Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
[fattie goalie stuff]

There are size restrictions on goalie equipment. Arguably he would be too big for it.

Other than that, seems like a good idea, although he would definitely sprawl at some time or another, and it would take him so long to get back up that the other team could easily score. Probably wouldn't play the puck too well either because he would probably move very slowly.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Is your avatar that chick from Missing Persons (Do you hear me? Do you care? What are words for?)? And if so, is that a reference to your former AWOL status?

No, it's the alien chick from Mars Attacks.

I just fancied it.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Why don't hockey teams hire a gigantic fattie -- how about that black sumo wrestler, Emanuel Yarbrough -- and just plop him in front of the goal?

His skates would sink into the ice, trapping him there for all eternity, and ruling out his playing in away games. Eventually, (since food is normally not allowed on the ice), he would begin starving, lose lots of weight, and the goal would become uncovered. His skates would still be stuck, however, and so the team would not be able to change him out. They would have this starving and lethargic stick man with huge folds of saggy empty skin gazing helplessly and vacuously at the pucks as they whizzed past him. Not only would the team lose, he would be incredibly ugly by that time, and ticket sales would suffer because, after all, who wants to see that?

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Here's a question. I've never heard it discussed, but it has to have been at some point.

Why don't hockey teams hire a gigantic fattie -- how about that black sumo wrestler, Emanuel Yarbrough -- and just plop him in front of the goal? All he would have to do is move his arm here and there to stop shots from entering the 6 inches of open net. Not Bob? GWNC? Bueller? Anyone? It would be the equivalent of Manute Bol in the NBA or Eddie Gaedel in baseball.

Look at this picture. Look at it! Don't turn away! LOOK!



I need to know why this couldn't work.

Thurgreed(and that kid E/O saw on tv would have a bright future and his parents would be praised for doing what it took to make him a success)Marshall

I think part of the problem is that you'd have trouble willing to find someone to do it. Why? Because there are goalie equipment size restrictions that are tied to the absolute size of the equipment, not the size of the goalie. In other words, the guy in the picture would have a chest protector that covered only about half of this chest. The other half would be exposed to whatever slapslots Messrs. Lidstrom, McInnis et al. decide to send his way. By the way, I'm just talking out of my ass on this one -- I'm too lazy to go look up the NHL rule book. But I recall that gloves and blockers have to comply to size reqs.

str(making no apologies for band camp stories that involve hot redhead twins)8

[Atticus Grinch]

New design for the $20. I didn't realize they had blowdryers in Andrew Jackson's day. He looks exactly how I'd envisioned Uncle Andrew (how apropos!) from "The Magician's Nephew" when I was a kid. Or a cross between Jason Robards and Edward Scissorhands.

That said, I think adding color to folding money is long overdue.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Relocation to Chicago didn't seem to hurt "High Fidelity" much.

Among the BBC programs that, if remade, will result in the death of a television executive at my hands, are "The Office" (because some dumbshit will add a laugh track, and Americans don't have a preexisting base of non-gameshow reality television to parody, so no one will get the jokes), "Ground Force" (which ain't gonna happen, because Americans suck at gardening and don't care); and "Ballykissangel" (which technically already happened, with PAX's "Hope Island," but no one has ever seen that, because let's face it, I'm not gonna watch a network that gave Billy Ray Cyrus a series in which he plays a fucking doctor, for chrissakes).

They can have at "Manchild," "Coupling," and "AbFab" for all I care, as long as they don't try to remake "Fawlty Towers."

Has anyone watched "Monarch of the Glen"? I haven't had time for it, but now that Buffy's gone, I've got a free hour per week, and I think I've forgotten how to read.

American versions of excellent British comedies:
Coupling - hmmm, Friends with more sex?
Manchild - I see the SNL skit about the sportwriters. "Da Bears."
Monarch of the Glen - nah, we couldn't do it, unless it was set in the South and the family is trying to preserve what's left of the 'ol plantation

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch


New design for the $20. I didn't realize they had blowdryers in Andrew Jackson's day. He looks exactly how I'd envisioned Uncle Andrew (how apropos!) from "The Magician's Nephew" when I was a kid. Or a cross between Jason Robards and Edward Scissorhands.

