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You are here: Home / Popular Culture / Gamer Dork / You’ve Unlocked Open Thread From The Supply Crate!

You’ve Unlocked Open Thread From The Supply Crate!

by Zandar|  November 5, 20111:00 pm| 35 Comments

This post is in: Gamer Dork, Open Threads, Sports

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Contractually obligated to mention college football, Huskers host Northwestern today.  Also, I think I may have solved the Republican 2012 candidate problem for them.

He loves guns, he’s a super-rich CEO and he beats up parking lots full of hippies. He’s the perfect GOP candidate, frankly. Sure he’s Australian, but that’s never been a particular barrier to running the GOP, now has it?

Saxton Hale beats the crap out of your facts.

Open thread is go.

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  1. 1.

    The Dangerman

    November 5, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Huskers host roast Northwestern today

    FTFY

    I’m calling Alabama in a squeaker tonight.

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    jurassicpork

    November 5, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Remember, remember the fifth of November. Wall Street will.

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    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    November 5, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    So far Iowa is catching some breaks. Getting a win this week after losing to the Gophers last week would be big for them. I’m still hoping against hope that my Cougs will pull off something against the Cal Bears tonight, especially since my sister will be at the game. Man it’s been a long decade to be a WSU fan.

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    Van

    November 5, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    The only problem is those tight short shorts are pretty gay. Just sayin.

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    Yutsano

    November 5, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    Man it’s been a long decade to be a WSU fan.

    You ain’t kidding dude. But we were fried after the Beavers spanked us.

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    The Dangerman

    November 5, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    …Cougs will pull off something against the Cal Bears tonight…

    Cal stinks; as a measure of how badly they stink, they were worked by UCLA last week … and UCLA stinks.

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    J

    November 5, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    Go Big Red! 1 for 3 so far on my sports weekend with a commanding 3-0 win for Arsenal v West Brom. Now need a Huskers win and a win for Sporting KC in the MLS playoffs tomorrow.

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    Warren Terra

    November 5, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Finally a candidate Rupert Murdoch can back wholeheartedly.

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    JGabriel

    November 5, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Zandar @ Top:

    [Saxton Hale] loves guns, he’s a super-rich CEO and he beats up parking lots full of hippies.

    So, now we know who drove that car into OccupyDC protesters last night.

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    RSA

    November 5, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Saxton Hale is my new anagrammatic hero. (I’m typing this with my nose, by the way, because my comic-book grasping hands just fell off my very arms.)

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    J. Michael Neal

    November 5, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Gophers won both hockey games last night, opening some space between themselves and the rest of the WCHa (men’s) and between themeselves and everyone except Wisconsin (women’s).

    The only first half matchup between the top women’s teams in the WCHA that hasn’t happened yet is Minnesota/North Dakota. To date, Wisconsin is 5-1, Minnesota is 2-1 (one more game against Duluth tonight) Duluth is 1-3-1 and the Sux are 0-3-1. And yet the idiots at USCHO.com are saying that Duluth is the best bet to upset Wisconsin for the title, but also asking whether ANYONE [all caps theirs] can beat the Badgers. Conveniently forgotten is that one of these teams actually has beaten Wisconsin (in Madison, no less), and it ain’t Duluth.

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    S. cerevisiae

    November 5, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    The Gophers are actually playing like a real football team – 2012 must be near.

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    S. cerevisiae

    November 5, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    @J. Michael Neal: I got to watch the Bulldog men come back to tie Denver last night – they are getting better so watch out when they come to Mariucci.

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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    November 5, 2011 at 2:21 pm

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    As Spencer Ackerman put it: “The CIA is now killing people without knowing who they are, on suspicion of association with terrorist groups”; moreover, the administration refuses to describe what it even means by being “associated” with a Terrorist group (indeed, it steadfastly refuses to tell citizens anything about the legal principles governing its covert drone wars).

    We MUST re-elect President Obama. It is the most important thing in the world. Only he has the drone mentality to continue murdering 12-year-olds while (because he is a Good Man) probably feeling just a little bit sorry about it but not really because we are at world war don’t you understand you dirty fucking retarded progressives.
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  15. 15.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    November 5, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Staying in Zandar’s football thread.

