Fear And Loathing In St. Louis: The Plan
by SamFels on Jan 31, 2010 6:40 PM CST
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Interesting...
After checking out google maps I noticed this bar is only a few short blocks away from the Probation and Parole office. Coincidence? I think not.
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
McClure's taller than me
because he’s a son of a bitch.
Bring it.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
Two things I don't want you guys to do
First off, out of town Hockey rocks so enjoy, here are the two things.
1. Don’t stand up like a smug asshole and golf clap and look around like a Scum fan when our guys kick some ass.
2. Don’t pull a Kevin Stevens circa 1999.
Read "The Code"
by Committednativeamerican on Feb 1, 2010 12:17 AM CST reply actions
Hilarity, or maybe epic failure on my part:
I get to hop on a Greyhound bus at 3:30 in the goddamn a.m. after the game because I have to be at work at 11 on Sunday. FML, my goal is to be drunk enough to pass out for the entirety of that 7-hour bus ride.
smart plan
The Greyhound stop is adjacent to the Amtrak station, which is a stone’s throw from ScottTrade.
I’ll be there, gents. I hope to have some fun at your expense.
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 1, 2010 1:14 AM CST up reply actions
all the more convenient
for drunken stumbling in the middle of the night!
by gmh on Feb 1, 2010 1:21 AM CST up reply actions
I might do that too
if I don’t find anyone to crash with. I’ve taken that 3:30 Greyhound ride before. the station is fairly new. Greyhound/Amtrak are at the same station now (the old “temporary” Amtrak station used for years is supposedly the first station to be called an “Amshack”—still plenty of those left in other cities, such as Omaha)—and it’s not bad.
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SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
if you do decide to go this route
I would certainly welcome the company!
by gmh on Feb 1, 2010 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
DON"T WORRY
while u gent’s are away I will patrol this site.
I am armed with
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
I hope you got the industrial strength version.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 1, 2010 6:04 AM CST up reply actions
Who's bringing name tags?
;) BTW, got my hair colored specially for the trip – red and black. Someone better notice.
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2010 Troll Collector
Sam will
I was very impressed when Sam noticed my hair color change, and I hadn’t seen him in months!
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
But on the flip side, you didn’t even recognize me with short hair and no beard.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.
Oh come on...
I thought it was you but I wasn’t sure! And going from hairy lumberjack man to clean shaven hipster (haha) is a much bigger change than me getting highlights.
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
I'm rapidly getting a "road jersey" look going
the original red and black (well, more dark brwon) mix is rapidly becoming a road white color scheme.
I will!
hey, no one commented on MY hair color change. but people who hadn’t met me before complimented it, so that was nice
a little chippy: a blog, mostly hockey
SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
Tell Me about the F'n golf shoes
I have a feeling this is going to be a long week in anticipation of the cluster fuck we’re gonna have in STL. Can’t wait for the alley fight with SLGT.
Glad to see we’re going to Maggie O’Briens. I was told we should stop in there and now it’ll be even better!
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
Do us proud
Wish I could join you (it’s a bit of a killer commute from central Wisconsin), but since I can’t please represent us well: Behave with class (which will be easier since I won’t be with you), buy drinks for opposing fans, and rip on Detroit every chance you get.
Oh, and keep your shirts on in the limo after the game.
Have fun!
by Preacher000 on Feb 1, 2010 10:28 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
What fun is that?
Keeping our shirts on? haha
My mother in law said “Have fun, Remember no Limo’s and keep your shirt on” I responded with “No, we just won’t allow camera’s” She was pleased to say the least.
We’ll behave and be respectful to those around us.
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
You can buy drinks
But be careful that this doesn’t happen. For the record, I call bullshit on that guy’s story.
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 1, 2010 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
Hey Panda,
I looked at that article, and what’s the deal with that picture of the guy… It looks like he’s got a pole sticking out of the back of his head….
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Fail
I was thinking of the article prior to this link, never mind….
But that story is a bit out there, too. Didn’t they do toxicology to find out what was in him?
