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by John Cole|  August 31, 20129:23 pm| 47 Comments

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By this time tomorrow, Angry Black Lady and I will have had our second fist fight. I hope I win one of them.

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  1. 1.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    This. Is going to be. Awesome.

  2. 2.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    August 31, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    My money’s on ABL, but you knew that. I’m not admitted in NC, but I know people who are.

  3. 3.

    trollhattan

    August 31, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Please tell me there’s a tie-in with the Filipino Single Ladies display ad I’m seeing at the moment.

  4. 4.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Let’s lay down some wagers now. I say Cole loses the fist fight on a TKO (unable to toe the mark) but wins when he physically collapses on top of ABL as she relentlessly and foolishly taunts him from a too close perspective.

    Well…”wins” will probably best describe what outcome we all get here.

  5. 5.

    Violet

    August 31, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Pictures or it didn’t happen!

  6. 6.

    cathyx

    August 31, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    First fist fights, then marriage.

  7. 7.

    Rey

    August 31, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    Can’t wait for the play by play of this historic road trip. Don’t forget all your liberal propaganda.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    August 31, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Who is Tunch going to cheer for? That’s the winner.

  9. 9.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    The only thing that would make this Thelma & Louise outing possibly any better is if Cole wears a kilt at some point or other.

  10. 10.

    Disco

    August 31, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    the fuck does that mean?

  11. 11.

    Rey

    August 31, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    Can’t wait for the play-by-play of this historic road trip. Don’t forget all your liberal propaganda..

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    August 31, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Will the fight(s) be cross-posted at ABLC?

  13. 13.

    gwangung

    August 31, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    Angry Black Lady and I will have had our second fist fight. I hope I win one of them.

    Not gonna bet on that.

  14. 14.

    gwangung

    August 31, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    @NotMax: Blow by blow commentary should be.

  15. 15.

    Hawes

    August 31, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    @JPL: Clearly ABL, with Tunch on her side, ABL narrows the weight advantage Cole brings. Rosie will also bring speed to her attack in close.

    Cole’s only hope is that Lily shames the Troika of Doom into a moment’s hesitation in which Cole can grab a role of quarters.

  16. 16.

    Maude

    August 31, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    @Corner Stone:
    Do you know what men wear under their kilts? I do. I saw this on a very windy day at the Empire State Building when I was a mere child.

  17. 17.

    freelancer

    August 31, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    Cole, your posts getting stepped on. You ought to consider getting your own weblog.

  18. 18.

    different-church-lady

    August 31, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    I’m really really hoping this doesn’t mean you’ve already had your first fist fight.

  19. 19.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    @Maude: Well, I know what I don’t wear under mine.
    You became a woman that day, Maude my friend.

  20. 20.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    @NotMax: What would be the point.
    Oh…right.

  21. 21.

    chrome agnomen

    August 31, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    2nd anniversary of the end of the war in iraq. just sayin’.

  22. 22.

    Comrade Mary

    August 31, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    @Corner Stone: No, no, the canonical question and answer are:

    Woman: I’ve always wondered what was worn under a kilt.
    Scotsman: Nothing is worn, madam. Everything is in perfect working order.

  23. 23.

    Maude

    August 31, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    @Corner Stone:
    LOL

  24. 24.

    Roger Moore

    August 31, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    @Maude:

    Do you know what men wear under their kilts?

    I know what I wore under a kilt when I was wearing one.

  25. 25.

    Frank Drebin

    August 31, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    Never bet on the white guy.

  26. 26.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    Listen. You’re going to have 5 to 7 years to drive that damn Infiniti every day.
    I’ve got like 5 to 7 days for balls to the wall honeymoon sex. Let’s just please go to Bora Bora.
    /stupid fucking Infiniti car commercial

  27. 27.

    Corner Stone

    August 31, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    @Roger Moore: A belt and suspenders?

  28. 28.

