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Rimshots Feb 09

The Year of Eli & Tim
...... Roger Goodell is one lucky fellow.  Thru absolutely no fault of his own, “his league” gets to have two squeaky clean poster boys – Eli & Tim.  Ya reckon David Stern is envious just a tad?  Sure, Roger has to tweak his niche marketing to the NFL's angry atheist fan faction but there are plenty of worthy examples he can provide them. 
   The NAACP thru one of its various raging reverends is gearing up to file suit against Archie Manning for not siring any black sons.  Who didn't see that coming?

The Rapid Evolution of Idiocy
..... recall just 2-3 years ago when angry disappointed fans created fireso&so.com websites - and we thought THAT was pretty severe.  We hadn't seen nuthin' yet.  During the recent NFL Playoffs it became commonplace for players & coaches of losing teams to receive e-DEATH THREATS.  Lots of them sent to Brady, Welker and Belichek.   Just a handful of nutz you say.  How many nutz does it take to kill one player or coach?

Butch(er) Honors Baddour
...... A number of you have expressed shock that Butch(er) and Mrs Butch(er) attended the recent Gaggy Good-by Glorification of Dickie.  “Didn’t Dickie fire Butch?”
    NO.  Dickie had zilch to do with Butch(er) being fired.  Through three years of extreme naivete and being totally intimidated, Dickie was a clueless co-conspirator in Butch’s Kenan Krime spree from Day One.   Dickie was "fired" at that same July press conference when Butch was zapped.  Not by coincidence. 
   Had UNC poobahs acknowledged Dickie’s TOTAL lack of administrative oversight, their own lack of oversight over Dickie would have been laid bare; ergo buy off Dickie with bling. ..... sigh, sob.

UNC Womens BB ???
...... Sylvia Hatchell is a nice Christian lady.  Since getting a 100% salary bump 3-4 years ago and a multi-million dollar upfit of her own personal home court, her teams have suffered annual 40+ point clobberings by “the elite” programs in Women’s Basketball.  There have been two such mega-clobberings so far this year – by UConn and by Duke.  Sylvia Hatchell is still a nice Christian lady..... whose contract was extended by Dickie Baddour as he was walking out the door.
    My disdain for She Basketball is well documented.  I’d rather watch Eskimos play chess.  But the 1,453 people who do care are probably perplexed.

Speaking of Peyton
...... Colts President Jim Irsay looks like a refugee from The Sopranos?  Could “the son of the man who deserted Baltimore in the middle of the night” look any more unsavory?  That said..... if I were him I would let Peyton go.
    I do love “one jersey one career” guys but $25,000,000 for a QB who is one sack away from being a paraplegic is bad business.

About every four years
..... apparently there is always a market for (1) kiddie porn.... (2) stoopid premise reality shows..... and (3) dumb books about Hating Duke.  Two UNC board monkey-types from Cary have written the latest one.  Some other board monkey wrote one 4-5 years ago.  It’s a safe bet more board monkeys will write more books about Hating Duke in another 4-5 years.
     I’m not going to give you any more specifics about this latest one because that might result in even one more sale for these goobers.
     Who buys this tripe?  Wal-Mart fans..... Frat boys who never grew up..... pimply-faced nerds in Craige..... that scary guy in the elevator last Thursday that smelled like feet.

Looks & Demeanor of
..... He was Head Coach of TWO NFL teams but Eric Mangini has the looks and demeanor of a guy named "Jack" who mans the paint desk at a Lowe's.

Speaking of UNC Traditions
...... one long-standing UNC tradition is changing.  "Silent Sam will fire his rifle when a virgin walks by" has been updated to – "Silent Sam will fire his rifle when the NCAA hands down its verdict on UNC Football". 

Passed 1,000 miles !!!
...... my Nike+ odometer passed the 1,000 mile mark this week.  I am now at 1006.7 miles trekked and 128 audiobooks reistened to in less than a year.  My goal remains what it always has been – “one more mile.... one more audiobook”.   I did discover a really cool new segment of the local Greenway this week.

