Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Awesome line of the day-

"You think balancing on a giant sessaw is hard? Wait until someone hands you a 22 pound barrel!"

I love when writers imply a previous conversation that you haven't had.


This was in a flashback for the Japanese show "Unbeatable Banzuke" which is pretty hilarious anyway, as it has contestants trying to beat all sorts of weird sports challenges.

But still, the fact that they opened up after commercials with a line like that makes me how confused I'd be if I'd just turned on the show without previously watching the weird challenge.

It also makes me think that you should try this-

Next time someone sits down next to you in a park bench, here's what you should do-

Stand up suddenly, get all pissed off and say-

"WHat did you say? You think balancing on a giant Seesaw is hard? Well buddy, just wait until someone hands you a 22 pound barrel, THEN you'll be in for it!"

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Hey it's technically Wednesday, neat. Ah what the heck, I might as well try to keep a regular schedule of these things, I almost always have dumb little blurbs I can do.

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I was watching the Celtics game tonight, which was Game 6 of the NBA finals, for those of you who live in caves(just kidding, I don't always know what major sporting event is going on either)

Anyway, all you need to know is that if the Celtics won tonight (which they did), then there wouldn't be a Game 7 in 2 days, since the series would be over.

During the pregame, one of the announcer said something like:

"And remember, we'll be with you regardless of the outcome tonight, for Game 7 tomorrow, at the Boston Garden".

I can sort of understand what he meant by this I suppose, but I choose not to do so. And really, why say it like that? Good job evoking a sense of network loyalty by using a logic that makes no sense. Way to count on the average attention span during sports pregames.

But even in the face of this obvious quasi logic-I plan on keeping ABC at their word.

OK ABC, I'll see you on Thursday, at the Garden. And by God, you better have announcers there. If I'm going to sneak past security to break into a completely abandoned building, it better be worth it.

I expect the play by play to go something like this;

BOB: Well Tom, It's good to be here for not Game 7, here on Thursday night at the Garden.
TOM: YOu said it, Bob. It's look out to be quite a non-existant basketball game.

12 minutes later-

TOM: Well Bob, that was quite a boring quarter, I have to say.
BOB: Can't argue with you there Tom, there were 0 points, 0 fouls, and well, let's face it, 0 players.
TOM: Good point, Bob, if this continues then- wait, we appear to have a player entering the court!
BOB: If I'm not mistaken, his disheveled appearance and cardboard box would make him-
TOM: That's right Bob, a hobo.

BOB: Oh! It looks like he's soiled his pants. That play's going to go a long way to hurt his street cred.

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Haha, well that was fun. There's nothing quite like making fun of the homeless. Though if he broke into boston gardens, then obviously hes some sort of homeless ninja. Also, the phrase "street cred" is always funny.