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0 follow up stories,
things that make you go Hmmmm…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 2, 2010 10:39 PM CST up reply actions
I tend to live by the rule that the winners buy the first round
Gives the losers something cry into.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
Staying at Harrahs
Anyone else staying at Harrahs..wife and I picked up tickets off the blues rip off exchange (18.00 per ticket charge hawks exchange only 2.95 per ticket WTF) this weekend..section 330..
Did some of you write hate mail to RICK MORRISSEY?
Or does he read this blog?
He has written an article that seems to be directed at a recent post here regarding his response to the Limo/shirtless incident. He even shows his hockey cred (“I covered minor league hockey for two years…”).
He also says, in part, Some of you wished only people with doctorates in Hockey Knowledge were allowed to write about the sport. By that, you meant people like yourselves.
So, which of you went and got Ricky mad?
I didn't think it was possible for him to sound more stupid after last week's article...
but i was clearly wrong. Did you read that entire article?
“For a player, the difficulty of hockey is not in its strategy but in being talented enough to keep the puck away from the other team.”
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
Yes, I did read it.
And it was indeed painful.
I get the point about welcoming new fans (and I actually enjoy introducing someone to the game and watching as they’re won over to it by the awesomeness that is hockey), but that’s a whole lot different than listening to some idiot who’s suddenly become a “lifelong” fan now that the Hawks are playing well.
I also didn’t appreciate the condescension that permeates the piece. Yes, Rick, I get it. You’re better than we are and smarter too.
Now go write about the Bulls. You know, that game with all the strategy and things.
as someone who played/ref'd/coached hockey for many years - hockey has as much strategy as chess
or baseball – no less than any other sport certainly.
Strategizing is simply made all the more difficult due t the execution problems wrought by the talent/speed/contact factors.
He definitely shows a total lack of knowledge when it comes to the free-flowing sports. Soccer without strategy? Are you kidding me? Just because the coaches don’t have a list of 100 plays they can call out every 25 seconds, does not mean there’s less strategy than football. In fact, take the average hockey player and the average soccer player; both need to have a lot more knowledge and understanding of the strategies inherent in the game than your average football player.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
When I was both a band geek, and a soccer geek, we called football a 3S game.
3 seconds and stop, then I will tell you what to do. Repeat.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 1, 2010 9:28 PM CST up reply actions
The other article was much dumber than this one.........
This isn’t even really an article, he’s just telling us how to be fans. It’s like Dear Ann Landers…with a pinch of hockey.
Dear Mr. Morrissey,
I have played hockey for all my life and really love the blackhawks, but I have a bunch of friends who are hopping on the bandwagon and annoying me. What should I do?
Signed,
Eddie (Minooka)
"In an ideal world I would have all 10 fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching."
True that it isn't football
which is why I like hockey. But, the difference between a hockey player and a great hockey player has a lot to do with strategy.
To see what happens when two teams face each other with no strategy between them, you only need to watch the first period of this Flyers-Flames tilt.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
Ugh. I wish I didn't even know this article existed.
Because now I’m really fired up.
Morrissey wrote an unfunny, tongue-in-cheek article and claimed this team needed an enforcer because they’re clearly a bunch of softies. Then he writes a column about hockey not being difficult to understand because it requires very little strategy.
Fuck this, I’m writing something to the Sun Times sports editor.
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
It's not your fault
Rick Morrissey is a fucking moron and I wish he’d just go away. Or at a minimum never ever write about hockey or the Blackhawks again.
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
"I’m writing something to the Sun Times sports editor"
Can we see your letter? Or let us know when they publish it!
I love how he admonishes "veteran" fans
for using their longtime support as a reason to look down upon newbies in the same post that he points out he started covering hockey since 1984 with the implication that that makes him a good enough judge of how fans should treat the sport.
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by chiblackhawks on Feb 1, 2010 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
I thought about it...
And the I remembered what a D-Bag he is…
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Where are you all sitting?
So I can watch the bloodbath in the stands during stoppages of the bloodbath on ice.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
Section 323, Row J..........
Seats 1-4
by Ken Doll Type on Feb 2, 2010 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
You aren't sitting with us?
Then you damn well better be drinking with us.
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2010 Troll Collector
That's what Sam gave me.....
