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#1
Desipio Lounge / Re: Single Greatest Thread Ever
November 16, 2022, 01:11:45 AM
Willson Cone-treras. He was no Hank White, but he was pretty good.
#2
Desipio Lounge / Re: Name That Team
July 26, 2020, 02:54:48 AM
The Washington Staggeringly Incompetent.
#4
Anybody got any idea what condition his condition is... oh. Oh dear.
#5
Boobtube / Re: Life On Mars
February 13, 2020, 06:28:33 PM
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Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 12, 2020, 01:13:52 PM
Quote from: JD on February 11, 2020, 10:09:40 AM
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Quote from: Kermit, B. on April 02, 2009, 11:26:37 AM
Whoa, whoa.  You guys liked this ending?  In my opinion, that ending was the biggest "Fuck you" to the viewer since Dallas' dream season.  The whole damn show was about two things: (1) whether 2008 or 1973 was reality, and (2) whether Sam was going to choose to live his new life in 1973 or return to his old life in 2008.  That ending basically said, "Joke's on you!  NEITHER 'reality' was real."  It then proceeded to completely take Sam's choice out of his hands.  Yes, he said he wanted to stay in 1973 on the phone, but that wasn't even an option.  I think that ending was an insult.

I loved the BBC ending.  I thought this one was an absolute joke, and completely threw out the entire point of the series in exchange for a "bet you didn't think of THIS" moment.

How did the BBC one end?

SPOILERS:







Sam basically abandons his 1973 gang in the middle of a gunfight to return to 2004.  When he gets there, there's a great scene where he's at a meeting and doesn't realize that he's stabbing himself in the finger with a pen, to the point of making himself bleed.  When he sees this, it reminds him of a time in 1973 when Annie slapped him and said, "Can you feel that?  Then, it's real."  He goes to the roof of the precinct and throws himself off.  He wakes up back in 1973, and helps the gang out of the jam they were in.  Presumably, he spends the rest of his time in 1973, while back in a coma or dying in 2004.  It was a terrific ending, in my opinion.

I remember this series and watching it to the end. Maybe I'll watch it again sometime, but it seems like literally no one else remembers it?

Did the series actually happen or was it all a dream?

That?s what I?m trying to get the bottom of. It?s like a British box of cereal with possibly no toy and maybe not even any cereal. 😳

British cereal, like all other British food, fucking sucks.
The British serve toasted bread cold.  They actually have a device called a "toast cooler".  We stayed at a bed and breakfast and asked them to tell us what that device was.  They thought that we were very strange because we preferred out toast hot, or at least warm.

This is bollocks. It's called a toast rack, and it's for keeping your toast crispy. If you stack hot toast, the steam makes the lower slices go soggy.
#6
Desipio Lounge / Re: Single Greatest Thread Ever
December 05, 2019, 02:14:33 PM
Colbert Hamels.
#7
Desipio Lounge / Re: I admit it...
September 15, 2019, 05:44:25 AM
Quote from: Shooter on September 13, 2019, 09:48:16 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on September 13, 2019, 09:34:27 PM
... The only thing preventing me from alerting the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists of grievous typos on their site is pure exhaution.
Irony ruling?

I'll get this one: yes.
#9
As discussed in the Slackbocks, it depends on the money. He's an upgrade over Schwarber and certainly over Almora but if he's looking for lots of years or big money... nah.  I like him - he has a nice swing, he seems smart, he's good on the bases and in the field, he's got the good face and it seems like his skill set will probably wear reasonably well.  I'm not going to cry myself to sleep if the Cubs let him walk, though.
#10
Paperback Writer / Re: Baseball Books
August 12, 2019, 02:34:25 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on March 18, 2019, 09:27:34 AM
I (finally) just read "The Arm" by Jeff Passan. It's poorly written, but the information is pretty interesting.

"Poorly written" is pretty kind.  Plus, it bored the tits off me.  Conclusion: everybody throws too much; or throwing too much makes no difference.  It's how you throw!  Or maybe not!
#11
Thanks, old son - I enjoyed all of that.
#12
I'm not going to lie, I'm more bitter than flannj's beloved olive oil about this. One of the good guys and a good friend. Fuck sake.
#13
The Old Feedbag / Re: Beer
June 28, 2019, 02:29:13 AM
I know that "funky" beers are all the rage but I've now had two beers that were so fucking "barnyard" it was like they'd just fermented the piss straight out of the horse and now I want to know who the fuck drinks that kind of shit for fun.
#14
The Dead Pool / Re: He was in the wrong place.
June 10, 2019, 03:17:16 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on June 07, 2019, 12:30:54 PM
Quote from: flannj on June 07, 2019, 06:10:42 AM
I saw the thread title and thought "Oh no, please don't let it be him".
This news sucks.

I would suggest the "Dr. John plays Mac Rebennack" albums for a truly pleasant musical experience.
Give it a listen you'll be glad you did...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRNFyzEdNZw

Oh....this was good.

Seconded.
#15
Boobtube / Russian Doll
May 28, 2019, 10:46:56 AM
Natasha Lyonne is the balls, and this show is the tits.  Best thing I've seen in absolutely ages, I had to ration it because I was enjoying it so much.  Do yourself a favour and check it out.