Off Topic Thread, Week of 1/23/12: Your Pet Team Edition
by brgulker on Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM EST
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PrintLast year, MFMP put up this thread, detailing the other teams in the NBA he'd be following and posing that question to the rest of DBB. Buffoonery ensued, but what would you expect from Detroit's Bad Buffoons weblog?
Even though we're already a quarter of the way through the season, I thought it could still be a fun discussion. Who are your pet teams this year (assuming you have one)?
And this time, let's have a friendly conversation. Hopefully, we can simply preempt questioning people's loyalty to the Pistons simply because they follow other NBA teams by simply stating that we all love basketball and the NBA. As fans of the game, it's perfectly understandable for us to gravitate toward teams who play the game in the ways we like to see it played (especially when our own team only manages to do this once every 14 games or so). Cool?
I'll go with the obvious and say the Clippers for reasons everyone will already know. DBB-favorite DeAndre Jordan plays like a Piston and is an excellent paring for Blake Griffin. Billups is on the decline, but he's still plays an important role and hits big shots. I hope they find a way to keep CP3 and build around Jordon, Griffin, and Paul. Lob City should live longer than just one year.
The Nuggets remain a pet team, even sans Billups. They are built similarly to the Going to Work Pistons, in that they lack a true superstar and instead are simply a collection of good players who are buying into the team concept and reaping the rewards of doing so.
Out East, I'm not really pulling for anyone in particular. Anyone who plays Miami is worth cheering for, amirite?
Maybe some will be pulling for Philly, and I get that. They can challenge Miami, and at the end of the day, that's all that matters to most, including me. A Playoff upset would EPIC.
As Judas-y as it feels, I guess I'm sort of hoping Chicago keeps playing well, because I think they are the other team out East that can beat Miami. Mind you, I will only cheer for them in a Playoff match up against Miami.
The Knicks are my anti-pet team, in that it's fun to see the hilarity that is the inevitable result of building around Stoudamire and Melo. For an advanced metrics guy like me, their sub-.500 performance since the Melo trade isn't at all surprising. Which makes all of the hub bub about "chemistry" and coaching that much more hilarious. (Post injury) Stoudamire and Melo are fool's gold, in my view, and while I'm not necessarily rooting for them to fail, it's a little rewarding to see the record match the projections we statheads who don't watch the games made.
I am rooting for the C's to fail, and it's pretty awesome they are, no? Rajon Rando is the exception. I love the way that dude plays, and I love that his play this year remains exceptional. I've had enough of the narrative that gives all the credit for his success to his really good teammates. His performance this year ought to debunk that nonsense.
Enough about me. What about you? Who are you pulling for (at least when they aren't playing the 'Stons)?
There's more randomness after the jump if you cheer for the Pistons and only the Pistons.
As I write this, it is 43 degrees and raining in Michigan... and it's the latter half of January. Someone call Al Gore.
I'm wearing a $90 sweater that I got for $12 at Younker's. Anyone else get any cool post-holiday bargains?
I really like Sketcher's. I find them stylish and comfortable.
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So, the girlfriend and I are going to Traverse City in a couple weeks. Any suggestions on fun things to do and see there in February?
Also, i’m hoping to propose to her then. Right now I’m looking in to a hot air balloon ride, provided we bundle up. Any other ideas?
so awesome, MFBirdy
Good luck with the proposal and future that follows! The view from the hot air balloon would be awesome, but I might suggest waiting until the day of to make that decision (which I imagine would be difficult, since you probably can’t just produce a hot air balloon out of thin air). If it’s overly windy, it might be an uncomfortable ride and you might have to yell WILLLL YOUUU MARRRY MEEE?? at her for her to hear you. If it’s pleasant, sunny and moderately cool, I can’t think of a better way. Good luck Birdman84!
Yeah, I have to reserve the balloon ahead of time, so as I think more about it, I’m leaning against it. It’s also $300 per person, which seems way too much.
