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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2009 Archive => Topic started by: BatGirl on June 10, 2009, 06:41:36 pm
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starting lineups
fuck these fucking fucks
soriano, lf
theriot, ss
bradley, rf
lee, 1b
johnson, cf
soto, c
scales, 3b
miles, 2b
zambrano, p
ASTROS
bourn, cf
tejada, ss
pence, rf
lee, lf
berkman, 1b
blum, 3b
kata, 2b
quintero, c
rodriguez, p
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A lot of words rhyme with "fuck", I was just thinking.
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Long solo dinger by Soto. 1-0 FTC.
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Fuck the Cubs!
From my new iPhone
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FS Houston Twitter (http://twitter.com/FSHouston) comments on Pudge sitting today:
Pudge Rodriguez took early batting practice today. He will get the day off to see if Huberton Quintero can help bring Wandy around.
Cecil Cooper says Pudge needs more time off and this is a good time with Wandy in a funk. Quintero is also on a hot hit streak.
Wow!
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Fuck these infield hits. They're like mosquitos.
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2 2-out infield singles give the Cubs runners at 1B and 2B with Wandy killer D Lee up.
Grounder to Blum, throw to 2nd for the force, gets Wandy out of the inning.
Middle 3: FTC 1, HOU 0
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Fuck these infield hits. They're like mosquitos.
No kidding. The homer was crushed but the other three hits have all been of the infield variety. Annoying.
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Zambrano is one of the few pitcher-batters who could draw a visit from the pitching coach.
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Trivia question answers? Kent, Bagwell....Alou? Cammy?
EDIT: Not Ken.
EDIT 2: Castillo, it was.
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Trivia question answers? Kent, Bagwell....Alou? Cammy?
EDIT: Not Ken.
Forgot all about Vinnie.
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Bidding has opened on Milo's package.
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Bidding has opened on Milo's package.
I wonder if they'll remember to tell us how much it went for.
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I didn't think it was possible to unintentionally walk soriano on 4 pitches.
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I didn't think it was possible to unintentionally walk soriano on 4 pitches.
Me neither. I thought that Soriano would prevent it by swinging at an ankle pitch.
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Looked like Bradley strained something there...
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Did everyone make plans for after this game or something? Moving FAST.
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At the game. Fuck the Cubs. And fuck cubfan.
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Did everyone make plans for after this game or something? Moving FAST.
Edict from Roy, perhaps?
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I wish they had an Yvette package. Bidding would start at 2 large.
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I wish they had an Yvette package. Bidding would start at 2 large.
36G.
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Well, Wandy is doing his job tonight. I wonder if anybody will help him out on offense.
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Did everyone make plans for after this game or something? Moving FAST.
No shit. It's already the 7th, and I havent even cracked open the whisky yet.
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Bottom 7: Shithead still on the hill
Spaz walks. None out, runner on 1B.
Lee takes the 1-1 pitch up the middle for a single, Spaz to 3B.
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Quick! Hide the Gatorade coolers!!
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Who the fuck is that and what has he done with Lance Berkman?
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Bottom 7, runners at the corners: FTC 1, HOU 0
Twinkie (batting .185 wRISP): fouled back, 0-1. Takes a ball inside, 1-1. Fouls aways an outside splitter, 1-2. Ball away, 2-2. Ball away, full count. Popped up to the pitchers mound, DLee makes the play. 1 out.
Bottom 7, runners at the corners, 1 out: FTC 1, HOU 0
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Dammit Lance. That's frustrating.
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Who the fuck is that and what has he done with Lance Berkman?
Its those friggin little Pumas, I'm telling you. They ruined The Big Puma!
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Nice job, Geoff. You, too, Blum.
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When I see the bidding for "Astros General Manager's Package" all I can think of is the trade proposal to the Red Sox in the TZ this afternoon.
Nice job Blum, way to put the ball in the right spot.
