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Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on November 14, 2018, 02:45:39 PM

Quote from: Bort on November 13, 2018, 06:48:23 PM

Quote from: Tonker on November 13, 2018, 12:43:11 PM

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on November 13, 2018, 09:09:24 AM

Quote from: Bort on November 12, 2018, 01:26:48 PM
'Nuff Said was RIGHT THERE, BonkFork.

Gentle reminder that the thread title can always be improved upon and that's the whole point of the thread itself.  If the thread title was PERFECT then there'd be no need for a thread.  The Bonk pejorative and correlated berating should only be used for a SHITTY thread title, not a less-than-ideal thread title.  Subsequent replies can be better or worse; they just shouldn't  be shitty.   Fork's thread title wasn't shitty, it just might not have been the best.  But it's fine.  Let's work together here, people.

Also, Drax the Destroyed.

Yeah, no, it was shitty.

It really was.

Drax was also not a Stan Lee creation in any way, Bonktato.

* knocks Bort's  glasses off, steps on them *

Jokes on you! I have a spare pair!

Quote from: CBStew on November 14, 2018, 11:29:51 AM

Quote from: Wheezer on November 14, 2018, 12:21:31 AM
The standard kilogram.

I didn't realize how much I would miss him.

It is with a heavy heart that I reflect on this massive loss.

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on November 13, 2018, 03:44:49 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 03:28:04 PM

Quote from: flannj on November 13, 2018, 02:28:04 PM
This has become my least favorite thread on Desipio and that's saying something.

Just wait until BH starts putting Coldplay shit in here.

Wait--I thought it was Tonker who was the HUGE Coldplay fan.

Only if they cover Waltzing Matilda.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 03:24:11 PM
Michael Keaton stars as Ray Kroc in this telling of how he built McDonalds into a worldwide enterprise.

Also, I was leery, thinking it was going to be a sugarcoated telling of Kroc with lots of warm & fuzzy McDonalds stuff in there.

Nope, he's a colossal prick.

When I was a kid, we had Kroc's autobiography in our house. I read it out of boredom one day when I was home sick and even at like 9 or 10 years old I could tell he was full of shit.

Quote from: Tonker on November 13, 2018, 12:46:56 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 08:20:36 AM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 13, 2018, 03:19:31 AM
I humbly seek the current wisdom/learned degeneracy of the Desipio crowd.

I never tried alcohol until I was in my 30s. (I know, I know, that explains a lot.)

People keep asking me what I like and the answer is, I don't know yet. So I have a chance to do this right! No crushing 64-packs of Natty Light in a dingy frat house. No sir, I'm gonna be a classy drinker.

So what's the best stuff for a brand-new, 8-month, occasional social drinker to try and what's worth avoiding altogether? What should I order at a bar to not look like a complete jackass? This is probably your only chance to advise a new drinker without attracting police attention! I'll revisit the rest of this thread in time, but it might assume a little more working knowledge than I have. So far I've tried some red and white wines, basic cocktails (martini, old fashioned, whiskey sour, daiquiri, nothing else memorable), and some beers. Mostly pale ales and an IPA or two. And a Hefeweizen. I have not tried Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Coors, or Busch and am not really planning to change that.

And Malort is already #1 on the Try list, so don't even bother. (It's not.)

If you're in a bar and want to try a gateway Scotch, most watering holes stock either Glenlivet or Macallan. Get them neat (no ice), you can always add an ice cube if you want. For bourbon, the good starters are Makers Mark and Knob Creek. If your local bar has Woodford Reserve, try that. Again, no ice, you can always add it in if you want.

Try it for yourself, but in my opinion, far better than adding ice is to add a few drops of room-temperature water to your single malt.

Agreed.

Quote from: Tonker on November 13, 2018, 12:43:11 PM

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on November 13, 2018, 09:09:24 AM

Quote from: Bort on November 12, 2018, 01:26:48 PM
'Nuff Said was RIGHT THERE, BonkFork.

Gentle reminder that the thread title can always be improved upon and that's the whole point of the thread itself.  If the thread title was PERFECT then there'd be no need for a thread.  The Bonk pejorative and correlated berating should only be used for a SHITTY thread title, not a less-than-ideal thread title.  Subsequent replies can be better or worse; they just shouldn't  be shitty.   Fork's thread title wasn't shitty, it just might not have been the best.  But it's fine.  Let's work together here, people.

