WHAT WE HATE ABOUT BLOGGING

What we hate is when people send us impossible productivity enhancers with comments such as "My personal best is 111.197 m" when we very rapidly determine that our personal best (after a frustratingly large number of tries because he seemed so enthusiastic about it) is 6.32 m.

(Gee thanks to Vol)

Comments

[Meditrina]

Am I drunk or does that seem backwards, Meanie?!

[Mot the Hoople]

Are you feeling a bit ass about face today Meanie?

[Wavey]

I can't seem to make it all the way across that big green area.

[Meanie the Blue]

"Am I drunk or does that seem backwards, Meanie?!"

A) Possibly, and B) Yes.

(See post above my earlier post for possible, but by no means definite, understanding).

[Meanie the Blue]

As for feeling a bit ass about face, maybe tonight.....

[Wavey]

112.583! That's good enough for me. Maybe you just can't make it across that big green area. I was thinking maybe if I went farther, I'd end up on that jet's tarmac or something. Or even cooler, get blasted by a jet engine for a serious updraft.

[Mot the Hoople]

Bit of an upset in the 1/4 finals of the Rugby World Cup, England has just beaten Australia by 12 points to 10. Up the poms!!

[Mot the Hoople]

Meanie, I always figured you for a cunning linguist.

[Meanie the Blue]

Well, though English IS my mother tongue, I do fancy other other romance languages.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Hey, Punky Poo. Yes, great games last night. Coulda been better. Leave it to Cleveland to haul out bugs to skulk out a win. Woulda been here sooner but I took a very hard charge in the basketball game Thursday night, and my back is out. As my son said when I got home, "Ok, Mom, but did you win?" Yes, we did. But, owie. A teammate said I looked like Walter Payton popping right up after a hard hit. Must be the tanning lotion I'm using. ;)

[DeskDiva]

Morning all!! *hogs the last of the bacon, grabs coffee with extra 'f' for that special morning ZING!*

Pnkn, Dky, fnks f' b'fst. Ymmy!!!!

[DeskDiva]

Ouch, Annie. Hope it heals up quick. :-(

[daisymae]

"Up the poms"? "Up the poms"?

Crikey, Mot! Where'd you get that?

[Annie Where-but-here]

daisymae - not sure how Australia is more of a 'prisoner of mother england' that s.a. is. Not sure if I wanna even bring that up.

[daisymae]

annie - s.a. = south america, san antonio, south africa???? inquiring minds are...curious

[Mot the Hoople]

Annie, hope the back gets fixed quickly. Daisymae, Poms is a semi derogatory term for the English still in common usage in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, where I live.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Whereas 'pommes de terre frites' are a whole 'nuther thing.

[daisymae]

Mot, you live in South Africa? What time zone are you in?

[insomniac]

reporter: how is it different playing through a plague of insects?

coach: it looks like we'll have to wake up our bats tonight.

reporter: will that actually help?

coach: yes, the groundskeepers are going to release swarms of bats periodically, we'll be wearing batting helmets the whole game. fans should, too.

[daisymae]

Mot and Annie - thanks for the clarification. I thought "up the poms" meant wave the pom-poms. You're right, Annie, 'pommes de terre' is a whole different ballgame no matter how you fix them.

[Annie Where-but-here]

I found it weird that Mot would say that, considering he lives in South Africa, also a potential 'pommie' site. With my Irish background, calling someone a 'prisoner of mother england' was considered a terrible thing.

insom - we needed some alert bats last night. Both kinds. Yeesh.

[Mot the Hoople]

DaisyMae, I'm currently 6 hours ahead of the East coastand 8 hours ahead of my daughter in Colorado. When you guys do your daylight saving thingy soon, we'll be 7 hours ahead of the East Coast. SA is permanently 2 hours ahead of Greenwich.

We've just had a doozy of a storm which whacked out the internet connection for a few minutes so I aplogise for not replying sooner.