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Bottom 7, runners at the corners, 1 out: FTC 1, HOU 0
Blum: almost sneaked it past Miles for a single (DLee dives but misses it), throw to shithead covering the bag in time. Lee to 2B and SPAZ SCORES. FTC 1, HOU 1
Bottom 7, Lee at 2B, 2 out: FTC 1, HOU 1
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FSH extends their auction through the 8th, gvien that only 3 bids could be made by the end of the 7th.
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Bottom 7, Lee at 2B, 2 out: FTC 1, HOU 1
Kata strikes out on 3 pitches.
End 7: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Did Patty just say that you typically spend $1900 on your kid's birthparty party?
WTF? Am I that out of touch?
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Give me a break, Miggy.
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Maybe she meant her kids, HH. Regardless, if I spend that much on one of my kid's birthday parties, I can assure you that somebody's mommy and daddy will be gettin' a 1099.
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Give me a break, Miggy.
Keppinger through him off.
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Saw that the second time through. Bad play by both.
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Did Patty just say that you typically spend $1900 on your kid's birthparty party?
WTF? Am I that out of touch?
I've recently been to several birthday parties for friends' first born kids. I'm willing to bet more than a few of those approached that much. I'm sure the kid will appreciate being told all about it when it grows up.
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Do you suppose Lima will be part of the ten year celebration they keep advising us is ongoing?
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Man, Sampson made Fukudome look silly.
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Alright boys, got through the heart of the order in the 8th. Got the bottom up in the 9th...let's score a fuckin run!!!
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Top 8, Sampson on the hill (batting 7), Kepp in for Kata (batting 9).
Soriano takes one deep to right, Spaz turns left, then right, then left then right, backs up, and makes the play. Sampson relieved. 1 out.
Theriot: singles the 1st pitch to center for a single.
Bradley: grounder to 2B (Kepp), tosses to Miggy for the force at 2B but Miggy can't get it out of his glove and doesn't make a throw. 2 outs, runner on 1B.
DLee: singles to left. 2 outs, runners at 1B and 2B.
Fukudome (PH for CF Johnson): called strike, called strike, struck out swinging on a nasty one.
Middle 8: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Alright boys, got through the heart of the order in the 8th. Got the bottom up in the 9th...let's score a fuckin run!!!
"Fuckin' A."
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HH, what pitch did Fuku just strike out on. Gameday says fastball, but I thought the bottom dropped out of it. Clocked at 89 MPH so fastball makes sense, just didn't look like one to me.
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Worst. "Supermodel Walk". Ever.
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Still wincing here.
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Bottom 8: shithead still on the hill (95 pitches), Fuku stays in at CF.
Q: 2-2 count, Kepp on deck. Takes high outside pitch to right, foul off the top of the wall towards the corner. Tapped to shithead for out #1.
Kepp: bounces the 1st pitch to ss. 2 outs.
Bottom 8, 2 out, none on: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Bourn: shows bunt, ball 1. Called strike outside corner, 1-1. Fouled away, 1-2. Ball away, 2-2. Swings for strike 3.
End 8: FTC 1, HOU 1
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HH, what pitch did Fuku just strike out on. Gameday says fastball, but I thought the bottom dropped out of it. Clocked at 89 MPH so fastball makes sense, just didn't look like one to me.
Hard to say. It looked like a splitter, but it could have just been a good 2-seam fastball thrown in a good spot.
ETA: JD says it was a "sinker", which is just a variation of a 2-seamer.
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JD just called it a real nasty sinker.
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Top 9: Sampson still on the hill
Soto: takes a strike on the inside corner, 0,1. Sinker for a called strike, 0-2. ball, 1-2. ball (maybe), 2-2. Fouled away, 2-2. Swing and a miss, ball gets by Q but makes the throw in time for the out. 1 away.
Top 9, 1 out none on: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Top 9, 1 out none on: FTC 1, HOU 1
Fontenot (PH for 3B Scales): called strike, 0-1. called strike, 0-2. foul, 0-2. ball, 1-2. High pop to Lee in left. 2 outs.
