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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 12:26 AM) I think a 4th or 5th will get a deal done for Ramsey. He's a solid QB and I wouldn't have a problem in that. I think he's better than any of hte QB's you would draft in that round. However, if Daunte is released I would make a full pressed effort to sign him or at least consider doing so. The guy had 38 td's in one season and would instantly become the best QB to ever play for the Bears. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He (meaning Daunte) totally blew out his knee. He may never be the same player again. At this point he would be a huge risk.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) I would much rather the Bears go after Brees but typical Bears they will go the cheap route and not want to challenge the "Great" Rex Grossman..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't say it is going cheap or typical of the Bears. The Bears have paid players and have given up players to get high priced guys. The Bears typically spend. If you have a guy who you think is the starter and future of your franchise, then why would you sign a guy such as Brees? Why put that much money at one position? I am not saying that I think Rex is all that, but it is what the Bears believe.

QUOTE(illinilaw08 @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) No way, the first day of the NFL draft is the place to pick up depth in the linebacking core, secondary, interior offensive line... you find very productive players there... something I just do not see in Ramsey. Angelo has shown strong draft capabilities in those middle rounds, so I would rather keep those picks. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree, no way is he worth a 1st day pick. Ramsey is just a backup QB and possibly a fallback plan if Grossman can't stay healthy or put it together.

Quarterback Patrick Ramsey, who started 25 of 40 games from October 2002 through the 2005 opener, will not be cut. Washington hopes to trade Ramsey, who has one year left on his contract, for a second- or third-round draft pick. Chicago, Miami, Oakland and the New York Jets are believed to be interested in Ramsey but hope to acquire him for a lower-round selection. Washington Times

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 06:23 AM) They've obviously been watching Dateline lately... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was thinking the same thing.

"Big Boy" by Nazareth. Not the greatest beat, but the lyrics are about right. shoe shine boy gave me a nickel With a smile on his face The school kids would give me some gin If I would let them in They were shaking all over Ran into a friend with a lonely lady on his arm Woke up in my garage, I was holding my own Can’t remember where I’d been I was aching all over From rolling on the stone I was aching all over from rolling on the hard stone. Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a real big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a real big boy Kissin’ cousins just ain’t my style Not like some knight in shining armour Touring with the sideshow That was my blow But we hung on for the fun Lots of fun for everyone Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a real big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a real big boy Till the danger man with his danger plan He took me aside And then he took me apart I was a young man with love in my heart Oh, how he made me pay It was the hard way It was the hard way Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a real big boy Ooh, what a night you can have when you’re a big boy Ooh, what a night!

"Fat Man in a Little Coat" by the late great Chris Farley.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Mar 7, 2006 -> 10:01 PM) When I used to goto Western Michigan I remember seeing stuff chalked on the sidewalk about voting for king/queen, thought it was weird then. At least that was during the football season though. Don't know if here at CU they have a king/queen ceremony. I just don't understand why she is happy about basically being called a man. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.hood.edu/campus/athletics/index...ayer-bios05.htm Jennifer Jones of Hood College.

I understand that this is funny and others don't care and that it isn't an issue. But, the others are right. King/Queen is a gender issue. It is not a gay/straight issue. Even if she is lesbian she can't be a king. She still has to be a queen. Sounds like whoever nominated her did it as either a joke, or they are a bunch of retards. Possibly both.

Anyone post this yet? Kid K's Knee Surgery

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 08:50 PM) Yep, that's LCR. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So he is a Cub Fan? Why is he posting on a White Sox message board?

