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Derby Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 2, 20094:44 pm| 158 Comments

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Michael Jordan appears to be wearing a suit made out of curtains from a Knight’s Inn motor lodge circa 1975.

OT: This was pretty funny.

Is it just me, or does Bob Baffert look like a villain from Austin Powers? Also, Matt Drudge apparently has a horse in the race.

Gary Stevens looks so tiny sitting next to Tom Hammond that it looks like the Derby is being broadcast by Koko and her kitten.

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  1. 1.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    I think you just inspired a Project Runway episode.

  2. 2.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    My sister in law just called and made me turn on the TV so I could see his suit. Your description is perfect.

  3. 3.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    May 2, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    The Derby superdelegates robbed Rachel Alexandra of her chance to compete today. ROAR!

    (OK, fine, her owners chose the Oaks. I’d still like to see how she could do against the boys.)

  4. 4.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    @Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: The Derby is totally anti-climactic without that filly in the race, isn’t it? I put this in the other thread first, but, this is a really interesting piece on why she’s not racing today, and I have to say I think I agree with their decision after reading the real reasons.

    And I also can’t blame them for thinking about Eight Belles last year, and for that having some influence on their decision to run her in the Oaks instead.

  5. 5.

    MikeJ

    May 2, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    The Derby superdelegates robbed Rachel Alexandra of her chance to compete today. ROAR!

    Don’t even joke. Remember when Clinton said to never count out the filly? They had to put her down an hour later. The filly, not Clinton.

  6. 6.

    JK

    May 2, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Only song I could think of that refers to the Kentucky Derby.

    Dead Flowers – Rolling Stones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UKVdhQ8ck

  7. 7.

    MikeJ

    May 2, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    Only song I could think of that refers to the Kentucky Derby.

    Run for the roses? I hate the song, but it’s the one that springs to mind.

  8. 8.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    May 2, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Eep! I forgot about that. Horse racing can be tragic. And I guess the owners had valid reasons to keep Rachel out.

    Meanwhile, the CBC is telling us that an Alberta pig farmer went to Mexico, got swine flu, sneezed on his pigs and now these Canadian pigs have swine flu.

    You know how we’re not supposed to cross the streams? That crossing the streams is very, very bad? I don’t think we’re supposed to play hot potato with hybrid flu viruses either.

  9. 9.

    asiangrrlMN

    May 2, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Sorry to hear about Sid, John. My condolences to your sister. Other than that, I got nothing.

  10. 10.

    MikeJ

    May 2, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I got the horse right here, the name is Paul Revere, and here’s guy that says that if the weather’s clear can do, can do. This guy sez the horse can do. If he sez the horse can do, can do.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxAX74gM8DY

  11. 11.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Ya know, I’ve been to a few Derbys, and looking at these overhead shots on TV of the infield, and considering it’s 5:10 already, it sure seems sparse.

    Derby is big around where I live, and some friends and I were commenting last night that nobody was talking about it, nobody was throwing any parties, nobody we knew was going. It feels weird this year.

    Also, it seems that Bob Costas will never age. I’m wondering if he’s the Highlander.

  12. 12.

    Corner Stone

    May 2, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Jordan looked high on the chronic. He sounded like a debased fucking street hustler.
    It’s awe inspiring to see how far and fast the world’s most recognizable athlete ™ fell.
    Are you kidding me? “Sometimes I’m good and sometimes I’m bad.”, and “I can’t tell the difference so I’m betting on colors, numbers and other schemes.”
    Jeebus man. I’m pretty sure we’re going to be hearing J.R. Richard stories about Jordan in a few years.
    Freaking sad.

  13. 13.

    Mwangangi

    May 2, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    @JK: You’re a better person than I am; I still can’t think or a horse race song.

    I’d say Code of the Streets, but that’s more of a traveling song.

  14. 14.

    asiangrrlMN

    May 2, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Just use Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run and be done with it. Close enough.

  15. 15.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    May 2, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Stewball, British Invasion style.

    Stewball, Leadbelly style.

  16. 16.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    @MikeJ: When I saw Paul Revere, all I could think of was this. Just me, my horsey and a quart of beer.

  17. 17.

    MikeJ

    May 2, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    You’re a better person than I am; I still can’t think or a horse race song.

    You went to Saratoga and your horse naturally won. – Caly Simon, You’re so Vain

    He’d come in third in a two-horse race
    I’ve never had to slap his face
    — Nancy Sinatra, Last of the Secret Agents

    Never been a millionaire
    and I tell you mama I don’t care
    Never gonna own a race-horse
    or a fast back mid-engine Porsche
    — Rod Stewart, True Blue.

    That’s about it off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s a ho-jillion more

  18. 18.

    Corner Stone

    May 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    @South of I-10: Wuh wuh, wuhwuh. wuh wuh, wuhwuh uh weeeerr.

  19. 19.

    Brachiator

    May 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    I Want Revenge was scratched after a filling was discovered in an ankle. This is going to upset one of the producers on a local radio show here in California. She wanted to bet on the horse only because she thought that jockey Joe Talamo is pretty.

