tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post8179551985187559631..comments2024-01-15T09:53:20.236+00:00Comments on Archie Bunker's Army: Opening Observations and MailbagJaaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-75863487415013352802009-04-03T06:33:00.000+01:002009-04-03T06:33:00.000+01:00I'm glad you clarified that, jdon. I was thinking...I'm glad you clarified that, jdon. I was thinking of meat and pistachios and then meat and potatoes and all sorts, so good for straightening the record. Even though I've got a vague craving for pistachios now anyway.Jaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-63761944821645017412009-04-02T19:59:00.000+01:002009-04-02T19:59:00.000+01:00meant, not meat, in case it is confusing.although ...meant, not meat, in case it is confusing.<BR/><BR/><BR/>although meat MIGHT work.jdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-36150496222930978172009-04-02T19:58:00.000+01:002009-04-02T19:58:00.000+01:00LOL!!! Excellent. I actually thought the questio...LOL!!! Excellent. I actually thought the questions were rhetorical. Meat as a kind of pastiche on Omar. Bravojdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-83389232587444180982009-04-02T18:56:00.000+01:002009-04-02T18:56:00.000+01:00Dear jdon, here are the answers to your questions ...Dear jdon, here are the answers to your questions in order:<BR/><BR/>Q: Why is Castillo on this team?<BR/>A: Blogger punching bag. His role is even more important this season with Heilman gone.<BR/>Q: Why is Tatis on this team?<BR/>A: Because SOMEBODY needs to separate their shoulder on this team. Better him than Maine.<BR/>Q: Why can't we find a better hitting and defending catcher than Schneider?<BR/>A: We can. Omar can't.<BR/>Q: What is Razor Shines real first name?<BR/>A: Mr I changed positions because I couldn't beat out Gary Carter as the Expos catcher and then when I learned to play first base who comes up but Andres Galarraga. (you see, Razor is much easier to write...)<BR/>Q: Why is Ramon Castro allowed to report to ST every year with a body that looks like a bag of basketballs? And then go on the DL 3 times a year?<BR/>A: Because he can break up a clubhouse with his Vinny Castillo impression. You know the one where you make yourself look like a fat pig?<BR/>Q: Why hasn't anyone started a nasty string of stories about Tony Bernazard yet this year?<BR/>A: The good sir, Mr Forme has answered this in my stead. <BR/>Q: Why is Jose Reyes so stupid?<BR/>A: Because there's no such thing as a thinking man's shortstop. Besides, intelligence would slow him down. <BR/>Q: Why isn't David Wright taller? It would make all the difference in the world.<BR/>A; He tried to be taller but playing third base in high heels is just too difficult.<BR/>Q: Why is Omar an idiot?<BR/>A: He's still trying out for Akira Kurosawa's film even though it was already made in 1951.<BR/>Q Why are the Wilpons a couple of shmucks?<BR/>A: Because there's two of them. If there were five of them, they'd be a quintuple of schmucks.<BR/><BR/>I hope this helps your viewing pleasures, jdonJaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-47166757353402236622009-04-02T00:29:00.000+01:002009-04-02T00:29:00.000+01:00I find these two blogs very funny. I laugh so har...I find these two blogs very funny. I laugh so hard my corns hurt (do people really still have corns?). I like to laugh. I just don't like to laugh at my baseball team. But if I don't, then I am afraid I would cry.jdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-80471565907639293802009-04-01T22:48:00.000+01:002009-04-01T22:48:00.000+01:00we are seeing a renaissance of Jdon. First, he is ...we are seeing a renaissance of Jdon. First, he is being funnier than me on my blog (a real no no) and now this. I can answer only one of these questions:<BR/><BR/>Q: Why hasn't anyone started a nasty string of stories about Tony Bernazard yet this year?<BR/><BR/>A: I saw Tony Bernazard giving A-Rod head in a Chuckie Cheese. In the colored ball pit.I.M. Formehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293906025619073103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-26903648754891293562009-04-01T20:54:00.000+01:002009-04-01T20:54:00.000+01:00Dear Jaap:Q: Why is Castillo on this team?Q: Why...Dear Jaap:<BR/>Q: Why is Castillo on this team?<BR/>Q: Why is Tatis on this team?<BR/>Q: Why can't we find a better hitting and defending catcher than Schneider?<BR/>Q: What is Razor Shines real first name?<BR/>Q: Why is Ramon Castro allowed to report to ST every year with a body that looks like a bag of basketballs? And then go on the DL 3 times a year?