Removing the feeding tube from our aging hipster plaid pants - Page 137

Tyrone Slothrop · 04-15-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The Sports Guy is on Sheff's side:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...s/cowbell/blog

What Boston fan would be dumb enough to interfere with a potential two-RBI triple that was in play? And by the way, had he scooped the ball up, that whole section would have killed him because Ortiz (the eighth run) would have had to go back to third base..

Two words: Steve Bartman.

eta: And if the guy didn't mean to hit Sheffield, Sheffield didn't know that. I'm not attacking Sheffield, just suggesting that ESPN made this much bigger than it deserved to be.

Tyrone Slothrop · 04-15-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Go read www.bostondirtdogs.com

"While some friendly House calls are rolling into WEEI to defend their friend, season ticket holders are also calling in with damaging tales regarding the seven-ticket season ticket holder and former Curry College football coach's trouble making, fight picking, and excessive drinking in the seven seats he holds tickets for."

"House told girlfriend he was "going for the ball." But his friend who "spoke to Chris this morning" tells WEEI's Dennis & Callahan that House told him he was "doing the windmill" to wave the runners around. Yeah right. Delusionial fanboys say he was trying to catch his friend who looked like he was falling on the field. Or maybe House was telling the other fans to pull their hands up (even though the ball was right in front of Chris at that point and well past other fans). Spin city continues for townie who got caught taking a sneaky cheap shot on Sheff"

"This is what happens when Red Sox Nation "cardholders," who don't know enough to keep their hands in the stands, go to games instead of real baseball fans, who can't get tickets to Fenway anymore.

Sheff should have clocked the assclown who, even if Sox fanboys and girls blindly give the punk the benefit of the doubt, was trying to turn Tek's triple into a double at best. Inexcusable. Ban him from Fenway for two years."

'"He just said he was going for the ball."
-- Chris House's dilusional fiancee in denial'

"At first he (the fan) is (looking right down at Sheffield), but by the time he's completed the swipe he's looking toward the field because, IMO, he's pretending to be oblivious to the fact that a major league baseball play is taking place directly in front of him. The guy did it on purpose. Period. It would take some serious speculative ability to make the case that it was unintentional. Watch the video. It's obvious." -- Arock78 on SoSH

'According to fan Chris Lyons, 19, of Milton, who was sitting nearby, "(House) definitely tried to hit him. You could tell. And right away, Gary looked up and went nuts." -- Boston Herald, Michael Silverman'

And on the beer throwing guy:

"I'm definitely in your corner as far as House goes, but I've got to disagree with your assessment on the guy in the GAP sweatshirt. Yes, he had a girl next to him, but she wasn't what made him spill his beer on Sheffield. I suggest you watch clip on mlb.com and take a closer look, particularly to the footage at the 2:40 mark. Gap Guy takes a sip of his beer, sees Sheffield in front of him and jerks his wrist forward, projecting the wrest of the cups remains onto Sheffield's jersey.

Furthermore, you'll notice that while the woman in the white gloves had her arm wrapped around GAP Guys, at the time of the beer spilling, she was NOT making contact with him. The thrust of the cup forward was WAY too much for it to be caused by the girl pulling back on him (which she didn't even do until AFTER the beer was tossed).

In closing, both GAP Guy and the other guy are complete jerks and I hope they are never allowed into Fenway Park again."

-- Dan

"The G.A.P. guy clearly flicked his beer onto Sheffield's back; it wasn't forced out of his cup by the girl pulling him back. Take a look at the tape again. If he has season tix, his should be lifted just like that galumph Chris House's unlucky 7."
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TM

PS - "Chris [House] Avoids the Big House as Sox Won't Press Charges Against Phony Fan. Video, Spin Control Too Tough for Boston Brass to Challenge"

In my defense, I would like to say:

(1) You all may be right, and

(2) I would much rather read this board than that one.

04-15-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Yeah, he would.

Just 'cause he says shit like that to you in person doesn't necessarily prove anything.

Tyrone Slothrop · 04-15-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Class. If we all turn to page 23 of our Bluebooks,

You forgot to say which edition.

NotFromHere · 04-15-2005, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You forgot to say which edition.

Don't push me. I have Random House Webster's Computer & Internet Dictionary (3d ed) right here on my desk and I can give you a definition of lossless compression that'll shut this place down.

notcasesensitive · 04-15-2005, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Don't push me. I have Random House Webster's Computer & Internet Dictionary (3d ed) right here on my desk and I can give you a definition of lossless compression that'll shut this place down.

"Oh no!"

"Meredith, I don't know how to do this!"

Paddle Mybuttocks · 04-15-2005, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by Spank Myasski
Charles Atlas? Seriously? How old ARE YOU?

SS reads comic books, are you calling him a punk?

Not Bob · 04-15-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You forgot to say which edition.

Indeed. I hesitate to date myself (heh-heh), but suffice it to say that there have been a few new editions of the bluebook in between the one on cuneform that I memorized for Legal Writing II and the current one.

All in all, I'd have to say that it's so much easier to simply tell a mid-level associate to have a junior associate do a cite check on the memo to make sure that the cases haven't been overturned and that the citations are in proper blue book form.

(Ok, fine, running Key Cite on Westlaw is a whole lot easier than looking at small type in five volumes of Shepherds, but who can keep track of the bluebook?)

Spank Myasski · 04-15-2005, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by Paddle Mybuttocks
SS reads comic books, are you calling him a punk?

Why is it, or how is it that I always travel in 3s?

Are you and Whack stalking me?

NotFromHere · 04-15-2005, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Indeed. I hesitate to date myself (heh-heh), but suffice it to say that there have been a few new editions of the bluebook in between the one on cuneform that I memorized for Legal Writing II and the current one.

All in all, I'd have to say that it's so much easier to simply tell a mid-level associate to have a junior associate do a cite check on the memo to make sure that the cases haven't been overturned and that the citations are in proper blue book form.

(Ok, fine, running Key Cite on Westlaw is a whole lot easier than looking at small type in five volumes of Shepherds, but who can keep track of the bluebook?)

Dear NotBob,
it is with great sadness that I must confess that when I am sitting here at this desk, the Bluebook is never more than 3 feet away from me.

You must be a slavedriver, also.

Dear Ty,
Edition? You ask as if it changes all that much from year to year. Go ahead. Go find a Bluebook. See if I'm not mostly correct on the page, regardless of which edition you have.

Whack Mybuttski · 04-15-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Spank Myasski
Why is it, or how is it that I always travel in 3s?

Are you and Whack stalking me?

I don't know Paddle from a hole in the wall, but I just can't get enough. Hank.

Replaced_Texan · 04-15-2005, 06:24 PM

It's been awhile since evenodds has been around.

I wonder what she's up to....

Paddle Mybuttocks · 04-15-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by Spank Myasski

Are you and Whack stalking me?

2.

Flinty_McFlint · 04-15-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
It's been awhile since evenodds has been around.

I wonder what she's up to....

Well, if my webcam is correct, I'd say 300 lbs.

Not Bob · 04-15-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Dear NotBob,
it is with great sadness that I must confess that when I am sitting here at this desk, the Bluebook is never more than 3 feet away from me.

You must be a slavedriver, also.

Like sebby, I'm a big picture guy. I like to shuck and jive with the judge's secretary before the hearing, riding free and easy in my Hickey. I float through the hearing, cutting and jabbing with brilliance off the top of my head during my argument, and then share a wink and a smile with Her Honor when one of the armies of anal-retentive law review geeks in the librarian glasses on the other side correctly but irrelevantly cites Blackstone while reading in a monotone voice from a turgid memo.