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six-gun
06-25-2007, 03:28 AM
Remember that girl I was talking about a while back? Well, her dad hired me to work in one of his businesses and I'll be working with her on some project (I'll be doing all the lifting needed) as far as I know it's just me and her
paper
06-25-2007, 03:29 AM
The heat is on. I expect results!
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:29 AM
Remember that girl I was talking about a while back? Well, her dad hired me to work in one of his businesses and I'll be working with her on some project (I'll be doing all the lifting needed) as far as I know it's just me and her
Sounds like a golden oppurtunity to me. Now you have the time to really get to know her without the dating pressure. What could be better?
I don't really get why that was marked as 18 and over.
eh - you know how it is - people are touchy
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:31 AM
eh - you know how it is - people are touchy
Yeah, but you can see a whole lot worse than that on broadcast television. You're a parent, would you freak out if one of your kids saw that?
acomicbookgirl
06-25-2007, 03:31 AM
Sounds like a golden oppurtunity to me. Now you have the time to really get to know her without the dating pressure. What could be better?
Exactly.. I'm crossing my fingers for you..
six-gun
06-25-2007, 03:32 AM
Walmart doesn't carry Blu-Ray! UGH!!!!
I got Letters from Iwo Jima for my birthday on DVD and wanted to trade in for store credit and get the BD version, but nooooo!
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:32 AM
Exactly.. I'm crossing my fingers for you..
The dual conversations threw me for a minute when I read this post.
six-gun
06-25-2007, 03:33 AM
Exactly.. I'm crossing my fingers for you..
Thanks, I start sometime this week.
paper
06-25-2007, 03:33 AM
Walmart's lame. Target and Best Buy, man.
acomicbookgirl
06-25-2007, 03:34 AM
The dual conversations threw me for a minute when I read this post.
Sorry but your post hit it on the nail.. ;)
six-gun
06-25-2007, 03:35 AM
Walmart's lame. Target and Best Buy, man.
Absolutely, but the gift was from Walmart and I felt rude asking for a receipt from my uncle.
Yeah, but you can see a whole lot worse than that on broadcast television. You're a parent, would you freak out if one of your kids saw that?
not really. I wouldn't show it to them but if they saw it I wouldn't freak out. it's more silly than it is anything else and I'm honestly more troubled by violence than sex.
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:37 AM
Sorry but your post hit it on the nail.. ;)
Thanks. Despite how long it's been since I was that age, I can still kinda remember how it works.
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:38 AM
not really. I wouldn't show it to them but if they saw it I wouldn't freak out. it's more silly than it is anything else and I'm honestly more troubled by violence than sex.
Yeah, that's a whole dichotomy in our culture. Sex stuff for the most part is what people get worked up about but the violence nobody really notices. In a lot of the other parts of the world, it's just the opposite.
You don't even want to get me started on that. It'll be 4 in the morning and I'll still be *****ing about Avatar being marketed to children.
paper
06-25-2007, 03:43 AM
If I had kids I'd censor any depiction of squirrels in the media. Then, when they're 12, I'd take them to the park just to see them freak the **** out.
If I had kids I'd censor any depiction of squirrels in the media. Then, when they're 12, I'd take them to the park just to see them freak the **** out.
It's a good thing that you're chasing women on tv then.
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:45 AM
If I had kids I'd censor any depiction of squirrels in the media. Then, when they're 12, I'd take them to the park just to see them freak the **** out.
You actually had me laughing out loud with that one.
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:46 AM
You don't even want to get me started on that. It'll be 4 in the morning and I'll still be *****ing about Avatar being marketed to children.
Not familiar with this product. Can you provide context?
Not familiar with this product. Can you provide context?
it's this cartoon that I've seen commercials for. I actually caught my daughter watching it one day and I turned it right off. It's some kind of anime-fighting thing. I'm sure that other people can tell you more. I just know what I've seen, and it certainly wasn't for kids.
paper
06-25-2007, 03:49 AM
It's okay. As I've alluded several times, if I were ever to have kids they would be sent to a boarding school in Chile. I would spend the next 18 years training myself in the martial arts to defend myself against my oldest kid, who will have an irrational grudge against me.
jgg0610
06-25-2007, 03:52 AM
It's okay. As I've alluded several times, if I were ever to have kids they would be sent to a boarding school in Chile. I would spend the next 18 years training myself in the martial arts to defend myself against my oldest kid, who will have an irrational grudge against me.
That's funny. When I tell my wife that if we ever have a kid, the country that I always use for boarding school is Switzerland. You know, always neutral
If I had kids I'd censor any depiction of squirrels in the media. Then, when they're 12, I'd take them to the park just to see them freak the **** out.
FUnny story, my wife (born and raised in Vermont) had a guest from japan and upon first seeing a squirrel screamed, freaked out and said "what the hell is that thing?!?"
