That Aud Smell

This is weirdly strong advocacy for the detestable Patriots -- especially coming from a Bills fan (?). You're harping on the foolishness of the refs being part of some conspiracy. Agreed there. What of the points I made upthread about the Pats -- like Jordan -- getting (way) more than their fair share of breaks because the refs are unwittingly influenced by their "aura"?

I saw that same Tweet thread about how and why Marrone and Hackett lost the game. The guy who authored those was a *little* too pleased with himself, since his preseason review of the Jags team (and coaches) was *spot on* in terms of what the team could and would likely accomplish, and why they'd come up short in the playoffs. But, credit to him. The Jags started to play not to lose before the 1st half was even over, for crying out loud.

I see the context. Still weird as hell for the ref to react that way. Jerry Hughes was flagged for the same thing - celebrating with a teammate.

No reasonable person believes there’s a conspiracy among the refs and/or NFL senior management to favour the Patriots. Correspondingly, no reasonable person refuses to acknowledge that some or even many of the refs are unwittingly influenced by the Patriots’ aura amd prestige. As someone may have suggested, Jordan got officiated in a way that was separate and apart from how everyone else got officiated. The footage of the end zone yuck-yuck and Ref #34 seeking out Brady for a post-game congratulations are indicative of something. And that something tends to favour the Pats. But you earn your breaks, as they say.

"Grand soft," as the Celts might have said. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3d613975-dd7b-49a0-a64a-c890a501e1bf

This seems as good a place as any to drop this question. (I'd thought about starting a new thread, and then thought better of it.) Up until quite recently Colorado was right there with the Sabres in terms of persistent awfulness and disappointment. Now they're ripping it up, in an apparently sustainable way. How'd they do it? Any lessons the Sabres can learn?

As my 1st year roommate said to me (he was from Seattle): "It only rains once in Seattle -- from November to May." I've lived several places -- including in the Puget Sound area. Some of those other places may have received more total annual rainfall than the PAC NW, but none of them were as characterized by the rain as the areas in and around Seattle and Portland. It's the persistence of the rain, not the overall total amount.

I’m not averse to Emeralds. Kraken would be fun, too. I like fun.

The big fella from Wyoming is gonna have people thinking they're getting the next Carson Wentz. I heard that Josh Allen is even being coached by the same guy who molded Wentz. How Brownsy would it be if, after passing on Wentz, they picked "the next Wentz" and he stunk?

Not sure what Charlie speak is. I'm not bent out of shape. I just think that familiar expressions - vulgar or otherwise - that arose from a prejudice or bias against a certain class of people should be abandoned. I also find it silly and implausible to contend that the expression at issue here is not such an expression. I'm also not at all interested in just being sure that I clear the low, low bar that certain publicly elected officials have set.

No one's asked for professionalism. Some (including me) objected to Joker chirping Lou Lamoriello for being away from the trade phones because he was too busy chugging d1cks. (I am taking you at your word that you're confused.) Not really. Saying someone is too busy chugging d1cks is not even tied to the act of oral sex. It's just an absurd turn of phrase, meant to signify nothing, other than to denote an absurdity. My suggested substitution: Been wondering when Lamoriello will stop finger-blasting unicorns long enough to work the trade lines.

It's good that I said you're done? #iambeingpedantic Dude!

You're certainly done considering the matter. That much is clear.

Re pretty labels: Oh hell yeah. The brewery Collective Arts has taken that whole thing to another level.

I'm just talking about this one for now. If and when the "other similar jokes on here" catch my attention, I may talk about those as well.

I am so not a fighting type. I might even be fairly described as somewhat effete. But if some motherfunkster ever tried to give me a gose -- knowing how I feel about them -- I would have to throw hands. The first one I tried was very well reviewed. Like I said, it was thrust into my hand during a pub crawl. It was disgusting. At the insistence of a friend, I tried two others a week or so later. They were as bad or somehow worse than the first. I'm not sure if any of them were flavored with a fruit. (I have little use for such beers, fwiw.) NFW am I ever tippling a goddamned gose ever again. Ever.

^ That's an efficient means of shutting down discourse, anyway.

^ Agreed.

I think it is both, but Lamoirello being a fa.g is the principal predicate. Then him being a promiscuous fa.g is meant to make it even lulzier. I think that's it, anyway. Seeing PA's thoughts, I somewhat reluctantly post this clip of a brilliant bit that (now disgraced) CK did on the insult of "hey - suck a bag of d1cks!" Just a terrific deconstruction of the insult itself. Food for thought (?): Hearing CK drop a "c0cksucker" and the other stuff at the end of that bit prompted me to reflect. Is the insult associated with sucking d1cks something that isn't specific to men or women, or sexual orientation, but is based just on the ... act of doing it? That it's something that, like, NO ONE really likes to do? That it's a pain and chore to do it? I'm asking.

There are a billion absurd things people might say to capture an absurd thought when it's needed for a flourish, hyperbole, etc. I find it curious that so many of those expressions are derived from, focused on certain actions by certain people. I think some analysis of the matter is very much needed.

Good candidate - they don't make mistakes.

I just want to understand: Is the joke that Lamoriello performs oral sex on lots of men? I.e., that he chugs d1cks?

the who now?

It's a fair concern. However, I think that the repeated sub-concussive whacks that (American) football delivers to its players are of a different (and more harmful) variety than the headers that are seen in soccer. Soccer players have been heading the crap out of the ball for centuries (and much less so now as they learn the game (coaching guidelines prohibit teaching the technique until the kids are older (U12, maybe))). And even as life expectancy grew in the 19th and 20th centuries, we never heard about how former professional soccer players were, as a group, suffering from a disproportionate number of cognitive impairments or injuries as they aged. I think this is mostly an issue for football.

This is a real risk nowadays. There are SO many -- it's easier to encounter bad ones.