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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 1:52:12 GMT -5
Thats why if you watch a braves game, there's like no one in the stadium until the 5th inning. Because it's such a huge pain in the ass if you decide to drive there. Apart from the fact that Atlanta has arguably the worst traffic in America, the parking is ridiculous. The only upside to the tiny neighborhood streets that line the stadium, is that most of the people who live there, sell out their front yard as parking spots. and even THEN you're paying $10 to park in some weirdo dude's back yard beside his kids blow up pool.
The best dodgers reference was on Curb Your Enthusiasm when Larry picked up the hooker so that he could ride in the car pool lane to the Dodgers game.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 20, 2009 7:12:34 GMT -5
That was a smack-funny episode of Curb. Then of course he has to use footage of the crowd from the game to prove he was there for some reason, and everyone gets to see him with a hooker in tow.
When I went to Philly with that drunkard "41" we walked down a block towards the Stadium with a bunch of doofs selling lawn and driveway space at their homes for people to park.
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 11:01:00 GMT -5
That's the same episode where he gets baked with the hooker and his dad. and is stoned, yelling at himself in the bathroom mirror. What an amazing show! last year in philly i just took a cab. Atlanta is the worst... the area around the stadium is so... trashed. except for The Varsity of course, which happens to be the best restaurant ever.
The picture in your signature always makes me laugh. I think it's the hands in front of the face thing.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 20, 2009 11:47:12 GMT -5
Who is looking at her hands??
Hey now!
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 12:10:37 GMT -5
All the straight females. ? SHES GOT MAN HANDS!
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Post by baldvinny on Mar 20, 2009 13:29:21 GMT -5
my first bleacher road trip was to atlanta
we knew we were in trouble when we went to the liquor store by our hotel. you walk in to a vestibule, and ring a bell. a man appears behind a pane of bulletproof glass, and you tell him what you want. he gets it, and you slide money into a bank-deposit type drawer. he then uses another bulletproof glass enclosed "dumb waiter" (for lack of a better term) to then give you your booze and change
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Post by Chris on Mar 20, 2009 13:31:34 GMT -5
It wasn't actually Larry David who had to use the footage, Tom.
It was a real life murder suspect, who claimed he was in the stands while Curb was filming at an actual game. The footage from Curb set him free.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 24, 2009 8:13:27 GMT -5
Changing pace a little bit, here's another dumb one. Keep in mind this poll is over 10 years old, but still.
1,722 "voters" polled.
Nice low showing by Honest Abe there.
FAVORITE PRESIDENT
Teddy Roosevelt 23% George Washington 18% John F Kennedy 15% Ronald Reagan 13% Bill Clinton 11% FDR 9% Abraham Lincoln 6% George Bush 5%
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 24, 2009 8:16:46 GMT -5
They should do a Best Presidential Facial Hair poll. You go get 'em Van Buren!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 24, 2009 8:22:04 GMT -5
Come on, Chester A Arthur, case closed.
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 24, 2009 8:26:33 GMT -5
If we're taking about Arthur when he had the crazy long down to the collar sideburns, then YES. If we're talking about Arthur when he was sporting the Brady Anderson sideburns, then NO.
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 24, 2009 8:27:56 GMT -5
Interesting Teddy Roosevelt wins. Great president, but top of all time, ahead of Lincoln?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 24, 2009 8:32:59 GMT -5
A lot of Lincoln love exploded in the last few years. He would probably win that same poll today.
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Post by elliejay21 on Mar 24, 2009 16:00:23 GMT -5
Oh, come on... TR was the man.
Speak softly and carry a big stick!
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Post by Jason Giambi on Mar 24, 2009 16:33:19 GMT -5
I vote Chester A. Arthur for best hair, lol.
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Post by elliejay21 on Mar 24, 2009 20:11:52 GMT -5
Nah... goofiest hair maybe. Franklin Pierce wins the best presidential hair contest.
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Post by Chris on Mar 24, 2009 23:02:08 GMT -5
Are you guys kidding me? Andrew Jackson wins this by a landslide. He was generations ahead of his time. He had that Sting euro-punk-do long 200 years before it was cool
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Post by 9 on Mar 25, 2009 10:11:07 GMT -5
Are you sure that isn't Peter Gammons at the ESPN Halloween party?
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 25, 2009 10:15:27 GMT -5
What about Martin "1.21 jigawatts" Van Buren?
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Post by 9 on Mar 25, 2009 10:56:42 GMT -5
Some of these guys could ONLY have been elected president in the days before television.
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 25, 2009 11:22:27 GMT -5
Are you sure that isn't Peter Gammons at the ESPN Halloween party? couldn't be Gammons, he's not drooling from the left side! Hey oh! Too soon?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 25, 2009 11:23:52 GMT -5
Hey, Gammons plays music!