Guess they don't have huge, furry, tree climbing rats in Japan.
paper
06-25-2007, 03:55 AM
I'd choose the Phantom Zone if I could. I'm afraid of little Captain Twilight and DangerPanther growing up to challenge me. Geez.
paper
06-25-2007, 03:55 AM
FUnny story, my wife (born and raised in Vermont) had a guest from japan and upon first seeing a squirrel screamed, freaked out and said "what the hell is that thing?!?"
Guess they don't have huge, furry, tree climbing rats in Japan.
That makes no sense. They have monkeys over there, right. This is like a step down.
That makes no sense. They have monkeys over there, right. This is like a step down.
This is kind of funny too. My wife grew up in a relatively urban area. Actually a few blocks from my LCS for those of you with really long memories. Anyway, we moved out here to the suburbs and she literally had never seen a chipmunk before. She thought it was like the coolest thing ever. Every now and then I'd catch her idly staring out the window at them.
acomicbookgirl
06-25-2007, 03:59 AM
FUnny story, my wife (born and raised in Vermont) had a guest from japan and upon first seeing a squirrel screamed, freaked out and said "what the hell is that thing?!?"
Guess they don't have huge, furry, tree climbing rats in Japan.
I don't know about Japan but there are no squirrels in the Philippines..
This is kind of funny too. My wife grew up in a relatively urban area. Actually a few blocks from my LCS for those of you with really long memories. Anyway, we moved out here to the suburbs and she literally had never seen a chipmunk before. She thought it was like the coolest thing ever. Every now and then I'd catch her idly staring out the window at them.
Your sure she's not Jimmy Stewart (or in an alternate universe Christopher Reeves)?
Your sure she's not Jimmy Stewart (or in an alternate universe Christopher Reeves)?
I made 5 Christopher Reeves jokes and erased them. They used to live here.
To answer your question, maybe.
paper
06-25-2007, 04:06 AM
Two more funny stories. Both true.
Drexel's campus has black squirrels with red eyes. ****ing terrifying. When I first saw one I immediately began looking for the other three horseman of the apocalypse.
I had a job with the AV equipment delivery and maintenance guys in freshman year. Urban campus in Philly. I worked from 5 to 10 at night. One night I'm headed out to pick up a projector and I'm passing the athletic field. All of a sudden a squirrel falls out of a tree and lands on my chest. Its claws are stuck in my hoody, and it's upside-down. It wags its tail in my face for a few seconds before it finally frees itself, lands on its back, rolls over, and races across the street. I had to sit down on a bench for a minute or two before I could go on with my night.
Two more funny stories. Both true.
Drexel's campus has black squirrels with red eyes. ****ing terrifying. When I first saw one I immediately began looking for the other three horseman of the apocalypse.
I had a job with the AV equipment delivery and maintenance guys in freshman year. Urban campus in Philly. I worked from 5 to 10 at night. One night I'm headed out to pick up a projector and I'm passing the athletic field. All of a sudden a squirrel falls out of a tree and lands on my chest. Its claws are stuck in my hoody, and it's upside-down. It wags its tail in my face for a few seconds before it finally frees itself, lands on its back, rolls over, and races across the street. I had to sit down on a bench for a minute or two before I could go on with my night.
You need to find a way to make the second story happen in a movie script. This needs to be filmed.
Two more funny stories. Both true.
Drexel's campus has black squirrels with red eyes. ****ing terrifying. When I first saw one I immediately began looking for the other three horseman of the apocalypse.
I was under the impression that Black Squirrels didn't cross the border. They're all over the place up here, but I've never seen any in the states.
paper
06-25-2007, 04:20 AM
It's probably happened to Chevy Chase before.
Yeah, a lot of messed up stuff happened when I had that job. This next one is potentially offensive, and I don't want to make light of it, but it is weird: I was leaving work just before 10:00 on a night when the mayor had been visiting for some kind of debate or junket. A lot of journalists had been around, but at this point most had gone. There's one guy left...Steve Highsmith of the now defunct WB17 news (works for NBC now). And I walk out the door as he's putting his trenchcoat on. I try to get out of his way, but he backs into me. He grunts a little dramatically for such a minor collision. I apologize and keep walking. But as I'm walking away I hear him-quite clearly refer to me with a derogatory term usually associated with a Chinese person or a game involving a wall and a tennis ball. Like..with an exclamation point. It was so weird. Just imagine your local smiley anchor man cursing you out with a term that doesn't even make sense.
Sometimes I think news items are written solely for the purpose of making me laugh my ass off.
Fergie's Meth Meltdown
Not so Fergalicious: Black Eyed Peas' Fergie has come clean about her addiction to meth, and in this month's Self magazine, she talks about a particularly hamper-ing moment on the drug.
One time she was so paranoid on the drug that she talked to her hamper for eight hours straight. "I remember thinking somebody was inside of it, going to come and get me, so I was talking to the person who was crawling in the hamper," she admits. Now that's a bad trip!
