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Around SBN: Jerry Sandusky's Wife Tries To Run A Reporter Over

You Hear That Ringing...?

It's me, phoning it in.

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I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall.  If you don't answer I'll just ring it off the wall.


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It would appear MLHS have the perfect present for any Leaf fan with a birthday coming up.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 5:38 AM EDT reply actions  

This looks awesome. That’s quite a line-up of contributors. Nicely done, y’all.

Underrated Truculent Leafs of the past with Down Goes Brown

Probably worth the 13 dollars just for that.

by general borschevsky on Aug 7, 2009 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

The S&H is almost as much as the price of the book.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Holy Crap

Just noticed that. They’ll be selling it locally as well. I’ll gladly pick up copies for out-of-towners that do not wish to pay that much shipping and handling.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Only at Barnes and Noble?

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

No idea where they will be distributing it but once I know I’ll take numbers down for it.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Barnes and Nobles

includes Coles/Chapters/Indigo?

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

Do they own each other?

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

damn

no i just wiki’ed it, they are entirely separate companies

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

They’ll obviously have to figure something out for this one.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

from past experience

Chapters will usually carry just about anything Barnes and Nobles does unless there’s a copyright issue…

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

Good

Now I can pull the old author’s pick up move of reading my own writing. Women love published authors right?

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

I wouldn't know

I’m neither a woman nor an author

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

We really do.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

This day just keeps getting better. And I haven’t even met Joe Carter and Paul Molitor yet.

Sports And The City

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PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

I should add this proviso: Write well. Men who can’t write just end up getting mocked later.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

/waves

Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006

by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

I more meant those pretentious windbags who think they are the next literary god, and really are terrible. I have copies of stuff that is howlingly bad, and yes, I do whip it out at parties and we mock the poor sob.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

ah, ive been told im a decent writer when i put forth the effort.
but theres that word, effort

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

I know what I am telling women all night tonight at BeerFest

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

DAS BOOOOOOT

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

ill be at beerfest tomorrow. Stone River is playing, ive recorded that band, my buddy plays guitar

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

well ...

I was engaged to a published writer.

Note the past tense. It did NOT end well.

(But that was just my experience, so I’m sure you will do fine.)

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria

by Baroque on Aug 7, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

Women love published authors right?

That’s what my wife said; I am hoping she was referring to me, rather than DGB.

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Aug 7, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

I live in Toronto so I’m good. I just gotta know where to find it

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

ditto

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

If I can find it in town here I will, otherwise I’ll probably take up PPP’s offer and work it out with him that way, either way I would love a copy of this.

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Aug 7, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

If I see it locally I’ll pick it up. I’m sure you’ll post details where it’ll be available.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

Missed this completely
Available in Barnes and Noble bookstores throughout North America August 18th

.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Crud, if it was on Amazon I could get it for my Kindle.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

There’s a barnes and nobles ebook reader for the iphone

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Probably worth the 13 dollars just for that.

Actually, my article is just the words “Wendel Clark” cut and pasted 1800 times.

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Aug 7, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah but where else can you get that?

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

so

we should be paying more!

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

i await the follow up article “wellwood is fat”

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

We’re sorry, the fingers you have used to type this comment are too fat. To obtain a special typing wand please mash the keyboard now.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

Will there be any kind of book signings?

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

Only on licensed premises, one would imagine.

And not at all if DGB has to put some shelves up, of course.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

Haha, if you want to pay shipping I’d be happy to fill the first blank page of the book with parts of an insane manifesto.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

Like one of those books Kevin Spacey has in Seven?

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

Why I oughta...

…if that wasn’t such a good reply, I’d be very upset.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

We may need to watch Se7en tonight. Love that movie.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

Tyler Kennedy?
He’s experienced about as much pain and suffering as anyone I’ve encountered, give or take… and he still has hell to look forward to.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

My favorite Se7en quote, from memory, is:

Maybe you’re just sitting around reading Guns ‘N Ammo masturbating in your own feces… do you ever just stop and say ’wow it amazing how fucking crazy I really am’?

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

“first blank page”? I’d like to think that it’s got like ten blank pages for readers to write in their own column so we can pretend to be Barilkosphere superstar as well?

