He’s a good contender, too. See, I knew I posted that “Spice Grohls” shirt for someone!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
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He’s a good contender, too. See, I knew I posted that “Spice Grohls” shirt for someone!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
He is that special Grohl in my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
You going to read his memoir?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
No. I love to read. But reading should be for edification and punishment. Not enjoyment. I read lots of books about topics of which I would like a deeper understanding. That was embarrassing to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Grohl and Vedder are both great, but for my money, I would take Chris Cornell.
Would it help if we said it was embarrassing to read?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I got it for Christmas. Haven't cracked it yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Give Aimo her phone back.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I guess we'll have to write we are embarrassed for you then.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
We accept this.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
It's a Donna Fargo kind of morning.
It is?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
It's a zippetty doo-da day Yaimo.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Zippetty yay!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
See?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
So, I have merged with Ymo now? Kind of a stretch from Durham to Texas . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Fingers crossed for a snow day tomorrow! Guess it loses its luster when you’re working from home anyway. Got a new CEO starting tomorrow so looking forward to some upper management housecleaning in the coming months.
Always a good time to send the new CEO a box of chocolates or something nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I was going to go Whoopi cushion but chocolates might work.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
What kind of chocolates?Quote:
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“Crunchy Frog?”Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
https://youtu.be/7-UssHVuCys
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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Pennsylvania has an odd set of chocolate magnates. This guy has been running red politics in PA for a long, long time and also is a 4th generation chocolatier. He was like a big ol' conservative Easter bunny around DC, just flinging chocolate at everyone left and right. Well, right...
Anyway, he got in trouble for a whole slew of things and his co-conspirator committed suicide in front of an audience on live television. It's a morbid read so if that sort of thing makes you uncomfortable, avoid it.
Weird chocolate PA.
Learned today: Christian Pulisic is apparently from Hershey.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I saw an out of control Grateful Dead show in the pouring rain at Hershey park in ‘85 IIRC. Simply electric, in every sense possible.
Wilt Chamberlain had his 100-point game in Hershey.
I have toured Hershey several times, but never saw an Oompa-Loompah.
That’s all I’ve got.
Daycare issued the joint weather-Omicron alert. No surprise on either. They're adding precautions to the COVID protocol and offering credits to any parents that want to keep their kids out this first post-holiday week, which we had planned on doing anyway.
Meanwhile, the temperature is starting to drop. Looking forward to it getting cold again, frankly.
Overnight lows in the 20s for us. Brrrrr!!!!
For fans of a school that will likely never participate, we seem awfully concerned about a playoff format.
You can be a fan of the sport independent of Duke’s chances of participating though.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
For example, I like the Winter Olympics. It does not concern me that Duke has only had one Olympic athlete compete in those games (earning a silver medal memory serves me right, and I believe that he and a teammate were the first two African-Americans to medal for the U.S. in a winter event). The events are fun.
I like college football. How it is conducted interests me. FWIW.
I like curling but wish there was more blood.
The Figure Skating Championships are now requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test for entry. If you are planning to go to every session, one negative test won't cut it for the full weekend. I will be wearing my day-glo orange sweatshirt for the Men's Championship event on Sunday. If the cameras pan past me, you won't miss the sweatshirt. I'm not sure how far down I am. I'm not front row, but I might be visible in a wider crowd shot.
There is the way that I bowl the stone.Quote:
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Have fun and be safe!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I’m a fan of Kate Upton, but will likely never participate.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Mutual decision?Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Ouch...Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Hah! Cannot spork. I have to say your statement was less definitive than I would have imagined but maybe I’m not giving you a Lloyd Christmas chance…Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
For those of you like ClemmonsDevil who can't get enough puns, Tank McNamara has a great one today: http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/2022/01/03.
How dare you.Quote:
Originally Posted by 75Crazie
1st work day of 2022 done.
Slacker! I’ve worked twice as many days as you this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I went down a google wormhole and started playing Stratego, a game from my youth, online. Good game. No idea why I thought about it yesterday.
They should have left you in charge.Quote:
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Catching here by way of saying that, sorry, but the Chick-fil-A chicken salad sandwich is distinctly not sanitary, at least not universally. My grandmother contracted a case of food poisoning from one that prompted a bout of vomiting so violent that it tore her esophagus partly from her stomach and she damn near died. She never ate Chick-fil-A again (and is now unrelatedly dead).Quote:
Originally Posted by Acymetric
Holy crap! That's terrible!Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
TB is a crackerjack implanter.Quote:
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[Off] Off-topic: Filing “Unrelatedly Dead” away as a track or album name for my still-imaginary metal band, Molöch’s Vengeance.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
fairly certain that band name is already a euphemism for a gastrointestinal issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Regrettably, I am in charge, and am a real jerk to my employee … me.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Interesting...I wasn't aware of people giving barf disorders twee nicknames cribbed from pagan gods of child sacrifice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
That’s half of metal, brah.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Yeah, but I was referring to (and calling BS on) Clem's (I think tongue-in-cheek) claim that there's a GI disorder known as Molöch's Vengeance.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
The fruits of my ever-fertile creative mind are entirely unique, I tell ya!
