The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Duke87 1,070]

(5581)

There will be no flattening of anyone.

The numbers are, however, verifiable by the fact that there are always 30 posts on every page. So, the first post on a given page will always equal 30 times the page number minus 29.
It is because of this that I know this post will start a new page before I hit submit.

[metarvo 710]

(5582.)

Why is Golden State so dominating in the NBA Finals?  I mean, I expected them to be good, given the way they played in the regular season and all, and Curry's certainly a force to be reckoned with.  I didn't expect LeBron and the Cavs to get steamrolled like this, though.  It's a little disappointing to me.

[Larks2242 251]

5583.

Cleveland is cursed, They can't win with any sports team no matter how good, See 1990s Indians  with Manny Rameriz, Jim Thome, Kenny Loften, Omar Vizquel and Albert Bell.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5584)

The "Golden State Warriors" are an odd bunch. Only pro sports team in the US to identify with a state's nickname.

[Muck308 55]

5585

I recall a few years back some friends hit me with a trivia question asking what all the teams were that had a color in their name across the 4 major sports in US and Canada. It took me a while and some were a stretch like Kansas City Royals as in royal blue. I couldn't think of them all. Fun question for a sports fan though.

[philforhockey51 4,211]

5586

I'll do the hockey,   Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues

[metarvo 710]

5587

For baseball, we have the Kansas City Royals which Muck308 mentioned, along with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and maybe even the St. Louis Cardinals as cardinal is a shade of red (among many  ) which some sports teams officially use.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5588

 

Toronto Blue Jays!

 

Cleveland Browns (which is actually some guy's last name), uh...  Arizona Cardinals, if we're cheating and saying how it's a shade of red.  The NFL isn't big on color names, is it?

[philforhockey51 4,211]

5589

Don't forget the Cincinnati Reds. 

[Duke87 1,070]

(5590)

MLB also seems to have a thing for birds. Cardinals, Blue Jays, Orioles...

Then there were the New York Eagles that played from 1857 to 1869.

[metarvo 710]

(5591)

Then there's the NFL.  You have the other Cardinals, which were of St. Louis themselves at one time and referred to as the Football Cardinals for clarity.  There's also the Eagles, Ravens, and Seahawks (a nickname for an osprey).

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5592

 

As a Vikings fan, I got to see birds flipped at me all the time when I lived in Upper Michigan.  Lots of Packers fans up there...

[philforhockey51 4,211]

5593

A lot of Angry birds ehh

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

5594: It's been a while since I dropped in, good on RL syndrome.

Election campaign here is in full swing and I'm a campaign manager for the Australian Sex Party now, so that is keeping me occupied nearly every moment for the next three weeks.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5595

 

Ah, elections.  There seems to be a lot of that going around these days.  Well, stay inside and eat some chicken soup and drink some ginger ale and before too long, it'll all be over.

[metarvo 710]

(5596.)

Then they'll start counting down to the next ones before the newly-elected officials even take office.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

5597: Due to constitutional constraints and the special type of election (we are kicking out the entire senate and starting over, whereas normally we use a US style staggered system), the campaign has been unusually long at 8 weeks.

I genuinely don't get how America takes over a year.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5598

 

I sincerely miss being outside of the States for the election process.  Gods, I wish I was still in Japan right now.  I'd be preparing for my 6 weeks of summer vacation instead of toiling away in a windowless office in the middle of a factory in east Cleveland.

[Larks2242 251]

On 6/15/2016 at 8:19 AM, ROFLyoshi said:

5597: Due to constitutional constraints and the special type of election (we are kicking out the entire senate and starting over, whereas normally we use a US style staggered system), the campaign has been unusually long at 8 weeks.

I genuinely don't get how America takes over a year.

Cause TV ratings.

 

5599.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5600)

The US has elections that occur on a regular schedule, such that everyone always knows exactly when the next one will be. There is no mechanism to "call an election" outside of the established schedule.

The US also has, rather than any constitutional or legal limits on when you can campaign, a constitutional guarantee of free speech which precludes placing any legal limits on it.

These two factors combined create the perpetual campaign cycle organically. It would happen in other countries too if their systems were set up in a way such that it were possible.

 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5601

 

Election cycles of BORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!  

[Muck308 55]

On 6/11/2016 at 11:52 AM, philforhockey51 said:

 

I'll do the hockey,   Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues

5602

Don't forget the Blackhawks! The question's answers were quite broad. Any appearance of a color counted. Even the Golden State Warriors. Also included were the Arizona and St Louis Cardinals, which I agree was a stretch and the reason why I couldn't get all the answers.

[philforhockey51 4,211]

5603

I did forget the Blackhawks, man and they're recent cup winners

Will be in Portugal soon

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5604

 

We're watching American Pie 2.  Those were funny movies, and about my homestate, too!

[Duke87 1,070]

(5605)

I stopped watching American Pie after the fifth movie. I do recall them making a sixth, but I haven't seen it.

[Larks2242 251]

5606.

I prefer apple pie, I guess you could call it American.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5607

 

The quality dropped off after the second one, and a couple of them were direct-to-DVD losers.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5608)

There were only three with the original cast of characters, so one could argue those are the only three legit ones.

The fourth and fifth movies follow other members of the Stiffler family, and Jim's Dad makes an appearance in both, so there is some continuity... but they're spinoffs from the main story.

[Muck308 55]

5609

Normally I'd give anything with Eugene Levy a chance but, nah I don't want to watch those most recent AP movies at all.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

5610

 

Wedding wasn't bad (it was actually funnier than I remembered it being) but Reunion was kind of the same thing 10 years later.  It would have been better if they had tried to break some new ground, but whatever.  I didn't watch the direct-to-DVD ones because hahahahaha, no.

 

(also, why can't the Tigers beat the Indians this year?  Why?????)