I Sent Your Cheesesteaks, Sam-I-Am
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 2:34 PM EDT
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As you probably know by now, Sam Fels over at Second City Hockey is raising all hell over the fact that his cheesesteaks have not yet arrived. Now I understand that things get overlooked and that many Philadephia-based organizations find it difficult to deliver in Chicago (e.g., the 2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers). Since I didn't want things to get out-of-hand and I also wanted to give you the benefit of doubt, I checked with a number of Philadelphia area delivery companies to see if I could track the aforementioned cheesesteaks.
As I expected, I was able to track the cheesesteaks departing from Philadelphia from a number of different services, so it is obvious that you have more than made an effort to follow through on your promise. I commend you for that effort. Unfortunately, there was no record of the cheesesteaks actually arriving in Chicago, but through extensive research I was able to discover the plight of each shipment...
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I have nothing left to say about this or to the Blackhawks…total waste of time and effort.
BTW, most you Hawks fans pass this off as a joke but you may not have noticed, not too many people on BSH found this to be very funny. More of insulting, if you ask me.
Philadelphia Flyers/Columbus Blue Jackets...don't ask me how.
If it was up to me, I'd free Charles Manson... -MRH
This was good
Sam should have sent this and nothing else. Pretty much all that was needed, no call to arms necessary for the bloggers of SCH, just this.
My only problem, you needed to use a picture of a real cheese steak not what is sold in cheap chains and other cities.
I must agree
It was the easiest photo to grab off the internet and edit.
But it’s not like I expected you guys to send us something we’d actually enjoy either ;)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree, that looks like what everybody else calls a cheesesteak. You can make one like that from stuff sold in any NY grocery store… that’s what.
#1 Flyers Fan in New York
by Lindbergh 31 on Jul 12, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that the Subway (TM) steak or the Applebee's Philly Burger (TM)???
Either way – eeeewwwwww.
by MaximumTalbot on Jul 12, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Quick, send them the damn cheesesteaks
Before the team trades away SCH for a better blog and a 5th round pick.
They’ll probably ruin whatever you send by dipping it in au jus.
Go back to gloating to Red Wings fans.
"Call me dumb, call me stupid, whatever. I block shots."
You sir, have too much time on your hands.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
It's the offseason
We all have too much time on our hands.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
I guess we should be suprised with how quickly the SCH members got involved with this...
I mean, is there anybody better at jumping on bandwagons than Blackhawks fans?
Shadow universe or universal truth??
http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2010/7/12/1565879/i-would-eat-cheesesteak-from-philly#41904720
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Reply fail to Kreider Designs
I guess that’s only fitting.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Was this a REAL deal?
I thought it was playful banter to make the series more interesting. As a Philly fan I actually kinda laughed at a couple of those pics, although it looked like it took you wayyy to much time and effort. I mean are you trying to upset flyers fans by posting this? I was born in Chi town and have a little love for the city, but if I grew up there and became a blackhacks fan then I would be keeping my bandwagon mouth shut, after the many many many many years of stanley cup drought years and playoff failures.
lmfao. :)
I have no idea if it was a real deal, but I asume that it was (don't really care though)
and no I’m not trying to piss off Philly fans. Most of my photoshops on SCH make fun of the Hawks and/or their situation (like the current Capocalypse). I would expect and appreciate the same banter from anyone here and I would enjoy if it wasn’t mindless FU type of stuff. I was just going along with the “blog war” program and hoped some of you might appreciate it. If I offended anyone, then I apologize. Feel free to suggest it be deleted. Glad you laughed at a couple of the photos.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Should've bolded the last part about the engines
Seems to be getting overlooked by those too anxious to post a retaliatory bandwagoner comment.
Why
It’s the equivalent of making a completely derogatory remark and then saying, “No offense, it was just a joke.” The intent was there; don’t hind behind the joke stuff.
It would have been fine if it was simply one fanpost like this and that was all there was to it; but it was on EVERY. SINGLE. THREAD. Completely hijacked our site—and first thing Monday morning before I’ve had time to drink my coffee is bad. Very bad.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
by doubleh on Jul 12, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly – a bunch of clueless fucktards come over and troll on every post and WE’RE supposed to “cool our engines”.
Sorry, no thanks. Sam Fels is running a fairly major blog; he should at least ATTEMPT to have a modicium of professionalism.
by Phalange on Jul 12, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well said.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 12, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Although this bothers me a bit, I know, that like other Chicago teams, this team won’t be relevant in hockey for the next 20 years. Cubs haven’t won in 100 years, the White Sox are in an abysmal AL Central, the Hawks will be the Unos Pizza of Deep Dish pizza, the Bears lol and the Bulls, well that’s funny too.
You’re like the Marlins of baseball, relevant every once in a blue moon. Notice I didn’t have to go on your site either, I said it right here
Also: Blackhawks suck. Enjoy sucking for the next 10 years
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 12, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Also, I’m gonna use this quote to exemplify something to you
Larry Dennit, Jr.: That little obscene gesture is going to cost us a bundle.
Ricky Bobby: With all due respect, I didn’t realize you’d gotten experimental surgery to get your balls removed.
The following line goes: you can’t say with all do respect and then say whatever is on your mind
For instance:
With all due respect, I think Chicago is full of a bunch of losers and people who wouldn’t recognize a championship even if they have a parade for it (nice 2 million get together btw, we had 6)
See, just because I said with all due respect doesn’t give me a right to say what I want to say
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 12, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess the fact that I made fun of Kane too makes no difference...
I didn’t read any of the other threads or comments before posting this and have read only one since. I don’t know if things got out of hand or if some people are just being oversensitive. I don’t really give a fuck about the cheesesteaks. It was a chance to do something humorous and get away from the summer doldrums.
I didn’t poke fun at the admins of this site, or at the commenters, or at any particular players (except for one of ours), and I didn’t tell anyone to fuck off or post any trollish comments. It’s sports people. Your side vs my side. It was meant to stir some friendly banter.
To all those going overboard that can’t take a joke. Whatever. I’ve been through enough losing seasons to appreciate what it feels like. If you guys won and we lost the SCF’s and someone posted something like this a month later on SCH, I’d probably say, “That was funny…Asshole ;)”
This will probably get deleted anyways, so vent while you can…
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
If this was the only thing posted about the cheesesteaks on this site, I don’t think we would’ve had a problem with it.
Instead, your douchtastic bloglord over at SCH actively encouraged his dipshit minions to come over here and make disruptive, trollish, idiotic comments. Way to show some class.
by Phalange on Jul 12, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I posted this in another thread, but it needs to be here as well. The context for the comment is that the SCH fan was claiming that it was all good now because the dogs had been called off:
The sad thing is that they had to "call off the dogs" for you to stop – weren’t all of you intelligent to figure out on your own that all this posting was idiotic?
Even worse, this behavior was suborned by those running your site – that’s downright embarrassing. Had any one of our bloglords here suggested such a strategy against another blog for any reason, I would have flamed them right here on our own blog for even suggesting it.
There were some intelligent posters from SCH who posted here during the SCF – unfortunately, many of those posters also chose to participate in the digital stupidity yesterday. I now don’t think very highly of any of you, and I know that very many here share that same opinion.
I hope it was worth it. You guys and your team could use all the positive karma you can get – you certainly didn’t earn any here.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 4:29 AM EDT up reply actions
There are plenty of us on here who can take a joke—and as I said previously, if this had been the only post on it it would have been and we’d had a good laugh or whatever. It’s not your fault that there are several assholes in your fanbase (we all have them, naturally) who went waaaayyy overboard and essentially crapped on our floor before you got here. My only issue was with the sheer magnitude of the commentary on every thread. Certainly you can appreciate some of us might have found it to be a little much.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
by doubleh on Jul 12, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nope, totally get that
This is why we can’t have nice things!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 12, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct – had their only been a dedicated thread for this (like this one), everything would have proceeded in a much better fashion. As it happened, all of you who posted here from SCH only earned ill will from very many here, despite your attempts to be “humorous”.
