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- Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Official Brain Tumor thread
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8474
Re: Official Brain Tumor thread
Brian. Just wanted to come out of the woodwork to wish you the best as you go through this. Let me know the next time you're at a Lions game and beer is on me. Going to the Monday night football season opener on Sept 8 if you're going. Not sure yet if I will be able to get the time off to attend th...
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 106152
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
Agreed. Give her a chance, my man.Shirley wrote:I'm amused by a short asian guy who likes asian women, but who is having a hard time getting dates balking over a short, but apparently interested asian woman. Give her a shot, dude!
Worst case scenario, we talking about practice.
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ask Jeeves: Buying a car in CA and transferring to WA state
- Replies: 7
- Views: 490
Re: Ask Jeeves: Buying a car in CA and transferring to WA st
tennbengal wrote:Also, there was that time LewP bought a website from Zlax, and I don't think he paid any tax at all.
The Sports Toad will have its day in the sun yet again, you watch.
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Official Brain Tumor thread
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8474
Re: Official Brain Tumor thread
Brian. Just wanted to come out of the woodwork to wish you the best as you go through this. Let me know the next time you're at a Lions game and beer is on me. Going to the Monday night football season opener on Sept 8 if you're going. Not sure yet if I will be able to get the time off to attend th...
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Official Brain Tumor thread
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8474
Re: Official Brain Tumor thread
Brian. Just wanted to come out of the woodwork to wish you the best as you go through this. Let me know the next time you're at a Lions game and beer is on me.
- Sun May 18, 2014 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
Well Bri, I had to give up my Lions season tickets for next year. Heading down to Detroit for eight weekends per season proved to be unmanageable. The good news is that my friends have kept their tickets, so I'll still make it to a game or two next season. The last game I attended was the Tampa Bay...
- Sun May 18, 2014 12:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
Well Bri, I had to give up my Lions season tickets for next year. Heading down to Detroit for eight weekends per season proved to be unmanageable. The good news is that my friends have kept their tickets, so I'll still make it to a game or two next season. The last game I attended was the Tampa Bay ...
- Sun May 18, 2014 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2014 NBA Playoffs
- Replies: 114
- Views: 5151
Re: 2014 NBA Playoffs
Put a Washington on Lebron getting a triple double today at 25/1 odds, just for the hell of it. Happy meals on me if it comes through.
- Sun May 18, 2014 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 210678
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
I'll go to church next week if God can get me out of my wireless plan.
- Sun May 18, 2014 12:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Degen's MLB Gambling Odyssey
- Replies: 82
- Views: 2437
Re: Degen's MLB Gambling Odyssey
Is the Odyssey complete?
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 226717
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
Things work out in the end for the hippopotamus. The armadillo, not so much.
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
- Replies: 3119
- Views: 178574
Re: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
For my birthday, my wife signed me up for what is essentially a craft beer of the month club. Every month I get a case of three different local craft beers (four of each) delivered to the house. Kind of fun, especially since we are new to the area and I haven't had any of them before. Unfortunately ...
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Degen's MLB Gambling Odyssey
- Replies: 82
- Views: 2437
Re: Degen's MLB Gambling Odyssey
Love the idea, Degen. I've been fucking around with sports gambling the last two years or so just for fun as well. I mainly just do it for the enjoyment that comes with having a rooting interest when my teams aren't playing. It's the only way I can bring myself to care about things like Frank Kamins...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Richie Incognito Bully Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4229
Re: The Richie Incognito Bully Thread
I had almost forgotten that Nancy Grace existed until coming across this thread. Ignorance was bliss.
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3951
Re: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
I'm just waiting for Ja Rule to weigh in before I make up my mind on what to think.
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:24 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3951
Re: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
Apparently, the cretin managed to do some research on diabetes. Because it's hi-larious to make fun of diseases.brian wrote:Those are very weird disses.
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3951
Re: 2013 NFL Week 6 thread
At the last Lions home game, a guy a few rows back from me kept yelling "HEY CUTLER, YOU CAN'T DRINK WHISKEY! and "CUTLER HAS A RAVAGED, USELESS PENIS FROM HIS DIABETES!" And of course, whenever he threw an interception, "HEY CUTLER, BETTER CHECK YOUR INSULIN LEVELS!" These ...
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Godless III - Completing The Trinity
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 220499
Re: Godless III - Completing The Trinity
I've been unsuccessfully trying to get my wife to participate in sodomy for years. Turns out all I needed was some good old-fashioned government intervention. Green card, here I come.
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: OFFICIAL 2013/14 NHL Regular Season Thread
- Replies: 332
- Views: 20963
Re: OFFICIAL 2013/14 NHL Regular Season Thread
Finally, some much needed hope for long-suffering Wrangler fans worldwide.brian wrote:Didn't see this mentioned anywhere else, but Ilya Bryzgalov is apparently going to training camp with the ECHL team here in Las Vegas.