    As a related aside, Business Week notes the following:

    The Kentucky Derby has long been the most popular horse race in the U.S., with some 150,000 attending in person and 14 million tuning in from home. But once the Derby is over, horse racing will go back to being a niche sport popular primarily among older male gamblers. NBC and Churchill Downs want to broaden the Derby’s appeal and the key, they believe, is attracting more women. Women already make up more than half of the Derby’s audience—making the Derby the only sporting event beside the Winter and Summer Olympic Games that attract more female viewers than men.

  20. 20.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    In other sporting news, Major League Baseball needs to suspend all Seventh Inning Stretches at Wrigley Field until the All-Star Break, at minimum. Somebody has got to pay for this.

  21. 21.

    D-Chance.

    May 2, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    A tornado just struck the Dallas Cowboys training camp. Four injuries, so far.

  22. 22.

    SGEW

    May 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    I still can’t think or a horse race song.

    Cor, that one’s easy:

    The day being clear
    The sky being bright
    He came up on the left
    Like a streak of light
    Like a drunken fuck
    On a Saturday night
    Up came the Bottle of Smoke
    Twenty fucking five to one
    My gambling days are done
    I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke
    And my horse won

    The Pogues, Bottle of Smoke.

    Lyrics here.

    [Shane MacGowan can supply all of your gambling and drinking song needs]

  23. 23.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    With I Want Revenge out, and the sloppy track, I don’t know who to like.

    I’ll go with sentiment: Put me down for $5 on Nowhere to Hide for the win. I’ve always had a soft spot for Zito-trained horses since I made a nifty little profit on Strike For Gold way back when.

  24. 24.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    May 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    @Brachiator: Now if we could only train wee gymnasts and figure skaters (minus the blades) to ride horses, the sport would have a massive female base.

  25. 25.

    Gordon, The Big Express Engine

    May 2, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Now the ads here are mix of suggestive women, cat grooming tools and gross hunks of meat. Warrants mentioning…

  26. 26.

    Jody

    May 2, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Thank you, SGEW.I was afraid I was going to have to do all the heavy lifting around here.

    Of course, if you wanted real equine talent, it’s tough to beat the Media Horse. I still miss that one.

  27. 27.

    SGEW

    May 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    Oh yeah, totally forgot these for th’ endless “perfect albums” list:

    The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God or Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash. Man, those are good albums.

  28. 28.

    calipygian

    May 2, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Steve Benen’s candidate for Most Delusional Blog Post Ever:

    Instead of continuing to complain, here’s a better idea. Why don’t conservatives do opposition research on the journalists endlessly running stories about Bristol Palin and Joe the Plumber? Have they ever been arrested? Whom do they own property with? Have they ever been paid to do a speech for someone and then run a favorable news story about him? Certainly Keith Olbermann’s personal life is just as newsworthy as Joe the Plumber’s, and the details of Maureen Dowd’s life are just as noteworthy as those of Bristol Palin — are they not?

    Benen doesn’t hang out at Red State much, does he? Hawkins is pretty fucking nutty – FCC complaints for using the term “teabagging” and all, but Erick Erickson should be ordered by the courts to use the dull scissors for the rest of his life.

  29. 29.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    @Corner Stone: Work with me, I’m having a rough weekend.

  30. 30.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    @Gordon, The Big Express Engine:

    hunks of meat

    Prolly targeted at me.

  31. 31.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    @D-Chance.:

    A tornado just struck the Dallas Cowboys training camp. Four injuries, so far.

    Sounds like God isn’t very happy with His team.

  32. 32.

    CMcD

    May 2, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    Is it just me, or does Bob Baffert look like a villain from Austin Powers?

    He looks like someone who wants to fuck your wife, and/or sell her a BMW.

  33. 33.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    Goddamnit; you would have to put up a Derby thread after I’ve already had two whiskey smashes (thank you Rachel Maddow show) and am too drunk to post. Son of a bitch.

    I still wish Rachel Alexandra was running today. I think her owner is a sexist who voted for McCain. Burp.

  34. 34.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    That was just general “son of a bitching” not saying Cole is one. Because he’s not and was very nice to put up a Derby post.

  35. 35.

    lilysmom

    May 2, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    @Nicole:
    So how is the whiskey smash?

  36. 36.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    @JenJen: By the way, before I get really drunk- I still don’t agree with his reasons at all. The fact that breeding rules the game is hurting horse racing enough without claiming that the Triple Crown races are just a showcase for future stud fees. Glad no one told Winning Colors or Funny Cide.

    I do understand the wanting to avoid a 20-horse field but she’s so fast I think they never would have caught her.

    With my luck, one colt will win the Derby and Preakness and then they’ll run Rachel Alexandra in the Belmont and I’ll have a total Sophie’s Choice for myself. Because Rags to Riches Belmont was totally awesome. Watching her and Curlin fight their way down the stretch was so awesome it makes me cry right now. Stupid whiskey smashes.

  37. 37.

    Brachiator

    May 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    @Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse:

    Now if we could only train wee gymnasts and figure skaters (minus the blades) to ride horses, the sport would have a massive female base.

    Or find a way to get horses onto ice skating rinks.

  38. 38.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Lamest crowd rendition of “My Old Kentucky Home” ever. Something about this Derby really feels off to me.

    Edit: Oh, yay! Ohio Boy-Bander Nick Lachey turns in spirited pantomime to “My Old Kentucky Home”!

  39. 39.

    John Cole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    I’m going with Summer Bird. I like the name.