Top 9, 2 out none on: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Top 9, 2 out none on: FTC 1, HOU 1
Miles: ball, 1-0. ball away, 2-0. Ball 3-0, called strike, 3-1. Flied out to Lee.
Middle 9: FTC 1, HOU 1
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I'm charged with drafting questions for a bar's trivia night tomorrow. Any one have any favorite general trivia questions? Coming up with 45 questions while dicking around is a bit more tedious than I imagined.
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Lee looked like the guy drawing the map to the new Austin Gingerman location on that last ball.
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Holy shit. It's the bottom of 9th? What the fuck happened to the rest of tonight?
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I'm charged with drafting questions for a bar's trivia night tomorrow. Any one have any favorite general trivia questions? Coming up with 45 questions while dicking around is a bit more tedious than I imagined.
You want ones that people might actually know?
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I'm charged with drafting questions for a bar's trivia night tomorrow. Any one have any favorite general trivia questions? Coming up with 45 questions while dicking around is a bit more tedious than I imagined.
Any particular topic?
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Sometimes Tejada has such a beautiful approach to a swing. That was a professional base hit.
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Bottom 9: Guzman (RHP) in, Fontenot stays in at 3B
Miggy: ball, 0-1. cs, 1-1. Line drive single into center.
Bottom 9, 0 out, Miggy on 1B: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Nice job, Geoff. You, too, Blum.
Why thank you, sir.
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Any particular topic?
It all works. Throw some obscure science shit my way.
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I'm charged with drafting questions for a bar's trivia night tomorrow. Any one have any favorite general trivia questions? Coming up with 45 questions while dicking around is a bit more tedious than I imagined.
What color are the Chicago Bears' uniforms? That one used to stump folks---in the 80's.
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Why thank you, sir.
Missed your reply, initially. I was moving my you know what.
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Bottom 9, 0 out, Miggy on 1B: FTC 1, HOU 1
Spaz: throw over. ball low, 1-0. big swing at the 95 mph heater, but missed it, 1-1. Ball low, 2-1. Ball way outside, 3-1. Ball inside, Hunter tries to hold up on it and does. Walk.
Caballo up
Bottom 9, 0 out, runners on 1B and 2B: FTC 1, HOU 1
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It all works. Throw some obscure science shit my way.
Which is heavier, air or water?
One of my favorite baseball trivia questions is "what was the fist team to win a World Series after relocating the franchise?"
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Nice hustle Miggy. It's redemption time for Lance.
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Shit, is Whitey Herzog in our dugout tonight? This could be magical.
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Bottom 9, 0 out, runners on 1B and 2B: FTC 1, HOU 1
Lee: ball low, 1-0. High fly to right center, Fuku there for the catch, Miggy tags and goes to 3B. 1 out.\
Bottom 9, 1 out, runners on the corners: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Nice hustle Miggy. It's redemption time for Lance.
Or time for Blum to do it again.
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Which is heavier, air or water?
One of my favorite baseball trivia questions is "what was the fist team to win a World Series after relocating the franchise?"
That's a good one. The Dodgers?
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Bottom 9, 1 out, runners on the corners: FTC 1, HOU 1
Berkman: IBB
Blum up, Erstad to the ODC for Sampson.
Bottom 9, 1 out, bases juiced: FTC 1, HOU 1
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Shit, is Whitey Herzog in our dugout tonight? This could be magical.
NTTAWWT.
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Visit to the mound, no one working in the Cubs pen. Blum up.
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That's a good one. The Dodgers?
Yankees.
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That's a good one. The Dodgers?
That was my guess. Which means that it's probably wrong.
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Come on, Blum. Make 'em cheer on the south side, too.
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Oh man, Blum just had his pitch.
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Fuck. The. Cubs.
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Yeeee hah!
One Cub, fucked.
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Bottom 9, 1 out, bases juiced: FTC 1, HOU 1
Blum: ball away, 1-0. swings on one high and away (was looking for ball up per JD), 1-1, fouled back, 1-2. Singles to center, Miggy Scores.