Joking and banter and one-upmanship are all fine and part of participating on a blog, but what happened yesterday was far over the line.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 4:35 AM EDT up reply actions
If it's any consolation
I enjoyed this thoroughly, including/especially the Kane reference. Heck, it was a nice change of pace from some of the other posts/comments concerning the issue. Unfortunately, the “One bad apple” idiom has come into play on the matter. (And no, you’re not the bad apple.) Still, nicely played on this one – hope it helped break the monotony that both teams are now feeling this summer.
And, FWIW, I doubt this will be deleted. I like to believe Travis, Geoff, and Ben all have a good sense of humor about these things and understand the joke that is being presented. If all the comments were spewing hate, they might shut down the comments. But the storyboard of pictures is easily worth keeping for posterity.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
Technically i’m from Lancaster but I’ll stand by you nonetheless.
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"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Jul 12, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather
be stuck in a triangle of vuvzela’s then to hear about some fathawks crying about how hungry they are.
Pilgrim: Be gone pest, and give me the Bird
Yakko: We'd love to but the FOX censors wouldn't allow it
by JpH89 on Jul 12, 2010 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
VVVVVVVVVHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Jul 12, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont know about that man
I’d rather listen to Rosanne Barr sing the National ANthem on a 24 hour loop than listen to those fucking vuvuzelas
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't understand what all this is for
so you’re coming to this site to knock a bunch of fellow humans while they’re down about cheesesteaks? wasn’t this a bet made by editors, and now you keep being annoying and hijacking threads? i don’t want to read this bullshit on an SBN site, we’re supposed to be above this.
I recognize that Chicago’s specialty foods suck (fuck off, i like ketchup on my hot dogs dammit), but to literally hijack the best hockey blog on the internet about this trite bullshit makes not only our community suffer, but the entire SBN community suffer. You think people will continue joining when every thread has this assholeishness? fuck off, be gracious in victory. Even if some people here went to your site, stop making an entire community suffer for the actions of a few.
by Alon on Jul 13, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I just stick up for my boys in Orange & Black. I stick up for the people on this site, BSH. Don’t care if other fanbases don’t find me refreshing because I don’t find you refreshing or funny. Period.
You don’t come into someone’s house and act like Rick James (that’s why dude got karate kicked by Charlie Murphy) Plenty of good people from other sites, maybe even SCH, have come here and acted accordingly…I’m all for it. Don’t come here and insult us (or our intelligence that this was ‘all a joke’…c’mon) reminding us that we lost and you want a couple sandwiches that don’t belong to you just makes for sour feelings and bad banter back and forth. Trust me, a sandwich is not worth this! That’s why I never understood the point of all this. This was basically an inside joke for Chicago fans while rubbing some salt in the wounds of Philly fans and expected us to smile all the while.
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by PhillyPhan85 on Jul 13, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
you guys may want to consider lightening up a little
its a fucking blog
about fucking hockey
its a fucking joke
its not like we walked into your church and took a shit all over the altar. Reacting like this is what some of the assholes who antagonize you are looking for. Reactions like this, to them, validate their actions. So please, quit bitching like we fucked your mother, lighten up, laugh at some funny photoshops (even though CNS has WAAAAAY too much time on his hands), and join the rest of us in cursing the existence of the hard cap.
Hope to see you guys in the playoffs next year, we may have to put our new meathead against Pronger (Kyle Beach, fought and injured his own team mate in prospect camp, yeah he is a fucking moron).
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
You could only meet us in the SCF next year, and you’re not going to be there. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, cause you guys are poised to repeat .
loosen your sphincter for a fucking minute. Christ.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
Now who’s overreacting?
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh, see - you put a smiley face at the end which supposedly made it OK
(and it was by me – I got the joke) I originally put something like like “This was meant to be humorous people – cool the engines” and that’s part of the reason everyone, including you, jumped down my throat.
Look, it’s a sports blog. Yeah, I took a couple of jabs regarding the SCF’s in the first two photoshops, but they were definitely light-hearted jabs. I also took jabs at Kane and Sam Fels in the last two (Sam as a park bench bum flipping off the camera? Helloooooo people??) The rest were all very neutral.
Hey whatever. For the people who get a laugh from this, that was the intention. If other people want to get all worked up over it and throw mindless insults my way and at SCH, that’s great too. But it’ll eventually give them a heart attack, so maybe they should lighten up.
The most humorous part of all of this for me is that people still continue to vote for “Philly is definitely… …NOT better than Chicago.” Research shows that intelligence, reading comprehension and the ability to appreciate humor are closely related. I thought you guys would be able to appreciate humor a bit more (see what I did there?) – hell, you just resigned Carcillo. :)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Carcillo actually has a degree of talent when he’s not overly amped – Laviolette seems to know how to manage him.
You’ll also be relieved to know that I did read the poll choices and, thus, didn’t vote. :)
The bottom line is this:
Your blogmaster sent you over here over a private beef (tee-hee) he had with one of our blogmasters – that’s professionally unethical for someone responsible for a blog.
The end result – the membership of SCH (NOT involved in the original bet) ended up abusing the membership of BSH (ALSO not involved in the bet) on our own blog. A bit uncalled for, wouldn’t you agree?
I already responded in my “calling off the dogs” post above, and I stand by that. It was wrong for Sam to send you over to do his dirty work; if Travis, Ben, or Geoff had done anything similar in reverse, I would have flamed them right here for suggesting any such thing as Sam did to you. It’s just wrong – calling it humor doesn’t make it any better.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe abusing
would be you calling me a “cunt”. If you read my post you would see that I did not insult you people in any way, just thought you guys should roll with it. Throwing four letter insults at someone is, as I said before, what antagonistic asshats were looking for when they came over here
and seriously, are there “blog ethics”? Is there a governing body for this sort of thing? Trolls either get banned or ignored that is the best way to deal with them, and neither CNS or myself could be considered trolls. Honestly this post is pretty funny, and was in no way inflammatory.
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh
It was a public bet, but I’m sure most of the good people of SCH thought it was a chance to get out their cage. I could give two shits as to whether Sam gets his cheesesteaks. Unless of course he emails me that he’s sharing – then I’d be over here typing in ALL CAPS and shit.
And yeah, I know Carbomb actually has talent. I keep trying to convince everyone at SCH the same thing about Kopecky. But then again, no one makes more fun of Kopecky than me, so i doubt that helps my cause.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Kopecky is talented
when it comes to whiffing shots/falling down/losing helmet/carrying Hossa’s luggage
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
1. I think most people enjoyed this, you are just getting the same people complaining
2. I think most people projected their anger at the unoriginal people that came here just looking to be an irritant on to you and this FanPost
3. I’m fairly certain those voters are from SCH, though I make no claims to the intelligence of any blog member
I really did find this funny as hell, and appreciated the time it took you to do this. My only problem with the whole thing was Sam telling people to come here. When that happens on a blog, idiots are the ones that usually respond, and they do so in such an irritating way. Clearly people were coming here to poke the bear; they came on here and responded to people that were clearly upset over this whole thing (doesn’t matter if they are over reacting or not), and got the reactions they wanted out of them. That’s not sarcasm, or in good fun, it’s just picking at someone you know you will get a reaction from for no good reason.
But again, nice work, I really enjoyed it. This kind of good hearted humor, in my mind, is always welcome.
by DLJr on Jul 13, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
First
It’s the same people defending the blog—so you can’t lump all Philly fans into one category as being “unintelligent, failing in reading comprehension and without humor”—although, considering our treatment from the national media, we’re quite used to all being lumped together as one collective identity.