  40. 40.

    harlana pepper

    May 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    for the ladiehs:

    my internets date (first one since match, few years ago) last night was great! i want him to adopt me. (he’s not rich, but oh so sweet/charming & smart)

  41. 41.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    @JK: “Tennessee Stud” by Jimmy Driftwood.
    The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
    Color of the sun and his eyes were green
    He had the nerve and he had the blood
    And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud…
    That’s all the lyric I can remember off the top of my head, but there there’s a part of the song that talks about the singer racing the horse down in Mexico for a ‘skin full of silver and gold”. Great song.

  42. 42.

    harlana pepper

    May 2, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Afterwards, I stopped by my friend’s house and partied with his group till about 4:00 am — can’t remember last time I did *that* but it’s been a very loooong time. I think the interwebs dating thing is cranking up my energy level (it takes work, geez) – gotta watch the beer, tho and the inevitable spare tire.

  43. 43.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Little South is going with Chocolate Candy, for obvious reasons. I am going with Fresian Fire.

  44. 44.

    JL

    May 2, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    @D-Chance.: It’s always sad when there are injuries due to storm damage. Any chance that Jerry Jones was there?

  45. 45.

    CMcD

    May 2, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    I wish they had some celebrity jockeys: Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, etc.

    I’m going with Pioneerof the Nile, for bending the name length rules.

  46. 46.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    @South of I-10: I like Dunkirk for the win. Good luck, especially to all Juicers with money on this thing. :-)

    Edit: And it’s Mine That Bird, at 50:1!! Good thing I didn’t have money on the Derby, huh? Sure wish I had some on that horse!

  47. 47.

    anonevent

    May 2, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: It was a practice facility that was a canvas structure built over a football field. There was a rookie practice session going on when it collapsed. Reports indicate that it was high winds and a lot of rain, not a tornado. There is some great footage from inside the facility, especially the parts where the rookies go back in after right after they had just escaped to see if they can find anyone who might have trapped. I have a soft spot for film of people trying to help others.

  48. 48.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    HOLY CRAP! What just happened?!?!

  49. 49.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    That was amazing!

  50. 50.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    May 2, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    That was a $9500 horse. Holeeey shit.

    What a hell of a year for that jockey: Derby last year, Oaks and Derby this year. He was crying as he dedicated the race to his parents. I got teary, too.

  51. 51.

    D-Chance.

    May 2, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Calvin Borel does it again.

    And it was classic Borel. The guy is from Louisiana Downs, a track that was famous for its speed/rail bias. His riding style developed into one where he would come back to the stables with white paint on the outside of his left boot from scraping the inside rails during his races. Today, perfect setup: a strong rail bias, a clear opening down the stretch, and Borel shot the gap to the inside.

  52. 52.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    The modern political class makes me scratch my head. What is a Derby Open Thread? What is Universal Volunteerism?

    This is a point that Glenn Beck drives home. The whole Democrat-Republican model is false, as they offer essentially the same governing philosophy, that being significant degrees of control, very similar to ‘Derby Open Thread’, the way I perceive it. You will live in a global community run by the Fed and you will like it.

    The country’s original debates were based about degrees of government control, for example, you could in this allegory vote for either:

    a) Open Thread: Talk about whatever you want; or
    b) Speak Only of Aspects of the Horse Race.

    So as a practical protocol question, I just saw a Toyota Prius that drove into a pine tree, with the cluebag driver standing beside his shattered car scratching his head, and a female cop writing him up. Is it inappropriate to talk of the strange pleasure that this provided me in a Derby Open Thread?

  53. 53.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    May 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    Is it safe to look yet? Are all the horses all right?

  54. 54.

    Common Sense

    May 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    @D-Chance.:

    Yeah the tornado struck near their practice bubble.

    A question: Who the hell didn’t think to evacuate a building supported by air pressure during a tornado warning?

    Someone deserves to lose their job over this.

  55. 55.

    harlana pepper

    May 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    We discussed politics and history and I shared my campaigning for Dean stories. He says, (paraphrasing)”y’know, I just didn’t know what to make of Dean at the time, but you sure were right, absolutely right about him. Props to you.”

    Prolly the nicest thing any man has said to me in forever.

    Not that I regret he didn’t win (after getting over the initial heartbreak–one reason I wanted to slap the bejeebus out of PUMA’s, the big babies). In the end, his campaign served a larger purpose and paved the way for Obama and other candidates to raise money over the internet and with Trippi’s help, basically laid the groundwork for powerful netroots movements, for which we should all be grateful. Now we have Obama in the WH, and that’s what counts. Evahthing happens for a reason,

    But it was just nice to feel validated. :)

    (Moral of the story: validate me and I’m yours!!!!) JK ;)

  56. 56.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    @D-Chance: He’s from St. Martinville. He used to race at Evangeline Downs, I think he started there? Mr South were just kinda wishing we had gone to Evangeline Downs, I bet they went crazy!

  57. 57.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Is it inappropriate to talk of the strange pleasure that this provided me in a Derby Open Thread?

    Why? Would that stop you?

  58. 58.

    harlana pepper

    May 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    I’m obviously missing some major Derby excitement, carry on. :)

    Only somebody like me would be doofus enough to talk girl stuff on a sports thread. ;^D

    Love you guys, tewtally. swak.

  59. 59.

    srv

    May 2, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    If they can Pimp My Lawn, I wonder if that Derby lawn is real.

