GM's thread about nothing (38 Viewers)

[mr. furley]

yup, i laughed

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I apologize for that last remark. I was taken out of context, and I've been suffering from really bad diarrhea all day.

i hope it turns around for you and you have really great diarrhea tomorrow

 

[Bob Sacamano]

That was from my phone. Think I linked the wrong video, dammit. I hate trying to copy and paste from my phone.

 

[Gadzooks]

I thought my FB post this morning was funny, screw you all with exception of S.M. :finger:Any update on "Operation Godzilla Drop"?

It used to be that I could see all facebook posts on my page when people made them....but now, I only get a few posts here and there. I wish FB would stop changing the settings. I'm mildly tempted to just shut it down, but I do like the Scrabble with you people.

Mrs. SLB's birthday today:

Happy Birthday to the luckiest girl in the world! Your skin is as smooth as the top of my head and you are as beautiful as the cat shirt is awesome! Love you!

I asked the boys what we should get her for her birthday and they were of the unanimous opinion that a remote controlled helicopter was a great idea. So I ordered one and gave it to her this morning. The look on all of their faces was awesome.

Since this is her first birthday with both her Mom & Dad dead I also bought her a diamond ring accented with her parent's birth stones. This made her go from to The way I figure it, unlike me, she'll never get rid of it. If she does tire of me she won't be able to give another dude a HJ without thinking of me.

That's good because, oddly enough, Gadzooks will also be thinking of you.

It's funny because it's true.

 

[dharmapunk]

Mrs. SLB's birthday today:

Happy Birthday to the luckiest girl in the world! Your skin is as smooth as the top of my head and you are as beautiful as the cat shirt is awesome! Love you!

I asked the boys what we should get her for her birthday and they were of the unanimous opinion that a remote controlled helicopter was a great idea. So I ordered one and gave it to her this morning. The look on all of their faces was awesome.

 

[Early_10]

I thought my FB post this morning was funny, screw you all with exception of S.M. :finger:Any update on "Operation Godzilla Drop"?

It used to be that I could see all facebook posts on my page when people made them....but now, I only get a few posts here and there. I wish FB would stop changing the settings. I'm mildly tempted to just shut it down, but I do like the Scrabble with you people.

Mrs. SLB's birthday today:

Happy Birthday to the luckiest girl in the world! Your skin is as smooth as the top of my head and you are as beautiful as the cat shirt is awesome! Love you!

I asked the boys what we should get her for her birthday and they were of the unanimous opinion that a remote controlled helicopter was a great idea. So I ordered one and gave it to her this morning. The look on all of their faces was awesome.

Since this is her first birthday with both her Mom & Dad dead I also bought her a diamond ring accented with her parent's birth stones. This made her go from to The way I figure it, unlike me, she'll never get rid of it. If she does tire of me she won't be able to give another dude a HJ without thinking of me.

That's good because, oddly enough, Gadzooks will also be thinking of you.

 

[JbizzleMan]

This coffee can't kick in soon enough. 4:30 here and I'm crashing. I still have to wait around for a meeting at 7:00PM.

 

[Osaurus]

Interviewed for a job today that is closer to home and pays slightly less than what I make now. I work in pure hell currently and am thinking anywhere is better. Anyone have success with hedging the whole "grass is greener" philosophy?

 

[Dr. Awesome]

It seems I'm almost the only one who thinks Zooey Deschanel is incredibly annoying.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

Interviewed for a job today that is closer to home and pays slightly less than what I make now. I work in pure hell currently and am thinking anywhere is better. Anyone have success with hedging the whole "grass is greener" philosophy?

The new job will likely suck as much but if the commute will be significantly better and the pay is relatively close I'd make the jump. Grass has usually been the same for me no matter what side I've been on.

 

[Osaurus]

Interviewed for a job today that is closer to home and pays slightly less than what I make now. I work in pure hell currently and am thinking anywhere is better. Anyone have success with hedging the whole "grass is greener" philosophy?

The new job will likely suck as much but if the commute will be significantly better and the pay is relatively close I'd make the jump. Grass has usually been the same for me no matter what side I've been on.

Thanks. The other option I might have is leverage at the hell job. It might diminish a level or two with more :fingerscrossed:

 

[Dr. Awesome]

Interviewed for a job today that is closer to home and pays slightly less than what I make now. I work in pure hell currently and am thinking anywhere is better. Anyone have success with hedging the whole "grass is greener" philosophy?