[Mot the Hoople]

By way of explanation, there is a friendly (sometimes not so friendly) rivalry between SA and Australia so I will cheer for whichever team happens to be playing Australia in whatever sport. Our countries are so similar in so many respects that it's almost uncanny. We're forever competing on the sports fields in cricket, rugby, track and field, lawn bowls and swimming. Poms or Pommies are terms that are in very common usage in the English speaking Southern Hemisphere countries. It's not used with any malicious intent however.

[FredinKC]

112.387

[daisymae]

All in good fun, right Mot? Sounds like Fla State versus Univ of Fla, except on a countrywide scale.

(just a side note - I still don't know what 'up the pom' means)

[Meditrina]

Thanks for the update, Mot. Are you and Mrs. Hoople planning on being stateside for the holidays still? We just rolled out the autumn menu, and it is AMAZING.

[Mot the Hoople]

There is a problem with getting enough time off to make the trip worthwhile over Christmas. It looks as if we are reverting to our original plan to coincide our next visit with little Millie's 4th birthday in September next year. The fares are not cheap and it's not worth going all that way just for a week or two. We'll definitely plan a visit to KC when we're in the US

[Annie Where-but-here]

daisymae - pom =Prisoner Of Mother england. So you're basically saying 'up yours,' but according to Mot, it's ok.

[daisymae]

thanks, annie. That's way not what I thought it meant. NTTAWRT

[Punkin Poo]

Annie - Sorry you have a boo boo. El told me to be nice so I will.

*pours Annie some hot cider w/ rum*

Here - this cures everything.

[Mot the Hoople]

"up the poms" in that context was akin to saying "Hooray for England" in beating Australia against all expectations. All you erudite bloggers (Annie in particular) are attaching way too many sinister connotations to my innocent little exaltation to the much maligned England rugby team.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Thanks, Punkin. I'm gonna assume that gnat flew in there on its own and that you didn't put it in there to remind me of last night's Yankee game.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Mot, as the daughter of IRA members(almost), it all depends on how much you mind being 'owned.'

[Mot the Hoople]

Annie, my connections have connections:-)

[Annie Where-but-here]

Just remember to ask "Mother, may I?" of the queen before you do anything. :^)

[Mot the Hoople]

The blog has got so slow since the storm it's like blogging through treacle.

[Punkin Poo]

Anybody check on Dave & Judi today?

They're not allowed to be off having fun without us.

Unless they get us a babysitter.

[Mot the Hoople]

Amazing scenes in Cardiff, the French are leading against overwhelming favorites, New Zealand, in the 2nd 1/4 final.

[SW]

"Anybody check on Dave & Judi today?"

They're at the Sagamore Hotel.

[Mot the Hoople]

The impossible has just happened, the French have beaten the All Blacks (New Zealand) by 20 points to 18. The scenes at Cardiff defy belief.

[DeskDiva]

LOL, Stevie. That dude is SUCH a con artist. That photo is an "artistic formation?" Whatever.

[Eleanor]

Thank you, Punkin. :) Because in addition to our team being devastated by bugs last night - BUGS!!! - Annie isn't feeling well, so giving her hot cider was nice of you.

daisy, I didn't understand it either, but now I think it's like flipping someone off.

I know someone who took part in a Tunick event. I think it's very cool. I couldn't do it but I applaud people who do.

[Annie Where-but-here]

They coulda picked a better-named place to hold a nude-in. I mean, the Sagamore?

[DeskDiva]

OK - WEIRD news. I would swear on a stack of Bibles® (HA!) that I JUST SAW BILLY GRAHAM wearing a Cubs™ T-shirt in the crowd at Wrigley Field....

[DeskDiva]

*SNORK* @ Annie!! Oh, that's priceless!!

[CJrun]

So Dave and Judi are streaking, the French didn't surrender, and I spent most of the day around ponty-ball stuff.

So yes, I'm home now with a cold beer in time for...pointy ball. GO GATORS!!

[Doc Rick]

Billy Graham and Jesus could walk onto Wrigley Stadium* and it wouldn't matter at this point Diva. Nice run for the division crown, but adios for this year.

