A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-16-09....Let's Hear it for the Boys

January 16, 2007 | Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Football is one of those sports I know soooo little about - and at the same time, have very little interest in. However, I realize that the majority of my threads have been mostly for the girls - you know, pretty posts! Therefore, I feel I owe it to you guys after 4 1/2 years, to do something you like - so let's talk football today. (Or rather, you talk; I'll just do what you do when we talk....nod my head every once in a while and say, "Uh huh," and "Yes, dear."

I know SuperBowl XLI is coming up on Sunday, February 4th (I looked that up!), and these four remaining teams face off this Sunday. Only one game away from the SuperBowl for each. Will the Saints triumph over the Bears? Will the Patriots beat the Colts?

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
CHICAGO BEARS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Which two teams do you think will make it all the way to Super Sunday in Florida? Which one do you want to win? Which one do you think will win, and which one will be left crying when it's all over?

"Half this game is ninety percent mental"
- Danny Ozark, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies

A guy took his girlfriend to her first football game. Afterward he asked her how she liked the game. "I liked it, but I couldn't understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents," she said. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Well, everyone kept yelling, 'Get the quarter back!"

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The three bears had been having some trouble recently and ended up in family court. Momma and Poppa bear were splitting up, and baby bear had to decide who he was going to live with.

So, the judge wanted to talk to baby bear to see what he thought about living with either of his parents.

When he asked baby bear about living with his father, baby bear said "No, I can't live with Poppa bear, he beats me terribly."

"Okay," said the judge, "Then you want to live with your mother, right?" "No way!" replied baby bear, "She beats me worse than Poppa bear does."

The judge was a bit confused by this, and didn't quite know what to do. "Well, you have to live with someone, so are there any relatives you would like to stay with?"

"Yes," answered baby bear, "my aunt Bertha bear who lives in Chicago." You're sure she will treat you well and won't beat you?" asked the judge. "Oh certainly," said baby bear, "The Chicago Bears don't beat anybody."

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A football coach walked into the locker room before a game, looked over to his star player and said, "I'm not supposed to let you play since you failed math, but we need you in there. So, what I have to do is ask you a math question, and if you get it right, you can play."

The player agreed, and the coach looked into his eyes intently and asks, "Okay, now concentrate hard and tell me the answer to this. What is two plus two?"

The player thought for a moment and then he answered, "4?"

"Did you say 4?" the coach exclaimed, excited that he got it right.

At that, all the other players on the team began screaming, "Come on coach, give him another chance!"

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A young man was very excited because he just won a ticket to the Super Bowl. His excitement lessened as he realized his seat was in the back of the stadium. As he searched the rows ahead of him for a better seat, he found an empty one right next to the field.

He approached the man sitting next to the empty seat and asked if it was taken. The man replied, "No."

Amazed the young man asked, "How could someone pass up a seat like this?"

The older gentleman responded, "That's my wife's seat. We've been to every Super Bowl together since the day we were married but she has passed away."

"Oh, how sad," the man said. "I'm sorry to hear that, but couldn't you find a friend or relative to come with you?"

"No," the man said, "They're all at the funeral."

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01-09-07 ~ Hall of Fame #18

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 01-15-07 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[The Mayor]

I have been for the Patriots from the beginning.
I have been a fan of them all my life, born and raised in Massachusetts, I remember when they were called the Boston Patriots. I only lived 45 minutes from the stadium and only went to one game but never missed them on TV..

I have a Oats sweatshirt I wear often and a couple coffee mugs I carry around in Bills country.

[The Mayor]

Not originally... I went to a Bills game when they played the Patriots. Quietly I was rooting for the Patriots in fear the drunk Bills fans would kill me. The Patriots won.. I cheered only after I left the stadium.

[The Mayor]

I have worked very hard to get rid of that accent. I still have some of it especially when I get excited... : )

[DollyCali]

It is NOT offensive at all.. in fact very "charming"

[jaycee]

Sweet picture of the little players!