It's about that much in Orlando
We have a bit more competition, probably, but our balloon ride in 2010 cost $250 per person. I think it’s just expensive…
by Big Z in Orlando on Jan 23, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
UPDATE
Change of plans. I’m going to take her out to her favorite restaurant the night before we go to Traverse City, then have a carriage pick us up for a tour of downtown Grand Rapids. The ride will conclude at our favorite spot on the Grand River. I’ll propose there.
by Birdman84 on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
agreed with all you said, MFBRG
on pretty much every point. For me, I don’t actually have a pet team this year. The abbreviated schedule means that the Pistons are playing nearly every damned night, so pet teams aren’t as valuable. I signed up for League Pass Broadband this season, opting for the 5-team deal. You can choose five teams to watch all year but don’t have access to other teams unless they are playing your five. So far, I’ve chosen:
Pistons (bad decision)
LA Clippers
Golden State
Chicago
and I’ve left the 5th option open and still haven’t decided who to pick. I might pick Indiana, actually. 73% win percentage? Really Indiana? I don’t find them entirely interesting though, and I hate the shit out of their jerseys and all they represent, which explains why I haven’t selected them yet. It’ll probably be Denver or Indiana to round out the five. I might have picked Memphis if Randolph didn’t go down though.
Really, MFMP? You aren’t going to watch the right Dejuan LOL all over the court?
I am disappoint.
Will argue against trading #45 until I am blue in the face and your eyes and ears are bleeding.
by SpursfanSteve on Jan 23, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
My pet teams:
Denver (always, George Karl’s a weirdo coach)
Minnesota (I like Love a lot, despite the whole “him turning into a bitch all of a sudden” thing)
Memphis
Atlanta
And I always hate Orlando and Boston. I like Chicago for Joakim Noah mainly. And the Thunder are cool.
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by Biz Markie Moon on Jan 23, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions
I kinda like:
The Clippers – for pretty much the same reasons)
Memphis – I loved their playoff run last year, balanced team play and tough defense
Indiana – I like the way they rebuilt, balanced team with a strong frontcourt and a good young PG they picked up when NO was trying to hang on to CP3.
Minnesota – Love and Rubio are cool, don’t really care for the rest of the team but they’re enough to make me watch.
I also have a few pet players I like to follow – Bismack Biyombo (who I swear will yet be a piston one day), Rubio… that’s mostly it I guess.
And yeah, it’s hilarious that people are actually acting surprised that NY with Melo is crap.
Anybody can happen!
It’s not that Melo’s a bad player at all, it’s just that you can’t have Amare and Melo on the same team. And for the record, I’d rather have Melo than A’mare, though I’m not a huge fan of either.
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by Biz Markie Moon on Jan 23, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Which puts is into an interesting point: can you be a fan of an NBA player on a aesthetic level without wanting him on your team?
WORD PLAY
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by Biz Markie Moon on Jan 23, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
NY seemed to have it pretty good before they traded for him
Of course that’s not an argument against what you’re saying… I just think building their team around two primadonna stars who don’t play defense and getting rid of most of their other talents was so clearly stupid that it’s fun to watch it collapse.
Melo is a great scorer and rebounds well for his position – if we’d drafted him back in the day and he’d gone into a team where defense and teamwork come first, he could have evolved into a really good player. But as it is his scoring is pretty meaningless IME.
Anybody can happen!
Nuggets are my team, for sure
I really like the 76ers this year, too. They’re basically Nuggets East.
How's that for a slice of fried gold?
by Thom not Tom Gores on Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM EST reply actions
I agree with you
How does Faried work with that pro team with his skill?
is my thinking.
Where broken English happens
I need to get me a pair of skechers shape-ups...and stat.
As for my pet team, I’m going to go with Kentucky. Yeah I know, its not a pro team, but honestly, I never really follow college basketball that closely until March. And I’m following the Kentucky Unibrows more closely than most teams in the NBA.
If I had to go with an NBA team though, its the Seattle SuperSonics. Sure they’re not in the league but I refuse to give any other team my secondary/pet fandom.
Also, with regards to the proposal up above, congratulations! I’m sure whatever you come up with will be memorable, even if its super simple (I proposed to my fiance while she was in her PJs watching House Hunters and drinking a glass of wine after a long day at work).