It's tough to contend with the hamper banshee.
paper
06-25-2007, 01:20 PM
Posted a new blog entry (http://virb.com/fuzzytypewriter/blog/141613) on my Virb page for that new podcast I was talking about doing. Still developing it, but if anybody has any suggestions for it, please leave a comment. Thanks, everybody.
paper
06-25-2007, 01:29 PM
Sometimes I think news items are written solely for the purpose of making me laugh my ass off.
It's tough to contend with the hamper banshee.
The Hamper Banshee is a menace. Stealing the mates to your socks. Sneaking a red shirt into your pile of whites.
Maybe she wets her pants on stage solely to get back at the Hamper Banshee.
I think that there's a hamper banshee that lives under the London Bridge.
Fergie and the Hamper Banshee
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u116/fredhosley/hamsterbanshee.gif
six-gun
06-25-2007, 02:03 PM
This week's column is my last and I want to get at least triple the hits I normally do, the easiest way would be if everyone here read it, but I'd also like to get some other visitors, any ideas?
you could confess to a fear of hamper banshees
six-gun
06-25-2007, 02:12 PM
fred's just upset that Fergie wouldn't let him visit her London Bridge
six-gun
06-25-2007, 02:14 PM
come on, be honest fred, do you have a desire to be G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S?
come on, be honest fred, do you have a desire to be G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S?
I am glamorous. That ***** stole that shit from me
fred's just upset that Fergie wouldn't let him visit her London Bridge
the hamper banshees and urine smell keep me away
kahunablair
06-25-2007, 02:47 PM
It's probably happened to Chevy Chase before.
Yeah, a lot of messed up stuff happened when I had that job. This next one is potentially offensive, and I don't want to make light of it, but it is weird: I was leaving work just before 10:00 on a night when the mayor had been visiting for some kind of debate or junket. A lot of journalists had been around, but at this point most had gone. There's one guy left...Steve Highsmith of the now defunct WB17 news (works for NBC now). And I walk out the door as he's putting his trenchcoat on. I try to get out of his way, but he backs into me. He grunts a little dramatically for such a minor collision. I apologize and keep walking. But as I'm walking away I hear him-quite clearly refer to me with a derogatory term usually associated with a Chinese person or a game involving a wall and a tennis ball. Like..with an exclamation point. It was so weird. Just imagine your local smiley anchor man cursing you out with a term that doesn't even make sense.
Wow Paper. I hate that guy even more now.
kwok_talk
06-25-2007, 04:59 PM
Ok, so I'm here in Ft Lauderdale for training. I got in last night and asked them where the beach was. They said, "uh..it's outside those doors."
I'm on the BEACH!!!! woohoo!
So training ends here at 5 and since I'm here by myself, I'm headed to have a beach date with BKV (Runaways vol 1 HC and Y vol 6)!
six-gun
06-25-2007, 05:30 PM
I'm suprised BKV likes the beach, seems that putting sunscreen on a bald head wouldn't be too pleasent. :)
kahunablair
06-25-2007, 05:31 PM
Ok, so I'm here in Ft Lauderdale for training. I got in last night and asked them where the beach was. They said, "uh..it's outside those doors."
I'm on the BEACH!!!! woohoo!
So training ends here at 5 and since I'm here by myself, I'm headed to have a beach date with BKV (Runaways vol 1 HC and Y vol 6)!
I really used to like you... I seriously did. Now, not so much.
Only kidding. Have fun man! Enjoy it.
six-gun
06-25-2007, 05:32 PM
the hamper banshees and urine smell keep me away
Well, at least such turn-offs are there to insure that the Fergie bloodline dies with her.
conorkilpatrick
06-25-2007, 05:37 PM
I'm suprised BKV likes the beach, seems that putting sunscreen on a bald head wouldn't be too pleasent. :)
It's way more pleasant than getting a sunburn on your dome, let me tell you. :D
six-gun
06-25-2007, 07:46 PM
It's way more pleasant than getting a sunburn on your dome, let me tell you. :D
Now that I think about it, bald guys are kind of lucky in that department. If your like me and like to keep a good buzz cut you can just as easily get a bad burn on your head as if you don't have any hair at all, except here's no real way to put suntan on without is looking like some odd hair gel.
So for me, it's either a hat, or a sunburn and I look goofy in a hat :)
luthor
06-25-2007, 10:36 PM
Just thought I'd let everyone who cares know, Chris Benoit and his family have been found dead in their Atlanta home.
esophagus
06-25-2007, 10:46 PM
Who's he? And what happened?
darron
06-25-2007, 10:47 PM
Just thought I'd let everyone who cares know, Chris Benoit and his family have been found dead in their Atlanta home.
I don't even know what to say. Benoit is one of wrestling's all-time greats. Oh man, that's a tragedy. How'd this happen?