Also, Drax the Destroyed.

Yeah, no, it was shitty.

It really was.

Drax was also not a Stan Lee creation in any way, Bonktato. 

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 12, 2018, 02:00:25 PM

Quote from: Bort on November 12, 2018, 01:26:48 PM
'Nuff Said was RIGHT THERE, BonkFork.

As was DCeased.

Stan would be horrified to see his name connected to the Distinguished Competition.

I would also have accepted "Ex-celsior."

 'Nuff Said was RIGHT THERE, BonkFork.

Quote from: Tonker on November 08, 2018, 10:24:54 AM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 06, 2018, 04:00:28 PM

Quote from: flannj on October 25, 2018, 02:26:58 PM
Cool.
I'll look for a link on my own.

Geez, Dad.

Cool.
I'll never, ever read this.

Still holding out for that 5-volume set that focuses entirely on Colin Hay's guest appearance on Scrubs?

Quote from: Wheezer on October 31, 2018, 12:15:51 PM
My imaginary ex just got cranky because she had never heard of Victor Borges' Phonetic Punctuation.

Borge takes me back to days spent visiting my grandparents. They owned maybe 4 vhs tapes and one was a collection of his bits. EDIT:no. Two of the four were Borge.

Quote from: Wheezer on October 18, 2018, 12:24:11 AM
An embarrassing lacuna on my part: Elvis (who is everywhere), The Promised Land. And if you haven't seen Bubba Ho-Tep, get a move on.

I'll second this entire post.

Quote from: CBStew on October 17, 2018, 02:42:57 PM

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on October 17, 2018, 08:13:48 AM
Nevada brothel-owner, and Trump-enabled State Legislature candidate Dennis Hof, 72.

Only in America.

I mean, unless other countries have a Nevada.

Quote from: Brownie on October 10, 2018, 11:55:42 AM
...I am rooting for Milwaukee to win the World Series. (But Ryan Braun can die in a fire.)

I know enough decent non-online human beings who like the Brewers that I have no real problem.

Again, THEY seem to think there's a rivalry, but I sure don't care that much.

Quote from: R-V on October 08, 2018, 09:29:32 AM

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Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...

I like the sentiment, but how?

Beats the hell out of me. This would be 98% dependent on the Mets doing something really stupid.

Well, that's not unheard of.

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Quote from: Canadouche on October 01, 2018, 08:07:39 PM
If this ends in a one and done, who gets fired?

Nobody?

Nobody.

Nobody.

Somebody.

Wait.  I mean nobody.

Nobody.

Hopefully a good number of somebodies...starting with Joe retiring.  Then the hitting and pitching coaches.  Burn it to the ground.

Young talent outside of Baez and Almora is regressing, or at best, not progressing.  Schwarber is a huge missed opportunity to deal to the AL (which is the only place he will ever have value).  In the NL he's a LH Mark Bellhorn that plays LF.  Happ is a lost cause.  KB certainly doesn't look like a HOF player - expectations of legit power from him should be revised down.  Russell is a wife beater and overrated.  There are no young arms anywhere close to the bigs.  How the fuck can this vaunted front office not have a Miles Mikolas equivalent to show for their efforts?

This team isn't getting better from within.  And there's way too much dead weight going into the offseason.  The NL was trash this year, and this team would have been lucky to win 84 in the AL East or West. 

Machado or bust this offseason.

Are you drug-tested at work?

If not, have you thought about picking up a drug habit?

Has he met Coke Hamels?

I think Oleg would recommend Guillermo Mota.

Joaquin is the only person under 70 who is dead but who also pitched in a World Series Game 7 (Mike Cuellar is the other).

But, really, I was going for this.

And, incidentally, the Spanish slang term (or, at least one of them) for cocaine is "Nieve" which is, literally, "snow".

I learn something new everyday.

I'll bet you don't.

You clearly don't understand just how little I know.

Don't sell yourself short.

Oleg and I see eye to eye on this.  And everything else.

I remember the time you two were outside my house and my neighbors complained about the ugly lawn jockeys.

A couple of red cone hats and the problem is solved.

Or a plank, and I've got instant picnic table.

That's it!  I am reporting all of you to the SPCLP.

I spent forever trying to figure that out because I thought you were going for an SPLC reference, not an SPCA one.