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

We’re all Barilkosphere stars in my eyes.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

heh, that would be funny.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

eyebleaf?
Im gonna guess he has the Kaberle chapter covered?

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

It’s a page of !!!!!!’s

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions  

eyebleaf chapter preview:

(PLAYER NAME OR NICKNAME IN ALL CAPS)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

there will also be a Paragraph entitled FUCK POGGE!!!1

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ahh yes.
Also… PLAYOFFS!!!!1

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

my bit’s all about maintaining hope.

i am the light amidst the darkness.

playoffs.

!!1

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PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Aug 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Why does that not surprise me?

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

Honestly, if he tries to write anything else his computer electrocutes him.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

I have clearly been typecast.

Sports And The City

A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...

PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Aug 7, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

we still

love you all the same

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

You’re the only man who could pull that role off with such panache.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

you mean

typecast!!!1

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

I can think of worse things to be typecast as!

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Aug 7, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Luke Skywalker for one.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have clearly been typecast.

I for one am looking forward to the now inevitable (if somewhat reactionary) “change of artistic direction” coming from eyebleaf – his Blue Period.

Emo eye!!!!1

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Aug 7, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

weird, I was just thinking the Barilkosphere should unit for something like this

someone is stealing my thoughts!

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

This is where I sheepishly

make note of the fact that I was requested to write an article and refused because I was working all of July.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Aug 7, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

+ have issues around copyright and payment

I’m too uptight for my own good sometimes.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Aug 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

COP OUT!

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hey... if you taught summer school

and had to turn around marking on a daily basis you’d understand a bit better.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Aug 7, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Damn work :(

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Meh

The other thing is, Alec mentioned it to me in April, and then I didn’t hear from him again until the 14th… at which point I had no time to write anything…

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Aug 7, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

Either way

I wish you all success with it… looks like it should be a good read.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Aug 7, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think that you’ll like the statistical graphs included from Gabe Desjardins.

I totally invented one of them.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

well it makes sense, I mean it’s not like you were asked to write something in November

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

Coolness

Must. Blog. about. my. happiness.

by theothervatican on Aug 7, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

aaaaand, posted

theothervatican.blogspot.com

by theothervatican on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think we need a secret Barilkosphere handshake.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 9:33 AM EDT reply actions  

Make a truculent fist?

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

So instead of a handshake upon meeting, we just punch each other in the face?

Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.

by SkinnyFish on Aug 7, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

If that’s the case, I hope I don’t meet Wendel.

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

or Jared…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

I… I think I lost an eye… it’s been a pleasure Wendel… someone call an ambulance… someone find my eyeball.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

Underrated Truculent Leafs of the past with Down Goes Brown

AWESOME!

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:05 AM EDT reply actions  

Maintaining hope despite the ongoing Cup drought

Who on earth could have written that…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

there is no “crazy bullshit and LoLcats ripoffs” chapter, that should be fixed

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

You wouldn’t have enough time, Mr 33,000 comments.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

me? published? Who would buy that shit?

I was talking about LD of cours

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

thats, it me and LD are gonna start our own magazine, it will be published on pub napkins in crayon, ill show you!

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’m amazed you’re still allowed crayons!

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

They have to be flat on both ends.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

cant kill anyone with a shaped lump of colourd wax now can you?

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

You could if you melted it.

by Mattblack on Aug 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

shhhhhh, if they hear you, they’ll take away my drawy stabby sticks

Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006

by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

or bacon…where’s the bacon?

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

YAH!

BACON YADA!
Also Blurr, we should write a new version of the song.

The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW

by leafer1984 on Aug 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yes

My sister is ready to make an updated video but Blurr and Winkle will have to make new lyrics!

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

Too busy with work

I will have to replenish my creative juices first but Blurr and I should improve our collaboration this time around

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Season doesn’t start until October 1st ;)

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

As a starving artist once said...

“pay me”

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

We’re prepared to give you a 200% raise over what you received last year.

No, make it 300% to be fair.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

I won’t work for anything less than a 400% raise…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

You show ’em blurr!

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

i want stock options

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ouch ouch, look at my arm twisting!!!