Second, just because the SCF were a few months ago, doesn’t mean we’re over it. Philadelphians, like elephants, are known for their long memories. They still boo Scott Rolen, for chrissake, something which eludes me to this day. He’s the reason the Phillies got competitive for f’s sake, and was the only reason to watch that miserable team back in the day. (side note: did you know he’s the main reason that ESPN invented Web Gems? True story) Even if you’re intent is humor, ultimately it’s still a reminder of where the cup resides right now and that’s not in Philly.
Third, sarcasm is humor, but it is always laced with truth. People use it to hide behind their true feelings about something, as you did in your last paragraph. There’s nothing wrong with it, and we all do it, but it’s irresponsible to say you don’t mean something that’s clearly inferred.
Lastly, everyone just needs to get over this and move on to talking about something else. This is soooo yesterday. We’re all a bit touchy about the moves our teams are making and rightfully so, but I think there’s a better way to direct our energy.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
Didn't you notice the smiley face after my last paragraph??
That makes it OK. Orange and Black 4Evah will back me on that one.
And we’re all bandwagoners in Chicago. We know how the “lumping” works.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, the smiley face comment I truly believe – we will be in the Finals again before you – I should have used a wink instead.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you're right
I doubt we’ll make it to the Eastern Conference Finals anytime soon. Unless of course Bettman adds another 15 teams out west in the desert. ;)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Tee-hee. I meant Stanley Cup Finals, but you knew that. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 6:31 AM EDT up reply actions
pictures were great
i chuckled at a few of those, i just don’t know what’s going on with the random assholes
The “C” in your name stands for “cunt”, right?
by Phalange on Jul 13, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thats good!
I assume you are the funny one around here, I mean you would have to be with gems like that. Seriously though, how do you think of these things. God I guess i never really had a mind for comedy, I mean not like you. Seriously, that is a great talent you have there. Bravo! Keep up the good work!
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait
I think he was being serious – “cunt” is what your “C” stands for, isn’t it? It has to be.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 13, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh
I don’t think there’s ever a good reason to resort to using that word, personally. Not even when referring to a Pens’ fan.
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by doubleh on Jul 13, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think it is acceptable for Pens fans
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 13, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I always wondered why the word cunt is considered so much dirtier than other words. Maybe the fact that it both starts and ends with a hard consonant?
I’ve often wondered the same thing. It’s a word that has almost nuclear power to it. None of the other words for that part of a woman’s anatomy have the same ability to shock.
To be completely honest, I almost always avoid using it, but your post made me laugh, so, this once, I continued its use. (All apologies to those who find the word inexcusably bad to use in any situation.)
Saturday Night Live had a funny mock commercial about at music festival which listed bands playing at it. Fake group names were interlaced with real ones. One of the fake group names was “Cunk”, and it shocked me every bit as much as the word we are currently discussing.
So, I agree that it is something about the combination of sounds in the word that make it sound especially awful.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I speak a few foreign languages and studied in Europe where the usage of the equivalent is much more common, especially in Spanish (coño) where you might hear it on average 10 times a day. In French (con) it is probably the most insulting though. I think this falls in line with the hard consonant theory.
I always assumed that it derived from Latin but according to Wikipedia I’m incorrect and its etymology is likely Indo-Germanic.
Relationships to similar-sounding words such as the Latin cunnus (vulva), and its derivatives French con, Spanish coño, and Portuguese cona, have not been conclusively demonstrated. Other Latin words related to cunnus are cuneatus = “wedge-shaped”; cuneo = “I fasten with a wedge”, (figurative) “I wedge in”, “I squeeze in”, leading to English words such as cuneiform (wedge-shaped).I find it almost possible to believe there is no connection, but I’ll try not to lose any sleep over it.
(fyi, that was an attempt at a bad joke)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually have both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Classical Languages (i.e., ancient Greek and Latin), so you’re barking up my tree here. :)
I’ll have to look up the Indo-European roots of “cunnus” and “cuneatus” to see if they spring from the same source – I suspect that they may be distantly related. Etymology is a very interesting pursuit – you end up tracing histories that often defy logic on the surface.
Well, we may have reached a productive outcome here finally. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually have both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Classical Languages…
Wow – you have two degrees in unemployment?
I kid, I kid… :)
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
Many people have said the same thing.
Of course, I have been gainfully employed every year since leaving graduate school – so much for people being encouraged to take “marketable” majors only.
If you like what you’re studying, you’ll find a way to make it your career – that’s not to say that you may not have to go to school for a long while to do so, but you’ll get there eventually.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed—I heard the same thing for getting my degree in Spanish. “You wanna teach?” they’d ask. “No, I most certainly do not.”
If you graduate with a really high GPA, that’s all they look at in the end anyway. At least in my experience.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
That certainly does help. :)
I do teach, but that’s what I wanted to do. But, ultimately, if you are passionate about what you do, regardless of major, that’s all that matters. You can do anything, really.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
That should be an interesting slice of PIE* to research...
*Proto-Indo-European language (I’m sure everyone had gotten it already though)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah, PIE – the abbreviation I haven’t seen since grad school. :) It is wonderful to study, but, unfortunately, linguistics is a field you need to have a Ph.D. to do anything with professionally.
(Of course, someone is now perfectly set up to give the customary “cunning linguist” joke here… ;)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You've have been warned!
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, my goodness.
He must destroy them by causing them to shrivel up once women have seen him.
Ikk…
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 15, 2010 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I always liked that joke! :)
Just like “proctology isn’t the science of being a proctor” (of course, throwing in “asshole” at the end of this one makes it all the funnier. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re correct—as a former language major myself, it’s not the meaning, but the sound of it. There are several words in the English language that just make me cringe. Moist is another one.
I love etymology as well and read about it for fun b/c I, too, am a language nerd. Check out the “Dictionary of Uncomfortable Words” for a good laugh.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
Check out the "Dictionary of Uncomfortable Words" for a good laugh
Do you know the author, by chance?
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Got it right here: Andrew Witham and Brian Snyder
Some excepts, for your viewing pleasure:
snatch v: This vile verb gives us the willies, and we suspect ut works the night shift posing as a nasty noun. We suggest you use the term “steal.”
cockfight n: The idea of two cocks pecking each other to death makes our spleen fall out in revulsion. Let’s just call this “chicken boxing,” okay?
fudge n: Brown, thick and hot. An uncomfortable tour de force.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
HA! :) Those are funny entries. I’ll have to look for this book.
Thank you for recommending it. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I agree. I think some of what I love about BSH is the underlying humor about most things, which I saw at SCH during the Cup when I visited, as well. I think there was a bit of overreaction over here. I appreciate the (mostly) friendly banter, and the other crap that just mildly annoyed me, I just ignored….
Gross
(fuck off, i like ketchup on my hot dogs dammit)
Ewwwwww
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
Hot dogs are meant to be served with ketchup, mustard and relish. Delish. Yocco’s, which I love, has some awesome chili paste they serve on their’s…and deep fried perogies. Heaven. Now some of what Chicago serves I would not refer to as hot dogs, but more sausage-like or a kielbasa, in which case ketchup is not preferred. I still like mustard, though.
Some people try to put ketchup on cheesesteaks, but I’ve never understood that one. You don’t put ketchup on steak, do you? And no freaking sauce (referred to in Philly as gravy), either, a la the pizza steak. Yuck. Either with or without. Hoagie style is also acceptable in my world.
Mustard on soft pretzels, always. And the yellow kind—none of this fancy dijon shit—the cheap stuff that sells by the gallon. French’s.
