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General Category => The Dead Pool => Topic started by: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM

Title: Goats and Curses
Post by: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM
And good riddance.
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: Saul Goodman on November 03, 2016, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM
And good riddance.

You didn't have to kill all the goats to make your point.
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: Bort on November 03, 2016, 06:54:56 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 03, 2016, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM
And good riddance.

You didn't have to kill all the goats to make your point.

It was them or us.
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: ChuckD on November 03, 2016, 06:58:45 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 03, 2016, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM
And good riddance.

You didn't have to kill all the goats to make your point.

But it'll sure come in handy since it's the gyro the Cubs.

Eh? Ehh!?
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: Saul Goodman on November 03, 2016, 07:09:09 PM
Quote from: Bort on November 03, 2016, 06:54:56 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 03, 2016, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: thehawk on November 03, 2016, 12:12:03 PM
And good riddance.

You didn't have to kill all the goats to make your point.

It was them or us.

"Don't kid yourself, Jimmy, if a goat ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about."
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: World's #1 Astros Fan on November 03, 2016, 07:18:34 PM
Not that I've ever subscribed to such hokum, but even if I did, then I would have believed the "curse" died when they beat the Dodgers, seeing as how it was placed when Bill Sianis was denied entrance to the '45 World Series and he allegedly placed a hex that the Cubs would never appear in a World Series again.  So, following this logic, it would've been broken when they won the pennant.

Nobody had ever provided a superstitious explanation as to how the Cubs had lost 6 consecutive World Series prior to the antics of that that attention-seeking huckster Greek restauranteur and his smelly goat.  People were getting their irrational causes all screwed up.

So while the lazy subscription to a curse always annoyed me, I was even more annoyed when people kept bringing it up during the World Series.

It's all academic now, of course; just wanted to throw in my $0.02
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: CT III on November 03, 2016, 08:27:27 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on November 03, 2016, 07:18:34 PM
Not that I've ever subscribed to such hokum, but even if I did, then I would have believed the "curse" died when they beat the Dodgers, seeing as how it was placed when Bill Sianis was denied entrance to the '45 World Series and he allegedly placed a hex that the Cubs would never appear in a World Series again.  So, following this logic, it would've been broken when they won the pennant.

Nobody had ever provided a superstitious explanation as to how the Cubs had lost 6 consecutive World Series prior to the antics of that that attention-seeking huckster Greek restauranteur and his smelly goat.  People were getting their irrational causes all screwed up.

So while the lazy subscription to a curse always annoyed me, I was even more annoyed when people kept bringing it up during the World Series.

It's all academic now, of course; just wanted to throw in my $0.02

Straight from Huey's family crest.
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: Tonker on November 05, 2016, 03:44:46 AM
I'll give them a year to get it out of their systems, but I, for one, am hugely looking forward to being able to watch a nationally broadcast Cubs' game without having to hear the words "1908" or "curse".
Title: Re: Goats and Curses
Post by: Quality Start Machine on November 05, 2016, 12:02:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on November 05, 2016, 03:44:46 AM
I'll give them a year to get it out of their systems, but I, for one, am hugely looking forward to being able to watch a nationally broadcast Cubs' game without having to hear the words "1908" or "curse".

Or clips of Steve Bartman.