the history of sports and I don't care how many rings he has.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Having grown up in the projects in Brooklyn, and being big and not particularly skilled I have a strong afinity for the streetball game.

Shaq's game isn't street. Iverson's game is street. Kemp's game was street. Shaq's game is just about being big. That helps outside, but the two are not synonymous.

TM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I would make this a poll: Who is your most hated figure in sports? But I already know the answer. Bill Walton. It is impossible to hate anyone more than him. Larry Merchant is a close second and Stuart Scott and Linda Cohn are neck and neck to show.

TM

Bill Walton, followed closely by the late 1980s early / 1990s Pistons.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Mm hmm. Good call. But if you're going there, can we add Notre Dame football?

And can I just add the USC Trojans godforsaken trojan fight song dirge for no particular reason?

Oh, fuck yes... How could I forget the Fighting Irish? Fuck them and fuck that school. I flew out there to check the school out in HS. I have never had a worse time in my life, and then the Irish slaughetered Penn St to put a perfect cap on the weekend. You'll never find more ugly women in one place at the same time.

I also hate Kurt Warner.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by NotFromHere


And can I just add the USC Trojans godforsaken trojan fight song dirge for no particular reason?

The imperial march sux ass, if only because you hear it after every fucking play that's not more than a 5 yard gain by the opponent or worse than a two-yard loss by the trojans. For $40k a year, they should really teach the band some more notes. (alhtough I think that Rocky Top may be fast catching up in annoying

But the USC fight song, Fight On, I put up there with Hail to the Victors, Bow Down to Washington, and Rambling Wreck ofGeorgia Tech, as among the top.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
In no particular order:

. . .
Brent Musburger (yes, I realize he's implied)

I've never understood this one. Sure, he hypes things up immensely, but what announcer doesn't? Marv Albert? Bill Walton? Al Michaels? And, yez, he's a bit past his prime, a la Dick Clark, but in his heydey he was one of the best at his job, which, at the time, required hyping events that did not have 72 hours of advanced coverage by three sports networks already doing teh hype for the game.