This week’s chapelboro column
...... is a special revised version of Monday’s column on Little Johnny jerking around the ACC schedule.  If you didn’t read last week’s column on Bubba giving Roy his annual review, you really should.

GrandPa's Kardashian
..... The world’s most famous one-legged Hungarian turned 95 this week.  She was in her hey-day of the 50s - Granddaddy's Kardashian – Zsa Zsa Gabor.  Think about it – she and her two sisters who, excepting Green Acres, were simply famous for being “Gabors” and a manipulative stage mother.  Alas, there is very little in this world that hasn’t been recycled from previous versions.

It was "a done deal" so
..... I was only paying passing attention to the flat-screen in those final two minutes last night.  This one was surely a W for the home team.  Even when we passed the critical "final 14 seconds" mark ya figgered Roy had this one.  Then it all went wrong.... so so very very wrong.
   Art Chansky on last night's game ... CLICK


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CNR
General Bullmoose, BobLee Says, Chapelboro. Our cup has become a barrel. Many friends who live in locales run by Marxists, including but not exclusive of, San Francisco, Alameda County, Westwood, Newport Beach, Boston, Newton, Manhattan, Minneapolis, Chicago South Side, and Madison in Wisconsin are forwarded every word. ....................... ........................................................... ........................................................... .... BL: Tokyo Rose can only wish she had had the Internet. ........................................................... ...........................................................
2/9/2012 8:41:28 AM
BLT
Love the Archie Manning line. I don't suppose there is any chance ESPN might use it? ............ ................................................... ................................................... ...... BL: I don't suppose there is !!!! .......... ................................................... ..........................
2/9/2012 8:57:58 AM
GrandPa
"GrandPa's Kardashian" is "the world's most famous one-legged Hungarian" - too long for a bumpersticker but might make a cool t-shirt. ..... .................................................. .................................................. ...... BL: I was thinking about a blimp with flashing lights. ................................. ..................................................
2/9/2012 9:03:42 AM
PF in Big D
You are so right about the Gabors…………..I’d forgotten about them……..totally ripped off by Kris Jenner!!!!!!!!!!!.... Love the remark about Archie siring any black quarterbacks!!! Good one!....... .................................................. .................................................. .... BL: I LOVE "GrandPa's Kardashian". .......... ...........................................
2/9/2012 10:12:50 AM
58 Wolf Kennel
What's going on, BobLee? My computer is showing far too few responses to a lot of good stuff. Two cents worth. You have a daughter. I have three plus four grandaughters. Get off the anti-women's basketball kick. It's a pretty pure game as you learned it back in Kinston. Also, if UNC-Ch coach looked as good as the NC State coach you would might not bristle so much. I actually like Hatchell who was a good friend of Coach Yow, and that's good enough for me. Art did a great late night writing job on the proclaimed "Battle of the Blues" game last night. I watched intently for every second of taking the foot off the neck, possible crucial travels, and crowd reactions. Had a wonderful time. I like things mixed up at the top and hope we can join the mixture before long. ....................................... .................................................... ..................................................... ..... BL: I have watched enough women's BB and eaten enough Thai food to know I don't care to do either. BUT I appreciate that others may enjoy either or both. I am NOT a foe of Title IX. If Kelli Harper was my waitress at a Thai Restaurant I still would not enjoy their food. ................. ................................................... ..................................................
2/9/2012 1:04:40 PM
oldwuf vet
Congrats BL on hitting the 1K mark. Amazing what that regular movement does for a fellow. About 3 weeks ago I set my personal running distance goal for the year. I got squashed by one of my 1100lb patients 2 days later. I'm at least 3 weeks away from running again. I realize now how much it helps mental health. Ol'Roy has some work to do with this team. I am amazed at the talent when they are on their game. ...................................... .................................................. ............... BL: Last night was similar to The Super Bowl in that the difference between W & L was an inch or so.... yet the repercussions are significant. Tough business! .................... ..................................................
2/9/2012 4:34:07 PM
Ben in MO