*NASCAR driver and reported switch hitter Jeff Gordon referred to Wrigley Field as "Wrigley Stadium" the day he sang "Take me out to the Ball Game!". Just because I could.*

[CJrun]

10-Zip!!

[DeskDiva]

A moment of silence for the Cubs, please.

*weeps*

[CJrun]

[grumble] 10-7.

[Doc Rick]

CJ, you guys shouldn't be so greedy and spread the wealth a little. Haven't the Gators won every major Division 1 sport for the last 2 years. *and it is ok to gloat over that by the way*

[DeskDiva]

Well, as we learn to say as infants in Chicagoland, There's Always Next Year®.

[CJrun]

{{Diva}}

Rick, I honestly think we have a chance at pulling off the Back to Back to Back to Back, two years running for Hoops and Pointy Ball. The football Gators are young, but it's possible and that could be a forever record. No wealth sharing now, they have to win the SEC Championship then hopefully get to the BCS Championship game. Never thought I would see such thing even possible. If they don't make it, I won't be heartbroken, because they've had a Hell of a run, but I doubt we'll ever live to see somebody have a shot at it again!

[Doc Rick]

You have a point (and not the ball) there CJ. It would be historic and the odds of the hoops team doing it again this year went out the window with the NBA draft. It is still theoretically possible for Florida to get to the big dance if the beat the Tigers. Just about every previously high ranked team has lost a game so far. Except for the Bulls of South Florida...

[DeskDiva]

Thanks, CJ. At least we're resilient fans. We have to be tough. So...we're already looking at who's gonna stay and who's gotta go. Need a new bullpen (in part) and a few better hitters. Theriot, Zambrano and Soriano can stay. I have no real loyalty to any of the rest of 'em.

[dieswithstevegoodman]

Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away,
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground

When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormat of the National League

On the plus side, I had goat for dinner and scored 111.45.

[CJrun]

Nicely done, vowels... especially the goat and fine throw!

[Doc Rick]

Well, that little poem just made my night. Ahh Cubs fans. That whole 100 years since the last World Series win thing comes up next season though. Don't bet my employers won't be jamming that down your throat all of next season.

[Doc Rick]

Uh Oh CJ! And so you know I'm pulling for the Gators since I want every team in the hunt for the BCS with at least 1 loss. They need a playoff system yesterday.

[CJrun]

17-14 (!)

[crossgirl]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[Eleanor]

Whoa! Stanford beat SC. That's gotta hurt.

[CJrun]

24-14! Lots of Freshmen and Sophomores.

Have I said Yikes! yet?

[Doc Rick]

Don't worry CJ. The worst possible scenario is some big pocket NFL owner coming in and buying your coach away. Otherwise, all looks good in Gator Land.

[danceswithchiefilliniwek]

Wow, UIllinois snuffed the Badgers' 14-game streak. And beat Penn last week.

I don't know why, but I'm now happy enough to anagram Barry Manilow!

Wiry, abnormal
A-Warbly-Minor
I, raw manly orb

[CJrun]

That will maybe happen and everybody will move on, but 2006-7 Hoops and 2006-7 Football may never have a match.

Yes I'm aware we fumbled. I'm ignoring it.

[Doc Rick]

Florida is deep in talent every year. Hell, they had great talent with Ron Zook, but he just couldn't get to the finish line fast enough.

[danceswithvowels]

Don't bet my employers won't be jamming that down your throat all of next season.

You work for everybody in the Western Hemisphere (except a few Northsiders)?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Doc Rick, I was already using it on Cubs' fans last week - why not go for an even-century?

El - stunning - I assumed you were talking about South Carolina - no way could the Cardinal down USC. Wow, wow, wow. By one point in the final minute. That's gotta hurt. Now maybe parking prices will come down a bit.

[lilrascal]

112.514

[crossgirl]

damndamndamndamndamn

[Annie Where-but-here]

I'm staying home - Lindsay Lohan just got out of rehab, so it's too dangerous to be out on the roads tonight. She gives new meaning to "Harvey - Fully Loaded."