QUOTE(samclemens @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 07:52 PM) here's why CBS will win. not for the mentions alone, but because stern signed a contract with sirius while still under contract with CBS. Before he left, sirius promised stern 200 million shares of sirius stock if new user quotas were met before he joined sirius. so stern started plugging mercilessly, and low and behold, sirius surpassed their quotas and stern got his 200 millions shares, which he promptly and almost completely unloaded, resulting in stern pocketing over 200 mill. if that is not conspiracy-payola, i dont know what is. also, calling cbs greedy while not calling stern greedy is rediculous. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't recall Stern plugging Sirius on the radio. He kept on saying EH eh Eh instead of sattelite or saying sirius. I don't recall him saying the brand name. I remember him getting suspended for "allegedly" over promoting his move to satellite. Why didn't they just bleep out everything that they felt was being seen as promoting the move? The bleeped out a ton of s*** anyway, I don't see why they couldn't do that. What would make you say Howard Stern is greedy? Just because he received a 500 million dollar contract? I don't see how that makes someone greedy.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 12:06 PM) Unofficial St. Patrick's Day is about as accurate at portraying the Irish as if...say, I put on blackface, ate fried chicken and watermelon and then washed it down with a forty in a brown paper bag while calling it Unofficial Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I have chosen not to partake in Unofficial. This is on account of my being neither a virulent racist nor an imbecile so obsessed with finding excuses for inebriation that I am able to shun the analytical thoughts emanating from either my conscience or neocortex. Sporting events are worthy of strong drink. Celebrating one's birthday is likewise a legitimate excuse, if one so desires it. But of course herein lies the problem that people feel the need for a REASON. It is as if a life-threatening and brain-curdling twelve-hour binge miraculously becomes good for a person if he or she puts on a silly green hat and customized single-use t-shirt and does it with thousands of other undergrad sheep. Allow me to give credit to today's celebrants who also believe that Chief Illiniwek is an honorable symbol of Native American culture. At least they are consistent in their views. I, of course, see the Chief as offensive to some but completely harmless in any real terms. If it goes, too bad. It's kind of cool. If it stays, too bad. Some people will still be offended. I would love to poll the Unofficial drinkers on their Chief position. Do I expect to find unanimity? Heck no. I blindly guarantee that a significant percentage of these people will say that the Chief needs to go because it is racist. These people are hypocrites, and need to be labeled such. This is the charming part of the bourgeois liberalism that lurks in the GOP-gerrymandered Congressional districts that turn nearly every American urban metropolis into a blue bullseye on a map. As long as it doesn't affect me, my expensive clothes, my cheap gasoline for my expensive SUV and my cheaply bottled Coca-Cola Classic that together comprise a trip to an Illini sporting event, then I am up in arms. But as soon as they try to take away justification for Mickey Mantle-level favoritism on the liver transplant list, then they have gone too far. But have I, in declaring Unofficial St. Patrick's Day an ignorant and racist celebration, gone too far? I believe not. Allow me to provide a quick history of the legitimate St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's day is the feast day of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, the excluded, and protector from snakes (for much of the past half millennium, the first category fit nicely into the second). He converted Ireland to Christianity from paganism and became Bishop of Ireland. This move allowed the Irish monasteries to preserve literacy and much of Western history during the era of the Viking invasions of the late Middle Ages. The legends of Patrick claim that he drove snakes from Ireland (understood now as symbolism for paganism) and used the three-pointed shamrock to explain to the most powerful Irish chieftain the Trinity: the tri-part nature of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Over time, St. Patrick's Day has been transformed from a traditional Catholic feast day into a secular holiday celebrating Irish heritage and culture. Dublin, Ireland, has an annual cultural festival that attracts thousands of people from all over the country and Europe. American cities with large Irish populations, such as New York City, Boston and Chicago have parades. Chicago dyes the Chicago River green (they do so fine a job it stays that way year-round). But this international celebration of Irish culture has been expanded beyond this secular celebration. Granted, the wearing of the green has been accompanied by the drinking of the ale, but the sense of community fostered by this celebration has been demeaned by the perpetrators of this cultural travesty called Unofficial into obnoxiously oafish drunkenness with no socially or culturally redeeming value. Phrases like "Kiss me; I'm Irish" are found everywhere on T-shirts. Non-Irish-Americans and Irish-Americans alike buy into the idea that Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day. While this view could easily take the form of solidarity with downtrodden and oppressed people the world over - donations of money and used possessions to charities or donations of time at soup kitchens or homeless shelters - people (both Irish and not) attach the Irish culture to a simple 4-letter word: beer. Everyone is Irish, so everyone is an obnoxious drunk. They envision Ireland as a nation of alcoholic leprechauns and nothing more. They do this not on St. Patrick's day proper (although I'm sure many do that day, as well), but on an arbitrary, convenient day. Can I blame people for consuming alcohol? No. But thousands of people are carrying out negative stereotypes of the Irish with absolutely no regard for what they are doing. It honestly hurts to see my heritage spat on by thousands of people for the sole purpose of consuming green beer. Irish history is rich and complex, transforming from tribal chiefdoms into thirty-two counties separated into a nation of twenty-six and a captive country of six by British delusions about remaining an empire. People here know basically nothing about Irish history. It's all about the shamrocks, crosses and alcohol. These people wouldn't even be worthy enough to carry Bobby Sands' H-Blocks-issue blanket if they even knew who he was and what he did. Culture to these racists is "f**goty" dancing, not beautiful rebel songs that simultaneously warm the heart and stir the soul. Check out the Wolfe Tones performing "A Nation Once Again," "Joe McDonnell," "The Wearing of the Green" and "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" if you don't believe me. My concern here is St. Patrick's Day as an Irish heritage day, much as Columbus Day and Pulaski Day, respectively, represent Italian and Polish pride days. What Unofficial and its thousands of participants convey as being "Irish" or "Irish-American" is tantamount to celebrating an Unofficial Martin Luther King Day on which thousands of students would smear their faces with black grease paint and proceed to wash down their fried chicken and watermelon with a forty-ounce bottle of malt liquor concealed in a brown paper bag. This is not representative of African-American culture. What it is, however, is an abysmal manifestation of our inward unhealth as a society: this crowd of mutant locusts prefers to reinforce stereotypes that demean a minority population at the cost of reifying falsehoods and ignoring countless contributions. Of course Unofficial MLK Day couldn't fly, even if done with the utmost sincerity. Irish is white, so Irish doesn't count. A leprauchan mascot causes much less division than an Aztec warrior or Plains Chief. It's the way it is. I'm not asking for Unofficial to be forcibly shut down. People should be free to do as they please. I'm not being physically harmed by these drunkards (excluding the potential of drunk driving accidents). It's a mental strain, but that's my issue. That's why I'm ranting here as opposed to in the middle of Green Street, yelling, "Come out ye black-and-tans / come out and fight me like a man / show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders / Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away / From the green and lovely lanes of Killeshandra." If you're Irish, or at least have a bit of an understanding of what the history is all about, then you know what I'm talking about. I know that it might be asking a bit much, but stop being so self-serving and ignorant. Green beer is a fine part of St. Patrick's Day. It goes along with the corned beef, boiled cabbage and homemade soda bread you should be eating with your family after the parade. When you're going to partake in a racist, essentializing day of selfish hedonism (This is America, after all. For most people, it is a when question, not an if.), at least perform a little favor for the people whose ancestors' graves you are publically pissing on. Learn something. Anything. Find out about Patrick, Bishop of Ireland. Research the history of the Republican movement. Congratulations, by the way, to Sinn Fein, as it is this year turning one hundred years old. Learn about the hunger strikes. The British oppression. The proposed razing of the Irish table in favor of restarting it with "civilized" British blood. The experience of Irish immigrants to America and what they faced here upon arrival. Something. Anything. Give my ancestors some respect before you go out and piss and puke all over their memory. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is this you as well? or did you steal your post from here? Unofficial: f*** You!