Ballgame: FTC 1, HOU 2
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BLUMO!
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Super inning. Goo'night!
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Yankees.
So what's the trick?
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Centerfielder was WAY too deep with the winning run on 3B. He's got to be at LEAST 5 or 6 steps closer. That ball should have been caught.
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Centerfielder was WAY too deep with the winning run on 3B. He's got to be at LEAST 5 or 6 steps closer. That ball should have been caught.
He didn't convert the coach's instructions correctly to metric.
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Only the second game for me in about two weeks. Nice job by Wandy and Blum.
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So what's the trick?
Trick? No trick. They started out life as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, moved to New York in 1903, won their first World Series in 1923.
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They started out life as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, moved to New York in 1903
I did not know that.
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I did not know that.
See, the Game Zone is educational too. Some people may tell you the Braves, as the original Boston Braves (first World Series in 1914) were essentially the former Cincinnati Red Stockings (the first professional team), but while they were mostly the same players that moved, it was a different owner/franchise.
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I did not know that.
Me neither. I like it.
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Me neither. I like it.
I'm only thinking of boring science questions at the moment. Maybe I'll think of some tomorrow at work.
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I'm only thinking of boring science questions at the moment. Maybe I'll think of some tomorrow at work.
Those are good.
I fear that most of my questions so far are obscure. I need to dumb down a few.
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I'm only thinking of boring science questions at the moment. Maybe I'll think of some tomorrow at work.
I'm still like which is heavier, air or water? Most people go "huh?".
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Those are good.
I fear that most of my questions so far are obscure. I need to dumb down a few.
What have you got so far?
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I'm still like which is heavier, air or water? Most people go "huh?".
How much water and how much air?
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Those are good.
I fear that most of my questions so far are obscure. I need to dumb down a few.
Here's a few general knowledge ones that are good for bar night :
1) Cinco de Mayo celebrates a battle between which two countries?
2) What body part of Michangelo's sculpture of David is most exaggerated in size?
3) According to Catholic doctrine, who was conceived in the "Immaculate Conception"?
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How much water and how much air?
4,326 molecules.
It's always a fun question to ask because it fucks people up.
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Here's a few general knowledge ones that are good for bar night :
1) Cinco de Mayo celebrates a battle between which two countries? Only one - France and it's own French colony.
2) What body part of Michangelo's sculpture of David is most exaggerated in size? The nose.
3) According to Catholic doctrine, who was conceived in the "Immaculate Conception"? Davey Conception.
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A couple of my favorites from bar trivias (since I knew the answer):
What is Ringo Starr's given name?
In what city is Oregon State University located?
What's the 10th rule of Fight Club?
Easy, yes, but if your audience is a mixed group they might go over well.
Oh, and Fuck the Cubs.
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1) Cinco de Mayo celebrates a battle between which two countries? Only one - France and it's own French colony.
Good point. May need to rephrase that one.
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Here's a few general knowledge ones that are good for bar night :
1) Cinco de Mayo celebrates a battle between which two countries?
2) What body part of Michangelo's sculpture of David is most exaggerated in size?
3) According to Catholic doctrine, who was conceived in the "Immaculate Conception"?
Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders...no wait, that's the two teams who battled in the Immaculate REception.
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4,326 molecules.
It's always a fun question to ask because it fucks people up.
Well if you put it that way . . .
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Well if you put it that way . . .
Getting non-scientific drunks to think about science is always a good time.
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A couple of my favorites from bar trivias (since I knew the answer):
What is Ringo Starr's given name?
Richard Starkey
In what city is Oregon State University located?
Corvallis
What's the 10th rule of Fight Club?
Thou shalt not cover they neighbor's ass.
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What have you got so far?
A bunch of random shit ranging from Astros, classical music, zoro astrianism, nautical miles, civil rights history, and NBA and NHL finals trivia. And a random Kissinger quote.
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Getting non-scientific drunks to think about science is always a good time.