That said, I think adding color to folding money is long overdue.

He sort of looks like an older gentleman you might find at one of the drinking establishments in the Castro.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Look at this picture. Look at it! Don't turn away! LOOK!

Ewwwww.

Now, imagine Yarbrough that fatness at age 4 and you'll get a sense of why the Dr. Phil kid was so sad and his family's behavior was so horrifying.

On a mildly related note, when the OM went to see the doctor for his big physical and blood work (over my freakout re: his smoking and health), he was diagnosed with slightly high blood pressure.

The doctor explained that all high blood pressure can cause cumulative damage to the heart muscle and should be treated. They put him on diuretics. The doctor also told him that quitting smoking or dropping five pounds would not do anything to lower his blood pressure. (In fact, he dropped eight pounds from his physical to his first month follow-up and his blood pressure had not changed.)

This is a long way of saying, everyone needs to have an annual physical, no matter how fit you are.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
There are size restrictions on goalie equipment. Arguably he would be too big for it.

For the pads, yes. But there can't be restrictions on clothing size, right? That would violate the spirit of the rule.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Other than that, seems like a good idea, although he would definitely sprawl at some time or another, and it would take him so long to get back up that the other team could easily score. Probably wouldn't play the puck too well either because he would probably move very slowly.

I think him lying down would be the same as him sitting there. 90% of the goal would be covered. And the pads on his arms would make up for his slowness. He would only have to cover a very small percentage of the actual net with reaction time.

I should be a GM.

TM

[fufu]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Relocation to Chicago didn't seem to hurt "High Fidelity" much.

Among the BBC programs that, if remade, will result in the death of a television executive at my hands, are "The Office" (because some dumbshit will add a laugh track, and Americans don't have a preexisting base of non-gameshow reality television to parody, so no one will get the jokes), "Ground Force" (which ain't gonna happen, because Americans suck at gardening and don't care); and "Ballykissangel" (which technically already happened, with PAX's "Hope Island," but no one has ever seen that, because let's face it, I'm not gonna watch a network that gave Billy Ray Cyrus a series in which he plays a fucking doctor, for chrissakes).

They can have at "Manchild," "Coupling," and "AbFab" for all I care, as long as they don't try to remake "Fawlty Towers."

Has anyone watched "Monarch of the Glen"? I haven't had time for it, but now that Buffy's gone, I've got a free hour per week, and I think I've forgotten how to read.

Another "The Office" fan. Atticus, I love yooooooooooooouuuu.

:kisscheek

[fufu]

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Originally posted by paigowprincess

He sort of looks like an older gentleman you might find at one of the drinking establishments in the Castro.

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... or a few of the equities in my firm who are still locked in the '70's with the blow-dry hair do.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I recall that gloves and blockers have to comply to size reqs.

I smell an ADA suit a la Casey Martin.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
For the pads, yes. But there can't be restrictions on clothing size, right? That would violate the spirit of the rule.

I think him lying down would be the same as him sitting there. 90% of the goal would be covered. And the pads on his arms would make up for his slowness. He would only have to cover a very small percentage of the actual net with reaction time.

I should be a GM.

TM

I'm not conceding that it would work, but if it did, the NHL would not go for it - it would increase the size of the net or something. The last thing the NHL wants is lower-scoring games.

Speaking of which, internationally I think all championship OT is now 4 on 4. The NHL should carry that into the playoffs. There's no way what is happening right now can continue. Ottawa is the only team left now that is exciting - that's pathetic.

And now that we're on hockey, if anyone cares, unlike what the call in shows etc are saying, Brodeur is not having an affair with his wife's sister. It's his wife's brother's wife.

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think him lying down would be the same as him sitting there. 90% of the goal would be covered. And the pads on his arms would make up for his slowness. He would only have to cover a very small percentage of the actual net with reaction time.

I should be a GM.

TM

the real problem would be late in the game, his team down a goal, and he has to quickly leave the ice so an extra skater can come on........

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by bilmore
Eventually, (since food is normally not allowed on the ice), he would begin starving, lose lots of weight, and the goal would become uncovered.

Couldn't he subsist on the octupus (octupi?) thrown on the ice?