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) I never understood the concept of binge drinking = fun. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 04:34 AM) Who told you about the bed wetting??!! My biggest problem is that whenever I'm in a building that probably has 50 bathrooms in it and I need to piss, I tend to fly off the handle and actually make my way to one. In the future, I'll try to make sure the guy behind me doesn't miss a millisecond of the game. Thx for taking such an interest in my bladder. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You basically told me about it. Haven't you been following what you have been writing. I am just putting two and two together here. Jeez, try to keep up. There is nothing wrong with going to the bathroom when you need to, however I am sure the need to go to the bathroom does not just hit you. You don't just feel it and say "HOT DAMN!,, I gotta take a piss!!, get me outta here!!!!" It is not a spur of the moment type thing. Most of us are able to hold it or tell beforehand that we are getting full and we will have to go soon. Please try to wait not just for the person behind you, but for those sitting near the isle whose views you may be blocking while making your way up and down. Just a thought here, but how about respecting others around you when you are in a public area. This is something that should have been taught to you as a youngster. For some reason it seemed to have went in one ear and out the other with you. Don't be an ignorant selfish SOB like so many others around the park.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 03:19 AM) I have this wacky habit of drinking a lot of beer at the game. I know it sounds radical but I think it might catch on and pretty soon a lot of other people will be doing it too. Thx for understanding my weak bladder condition, for granting me permission to go and I appreciate the pity. I will now go deal with my other issues. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm, that doesn't seem all that wacky to me to be honest. I know many that do this including myself at times. For some reason I and others are able to hold it without a problem. This may come with practice and experience. You just may not be there yet. I never had this problem, so I wouldn't know. Your other issues I am referring to may include but may not end with such things as bed wetting. For that I feel sorry for you and issue you my greatest sympathy as things like this can become quite embarressing for others, such as yourself, with this problem. Please take care of yourself and good luck with this/these issue(s).