I think I’ll get a cheesesteak tonight. Perhaps some buffalo wings…and sit down and watch the ASG…if it’s not ruined, however, by constant references to Steinbrenner, someone almost no one liked while he was alive.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
I was with you
Up until you decided to admit that you have no taste buds and that you put yellow paint on your soft pretzels. Ew.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
It depends on where the soft pretzels come from—if they are good ones, they don’t need it. If they are those crappy ones you get right outside the stadium on the street, different story.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
Oh, I agree with putting mustard on the pretzels. I’ve just always been a Gulden’s mustard guy, and have thought that French’s is an abomination. :)
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
agree to disagree
things that add sugar are good tasting in my book, it’s a shame they’re so not good to eat
Why are any of you fucking Chicago assclowns still here? You’re douchebag of an administrator “called off the dogs.” Go back to to your blog.
Even if you wanted to actually talk about hockey you really aren’t welcome here anymore after your little stunt. Please go back to your blog and being bandwagon fans.
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by Mitchell Green on Jul 13, 2010 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ummm...
Someone told us there would be Stove Top stuffing for dinner…??
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 13, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Close
It’s Shake ’n Bake, and YOU MUST HELP!
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
But I'm a GUEST here! Haven't you noticed??
Awww man, found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POI5aMgxYFk
With commercials like that I can’t believe I grew up normal.
Yeah, never mind that last sentence.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
That commercials could keep you normal
It was the was the acid-laced Shake n’ Bake that did you in.
….Waitaminute… this is you, isn’t it?
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
What I said earlier about people here overreacting or being over-dramatic - I take it all back.
Wow. Just wow.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
.......what dose it mean??
I bet his sister gets crazy loud in bed!
bread. butter. cheese. VICTORY!
by Prometheus74 on Jul 14, 2010 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions
A measured response
I posted this over there because there is absolutely nothing that has been done to call off the nonsense:
-———————————-
SamFels,
Actually my 4 year old shows more maturity than this, and I regularly have to sit his ass down in his room for a timeout. Maybe you should go take a nap.
Why don’t you work this out with Travis and leave the rest of the people who come here to talk hockey out of your petty little squabble. Given the sparsity of your readership I don’t think you are in any position to insight a forum spam jihad, considering our readership and activity level dwarfs yours.
Why don’t you guys head over to 4chan if you want to engage in trolling, and let us enjoy our community. You may think that Idiots spamming every thread with offtopic "cheesesteaks" replies is the height of hilarity, but I can assure you if the shoe was on the other foot you wouldn’t find it to be the yuckfest you all seem to think it is. Usually an admin would be at least feigning consternation about the rabble, rather than using his editorial powers to actually incite his dimwitted minions to pollute someone elses’s home base.
And let’s get right down to the crux of the issue, which is that there are a couple of individuals who made a bet, and the resolution of that bet has not a goddamn thing to do with the other 99.99% of the people involved. None of the jackasses who are posting over at BSH are getting cheesesteaks, and none of the people you’re aggravating owe you or anyone else there as much as a drop of cheese whiz do they?
Do yourself a favor and delete this ill advised post, and call off the nonsense, while you still have a scrap of credibility in regards to the running of your community.
by Gizmoitus on Jul 13, 2010 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
A measured response to your measured response
“ A spoonful of sugar…”
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry
bread. butter. cheese. VICTORY!
by Prometheus74 on Jul 14, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Better question...
Why do YOU keep posting here??
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness he made this post, and you know the content of this post. It was a pretty funny thing he put up, complete with a rip on his own team. Most people here seem to have appreciated it as it was clear CNS meant no real ill will. He did not clog our other threads, simply made his on FanPost. He is not interrupting our normal Flyers discussions, but keeping his conversations here. I’d love to side with you on this one, but even people that were irritated by CNS have managed to get over it and find a new fun subject to talk about.
Like any FanPost you have the option to ignore it, I suggest you save yourself the frustration and not open this post again.
And trust me, it pains me to take the side of a BlackHawks fan, but CNS hasn’t done anything that bad here. I agree, Sam at SCH was totally in the wrong for posting the call to arms, but really CNS has been one of the most polite and original people to come over from that site. I really think Sam should have just asked CNS to do this instead of posting his call to arms, this was great, it got the point across in a humorous but still polite way.
Anyways, sorry Giz, but you really need to relax here.
by DLJr on Jul 14, 2010 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
You’re welcome to your opinion. I just don’t agree with anything you wrote. In terms of whether or not CNS did anything wrong here, let’s just consider this entire fanpost. Is CNS a “Fan” of the Flyers.
F U C K N O.
What did this have to do with the Flyers?
Oh right, it was a “fan post” about an idiotic forum invasion, called for by their jackass of an admin over a bet he had with Travis.
In their own forum they used the opportunity to gloat, mock everyone who found it annoying, and celebrate the success of their campaign, which was designed only to needle people over here. The generally accepted term for this type of activity is called: “Trolling.”
The entire point of Trolling is to provoke a reaction from the community in which you’re trolling. There’s no substance, and no intellectual exchange.
This may be a benign version of trolling, but it’s still trolling, and doesn’t belong here. If they want to post these things over at SCH and have fun in their community more power to them. I’d have no problem if you or some other regular here, posted a link to something they posted that was satirical or negative. However, in this case, I’d really be interested to hear your justification for
I’m very relaxed, knowing that I’m completely right about this, and will continue to post here as long as I feel like it, or the admins ban me from the forum. Losing in the SCF was painful for a lot of people here, and I feel completely justified in standing up for people on issues like this, again whether you agree or disagree as to the relative humor of it, or CSN’s motives. I personally feel that this is our community, and we should be free of this type of nonsense here, because it’s a slippery slope. For proof of that, just look at CNS’s recent post of a picture of a Nerdy Guy with the caption “C*nt Destroyer”. Do you really want to be reading through random posts about the Flyers and have to scroll through idiocy like that on a regular basis?
I don’t want to scroll through random posts about the Flyers and find stupid crap, which is why I was one of the first people to say something about it. As I said, he has kept everything to his own FanPost and I don’t see him as a troll. To be honest, it’s equally frustrating to read through an argument that had already taken place, but finally died down, only to see it come up again from someone else.
But that’s fine, I really don’t want to piss you off anymore, and you’re obviously entitled to your opinion and free to do what you would like to do. I’m going to get back to the other stuff on this site and probably stop opening up this thread.
I posted this in another thread, but it belongs here too – the context for the response is that there was an apology of sorts for the posts because we’re still sore about losing the Cup final:
People, you’re missing the point entirely.
The reason all of you came over here en masse is because your bloglord compelled you to come over here to settle a private dispute between him and one of our bloglords. That’s just wrong. A leader of a blog should not encourage this kind of behavior. It’s irresponsible. One can’t know how such a strategy will turn out – what has happened over the past couple of days proves that.
You’re using revisionist history to think that all of you came over just to rib us about the Cup – if it had been just that, things would have run their course more quickly. Sam sent you over here to settle a private score over a bet that was not between the general readership of the two blogs – it was between two individuals of the two blogs. And that’s how it should have stayed.
I have no problem about being ribbed about the Cup; just as you should have no ploblem being ribbed about your cap-hell – they both are what they are. It’s pretty rich to claim that "we don’t have a sense of humor" when you come over here on our site to troll and then get upset that we don’t take kindly to it. If we had done the same thing in reverse, you would have been all cuddly to us? I don’t think so. If I had participated in such a raid on your site, I would fully expect to be flamed. I don’t know why you are surprised to have gotten a chilly response here. It’s the only response that could have reasonably been expected in advance.
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 14, 2010 6:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Full out FanPost
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I know this will not change your opinion in any way...
however, there is a metric available for this statement.
Given the sparsity of your readership I don’t think you are in any position to insight a forum spam jihad, considering our readership and activity level dwarfs yours.There is This and This These do not say that one site has only losers, nor does it say that the others are only winners. It just says what it says.
