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

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The BBC announcers (Thanks, Anne!), in contrast, couldn't tell us frequently enough what a poor match it was. If not for the british accents, I would have thought TM was announcing.

Here's what I don't understand: Why do people care that most Americans don't like soccer?

Who gives a shit? It can't be because the games are low scoring. I love tight football games with great defense. And I think nothing is more exciting than a playoff baseball game that is tied 0-0 or 1-1 going into extra innings. So, lack of scoring isn't the problem. And really, when people say Americans don't appreciate it, it's shorthand for saying we have short attention spans and need lots and lots of scoring.

I just don't give a shit if you're really good at kicking a ball and running really fast. It's not the type of skill that a superior athlete can impress me with. Sometimes it's fun to watch, usually it's not.

I'm sure the majority of the world feels the same about baseball. I don't look think less of them because of it.

TM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Poll: would you work anywhere in the U.S. for $5M/year (assuming the job itself was acceptable)?

Well, I'd really have to make sure the job was a good "fit" first.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Poll: would you work anywhere in the U.S. for $5M/year (assuming the job itself was acceptable)?

Hell, yes. This is a no brainer. I wouldn't even need the finger-snapping and leaving, or the weekends away, or any vacation at all.

$5m/year for 3 years. Then I quit. And retire to South America. With ncs, RP, fringey, ABBA, TM, Not Bob, Ironweed and Kevin Bacon. And Johnny Depp, just so I can keep his goatee trimmed.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Here's what I don't understand: Why do people care that most Americans don't like soccer?

Who gives a shit? It can't be because the games are low scoring. I love tight football games with great defense. And I think nothing is more exciting than a playoff baseball game that is tied 0-0 or 1-1 going into extra innings. So, lack of scoring isn't the problem. And really, when people say Americans don't appreciate it, it's shorthand for saying we have short attention spans and need lots and lots of scoring.

I just don't give a shit if you're really good at kicking a ball and running really fast. It's not the type of skill that a superior athlete can impress me with. Sometimes it's fun to watch, usually it's not.

I'm sure the majority of the world feels the same about baseball. I don't look think less of them because of it.

TM

It's all about the $$$$, that's why

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Well, I'd really have to make sure the job was a good "fit" first.

Think Nome, Alaska, for you. Have to wear socks. Three pairs, if you want to keep your toes.

Do you make the move?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Think Nome, Alaska, for you. Have to wear socks. Three pairs, if you want to keep your toes.

Do you make the move?

Come on for a cool 5 mil, you can buy some excitement.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Name the shitty place.

How about Midland, Texas, for you.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Name the shitty place.

Gary, Indiana?

Close enough to live in Chicago.

Podunk, Alabama?

Buy the town a la Brad Wesley in Roadhouse.

I'd clean toilets in a methadone clinic in Gary for 5 Large.

My God... if someone dropped 5 in my lap right now I'd find my license, wipe my ass with it, march into City Hall and stick it on the forehead of the Chief Presiding Judge, and I'd dance like Fred Fucking Astaire all the way to the pen, giggling like a schoolgirl after her first kiss.

Jesus, I could almost fire off the pile of fluffernutter just thinking about it...

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Here's what I don't understand: Why do people care that most Americans don't like soccer?

Because they know that until Americans get interested, they'll never get to see real men play the game.

I mean, duh.


(it's possible I've been spending too much time on the Politics Board lately)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Think Nome, Alaska, for you. Have to wear socks. Three pairs, if you want to keep your toes.

Do you make the move?

How can I make this more clear...

Hmmmm...

I'd have sex with Julia Child every day for a month for $5 Large. Get the picture now?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
How about Midland, Texas, for you.

$5 million? I'd clearly convert to Republicanism.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Jesus, I could almost fire off the pile of fluffernutter just thinking about it...

You use "fluffernutter." I do not think it means what you think it means.*


*Said in thck Spanish accent.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
It's all about the $$$$, that's why

Because if the sport gets popular in the US then Beckham can finally start making some serious smack?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Name the shitty place.

Podunk, Alabama?

For the record, that's a different town. NTTAWW Alabama. I mean, in Birmingham, they love the governor. But we have much more going on here.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
$5 million? I'd clearly convert to Republicanism.

Ew! I would not.

However, given that I live in TX, I would vote for Bush in the upcoming election for $5m.