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srsly...
in reality, I had spent the entire day cleaning the house, purchased a $150 bottle of Dom Perignon, and had prepared a 4 course meal featuring fresh bruschetta, a minestrone soup, Eggplant parmesan, and tiramisu.
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not so slacker. actually pretty damn baller.
nice job.
My proposal was intended to be photo-booth style. I was living in Pittsburgh and the lady came to visit (she was here in MI). We went on a date to the Andy Warhol Museum and I knew there was a photo-booth there. I had written “will you marry me?” on a strip of paper and intended to sneak it into one of the photos.
Photo-booth was broken and so was my plan.
On the top floor of the museum, there was an “interactive” exhibit that utilized a copy machine. “Interacting” with the exhibit, I copied the proposal question (along with some other junk) and stuck it up on the display wall for my now-wife to see.
by freywagg on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That is both awesome and adaptive.
Well done sir.
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
speaking of the andy warhol museum
I yaked in the bathroom there when the cow display hammered my hung over brain, which couldn’t handle the extra rod and cone stimulation.
I once had a similar situation with a Kara Walker mural and mushrooms.
by Mike Payne on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Great recovery.
For my proposal to my first wife, I inserted a page into a crossword book we had been working on. I formatted the new page to look almost exactly like any other one in the book. I set it up to have the words “WILL,” “EWE,” “MARRY,” and “ME” in the puzzle. When we finished, I highlighted those words as the proposal.
Definitely Philly
My drinking buddy has League Pass and I drive to house everyday that there is a game and we watch both the pistons and philly. We have come to an understanding that we must cheer for each others teams unless they are playing each other, in which case i bow down and ask him not to rub it in to much.
By cheering for each others teams we avoid the rabid drunkin fist fights which would otherwise definitely ensue, thereby maintaining our friendship and not entirely annoying our wives.
I'm with you on Philly
I think they’re legit, and that by the end of the season they’ll be even legiter. If Evan Turner continues down the path of legitimacy, then they’ll be superlegit.
I really like Sketcher’s. I find them stylish and comfortable.
Pumas for me, especially the Dallas. Here’s a pair in Pistons colors.
As I write this, it is 43 degrees and raining in Michigan… and it’s the latter half of January. Someone call Al Gore.
I’m in someplace called Hardwick, Vermont. Everything is moose themed. I want to draw 10s on them.
I’m wearing a $90 sweater that I got for $12 at Younker’s. Anyone else get any cool post-holiday bargains?Same here, a $90 sweater at Banana Republic for $14 on Saturday.
How about those New Orleans Hornets?
Way to get great value back, NBA knuckleheads.
Had that first trade gone through, I think they’d be able to threaten .450-.500 basketball. With the trade that did go through, they’re almost as bad as us.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
probably better for the franchise. Getting several past their prime guys would have left NO pretty bad off in 2 years. And is .400- .500 basketball really anything to celebrate? In the east, that’s playoffs. In the west, that’s nothing.
by C$ on Jan 23, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
yeah they have their own and Minnesota's draft pick this year
Which means 2 lottery picks…
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this.
they’ll likely get 1 and 4’d like Clevaland, since the NBA still owns the team and needs to sell it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I really like Sketcher’s. I find them stylish and comfortable.
I’m partial to Converse, they suit my style well ( I don’t have any) and are fresh ( I live in the tropic.
I prefer Puma for running and basketball.
Fire Joe Dumars
Fuck you DBB!
Fuck you! Fuck you!
Fire Joe Dumars
by Kriz on Jan 23, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Sorry, Sister
but you’ve gotten worse at this formatting stuff.
its hard to have a pet team if you don't have league pass
like myself. but Philly is intriguing because I suspect they are actually good, and they have serious depth. Hawes us a giant wtf though.
Minny because of Rubio and Williams. I’m naturally jealous of teams that rebuild through the draft, although running your franchise like AFI and wasting picks on Flynn and Johnson and still being able to have a core of Rubio, Love, and Williams just seems lucky. I feel like Kahn pulled an anti Dumars. No plan whatsoever but through shear ineptitude its going to work out. Maybe Dumars can follow suit. The trendy plan-less strategy.