Ok, ok, 500% raise.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

draw up some paperwork, I’ll have my lawyers take a gander at it, then my people will be in touch.

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

can we talk

benefits?

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

You can talk benefits all you want but all you’ll get is acknowledgement that you penned a great tune :)

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

I know what you're doing

Flattery doesn’t work on me!!!

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

good point

and PPP IS making “published author” money

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Which suddenly makes me glad I didn’t actually try to be a writer. I like eating.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

eating

is awesome…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

My section is nothing but inflammatory rhetoric about how much I hate Ottawa and Montreal and how Beauchemin will grind Gionta into a fine paste.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

They couldn’t publish one of my image captions which makes me really really sad.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

We would expect nothing more.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

I really hated writing it to be honest. Writing for a book where I didn’t know my audience and not being able to link to things, insert pictures or tables or anything was really awkward.

If you guys hate my article don’t tell me. :\

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

I feel the same about mine.

It’s way too fucking serious.

Mine stinks.

DGB’s will be golden, that bastard.

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A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...

PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

serious? i am starting to figure out why I wasnt asked to participate

that, and as chemmy has stated, I cant even spell

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

Shame. I’d have loved to see an entire page of a monkey smashing some drums.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

putting a gif in a book would be the greatest triumph in the history of man

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

one day…. one day…. with links to other books….

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

I believe I will put up a detailed review of your article…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

Feel free, there’s nothing to pick apart I just don’t feel like I did anything particularly meaty.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

stop it

everything you write is wonderful Chemmy.

Like that one thing that one time…

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

im sure it will be great. cant get any worse than what THN or the sun would spew out…

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

speaking of THN, can anyone tell me how in the hell does Adam Proteau write for a hockey magazine? the guy was an actor on degrassi back in the day….

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

He’s a decent writer. Proteau doesn’t make my head spin in circles while pea soup sprays out of my face and I stab myself in the crotch with a crucifix.

I guess what I’m saying is that reading a Proteau article is more pleasant than being possessed by the devil.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

i guess… i just got sick of his anti fighting crap, him and campbell just wouldnt stop all season long…

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

THN has been on the anti-fighting bandwagon for a while now.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

no kidding. When Dan Sanderson died they just rode that all year…

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

Media jumping on a tragedy to further their own agenda. Quelle surprise.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

but being possessed is more pleasant than reading anything that Cox and WCH put out.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

…doesn’t make my head spin in circles while pea soup sprays out of my face and I stab myself in the crotch with a crucifix.

If anyone reviews my article, I am REALLY hoping that I manage to make it past this threshold.

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by jrwendelman on Aug 7, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

He was?

That’s hilarious.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

Your detailed review will be “It’s like an impostor tried to write a Chemmy article except it’s really Chemmy which is sad.”

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was definitely a challenge but your audience was Leafs fans dummy. I hope you didn’t write a preview of the Patriots’ season by accident.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hope he did.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wearing my Patriot Pat shirt at work today.

PA-TRI-OTS

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

SUCK

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

LIVER-POOL

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by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

VIKINGS/CHELSEA

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

The Vikings suck so bad Brett Favre finally ended his retirement waffling so as not to be associated with them.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

yes, but at least i can admit that they suck

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’ll admit the Patriots suck when they do.

The NFL cowers in fear at Brady’s return.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hope he doesn’t last one quarter this season.

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, I too hope he lasts considerably more.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

the patriots suck like the yankees suck

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

Our backup QB went 11-5 last season. Just sayin.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

Who is the backup this year?

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It might be me, I need to check my mail.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Now I REALLY hope Brady gets injured

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

“Tom Brady Tom Brady Tom Brady Tom Brady RANDY MOSSSSS!!!!!!”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

BRADY… TO MOSS

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

But they sure know how to party on a boat

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

I consider the Vikings, like all Minnesota teams, my second-favorite NFL team.

The Patriots are still awesome.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

List of NFL teams I like:

Patriots

List of NFL teams I fucking despise:

All others

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

just wait till they move to Carolina…

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Carolina already has a football team I think.

I’m not sure it’s hard to keep track of teams that aren’t Pittsburgh or Indy.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

TORONTO BILLS

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

dude, it was a Whalers joke…

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

chris pronger?