    Ash Can

    August 31, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    Hey Cole, when’s the wedding? Are we invited? If you give us enough advance notice, I can learn to play the accordion so’s I can provide musical entertainment.

  29. 29.

    Thor Heyedahl

    August 31, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    @Corner Stone:
    Three Scotswomen are walking home at night (they are neighbors) and find a Scotsman passed out partially under a wagon. His upper body is under the wagon and they can’t see who he is; however, they would like to help him get home.

    The first woman looks under his kilt and says, “It’s not my husband”.
    The second woman looks under his kilt and says, It’s not my husband”.
    The third woman looks under his kilt and says, “Why he’s not even from our village!”

    jimmythejock.hubpages.com/hub/thejockspot_UP_YOUR_KILT

  30. 30.

    ? Martin

    August 31, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    I hope I win one of them.

    Not a chance.

  31. 31.

    clayton

    August 31, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    @Corner Stone: Your effort to be one of us is quite charming, but we all remember you.

  32. 32.

    biscuits

    August 31, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    Throw the chair!

  33. 33.

    Drunken hausfrau

    August 31, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    I want you both to Eastwood a chair…

  34. 34.

    Roger Moore

    August 31, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    @Corner Stone:
    Boots.

  35. 35.

    ? Martin

    August 31, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    @chrome agnomen: Unpossible! Obama has failed us in every possible way!

  36. 36.

    Cain

    August 31, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I hope you lost weight for the occasion, fat man!

  37. 37.

    andynotadam

    August 31, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    I’ve heard tell that the true Scotsman’s answer to the kilt question is, “Your sister’s lipstick…”

  38. 38.

    CarolinaDave

    August 31, 2012 at 11:50 pm

    I would not disclose my hiding place. but it is the Piedmont Triad are (hint!, north) so if you are going to be abused then we can shelter and shuttle you to the DNC.

    Courtesy also extends to ABL, if she gets tired of you pasty white ass.

    Y’all have fun in Car-Lot

  39. 39.

    Tim I

    September 1, 2012 at 1:24 am

    I’m so diappointed. I thought by now ABL would be blogging about the Cole hovel, and that she would be trying to deal with the many creatures who dominate the Cole houshold.

  40. 40.

    Ms. D. Ranged in AZ (IrishGirl)

    September 1, 2012 at 1:56 am

    Well, as gruff you pretend to be, I think you’re a big ole softy. Imani, on the other hand, will cut a bitch. I think your only recourse is to shout, “Help, Help, I’m being repressed!” every time she raises her hand and/or voice to you. I’m sure people will come rushing to assist you.

    PS: I’m totally jealous because I want to go the convention SOOOOO bad. There’d better be pictures or better yet, video, or there will be hell to pay…Hell, I say!

  41. 41.

    ABL

    September 1, 2012 at 2:11 am

    @NotMax: FTW.

  42. 42.

    ABL

    September 1, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Thanks to everyone who snail mailed money, buttons, and a bumpersticker that reads “I’m a greedy old white man, and I vote.” I think that must be for Cole.

    Cheers!

  43. 43.

    AHH onna Droid

    September 1, 2012 at 2:51 am

    @Ash Can: this blog is sooooooo heteronormative

  44. 44.

    Cap'n Magic

    September 1, 2012 at 3:49 am

    @Hawes: Oh, fer chrissakes, it a ‘roll of quarters’, not a ‘role of quarters’.

    Using shorthand is one thing. Not being able to proofread and relying on software to correct mistakes that aren’t semantically correct is another.

  45. 45.

    burnspbesq

    September 1, 2012 at 10:43 am

    @Ms. D. Ranged in AZ (IrishGirl):

    Help, Help, I’m being repressed

    We’re about to see the violence inherent in the system, I suspect.

  46. 46.

    kuvasz

    September 1, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    sweep the leg!

  47. 47.

    Quaker in a Basement

    September 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    OK, now I see why you never got married.

    There’s only one correct solution to a fight with the main lady: she’s right.

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