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I'm confused by this "I totally heart somebody" thing. You don't know them, and are pretty much reacting on a visceral, lust-based level, I'm guessing, so shouldn't you say "I totally vagina Ed Norton"?

(Tits!)

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"Women [golfers] are handicapped by having boobs -- It's not easy for them to keep their left arm straight -- their boobs get in the way." FORMER CBS analysis Ben Wright.

I think he got Jimmy the Greek-ed, and deservedly so...

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How is my point weakened? I didn't say she was going to win the fucking thing, but she won't embarrass herself, either. I will, however, make the point that she is likely a better golfer than some of the men on the tour and that is what some of them are really afraid of. Besides, I'm not really taking up the cause of all women by saying she deserves a chance to play, I'm talking about her specifically. I never in any of my posts tried to turn this into a larger boys v. girls thing. I really couldn't care less.

As to your last comment is there such a thing as "Foxy Golf" (like foxy boxing) anywhere?

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You could be correct, although it would difficult to design the bumper sticker.

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This may be the first and last time Carl Pavano is mistaken for John Smoltz. You should send him the url or something.

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Hey, don't forget about women's figure skating. That's what's keeping figure skating on the map.:cool:

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You must have a different map.

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What? Are you saying you prefer men's figure skating? Or that figure skating isn't on the map?

And note to Dualit - it's too, not to.

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Based on the male golfers I know, that's a pretty level playing field.

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I \|/ Ed Norton?

I /'\ Ed Norton?

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And that's assuming figure skating is a sport -

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As long as there is always someone ready to step forward to attempt to tackle the difficult issues as they arise, we will remain free.

I salute you.

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( . )( . )!!!!!!!

AI Article from Salon
 

No, Ruben is boring because he sings the same songs in the same style every week. Watching Kimberley and Clay get better every week is interesting. Watching Ruben get a little worse every week is not. He was pretty lame yesterday. He had phlegm in his throat and he was consistently sharp. I think he could put out a nice CD, but I can't imagine he's have the stamina to tour and put on a live show that will keep people awake for 90 minutes.

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I thought it was the leotards, short skirts and flexibility, but that might be just me. ;)

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Or, possibly,


=^..^=

AI Article from Salon
 

I totally agree. Ruben has never been my favorite, but lately he has been sucking. I thought he would get SLAMMED by the judges after his performance last night and was surprised when they let it slide. I think Ruben should go home, Kim should stick around a bit, and Clay should win.

I \|/ Clay.

Mr. P
 

I don't think Joe $$ and Mr. Personality are really set up as game shows. Unless you count Evan and Hayley as a prize, but that is pushing it. They are more the dating show genre. The fact that the producers gave Evan and the Disneyesque chick $$ was not disclosed so they weren't really playing for it. If the network told Evan and Hayley who to pick had them sign something saying that they would keep it confidential, who would be the wiser? I don't know that this happens, but it certainly doesn't seem implausible to me.

Heck, some of the recent Blind Date episodes have appeared very staged to me. I think that networks may be finding the scripting/set-ups make better "reality" than reality.

That is different than a game show contestant trying to steal money from the show. This is more show-sponsored.

n(I'll say it again, no one does reality tv as well as Mtv)cs

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Maybe I am not looking at this right, but are the dots the buttocks, the equal signs the feet, and the arrows bent legs? If yes, the meaning of the bumper sticker changes slightly to "Come Fuck Me, Ed."

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Amen. Had he seen any footage of Jack Nicklaus in 1965? Talk about man-boobs!!!!

I once saw Carl Pavano pitch a nice game against the Phils with 800 mean looking francophones at Olympic Stadium in 1999. Pavano was positively Smoltz-esque.

By all accounts Annika had a good variety of tournaments to choose from. I thought it odd that she chose the Colonial, which is one of the longer courses on the tour, but apparently she thinks it suits her game nicely. She has played it before in LPGA tournaments, in which many of the holes are identical to the set-up for the PGA event. But why would she choose a 7,100 yarder? Even so, I don't expect her to miss many fairways, and if she putts well, and the cut is par or worse, she'll make the cut. If this turns out to be one of those events where the cut is five-under, I don't think she'll make the cut.

This board certainly proves that the sponsors were right to let her in.

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I thought he was trying to draw a kitty-cat - i.e. a pussy.

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I was drawing a cat, but ABBA showed me that there certainly is more than one perception. Hers is a much funnier interpretation.

Buffy (not new thread)
 

Yeah, pretty damn boring. Faith's "good thing we're hot chicks with superpowers" line almost saved the last bit of one scene, but, on second thought, not. Usually, I can get by all the mushy crap they've been putting in Spike's mouth by focusing on his general hotness, but this time it was so bad I just wanted someone to stick his ass under a sunlamp.