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

Still love Pronger.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’m so over the Whalers.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

First they’d have to become the Hartford Patriots, and THEN move to Carolina.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

a Wellwood joke?

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

He’s in Pats fan mode. He can’t hear anything but disrespect.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

pats fan mode, not unlike redsox fan mode

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’d point out that even when the Sox and Patriots were fucking horrible people in New England were still crazy about them.

Sort of like the Leafs really.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

i was really hoping you wouldnt bring that point up, it makes me feel dirty inside

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

Except the Pats had only like 11000 season ticket holders when they sucked.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

When Bob Kraft bought the team he was vocal about turning around the franchise and people bought into his rebuild from the start.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

he makes a mean Cheese and Macaroni

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

ah yes

the glassy eyes, the noticeable erection whenever the words “Brady” or “Varitek” are spoken, the illogical rants.

I’ve seen it before, homeritis. Bad cases of it throughout much of the New England area…

Fear not though, a cure is in the works!

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

The cure

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

List of teams that have been in any way comparable to the Patriots in the past decade:

1. Pittsburgh

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

plus, when the Leafs eventually win, we will be 100x more insufferable than redsox/patriots fans could ever dream

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

they’ll need to create a new word to describe the level of obnoxious we’ll be…

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

chances are

i would see random people on the street and tell them “Suck it! Leafs won the cup! IN YOUR FACE!!!!!1”

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, Leaf fans will have to constantly wear leaf gear or risk being acosted by other leaf fans for not representing or worse, being a habs fan

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’m getting whoever scores the cup winning goal tattooed on my chest.

Unless it’s somehow Chris Phillips.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

if its Barron Smith, the world will implode

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

everybody will come out of the woodwork proclaiming they’ve been die hard fans all this time.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

and we will hang them from the tallest lanyard

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

It’ll be like all those douchebags who claimed they’d been Pens fans all along.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

hates them i do

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Chances?

If I ever see anyone in any other team’s colours I’ll follow them down the street yelling it until they call the police.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

im pretty sure i will weep uncontrollably for about 4 months if the leafs win the cup. ill be painted blue and naked and screaming my head off as the final seconds ticked away in the cup winning game…

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

ill, even be screaming at people wearing other sports gear
MARLINSEH? FUCK THE MARLINS! LEAFS RULE, THE CUP IS OURS WOOOOO FUCK THE MARLINS

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

uh oh

berger is on the fan talking about being in LA…. what a goof…

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

but in CA

it’s far funnier because no one will have a clue as to what I’m talking about.

I’ll just be random crazy guy who yells things about leaves and cups

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

My buddy and I always talk about how insane it will be when they win, I don’t think it can be adequately expressed in words.

The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway

by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 7, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

this city will be wild when they make the playoffs again, let alone making the final and winning the cup. The city will freaaaak out if they win the conference finals and play in the final. I just hope we dont play like… Nashville or someone gay like that…

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I don’t care who they play as long as they win

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

i cant decide what would be more awesome, destroying the habs and sens on the way to the cup or to have both of them not make the playoffs

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Destroying them

for sure.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

it holds a certian magic, but i can imagine both of those teams being in playoff slumps when the leafs are amazing and win the cup to have sooo much more weight to it to throw at the rival fan bases, because you know if they played the leafs in the they’d just be falling back on “oh if this call went the other way” or “that play was dirty and we would have won”

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

I was thinking that this morning, I’d like to beat a team with some amount of credibility. Also I’m curious as to how the nhl will manage to schedule the finals during November so that they will matter.

The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway

by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I’m curious as to how the nhl will manage to schedule the finals during November so that they will matter.

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by jrwendelman on Aug 7, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

For someone who despises the likes of Kerry Fraser, you’d think you wouldn’t be a fan of cheaters in other sports.

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by Brunswick Bruiser on Aug 7, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I fucking hate the Boston Herald.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Who wins? TFC or Real Madrid?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hope

Ronaldo gets his face ripped off

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by Winkle on Aug 7, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Real in a walk.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Indeed...

