The "I'm not going to jinx it" thread, v3.0

[Ultrarunner]

I think you're supposed to say something along the lines of "Hoosier favorite extinct animal? Mine's the Mastodon!" To make it work properly ;-)

Was aiming more at the reverse jinx angle.

Yours is funnier.

Mastodon's up 7 with 13 to go. How good are they sitting on a lead?

PS - I'll also point out that Tripping William does a great job with song references. Not sure there is one for Fort Wayne or Mastadons

[OldPhiKap]

Mastodon's up 7 with 13 to go. How good are they sitting on a lead?

Mammoth.

[Ultrarunner]

Mammoth.

Mammoths were bigger than mastodons. (I think.) They sat on whatever they wanted.

[OldPhiKap]

Have I ever mentioned that Oklahoma State is my second-favorite team?

[Ultrarunner]

Have I ever mentioned that Oklahoma State is my second-favorite team?

I'm sorry?

[Ultrarunner]

Biggest victory for Mastodons in the last 10,000 years?

[toughbuff1]

Things looked a little wooly for awhile, but in the end, they showed their (fort) Worth.

[Blue KevIL]

It's a FINAL:

OT
Indiana (#3) - 68
Fort Wayne - 71

[rsvman]

Tomorrow's news teaser:

Ultrarunner completely misunderstands purpose of thread; gets away with it. Story at 11.

[Ultrarunner]

Tomorrow's news teaser:

Ultrarunner completely misunderstands purpose of thread; gets away with it. Story at 11.

Shoot. The dreaded "must spread comments around" admonishment. No spork for you, no fault of mine, I tried.

Still, to the point, better lucky than good?

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Tomorrow's news teaser:

Ultrarunner completely misunderstands purpose of thread; gets away with it. Story at 11.

To be perfectly fair, Ultra runner did call the biggest upset in recent history about two weeks ago.

[Tripping William]

Was aiming more at the reverse jinx angle.

Yours is funnier.

Mastodon's up 7 with 13 to go. How good are they sitting on a lead?

PS - I'll also point out that Tripping William does a great job with song references. Not sure there is one for Fort Wayne or Mastadons

Appreciate the shout-out. This is probably my favorite thread of the season.

No song references for this one. Best I have is that Major Frank Burns is from Fort Wayne, and Maya Angelou's 1993 inauguration poem has an early mastodon reference.

And, although this thread is Ultrarunner's baby, I'll clarify (for anyone for whom this is actually Version 1.0 of the thread) that the spirit of it, in an effort to replace the old "Upset Alert" threads, is to talk about anything other than the impending upset, so as not to jinx the upset. So, for Fort Wayne vs. IU, an "in keeping with the spirit of the thread" post would be to talk about one's interest in paleontology, or one's favorite Frank Burns episode of M*A*S*H, or how Norman Dale made his way from Ithaca to Hickory High.

But, ultimately, the thread is about silliness and fun.

As to Sparty, they really just got this.

[devildeac]

Shoot. The dreaded "must spread comments around" admonishment. No spork for you, no fault of mine, I tried.

Still, to the point, better lucky than good?

Covered you.


You're rolling this year so far.

[Ultrarunner]

Covered you.


You're rolling this year so far.

I think the reverse jinx worked* because I invoked Hoosiers and Jimmy "I'll make it" Chitwood. I'm convince the fundamental force in the universe is Murphy's Law, with a heavy dose of irony.



*I know, jinxes, non-jinxes, reverse-jinx don't really work. Play, people.

[-jk]

I think the reverse jinx worked* because I invoked Hoosiers and Jimmy "I'll make it" Chitwood. I'm convince the fundamental force in the universe is Murphy's Law, with a heavy dose of irony.



*I know, jinxes, non-jinxes, reverse-jinx don't really work. Play, people.

Don't forget weauxing and faux-weauxing!

-jk

[Indoor66]

faux-weauxing

Isn't that the process used for getting a high-gloss sheen on an automobile!

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

To be perfectly fair, Ultra runner did call the biggest upset in recent history about two weeks ago.

Oh wait, duh. Different "U" user.

[devildeac]

Visitors might make a Beilein out of Columbia this evening.

[Tripping William]

Visitors might make a Beilein out of Columbia this evening.

I hear Cartagena and Barranquilla are beautiful, though.

[Ultrarunner]

While considering the travesty that is Carolina-Wisky, I'm distracted by butterflies. Monarchs, to be precise.

I should put on one of my old Elton John albums. Forgot which one has Butterflies are Free to Fly, though