Rest in piece, Chris and family.
paper
06-25-2007, 10:55 PM
Damn. I remember that guy. It's been a while since I watched wrestling, but wow. That really sucks.
How'd this happen?
Beaten to death with steel chairs.
oh that's just horrible.
kwok_talk
06-25-2007, 11:01 PM
I really used to like you... I seriously did. Now, not so much.
Only kidding. Have fun man! Enjoy it.
Ha. Let's say the free cocktail hour is seriously slowing me down right now.
esophagus
06-25-2007, 11:09 PM
Beaten to death with steel chairs.
oh that's just horrible.
I wish it wasn't so inappropriate to laugh.
paper
06-25-2007, 11:11 PM
That's not cool, man. It's his whole ****ing family.
darron
06-25-2007, 11:16 PM
Chris Benoit, family found dead
Written: June 25, 2007
World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home. There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities.
Tonight’s Raw on USA Network will serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family. WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy
it's horrible. my apologies
kwok_talk
06-25-2007, 11:48 PM
man tha'ts horrible.
acomicbookgirl
06-26-2007, 12:02 AM
That's sad.. :(
jgg0610
06-26-2007, 12:03 AM
Man, I'm going to miss the Wolverine. I haven't watched wrestling on a regular basis in quite a while but he was always a favorite.
kwok_talk
06-26-2007, 01:19 AM
I'm taking a few days off next week to attend Creationfest . It's a 4 day concert festival, think of Woodstock, but with crazy Christians instead.
Should be a good time. I'm going to be camping out the whole time, so that should be interesting. I haven't camped for quite a few years, so that'll be cool too.
Have fun. Saw the lineup. Should be awesome. I've been meaning to make it back to Cornerstone one day or another.
kahunablair
06-26-2007, 01:35 AM
Have fun. Saw the lineup. Should be awesome. I've been meaning to make it back to Cornerstone one day or another.
Thanks, man. I'm a pretty big David Crowder fan so that's mainly the reason I heading there.
Plus Switchfoot, Relient K, Thousand Foot Krutch, Cool Hand Luke, and Edison Glass aren't bad either. Heck there aren't many people I'm not looking forward to seeing.
kwok_talk
06-26-2007, 01:42 AM
Thanks, man. I'm a pretty big David Crowder fan so that's mainly the reason I heading there.
Plus Switchfoot, Relient K, Thousand Foot Krutch, Cool Hand Luke, and Edison Glass aren't bad either. Heck there aren't many people I'm not looking forward to seeing.
My fiance just saw David Crowder a week or two back at Willow Creek church in IL and I've really just gotten back into his albums. Emery is AWESOME (saw them once) and I've heard good stuff about House of Heroes. Project 86 was great back in the day (just haven't kept up with them). I had the chance to interview them back in high school and the singer, Andrew Schwab, has a GREAT book called "It's all downhill from here' which is just misc stories from their tours.
kahunablair
06-26-2007, 01:51 AM
My fiance just saw David Crowder a week or two back at Willow Creek church in IL and I've really just gotten back into his albums. Emery is AWESOME (saw them once) and I've heard good stuff about House of Heroes. Project 86 was great back in the day (just haven't kept up with them). I had the chance to interview them back in high school and the singer, Andrew Schwab, has a GREAT book called "It's all downhill from here' which is just misc stories from their tours.
I might have to look that book up. I've ordered Crowder's book, it looked pretty good.
Emery is pretty good but I haven't heard a whole lot from them yet. I'm probably going to post some review stuff up afterwards.
darron
06-26-2007, 02:00 AM
Wow. I'm watching WWE's Raw for the first time in ages, and it's really hard to watch. Chris Benoit was one of the best, no doubt about it. Seeing Chavo Guerrero break down like that...pretty sad stuff. I can't believe his kid was only 7. Such a bummer.
conorkilpatrick
06-26-2007, 03:02 AM
Chris Benoit, family found dead
Written: June 25, 2007
World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home. There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities.
Tonight’s Raw on USA Network will serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family. WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy
Yikes - the news here just said the police are saying it looks like a murder/suicide situation.
jgg0610
06-26-2007, 03:07 AM
Yikes - the news here just said the police are saying it looks like a murder/suicide situation.
Damn, man. I hadn't heard that yet. The kid's involvement makes it that much harder.
luthor
06-26-2007, 04:13 AM
Benoit was one of my favorites and a big part of the reason I continued to watch wrestling from time to time. The news that's starting to roll out just makes me feel dirty and cold.
Am I a horrible person for hoping this turns out to be something closer to Phil Hartman?
darron
06-26-2007, 08:34 AM
Benoit was one of my favorites and a big part of the reason I continued to watch wrestling from time to time. The news that's starting to roll out just makes me feel dirty and cold.
Am I a horrible person for hoping this turns out to be something closer to Phil Hartman?
No, because if what Conor said turns out to be true, I could never imagine a soul like Benoit could do such a thing under any circumstance.