I feel like I'm being tricked. DAMN YOU SCIENTISTS!
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Elanor Roosevelt was a woman: true or false?
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Elanor Roosevelt was a woman: true or false?
Yes. True or False.
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In what city is Oregon State University located?
What's the 10th rule of Fight Club?
Corvalis
Never talk about fight club.
Do I get a ding (I know I got at least 1 right...).
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Corvallis
Shit. I was robbed!
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Good point. May need to rephrase that one.
A variation of the same question is:
The Battle of the Alamo was fought between what two countries? The answer of course is only one country: Mexico. Tejas was a state in the country of Mexico. The Battle of the Alamo was fought between two different Mexican citizens. It was after the battle of San Jacinto that Tejas won it's independence and became an independent country.
So follow up trivia: Is Texas the only country to give up it's independence to join the United States of America?
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So follow up trivia: Is Texas the only country to give up it's independence to join the United States of America?
Hawaii.
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What French fashion magazine was created in the 1940s?
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Hawaii.
Vermont too.
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What French fashion magazine was created in the 1940s?
Elle? Paris Match?
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A variation of the same question is:
The Battle of the Alamo was fought between what two countries? The answer of course is only one country: Mexico. Tejas was a state in the country of Mexico. The Battle of the Alamo was fought between two different Mexican citizens. It was after the battle of San Jacinto that Tejas won it's independence and became an independent country.
So follow up trivia: Is Texas the only country to give up it's independence to join the United States of America?
Really? Ya know, I wasn't born here, but I thought the rebels who fought against Santa Anna were Texians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texian), not Mexican citizens.
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Elle? Paris Match?
yep, but a lot of people think vogue right away. it's a chick question at least.
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Really? Ya know, I wasn't born here, but I thought the rebels who fought against Santa Anna were Texians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texian), not Mexican citizens.
They were immigrants (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=39) (as granted by the Spanish first and then Mexican government) who became Mexican citizens upon arrival to the territory. Anybody else who did not come by way of colonization were considered squatters and they had no land rights. They were not technically Mexican citizens in terms of being born on Mexican soil, but they were not living in a separate country or territory. They immigrated here to Mexican owned soil, this was Mexican land, own by the country of Mexico and immigrated by Anglos. Those Anglos joined the people from Mexico already living here (los Tejanos) and it is said that they were told they must become Mexican citizens in order to be recognized as land owners (and not illegal immigrants). Tejas was territory of the state of Coahiula, but Stephen F. Austin, an empresario who was granted the right to immigrate settlers into the territory, wanted to create a separate Tejas (Tejano) state. He also wanted to create a land where his colony could practice freemasonary free from persecution. The Mexican Government at first did not care but later decided to outlaw freemasonary, much to the chagrin of the original Anglo settlers to the territory. Austin was very close to getting Tejas become a separate state from Coahiula, but certainly still a soverignity of Mexico but the revolution started and it never happened. The other reason the Tejano Anglo settlers wanted to fight was because of slavery. Mexico was staunchly against slavery because of the high influence of the Roman Catholic church. Tejanos immigrants were not willing to give up slavery and were ready to fight for the right to retain slaves. Unfortunately for them though, one condition of being allowed immigration status was that they would convert to Roman Catholicism, so they were going against the very contract they signed by owning slaves. It was forbidden and thus the relationship grew more and more heated. There were also grumblings of tariffs and taxes levied on immigrants that were too heavy for what was granted to them in terms of land ownership (plus the distance between Mexico's central government and the outpost of Tejas made is somewhat taxation without representation). Many Mexicanos (citizens) living in this territory fought on the side of Tejas because this reason, the tariffs and taxation, was unreasonable and affected them greatly. It was a fight that was taken up not only by the Anglo immigrants, but by the actual Mexican citizens living in this territory. Juan Sequin is the most well known of those Mexicanos.