The finale had better kick ass, because, as things stand, Joss Whedon is heading up there in my list of people I will bitchslap if I ever meet them on the street. He's not in spitting distance of my front runner, the "only thing I like better than doing the crossword ..." woman, but he's pissing me off. A lot.

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It was genius of the sponsors. The Colonial has very poor fan turnout typically because it is in Fort Worth the week after the Byron Nelson in Irving which gets huge turnouts (Tiger always plays the Byron and Byron Nelson is still alive so a lot of big names come to play and to shake his hand as they walk off the course). I'm hoping to make it to the Colonial before the cut if I can make it out of work just to say I saw her play. Would never have thought to attend otherwise.

I think that a sponsor's exemption should be used by the sponsors as they see fit. I don't buy that she is keeping some more qualified person out. More likely some less qualified (but connected) hack. The sponsors will make some serious cash (in ticket sales and tv time) for this decision... Not to mention the free marketing from all the news outlets.

n(capitalism... still the american way?)cs

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This just means you both suck.

And brilliant analysis. The skill in the game comes from consistency? Really? That's my point. You will consistently hit the green and be closer to the pin using a wedge or an 8 or 9 iron. You will not be as consistent using a 4 or 5 iron. That is why the big hitters have such an advantage now.

Even on a short par four (450 yards is now considered short), many male golfers will hit a huge drive and have either a nine iron or wedge into the green. The ball's flight is high and you can put more spin on it. This means they will have more control. Sorenstam will be hitting a 6 iron or lower in and the ball (because of physics, not her inability to be consistent) will not have as much spin on it, there will be a higher likelihood of error with the longer club, etc. She will have less control.

Also, the biggest weakness in her game is putting. She makes up for it on the LPGA with her big drives (relatively speaking). Clearly she won't be in that position against the field at The Colonial, will she?

TM

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Oh. Er, that makes sense. I wil go retrieve my mind from the gutter.

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It's a sport; you just get to dress up like a fairy princess to play it (including the men).

Now that's what I'd like to see spice up Monday Night Football a bit! :)

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Smoltz said as much on ESPN's hot seat or whatever that stupid new segment is.

And the last time Tiger played with her, he beat her by 10 strokes in one round.

TM

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Speaking of sports, no-one's arguing that golf qualifies as one, are they? I mean, it helps to be fit, but you're basically walking at a really slow pace or riding in a little cart with your caddy doing all the lifting, with the occasional big swing, right? And there are a lot of out-of-shape looking pro golfers.

I certainly think it's an incredible skill, but a sport, it ain't.

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bilmore, I hate to be a sexual response timmy, but shouldn't the symbol represent "I clitoris Ed Norton?"

Kafka & Ollie, this is not a slam on your work ... but it may be on bilmore's!

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Yeah. I never said I didn't suck. I'm the first to admit that I am no where near as good as I want to be. I am a master slicer. However, being good means playing a lot - for that I will need time and money. Playing better will have to wait until I retire.

Re: consistency - being consistently closer to the green on your second shot is not a guarantee that you'll hit the green. That's why they put the damn sand traps where they do.

Buffy
 

They knew that this would be the last season back in February at the very latest, probably in September, when SMG said that she wasn't signing another contract.

I agree on the Anya Andrew thing though. That rocked.

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How is that a cat? I thought that was a pussy eye view of (a or b cup brooklyn bridge) tits. Like the equal signs are arms.

Sport, or not a Sport?
 

Sure, it's a sport. Baseball's a sport, too, but you don't have to be Charles Atlas to play it. Cases in point from several eras.

David Wells

Babe Ruth

Boog Powell

John Kruk

Cecil Fielder

Frank Thomas (a few donuts away from being Cecil Fielder)

I don't think anyone can argue that either one is not a sport. What are you thinking?

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Ah. I am enjoying this Rorsharch (sp) test. Thank you Ollie.

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I'm pretty sure that there are some Georgia O'Keefe images that could work.

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PP proves, again, that more than one interpretation exists. :D

K(the carat symbol are ears; the equal signs are whiskers; if you have to explain a joke . . .)E

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Maybe you're hitting exactly on why some of the players aren't thrilled with all of this. Her presence is going to transform this from a major (?) professional golfing event, of which they can be professionaly proud of being a part, to a media-hype (but profitable) freak show. I can see some purists (who have worked all their lives on their golf game) being less than happy with this.

Buffy (not new thread)
 

I liked Andrew's comment: "I am so bored like, episode one bored"

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... or Richard Mapelthorpe.