Whose mind is it anyway?

CleverUserName01 · Post by **CleverUserName01** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:43 pm

There was plenty of blame to go around on that '86 team, from that fat hick traitor Roger "Ow, I've Got a Boo-boo on my Finger, Take Me Out of the Game" Clemens to manager John McNamara, relievers Calvin Schiraldi & Bob Stanley...plenty of blame to go around. A more complete collapse of an entire team has never been recorded, before or since.

The guy who always gets the blame, Buckner, made the most spectacular and memorable blunder in baseball history - but he deserves the blame the least. Even had he fielded the ball properly, he still wouldn't have beaten Mookie to the bag, and the Mets still would have won it. And the Sox were one freakin' pitch away from winning it all not once, not twice, but thrice at the end of that game. One pitch away, and they blew it all. That can hardly be placed entirely on Buckner's shoulders.

Similarly, the recent debacle can hardly be blamed 100% on Grady Little...but still, what the hell were you thinking leaving Pedro in there, Grady? C'mon, man! He deserved to be fired, not just because of that monumentally-stupid move, but also because he was a lousy manager in general.

Yeah, I know, it's off-topic and all...but talking about the Red Sox gets me fired up, especially after what Red Sox Nation endured October last...

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:52 pm

CleverUserName01 wrote:There was plenty of blame to go around on that '86 team

Blame is a lot like fertilizer. You've got to spread it around. Still, I love to tell Boston fans, "at least WE were able to beat the lowly Mets in a World Series."

CleverUserName01 wrote:that fat hick traitor Roger "Ow, I've Got a Boo-boo on my Finger, Take Me Out of the Game" Clemens

I always have this argument with one of the guys in my Yankee Saturday ticket plan. He hates Clemens ("he'll always be a filthy Red Sock to me" he often says) "Ooooh, I got a blister, I've got to come out of a World Series Game", is one one his many critisisms. My response to that has always been "You can't pitch effectivly if you've got a blister on your finger. If you stay in the game, you are actually hurting your team." Of course, this guy is a big David Wells fan. Big fatso David Wells, who who left Game 5 after pitching one inning because of a back-ache, and contributed to the Yanks losing the Florida last year.

Anyways, I don't know why I'm defending Clemens. Him and his butt-buddy, Andy Pettitte, betrayed us here in New York, by going to Houston. Boy, that was some long retirement. I don't think the same thing can be said about his leaving Boston. The Red Sox front office basicaly told Clemens he was washed up, and didn't offer him a decent deal, so he signed with Toronto, instead. Still, I'll always love Clemens for beaning that "Flushing-Fag" Mike Piazza in the his empty head.

For the record these are the facts:
1. The Met's had already tied the score that inning, so even if Buckner had fielded the ball cleanly, and beat Wilson to the bag for the third out, all that would have guaranteed was another inning for the Red Sox to fold.
2. All Buckner's gaff did was extend the series to seven games. The Red Sox still could have rallied to win Game 7. BTW Buckner went 2 for 4 in that game, with a run scored.
3. The Red Sox are cursed. You'll see Scott McCloud doing a comic praising George Bush as America's Greatest President, before Boston wins another World Series. 1918.

As for Grady Little, nothing he could have done would changed a thing. When that punk-ass Pedro threw down a 72 year old man, with steel buttons in his head, he cursed Boston for another 85 years. The spirit of the Babe wasn't gonna let these chowder-heads win the pennant in his house. "Cowboy Up...Yours!"

Heh, the only thing I love better than baiting liberals, is baiting Red Sox fans. Hey, ain't this comic about Boston?

BTW, if you own Scott's Understanding Comics, check out the top of page 101. That says it all.

GlenSS · Post by **GlenSS** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:49 pm

Now we know the real reason of her fear...

He's going to steal her donuts!

Fett101 · Post by **Fett101** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:45 pm

I forsee a 4 way street fight.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:00 pm

"They're MY donuts! Mine! Mine! Mine! Down! Down! Down!"

Hmmm, now that I think about it, that should be "OUR donuts!"

Maybe the title of this Improv should be changed to Who's Bag of Donuts Is It, Anyway?

Now, imagine if it were a box of Munchkins, instead.

Chronosome · Post by **Chronosome** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:37 pm

Maybe she's got the One Donut?

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:17 am

What has it got in its Bagginses?

josner · Post by **josner** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:50 am

I'm really liking this one -- it is all set to supercede "Junk Bar" as My Favorite Improv to date. Speaking of "Junk Bar", I flashed on that when she grabbed at her Dunkin' bag.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:23 pm

So is she (they) taking the One Donut to be destroyed, or does she plan to keep it for herself? Isn't Mount Doom in Hingham?

Chronosome · Post by **Chronosome** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:33 pm

It's Mount Wicked Hot, and it's somewhere near Woostah.

Christopher Lundgren · Sat Feb 14, 2004 3:29 pm

The One Donut was deep-fat fried in the oils of Mount Wicked Hot; only there can it be unfried.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 4:20 pm

OK, then my next question is...

Is the One Donut plain, powdered, or chocolate (or as she - er, they - might say, "chawclit") glazed?

And will Mr. Shoppingcart bite off Ms. Parkbench's finger?

Hmm, is "chawclit" a dirty word?

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 7:17 pm

I dunno, but I'm seeing this shopping cart as a secret jab at Amazon's patent of one-click shopping, a sign that Amazon is "two-faced" and their legal argument, like a bag of Dunkin' Donuts, is "full of holes."

This is why I hate getting at real artistic interpretations; I start to convince myself of my own false ones.

zerofoks · Post by **zerofoks** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 4:31 pm

I really, really love how the moment speech enters the situation of the two good-minded,
the pencil sketches leave, as though a conversation would fixate the overall moods, giving them
more clearness and contrast.

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 4:52 pm

Insightful, man. Very good observation.

GlenSS · Post by **GlenSS** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:39 pm

It just hit me.

She doesn't have donuts in the bag.

She has a mind.

And it may not be hers.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:56 pm

You people are just weird.

Christopher Lundgren · Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:28 pm

Noah-Eastah's?

Uh... "north-eastern," maybe? As in the north-easterly wind? Somebody help me out here. Presumably it has nothing to do with either Noah, or Easter.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:46 pm

Yep, you were quite right!
It is a Northeastern, also known as Nor-eastern.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:03 pm

Actually, it's a Nor'Easter (no N at the end). Someone else can look up the etymology. We get them here on the North-east seaboard, from New England to probably as far south as the Jersey Shore, if not further. They're not much fun when they blow by your neighborhood.

But that's no nor'easter. That Red Sox fans riotting and setting fires after learning that A-Rod is coming to the Bronx. I wonder if either of our two (I mean four) park-psychos have an Oliver Stonesque conspiracy theory concerning that one.

Can't type....laughing!

Chronosome · Post by **Chronosome** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:47 pm

A Nor'Easter's basically a mega-snow-storm from Canada.

Here's an example I drew up a month ago:
http://chronosome.homestead.com/files/J ... tedair.gif

Seemed like a fun time to share.

Fett101 · Post by **Fett101** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:32 pm

Man.. he's a player.

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 1:48 pm

Heh heh. A player.

Talk about regional dialects; I was disappointed by the panel because there was nothing to explain or comment on. Then someone asks what a Northeaster is.

zerofoks · Post by **zerofoks** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:31 pm

Okay then, someone explain to me what "fwothehs" is!

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Whose mind is it anyway?

Donuts

One mind

Okay, you got me.