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They were immigrants (as granted by the Mexican government). Anybody else who did not come by way of colonization were considered squatters and they had no land rights. They were not technically Mexican citizens, but they were not a living in a separate country or territory. The immigrated here to Mexican own soil, this was Mexican land, own by the country of Mexico and immigrated by Anglos. Tejas was territory of the state of Coahiula, but Stephen F. Austin, an empresario who was granted the right to immigrate settlers into the territory, wanted to create a separate Tejas (Tejano) state. He also wanted to create a land where his colony could practice freemasonary free from persecution. The Mexican Government at first did not care but later decided to outlaw freemasonary, much to the chagrin of the original Anglo settlers to the territory. Austin was very close to getting Tejas become a separate state from Coahiula, but certainly still a soverignity of Mexico but the revolution started and it never happened. The other reason the Tejano Anglo settlers wanted to fight was because of slavery. Mexico was staunchly against slavery because of the high influence of the Roman Catholic church. Tejanos immigrants were not willing to give up slavery and were ready to fight for the right to retain slaves. Unfortunately for them though, one condition of being allowed immigration status was that they would convert to Roman Catholicism, so they were going against the very contract they signed by owning slaves. It was forbidden and thus the relationship grew more and more heated. There were also grumblings of tariffs and taxes levied on immigrants that were too heavy for what was granted to them in terms of land ownership (plus the distance between Mexico's central government and the outpost of Tejas made is somewhat taxation without representation). Many Mexicanos (citizens) living in this territory fought on the side of Tejas because this reason, the tariffs and taxation, was unreasonable and affected them greatly. It was a fight that was taken up not only by the Anglo immigrants, but by the actual Mexican citizens living in this territory. Juan Sequin is the most well known of those Mexicanos.
Slavery, taxes and guns. Not much has changed, eh?
/lackey bushneck
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yep, but a lot of people think vogue right away. it's a chick question at least.
Which one?
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Slavery, taxes and guns. Not much has changed, eh?
/lackey bushneck
Being a Tejano hasn't changed much either. When living under the flag of the French, Spanish and Mexican governments being a Tejano meant being an fiercely independent sort... distant from the rest, marching to one's own drum beat. It continued under the all the flags over Texas, even now while under the flag of the United States.
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There were also grumblings of tariffs and taxes levied on immigrants that were too heavy for what was granted to them in terms of land ownership (plus the distance between Mexico's central government and the outpost of Tejas made is somewhat taxation without representation). Many Mexicanos (citizens) living in this territory fought on the side of Tejas because this reason, the tariffs and taxation, was unreasonable and affected them greatly.
Yep. That's what set it off. The Mexican government pissed off a bunch of boys down in Anahuac (who'd been hanging around the trading post getting madder and madder. . . I always imagined that trading post was on what became IH 10, and was a precursor to DJ's, I think it is called; or maybe JJ's.) You just don't piss off a bunch of Anahuacians unless you're ready for a fight.
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Yep. That's what set it off. The Mexican government pissed off a bunch of boys down in Anahuac (who'd been hanging around the trading post getting madder and madder. . . I always imagined that trading post was on what became IH 10, and was a precursor to DJ's, I think it is called; or maybe JJ's.) You just don't piss off a bunch of Anahuacians unless you're ready for a fight.
The other issues, such as slavery and being Catholic and a Mexican citizen were items that were skirted by Stephen F. Austin pretty much easily. He was able to control his colony and any other neighboring colonies and hence why the Tejanos (Mexicanos living in Tejas) liked him so much. Being a Mexican citizen? No problem, where do I sign. Becoming Catholic? Sure, why not. No slaves? Okay, how about we call it cheap labor instead. Separate statehood? Working on it!