As for your
Does having the team that you root for end up loosing suck? yup. Does that mean that you now are supposed to shit all over everything remotely related to the city that the winning team resides in? Not in my Homer opinion.
Note: the mileage of individual opinions may differ…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
Fan of the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks!
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by burpchelischili on Jul 16, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Those numbers are quite surprising. There must be a lot of lurkers on BSH because we don’t have as many comments as you in threads but have similar page views. Either that, or the regulars aren’t as verbose.
Sheesh, there was a whole lot on your bandwagon in May.
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There was a bit of off topic humour going on during GTD threads, as well as the “Great Huater Debate” that tended to increase comment numbers.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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by burpchelischili on Jul 17, 2010 6:24 AM EDT up reply actions
um...
did this site start in Jan of 2009?
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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by burpchelischili on Jul 17, 2010 6:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Percentage-wise, the BSH bandwagon actually grew slightly more than SCH's in May.
Bandwagon myth busted ;)
And burp, I’m sure SwollenGremlin wasn’t referring to any actual statistics. (Why use stats when you can throw out ridiculous claims and then point the finger at others to disprove them?) I’m sure he was just implying that BSHers have a higher literacy rate and jog more (gotta burn off those cheesesteak calories).
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 17, 2010 7:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Well,
I know how I would feel if I had been posting on a site for 1.4 years longer than it had been around and then you come in with pictures… wait what? 1.6 minus 3 equals… um… Who the hell has the time machine and where can I get one!?!
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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Fan of the not 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Isles!
by burpchelischili on Jul 17, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
All this boils down to Chicago won, Philly lost…this is a pro-Philly site and we are focusing on next season to forget about the finish to last. Yes, we are proud of our accomplishments and the fight we put up but we don’t have to pretend to like seeing Chicago parade around with the Cup. You guys got it, enjoy it while it lasts, whatever…
Just think it was low-ball for one site to come to another over a bet made between the higher-ups. Guys just need to realize that we did… just… lose… the Stanley F’n Cup, its not something you just have a few laughs about with Chicago fans jabbing you with that fact over and over. Look I hope you get your winnings, a bet was made (I hear its in the mail) with fans from other teams you have to be careful esp. when the steaks? were so high (yeah yeah I know, don’t say it) there is just a good way to do it and a bad way…Chicago did the latter. I’m waving my white flag just want to get back to hockey and MY team, the PHILADELPHIA FLYERS.
Philadelphia Flyers/Columbus Blue Jackets...don't ask me how.
This has nothing to do with winning or losing. Any time spent over on SCH and you see a different sensibility than here. There’s a lot more ball busting and day to day non hockey nonsense. There are forums I go to that I’ve been participating in for close to a decade where I can partake of all the irreverence and towel snapping juvenile humor I want. There’s about a 100 page NHL thread I can read if I want to talk hockey with those people. When I’m talking about my team of choice however, I come here, because that’s the reason for this community.
There’s just no excuse for Sam Fel’s actions, even if the nitwits who actually continue to come here primarily to get in the odd dig at us, think that we’re thin skinned about it. On one hand they admit they were trolling to get a laugh, and on the other keep claiming we don’t have a sense of humor.
The entire reason this particular fanpost exists is because some guy over there with mediocre photoshop skills wanted people to fawn over what he believes to be his highly clever image manipulations, which mostly consist of putting some letters over another picture. His need for validation is so high, that he re-posted it over there as well, just to make sure everyone saw what he did. The saddest thing about it, is that very few people had anything all that positive to say about his efforts.
None of em seem to get it: there’s plenty of places for that stuff, but this is a flyer’s fan community not a playground for bored blackhawks fans to try out the zingers their buddy used on them at the playground yesterday.
What’s to stop Travis from posting a message urging everyone here to go over to SCH and post: “NICE CAP MANAGMENT, DUMP MORE PLAYERS TODAY? ENJOY YOUR 4Mill$$$ FINE ASSHOLES”
Wait — what am I saying, that would be outrageous and immature, because there was no bet between 2 people involving cheesesteaks.
by Gizmoitus on Jul 14, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This sounds like EVERYTHING I read in the media these days
"NICE CAP MANAGMENT, DUMP MORE PLAYERS TODAY? ENJOY YOUR 4Mill$$$ FINE ASSHOLES"
Unfortunately we are not doing much different than most teams have had to do since the lock out, but dont tell Chicago sports writers that, they would rather slit their wrists
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 14, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You really just can't stay away can you?
I’ll take that as a credit to my mediocre photoshop skills – ya know, putting letters over stuff. Thanks for coming to my defense on that one. Some people were saying that I had too much time on my hands, but you clearly saw that it was a rush job. Good eye!
So it’s ok to go to other sites and do a little towel-snapping, but god forbid do it on your own team of choice’s unofficial site. I see what you’re saying. Actually, I think that’s exactly what I did by coming here. I’m glad we finally see eye-to-eye on something.
The saddest thing about it, is that very few people had anything all that positive to say about his efforts.
So if people made positive comments or rec’d it, it would be ok? Another point we agree on - the masses are never wrong! Well, since you mentioned it, it received 15 rec’s already on SCH. That alone would have made it the highest rec’d FanPost in BSH history. It’s not like I can spend them as SBN cash, so they really don’t matter. But since you decided personal attacks and revisionist history were your methods of choice, I felt I should kinda point that out to you.
Kind of like higher up when you stated:
Given the sparsity of your readership I don’t think you are in any position to insight a forum spam jihad, considering our readership and activity level dwarfs yoursSo “might makes right,” eh? Yet another point we agree on. Bizarro! Good thing SCH is the 3rd largest hockey blog on SBN behind PPP and Japer’s.
The saddest thing about your comments on here and SCH is that everyone has moved on, but you continue your late-to-the-party whining. Maybe you should just entitle each of your comments “You guys playing cards??”
Better yet, my email is listed on my profile. Feel free to email me directly regarding your issues with me (or for fact-checking). Oh wait, that’s right – your need for validation is so high, that you re-posted your comments over there as well, just to make sure everyone saw what you did. Damn, I swear I’ve heard that somewhere before.
By the way, you voted B didn’t you?
Now I feel validated.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
OMGAGNE
Everyone needs to just leave this alone. What everyone from SCH did when they came over here was in effect trolling, passive-aggressive or not. Some of it, like this fanpost, was funny, a lot of it wasn’t. It wasn’t as bad as I had imagined when I read the first fanshot about it (probably due to the 24 hour wait), but it was still lame to have it happen.
During the SCF I remember we generally had good discussions regarding the games and what-not, but all this continual pointless banter going on and on and on is ridiculous.
Seriously, just drop it. Everyone. Please.
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by ToddtheFox on Jul 14, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed. Now lets return to the cunning linguist jokes!
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
They have been hilarious. Although as someone with a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MS in Economics, I’m completely out of my league when it comes to languages, so I’ve silently enjoyed them as opposed to contributing. Frankly if I tried to contribute, I’d probably diminish the humor of the conversation.
I’m with you there. I’ve got a BS in Finance and I’m halfway to my MA in Counseling, but I do enjoy subject-specific humor.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
Hey, that's EXACTLY what I was trying to say
thanks for paraphrasing it for me.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Gee whiz, seems I hurt someone’s feelings.
Also, your source for your belief that SCH is the “3rd largest hockey blog on SBN behind PPP and Japer’s?” Yeah some other guy over there. Now that’s comedy.
I believe "Uncle" would have been your proper response
and that “other guy over there” was me.
As suggested, maybe you should just quit while you’re behind.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 14, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m well aware the “other guy” is you. You are a visitor here. I’ve been posting on this board as a Flyers fan for close to 3 years.
You think you’re funny, I don’t agree. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. Well I’m not really sorry, but your ego is so fragile, I feel compelled to soften it.