  60. 60.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    It would SnarkIntern. This is a private forum, and commenting is a privilege. Some subjects I lay off of. But I would love to tell you of the tingling feeling creeping up my leg.

  61. 61.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    @HarlanaPepper: Sounds like a great date! Did you make plans to see each other again?

  62. 62.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    But I would love to tell you of the tingling feeling creeping up my leg.

    I’ll bet you would. But I am still not sending you my picture.

  63. 63.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    That was awesome!

  64. 64.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    @lilysmom: The whiskey smash is great. Best to let it sit for ten minutes- it gets better the longer it sits. Or I get drunker. I’m not sure. I’ll let you know after I finish my third one.

  65. 65.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    I believe that that conversation went more along the lines of me offering you the picture SnarkIntern, for inspirational purposes. You were having problems, something about filling out a government form.

  66. 66.

    mt

    May 2, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    I just got my ass kicked by a cat. Anyone have any tips for how to get that outdoor cat that adopted you to the vet for shots w/out a trip to the emergency room?

  67. 67.

    Jen R

    May 2, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    “I’m kind of weird,” Morrison said. “I think the Derby is a colts’ race and it’s there to showcase the horses that are the top potential stallions. It’s kind of stupid for some jerk with a filly to screw that up.

    I’m with Nicole, the breeding industry has completely fucked up this sport.

    Also, yeah, there was just no interest in Forty Niner as a stallion prospect after Winning Colors beat him in ’88. What a maroon.

  68. 68.

    asiangrrlMN

    May 2, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    @harlana pepper: Sounds like you had a good time, harlana pepper. If you read the end of the open thread last night (not the endless musical one–the nearly endless one before it–your name was taken in vain.

    Are you going to see him again?

    Oh, and, who won the Derby?

  69. 69.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    You are one crazy fuck, Bill.

  70. 70.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill: Bill, that tingly feeling on your leg might be a tick. I read somewhere that ticks are attracted to methane. Figures.

  71. 71.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Two hands on the keyboard SnarkIntern.

  72. 72.

    Comrade Darkness

    May 2, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    @mt: Live trap.

    Mind that Bird was still speeding up as he crossed the finish line. That was a great race. All that money some of those people have spent and it’s fundamentals and smarts that takes the day. Love it.

  73. 73.

    D-Chance.

    May 2, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Dallas is about to get a second wave.
    The front and low pressure cell is set just right so that everything is forming right on top of them.

  74. 74.

    mt

    May 2, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    @Comrade Darkness:

    Sounds serious. He’s otherwise mellow on the porch apart from killing birds and rodents. I got the cat into the car. He busted out of the box on the way. Lady and Man at inoculation center said no problem we can handle it. Shortly after, they said “that’s one pissed off cat” and “it’s possessed” come back later. I’m bleeding, No good deed goes unpunished. I’m thinking righteous catnip next time.

  75. 75.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    BOB, earlier you spoke about having a purpose. Care to share it? You can email me if yer shy: [email protected].

  76. 76.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    Bite me, dipshit.

  77. 77.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Oh, what a race. Much as I hate breeding controlling the sport, I have to say that Birdstone is turning out to be quite the sire. Kentucky Derby winner from his very first crop. That’s a big deal.

    Birdstone won the Belmont, so if Mine That Bird can handle the Preakness we might be looking at a genuine chance for a Triple Crown.

    I love the little guys doing well. Small time owner and trainer from a small racing state and a small horse. What’s not to love?

    And Mine That Bird is a gelding, so he’ll run for years. In your face, Rachel Alexandra’s owner! (But not too much, as I still love your filly.)

  78. 78.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    @2th&nayle: Jimmy might have written it but Doc made it what it is. (From an album mentioned at least once last night.)

  79. 79.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill: Bill, I think you should read the post at #68 and go to the thread she is mentioning. I’ve not been back since late last night/early this morning, and only as a voyeur by that time, (because I am very discreet and intriguing by nature, thus my “sign”) but I suspect if you post your thigh tingling story there, that thread will just…um…reinvigorate all over again.

    I know TattooSydney is awake and online, and I know you two have something very, very special.

  80. 80.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    May 2, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    @mt: Invest in a solid cat carrier ($20). After you get the cat inside, wrap the carrier in a blanket, to keep it dark inside. Throw some catnip in if you want, but I’d use green (not dried) because it tends to mellow them, while dried can have varied affects, including making them a bit whacko.

    That should keep the cat calmer and maybe get through the vet visit before it totally stresses out again.

    I had a hell cat once. Made me bleed from house to vet, but then hid under my arm the entire visit. You’d think she actually liked me.

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    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    John, I was feeling poetic so I wrote an obit for yer sister’s cat:

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Cats have nine lives
    But my sister’s only had two.

    Edit: I’m here for ya if you need to hug it all out.

  82. 82.

    Common Sense

    May 2, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Video of the Cowboy’s practice bubble collapsing — from inside the bubble

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    mt

    May 2, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    @Bad Horse’s Filly:

    Thanks. That will be my plan for Round 2 of Dances with Angry Cat.

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    MikeJ

    May 2, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Video of the Cowboy’s practice bubble collapsing—from inside the bubble

    How long until Gov. Goodhair asks for some of that sweet, sweet, federal cash while threatening secession?

