Timelies all!
Happy Birthday vw!
Am waiting for G to get home, then we are off to Pittsburgh for Confluence.
Last night we saw "Not the Messiah!(He's a very naughty boy)" at Wolftrap. Fun!
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Jul 25, 2008 9:00:32 am PDT #9490 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
juliana - Jul 25, 2008 9:01:02 am PDT #9491 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
A guy probably would've gotten beaten senseless by his teammates for allowing something like that.
Possibly. I'm thinking about Favre's record touchdown last season, though, and while the defense did clearly go for the receiver, there wasn't quite the... oooomph behind it that there normally would be.
I was originally thinking of that awesome women's softball team that carried the opposing injured player around the bases, though.
Typo Boy - Jul 25, 2008 9:01:28 am PDT #9492 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I do think there have been cases where stars on the verge of setting world records have had the opposition kind of fold, especially when said opposition was already behind and had no chance of catching up. I'd vague this up a bit more, but I'm afraid that is as specific as my memory gets right now.
sumi - Jul 25, 2008 9:03:14 am PDT #9493 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Well, my bathtub drain has moved from "slow" to "blocked" as in it's been about 36 hours since it was last waterfree. Landlord's handyman not coming round 'til Monday. It's going to be 87 degrees tomorrow.
This is NO FUN.
Dana - Jul 25, 2008 9:03:26 am PDT #9494 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Last night we saw "Not the Messiah!(He's a very naughty boy)" at Wolftrap.
Cool! Eric Idle and all? I was in two performances of that last week.
Daisy Jane - Jul 25, 2008 9:03:49 am PDT #9495 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
lisah - Jul 25, 2008 9:07:22 am PDT #9496 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Weekend plans include pie tonight, brunch with folks and Cousin John from Texas, band practice for our show in VEGAS next week. Sat. night Dirtbombs! Sunday getting nails did. Hope some kind of exercise and cooking of healthy food and relaxing.
Barb - Jul 25, 2008 9:09:22 am PDT #9497 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I was originally thinking of that awesome women's softball team that carried the opposing injured player around the bases, though.
Oh, the college team. I remember reading about that. In looking through the Way Back machine I came across this interesting stat with respect to Walter Johnson:
His earned run average of 1.14 in 1913 was the fourth lowest ever at the time he recorded it; it remains the sixth-lowest today. It could have been lower if not for one of manager Clark Griffith's traditions. For the last game of the season, Griffith often treated the fans to a farce game. Johnson actually played center field that game until he was brought in to pitch. He allowed two hits before he was taken out of the game. The next pitcher - who was actually a career catcher - allowed both runners to score. The official scorekeeper ignored the game, but later, Johnson was charged with those two runs, raising his ERA from 1.09 to 1.14.
Daisy Jane - Jul 25, 2008 9:19:57 am PDT #9498 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
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Fred Pete - Jul 25, 2008 9:25:22 am PDT #9499 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
juliana, I don't remember too many specifics, but this kind of fits your scenario.
Some years ago (1970s?), two South American soccer teams were playing a World Cup qualifier. One team could advance to the next round if it won by some riduculous margin (maybe 5 or 6 goals), and the other team wasn't affected by the outcome. The team got its margin of victory, and collusion was argued.
Unfortunately, I can't Google anything about that game. But "soccer" and "collusion" will give you a couple other examples where that type of scenario has been argued.