If Real is at all interested, they will take apart a mediocre TFC squad. Saw the first half of the Barcelona/Seattle game earlier this week and the gulf in quality between the two teams was huge (and Seattle is an above average MLS side). Barca won 4-0 and I expect a similar score tonight @ BMO.

by Shack23 on Aug 7, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Real Madrid’s towel boys.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

FIGHTING WORDS

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

my favourite sort

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

uh oh

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

My buddy and I always talk about how insane it will be when they win, I don’t think it can be adequately expressed in words

When the Sox won in 04 it was kind of like a weight lifting. I thought Boston would burn to the ground before it actually happened but when they won the World Series I think everyone was just relieved.

When the Sox came back in the ALCS it was absolute bedlam.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions  

oh god… if the Leafs didnt win the cup immediatly after the media would be even worse than they were before….
“flash in the pan, should have built for the long term”

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

ya

but Boston was always looked at as the lovable underdog. The mass hate on for all things Massachusetts didn’t come until after.

Toronto is not loved.

At all.

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Fuck what people outside Toronto think. On 10/20/2004 the entire city of Boston was drunk in the streets fuck the riot police.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

And in many many other locations in New England. I can vouch for New London, CT.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 7, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

omg, i cant even imagine if they made the finals and lost….

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions  

i would projectile vomit uncontrollably until i passed out

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

would toronto burn down the city montreal style?

If the leafs win the cup im starting the tipping of the cn tower

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If the Leafs win the cup let’s go flip cars in Montreal.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I agree. I don’t want to destroy my own city but I have no qualms about destroying Mtl.

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Also fun while drunk and ecstatic: riding on top of taxis, climbing billboards.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

lets go to Ottawa instead, they wont know what to do

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah but Ottawa sucks.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

they have LCBOs and cars that are flamable, with those ingrediants, we can make it awesome

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

i say we have the parade down st catherine street in montreal just to rub it right in their face

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We’ll need to carry around replica cups everywhere we go.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

find that dumbass from the draft and steal his

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

two thirds of canada would call in sick for the mornign after, canadas economy would halt

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

Toronto would shut down. I don’t care where I work, what I’m doing or who my boss is but there’s no way in Hell I’ m coming into work for at least a week.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

My savings account exists primarily for me to buy up to seven scalped hockey tickets…

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

 hahaha, jesus, how much would a platinum ticket for game 7 of the finals go for?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

a kidney, your first-born, and a month’s worth of service as a drug mule?

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

thats the starting bid

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah it makes sense to start low so everyone thinks they have a shot at them

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

im pretty sure id commit murder if it meant a seat to a cup clinching game

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Fuck platinum I’ll take anything.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

oh i know that, im just saying, a scalped platinum ticket would be going for crazy money

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

I wouldn’t be shocked if standing room at the ACC for a possible cup clinching game went over $5,000.

We sold a single seat in the bleachers for game 2 of the 04 WS for $16,000.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

did that money go into your savings account? lol

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Not mine personally, I just worked there.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’ve posted about it before, I worked at a ticket scalper in college.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

i see, forgive me. im kinda new..

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

so… you live in boston and are a diehard leafer eh? how did that happen?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

the whalers left him

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

and toronto was the logical next choice to be his favorite team…?

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toronto is always the logical choice, unless your a commie

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Big Potvin fan.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

i’ll skip out on work and be on the first flight to Toronto.

Then I’ll probably stay up for about three days screaming euphorically while sobbing uncontrollably.

should be fun!

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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, the Cardinals sweep was entirely too nerve wracking, and the Cardinals were only tied with Boston twice when the score wasn’t 0-0.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

The 07 world series would have been an annihilation except for Colorado’s single run in the top of the first in game 2, their only lead or non 0-0 tie of the series.

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

berger thought we’d finish dead last last year, if he think we’ll be fighting for the 8th spot this year does that mean we are gonna win the conference?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:27 AM EDT reply actions  

i think berger meant that we’d literally be fighting for the spot instead of actually playing hockey

by PapaLasagna on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

so, we can finish 12th, and just beat up the 8th place team and take their spot? i like it

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Prepare to be shocked

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by Godd Till on Aug 7, 2009 11:32 AM EDT reply actions  

It’s actually Kim Jorn.