The way you continue to post as if you believe that you’re in the position to tell people off, or make value judgements is beyond comical. Keep replying to me here, I’ll keep replying to you as long as I feel like it.
Where is your proof that SCH is the 3rd largest hockey blog on SBN?
Provide said proof in the form of logs or metrics, or stfu already.
And although I grew up in the Philly area, here’s something that will make your head spin: “I was born in Chicago!” — so I guess you could say I’m a “Chicago Native Son”.
"Chicago Naive Son" perhaps?
I watched Gremlins as a child. Your ramblings make my head sore. I guess you could say I have “Gizmoitus.” Head spinning yet?
In response to what you wrote higher up, actually I am a fan of the Flyers. They’re admittedly a distant second behind the Blackhawks, but they are my favorite team from the East. They were the best team when I first really got into hockey. I loved the sweater, especially the bold graphics of the logo and they inspired one of my favorite movies “Slap Shot.” I also make lighthearted fun of the Blackhawks too. Maybe if you didn’t keep assuming my motivations, you might not jump to such conclusions. It’s a good “life rule.”
And um, you started with the whole membership thing. Where’s your proof? When SBN sites only allow membership from #1 fans of that particular team, I’ll gladly stfu and stop posting here or at other SBN sites. It’s a somewhat free country last I checked.
I have no issues with what anyone has said here except for you. I also haven’t told off anyone aside from you, so please stop hiding behind the guise of “community.” I’m not SCH and you’re not BSH. If I felt that it was really bothering anyone other than you that much, I would have deleted it. But since you feel the need to personally insult me, I think I’ll leave it up.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 15, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Proof of statement about SCH uber readership? Still waiting.
Wow, the Flyers are your 2nd fav team — that explains it then. Of course you didn’t actually join here until the SCF, but I’ll take it from you that you actually meant to join for the last couple of years of the blog.
So everyone is your pal, but me? Yeah you’re practically an institution here, especially with your claim to fame being this fanpost. And what exactly about this thread and its contents is even about the Flyers? Feel free to enlighten me. Wasn’t this about a bet involving Cheesesteaks?
Lastly, I don’t claim to represent anyone, although subtlety is not your strong suit from what I can see. I revealed my birthplace to make the point that, this is about communities, not Philly vs. Chicago or anything else. Your defense of this thread is analgous to someone visiting someone elses house and commencing the friendship by leaving a flaming bag of dogshit on the porch, then yelling at one of the renters who comes out to put it out . "How dare you, that’s my bag of shit I left there!
You’ve come here, taken umbrage at my lack of appreciation for your thread, and my contention that it never should have been posted here in the first place. It’s the principle of the issue that you continue not to understand. And nobody cares whether you take this down or not, but I find it very telling as in other of your replies to me, that you continue to have a grandiose sense of entitlement and self worth in regards to this entire matter.
“I’m not SCH and you’re not BSH. If I felt that it was really bothering anyone other than you that much, I would have deleted it. But since you feel the need to personally insult me, I think I’ll leave it up.”
So in other words, according to you everybody at SCH loves your post, even though the first reply was:
" have nothing left to say about this or to the Blackhawks…total waste of time and effort.
BTW, most you Hawks fans pass this off as a joke but you may not have noticed, not too many people on BSH found this to be very funny. More of insulting, if you ask me."
Yeah everyone just loves you here and appreciates you for the special snowflake you are. Too bad, mean old gizmoitus is such a dick or this would be like your home away from home.
Truth be known, I would be sad if you deleted it, as the testament and document of your love and appreciation for your “2nd favorite hockey team.”
If you’ve taken this personally, as you’ve now stated a number of times, perhaps it would be good to go back and re-read your posts to me. I don’t take them personally, but I certainly could if I was not well versed in the way forums can and sometimes do work. For all I know you’re an ok guy in real life, and you might think the same of me, if we met IRL. I’d buy you a beer, we could talk hockey, etc. You even love “Slapshot” which is also one of my favorite favorite movies. I will never agree with your position on this post, but by the same token, I’m more than willing to let this drop, even if you want to rebutt this post in a civil manner. I’m just warning you that I have plenty of energy left to reply ad infinitum if you want to veer off the course into ad hominem attacks, or telling me what I should think, or in any other way dictating to me how I should behave here, when every single response I’ve made is directly related to you and this fanpost that you made. Your continued questioning of my posts here is the fire that fuels this, and if you really want to make it stop you can cease posting replies to me, or just agree to disagree in a gentlemanly manner.
/yawn
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 16, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty much what I’ve come to expect from you— claims that are never backed up, point by point rebuttal of your statements that you ignore. Probably good you didn’t even try and post anything. Yawn indeed.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 16, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
i guess this means you won
in debate when one side stops responding to points that means the other side wins.
LOLOL!
Yes Gizmo, I surrender!!! In fact, I think we all do!
Personally, your incessant wit and charm finally won me over.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 17, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m coming around to CNS. If there’s one thing BSH was missing, it was bad photoshopping paired with lack of understanding of how to shrink or optimize the image size and quality. Why would people want to load up pages quickly when we have CNS to use up 250k for one image that could have been 40k?
It’s all made up for by that rapier quick wit. LOLOL?
Don’t mind if I DOODLDOODLEDOO!
Honestly man, I've never encountered a bigger masochist than you
If you right click on that image and open it in a new tab, you’ll see that I reduced it to 25% of it’s original size.
/headdesk
And this fanpost sucks anyways, why would you want it to load fast?? I would think you’d prefer it timed out while loading. Amiright??
I’ll give you this, you’ve definitely given new meaning to the term “intellectual battle.”
I hope you win that war, but it’s usually a lifelong thing.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 20, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
You're a legend in your own mind
Wow, you reduced an image down to 550×550 pixels and 247k? My first inclination is to call you an imbecile but that would be an insult to imbeciles.
Couldn’t you just find a new 2nd favorite team to annoy with your stupid images?
And as far as my concerns about battling you intellectually, I’m not going to lose much sleep.
LOLOL?
No, you complete moron, that is the size of the original.
And it’s not me you’re battling. Of course, that one went over your head too.
Good riddance.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 20, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
So typical of you that you would continue to argue about something you are completely wrong about.
Here is the url to your image.
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac318/ChicagoNativeSon2/BrainSurrender.png
550×550px, 274k.
That is the size of the image, and that is how much bandwidth is consumed by it, and is also why it looks like shit — because you were too stupid to shrink it down to an appropriate size. Or did you think that because it gets displayed by the browser at a width of 300px, that it somehow magically converts it through internet magic.
It doesn’t. The entire image has to be sent across the internet, and the browser uses a crappy nearest neighbor algorithm to shrink it clientside, you twerp.
This is the same reason the rest of your oversized images look like shit.
You demonstrate time and again, that he has no business questioning the level of another person’s intelligence.
Wow, just wow
I don’t comment much, but this is just ridiculous. I’m pretty sure – no, I’m positive – that you are the biggest troll I’ve ever encountered on SBN. And just because you are on your site (as you have stated), doesn’t mean it’s not trolling.
Have you noticed that NO ONE else from your site is commenting here or supporting you? Perhaps it is because they’ve tired of you too and most likely don’t agree with you? I dare say that CNS might have gained some acceptance here. He’s already stated that the Flyers are his 2nd fav team, which of course you put him down for. Quite a few people made negative comments and even called him names. In every case, he took the punch and replied light-heartedly and humorously.
And now you’re even attacking his image sizes, even though he reduced them?? Can you say “PSYCHO”?? I’m sure he knows that and thought like most people probably would that you were talking about reducing the image on this page. People often complain about large images not being down-sized. But you obviously checked the stats on the photo just to find out the size of the original to complain about it!! That’s borderline insane!! Wow, just wow.