Yikes - the news here just said the police are saying it looks like a murder/suicide situation.
My god, this IS horrible. Now I regret not watching RAW last night. I don't watch wrestling the way I used to, but I did tune the past couple of weeks because of the ridiculous Vince Mcmahon being dead storyline.
That storyline seems a little insensitive now.
labor_days
06-26-2007, 04:43 PM
Equally freighting and hilarious. For your amusement, I present to you "God Hates the World" as sung by the Westboro Baptist Church. Please, to enjoy.
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luthor
06-26-2007, 04:45 PM
So the latest is that Benoit apparently strangled his wife Saturday, suffocated his child on Sunday and then hung himself early Monday morning.
This is just messed up.
kahunablair
06-26-2007, 04:51 PM
Equally freighting and hilarious. For your amusement, I present to you "God Hates the World" as sung by the Westboro Baptist Church. Please, to enjoy.
I can't watch this at work, and I'm thinking that's a good thing. Are these the a-holes that stand outside of soldier's funerals?
k33k3r
06-26-2007, 05:07 PM
either way it's still disturbing.
the video isn't showing up because you can only embed youtube videos. you can watch the video here: http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=278059
first off, to answer kahunablair, this is the people from God Hates Fags (their word - not mine)
secondly, this shit and people like it make me so ****ing angry that I'm not going to comment on this for a bit because I'm likely to go too far and say things that I don't mean.
kahunablair
06-26-2007, 05:28 PM
first off, to answer kahunablair, this is the people from God Hates Fags (their word - not mine)
So it is the same Schmucks. No need to watch then. If I did I'd probably be in the same boat as you Fred.
Ok, I'm trying to really reel it in here so bear with me.
I'm no authority on God. You probably wouldn't look to me for religious advice. Hell, I'd think you were insane if you did.
That being said, isn't the whole "God thing" suppossed to be about love? How then can you make your message "God Hates The World"? Or say things like: "Thank God for 911". I'm not as well versed as many people but even I can pull 2 or 3 Bible quotes out of my ass about what is wrong with these people.
imagine that there were about 3 more pages that followed that. they would mostly read rakka-frakka mother****er.
darron
06-26-2007, 05:50 PM
My god, this IS horrible. Now I regret not watching RAW last night. I don't watch wrestling the way I used to, but I did tune the past couple of weeks because of the ridiculous Vince Mcmahon being dead storyline.
That storyline seems a little insensitive now.
Taken from the Edmonton Sun:
A law enforcement official close to the investigation says pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room.
Speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, the official also says authorities are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths.
The family was found dead Monday, and authorities were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide. Investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, 47, and son, Daniel, 7, over the weekend, then himself on Monday.
“The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre,” Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
Those details may emerge after the completion of autopsies scheduled Tuesday.
Ballard told The Associated Press a gun was not used in any of the deaths, but he declined to say how the three died.
“We’re pretty sure we know, but we want to confirm it with the crime lab,” Ballard said Tuesday.
Authorities also declined to say whether drugs or steroids were found inside the house.
The sheriff’s department will release the cause of death as soon as it is available, but the results of the toxicology tests could take up to a week or longer, said Sgt. Keith Whiteside.
World Wrestling Entertainment said on its website that it asked authorities to check on the wrestler and his family after being alerted by friends who received “several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning.”
The bodies were found in three different rooms: Benoit in the home’s weight room, his wife in an office and the son in an upstairs bedroom, Whiteside said. Benoit had two other children from a prior relationship.
Stamford, Conn.,-based WWE also said on its website it had further information on the deaths, but had been asked by authorities not to release it.
Benoit, who was born in Montreal, was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles over his career.
At five-foot-11 and 220 pounds, Benoit was often described as a rabid wolverine in the ring. “The Canadian Crippler” had a chiselled physique and was known for his superior technical skills.
The “Crippler Crossface” was one of his signature moves, along with a flying headbutt from the top rope and triple German suplex.
Fellow wrestlers admired Benoit’s hard-nosed attitude.
“Chris was the type of guy you’d want to go to war with,” said WWE champion John Cena. “He was a good man, he truly lived for the business. He did everything for it.”
Benoit held several titles over his career but realized his dream at Wrestlemania 20 in 2004, defeating Shawn Michaels and champion Triple H in a triple threat match at Madison Square Garden to win the WWE world heavyweight championship for the first time.
Benoit’s wife managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, “Woman,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing story line on World Championship Wrestling, the newspaper said.
Benoit was scheduled to perform at the “Vengeance” pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called “personal reasons.”
Benoit became a standout at an early age among many wrestling prospects who trained in the famed dungeon basement of the home where fellow Canadians and professional wrestlers Owen and Bret Hart trained.
Owen Hart was killed in a freak stunt accident during a wrestling pay-per-view event in 1999.