I feel like The Omen would have been better if they had just gone all in and named him Moloch instead of Damien. Just lean into it. Also Gregory Peck's character should have been named Atticus. They missed an opportunity there.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Have you ever implanted yourself?Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
I have wanted to tell a boss to go implant himself/herself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
I really don't like people.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
krzyzewski!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Who on here doesn’t have to look that up when they spell it? I don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
As a mediocre white guy I feel exceptionally qualified (of course I do) to say this: mediocre white guys have the tendency to over-inflate their importance. And they (we) love to talk about it.
Or to pull an Ol' Roy and talk about ourselves in the second or third person.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I don’t need to spell it, just scream it when I’m past my comfort zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Dadgum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I forgot that was your safety word. My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I do not need to look it up.
K
R Z Y Z E W S K I ;)
Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white guy!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I have that unmistakable Swagger already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Me culpa alert: I misread the post on the Pandemic thread and issued the corresponding apology.
Dude, do you even internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
That's not how you do it at all.
I always wonder about that. Are most people on the internet not married? I actually meant this apology, but do you know how many things I have apologized for that I absolutely didn't mean? I'm basically the France of interpersonal relationships. I surrender even if the fight is between two other parties. Next we will discuss how Prussia's victory over France in 1871 changed the narrative about France from the biggest bully on the block.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Taco Tuesday.
Coming along.
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Bookmark?
What is this?Quote:
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Cross stitch?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
-jk
Not Georges Seurat Pointillism?Quote:
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Lite Brite meet Larry King
Two games, two wins.
It’s funny that they place reality survival shows in places people already live.
I know. I am waiting for one set in Durham. Bullet-dodging. Funny, but not funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
The first leg of my flight to Nashville (Boston to DC) has been cancelled.
Yeah, I think there’s merit to dropping a bunch of hermits in the middle of NYC with no money or technology or credit history and seeing who can survive the longest.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I actually think this is a terrific concept, one I'd watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Interestingly, there are significant pockets of NYC's everyday economy that are still very old school in terms of their technological connectivity and methods of payment. Like, you don't Google a good bodega; you just walk approx 1.5 blocks in any direction and find one (or ask somebody). You don't swipe a card for a hot dog or gyro at a cart; you pony up paper bills.
I'd submit that you can get by better in NYC without a smartphone and with only cash than in the vast majority of American cities, maybe more easily than in any other American city.
Well, poop! What now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
No idea, yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Oh no! Keep us posted. Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
driving to Stowe with wife and dog to buy seafood; this is what passes for a day out these days...
So sorry to hear about this, BD. I know how much you were looking forward to your adventure as a boon to your mental health. I'm tempted to make a Neal Page/Del Griffith joke, but I somehow don't think that would be helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Fingers crossed that things work out somehow.
BD - I hope you can get flights arranged so you don't miss anything or, at least, not much.
Rebooked for later today. Getting in around 9pm now. Fingers crossed.
Geez! Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Heading out to the airport in a few minutes. In the meantime, I have 2 tickets to the Miami game on Saturday that my oldest son is not going to be able to use - does anybody here want them? Send me a PM. I won't see the PM until late tonight but I'll get back either then or sometime tomorrow.
we just bailed on the Miami game ourselves. too many nasty microbes out there right now to suit me, plus the real threat of a cancelled flight and a long stay in an airport is not appealing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
X-ray equipment is getting classier. The one I worked on today was giving Error Code 9F.
For Aimo: A Canadian customer of mine sent me a message that said if you went by only looks I'm a 6 but if you factor in humor, personality and ability then I'm a solid 2. I love these people.
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Originally Posted by TruBlu
Hah. That doesn't sound like an error...
Thanks! I needed a pick-me-up today!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Sigh. That's it. BD - hope you make it to Music City safely this evening.
Elmo hates Rocco.
What are we having for dinner?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Are you sure Stowe is known for its seafood?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I'm fairly certain it is known for its skiing but it may have a better seafood purveyor than Hamlet budwom.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I'm going to have to hand out sporks to random posters because I can't spork the posts that I need to spork.