And the reason I assume CNS knows this is because I’m pretty sure he does this kind of stuff for a living. His work is published in the “Committed Indian” which is the game program sold outside of the United Center. Not bad for someone with “mediocre photoshop skills.” Jealous much?
So take people’s advice and quit embarrassing yourself. CNS has proven you wrong on every single ridiculous statement you’ve felt obliged to spew from your fingers. This has nothing to do with your team / my team. This is about being a complete ass. BTW, you won’t get a response from me, but I also know you won’t be able to restrain yourself from replying.
I’m very relaxed, knowing that I’m completely right about this, and will continue to post here as long as I feel like it, or the admins ban me from the forum.We can only hope.
I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly
Have you noticed that NO ONE else from your site is commenting here or supporting you?
That is because it is a pointless argument and I have NO idea why either person bothers replying.
Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.
It doesn't take an English lit major
to figure out who is the antagonist and who is simply defending himself.
I find it quite interesting that Jizmo initially complained about this post because he wanted to talk hockey has posted half of his comments in the past week in this thread.
I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly
But it is equally pointless. No one wins an internet argument.
Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.
Hey Fox
(This is completely random, but I felt this is the right thread for random at this point.)
When’s the best time to visit New Zealand? I mean, I’m still probably a few years away from making any major trips (hooray grad school loans), but my interest was piqued recently so I figured I’d ask.
…Ok, my interest was actually piqued by the fact that she was a very cute bartender, but her planned trip through Southeast Asia before finding her way to Australia to work for a few months was also intriguing.
So yeah – any tips for people wanting to visit your lovely country? :)
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
I cant tell you when to go
but try to get some fly fishing in, if you are so inclined. That is one of my dream destinations to drop a feathered hook
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 21, 2010 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I've never learned fly fishing
but hey, if it’s an awesome “thing to do” there, I’m not against picking it up.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
definitely
it is a hell of a lot of fun, if you are in to fishing. My family just got back from there and said it was absolutely amazing
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 21, 2010 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Best time? Depends on you really (cop out!). There is something for nearly every taste imaginable. We have tourists all year round, summer for the beaches etc and winter for the snow, mountains and rugby. I hear that NZ gets described as a little Canada quite a lot, but I’m not sure if that is perceived as a good thing.
It’s really hard to say tbh. If I was a tourist, I would want to start at the top of the country and work my way down seeing all the native bush etc, but I’m a botanist so that’s probably not for everyone.
I would also say that you can very easily travel around a lot of country quite cheaply if that was required, I’ve met a lot of tourists who essentially came with nothing but got by doing odd jobs. Or, there are a lot of decent hostels and camping grounds around.
We don’t have snakes or bears, and have only one poisonous spider.
Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.
Just one poisonous spider? Like, did you all name him, and he’s just a renegade spider? Oh…one species of spider. I can live with that.
Thanks for the info and making me more impatient to finish school, get a job, start paying off loans, and then start country-hopping. :)
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
One species of spider, and they’re endangered (like every native animal).
I’m glad I could help your impatience. I feel the same way every day I’m on here and people talk about North America.
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Mourning Gagne forever.
When you come to the US,
don’t forget to look into the spots on this site. I grew up traveling with my grandparents, and we would always stop at every tourist trap that grandpa could find. Now I take my kid to them when we travel.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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by burpchelischili on Jul 21, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You need to take better care of your animals.
I miss the Auk!
Is this the right room for an argument?
This thread is garbage. Thus I don’t concern myself with trying to inject discussion of hockey here. CSN tried that pathetically and failed. We do that in the other threads.
But since you brought up antagonism, who asked you to come in and get involved in this in the first place? Is CSN your girlfriend, and you now feel the need to defend her honor all of a sudden?
Clearly you’re taking the high road here, just a good samaritan who had to defend someone from mean words on a webpage. And you demonstrate your chivalry by taking someone’s handle and changing letters around. You’re a class act.
So, CNS’s one friend, or perhaps alter ego posted a long winded reply in his defense, and you think someone actually cares?
It’s great that you assume that he knows what he’s doing, although clearly he doesn’t, but what’s really amusing is how on one hand, you claim that he must be right because he published something somewhere that I’ve never heard of, and although I never brought up anything having to do with such a silly premise, somehow in your simple minded analysis is an indication that I’m motivated by jealousy of CNS?
No actually, since it’s clear that his modus operandi is going to be semi-regular posts that include images he thinks are the height of hilarity, at least I can contribute to the overall community here by teaching captain photoshop to reduce the size and quality of the images so they don’t suck up bandwidth needlessly. What your contributions to BSH are I can’t imagine.
Yes, I’m a troll, you got me dead to rights. Of course the only person I have ever “trolled” here is CNS, and said trolling only occurred after I objected to this thread, and stated that I didn’t find it remotely amusing — a sentiment shared by any number of BSH regulars who posted before me and after me. If that’s trolling, then you really need to go learn something about internet forums, and “trolling” actually is.
wait
CNS’s one friend, or perhaps alter ego posted a long winded reply in his defense,
um…wow
btw, did you realize that Gagne was traded for basically a coat rack? Just curious.
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 21, 2010 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions
WTF does that have to do with this thread?
And uh, yeah we noticed.
well
the quoted comment seems to indicate some sort of paranoia, which would likely be related to this “trolling” you seem to be exploring at length.
both CNS and yourself seem to be in some sort of flame war concerning the semantics of trolling. You also seem to want to use this particular forum to discuss the current events for your Philadelphia Flyers. I was merely highlighting the amount of “conspiracy theory” style paranoia you exhibited in pointing out the extremely unlikely possibility that CNS has an alter ego. Furthermore, I was attempting to placate you in mentioning a significant development in the future of your beloved hockey club, that you had, in my feeble observation, overlooked in favor of calling CNS an asshole, on the very forum you would like to keep for Philiadelphia Hockey purists only (based on your previous statements). To be honest, I just found that who “alter ego” thing to be humorous
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 21, 2010 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions
O.k. Because someone making multiple accounts on a forum has never happened before. Thank god you brought me down from that insanity.
Look, CNS is in my opinion an anklebiting twerp of the highest order. He shows up during the SCF, and is on his best behavior, backslapping everyone and going out of his way to ingratiate himself in the enemy camp. Not my style, but hey what do I know, sometimes people really are too nice.
You guys win the cup, there’s much crying in our beers here, for the most part congrats all around and then we all expect to go off on our merry way.
Only, CNS keeps coming back, and then he drops this turd in our “fanpost” section during the height of the Cheesesteak bet stupidity, and as soon as I posted over in SCH stating my opinion that it was an embarrassment for an SCH admin to incite a forum invasion, all his gee shucks civility melted right away. I posted once and let people say what they wanted about my post, and I left it at that. I figured there was a possibility I’d be banned, so I also posted it in this thread.
He got to pile on with other people over in SCH, which is home court, and I left it alone. The invasion order had been retracted, but since the original post was never updated, I missed that, although it doesn’t excuse it in the first place.
But then CNS started in on me here, because that’s the way he rolls, and if someone is going to come into BSH and start messing with me on my home turf, I’m more than willing to oblige. I called things the way I saw them, from having read the responses from people on SCH about the invasion, and I gained some insight into the difference in the communities. I’ve been posting at BSH pretty much since it started, and in that time, while there are people who have gotten under each other’s skin, it’s been over issues related to the Flyers. That’s what people talk about, and that’s the way the admins like it. They made an OT thread for discussion of things Off topic, and people respect that. Apparently SCH has a different sensibility and a different style. More power to you, but that’s not the BSH way for the last 2 seasons. CNS invited my opinion of his fanpost and his images. I think they suck and I’m not alone based on the replies here, but hey I’m one guy, and don’t speak for the board as a whole.
