Kevin Coulman won the inaugural Quiz Time, winning 105 Japanese Yen.
Well here we go again!
If you can post a comment with the answer to the following "what the..?", you will win 23 Russian Rubles!
Just figure out what is up with the following statement, and the prize is yours.
From TSN.ca...
The Philadelphia Flyers rewarded forward Mike Knuble with a two-year, US$5.6-million contract extension on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
From ESPN Soccernet ...
Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez has been ordered to wear a Brazil shirt in training by his team-mates as punishment for his walk-out at the weekend.
OH, OH (two step towards climax) AHH! DAMN IT! FUCK!!!! (three steps toward depression)
That basically sums up my night last night after the Oilers blew a two goal lead and gave the game away in the last 17 seconds and overtime.
I had such high hopes. I had my mullet, my Oilers third jersey (which they were also wearing, it should have been a sign), my mickey of rye and hence over-inflated sense of self-confidence to boo Pronger all night long, where did it all go wrong?
Maybe it is karma.
At Pronger's press conference Monday night he had a huge list worth of ass kissing which he thoroughly orated. He praised everyone and everything in Edmonton. They played it during the intermission in the PPV broadcast. If you ask me, it looked like he was reading it from his knees. I won't go as far as to say he was begging forgiveness, because he wasn't, he was simply putting on the "I'll be the better man" face. And for this, perhaps, he was rewarded by the cosmos given the unforgiving reception he received.
I'm not sure it would have mattered what the reason for the trade request was. Whether his wife didn't like the cold or the isolation or that her husband was sleeping around, would it really matter? What self-respecting sports fan would accept those reasons for cutting and running? Pronger knows it and was therefore spewing rhetoric to his advantage to convince the quasi die-hard fans that he just has a big heart.
I don't think anybody seriously hates the guy for leaving for "personal family reasons." Would anybody have spit in his face given the chance? I would like to think that (sober) Oiler fans would react better than that. If any individual left a contract job for the good of their family, most people would say that is a respectable thing to do.
However, Pronger is a public figure in the sports arena and is subject to public scrutiny and judgment. When paying fans get one of the best defensemen in the league and he signs for five years and then leaves amid swirling innuendo and rumours after playing for only one of those five years, should he not be sent to the gallows?
In sports, there is always an accountability to the fan. On and off ice factors contribute to this. It does happen occasionally that players are unhappy and demand trades. Often their performance is even questioned given their desire to part ways with the team and/or city. How should a fan react to this? It doesn't matter where you are, they will react the same. Tell me how much Jonny Damon is loved in Boston right now. Tell me how much Sol Campbell is embraced by Spurs fans still to this day (he doesn't even play for the team he left for, Arsenal, anymore). Tell me how much Chargers fans appreciated Eli Manning on his first visit with the Giants. Tell me how many Burris fans there are left in this province.
To say that Oilers fans have no class for not respecting Chris Pronger and giving him the boo birds is to say that no sports fan on the face of the earth has any class. Show me a place where given the situation, he would be forgiven and forgotten. AND, need I remind anyone, I have watched this several times, when Gretzky returned after being traded he was given a standing ovation for the entire pre-game skate. The ENTIRE skate! No, Oilers fans don't lack class, they are simply self respecting enough to know when they were let down.
Just for fun:
And besides, when this all gets looked back on, Chris Pronger will be able to say to himself that the magnitude of the anger directed his way was simply a testament to his quality. How many people would have cared if Marc-Andre Bergeron did what Pronger did after last years playoffs? I would have been happy. Nobody would have booed Bergeron. Not anymore than they would boo him now, anyway.
I have a right to boo Chris Pronger. We all do. Whether he did left for the right reasons or whether he just couldn't keep it in his pants, he abandoned my team, and in a selfish world, he is a traitor for disappointing me. He will continue to be booed no matter what. I know this. He knows this. He knew this the day he decided to submit his trade request. He made that decision himself.