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Post by crazilyz on Mar 25, 2009 12:02:47 GMT -5
The best dodgers reference was on Curb Your Enthusiasm when Larry picked up the hooker so that he could ride in the car pool lane to the Dodgers game. I was just talking about the shit with somebody at work a few weeks ago.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 31, 2009 10:58:35 GMT -5
Heres another dumb one. FAVORITE AUTUMN ACTIVITY Play or watch Football 24% Fish / Hunt 19% Bike Ride / Jog 18% Pumpkin Picking 15% Raking Leaves 13% Hiking / Camping 7% Christmas Shopping 4% Ok....where do we start here? That many people really ENJOY Pumpkin Picking? I mean, we do it....but its not the first thing that comes to mind. Raking leaves? Aside from my wife, who claims its fun, who the Hell enjoys that? LOL @ Christmas shopping getting a nod. I guess thats when people had money. I am understanding more on how these polls worked...apparently they avoided "other" answers by taking the top few answers and having people choose from them. While that explains this somewhat, it sure does not make me any less befuddled.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 31, 2009 11:38:39 GMT -5
Oh Lordy, - sorry to post 2 polls today, but this is a new one, in the MONEY section of USA TODAY. Its so dumb it needs to be posted.
DESCRIBE THE ECONOMY WITH MUSIC
"Livin on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi 29% "Takin Care of Business" - BTO 20% "The Best is yet to Come" - Sinatra 19% "Pressure" - Billy Joel 16% "Take the money and Run" - Steve Miller 6%
1000 adults age 18 and over polled by Scottrade Retirement Company Study survey.
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Post by Chris on Mar 31, 2009 12:04:30 GMT -5
Favorite Autumn Activity for me is sitting around missing summer.
I love summer....I love the 90 degree, 5-10% humidity Orange County summer days.
Autumn blows just a little bit less than winter blows.
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Post by Chris on Mar 31, 2009 12:07:02 GMT -5
And my musical contribution to describe the economy is The Circle Jerks "When The Shit Hits The Fan" In a sluggish Economy Inflation, Recession Hits the land of the free Standing in unemployment lines blame the government for hard times
we just get by however we can we all gotta duck when the shit hits the fan
10 kids in a Cadillac stand in line for welfare checks let's all leach off the state gee! the money is really great!
soup lines free loaves of bread 5lb blocks of cheese bags of groceries social security has run out on you and me we do whatever we can gotta duck when the shit hits the fan
Or Stiff Little Fingers "Silver Lining"
They tell you not to worry They say they're terribly sorry But that's the way it has to be For the likes of me Just be good and know your station Always look on the bright side Keep your faith and keep your patience Your reward is after you've died
So don't be told Don't be consoled Things are so bad You can never make do And there's always someone better off than you
They tell you that's your future It's all down to human nature Simply settle for what you got That's destiny and that's your lot All of us cannot come first Yes, what you have is second-best But it might be a good deal worse Third world peasants get even less
So don't be told Don't be consoled Things are so bad You can never make do And there's always someone better off than you
Do you care that it's not fair? Is this the way we have to live? I know I care And I want an equal share Even if it means I have to give
The people who are on top Say that you should keep your chin up And they are keen to show you The unhappy ones below you But I want no more of that stuff That's looking at it upside down And the world has got money enough For us to make it go around
Don't be told Don't be consoled Don't be ruled Don't be fooled Because things are so bad you can never make do And there's always someone better off than you
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 31, 2009 16:22:26 GMT -5
Bon Jovi can't be stopped!!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 31, 2009 18:38:13 GMT -5
But can he be contained?
Hell, as long as we were throwing out song lyrics...
DEAD MILKMEN
Life Is Shit
I ran into a friend of mine said was gonna take some words and make them rhyme I said you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can only fool half the people half the time
He "Yes I do believe this is true. Would you like to go sniff some glue? We'll fly to where the skys are blue and look for things both bright and true" And on a pretty Sunday morning a bunch of pretty Baptist girls linked ther pretty hands and sang:
Life is shit, life is shit The world is shit, the world is shit and this is life as I know it. this is life as I know it.
And in the sky I saw Richard Nixon smoking a lacey with Mr. Dickson He said "Son there's something I must say I do not believe I've found a better way" And then a vision came and it look a lot like Bob Crane. And Bob sang:
CHORUS
And when my friend and I were done we went to rest upon the sun 'cause life takes from us the things, we love and robs us of the special ones and puts them where where we can't climb and we only miss them all the time And we sing:
CHORUS
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 7, 2009 7:52:52 GMT -5
Here's another one with unexpectedly dumb results.
Whats yours?
I always take the cherry off and put it up for grabs. And how the Hell did nuts and GRANOLA score higher than Caramel? And lol @ "no topping"
FAVORITE ICE CREAM TOPPING
Cherry 22% Sprinkles 19% Whipped Cream 16% Nuts 11% Hot Fudge 10% Granola 9% Banana 7% No topping 4% Caramel 3%
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