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart
- Replies: 1194
- Views: 48348
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Job Questions
- Replies: 290
- Views: 13530
Re: Swamp Job Questions
Congrats to all of you on the new positions!
- Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Jeeves drives a box truck...Swamp moving advice
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1996
Re: Jeeves drives a box truck...Swamp moving advice
I think we paid $2,500 to ship two cars from Vancouver to Toronto. If I could do it again, I'd abandon one of them in the Fraser River and just pay to bring one over.
- Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
I had a great time. It was my maiden voyage to Detroit, and I really enjoyed the city. I think there's something to be said for a gritty, struggling city like that. Had a fantastic time downtown on Saturday day/evening/early morning in various dive bars / other establishments. One thing that I reall...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
Having The Wrench in their corner must be providing the Lions a huge morale boost. All I have to say is that the Hawks were complete shit when I first became a season ticket holder. That spring they hit a low point in drafting Aaron Curry, but it's been gravy ever since. To the point now of course ...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
- Replies: 1598
- Views: 106624
Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
If there's one thing I've learned from the Swamp over the years, it is this: Do NOT attempt a cleanse while wearing XL white jorts.
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
Huge win for our Lions on Sunday.
Big showdown in Week 4 looming between the two top teams in the mighty NFC North.
Big showdown in Week 4 looming between the two top teams in the mighty NFC North.
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 226717
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
That's it exactly.
Sancarlos gets it.
Sancarlos gets it.
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
brian wrote:
It's helpful that RG III looks like he's running in mud. And that FedEx Field is pretty much really mud. But all that means is that he'll throw for 500 yards.
This following-the-Lions thing is much harder than I thought it would be.
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Help a Swamp Wife Out
- Replies: 16
- Views: 905
Re: Help a Swamp Wife Out
Yikes. According to THIS the world record for most signatures on a petition is over 60,000,000. Probably the one to have Piers Morgan deported. Anyway, e-signed just now. I'll tweet her petition's link later on today as well. And best of luck to her. I'll have to go back and check the Frances Bay p...
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
brian wrote:In a word, no. The Lions are 0-21 against Washington on the road in team history. (Technically they won in Boston in 1935.)Johnny Hotcakes wrote:Think our Lions are going to go into Washington and stomp the Skins this weekend, Bri?
So, you're telling me that they're due? And that there's a chance?
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 226717
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
Maybe I'm just racist, but in my opinion hot Indian chicks have some sort of a mystique about them that is damn sexy. There, I said it.
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7945
Re: The OFFICIAL 2013 Detroit Lions thread
Think our Lions are going to go into Washington and stomp the Skins this weekend, Bri?
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Help a Swamp Wife Out
- Replies: 16
- Views: 905
Re: Help a Swamp Wife Out
Will do. After all, Swamp signatures were invaulable to the success of my Frances Bay petition.
- Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 226717
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
I once worked with a guy who had "BA (Econ)" in his signature.
- Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 Football Betting Thread
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2156
Re: 2013 Football Betting Thread
I also think the Lions will win, but 5.5 points seemed like a ridiculously high spread to me. That said, I felt the same about Baltimore +9 (I jumped on it early before it went down), and that didn't work out so well.
- Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 Football Betting Thread
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2156
Re: 2013 Football Betting Thread
Any thoughts on taking Buffalo (+9.5) at home against New England? I took the Bills +10.5 on Bodog. Was the +9.5 on SportsAction, Scottie? I didn't want to bet on the game, but since I'm in the Bills zone now and it is the early game I wanted to bet on something that I'll actually be watching (I wa...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Things I don't want to have happen in 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1790
Re: Things I don't want to have happen in 2024
I lived in Vancouver in 2010, and it was an incredible experience. I went to about 12 or so hockey games, some curling, and a speedskating event. And the atmosphere around the city was amazing. I continued to work most days (commuting via car from Vancouver to Richmond), and surprisingly enough traf...
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2013 NFL Preseason
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6888
Re: 2013 NFL Preseason
brian wrote:Bills planning to start something called Jeff Tuel Week 1.
Would be the first time since the merged than an undrafted free agent starts a season opener.
Maybe I made the right pick in my Lions/Bills season ticket conundrum after all.
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3062
- Views: 253075
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Please don't hate on me for talking MLS, but I went to my first TFC game over the weekend. I had heard over the years that the atmosphere here in Toronto was insane and ended up being totally underwhelmed. I guess years of being atrocious would affect the fans of almost any team, and apparently it'...
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Godless III - Completing The Trinity
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 220499
Re: Godless III - Completing The Trinity
Scottie wrote: I swear that I could hear her spelling "you're" as "your" even though she was talking.
That is a great line.