I root for Denver as well. And Utah. Mostly I think I root for teams that aren’t dominated by one or two guys but have quality throughout the depth chart. That way they’ll always be doubted and I can feel good about it in some way.
by mcflies on Jan 23, 2012 7:11 PM EST via Android app reply actions
oh
and I’m hoping Chicago wins it all. For one because that means the Heat didn’t and for another I want Rip to give a big fuck you to Dumars. And because I think Durant is overrated more so than Rose. And Boozer gets murdered by the media and Chicago fans but the dude can play. I wish we could bitch about wasting cap space on a player that was actually good.
by mcflies on Jan 23, 2012 7:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
How is Rip winning a fuck you to Joe Dumars? We didn’t need to retain the guy.
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by Biz Markie Moon on Jan 23, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t really have a pet team this year and I’ve felt mostly disconnected from the season so far. I think the compacted schedule is turning me off a bit because it seems like the Pistons are playing every night and it’s terrible basketball every night. For the last few years I used to like watching double-headers through certain streaming websites and it was just nice to see how real offenses worked and real defenses could be effective. I remember really enjoying some Utah games because they looked so polished.
Fuck all the other teams
If it wasn’t for the Pistons I would hate the NBA. Rarely, RARELY, is there another team I’ll cheer for and right now very few come to mind.
As far as after Christmas Deals, I paid $90 for 6 sweaters from Banana Republic, each of which cost $70-90 originally. Pretty sick deal.
Welcome... to the Wallace-hood
IDK why...
but I’ve always been a Jazz fan. So they’re usually the other team I pay slight attention too.
I also remember Boney's comments from last years thread...
“This is a Pistons blog! You aren’t allowed to like other teams! Mike Payne is a band wagon ass cat!” < insert o rly owl here > < insert some other unrelated pic here >
It went something like that.
That was stupid. Basketball's bigger than the Pistons, which I think was a point of the going to work pistons, that it went beyond individuals.
WORD PLAY
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by Biz Markie Moon on Jan 24, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
exactly.
Boney had funny moments, but he was just grabbing at attention most of the time.
I pretty much watch only Pistons games, but appreciate the game as a whole and I can appreciate any other team’s good play. When it comes down to it I want the Pistons to win over any other team, but that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna enjoy blocks and dunks of all creeds.
I agree with this entirely. My entire point is that I love basketball, and i have since before I can remember. The first sport I ever played when I was a toddler was basketball. The only sport I ever played competitively was basketball. I love this game, first and foremost.
Secondarily, but very passionately, I’m a Pistons fan. But that doesn’t stop me from enjoying watching the game I love being played well, and pulling for teams who play the game the right way.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
Do you watch college ball at all? I can never seem to get into it. I think it’s because I don’t know who anyone is or what their strengths and weaknesses are.
by garrettelliott on Jan 24, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
I used to, growing up anyway. Once I got to college (and was playing college ball), I got much more interested in professional basketball than college ball. I’m not really sure why. I guess it was less appealing to me, given that it was something I was doing (albeit on a much smaller scale than NCAA D1). We played Kaman’s team during the year they went to the Sweet 16, for example. I do watch March Madness, but I don’t follow the college game too much up until then.
However, I have been paying attention to the projected lottery players over the past couple seasons…
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
I sleep with a basketball under my pillow.
Will argue against trading #45 until I am blue in the face and your eyes and ears are bleeding.
by SpursfanSteve on Jan 25, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
So there once was a kid who played little league baseball...
now his Father, well, his Father was both competitive and highly intelligent. And along game a game where the son had to pitch against a player who was both feared and respected for his ability to crush the ball.
The Father insisted his son intentionally walk this player despite it being little league and his son only being 10 years old. So the son walked the giant of a child and went on to win the game.
Fast forward 18 years and the son is now an adult. He’s about to marry, and that respected batter that could crush the ball even at the age of 10 has just been signed to a 9 year, $214 million contract in that same town.
