Archive for May 19, 2008

We Shit You Not

Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2008 by karstencross

Actual conversation we overheard on the F train today:

Guy to His Girlfriend:

“It’s just that, you keep talking about all these different scenarios, how if I do this or that, I’m gonna lose you. But none of your ’scenarios’ (he uses air quotes at this point) end up with me not losing you.”

(Beat). (Girlfriend sighs and stares straight ahead).

(Beat).

(Beat).

Guy to His Girlfriend:

“I wouldn’t say Kingpin was Spiderman’s worst enemy, not like Harry Osborne or anything, but he does stand for everything that Peter Parker is against.”

(And scene).

Tell Me You Love Me . . .

Posted in Health & Science, Miscellaneous, News with tags , , , on May 19, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

. . . and then carve a heart into my chest. Those Canadians sure know how to think a plan through.

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Breaking News: Basketball is a (Ball) Contact Sport

Posted in Sports on May 19, 2008 by Hamburglar

Game 7 between the Hornets and Spurs tips off in about an hour. The Dapper Lad is excited. REALLY excited.

We dapper folk love dirty play, it shows that the players want to win and they don’t care whose back, nose, or gonads they have to crush to get to the promised land. Previously, we haven’t really had a good measuring stick that established whether a particular matchup would feature enough dirty play for our taste. No more.

Cup Check!

If a playoff series has people worried that the young man pictured above preparing to punch Julius Hodge in the nuts will be the victim of dirty play, it’s our kind of basketball. It’s like scheduling a Mike Tyson fight and worrying about what the other guy is going to do in the ring.