Kind of a letdown, honestly.

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Did you interview Kim?

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

is it me…?

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

guest, not hostage

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha, im still flabergasted that people actually pay for his rumours… why not just wait until something actually happens and you can read it on tsn….

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

i love reading the comments on MLHS about guys complaining that they waisted 40 bucks or whatever on him

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

i know, its ridiculous….

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

mike toth is a wierd mother f’er… he just rambles on and on..

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions  

As conservative candidate I just ramble on an on never letting anyone get a word in edgewise until I start foaming at the mouth and fall over backwar-

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

I just hurt a thud coming from the office area down the hall. Oh well…

Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.

by SkinnyFish on Aug 7, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

It’s probably nothing.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

free Kadri Jersey to good home

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hey idiot, are you done with your meeting?

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by Chemmy on Aug 7, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

That’s kind of mean. Be nice.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

Toth is evil

I have started a campaign to replace the word ‘douche’ with ‘Toth’.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

you should combine them, Tothuche!

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

But I think Toth is a synonym for douche.

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by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

true, but making up words is so much fun

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

Truly

you are doing God’s work here. Can I be of service in furthering this campaign?

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Aug 7, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

You certainly can

Just spread the word, and call people Toths all the time and let them know why. For me, this is easy, as the word douche is a huge part of my vocab, so the switch has a big impact.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Aug 7, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Done and done!

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Aug 7, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

re: publishing

So when you guys publish this magazine, are your articles credited to your real names, or to your internet aliases? Just curious. Bloggers writing for print is an interesting cross-over (I mean writers who were bloggers first). Bound to happen eventually, of course. But how do you manage the different personalities, etc?

by Leaf in Habland on Aug 7, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

how do you manage the different personalities, etc?

medication

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

they have meds for that now?

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

There’s a campaign to legalize it.

by general borschevsky on Aug 7, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

take two of these

"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
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by blurr1974 on Aug 7, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

ooooooh, happy juice

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I got to start appreciating whisky. My dad has green label, gold label and blue label bottles at his place as well as the standard red and blacks.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

once you get into whiskeys and ryes you’ll never want to drink much else

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh I drink rye. Just not scotch.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

you drink it straight up on the rocks?

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Usually a double shot of rye and ginger in a short glass

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

ah, if you wanna drink scotch, you gotta start with a rye on the rocks

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’ll do that tonight.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

anyone going to beerfest?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Farry for non hockey discussion join us in the Chatty Cathy

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh Yeah

The best part of buying it will be learning everyone’s real names!

I changed nothing about my personality for print. I changed print for my personality.

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by PPP on Aug 7, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ok, that’s what I was wondering.

Not that learning everyone’s favourite hard drink was not informative.

I do not drink very often but for that sort of thing I have a preference for Bushmills, having lived near by for a few months in university.

by Leaf in Habland on Aug 7, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

So when you guys publish this magazine, are your articles credited to your real names, or to your internet aliases?

I published my piece under my own name. Mirtle used an alias.

I don’t know what the rest of the fellas did.

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by mf37 on Aug 7, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

It’s going to be fun guessing Mirtle’s alias.

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by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think he’s clever like those Cox Blox boys and will go with something like Mames Jirtle.

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by mf37 on Aug 7, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nah, it’ll be Jim Mirtle (or maybe he’ll spell it Myrtle).

by lordosis on Aug 7, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe he’ll go all Welsh on it and be like “Ghjams Myrhhhhhdllllle.”

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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Aug 7, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

how are we going to be able to post smart ass replies on message boards if its a magazine though…. am i going to have to scribble fuck berger all over my magazine?

by Matt_Roberts on Aug 7, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions  

the main reason i wasnt included was because there is no comment section

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jared

This is for you.

Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.

by SkinnyFish on Aug 7, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

new background!

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

33 THOUSAAAAAAAAND!

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

what do you want a medal or a chest to pin it on?

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

bwah?

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

i was referencing this for those not in the nerd know

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Here

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Aug 7, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

ooooooh, i see where this is going, no i was just playing along with skinnyfish’s Dragonball Z joke, as illustrated by the video i posted in the link

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 7, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

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