If you didn't have a dog in that fight, it was a pretty good game. There were a lot of "but, if"s in the game, and I'm sure there will be weeping and moaning and gnashing of teeth over the missed call on Curry's steps, but that wasn't what cost them the game. I remember someone, maybe Bilas, remarking recently that one big difference between this team and the 2009 team was that this team doesn't always play hard when they don't have to. That may be overstating the case, but it seems like they lose a sense of urgency sometimes, except for Zeller...I presume he learned that from the other Tyler. For me, men's college BB is the exemplar of the sport. No use for the NBA or women's BB, but that's just me. I hope the UNC women do well, but seldom watch it, especially since Ivory moved on. Women's Soccer, on the other hand, is a very watchable game, especially Anson's young ladies. I often heard about Margot Gabor, but can't recall ever seeing her on TV like Zsa Zsa and Eva. ............... ...................................................... ................... BL: Sister #3 was Magda who was seldom seen... I agree that Women's Soccer IS watchable. I have described SheBasketball as "a 3rd grade talent show" - you go only if you have a child performing and even then its painful. ............... ..................................................... ........................
2/10/2012 12:26:57 AM
thailand
Easy on the Thai food--I'm a reader..... Women's tennis when Chris Evert and Martina played was fun..... Actually the women's tennis game is more appealing today than the men's,but who really watches tennis anymore?..... Thai beach bunnies playing volleyball, now.... Just finished a spicy plate of lop plah dook--Like Eastern NC barbecue, but with a catfish instead of a pig........I think everything started coming unraveled in college basketball for me back in the mid-seventies, when Tiny Pinder and Tony Warren and a few others came barreling into the Burger King on Hillsborough Street near Meredith College and pushed my wife and I aside hollering to the manager--"You got anything fresh off the grill!"...Just threw that in. .................................... ........................................................ ........................................................ ..... BL: OK, Kelli Harper wearing Daisy Dukes and carrying a tray of Peanut Satay kabobs would be acceptable. :-) ...................................... .......................................................
2/10/2012 7:17:00 AM
JDanWuff
The evolution of idiocy is an exponential expansion of the failings of government-funded education. It's actually very simple mathematics. When those that provide the learning and instruction know little or nothing, the transfer of what they don't know exceeds the amount they do know. The negative impact is exponentialized by the fact that most of what they do know is wrong to begin with. ..................... From the student aspect, they do not always absorb 100% of what they are taught and, depending on race and gender, it may be acceptable to approve what they haven't learned as being learned so as not to harm self esteem or make a politically incorrect statement. ................... This becomes a unique mathematical situation where multiplying a negative number times a negative number yields a negative number. ......................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............. BL: As you deal with daily - s**t flows downhill. Not unlike government & higher education. ....... ............................................................
2/10/2012 7:54:27 AM
Jay in Miami
Butch Davis just accepted a job as Defensive Coordinator Assistant with the Tampa Bay Bucs. Hopefully, he will clear out of Carolina once and for all. We can only hope! Thanks for your column, it is how I stay in touch with what is happening in the real world of Blue Heaven. .............................. .............................................. ........... BL: "real world" and Blue Heaven is an oxymoron! .... Greg Schiano giving his old boss a job w/ the Bucs is 99% confirmed. ............................ ..............................................
2/10/2012 8:43:52 AM
Dr Wire
women's basketball is one of the largest waste of good money outside of the current US executive branch. Every college program less maybe UConn and all of the WNBA teams lose money like John Edwards' campaign committee looking for a reason to stay out of court. If Title IX had been written to reflect financial reality instead of headcount then athletes programs everywhere would be mo' will'n to split some of da Nike money with the bros. ....................................... ................................................. ..................... BL: I once compared watching girls play BB to watching boys try to knit. That generated comments. I have nothing against girls playing BB; just don't force me to watch them do it. Thus far no one has done that. ................................................ ...............................................
2/11/2012 8:58:31 PM
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