Go spork kidA, tell ‘em that OPK sent you.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I also like to give Sporkz to newer posters with solid posts. I like to encourage participation from good new blood.
My favorite is when you spork somebody and then see that your feedback got them another spork displayed under their username.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Do y’all flame much?
I might have flamed about 10 minutes ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Stowe has a seafood market, the owner goes to Boston twice a week and fetches huge volumes of outstanding seafood...he's been a fixture in town for decades, his fish is WAY better than anything grocery chains carry.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
By the way, 2021 and 2022 have been his best years ever....a third of homes in Stowe are owned by out of staters and when the pandemic hit nearly all of them moved to Vermont to wait things out, they have lots of money and they like their fish.
Last night we had "oven fried" haddock...also picked up four pounds of swordfish, four lbs of salmon, a few pounds of sole and yellowfin tuna...
Maybe three times?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I much prefer either sporks or a good forum dressing down.
It takes a LOT for me to flame.
I don’t believe that I ever have.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I’ve been flamed three times. I remember who did each.
I've only ever been flamed in retaliation for flames I've given out. I regret nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
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Hah. Yeah, I haven't issued any flames but I've been given 2. One for a post about not liking Penn State and one for using the phrase "shickled titless".Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I was surprised both times that of all the ridiculous stuff I post, those were the two...
That's funny, b/c I would have totally sporked you for that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
And that's why the system works!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I've been flamed multiple times, never in retaliation for giving them (that I can remember - I think I've given one or two at best). I had one given to me by a poster who was sure I flamed him - when I didn't. Went to all the trouble to prove to him I didn't, which he later admitted. Thought the least he could have done is come back with a pitchfork. But he didn't. Oh well.
The only thing that bugs me is when a person flames me, but never comes back at another time to give sporks even if they acknowledge a good post on the board. I find that a bit weird.
I have never flamed and there's no possibility I ever would.Quote:
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I've apologized man there's nothing else I can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
You are truly loved. I've been flamed a heck of a lot more than three. I was thinking about changing my screen name from SouthernDukie to the Human Torch.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
To be fair, if you could send eye rolls for posts, I would easily lead the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthernDukie
One last point about flames. The first flame I issued I immediately regretted. I reached out to the poster with a PM telling them how sorry I was. I also went out of my way to give them multiple sporks to try and make it right.
OK, I've done my penance on this one. True Confessions are over.
Thanks! Yeah, I thought it was harmless but someone thought I was being unnecessarily vulgar. Whaddya gonna do?Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
On this board? Sheesh.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I know, right?!?! I’m only familiar with necessary vulgarity!Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthernDukie
There are snipers on some of these threads.
Hamlets are those little Danish hams, right?
Got a wonderful update on the (boozing) idiot neighbors, aka The Clampetts. Ellie Mae and her stripper boyfriend stopped by a friend's house, a house that has a well equipped bar...but evidentlly Ellie Mae and boyfriend wanted more variety, so they invited our friends outside to their "bar car." Their car is loaded up with about 25 opened bottles of booze and they cruise around pouring drinks for themselves and friends. What could go wrong?
Yes. It was a fun visit with your neighbors. Hopefully we will see you next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
That is very dazed and confused. Wow.Quote:
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Alright. Alright. Alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Nothing, absolutely nothing.Quote:
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Me, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Our daycare apparently had a fire alarm today. We’re also expecting snow tomorrow so they sent an email to all the parents titled, “Fire and Snow”, and now I think my son may be going to Westeros and competing for some toddler iron throne.
No. Characters in English books.Quote:
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Your son has already figured out how to use a phone to get out of class?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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I believe they are actually the Canadian version of a pork cutlet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indoor66
dump run!
Yeah, gotta do that later.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
That’s when marathoners poo themselves mid race, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I think I'll skip that part.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Different thing. Now you’re talking about a hop, skip and a dump.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I may have to flame you for that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Well, tttthhhhhbbbbbbbbpppppppptttttyyy.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I giggledQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I’ve always known you were a man after my own fart.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Sigh...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
No, no, no, you blow it out the other end.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I'm starting to thing the word "degenerates" is associated with the wrong thread...
dump run followed by five mile walk in the snow, I'm done for the day. Just feed me.
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That's what you get for giggling at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I think people should be required to type out "I am not a lawyer" if they are not, in fact, a lawyer. I think there are some states where using that acronym could get you investigated.
I'm so glad to find out I'm not the only one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Every time I see that acronym, I giggle and think to myself, "You do?"
