SouthernWingsFan

I choose the refs, because of, well you know...

Could you keep the noise down at least? *shrugs*

Red. Funnier Shaquille O'Neal Commercial... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo0ncg-2zPY or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZB-e3Hqaeg&feature=related

If I'm in a freaky enough mood. The person below me thinks this is funny.

The elephant went to the camel and asked, "Why are your boobs out of place?" The camel responded, "That's rich, coming from somebody whose you know what is 5 feet too high."

They gave it a helluva run going from deep in the cellar. Was kinda hoping to see them pull it off.

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I am against staged hockey fights by 3-minute goons or enforcers that do very little to affect the outcome of the game. I'm for scraps like yesterdays, or if you are down late in a game and the outcome is all but decided, and you're sending a message that you won't quit. O'Brien walked a thin line of momentum shifting by fighting Bertuzzi a 2nd time, and he messed up bigtime in accepting yet again. I like a good scrap, but I don't jump up and down doing backflips waiting for them like some do in here. Would it be nice if this team dropped the gloves more? Sure. Is it mandatory? No. Is my following of the team or me thinking about their "toughness" largely dependent on them dropping the gloves? No.

Nicely played. I bought it and clicked on the URL. Key to a good joke is having something that could possibly be true and believable, but probably isn't, even if it gets snuffed out early. Good prank.

EDIT: wrong thread

I believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Cap'N Crunch Cereal. *shrugs*

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You can throw all the line combinations you want, they don't mean squat unless this team shows effort. They have the personnel and talent to win. They need to show effort to get anywhere.

I've been a sports official for basketball and soccer for collegiate intramural leagues when I was back in college. Obviously not as talented as professional sports or even college varisty sports, but still a lot of these guys are competent athletically, played sports at competitive levels in high school, whatever. Last night I went beserk on the officials on almost every call. And I'm not one that likes to go off on games or yell and hollar. The first basketball game I officiated, if I was a player in the game, I'd punch myself for the retarded job I did. One of the players at the end of the game wanted to rip my head off, and I don't blame him. I was terrible. I tried to let things go and made up my own rules to be as fair as I could (there was no bias or being afraid of other players or whatever, I just did what I thought was best, and my judgment long/short was just flat out awful). Eventually I got over that and just called games by the rules as best I could. And I think I got pretty good at it. I messed up plenty of calls over those few years, yes, but everything was by the rules of those games, I never got reprimanded by people in charge, got a good job here and there for games, and so forth. I have no doubt that NHL officials have a hard job. I don't expect perfection. I just expect them to follow the rules, like I officiated with as little grey area as possible, and like many people have stated, those rules are just so absurdly grey from game to game, player to player, it is impossible for officials not to look like a bunch of idiots. Back when phantom interference started or people were bitter on here blaming officials for the Wings losing a few years ago against the Ducks in the playoffs or whatever, I'd be one of the first to rail on people saying they were nuts, the Red Wings lose games by themselves. If you don't see though that some of the things that are called just reek of inconsistency and bias towards some players (i.e. Holmstrom phantom interference), inconsistencies of player suspensions, and basically you have to treat the officials with kiddie gloves or they'll cry and you'll be fined money, I don't know what to tell you. EDIT: I recently went to a basketball playoff game for the high school I went to. The team they were playing was winning most of the game, until my school fought back to tie the game up. The other school took the ball out with about 20 seconds left, and the guy dribbling the ball got called for palming/carrying the ball. We got the ball back one more time, made a layup with about 4 seconds left, and their desperation shot fell well short. While I'm glad my school won, you realize how chicken s**t of a way it is to lose a game on a call like that when it wasn't being called at all the whole game and he really wasn't palming the ball? The other school didn't deserve to lose, at least that way. Just like Zetterberg's phantom hook call late in the game? Kudos to the 'Hawks for taking advantage but that's just a piss-poor way to determine the outcome of a game. Ticky-tacky stuff and what other people have stated already as loose rule interpretation and legitmate arguments of bias towards certain players is what annoys the crap out of everybody, not them not being 100% perfect. And it's getting worse and worse each season. The officials overall stink for all teams across the board, and the rules are way too inconsistent.

All for it. As much as I stick up for Osgood when people act like morons towards him in here, the way things are going I think MacDonald should be the backup for playoffs unless Osgood magically gets healthier sooner than expected (which I want, but am not expecting).

Zero games IMO. After seeing it, definitely warranted a major, probably a 10:00 misconduct, but I don't think a game ejection.

NHL officials are a bunch of incompetent a**holes. That's all.

Depends on if it is something I care about or want to remember. The person below me wonders who this SouthernWingsFan person is.

Comedy by a slight hair. I appreciate a good joke. I love action. Romance, I am not a romantic guy. I care about people obviously, but I will never be a lovey-dovey cheesy romantic guy, so romance stinks! Funnier Coyote clip... or

I'm usually a pretty avid exerciser when it comes to cardio. I've been having knee issues lately but was able to crank up some exercise lately. Did an hour straight of elliptical work Friday evening, burning 1100 calories flat. And I went on my first lengthy run yesterday since my recent knee issues (pretty much just arthritis/joint effusion that requires more rest than usual) and run 10+ miles and the knee feels good. And overall, I am content with my weight range, which is typically between 140-145.

I'm going to blame it on the rain, because nobody else has yet.

You'd be hard-pressed to find anybody in here I think who doesn't want to play Toronto and pretty much all the O-6 teams in the Eastern Conference more. I am no exception. Love it when we play Toronto. Every fan base in every city is going to have their share of moronic fans, neither city here is the exception to the norm. I get the fun-ness of rivalries, I can take playful ribbing and jokes and the like, but taking it to physical levels is beyond stupid, I'm sorry. There's just a matter of taking things too far. Watching sports is a big deal for me but a lot of people aren't going to like my favorite teams, the school I went to, whatever. It's not worth it to try to change these people's minds because they're always going to think like this or have an obnoxious disliking. That's their choice whether it is accurate or just plain obnoxious, I'll leave them to think that. You can rib on me or verbally taunt me all you want. Just about every time I'm either going to ignore you or just laugh at you, because it's not worth my time. You try to get in a physical fight with me or throw things at me when I'm always going to mind my own business and not initiate, that might be different but even then it's probably still not worth getting kicked out and throwing your money away to see a game over a fan altercation. I can recall two fan altercations in my life, one at a college football game and it was just stupid, somebody just threw a beverage on somebody else and then they went at it. While I don't blame the dumpee for fighting back obviously, it could've easily been avoided if the two would've just eventually shut up and walked in the opposite direction. The other I was at a college basketball game when I was probably no more than 11 or 12 years old, it was against one of the best teams in the country at that time, and the school I was rooting for nearly pulled off a monumental upset but we were headed for the exits with about 15 seconds left when the game was all but over. I leaned over the railing for a final look at the game and got a projectile thrown at me by a grown-up to lean back. I lost it briefly but it wasn't worth going at it with an adult who was also frustrated that his team was going to lose. I eventually let it go and walked for the exits. And for the record, I was lucky enough to come up for a Wings-Maple Leafs game in 2006 or 2007 and did not even come close to seeing one fan fight, and it wasn't worth the time to possibly seek any out. If you think this means, no taunting, no fun or that I'm above this, well I'm sorry. I get it, I support it, I won't stop you as long as you aren't going overboard, it's just usually not my cup of tea. I can't be any more specific.

Gotcha. Thx for correcting my guess.

Friend if one is nearby, but I've hiked solo as well, neither bothers me. Bile or Rancid Milk