“He was like a family member to me, and everyone in my family is taking it real hard,” Bret Hart, a five-time champion with the now-defunct World Wrestling Federation, said. “It’s almost like reliving the whole Owen (Hart) death over again.”
Benoit maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling.
The WWE cancelled its live “Monday Night RAW” card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.
The tribute began with WWE chairman Vince McMahon standing in the middle of an empty ring, eyes welling up with tears and voice cracking as he broke the news of Benoit’s death.
“We at the WWE can only offer our condolences to the extended family of Chris Benoit,” said McMahon. “The only other thing we can do at this moment is pay tribute to Chris Benoit.”
In a statement posted on it’s website, the WWE said it “extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy.”
labor_days
06-26-2007, 05:50 PM
can't watch this at work, and I'm thinking that's a good thing. Are these the a-holes that stand outside of soldier's funerals?Um, no. I don't believe I even heard of that. What are these people doing at said funerals?
the video isn't showing up because you can only embed youtube videos.Urrg. This board's software is so damn wonky. I tried o wrap it in HTML tags and it still didn't work.
Thanks for proper-ing the link though.
I'm no authority on God. You probably wouldn't look to me for religious advice. Hell, I'd think you were insane if you did.
That being said, isn't the whole "God thing" supposed to be about love? How then can you make your message "God Hates The World"? Or say things like: "Thank God for 911". I'm not as well versed as many people but even I can pull 2 or 3 Bible quotes out of my ass about what is wrong with these people.
Pretty much agree here. Although the video amused me at the ridiculousness of these misguided people. I'm sure there are plenty of religious moderates.
Um, no. I don't believe I even heard of that. What are these people doing at said funerals?
They protest at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the funerals of people that die of AIDS.
the-screw-on-aaron
06-26-2007, 06:05 PM
Equally freighting and hilarious. For your amusement, I present to you "God Hates the World" as sung by the Westboro Baptist Church. Please, to enjoy.
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That video made me still God damn angry!:mad: It's so insulting! And they're all smiling when they sing.
I won't say anymore without because it would just get into a big nasty discussion but that's just wrong!
labor_days
06-26-2007, 06:17 PM
I imagine the Westboro Baptist choir will be singing a different tune when Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie sue them into poverty. God may hate the world but he's got a helluva sense of humor.
nice labor
the thought of them being sued made me smile
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 06:43 PM
Ok, I'm trying to really reel it in here so bear with me.
I'm no authority on God. You probably wouldn't look to me for religious advice. Hell, I'd think you were insane if you did.
That being said, isn't the whole "God thing" suppossed to be about love? How then can you make your message "God Hates The World"? Or say things like: "Thank God for 911". I'm not as well versed as many people but even I can pull 2 or 3 Bible quotes out of my ass about what is wrong with these people.
imagine that there were about 3 more pages that followed that. they would mostly read rakka-frakka mother****er.
Im with you 100% on this. The only thing that puts a smile on my face is the fact that if there is in fact a god and a heaven then these people die, they will be down in hell thinking WTF.
lock up your camcorders: miss hilton has been released
http://cdn.channel.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0a/00/20070626055309990001
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 06:51 PM
I heard about the whole Benoit thing last night a little after nine thirty and i was shocked. i ran down to tell my roommates who were equally shocked. I used to love wrestling back in the day (back when Mick foley was wrestling) and i always appreciated the style and finesse benoit had in the ring.
I managed to catch most of the special that was on last night. this was the first time i had watched Raw in over 8 years and i was horrible seeing everyone break down on camera. I had to turn it off after an hour because i couldn't take it anymore.
its always trajic when someone dies but the fact that his entire family is gone makes this so much more heartbreaking. I really hope that this doesn't turn out to be a murder suicide but if so i guess it truly shows us that even though we may think we know what a celebrity is like, we actually know nothing about them.
My heart goes out to the entire Benoit family and all the friends and co-workers who lost a truly talented man yesterday.
labor_days
06-26-2007, 07:02 PM
Paris Hilton is ugly in every way imaginable. Bleh. I hate how three talentless women control all the media.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/403154534_f5ebaead90_o.jpg
I wish all three would just drive off a cliff already. Does that lessen me as a human being?
paper
06-26-2007, 07:17 PM
I was just flipping channels and one of the entertainment new shows was doing a Paris Hilton related story in which they demonstrated how prison inmates can use vending machine items as cosmetics. Red Hot Cheetos can be used as blush. Glitter can be scraped from greeting cards to be used around the eyes.
I want the Illuminati to send me to another planet.
that's really funny.
hey um why are there vending machines in jail?
darron
06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
So you can eat an ice cream sandwich while talking your son into breaking you out.
No touching!
labor_days
06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
I want the Illuminati to send me to another planet.
Great. I just choked on my sandwich and sprayed coffee on my desk from laughing. :D
darron
06-26-2007, 07:37 PM
Paris Hilton is ugly in every way imaginable.
