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12 년 6 월 전 - 12 년 6 월 전 #241
작성자 Brandon Soliven
Replied by Brandon Soliven on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
after drudging through all the verbose bloviation, using my unmatched in the natural world deductive reasoning skills i will assume that the "Titan of 8ball" you are so DESPERATELY trying to reveal is, i won't say his name but his initials are Lenny Erickson(yourself). therefore, whilst holding my nose and your recently stolen visa card with the picture of hello kitty, set off to purchase a cheesy plaque of your choice from any of those hole-in-the-wall back-alley trophy shops right here in itaewon. said $3 plaque will herald the herculean feat for all posterity.
as long as you pee in a little cup first . . . . lab results usually take 6-10 weeks and you pay for shipping.
if supervised urination causes too much stress then you can still have the plaque but with a big fat asterisk next to your name.
brandon
as long as you pee in a little cup first . . . . lab results usually take 6-10 weeks and you pay for shipping.
if supervised urination causes too much stress then you can still have the plaque but with a big fat asterisk next to your name.
brandon
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12 년 6 월 전 #242
작성자 Lenny Erickson
Kyle, I appreciate you saying that I made some great points. However, you went entirely off-point. This is not about the recent 44-game winning streak. This is about the fabled Summer of ’05 32-game winning streak.
As impressive a win as it was for Jeff Vandeweerd, and as warm and fuzzy as it makes us all feel, with I think everyone agreeing that it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person, and vice-versa, it was not the earth-shattering, league-shaking victory that was the first game of the third week of league action between Hollywood Grill and Nashville in the summer of 2005. Not even close.
Any IPL historian will tell you that the IPL of 2005 was quite different from the IPL of 2011. That was back when real men (and women) played the game. That was back when an 8 on the break was a win, and the other player could just shut up and buy another beer. That was back when a scratch on the 8-ball sat your big butt down for the rest of the round. That was back when 8-ball shots had to be clean, and you couldn’t use the 8-ball in combos or caroms. That was back when, if you sunk a group on the break, you were married to that group until you scratched on the 8, or hit it in cleanly, or watched your opponent do one of those.
44-game winning streak in 2011? Child’s play. 32-game winning streak in 2005? Miraculous! Breaking a team’s 44-game winning streak in 2011? Admirable. Breaking a team’s 32-game winning streak in 2005? The stuff of legends. I don’t want to bore you with the sabermetrics of the thing, you’ll just have to trust me.
Plus, the 2005 cast of characters in the match was much more compelling. A virtual Who’s Who of IPL giants. Then, when you throw in the fact that Hollywood Grill were the quintessential villains of the league, vilified and detested throughout the Itaewon area, and that the Nashville team was really, really cool, it really shows that the pool gods still smile upon the decent folk.
So, yes, congratulations to Jeff Vendeweerd. But to utterly forget possibly the greatest game and undeniably the greatest player in IPL history is really incorrigible, and a huge disservice to all the young players coming up in this modern era.
Replied by Lenny Erickson on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
Kyle, I appreciate you saying that I made some great points. However, you went entirely off-point. This is not about the recent 44-game winning streak. This is about the fabled Summer of ’05 32-game winning streak.
As impressive a win as it was for Jeff Vandeweerd, and as warm and fuzzy as it makes us all feel, with I think everyone agreeing that it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person, and vice-versa, it was not the earth-shattering, league-shaking victory that was the first game of the third week of league action between Hollywood Grill and Nashville in the summer of 2005. Not even close.
Any IPL historian will tell you that the IPL of 2005 was quite different from the IPL of 2011. That was back when real men (and women) played the game. That was back when an 8 on the break was a win, and the other player could just shut up and buy another beer. That was back when a scratch on the 8-ball sat your big butt down for the rest of the round. That was back when 8-ball shots had to be clean, and you couldn’t use the 8-ball in combos or caroms. That was back when, if you sunk a group on the break, you were married to that group until you scratched on the 8, or hit it in cleanly, or watched your opponent do one of those.
44-game winning streak in 2011? Child’s play. 32-game winning streak in 2005? Miraculous! Breaking a team’s 44-game winning streak in 2011? Admirable. Breaking a team’s 32-game winning streak in 2005? The stuff of legends. I don’t want to bore you with the sabermetrics of the thing, you’ll just have to trust me.
Plus, the 2005 cast of characters in the match was much more compelling. A virtual Who’s Who of IPL giants. Then, when you throw in the fact that Hollywood Grill were the quintessential villains of the league, vilified and detested throughout the Itaewon area, and that the Nashville team was really, really cool, it really shows that the pool gods still smile upon the decent folk.
So, yes, congratulations to Jeff Vendeweerd. But to utterly forget possibly the greatest game and undeniably the greatest player in IPL history is really incorrigible, and a huge disservice to all the young players coming up in this modern era.
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12 년 6 월 전 #243
작성자 Jeff Potter
Replied by Jeff Potter on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
Now this is what I miss from the old anonymous off the break! It is wonderful, yes I said wonderful, what can happen when you trigger those itchy key fingers of Lenny Erickson. Congratulations Lenny on accomplishing such a magical feat. I'm surprised I've never heard you talk about it before. Oh wait...
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12 년 6 월 전 #244
작성자 Lenny Erickson
Replied by Lenny Erickson on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
Brandon, sweet, sweet Brandon.
I feel that I was rather succinct, concise, and directly to the point in my post. I used not a word more nor a word less than was necessary to right a wrong, and to call attention to a very important character flaw that seems to run rampant in the league. That of under-appreciating those things that most deserve appreciation.
I'm sorry, but I won't accept any condescending $3.00 plaque.
I must admit, though, that the supervised peeing does sound disturbingly appealing.
I feel that I was rather succinct, concise, and directly to the point in my post. I used not a word more nor a word less than was necessary to right a wrong, and to call attention to a very important character flaw that seems to run rampant in the league. That of under-appreciating those things that most deserve appreciation.
I'm sorry, but I won't accept any condescending $3.00 plaque.
I must admit, though, that the supervised peeing does sound disturbingly appealing.
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12 년 6 월 전 #245
작성자 Arnaud Ogier
Replied by Arnaud Ogier on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
'What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy:
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?
Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown,
Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy:
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?
Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown,
Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?
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12 년 6 월 전 #246
작성자 Lenny Erickson
Replied by Lenny Erickson on topic Re:Congrats Bulldog....
Sorry, Arnaud,
I don't see the connection to supervised peeing.
I don't see the connection to supervised peeing.
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