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    Yutsano

    November 5, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas: Since your other option is a Republican, I recommend ranting more. Then you’ll REALLY get your honest true progressive!

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    RL

    November 5, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    Reid Fleming 2012!

  18. 18.

    sharl

    November 5, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Hahaha, great find Zandar!

    Other than using “ordinance” where the narrative context would seem to cry out for “ordnance”,* a fine story line, suitably simple and simplistic for adoption by the Insane Clown GOPosse.

    *Unless ordinance=explodies is how they roll down in Oz.

  19. 19.

    Chyron HR

    November 5, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas:

    WAAAH MOMMY MAKE THE NIGGER LOVERS STOP CRITICISING THE GLORIOUS REPUBLICAN PARTY

    Your mask is slipping a little, RC.

  20. 20.

    Uriel

    November 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm

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    @Uncle Clarence Thomas:
    God damn are you tedious.
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  21. 21.

    Yutsano

    November 5, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    @Uriel: The sad part is it worked. We both paid attention to him.

  22. 22.

    kideni

    November 5, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    As a Northwestern alum, I fully support their being crushed by any other team.

  23. 23.

    West of the Cascades

    November 5, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    @kideni: Yowch. Also as someone who spent some time at Northwestern, I think they take this one in an upset 38-34.

  24. 24.

    Not Sure

    November 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    Dangeresque! So this is what the Brothers Chaps have been doing after they got tired of answering Strong Bad’s email.

  25. 25.

    xian

    November 5, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    it’s like alt.fan.warlord up in this piece

  26. 26.

    Mike G

    November 5, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    I actually knew people like this in Australia.

  27. 27.

    Jebediah

    November 5, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    @RL:
    I though he died in a milk truck accident last year…

  28. 28.

    rhwombat

    November 5, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    Faaark, that’s an awful excuse for an Oz accent….and Van@4 – duh.

  29. 29.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    November 5, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    You should have listed some of his notable achievements:

    Fighting off a lion while simultaneously having a haircut.

    Fighting off a cougar while simultaneously listening to the reading of the last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann.

    Single-handedly wiping out the Indonesian Berserker Shark (and making them cry).

    Firebombing Woodstock from a helicopter.

    Discovering the existence of the Internet and starting the Mann Co. Store.

    Purchasing England.

    Having a website made up entirely of absolutely true Saxton Hale facts.

    He’s a man like no other!

    Heavy duty TF2 fan here. I even run a public TF2 dedicated server that we abuse regularly. I may be a bit older than the average TF2 player (51) but I love to use my ‘old man voice’ to let someone know that they were just dominated by Gramps.

    Heh heh heh… Got yer ass kicked by an old man. Now get off my lawn!

    Damned good engi and soldier but willing to play heavy (put that Tomislav to use!) or medic if the team needs it.

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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    November 5, 2011 at 6:40 pm

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    @Yutsano:

    Since your other option is a Republican, I recommend ranting more. Then you’ll REALLY get your honest true progressive!

    So you admit that President Obama will not change. Interesting that you two Republicans have no morals.
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    November 5, 2011 at 6:43 pm

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    @Uriel:

    God damn are you tedious.

    I do wish my ranting against the murders of 12-year-olds was more exciting for you personally. I’ll file your comment under “Morons, selfish and soulless.”
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    November 5, 2011 at 6:46 pm

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    @Chyron HR:

    Your mask is slipping a little, RC.

    I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt this time and consider your comment a non sequitur.
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    November 5, 2011 at 6:52 pm

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    Quote of the Day  

    “My only regret is that I have but one Bush Tax Cut to say I’m going to let expire in order to get elected but then break my promise after I assume office.”
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  34. 34.

    ExurbanMom

    November 5, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    Northwestern them! Northwestern them! Make they pay heavily every quarter! Hello, Nebraska, and welcome to the Big Ten, where the rest of us learned a few years ago to never discount the purple and white. Wowsers.

  35. 35.

    vickijean

    November 6, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    Fighting Okra are still #1 in Division II football.

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