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
...not that I'm here to yuck anybody's yum, as it were.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
It degenerated even further…Quote:
Originally Posted by Phredd3
I blame Clem.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I almost always blame Clem.
Maybe we should just stick to zombie threads and anniversaries?
Party pooper.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
What?!?! I mean, I am to blame. But always?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I'm guiltyQuote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Baby, I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come I never do
What I'm supposed to do
How come nothing that I try to do
Ever turns out right
You know--You know how it is with me, Baby
You know I just can't stand myself
It takes a whole lotta medicine
For me to pretend that I'm somebody else.
— Randy Newman
You would think at some point I would get tired of doing and saying stupid things. But I seemingly never do. It's funny, that I am exceptional at never getting drawn into an argument in my professional life yet I lack that thing that makes people back down with interpersonal conflicts. This is not true with Aimo though, but to be fair, she's terrifying.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
You seem like the type to take a smelfie at a family gathering.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
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Clem, taking an ussie with me when we met:Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
https://youtu.be/jHG4AYtq5D0
(Caution, he says a bad word)
I am not terrifying, and people seem to LOVE to argue with me. Especially newbie research coordinators who apparently do not yet realize that they DO actually have to do what I say.Quote:
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Literally trembling as I read this.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
It’s not healthy to hold them in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I said Bbbrrrrrrr, it’s cold in here. There must be some toros in the atmosphere.
-1 now
We're at 53 but it feels colder than that.
50 in Tuscaloosa but headed towards 60. Feels good. Was 42 and windy yesterday and I hated it.
Do we get bonus points for killing threads on other boards?
Highly dependent on the board in question and the manner of thread violence.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I went into a Hallmark store for the first time since the 90s today. I don't know how they're still in business, frankly.
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I ended up only putting it into a temporary slumber.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I think I am good at taking threads in unintended directions. Perhaps "good" is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
selling small pieces of paper for $5 each can be pretty lucrative.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I managed a Hallmark store when I was just out of college. I got that job because I worked construction in the summers for a guy who built and updated Hallmark stores. Perhaps this is a shock, but I was the only person on the construction crew who was in college. Hallmarks are privately owned, but the owners pay a retail licensing fee. Individual Hallmark stores make their money from non-Hallmark gifts. You're welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Riposte: Amazon.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Corn dogs need a rebranding. I’d go meat twinkies.
Wrapped tube steaks?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
No bueno.
Lots of talent but not always the effort and awareness to win.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I'm in the camp that Miami just played really well, is a good team and has tough kids. The other teams have recruited players who are trying to win as well. This was a tough post-Covid game and Duke played well and played hard. Pretty happy with that effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Domestic vacuum dance.
So, do I drive to Phoenix or should I try and get a plane ticket? Going next week...leary of cancellations still being an issue.
What I have noticed about the cancelations is they are generally consolidations. So if there are 3 flights to Phoenix, 1 would be canceled and people would be placed on the 2 remaining flights. Flying home from Tuscaloosa in few.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I would argue the 2 most talented mainstream bands of my lifetime are REM and the Beastie Boys. Foo Fighters get an honorable mention. Nirvana as well.
That’s a long drive. Pretty. But long.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
14 hours each way. But flying is a 7 hour endeavor when you include getting to the airport, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I do believe there were 4 direct flights a day back and forth between PHX and SAT when I went in November. (On American) They are down to 3 per day and now instead of using Airbus A321(180 person capacity) they are using Canadair RJ700s with 65 capacity. Not sure if Southwest picked up the volume or not.
The other way to think about this is financially and what do I value more? 14 hours or the approximately $500 differential between driving and flying.
I think the "we got outcoached" hot take following losses is the dumbest take.
I like a good drive (not out East). Listen to a few audiobooks, stop at Marfa and see the ghost lights, get a Dairy Queen.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Blech, Nirvana. I get why they’re important but, like, I would never just sit around and listen to Nirvana for fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I love them. But I am not filled with enough ennui to sit and listen to them for an extended period of time. My hardcore rock loves are Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Yeah, I’m more filled with pooey than ennui.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Oh me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
But it’s true sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
The biggest problem, though, is people not wearing their lucky clothes correctly. I thought about changing my lucky underwear during the game, but was afraid the other folks in my section in Cameron would object. Besides, if the ushers were enforcing the mask requirement, they might object to a wardrobe change.
The Clash are still the only band that matters.
Ace of Base. Ever heard of ‘em?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Is that, like, if ABBA and The Jonas Brothers had a linking band?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
(Heard the name but never heard them to the best of my memory).