  85. 85.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    had a hell cat once.

    Me too. Finally hadda put her down. She kept getting meaner and meaner All white, grey stripe on her head. Mean as a snake. She would attack my houseguests. My mom stopped visiting. (Which was the only good part.)

  86. 86.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    @Bad Horse’s Filly: ‘Roo Chat!
    So how ya’ doin’ with the Jumps? In a nutshell, (or Kanga pouch), I’ve decided every other day (or so) for 20 min, running in place to the iPod shuffle, is gonna be my MO. I will not ever be able to dance on them, or walk on them, or even turn around on them. I do not trust the suckers.

    However, what I do on them is probably equivalent to a 20-min lower body strength training/resistance workout, I figure, so that’s what I’m calling it.
    I found a great song to jump to and have been waiting for you to come around to share it with you:
    (BTW: Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky. Please add to my top 10, now 12, favorite albums of all time from last night.)

    Pretty little girl running up and down the street with those jumps on,
    I’ve got a pretty little pair of my own at home.

    I’m puttin’ down my left foot,
    I’m puttin’ down my right foot.

  87. 87.

    JenJen

    May 2, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    @Nicole: I think the 20-horse-field was the most compelling argument. They keep saying she won’t be in the Belmont, but I have this feeling they’ll change their mind!

  88. 88.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    All white, grey stripe on her head.

    That’s not all white. You’re not the only fuckhead around here, FWI.

  89. 89.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    @smiley: You wanna sober up and try that again, chief?

  90. 90.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: OK

    That’s not all white. You’re not the only fuckhead around here, FYI

    .

  91. 91.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    @smiley: No idea what yer point is dawg. But yer a professor, we all got that.

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    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    @smiley:

    Now this is what I love. Precise insults with careful attention to detail.

    Good work, both of you assholes.

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    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    @Nicole:

    Yeah, great story, and I do like the bloodlines for the Belmont. Must say that Mine That Bird does seem a bit on the small side…

    Interesting how NBC wasn’t able to show a wire-to-wire replay. Can’t blame ’em, though- how can you keep a camera trained on the field when it’s 20+ lengths between the leader and the horse bringing up the rear? (and I’m flashing back to Secretariat’s win at the ’73 Belmont, when it seems like minutes went by between the time the big guy hit the wire and the rest of the field appeared on camera)

    BTW: The perfecta paid $2,074.80, the trifecta $41,5000.60 and the superfecta $557, 006.40. Mine That Bird wasn’t the only longshot to finish near the front- Musket Man (show) and Papa Clem (finished 4th) played their parts in making this a very profitable day for someone.

  94. 94.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Forget about it. Just stupid anonymous snark about an all-white cat with a non-white stripe on its head.

  95. 95.

    Jen R

    May 2, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    @Andy K: OTOH, Birdstone was pretty small too.

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    Fencedude

    May 2, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    You could argue that grey is simply “dark white”

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    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    @JenJen: They’ve already said they’re going to run Rachel Alexandra on Belmont Day… in the Acorn. One mile. For fillies. Of course.

    On the bright side, Calvin “Bo-rail” won’t have to make a choice.

    Andy- yeah, he is a wee horse, just like his daddy. Well, so was Smarty Jones and so was Afleet Alex and they did okay.

    I think the Preakness will be the harder race for him. Little horses often do very well in the Belmont.

    Seriously, everyone, these whiskey smashes are awesome. Highly recommend.

  98. 98.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    @smiley:Commenting is generally informal and abbreviated communication. I thought most people would read it as “All white cat except for a grey stripe on her head.” I guess I shoulda thought about autistic folks and professors before I so cavalierly tried to deceive everyone about an all white cat that wasn’t all white. Christ.

  99. 99.

    Mike in NC

    May 2, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    What is a Derby Open Thread? What is Universal Volunteerism?

    What is the Meaning of Life?

    I just saw a Toyota Prius that drove into a pine tree, with the cluebag driver standing beside his shattered car scratching his head, and a female cop writing him up.

    What is this cluebag expression? Was it a spinoff from the recent teabag revolution? Didn’t get the memo from Beck.

  100. 100.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    @Fencedude:

    You could argue that grey is simply “dark white”

    Wow. If this site ever needed a sex perv thread to spice things up, it would be NOW.

  101. 101.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    Christ.

    Indeed.

    Added: Sheesh.

  102. 102.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    Laura W; I have returned and reviewed you comment, as well as the conversation to which you referred. For me to re-engage there would be to take part in an activity that some call ‘sloppy seconds’. This is a practice which I have avoided to date. Although I do have another good story about lesbians, or in this case bisexual females. So perhaps I can assist in your #100 wish.

    There was this girlfriend, who I had ‘known’ for probably two weeks and who was paranoid about something to do with the federal government. Anyway, this girlfriend asked if she could bring another girlfriend to a future encounter, and I said, ‘sure’. So the act is over, and she looks at me sideways, and asks me again if I am with the federal government, to which I smile and respond:

    ‘Not as far as you know.’

    Then she pulls a 38-caliber weapon out of her purse and points it at me. I left and that was the end of this particular relationship. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut.

  103. 103.

    Comrade Desert Hussein Rat

    May 2, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Kind of a tragically apt metaphor for Hillary’s campaign, with the superdelegates playing the role of the veterinarian, as it turned out.

