BRH

That's good but "Sharp Dressed Man" beats it out in my book. And "TV Dinners" cracked me up.

I'd nominate "Mosh" by Eminem but that would get this thread moved to PPP.

Oh lord that was hysterical! Is there anyplace on that site where they provide a transcript?

I heard Schopp and the Bulldog talking about this at length the other day and listened to the quotes. JP never came right out and said that Vincent hit him on purpose, but (and I can't remember the exact words) the implication from his remarks was hard to miss. He did say that he was pretty upset about the way it happened and that he and Vincent had talked about it several times since the incident and were fine now, that it was "water under the bridge." Which would put the lie to everything Vincent and especially the front office said over the past year (i.e. it was an accident and nobody was trying to send a message). I should add that no one, least of all JP, is saying that Vincent intended to break his leg. That was just an unfortunate consequence. But the implication seemed pretty clear that Troy didn't hit him "accidentally."

"Screaming In The Night" by Krokus "Burning For You" by Blue Oyster Cult "Smoking In The Boys' Room" by Motley Crue "Armageddon It" by Def Leppard "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses

As long as we're going back to the early early days of MTV... "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant "Think I'm In Love" by Eddie Money "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now" by Men At Work "Pass The Dutchie" by Musical Youth "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 "Jump" by Van Halen "California Girls" by David Lee Roth "Rock Of Ages" by Def Leppard "For Those About To Rock" by AC/DC "Sweet Dream" by Jethro Tull "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby and, of course... "Rock And Roll Creation" by Spinal Tap.

Coney Island Hots on Jackson Street in Sioux City, Iowa. OK that's not upstate NY. But you've never had a better chili dog in your life, I promise you.

Look at his mother's face. She looks like she's still pissed at him!

Randy McMichael has to be right up there. Brady too of course!

Hm. I knew they say "colour, honour and labour" instead of "color, honor and labor," "centre" instead of "center" and so on, but I didn't know that in Canada you take the coaching "reigns" instead of "reins." In any event, gratz to Gretz for taking over what is basically an imaginary team in an imaginary league at this point...

I always liked the fact that, besides the advantages Rayzer cites, if you like both major pro sports AND big-time college basketball and football, Rochester is virtually equidistant from Buffalo and Syracuse. (Don't try to tell me that UB football and Canisius/Niagara/UB hoops compare in any way to Syracuse. They don't.) If you live in Syracuse, you've got the D-I bigtime right there but it's a 3-hour drive to the Bills and Sabres. If you live in Buffalo, you have the Bills and Sabres but it's a 3-hour drive to see the 'Cuse. In Rochester you're no more than an hour and a half from either city. (OK I'm fudging a bit -- it's farther to Syracuse than to Buffalo, but not substantially so.) And I've heard the Syracuse Ballet isn't bad either. And now Rochester has D-I hockey (RIT) and D-I lacrosse (Hobart) close by, plus model IL and AHL franchises in the Wings and Amerks, plus the Knighthawks, Rattlers and I guess the Rhinos (if you like soccer... I don't). I like to think we have the best of all worlds here. And let's not even get started on golf, shall we, because golfing opportunities here far outstrip what's available in Buffalo (both recreationally and professionally).

Riiiight.

Resisting the tempation to answer "Nothing" to your first question... [edit: as I see Duey already did...] Rochester is a great city for families. Not so great for single folks. Downtown is virtually dead after 6 pm, although you can find decent bars and restaurants in the East End (East Avenue from Alexander Street to about Chestnut) and in High Falls across from Frontier Field -- although the latter has declined quite a bit in the last two or three years mostly because the city just can't support two nightspot areas. As for living, my wife used to have an apartment in the Park Avenue area (basically bordered on all four sides by Culver, University, Monroe and Alexander) and there are a lot of young single folks in that area. Quite a few good restaurants as well. There is also the South Wedge, which is probably centered near the intersection of Clinton and Goodman closer to the University of Rochester. There are also some nice condos that have gone up and are going up off East Avenue inside the Inner Loop, in the city's efforts to try to lure young professionals closer to downtown.

I'm late to this discussion, but the kid should have taken the call, talked to his mother as long as he damn well pleased, and then ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES for breaking the school's rules (i.e. no cell phone use). If he told the teacher to f off and didn't explain why he was on the phone, he should accept the consequences for that too. Small price to pay for getting to talk to his mother. He gets what he needs and the school enforces its rules. I don't see why we have to make this about who's supporting the troops and who's not.

Agreed. Last two rounds coming up now!

I wondered how long it would take for that avatar to start pissing people off around here.

They're entering round 3 as I type this at 9:17 ET. If you've never seen this fight, it's worth seeing. The way Ali slips punches and finally knocks out Foreman with that unbelievable combo in the eighth is something to behold. Ali, boma ye!

Ditto on that. I have been to the AFC title game (the glorious romp over the Chiefs) and one other playoff game (the first one at the Ralph in 22 years, the win over the Oilers in 1989). But I have been to Sabres playoff games as well (the opener of that very series against the Senators, the OT win over Philly when Curtis Brown went "TOP SHELF WHERE MAMA KEEPS THE COOKIES!", and game 3 of the '99 conference finals against Toronto where Rolie the Goalie put us up 2-1 and Peca leveled Domi coming out of the penalty box*) and I have to say there is just no atmosphere like a Sabres playoff game. * I used to have a clip of that play. Does anyone still have it? Please?

That guy's the poster child for the league's argument that players are overpaid.

Anybody else have the Flintstones theme song running through their head right about now?

I suppose it would be bad form at this juncture to bring up Joe's sudden inability to tell time during the Cincinnati playoff game.

It's usually CHEAPER than renting in my case. Fuggin Blockbuster.

Stan Gelbaugh was one of ours too, wasn't he? Last I heard he was the volunteer offensive coordinator for the Bullis School, a private prep school in MD (outside DC) where his son is a student. I wonder if they run the K-Gun there!

Sure it wasn't Roscoe or Willis?

We call it a center on this side of the border.