Stephen F. was pretty good at handling the issues that were hot button items for the immigrating Anglos (most of which were US Citizens who migrated to Tejas for a second chance in life). That is why the wealthy landowner Tejanos like Sequin liked the empersario, he was a man they could stand behind because he honestly acted like a man looking out for the interest of territory and not like a land grabber trying to impose his will (and that of the colonistas he represented). But as the colonista communities grew, it got harder and harder for Austin to keep a lid on the personalities (namely the rouge elements who brought in with them the ideas that ultimately led to revolution). Austin wasn't stupid, the majority was now the Anglo community in the Tejas region (over 50K had migrated by the time Tejas started to talk about independent statehood and then independence altogether), so because it was an outpost for Mexico, the territory was harder to control by the centralized government as well. In fact, the Mexican government looked to the Tejanos to be self governed, forming their own militia to handle any issues that could not be handled by the centralized and distant government. Austin had to continue to look out for the interest of the majority, often finding himself at odds with the very ideals he once embraced, such as being a good citizen of Mexico and willing to appease the centralized government at every turn. When Santa Ana made the mistake of dealing with the continuing uproar coming from the far north outpost with military might at first and then trying to cut off the head of the snake (imprisonment of Austin), he ushered in quickly the fight that was brewing. By taking Austin out of the picture, Santa Ana basically gave rise to new voices who managed to rally the splintered factions in Tejas and unite them in one cause: freedom from tyranny. Austin was imprisoned or away from Tejas for a solid two years and that allowed men like newly migrated Sam Houston and William Travis, considered hotheads looking to fight, to rise to power and that is when the whole thing shifted to "you want a fight? come and get some!" attitude of the Tejanos (both Anglo and Mexicano). The Mexicanos in Tejas were 100% in with the Anglo settlers now because it was now about an issue that they could both sink their teeth into: Mexico's refusal to allow independent statehood and self-government to come to total fruition. Mexico feared that such an allowance would easily allow the United States to come in and purchase the territory from the self-governed Tejanos. On the part of the Tejanos, many of them were not looking to make deals with the United States, but to continue to govern themselves and not have to pay heavy handed taxation and tariffs (something they were not used to for many years as a distant outpost of Mexico). Taxes and tariffs ultimately united all fronts and that is what lead to the fight in the Northern Mexico territory and ultimately independencia!
Austin returned to Tejas as the fight was about to escalate and as soon as he arrived, his manner of dealing with things (the diplomatic way) was right out the window. To appease the new leadership in Tejas, Austin became a figure head leader that was dispatched to Washington D.C. to seek support from the neighbor in the fight against tyranny. The tyranny was all about being dealt with a heavy hand of taxation and tariffs by the centralized government of Mexico, and that never sits well with a Tejano. Don't tread on me!
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Never talk about fight club.
If it's your first time at Fight Club, you HAVE to fight.
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I was at Pluckers the other night during Trivia night, and they had a whole 10 question section dedicated to Three Amigos.
I aced it.
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Would you say there was a plethora of questions on Three Amigos?
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Would you say there was a plethora of questions on Three Amigos?
The toughest question:
Who did the voice of the Singing Bush?
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The toughest question:
Who did the voice of the Singing Bush?
Short People, got no reason...
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Short People, got no reason...
Did you have to look it up?
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Did you have to look it up?
That answer, no.
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Would you say there was a plethora of questions on Three Amigos?
Preponderance? Profusion? Superfluity? Surfeit? Shitload?
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What's better,
a.) a cold beer on a hot day?
b.) a bottle of whisky on a cold day?
c.) an amorous women on a rainy day?
This is an essay question. I will be checking grammar and punctuation.
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That answer, no.
The King of Pop Culture comes through again.
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What's better,
a.) a cold beer on a hot day?
b.) a bottle of whisky on a cold day?
c.) an amorous women on a rainy day?
This is an essay question. I will be checking grammar and punctuation.
Yes.
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When is the best time to water your cactus?
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When is the best time to water your cactus?
When it's not looking. Cactus are mean.
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Yes.
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When it's not looking. Cactus are mean.
Cacti?
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Cacti?
Okay, okay, okay... Cacti is mean.
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Sometimes I really hate those in-bat replays. I walked into the room right as they were showing Miggy's walkoff from the other night and for a moment thought it was real time.
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Are we living in the past or did you mean to post in yesterday's game thread? I'm just wondering where everybody went.