  104. 104.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    @Laura W Intriguing:

    I know you two have something very, very special.

    Urp. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

    BOB and I don’t share anything (well, except I facilitate his vaguely sexual fascination with Murray from the Wiggles).

  105. 105.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    @smiley: I’ll assume you refer to the one and only Doc Watson, but I think the cover by the one and only Johnny Cash, is the one I’m most familiar with. Bless ’em both, wherever they are! I’ll have to check last night’s thread, sounds like I missed a good one. Oh wait minute, are you talking about “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”? I think Doc’s version is on that! Wonderful Album!

  106. 106.

    Ked

    May 2, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    What is this cluebag expression? Was it a spinoff from the recent teabag revolution? Didn’t get the memo from Beck.

    …cluebag. Huh. Someone… with a clue? Perhaps conveniently contained in a bag for later steeping? I’ll have to remember that insult compliment for future deployment.

  107. 107.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    BOB and I don’t share anything

    I think BOB likes ya cuz yer not undermining America from within like the rest of us.

  108. 108.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    For me to re-engage there would be to take part in an activity that some call ‘sloppy seconds’.

    URP. Oh God, there I go again… Urgh.

  109. 109.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    @2th&nayle:

    Oh wait minute, are you talking about “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”? I think Doc’s version is on that! Wonderful Album!

    Yep, that’s the one.

  110. 110.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    I think BOB likes ya cuz yer not undermining America from within like the rest of us.

    Just from without – Me and Raul Castro and that Canadian guy who infected his own pigs.

  111. 111.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    @Nicole:

    Andy- yeah, he is a wee horse, just like his daddy. Well, so was Smarty Jones and so was Afleet Alex and they did okay.

    I think the Preakness will be the harder race for him. Little horses often do very well in the Belmont.

    Smarty Jones was doomed in the Belmont. Sprinting bloodline, ya know.

    My rule for betting that race is to put money on the Irish horse that’s been brought in on a month or two rest. They’re bred for distance.

    Good luck with that hangover tomorrow. ;D

  112. 112.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    I need to learn to keep my mouth shut.

    Every cocksucker eventually comes around to that realization, Bob. Congrats.

  113. 113.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    @mt:

    Tranquilizer darts? Tuna soaked in sleeping pills? Other than that I got nutthin. The very idea of getting my stray back into the cat carrier (after I fooled her once and got her fixed and all her first shots) fills me with a dread that keeps me awake at night.

  114. 114.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    @smiley:

    Added: Sheesh

    I think I finally caught up with ya. And, no, you aren’t a fuckhead.

  115. 115.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    Dear Penthouse Forum,

    I’d like to share with you an experience I once had while I was a student at a large midwestern university……

  116. 116.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    You are snarky.

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    MrPook

    May 2, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    I am generally a lurker here, but I feel compelled to point something out in this open thread.

    Teh Great Gizoogle runs some sort of omniscient algorithm to figure out what sort of ads to place on each site.

    On BJ, Ze Google’s infinite wisdom has selected a cute little blond girl posing suggestively for her webcam on a dating site.

    The ad running for awhile beneath that is for stripper desktop icons. It has been running long enough that it is clearly worth their while to continue running the ad here.

    In short: Fucking perverts.

  118. 118.

    SnarkIntern

    May 2, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    @Andy K:

    LOL.

  119. 119.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    Best thread ever. Thanks, John!

    @Andy K:

    Actually, Smarty ran a terrific race in the Belmont. He was beaten barely a length (by Birdstone, natch) after running a very fast pace- he ran the middle section faster than Secretariat ran in his Belmont. I think what beat Smarty was that he was unnerved by the crowd (and yeah, we were pretty loud… I’m sorry, Smarty!) and that Stewart Elliott didn’t have a good enough sense of pace to know how fast he was going in the middle part of the race. Or maybe he did and just couldn’t settle Smarty’s nerves. Either way, the pace cooked him, as it did every other horse in the race except Birdstone, who lagged behind and then made his bid at the very end when Smarty was too tired to put up a fight.

    I really like Birdstone and he’s likely to prove to be a better sire than Smarty. But Smarty Jones was the better racehorse. He was really, really good. And no sprinter. He got cooked by an impossible pace in the Belmont and still was beaten only a length. That’s heart and grit and a lot of talent.

  120. 120.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    @Andy K: One of the ways you can tell that BOB is full of shit is from the details.

    Then she pulls a 38-caliber weapon out of her purse…

    I’m sure he got out his calipers and determined it was a .38 and not a .32. OTHO, maybe she said, “Freeze Brick Oven Bill, or I’m going to drill you with my 38-caliber weapon.” You never know.

  121. 121.

    John Cole

    May 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    I’m watching Southland, because I missed it Thursday and forgot to DVR, and I just realized that the black detective is Rod Tidwell’s wife from Jerry Maguire. She has aged amazingly.

  122. 122.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    Full disclosure I am + 3 glasses of wine right now. However, watching Torchwood, I so cannot wait for the new series, the old series is just so damn good.

  123. 123.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    @MrPook: And your point is what, exactly?

  124. 124.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    PS) I am imagining that if I click on that “meet your meat” ad I am going to be a vegetarian again by tomorrow morning no?

  125. 125.