I lied, I don't hate to do it at all! You can call me Dauk all you want, I'm still going to do it. Yeah I'm talking to you Coulman! You are now 5th in the pool, so shut up.
Not only am I predicted to finish first IF there were no injuries to any teams, I am also predicted to finish first WITH the injuries I have already incurred!
What's amazing is that the opposing fans are even saluting him. I mean, I've loved the man for so long, it comes as no surprise to me the feats he can pull off. But still, this is so hard and so well executed and so ballsy for even trying. Here he is:
UPDATE:
Galaxy said as of 3PM today (Monday) there are 189 seats left in the 250 seat theater for the Oilers-Ducks game. The shitty thing is that there is no "cheap Tuesday" pricing for the event, it is $10.95 (yikes). But it should be well worth it, could even go and get lubed up beforehand to generate extra rowdiness.
Who's IN?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! FUCKING PRONGER!
If you are interested in doing this for three hours tomorrow night at the Galaxy theater, you should let me know. The Oilers are playing the Ducks for the first time in Edmonton and it is only available on Pay Per View (which MAX doesn't have, as far as I know).
I will follow up with seating availability and pricing as soon as I find out.
Dear Gas Man. Went to Aspin. Sorry about the money.Would you like to know how much you owe for Calgary-ing a weekend before last? Here are the totals:
What a dreamboat!
Be patient, it will load. The comedy takes patience too, appreciation comes afterward. Kind of like ....
In my attempt to remember what the name of the lollipops were that you are supposed to have fun liking your way to the middle of to make a perverse and immature joke, I found this on the Chupa Chupa wikipedia page:
[Chupa Chupa] comes from the Spanish verb chupar, meaning "to suck for fun".conclusion: I have been able to come up with a new perverse and immature joke.
I have heard that some call tomorrow Black Friday, as the American holiday of the Friday following Thanksgiving. I haven't googled to find out if that is true or not, mostly because I want to continue believing that it is because you shit black from all the turkey you eat the day before.
What I am referring to, however, is the fact that I am now last place in my prestigious hockey pool (http://www.thehockeypool.com/cgiNew/DailyStatsPage.cgi?Pool=hello). Even more disastrous is that I now find myself overtaken by Dank of all people! Not to mention being beaten by Faggot Nuts Jon, Mr. Reliable Brad, and Mitch-elle. I think I'm going to be sick. This, compounded by the fact that I am losing to Dank in the fantasy pool and that Curtis beat me out of the hockey picks on Saturday in Calgary means that.... SPEW! I just blew chunks onto the monitor.
What is going on here? I went 2-11 in my last Saturday hockey sports select picks and I think I have only beaten Heather 2 out of 6 weeks in our weekly pick-the-winners hockey contest.
I follow hockey religiously and this is what I get? What kind of backwards-assed logic is that? I must just have the worst luck ever! EVER! That is totally my excuse.
Don't worry, my luck will turn around. I feel it. I will win the chance to shoot for a million on my birthday in Vancouver (http://www.gm.canadiannetstakes.com/). And I will win.
Because really.... its all I have left.
from geekologie...
They took a 13 megapixel photo, down rezzed it twice to 8 and 5 megapixels, and then blew them all up to 16x24 prints. They then took the three prints to the streets of New York and had passersby see if they could tell the difference. Turns out only one person correctly put them in order of megapixels - a photography professor - and 95% couldn't even tell the difference. So even though more megapixels sounds better in theory, 5 is pretty much good enough for whatever needs you might have.
From TSN...
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will miss Wednesday night's game against Boston because of a sore groin.It sounds like CDog's draftees are now taking after him. How his habits rub (one) off on his players, I'm not sure, but it's good news for my team. I'm also not sure how excessive beating of the groin can cause you to miss a game, maybe from wrist soreness or forearm strain. In any case, keep up the good circle work, jerk!
Hilarious, if you are into the whole American political comedy thing.
HA! This didn't peak my interest until I heard how tall Nate Robinson is.
