Cancer Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've been a Mariners fan since the franchise started. I had to work the evening of their First Game Ever in April 1977, but I made a game later that month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I was born into Red Sox Nation, so I'm one of those insufferable baseball fans now. It's really funny to watch my mother listen to the games, though. She gets really pissed off, to the point of forgetting how to talk. And, as she listens on an earpiece, usually it's just random outbursts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I know baseball is supposed to be the iconic American sport, but it just bores the living daylights out of me. It's almost as boring as soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I like soccer, too. The timer never stops. Just keeps going. It's been a long while since I've sat through an entire ballgame of either sport, but not because I don't like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I was born into Red Sox Nation, so I'm one of those insufferable baseball fans now. It's really funny to watch my mother listen to the games, though. She gets really pissed off, to the point of forgetting how to talk. And, as she listens on an earpiece, usually it's just random outbursts. Sounds like it could be mistaken for Tourette syndrome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Easily. That's what my father jokingly calls it. "Baseball Tourette's." It's most alarming when he's just come upstairs, where she's knitting in her comfy chair while watching Jeopardy!, and he doesn't realize the game has started. At least, not until she bursts out with, "Goddamn it, don't put HIM out there! You guys SUCK with pinch hitters!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Using baseball terminology would tend to make it clear it's not a *usual* case of Tourette's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I know baseball is supposed to be the iconic American sport' date=' but it just bores the living daylights out of me. It's almost as boring as soccer.[/quote'] I generally prefer just sitting around watching the grass grow. It's about as exciting as watching baseball, but it has the advantage of not costing as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Artificial grass don't grow at all. Very meditative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Artificial grass don't grow at all. Very meditative. Neither does it serve to remove carbon from the atmosphere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Having played both baseball and soccer (not all that well in either case, of course), I can watch those with no difficulty unless it's a truly bad game. For the life of me, however, I cannot fathom why anyone would ever bother to watch tennis or golf. Play them, perhaps; but watch? I guess that's less painful than soap operas, but washing pots & pans has more intrinsic entertainment value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Having played both baseball and soccer (not all that well in either case' date=' of course), I can watch those with no difficulty unless it's a truly bad game. For the life of me, however, I cannot fathom why anyone would ever bother to watch tennis or golf. Play them, perhaps; but watch? I guess that's less painful than soap operas, but washing pots & pans has more intrinsic entertainment value.[/quote'] I can and have enjoyed playing both baseball and soccer, and even tennis for that matter. Heck I've even enjoyed watching tennis matches upon occasion, though it is generally only interesting to watch for me when it is between two very good players. Golf on the other hand I just don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A good walk, spoiled. I don't even like golf in Wii Sports. Controls are too fussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've played golf (and I am truly awful at it), but it's pointless to watch it on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A good walk, spoiled. I don't even like golf in Wii Sports. Controls are too fussy. I've enjoyed playing computer golf games. I just can't see how either playing it or watching it would ever even potentially be interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That was actually the ultimate in TV boredom, to me. Before "100 channels and there's nothing on," there was (in my house, at least), "The only channels that are coming in have GOLF on them!" That was usually my cue to either go take a nap or to get out of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, just about anything with a script is worse than TV golf, but that's more a statement of what I think of commercial TV than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I believe my cable bill (or rather, my total lack thereof) speaks for itself on that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I believe my cable bill (or rather' date=' my total lack thereof) speaks for itself on that matter.[/quote'] Heck, I don't even watch broadcast tv. Any shows I watch are on DVD, which means that I don't even have to skip the commercials. Well, except for the ones at the start of the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I could really do without those, myself. Though I was rather pleased when I found out that the Cinebarre (a high-concept movie theater) didn't show commercials before movies. That stupid "The Twenty" thing was driving me nuts. It was the only place where I couldn't filter out commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I could really do without those' date=' myself. Though I was rather pleased when I found out that the Cinebarre (a high-concept movie theater) didn't show commercials before movies. That stupid "The Twenty" thing was driving me nuts. It was the only place where I couldn't filter out commercials.[/quote'] On a DVD there is usually SOME way to skip the commercials. In my experience either fast forward, skip forward or just hitting the menu button will work. Often only one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER It's different for each, but yeah, skipping the tracks will usually take care of it. I was a bit taken aback when the BBC discs I'd rented came with commercials that couldn't be skipped. I was like, "England has ubiquitous marketing schemes, too? Wha?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Hate commersials . . . Hate with a hate like a million GRBs . . Or, well, they tick me off. Somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER There are a number of commercials that were funny the first time. ... maybe even the second. After that, yeah. And there are aways many, many "after that"'s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The kittens went back to the shelter this afternoon. This bunch, as people-oriented and affectionate as they are, ought to go quick. I expect Cousin Hobbes will be heartbroken to have them gone. Siegfried and Felix will be annoyed, but only because there won't be any more opportunities to steal kitten food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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