I guess I’m banished there for all the “Sausage Biscuit with Egg” comments :)
by Ken Doll Type on Feb 2, 2010 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
I am not.
I wasn’t sure I’d be able to go back when Sam was putting the trip together, so I didn’t sign up. However, now that I know I can go, a friend (Blues fan) came across a couple lower bowl tickets, so I’m going with her.
However, I plan to stop in at Maggie O’s before the game.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
When I called my hotel to make reservations
I asked how far they were from there, and when I mentioned the bar the girl I spoke to said it was great.
I switched hotels to be closer to everything. I’ll be at the Omni Magestic or whatever now.
2009 SCH Post Whore
2010 Troll Collector
For those driving down on Friday...
Any plans for Friday night/Saturday morning & afternoon? I went to the City Museum when I visited a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed it – but then again I’m a found object/old building nerd.
If anyone needs a ride to or from any of the festivities in St Louis let me know. Between me and my gf one of us should be sober to drive ;)
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
Is that the one with the 3 story slide in it?
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 2, 2010 10:42 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah.
I will admit I was too chicken to slide down it. I still haven’t decided whether I’m going to go or not (it might depend on if the outside part is open), but if anyone else wants to take a look-see, let me know.
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
That slide was almost as much fun to go down as when I stood at the bottom and watched the girls do it. My knees qouldn’t let me walk up to the metal slide that is above the organ room, but my wife will never forget going down it at what she said was about Mach 6. ( It really is about 5 floors of sliding.)
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 3, 2010 11:19 PM CST up reply actions
The four or us are locked and loaded........
…in the “Coach Bob Mobile”, and staying at the Marriott, Union Station. Should I bring the “W” flag???? LMK
Have a great time but...
Stuff the fuckin W flag. This ain’t the little league northsiders you are going to see!
Revenge is a very very very dangerous motivation!
by thepuckstopshere on Feb 2, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
what and where
is your avatar photo of? Spine looks picked pretty clean
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
Deer carcass leftovers!
My BLACKHAWK hideout is in southwest Ohio along the Great Miami River. One of my two Labrador Retrievers hauled it out of the woods and left it on the driveway.
If I told you any more, I would have to kill you!
Revenge is a very very very dangerous motivation!
by thepuckstopshere on Feb 2, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
It's the Hawks "W" flag.....
are you going?
by Ken Doll Type on Feb 2, 2010 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
I would love to go but
someone needs to stay back and keep the fires burning. Have fun, take lots of bail money and keep your asshole tight while you sleep!
Revenge is a very very very dangerous motivation!
by thepuckstopshere on Feb 2, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
I'll be sleeping
where i pass out at
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
by Roos-34 on Feb 2, 2010 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm staying at my house
I have a concrete basement if anyone wants to sleep in it. Just need to ignore the cells where I usually keep my dinner “guests.”
Chicagoan in the Lou.
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 2, 2010 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
I'm looking for a ride.....
I can leave anytime on Friday. I can’t travel without my 3 cats. They can be a handful since they hate each other. Otherwise they should be fine as 2 of them are housebroken. I get violently ill when riding in cars so we would need to stop every 10-15 miles to get out and walk around. Also, the cats hate music and conversation so it would need to be complete silence.
by ChargingMajor on Feb 2, 2010 1:13 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
I know an old, deaf guy with prostate trouble who might go for it ...
… but he has a chronic (and particularly pungent) flatulence problem.
Come to think about it, that might be a match made in heaven.
with a spastic colon or bladder control problem, who doesn’t mind the smell of cat urine in their vehicle
Sounds more like a Detroit fan, to me….
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 2, 2010 10:21 PM CST reply actions
reply fail.
dammit
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 2, 2010 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
We'll be around
You can look for me, I’ll be wearing my cream colored old time hockey shirt with the freddy krueger looking black and red undershirt. I’ll have a skinny, obnoxiously loud guy, and a bigger dude who talks a lot and gets really excited.
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You're not the only one with that shirt
"In an ideal world I would have all 10 fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching."
no kiddin'
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 3, 2010 6:57 PM CST up reply actions
Oh God!
I though for a moment there that it was my uncle Larry.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 3, 2010 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
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