[Desk "There's Always Next Year!" Diva]

*SNOOOORK* @ "I, raw manly orb!!!!!"

[Desk]

((((cg))))

[lilrascal]

nekkidwimen2

[8.53]

lilrascal - quit bragging! It makes the rest of look...well...

[lilrascal]

112.514 Rules

[CJrun]

*BOT congrats for rascal, but no, I won't click*

[Meanie the Blue]

*Refuses - ABSOLUTELY REFUSES!!! - to become embroiled at the end of another weekend evening in that infernal airplane thing*

I'm gonna save it for work hours.

[CJrun]

*snork*@MtB!

Heartbeat, approximately 160.

[crossgirl]

damndamndamndamndamn

[CJrun]

That was maybe the best drive I have ever seen. LSU deserves serious respect.

[crossgirl]

thbfttttttt

[Desk "There's Always Next Year!" Diva]

Ooh, CJ, cg - my condolences. :(

[CJrun]

I'm loving this game. One of the best games I've ever watched.

[crossgirl]

thbfttttttt :<

[Doc Rick]

Sorry CJ! And your right, it was great right up until the end. I guess Les Miles convinced his kids that he really deserved the big bump in pay when he takes the Michigan job next year. For the SEC's part, I hope he doesn't.

[CJrun]

Great game. Down to the Hail Mary.

I wanted to beat LSU, but we don't need to beat LSU or Auburn, now. We have to get to the SEC Championship game at the end of the season. Then we meet LSU on neutral turf to advance from the SEC. It doesn't matter what LSU's record is if they don't beat the winner of the SEC East.

[Circuit7]

54.796 Baby! Woohoooo I hit the window!

[danceswithvowels]

DD, thanks for the "I, raw manly orb" snork! :-)

And condolences/commiserations on the 100-year slump.

Lovable Losers ~ Valor's lolbees!

[crossgirl]

hrmph and g'night.

[CJrun]

The youngsters held in there, in Baton Rouge. By the end of the season, they'll meet on neutral turf. I saw impressive play by Gator youngsters and coaching Midas Touch by Les Miles.

Really wish I had put a tape in!

[Doc Rick]

CJ, good luck with the Jags tomorrow. You deserve a good end to your weekend. I'm sure this game will go to instant classic status on ESPN Classic tomorrow night.

[Annie Where-but-here]

I got to 2,038!

[Laura]

After going mildly insane, I got 111.244 and CANNOT seem to do better. I've read online that the best score for this version of the "productivity enhancer" (which is currently productively keeping me from sleeping) is around 115.

[Wes S.]

The LSU game sounds like it was fun, but I'm having more fun watching my Missouri Tigers stomp the crap out of Nebraska.

41-6. And there's still over five minutes left in the game.

Don't think the 'Huskers will be in the AP Top 25 come Monday morning...

[Doc Rick]

Yes Wes, I would have to agree. Funny how that USC game was so ballyhooed and yet it happened exactly how most people expected it would. Apparently Missouri is the Big 12's best chance at BCS bid at the moment. Go Tigers! *hey, I almost went to school there but for the out of state enrollment costs.*

[Wes S.]

Either Missouri or Oklahoma...and the Tigers face the Sooners next week in Norman. That ought to be a good game.

And there's the "Border War" showdown between Missouri and Kansas coming up November 24th at Arrowhead, and I think KU is also unbeaten right now. They beat K-State today, actually.

Whatever happens, it looks like the Tigers are in the driver's seat in the Big 12 North...

Meanwhile...HEY, NEBRASKA! I've got your fifth down right here...*pffffbt*

[Doc Rick]

Wes, they still proclaim the "5th Down" as one of the greatest moments in Rocky Mountain history on FSN: Rocky Mountain. A rip off play...go figure. Now to be fair, they analyzed it, but it still sucks for Mizzou.

[CJrun]

OK, this gator is going to go grab a tourist's poodle for a snack and pat his tummy.

Night all....