Plus, she's worse than Zoolander in the fact that she really does only have one look.
http://users.on.net/edsilva/paris.gif
Aaagggh, DarrON, my Epilepsy!!
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 07:43 PM
Plus, she's worse than Zoolander in the fact that she really does only have one look.
thats the scariest thing i've ever seen
am i going to die in seven days now?:(
paper
06-26-2007, 07:45 PM
Every time the frame with a Gamecube comes up it's like I'm being stabbed in the eye.
labor_days
06-26-2007, 07:52 PM
Like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan is also a robot.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9471/lohan4qm.gif
conorkilpatrick
06-26-2007, 07:53 PM
Like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan is also a robot.
A hot, hot, robot*.
*In 2004/2005
Well at least her eyes change colours, that's (ahem) hot.
horatio616
06-26-2007, 08:24 PM
Well at least her eyes change colours, that's (ahem) hot.
By the time she's 35, she's going to have a voice like Nick Nolte.
six-gun
06-26-2007, 08:25 PM
I'm sure there are plenty of religious moderates.
Hey everyone! I'm one!
labor_days
06-26-2007, 08:31 PM
A hot, hot, robot*.
*In 2004/2005
Pshh. Yeah, until her anti-human programing kicks in and Lohan tries to murder you. I always turn down the robotic chicks. They're all kinds of crazy.
paper
06-26-2007, 08:32 PM
Anybody interested in having some kind of semi-regular Skype discussion open to anybody on the iFanboy forums? Just an idea I'm knocking around.
paper
06-26-2007, 08:33 PM
Pshh. Yeah, it until her anti-human programing kicks in and Lohan tries to murder you. I always turn down the robotic chicks. They're all kinds of crazy.
I'm very intrigued to find out what word you were going to place between "Yeah" and "it". Haha.
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 08:36 PM
Anybody interested in having some kind of semi-regular Skype discussion open to anybody on the iFanboy forums? Just an idea I'm knocking around.
cool idea, shame i don't have skype though:(
labor_days
06-26-2007, 08:37 PM
I'm very intrigued to find out what word you were going to place between "Yeah" and "it". Haha.
Typo! Fixed it.
paper
06-26-2007, 08:37 PM
But it's free!
paper
06-26-2007, 08:38 PM
Typo! Fixed it.
Awww, that had potential to be lurid!
conorkilpatrick
06-26-2007, 08:38 PM
cool idea, shame i don't have skype though:(
It's a free download.
Anybody interested in having some kind of semi-regular Skype discussion open to anybody on the iFanboy forums? Just an idea I'm knocking around.
that could potentially be cool. I need a headset though.
luthor
06-26-2007, 08:40 PM
Anybody interested in having some kind of semi-regular Skype discussion open to anybody on the iFanboy forums? Just an idea I'm knocking around.
Very cool idea.
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 08:41 PM
i'm assuming it would need some sort of microphone device??
can you conference on it? or would it be 2-way
paper
06-26-2007, 08:43 PM
Yeah. Everybody would need a microphone if they didn't have one built in to a laptop or whatever. I guess you could use regular headphones in conjunction with any mic.
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 08:44 PM
im sure those things aren't too expensive, i'll have to look into this skype thing when i get on my home laptop
paper
06-26-2007, 08:45 PM
You can conference up to 4 people, or apparently you can do something called a Skypecast where each person could invite up to 9 people. There's a cap to how many total, and obviously there's a question of system memory.
conorkilpatrick
06-26-2007, 08:45 PM
can you conference on it? or would it be 2-way
From the Skype FAQ:
Is it possible to do a ten-person conference call?
Yes, from Skype 2.5 or higher, it is now possible to host a conference call with up to ten people including yourself
conorkilpatrick
06-26-2007, 08:47 PM
You can conference up to 4 people, or apparently you can do something called a Skypecast where each person could invite up to 9 people. There's a cap to how many total, and obviously there's a question of system memory.
Yeah, I've heard talk of this but haven't ventured into that territory.
mikegraham6
06-26-2007, 08:52 PM
the only problem i can think of is that maybe you'd want to post a topic ahead of time or something, that way you can avoid redundancy between the call and the forum/iFanboy site
paper
06-26-2007, 08:55 PM
That's true. I just wanted to see if anybody was interested before I made a new thread.
That's true. I just wanted to see if anybody was interested before I made a new thread.
I'd be in depending on the timing of course...
labor_days
06-26-2007, 09:23 PM
I would be down for a Skype chat if my internetz connection at home wasn't so shitty. Too damn inconsistent.
jgg0610
06-26-2007, 11:09 PM
I'd be in for a Skype experience once I got it set up on my end.
kahunablair
06-27-2007, 03:29 AM
Well all, I'm leaving in a few hours to CreationFest. Behave yourselves and make sure Fred gets fed. I don't want to come back and have another guy in Fred's spot and you all try to act like it's still Fred! I've seen that episode of Full House where they did that with the gerbil, so I know all the tricks!
darron
06-27-2007, 03:32 AM
Well all, I'm leaving in a few hours to CreationFest. Behave yourselves and make sure Fred gets fed. I don't want to come back and have another guy in Fred's spot and you all try to act like it's still Fred! I've seen that episode of Full House where they did that with the gerbil, so I know all the tricks!
