This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth - Page 317

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-01-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I wore my Jim McMahon jersey in 5th grade when we won the talent show for doing the Super Bowl Shuffle.

this is the best jersey-wearing story yet.

evenodds · 10-01-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I wear my black Eagles long sleeved tee every time the Eagles play except for pre-season. I wore it to the Superbowl. I considered burning it after the NFC championship last year.

I own no jersey.

No matter which college football game I am watching, I always wear a bra in one of my alma mater's colors and panties in the other.

Replaced_Texan · 10-01-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

Packers fans have been overwhelmingly nice to me when I've worn Giants gear into their stadium. Even though the Giants won both games. Far nicer than San Diego or Seattle fans. We'll be at the Packers-Lions game in a couple of weeks and I'm really hoping that the Pack win because I'm very close to being banned from Lambeau by Mr. Man's family.

Texans fans are generally pretty nice to opposing players. The guys who sit behind us live in San Antonio and come in for four games a year. They sell the others on Stub Hub so it's not uncommon for fans from the other team to sit right behind us. Our favorites last year were the Miami fans who said "we can still lose this" as they were ahead by ten with two and a half minutes to go, and we started arguing about which team was more likely to choke. They were right. They lost it. Those guys singlehandedly changed my boyfriend's opinion of Miami fans. He HATED them when he lived in Miami in the early 90s.

The Bears fans were annoying as hell, and I was glad that we killed their playoff hopes in that game.

Gattigap · 10-01-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

The Bears fans were annoying as hell, and I was glad that we killed their playoff hopes in that game.

This is a big reason why my attendance at live sports events has tailed off in recent years. Having to deal with assholish opposing fans drains a good bit of the fun from it (for me, anyway).

Then again, I don't see many Clemson games these days, so maybe I should reconsider.

evenodds · 10-01-2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

The Bears fans were annoying as hell, and I was glad that we killed their playoff hopes in that game.

My home pro team's stadium was always filled with the opponent's fans and the Bears fans were the worst.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-01-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Texans fans are generally pretty nice to opposing players. The guys who sit behind us live in San Antonio and come in for four games a year. They sell the others on Stub Hub so it's not uncommon for fans from the other team to sit right behind us. Our favorites last year were the Miami fans who said "we can still lose this" as they were ahead by ten with two and a half minutes to go, and we started arguing about which team was more likely to choke. They were right. They lost it. Those guys singlehandedly changed my boyfriend's opinion of Miami fans. He HATED them when he lived in Miami in the early 90s.

The Bears fans were annoying as hell, and I was glad that we killed their playoff hopes in that game.

Part of the joy of going to Sox/Yankees games is the crowd interaction. There are always some NYers who show up itching for trouble. It's kind of like Friday on the Board.

Hank Chinaski · 10-01-2009, 03:03 PM

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I think you pulled your statement about the main reason why statutory rape laws exist out of your ass, but whatever.

in law school my prof was a DC prosecutor- he told us that. and, it wasn't why they started such laws, it was why they were typically still used at the time. Since then the only time I have heard of St. rape being charged was for a 17 y.o. black kid who had consenual sex with his 15 white gf in Ms. and drew 20 years, AND times when the crime was an actual rape. So I'll stand by my statement.

P.S. i went to one of the 40 top 20 law schools in the country FWIW.

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Your second paragraph is a little hard to understand due to your usual level of writing clarity, but the point is this: He got his initial sentence, which to us seems ridiculously lenient, in part because different laws and attitudes at the time gave the prosecutor what was probably a legitimate concern that he would walk. So he pleads to that sentence, and then the judge sees the Oktoberfest photo, reneges on the deal, begins acting completely erratically, and suddenly Polanski thinks, not only am I screwed if stick with my plea, but if I go to trial, I will have to go to trial with this guy as my judge.

your writing is always clear- still, i read this 5 times to see if i missed something, but nope, you're stuck on "it made sense that he ran." I will say 2.

how does this change the propriety of charging him now?

Hank Chinaski · 10-01-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

My home pro team's stadium was always filled with the opponent's fans and the Bears fans were the worst.

in Detroit, the worst are Packer fans. No offense ncs (proxy for MM)

bold_n_brazen · 10-01-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Part of the joy of going to Sox/Yankees games is the crowd interaction. There are always some NYers who show up itching for trouble. It's kind of like Friday on the Board.

I may have told this story before, so if I have, please forgive me. (Or, if you are TM, mock me.)

When I was a summer associate, we were treated to an outing at Fenway for a Sox/Yankees game. We had the seats up on the roof on the first base line. In about the 5th innning, two guys got in a fight that wound up with one guy hanging the other guy over the railing, which, had he dropped him, would have resulted in an unpleasant 5-ish story fall.

Best thing about the whole thing was noticing that all the players on the field had stopped playing to turn around and watch the fight.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-01-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

The Bears fans were annoying as hell, and I was glad that we killed their playoff hopes in that game.

I don't know why they are so angry. Even when the Bears win.

Hank Chinaski · 10-01-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gattigap

This is a big reason why my attendance at live sports events has tailed off in recent years. Having to deal with assholish opposing fans drains a good bit of the fun from it (for me, anyway).

Then again, I don't see many Clemson games these days, so maybe I should reconsider.

if you go with kids, pro football is a minefield of drunken trouble. but baseball and basketball and college football are all cool.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-01-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I may have told this story before, so if I have, please forgive me. (Or, if you are TM, mock me.)

When I was a summer associate, we were treated to an outing at Fenway for a Sox/Yankees game. We had the seats up on the roof on the first base line. In about the 5th innning, two guys got in a fight that wound up with one guy hanging the other guy over the railing, which, had he dropped him, would have resulted in an unpleasant 5-ish story fall.

Best thing about the whole thing was noticing that all the players on the field had stopped playing to turn around and watch the fight.

That's lively even for the Sox - Yankees. You got a good game!

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-01-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

if you go with kids, pro football is a minefield of drunken trouble. but baseball and basketball and college football are all cool.

2. The only reason I go to NFL games is because out-of-town friends fly in for them.

notcasesensitive · 10-01-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

in Detroit, the worst are Packer fans. No offense ncs (proxy for MM)

Interesting. My sources tell me that in Green Bay the worst, by a large margin, are the Vikings fans.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-01-2009, 03:15 PM

If anyone is a fan of Fabio (this is Top Chef, not Top Scallop) from last season, he is getting his own Bravo show. I will at least watch the first episode.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...ryid=1071&cs=1

Also Padma is knocked up.