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 01:42 AM) Didn't we have a thread once to do with pet peeves when you're at the ballpark (probably was quite a long time ago though). There were some funny ones in there. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes there was, this was one of them that almost everyone agreed with I believe.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) If it wasn't for the fact that you can name call and string profanity together, I'd think you were wrong. Next time I have to piss, I'll piss on a 'REAL' fan sitting in front of me. I'm sure they'll understand that I didn't want to ruin the event for everyone by walking to the restroom. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHo did I name call? People that would do such things as you stated? OK, so I did. And yes, I can string profanity together very well. This issues is a big one with me. I can't stand people that do this. But, wow your bladder is that weak? Ok, then I will forgive you and you are allowed to go to the bathroom. If this is the case then you have other issues to deal with. I am sorry for you. Take care of yourself.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 05:29 PM) You wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's a distinct possibility.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) Didn't Ozzie say he was gonna stay out of it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What? Did Ozzie hurt your feelings now too? He didn't say anything bad or anything that wasn't true. He was pretty honest. Who cares if he got involved?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) I'll go use the restroom whenever I need to go. I'll try not to interfere with people, but I'm not gonna make myself uncomfortable or wait til between innings when the line is 30 mins. long. God forbid you miss one pitch of a 9 inning, 3 hour long game. GMAFB. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> People that do this are self-centered idiotic selfish dirty cocksucking pricks that ruin the event for the rest of us. When these people get good and ready to bring their self-centered idiotic selfish dirty cocksucking prick asses back from the restroom they usually don't care what is going on in the game when they come back and they go right to their seats. Therefore blocking everyone from seeing what is going on twice. So yeah, thats right, do what you want you self-centered idiotic selfish dirty cocksucking pricks!!! :finger

QUOTE(rventura23 @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 03:25 AM) sox middle infield ranked ninth by sports illustrated tigers, braves, indians, devil rays ranked higher <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They are obviously basing it on just offensive statistics. Otherwise this list doesn't make much sense.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 02:49 AM) alright, let me rephrase my statement Rule 1: Don't stand up to get something to eat/drink or go to the bathroom in the middle of a play. It happens way too often at the park. Stand up and cheer at the right moments, I'm sure you won't be the only one in the stadium doing it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 02:43 AM) rule number 1: STAY IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL A PAUSE IN PLAY <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Isn't Johnny B. doing better than Howard Stern ever has done here? I have heard that he is getting unbelievable ratings since he has returned to Chicago. Like a 6.5 share of the 25-50 crowd? That is just unreal.