<BR/>Q: Why hasn't anyone started a nasty string of stories about Tony Bernazard yet this year?<BR/>Q: Why is Jose Reyes so stupid?<BR/>Q: Why isn't David Wright taller? It would make all the difference in the world.<BR/>Q: Why is Omar an idiot?<BR/>Q Why are the Wilpons a couple of shmucks?jdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-29696696330588175652009-04-01T17:57:00.000+01:002009-04-01T17:57:00.000+01:00Mr Forme, there is no danger. The real enemy of m...Mr Forme, there is no danger. The real enemy of mets blogging proliferation are those nutters coming out of London clubs at 6 am high as kites on ketamine.Jaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-84515697865946133192009-04-01T17:55:00.000+01:002009-04-01T17:55:00.000+01:00Katherine, caffeine substitute - wow, I've hit the...Katherine, caffeine substitute - wow, I've hit the big time!Jaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-19923024635340462272009-04-01T17:36:00.000+01:002009-04-01T17:36:00.000+01:00haha good show ladies and germs.Also, asked about ...haha good show ladies and germs.<BR/><BR/>Also, asked about the mets plans for their corner outfield spots, willie said, "huh? it smells a little bit."<BR/><BR/>katherine, you're lucky jaap tolerates you spilling his trade secrets--spending the weekend reading blogs and smoking weed in Amsterdam, then phoning it in--so brazenly! If this gets out, we could be looking at a dangerous proliferation of metsblogs in the coming years.I.M. Formehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293906025619073103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-49150431221332121782009-04-01T12:09:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:09:00.000+01:00well, while I'm not happy about being up at 6 in t...well, while I'm not happy about being up at 6 in the morning, laughing at the mental image of Peace Activist Joe made my day. Better than a cup of coffee. Thanks.katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757578559952821218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-4763852363995205782009-04-01T05:15:00.000+01:002009-04-01T05:15:00.000+01:00Katherine, yes the pound has really taken a beatin...Katherine, yes the pound has really taken a beating. A trip to America used to be like going to third world it was so cheap but now the it takes less than 1 1/2 dollars to buy a pound. The Euro is a virtual one for one with the pound now. The UK is becoming one big sweatshop. As for Telegraph writer calling it "The Shea", there is indeed always the chance, considering it's the Telegraph, that the writer is simply some drunken Bullingdon Club toff who paid a French uni student at Oxford smoking weed in Amsterdam to phone the article in on his behalf. He would never stoop to writing his own column. Still, "The Shea" has a certain melody to it, innit? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps a new phrase can be coined for certain moments in the Mets 2009 season; "as sad as a Livan Hernandez handshake". We'll keep that for future use and perhaps I'll put together the Livan Hernandez Handshake Club (although that sounds a bit too dodgy for a baseball blog) when the need arises this season. Thanks for these contribs!<BR/><BR/>And don't feel bad Katherine, about your Barbie results. I took it for purely research purposes and was "Goth Barbie". I wonder why there isn't a Dysfunctional GI Joe quiz, like Peace Activist Joe or Cross-Dressing Joe or even Abu Ghraib Joe, no?Jaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918548497554962346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457776.post-80562760535492815102009-04-01T03:18:00.000+01:002009-04-01T03:18:00.000+01:00Jaap - the Telegraph article says that front row s...Jaap - the Telegraph article says that front row seats at Yankee and Citi are 1,800 pounds per seat, per game. Are they really so expensive, or is it an error, or has the pound really taken a beating? Considering the author calls the old stadium "The Shea", I am wondering whether he really went to NY at all, maybe he just spent the weekend reading blogs and smoking weed in Amsterdam, then phoned it in.<BR/><BR/>And poor Livan, his sad quote, "Nobody has shook my hand" brought tears to my eyes! Really, I feel sorry for him. He deserves better than that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for alerting your readers to the useful and informative Dysfunctional Barbie quiz. I took it and found out I am "Lactating Barbie". So I will ponder that for a while.katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757578559952821218noreply@blogger.com