The new job will likely suck as much but if the commute will be significantly better and the pay is relatively close I'd make the jump. Grass has usually been the same for me no matter what side I've been on.

Thanks. The other option I might have is leverage at the hell job. It might diminish a level or two with more :fingerscrossed:

It's unlikely your Hell will lessen with a bit more money. I'm not sure if it's the people you work with or the work itself, but if you're unhappy you're unhappy and without changing those reasons a few thousand more isn't going to bring a long term smile to your face. :twocents: But lots of luck no matter the direction you go!

 

[Early_10]

SIXTEEN

The number of GMTAN regulars that enjoy ww.

 

[Tiger Fan]

gone for 2 days and have 10 pages to catch up on. expect some hippling

 

[jplvr]

gone for 2 days and have 10 pages to catch up on. expect some hippling

Tanner will be happy to have someone finally woof down his PJ bait.

 

[Tecumseh]

I thought my FB post this morning was funny, screw you all with exception of S.M. :finger:Any update on "Operation Godzilla Drop"?

My WNBA line was much funnier, and I got crickets, so gfy.

 

[Podcast]

So we've been taking movie advice from a guy who has been to a Death Cab for Cutie concert in this thread?

They were a good band. I'll fight anyone on this point.

Looks like I missed the music talk window.

 

[Tiger Fan]

gone for 2 days and have 10 pages to catch up on. expect some hippling

just poured a stiff makers on the rocks. Been a ####ty week at work

 

[Tiger Fan]

I'm all for a good insulting politically incorrect roast, and I feel zero for the passing of Ryan Dunn, but that ##### on the Sheen roast last night was pretty out of line bringing up his death in a joke to Steve-O, saying that she wished it was Steve-O who died instead. I thought he might seriously break-down for a second.

That was incredibly out of line, and also not funny. I think if that were a guy, Steve-O would have got up and thrown a punch. That girl was just painfully unfunny.

1. It's a ####### roast. Absolutely nothing is off limits. Steve-O should have known this was a possibility when he agreed to be on the dias (sp?)2. She is ####### hilarious. Best one of the night IMO3. She wasn't insulting Ryan Dunn, she was insulting Steve-O...implying that he sucks (which he does)

 

[Tiger Fan]

Is anything really out of line at a Charlie Sheen roast?

 

[BRONG]

Oh man you gotta see the catch some old Yankee fan just made in the stands, it's great. The ball ricochets off a facade and he is right there ready for it but it's out of reach. He doesn't care and lays out over the row in front of him to snag it. People were looking at him like he's crazy as he took a few out. But the best part is his reaction. He goes absolutely nuts, running up and down the row and turning to the crowd to show everybody. Never so much as gave the people he went through a second thought, I love it.

You'll see it on Sportscenter tonight -- the guy in the Lou Gehrig shirt. Brought his glove to the game, he's almost 60. I've never seen a kid get that excited.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So I end up writing 90% of the obit for my bro-in-law. When it came to mentioning family members we included his wife/my sister, sons, parents, brothers and sisters, my mom, dad and step-mom, and me and my brothers. We also mentioned his "honorary brothers for life" or his 4 best friends. As per my sister and Bret's mom we did not include (by name) the dozens of cousins, nephews and nieces etc etc.

Obit ran today and I get an email from my brother telling me that we should have included our stepsister. Now I'm sure in most families this would have made sense but my stepsister has made it a point to distance herself from my family. We always included her in everything but over the last 10-15 years she has physically and emotionally removed herself from us. Hell she even moved all the way to the East Coast to "find herself" or something. I'm also 99% sure she hasn't sent one card or text or email since Bret's passing. There are probably 100 people that could have been mentioned in the obit. People that meant 1000 times more to Bret than his step-sister-in-law.

I agree with my brother that by leaving her out it could hurt my stepmom's feelings. I honestly didn't even think about my stepsister when we were putting the obit together. I didn't leave her off on purpose...she just never entered my mind. The last time any of us saw her was about 2 months ago and that was the first time in about 3 years.

I sent an email back to my brother telling him that he's probably right an I will apologize to stepmom personally if need be. But I also said "This is way down on the list of things that I am concerned about right now."

I was really tempted to tell him "I got 99 problems and that ##### ain't one of them" (in re to my stepsister not stepmom) but I don't think he's much of a 50 Cent fan.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Everclear didn't suck this bad and that was some straight up suck.

Everclear also had some good songs. GM just digging himself a deeper hole here.