That’s right folks. Y’all are engaging with the man, the myth, the legend. I believe I was the first person in the history of the world to intentionally walk Prince Fielder. And for those of you watching Fox 2 in Detroit tonight, you might just hear them talk about me as part of their piece on Prince returning to Detroit!
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by The Boourns on Jan 24, 2012 6:41 PM EST reply actions 18 recs
That's awesome!!
The part where you intentionally walked 10 year old Prince Fielder. Not the part where the Tigers signed Prince Fielder. That sucks. Holy shit they’re going to be good.
nope...they inteviewed my father :-)
My dad actually makes pretty regular appearances on various radio shows and the occasional appearance on some of the news channels as an expert opinion in all things media. I guess Fox 2 was digging up stuff on Prince’s time in Detroit when Cecil was playing and found an article my Dad had written for the Grosse Pointe News a few years back about the story…
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
also not sure if it aired, but its also written in the following article
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Everybody else was dribbling singles and an occasional double. Prince hit the ball over the fence with alarming regularity.
Great quote from your dad, The Boourns.
yeah he's a pretty quotable guy.
He also once said, “This is about as fun as the time my dog swallowed a softball, and I waited for it to pass.”
I often think of this quote when I watch the Pistons…
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
I wrote a book about time travel. Buy it and/or die. http://www.thetimetravelguide.com
by heWizard on Jan 24, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
foreshadowing?
Prince wearing Olde English D cap, Giants t-shirt (Super Bowl), Trammell on the outside looking in (of the Hall) and the Cubs zubaz…. nahhhh
Uhhhh not to mention the untied shoe in the back?
Obviously foreshadowing to Denard Robinson leading Michigan to a BCS bowl win…
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
Coward!
No, this is awesome. Link to the story your dad wrote? I want to share with everyone I know. Grosse Pointe little league? This story is way better than Drew Stanton unintentionally walking me on 4 pitches in a HS playoff baseball game.
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Boourns, It’s hilarious and heart-warming how your dad oh-so-casually mentions your job at Microsoft.
haha...
yeah. That article was written by him and he’s not shy about name-dropping.
For something like 10-15 years, he wrote a column for the Grosse Pointe News, called the “FYI Column” and all it was was him writing heart-warming little feature stories about various grosse pointers. Could be anything from a son re-connecting with his WWII veteran grandfather to the best snowman in the city, but either way, he always mentioned names because as someone in Journalism, he recognize that whether you’re 5 years old or 50 years old, if you’re not famous, you generally enjoy seeing your name in the paper.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
all that said,
I still think its hysterical that he drops that in there.
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
holy crap...I don't know if I've ever seen the resemblance but it is totally there...
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2080748032/nm0000342
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
Charlotte and Minn
have been my pet teams.. but I like to watch good basketball sometimes too so I just randomly watch different teams
So today I met a fella named Lenny
Who just happens to be the world’s only life-sized moose made out of chocolate.
He’s standing in a lake made out of white chocolate, which is the reason I’m taller. Very nice of him to agree to a picture while swimming, donchathink?
by Shinons* on Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
But you are also undisappointingly handsome with a winner’s smile!
/takethatBirdman
by freywagg on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That is awesome.
Cinnamon and sugary as softly spoken lies, you never know just how you look through other peoples' eyes
by SpursfanSteve on Jan 26, 2012 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
Tay Zonday should sing a song about Lenny
CHOCOLATE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE
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by The Boourns on Jan 25, 2012 5:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Just went to my first Tool concert in Toledo Tuesday night.
And man was it AWESOME.
All the time relaxed.
by Supa Dupe on Jan 26, 2012 10:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
a buddy of mine went to that show
Said it was a great show. Last time I saw Tool was at Wing arena back in 98’.
OT in the OT thread: The official USB drive of DBB?
by garrettelliott on Jan 26, 2012 7:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Watching the Clippers/Grizzlies game. Blake Griffin is crazy physical. It’s no wonder guys don’t like playing against him — he just beats them up.
by garrettelliott on Jan 26, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions
This week’s thread here: http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2012/1/31/2760862/off-topic-thread-week-of-1-30-12-tech-geek-edition
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
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