    MrPook

    May 2, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    @2th&nayle: I have always suspected that as one of the reasons I like it so much here. I now have empirical proof.

  126. 126.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    And I am just about to crack open a bottle of pomegranate wine which I have found to be exeptional. It goes down like velvet and warms your entire throat like a fine port. Anything I post after this point has to be discounted by that fact cause I am probably going to be smashed!

  127. 127.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 2, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    @MrPook: Dude, if it makes you feel more at home, I fucking love Sasha Grey ATM porn.

  128. 128.

    Jen R

    May 2, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    @Nicole: I always felt that Stewart Elliot was in a no-win situation in the Belmont. Either let Smarty go as fast as he wanted early, or risk wearing him out by fighting him. I couldn’t really blame him for the choice he made; just the year before, after all, Jose Santos fought Funny Cide early and he faded in the stretch.

  129. 129.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Full disclosure: I am +Who’s Counting? Beringer Pinot Grigio and I played my first game of Pogo Scrabble tonight! It took forever to get in, and I mean for ever (pop ups, browsers, etc etc) but once I got in, I only crashed twice, taking me another 20 min. to figure how to get back in.

    And I was only losing by 150 points when we called the game from sheer boredom. (And mutual tipsiness.) I would’ve totally taken the game had we played till the end. Those remaining 16 tiles would’ve changed my destiny.

  130. 130.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    You are snarky.

    And I was holding back. It originally read:

    Dear Penthouse Forum,

    I had just gotten home from my six month tour of Delta Force work in the mountains of Afghanistan, enjoying some much needed R&R in the basement of my mom’s condo, when I heard a knock on the slider. I quickly dimmed the lamp, pulled up my sweatpants, tucked my Glock in the waistband and washed down my Cheetos with a quick slug of Mountain Dew, and headed stealthily to the door.

    Peeking through the curtain, I was relieved to see my old girlfriend, Kate Beckinsale. Then I noticed someone in the shadows behind her. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness I reached back for the Glock. “Let us in, ” whispered Kate. “I’m here with my lesbian lover, Portia de Rossi, and she needs a man badly.”

  131. 131.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    @smiley: Frankly, I’m a little surprised BOB didn’t didn’t go for the ole, “She had a pair of .38s! She also had a GUN!” Drum roll! Rimshot! Cymbal crash! “G’night folks! ‘I am outta here!” But I guess not.

  132. 132.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    @Andy K:

    That was sheer genius.

  133. 133.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Glad to see the other chicks are boozing it up. I am stressed and tired and I fully intend to finish this delicious Chardonnay a friend brought me. Watching Austin City Limits on the DVR, The Raconteurs and Cat Power.

  134. 134.

    South of I-10

    May 2, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    @Andy K: Genius!! Now that is entertaining.

  135. 135.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 2, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    @Laura W Intriguing:

    I went on my trifeca shopping run on the way back from Columbus County today (Strawberry Festival weekend) so I went to Lowes Foods (Kerrygold butter, Kerrygold cheese, some other sundries), Fresh Market (Heinz Baked Beans, Prime Angus filet for DH, pomegranate wine, etc.) then World Market (lots and lots of sweeties Rountrees Fruit Gums, Bounty Bars, Turkish Delight, PG Tips tea, Flake Bars,) side visit to Pender Pines Nursery (Lettuce Plants, lobelia six pack and some Mexican petunia) then a final stop to Lowes to see what what was in their dead plant section (two yarrow plants and some English lavender),

  136. 136.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    I do believe that I am being made sport of.

    It was not nearly as exciting as Andy makes it out to be. She drank Natural Light, had her own modest place, and called radio station DJs in the morning. These are the fringe benefits one gets as the Chinese lounge act in a small town. Never underestimate the power of music to affect the female mind.

    I have always wondered what the friend looked like. These are things that men think about years later. I did attend a large Midwestern university however.

  137. 137.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I drove 5 miles to SavMor for cat food, litter, a bag of salad, toilet paper, paper towels, kleenex, soy milk, avocados, tomatoes, trash bags, bottled water, wine, Perrier, and tuna for the cats. I was EXHAUSTED.
    I wish I had 1/4 of your energy.

  138. 138.

    Corner Stone

    May 2, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    @Nicole:

    and am too drunk to post.

    No such thing. I’m living proof.

    Son of a bitch.

    All too true. All too true.

  139. 139.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    @Andy K:

    and headed stealthily to the door.

    Literature, I tell you, literature all are children will read.

  140. 140.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt:
    So many good episodes…. I can’t wait for the five episode story arc. Eeeeee!

  141. 141.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    Anyway, this girlfriend asked if she could bring another girlfriend to a future encounter, and I said, ‘sure’. So the act is over…

    I have always wondered what the friend looked like.

    When I read your story the first time, I assumed that the “so the act is over…” referred to the later time when she brought her friend over….

    Now I work out you never even got to SEE the friend?

    Gee, BOB, what kind of masturbatory fantasy is that?

  142. 142.

    Zuzu's Petals

    May 2, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    @John Cole:

    Only slightly relevant …

    “The Sopranos” had some overlap for a time with another HBO show, “Oz.”

    I can’t tell you how long it was before I realized that the actress playing Carmella Soprano was the same one playing the prison guard in “Oz.”

    Of course that just speaks for the amazing acting talent of Edie Falco.