[GodBlessUSA]

I have a relative who moved from NY to Boston and would quietly root for NY. Although, he's been living there for some time now and I'm sure is rooting for the Patriots now. :) It was a joke but thinking about it, it's very unfortunate how those fans can be brutal about that.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for your comments about the boys of autumn graphic. My son never played football, but still, being a mom of a boy who was "all boy", I have a soft spot in my heart for this picture. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Read our paper headlines that the California citrus crop is lost, is that true?

I am not sure if the entire crop has been lost, but I wouldn't be surprised. All the citrus farmers have suffered losses in their groves, after three consecutive nights of temps going down in the low 20's.

I got all of our navel oranges picked, about 2 dozen lemons and a few of the grapefruit. There are still about 100 or more grapefruit on the tree that have probably frozen and some of my lemons that are too high to reach. I hate to lose the lemons because I like to freeze the juice and use them for lemonade in the summer. They are awful expensive in the stores, and with this freeze, they are going to be even more expensive.

This is likely to be quite devastating to the economy of the San Joaquin Valley.

[Mama_Bear]

I have worked very hard to get rid of that accent. I still have some of it especially when I get excited... : )

So has my mom, who left Massachusetts when she got out of high school, but still, every once in awhile her Bostonian accent will come out when she says a word like 'car' or 'garden'. I had a girlfriend named Linda when I was going up and I could not get my mom to say her name without her adding an "r" on to the end of it. It always came out "Linder". And, all the time I was growing up a dresser drawer was a "draw".

My mom hated to be teased about her accent, she tried very hard to hide it....but that isn't easy to do.

[The Mayor]

"Carming" Thanks Dolly... : )

The Bills fans are brutal, It was a partial joke, last year a couple from Mass got beat up pretty bad after a Bills game. They are having a tough time filling the stadium because of the drunkeness. They promote "tailgate parties" most of them a quite buzzed before the game starts. I would not take my kids to a game.

Cuz, my Mom talked like she was in Mass until she went home to be with the Lord, it was funny she lived in Arizona for 20 years too.

[jaycee]

Any excuse to watch the Colts is grrrreat to me~~~~I will be here with fingers crossed when the Colts have the ball and if they do something really great, I will jump up in the floor clapping my hands. I am silly when they play. I look for someone to come after me with a butterfly net......ha~

[jaycee]

Jen, I will be thinking about you and the others on this thread who will be watching the Colts game!!! We can scream together. Are you the one who is lucky enough to be there in person?

[La Enchiladita]

Shopping?! Did someone say shopping??!!! FUNNNNN......

Shopping and eating, right?!! Mmmmmmm....

[La Enchiladita]

The main thing is: Our deployed troops LOVE Super Bowl. The Armed Forces try to arrange for as many as possible to be able to watch from over there, and the soldiers just go NUTS over it! It's a unique taste of home and does them so much good.

Not to mention, there is ALWAYS a Super Bowl tribute to the troops, which is great for the whole country.

(Then we go shopping...)

[La Enchiladita]

Gracie, you just scored a goal!!!!

FOFL...

[Jen]

YES!!! I'll be at the game. Got tickets on eBay today. :-D

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL!!!

I thought the wind kicked me off line last night Dita. I found out this morning, I somehow hit a button and that is really what kicked me off line. Gracie ;)

[GodBlessUSA]

Wednesday's Thread :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Above post was meant to be to All ;)

[Mama_Bear]

Not to mention, there is ALWAYS a Super Bowl tribute to the troops, which is great for the whole country.

Okay, you talked me into watching. How could I miss the tribute to our troops?! I love knowing that our military in Iraq and Afghanistan, those who are able, are gathered around TV sets watching the game. They so badly need this diversion from the difficult job they do everyday.

(Then we go shopping...)

Awwright!! Sounds like a plan!