Every single 90s band mentioned is the suck. They're all awful. Throw in the ### #### Goo Goo Dolls too. And I grew up in Buffalo. I thought they sucked when they were a local band, and I thought the world had gone mad when they went national.

I chose Goo Goo Dolls as worst musical artist in the first round of the Smack Off IIRC

 

[Tiger Fan]

There's no such thing as a bad Peens joke.Everclear sucks out loud. GM>

I see Art Alesakis (sp?) every so often as he lives in Portland and I've seen him at the grocery store and a restaurant. People tend to leave him alone here, probably because he sucked so much.

Or probably b/c nobody ####### knows who he is

 

[Tiger Fan]

Worst musical travesty of the 90s: Deep Blue Something ####, they couldn't even finish their band name

I seem to remember someone singing along to Breakfast at Tiffany's in the car on the way to PJ20

 

[mr. furley]

This coffee can't kick in soon enough. 4:30 here and I'm crashing. I still have to wait around for a meeting at 7:00PM.

chew some gum. should buy you a solid hour or more.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Is anything really out of line at a Charlie Sheen roast?

I pretty much agree with this in 99% of situations. Just seemed wrong to me. Not because of Ryan Dunn who I really do not care about then or now and have no sympathy for really, but because of Steve-O. The guy just lost one of his best friends.

What was your opinion of the Greg Giraldo joke?

Different context really. Her joke seemed more like "hey, your friend died! hahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaa too bad it wasn't YOU!! hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"Everything else people said at this and the other roasts I've seen (on CC and otherwise) have been fine with me. There are always some that make you cringe for a second, but they still are funny. That's how it's supposed to be. I get that. And again, I was a person who felt people were idiots for all the Ryan Dunn crying when he died. I've been in West Chester, PA constantly these past 2 years and everybody was all up in arms over him, which I thought was BS really. My beef here is more about Steve-O who really is just another victim of Dunn's idiocy. For a guy who has been a suicidal addict in the past, he probably is dealing with a lot and didn't need to hear that. I didn't see anybody making a joke about Tyson's daughter dying on the treadmill . . . .ETA: i really don't like Steve-O either and was never a big jackass fan. I just wouldn't want somebody saying some #### about my friend that just died like that during a night that is supposed to be raunchy but funny. Maybe I'm being too sensitive and should just drink some cranberry juice or something.

Well in that case, it was a huge ####### mistake for Steve-O to agree to be up there as target practice to a bunch of insult comics

 

[Tiger Fan]

Throwing one of my buddies under the bus... here are his favorite bands:

Better Than Ezra

Blink 182

Cowboy Mouth

Linkin Park

Angels and Airwaves (?)

Canago (?)

I saw them in concert a few times. Dash Rip Rock also popular back then in the south. I'd take Cowboy Mouth over Third Eye Blind, Blink 182, Everclear and Presidents of the USA.My ex-wife bought me the Linkin Park CD. I gave it one listen on a walk and never listened to it again. Flat awful.

Seen Cowboy Mouth a million times live. At least they put on a solid show

 

[Tiger Fan]

One of the all time best SNL Weekend Update jokes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gt2XnD1Mzs.

GM norm

 

[Tiger Fan]

I like Linkin Park.

EverclearLinkin ParkCoors LiteEvery "Straight to DVD" movie ever madeI'm compiling a list of things Frosty likes for FBG Jeopardy...

no lie - I have a FBG jeopardy file on my google docs that I've been slowly compiling over the years. Eventually I will host on a friday. Bagger doing Family Feud was one of the all time greatest FFA schticks

 

[mr. furley]

Lady Gaga's album is solid

 

[Tiger Fan]

I'm so lost when you guys talk about music acts. Somebody PM me if you get around to Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, REO Speedwagon etc.

We can talk about how much Speedwagon sucks if you'd like.

they played a mardi gras ball i was at a few years ago.Awful

 

[Tiger Fan]

my college gf loved Better than Ezra...she played it so much I grew a mangina my senior year.

Ezra is solid.

 

[Tiger Fan]

I only know "Good." That they're the kind of band that would entitle a song "Good" tells you all you need to know.

Only band I know that used the lyrica "WAH HAAAAH"

Pearl Jam down?

 

[Tiger Fan]

Worst musical travesty of the 90s: Deep Blue Something ####, they couldn't even finish their band name

This is the correct answer. That Breakfast at Tiffany's song is the worst song ever recorded, though Mr. krista regularly argues with me that this honor goes to Drops of Jupiter by Train.