  143. 143.

    Laura W Intriguing

    May 2, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    Never underestimate the power of music to affect the female mind.

    I have a story to share here, Bill. I nearly posted it the other day when John was talking about being a DJ, but I bored myself silly in the composing, so I deleted it. But now that you’ve brought it up again, it is a very important piece of my past, and one of my happiest memories in life.

    When I lived in Fresno, CA, circa 1988ish, I dated a DJ for a few weeks. One night, a Saturday night, as I recall, he had the evening shift and was all alone in the studio. I took a picnic dinner in for us full of all manner of stinky cheeses, meats, and of course, lots of good wine. He allowed me to select each and every song that was played, on the spot, spontaneously. IIRC, Stevie Nicks got in there a lot, and probably The Zombies “Time of the Season” (sort of “our song”) and whatever else I was into at the time.

    He got in a lot of trouble with the studio brass for deviating from the play list that night, but it was one of the funnest nights of my life, and here I am, 20 years later, still remembering it and wishing I could do it all over. You never know when you’re making a memory…

  144. 144.

    Brick Oven Bill

    May 2, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    The key phrase was ‘future encounter’ TattooSydney. She made her request in the throes of passion, and I got the gun pulled on me in the morning, yielding a future lifetime of wonder, for me at least.

  145. 145.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    I got the gun pulled on me in the morning…

    I hope that’s not a euphemism.

  146. 146.

    Mike in NC

    May 2, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    @Andy K: Genius!! Now that is entertaining.

    Yes, brilliant!

  147. 147.

    smiley

    May 2, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    @Laura W Intriguing:

    You never know when you’re making a memory…

    I’m not BOB, but ain’t that the truth. It reminds me of a time when I met a blind Serbian girl who could tell the future. She said I would waste a bunch of time “out there”. At the time I thought she meant usenet. Turns out she meant Balloon Juice. How was I to know? Scary. Now, that’s a memory.

  148. 148.

    2th&nayle

    May 2, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    @Tattoosydney: I can’t compete here!! LOL! Way outta my league! You da man, Tatt! You da man! I do love this site! Comedy Gold!

  149. 149.

    asiangrrlMN

    May 2, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    @Tattoosydney: Yo! You. I got a beef with you. I think Laura W. was saying you and I had something very very special going on because I was looking for you in the other thread. I want a pretend-separation! That video you made me watch last night, Depeche Mode’s Wrong, gave me nightmares as I said it would!

    I demand chocolate and the job of SCOTUS from you to make up for it!

    P.S. I will accept another kick-ass song in lieu of the aforementioned bribery.

  150. 150.

    Krista

    May 2, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    @Tattoosydney: Yo! You. I got a beef with you. I think Laura W. was saying you and I had something very very special going on because I was looking for you in the other thread. I want a pretend-separation!

    Can we call dibs on who we live with? I pick Mom.

  151. 151.

    asiangrrlMN

    May 2, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    @Krista: Yes. If you live with me, then you can pretty much do whatever you want–AND (if you don’t live in Australia) you wouldn’t have to leave the country. Plus, you’ll have chocolate every day.

  152. 152.

    rikyrah

    May 2, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA

    OMG…I love the description of Michael Jordan’s suit.

    He has too much money to be clowning like that.

  153. 153.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    @2th&nayle:

    *blush*

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    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Which thread are we going to continue this party in?

    Yo! You. I got a beef with you. I think Laura W. was saying you and I had something very very special going on because I was looking for you in the other thread. I want a pretend-separation! That video you made me watch last night, Depeche Mode’s Wrong, gave me nightmares as I said it would!

    It’s disturbing isn’t it?

    P.S. I will accept another kick-ass song in lieu of the aforementioned bribery.

    Let me see what I can come up with…

  155. 155.

    Tattoosydney

    May 2, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    @Krista:

    Can we call dibs on who we live with? I pick Mom.

    Yeah, but with Dad you can sneak looks at his porn when he’s at work.

  156. 156.

    Nicole

    May 2, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    @Jen R: You may well be right; I think the question people asked after is if a different jockey could have done a better job settling Smarty- Stewart Elliott hasn’t had a stellar post-Derby career, which I think leads to questions of how skilled a jockey he is when not on a really good horse. I don’t know; I like when older jockeys finally get their big horse so I liked him at the time and am still happy when he wins.

    I don’t think there was any way Funny Cide was beating Empire Maker that day. Were it not for the bruised foot, Empire Maker would have beaten Funny Cide in the Derby. (I’m glad he didn’t; we wouldn’t have had the guys from Sackatoga and the yellow school bus.) Mind you, I’m too much of a sentimental sap to take advantage of a sure thing at 3-1; I bought my $2 saver for Funny Cide, hoping he’d pull it off.

    Have you seen the Bloodhorse videos on past Derby winners? The Funny Cide one is fun, but the one of Giacomo features a lot of gorgeous footage of him running around his paddock. He’s a very pretty horse.

  157. 157.

    Andy K

    May 2, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    I just realized who Calvin Borel reminds me of:

    Ernest T. Bass!

  158. 158.

    Will

    May 3, 2009 at 11:44 am

    My sister lives in Louisville. She asked me if I wanted her to place a bet. I said, ok, how about a single minimum bet on the longest shot horse in the race.

    That’s $103, baby!

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