(you have to know that Yao is 7 feet tall too)
Smytty scored one of the nicest goals of the year last night too with his back to the net he swatted it in out of midair. I would have shown that if it was on youtube too, but it's not.
Brad's Birthday 2004
Originally uploaded by alex_ygd.
This is Brad's birthday 2004. My present was a vertical pressuring of the drawers around the anal sphincter muscle, otherwise known as a wedgie. Applied at the right time can really help with the spewing process. Right Brad?
This was a necessary procedure to prevent situations of combined spewing / excreting, which can be quite messy and embarrassing, right Jon?
Update: I went 2-11 in total (1-6 in 6 pick). This is just embarassing. I'm going to start recommending to pick the opposite of what I say.
From ESPN Soccernet...
KIEV, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Dynamo Kiev reserve goalkeeper Oleksander Rybka was taken to hospital on Thursday after being punched in the face by a rival team's coach during a second division match.As many of you know, I use this alias as my professional name, akin to how a pornstar uses the name "Sunrise" or "Mercedes" to conceil their modest roots. Modesty is the key here and I just want you know that I am a professional soccer player and I am among the best in the world and I am better than you. I am awesomely modest.
Rybka, who suffered concussion and was out of action for several weeks after being hurt in a Champions League match against Real Madrid in September, was playing in goal for Dynamo's reserves.
From TSN.ca Ice Chips:
Marc-Andre Bergeron could be a healthy scratch on Friday. Bergeron was benched for the third period on Wednesday against Detroit and could find himself in the press box for Friday's game in Columbus. - Edmonton JournalAnd indeed he is.
This is funny because it is so blatant. No beating around the bush here.
This video reminded me of a great prank call series. It's hilarious. This guy so reminds me of C-Dog its not even funny.
This is hilarious, watch Faith Hill on the left hand side. She can this kiss my ass, I hate that song.
It's true. My ass hurts. I went for physiotherapy yesterday and had an acupuncture technique called "dry needling" applied up the outside of my left leg. It was being done to cause a band of tissue called the IT band to stop being so tight and buggering up my kneecap. It's very complicated, that's why nobody can fix me, not even Heather.
So, long story short, my physiotherapist takes this needle plunger thing that start jabbing the needle in the same spot at different angles really quickly, over and over. He explained to me that it was supposed to be a painful process, but well worthwhile, and since I'm not a pussy, I agreed. Well, to give you an idea of what it feels like, it's pretty much like someone coming up to you with a needle and jamming it into you in the same spot at different angles really quickly, over and over. To top it off, I was busting/bending up the needles because my leg was so tight and the muscle was grabbing on to the needle on the way out. Ooh, you could feel those ones. Very nice! I like!
The moral of the story, the top of this muscle band attaches up near the hip so he was needling my ass something fierce. And although I think my knee feels a bit better today, my ass is throbbing and its all I can think about. So while your sitting there reading this, eating your lunch or snack or whatever it may be, please think about my ass and the pounding pain I am in. Thank you.
And who was at the center of it all? You guessed it Brad, Fleury.
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Update: I went 6-12 in total (2-6 in 6 pick) again blowing my effort load and having nothing in return other than sweaty sheets.
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You could write a book on this guy... or I guess make a movie would be more appropriate because it is kind of hard to describe a dive in writing. So what the hell am I doing?!
There is a serious lack of Robben's diving exploits out there on youtube, but trust me, there are many. He was in full flop at this year's world cup.
Don't get me wrong, extremely talented, but a barbie doll in stilleto's is stronger on her feet than he is... not that I would know how hard it is to stand a barbie doll in stilleto's... or that I even know what a stilleto is for that matter.
UPDATE: Well don't I feel like a tool! If I would have listened to KD (Nashville tying/beating Edmonton), I would have won 60 bucks off a 2$ bet...
But at least I'm not last in the hockey pool! LOSER!
http://www.thehockeypool.com/cgiNew/DailyStatsPage.cgi?Pool=hello