Pretty sneaky, sis.
Have fun at CreationFest (is that a place where fun is had? I've never heard of it). And we need to start letting Fred fend for himself. No more feeding from our hands....or, wait....is that just me?
darron
06-27-2007, 03:38 AM
Bruce Campbell is a demigod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6bZSM48vU
Watch his hands playing the piano in the second video, and watch the picture behind him in the first. Too funny.
acomicbookgirl
06-27-2007, 03:39 AM
Well all, I'm leaving in a few hours to CreationFest. Behave yourselves and make sure Fred gets fed. I don't want to come back and have another guy in Fred's spot and you all try to act like it's still Fred! I've seen that episode of Full House where they did that with the gerbil, so I know all the tricks!
Have a good time and don't worry.. We'll take care of fred.. He'll be fine.. Go, go.. have fun.. :)
labor_days
06-27-2007, 03:58 AM
Remember to not feed Fred after midnight or get him wet...
esophagus
06-27-2007, 05:28 AM
Well all, I'm leaving in a few hours to CreationFest. Behave yourselves and make sure Fred gets fed. I don't want to come back and have another guy in Fred's spot and you all try to act like it's still Fred! I've seen that episode of Full House where they did that with the gerbil, so I know all the tricks!The creationist music fest?
kahunablair
06-27-2007, 06:02 AM
Bruce Campbell is a demigod.
I've actually considered buying Old Spice because of my Man-Love for him!
The creationist music fest?
Might as well be. It is a Christian music fest. So that way works too.
kwok_talk
06-27-2007, 12:22 PM
Have fun Kahuna! Bring a lot of wet-naps.
Well all, I'm leaving in a few hours to CreationFest. Behave yourselves and make sure Fred gets fed. I don't want to come back and have another guy in Fred's spot and you all try to act like it's still Fred! I've seen that episode of Full House where they did that with the gerbil, so I know all the tricks!
and I'm not going to eat the gerbil. that's just a copout.
have fun at CreationFest. don't eat the brown communion wafers.
Pretty sneaky, sis.
Nice. I went straight into song after that.
And that's pretty sneaky, sis oh yep
I got my socks off, my rocks off, my Nestle's cup of cocoa
Holly hobby tried to slob me, tried to rob me silly stunt
Diggedy-dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun
Remember to not feed Fred after midnight or get him wet...
you'll come back and 40 of me will be hanging from the ceiling fan
k33k3r
06-27-2007, 01:34 PM
and they'll be screaming "bright light, bright light!"
paper
06-27-2007, 01:42 PM
Speaking of CreationFest, here's a little known fact.
The tattoo on Paper's left hand is the Chinese character for "Create." Not related to Creationism, but creativity in general. So, add that to the archives.
The tattoo on Paper's left hand is the Chinese character for "Create."
Are you sure? Is it possible that it says Beef and Broccoli?
(My sister has something in chinese on her shoulderblade and I love giving her shit about it. You've just been dragged into our joke.)
paper
06-27-2007, 01:47 PM
I got it in China from my then girlfriend's cousin.
you've been to china? nice
jgg0610
06-27-2007, 05:04 PM
Speaking of CreationFest, here's a little known fact.
The tattoo on Paper's left hand is the Chinese character for "Create." Not related to Creationism, but creativity in general. So, add that to the archives.
I don't think I'm alone here when I say we need a picture of this.
paper
06-27-2007, 06:34 PM
I don't think I'm alone here when I say we need a picture of this.
Dug this one up from the ol' Faces of iFanboy thread:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/capnpol/DSC01048.jpg
(It's upside-down in that position)
k33k3r
06-27-2007, 06:44 PM
see how did that go over today at the interview. Most place I work make me cover my ink while i'm there.
paper
06-27-2007, 06:50 PM
They didn't notice it. I get the vibe that it wouldn't have been much of an issue though. When I told my dad about the idea he said "Just don't get it on the hand you use to shake other people's hand." This was after he'd gotten used to idea of me getting a tattoo in general.
"Hey, dad, guess what I'm getting a tattoo of?"
"My foot up your ass?"
My friends were over at the time and they still quote this exchange.
But yeah, I've had friends who I see maybe once every three months, and they never noticed it til two years after the fact.
k33k3r
06-28-2007, 01:36 PM
See Tat never bother me and i could care less if they are visible as long as you don't have **** off across yoru forehead. Some people on the other hand are disgusted by even the thought and notcie the smallest body modifications that there are. So I always have to be careful when I'm going for jobs and such because of that.