Suddenly the reason that he posts at BSH is not because he happened to feel the need to interact with fans of the team his hometown was locked in battle with during the SCF, no not at all, it’s because the Flyers were his second favorite team all along, only this is a secret that he could only now reveal, to show everyone what a cretin I am. Pardon me while i puke.
And next he’s posting images with the C*NT written on them here, and in other threads posting his image dabblings, and now it’s pretty clear that he’ll be posting here frequently like he does on the other 10 blogs he posts to, and he’ll be frequently including images that he thinks are really witty and clever.
There’s nothing I can do to stop him, but I think he’s full of shit.
I think he posts his images in the hopes that people will commend him, and he actually argued that because people in SCH!! actually rec’d his copied version of the thread, that was evidence that people liked what he did, and that this thread would have been the most popular in this history of this blog, if only…..
Now feel free to call me out for posting here all you like. I’ve kept my comments about this fanpost, and about CNS in this thread.
This thread would be dead and buried days ago, right where I left it for dead, but then he just couldn’t help himself and had to post another of his inane images.
What does that image say btw?
Yup another ad hominem attack calling me stupid.
And when I pointed out that he should shrink these images down he made the laughable error of again calling me stupid again, when it’s clear that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Suddenly he’s MIA, but now his good buddy appears to take up the fight anew, and rather than merely acknowledging his inability to understand how a web page works (which requires all the magic of a couple of right clicks) I’m not only again an idiot, but at the heart of this entire matter, is my own underlying jealousy of bad compositing, and embedding of links to images that are 4-5x the size they’ll be viewed at. “Waves the flag.”
How could anyone take offense to this hilarious fanpost, from a true Flyers fan, and not also see the genius of the aforementioned bad compositing and phrases?
How dare I not acknowledge the juggernaut of forum might that is SCH (when someone from SCH rebutted me with some sitemeter web stats showing that BSH and SCF are actually pretty close in visits and pageviews).
While I may have gone off half cocked during the forum invasion, the basic premise was correct — if people wanted to act like asses, they could easily go into the forums of other teams and pollute it to the annoyance of the fans of those teams. With BSH’s readership, if people were of a mind to act like jackasses, they could more than accomplish an invasion over at SCH.
What prevents this from happening is simple common courtesy and common sense.
That was the point, that is the point, and has always been the point.
Spin my comments however you want, but at this point, expressing my dislike for CNS and anyone who comes off like a toadie in his defense is just an amusing diversion for me.
I wholeheartedly retract anything positive about him that I might have implied previously. And I’ll also take this opportunity to correct his impression that Slapshot was based on the Flyers — which again was one of the reasons that he supposedly loves the Flyers… cause like he loves Slapshot and that was based on the Flyers!
Not.
-Signing off from this epic thread from this most epic of fanposts
actually
we like gizmoitus, thanks for putting words in our mouths though
gogoaway, although i do like your signature a lot, and i’m sure if this thread weren’t so annoying i’d be a lot more civil
Did you ever see
the Christmas show where the mouse signed a letter to Santa with “From all of us”?
Just what keeps running through my mind while going through this post…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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by burpchelischili on Jul 21, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
This was the single largest waste of time in the history of mankind, and was only saved by the cunnilingus jokes halfway through.
The authorship of this Fanpost, and the subsequent posting of it (in my understanding) here by a moderator is extremely poor taste.
Extreme douchebaggery, if you will. It is one thing to throw a little rub between friends. It is another to be a complete cockknocker for an entire thread.
by dinkster on Jul 18, 2010 11:25 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
C'mon man, give me some credit
I’ve been a cockknocker for much longer than that
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 18, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
That was
Brent Sopel in the parade. According to my sources, CNS is rumoured to be slightly better looking than Sopel.
And yes, this comment was just a flat out dig. My little attempt to put a twist on the knife. Partially because I really dislike some one making “gay” jokes, and the rest is because I am widely know to be a complete assbag.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
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by burpchelischili on Jul 18, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm, Frankenstein is also slightly better looking than Sopel.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 19, 2010 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
ChicagoNativeSon
Thanks for the little bit of entertainment! Congrats on getting the cup, but i think we’ll be in the mix of things come next year. I was surpised to see you guys trade Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, and Brent Sopel. Goodluck to you next year!
...yay
Thanks naf
I think you guys will more than be in the mix. Philly should have the depth next year that helped the Hawks win the cup this year. Barring injury, I can’t see how they won’t be top 3 in the East.
The cap situation in Chicago isn’t going away anytime soon unless the Hawks can move Campbell and/or Huet, but they should be able to stay in the top 5 in the West. And if so, I’ll take that!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 19, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Philly should have the depth next year that helped the Hawks win the cup this year. Barring injury, I can’t see how they won’t be top 3 in the East.
I agree with that – I could see us finishing 4th too (again, barring injury) – as long as we’re in the top half, I’d be content.
The cap situation in Chicago isn’t going away anytime soon unless the Hawks can move Campbell and/or Huet, but they should be able to stay in the top 5 in the West. And if so, I’ll take that!
If you finished 6th, that wouldn’t be so bad either. Despite what you saw in both conferences this past playoffs, you don’t really want to finish 7th or 8th. You generally end up having very tough match-ups then.
Well, as you already put in another thread, Huet will most likely go to the minors. Campbell has a very large contract and a NTC (yes, 8 teams are on his list as acceptable, but do you really think he’ll allow himself to go to a bad team after this year? Bad teams are the only ones who could afford his cap hit). I know you don’t want to think about it, but if the Niemi arbitration goes well for him (and poorly for the front office) and you re-sign him, you may end up losing Seabrook or Sharp. That’s really the only way you can make up the money. The other option is to give up multiple forwards to make up the same amount, but then you have to fill all those holes with other lowly-paid players.
The off-season logjam for player movement will be cleared up by Kovalchuk signing with somebody and by the Niemi arbitration ruling. Things should happen all over the place after those two situations are resolved.
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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 19, 2010 7:11 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah, I don’t see Campbell moving either. He’d look good in a Flyers uni – maybe you guys can take him? He’s really more of an orange-head than red.
Assuming things remain status quo, I don’t believe there is much chance of the Hawks retaining Sharp after next year (if he even survives this summer). Right now he is outperforming his contract so there is little reason to move him.
On the other hand, it might make sense to trade him now and get a couple of up and coming players who won’t be RFAs for another year or two. At least then the Hawks guarantee they will get something in return for him now and again in the future.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 19, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
My bad
You threw me off when you mentioned losing Sharp. Sharp isn’t a UFA until after 2011-12. It would therefore probably make sense to trade him next summer. No reason to move him now.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 19, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I only mentioned it because of the possibility of Niemi’s contract arbitration being a large amount. If it was large and the team decided to sign him, they would have to make up that money right away.
Following that logic, you have to go for those with large-ish contracts that don’t have many years left on them. That leaves you with two choices: Seabrook or Sharp. (If you go the Kopecky and/or Reasoner and/or Brouwer route, you would have to figure out how to get enough warm bodies to fill out the team.)
So, the Niemi watch is, IMHO, more gripping that the Kovy watch. All the rest of the moves on your team are completely dependent on this one.
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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 19, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup
Wilson really put the Hawks in a bind. Hello, Marty Turco?!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 19, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Campbell is quite talented, but we don’t have room for many more additions either, esp. on defense – we’re pretty full there.
I forgot to mention about Niemi’s situation that things might get hammered out before arbitration, like happened with Carcillo here. If that happens, things are a bit better for you.
The funny thing about this off-season is that most contracts won’t be long-term (Minnesota Wild contracts excepted) because of the uncertainty of the CBA beyond the 2011-12 season. It’s strange to see everyone dealing almost exclusively in one and two-year contracts.
We didn’t enjoy leaving Sharp go in the first place – he’s a good player. He’ll land somewhere nice (preferably Philly). ;)
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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 19, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
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