That summer song from Train might be the worst song ever

 

[Tiger Fan]

Anyone remember these guys:

Saw them once when I was 16 and they put on a solid show....fell off the face of the earth after that

 

[Tiger Fan]

I would rather do it with any of you than Natalie Merchant. Not that there's anything particularly unattractive about her, but she's so bland and dull and milquetoast. I imagine her bush looks like a shrub in the dead of winter.

Yeah, she's pretty homely. I do like some of her music, though. Sorry.Actually saw 10,000 Maniacs with World Party in 1992 and enjoyed it.

I just lost a lot of respect for one of my iheros. Let's contrast GM with DP in 1992 -I saw --Rollins Band-Ministry-Red Hot Chili Peppers -Primus (f!@k you, Tanner)- Nine Inch Nails twice (NIN is still my favorite band; I would go gay for Reznor, given the right about of alcohol and fingering foreplay.)

I went to Lalapalooza II too, mang. In New Orleans. Where drinking age was 18 and acid age was who cares. I smoked a joint the size of my forearm in a mosh pit during Ministry. I was there when Gibby came out to Ding a dang dong his ding a long ling long....wahh wahh wahh wahh.....

Thanks for calling me up

 

[SofaKings]

I only know "Good." That they're the kind of band that would entitle a song "Good" tells you all you need to know.

Only band I know that used the lyrica "WAH HAAAAH"

Pearl Jam down?

Yeah but they do that on every song.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So we've been taking movie advice from a guy who has been to a Death Cab for Cutie concert in this thread?

 

[Tiger Fan]

So we've been taking movie advice from a guy who has been to a Death Cab for Cutie concert in this thread?

They were a good band. I'll fight anyone on this point.

What is there very best song? Everything I've heard was so generic and soft it just turned me off...they are the velvetta cheese of rock music, IMO. Maybe there is something I'm missing?

 

[Drifter]

Is it possible to land at the Phoenix airport at 10:20, get to a hotel in Glendale, check in and then make a 1:00 Cardinals game?

 

[Tiger Fan]

Shuke and Bostonfred have been absent a long long time now.

Was watching the PJ20 documentary last night and Matt Cameron (drummer) mentioned Eraserhead and they flashed that pic on screen and I chuckled. I later texted TU this and he said the same thing

 

[Tiger Fan]

The hoi polloi are complaining that all the gems are posted in here now instead of out in the FFA.I say we prove them wrong. GM, go start a thread about cheese.

who wants to start a thread, lets just talk about cheese in heredammit american cheese is under-rated

I hear Velveeta's good. Mix it with some Ro-Tel tomatoes and it's just like heaven in your mouth.

I'm kind of a food guy, but I'll ####### eat this stuff all day long

 

[Oh Yes!]

Hypothetically speaking, If I started producing tuxedo trench coats, how many can I count on you guys to order?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

no lie - I have a FBG jeopardy file on my google docs that I've been slowly compiling over the years. Eventually I will host on a friday. Bagger doing Family Feud was one of the all time greatest FFA schticks

FFA Jeopardy/Family Feud/Match Game was as good as the FFA has ever been. Whatever year that was, it was the peak.

 

[Tiger Fan]

 

[Tiger Fan]

Hypothetically speaking, If I started producing tuxedo trench coats, how many can I count on you guys to order?

You getting them from Morty Seinfeld

 

[Tiger Fan]

no lie - I have a FBG jeopardy file on my google docs that I've been slowly compiling over the years. Eventually I will host on a friday. Bagger doing Family Feud was one of the all time greatest FFA schticks

FFA Jeopardy/Family Feud/Match Game was as good as the FFA has ever been. Whatever year that was, it was the peak.

agree - absolute shame all that was lost in the purge

 

[Mr.Pack]

I stayed in Bakersfield for 3 nights back in 1996 to attend the Tulare Ag Show.

Well that's your problem. You were like 60 miles away. Who was your travel agent? Ray Charles?

Pretty sure the agent advised me to stay in Bakersfield for safety reasons, not to mention their massive airport facilities.

But you have to admit the Ag-Expo was pretty impressive.

Yeah, as if I wasn't out of water enough in Bakersfield, they stuck me square in the middle of this thing and had me talk tractors with strangers. I felt like Doug Llewelyn introducing Nirvana.

What the crap.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Thinking of going

for the first round of Fro's Song Wars ThreadThoughts?