Bistro Bijou

[Homburg]

*sighs and wishes, yet again, that she found baseball less of a bore.*

(because many of my favourite people love it.)

Playing baseball = fun

Watching baseball = zzzzzzzz*snerk*zzzzz

You are not alone.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Playing baseball = fun

Watching baseball = zzzzzzzz*snerk*zzzzz

You are not alone.

Let's go and get one of those famous hotdogs, although I don't really like those either. A beer? My treat.

 

[Homburg]

Let's go and get one of those famous hotdogs, although I don't really like those either. A beer? My treat.

I'm not a beer drinker. I know, no baseball, no beer, all I have to do is admit that I don't like NASCAR and they'll pull my Redneck Card (and I don't like NASCAR). I will, however, kill one of those big soft pretzels with some mustard.



Note: NASCAR produces some incredible cars. I dig on those machines and have been known to show up to team appearances just to geek on the ride. I have no interest in watch "Go Fast, turn left, repeat," though.

 

[Tzara]

Playing baseball = fun

Watching baseball = zzzzzzzz*snerk*zzzzz

You are not alone.

Let's go and get one of those famous hotdogs, although I don't really like those either. A beer? My treat.

You guys.

Well, guy and gal.

Funny. Baseball is life. Life is baseball.

And there's

garlic fries. (They're vile, but some people like them.)

We blew the game tonight, so I am not in a good mood.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

I'm not a beer drinker. I know, no baseball, no beer, all I have to do is admit that I don't like NASCAR and they'll pull my Redneck Card (and I don't like NASCAR). I will, however, kill one of those big soft pretzels with some mustard.



Note: NASCAR produces some incredible cars. I dig on those machines and have been known to show up to team appearances just to geek on the ride. I have no interest in watch "Go Fast, turn left, repeat," though.

Pretzels and mustard it is then. NASCAR leaves me cold too. There's a disconnect here I think.

You guys.

Well, guy and gal.

Funny. Baseball is life. Life is baseball.

And there's

garlic fries. (They're vile, but some people like them.)

We blew the game tonight, so I am not in a good mood.

Only guys get emotional when their team tanks, why is that?

 

[Tzara]

I'm not a beer drinker. I know, no baseball, no beer, all I have to do is admit that I don't like NASCAR and they'll pull my Redneck Card (and I don't like NASCAR).

I like baseball.

I like beer. Quite a lot, actually.

I'm not 'zactly a NASCAR guy, though I did watch the Daytona 500 every year as a kid. Does that count?

I'd kind of like a Redneck Card. It would so complement the blue ACLU one.



Are there, like, discounts at Wal Mart or something? That'd be even better.

 

[Tzara]

Only guys get emotional when their team tanks, why is that?

We am a feeling gender.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

We am a feeling gender.

Can I feel your gender, please?

 

[Tzara]

Can I feel your gender, please?

Absolutely.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Absolutely.

*silver shivers*

 

[Tzara]

*silver shivers*

My gender, felt, is feeling fine,
For feathered, your touch is divine.


Hey. Who is that picture in your avatar?

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

My gender, felt, is feeling fine,
For feathered, your touch is divine.


Hey. Who is that picture in your avatar?

The feeler, having felt, feels fine too.

Stephen Fry.

 

[Tzara]

The feeler, having felt, feels fine too.

Well, then, we're all good, eh?

Stephen Fry.

Oh, OK. I like him.

Funny. Reliably, which is good. Writes well too.

Carry on.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Well, then, we're all good, eh?
Oh, OK. I like him.

Funny. Reliably, which is good. Writes well too.

Carry on.

Nightienight.

 

[Homburg]

You guys.

Well, guy and gal.

Funny. Baseball is life. Life is baseball.

And there's

garlic fries. (They're vile, but some people like them.)

We blew the game tonight, so I am not in a good mood.

Um, I'll pass, thanks.

--

Pretzels and mustard it is then. NASCAR leaves me cold too. There's a disconnect here I think.

Pretzel and mustard, mmmmm

Only guys get emotional when their team tanks, why is that?

Women do too. They're just not quite as likely to be rabid team sports fans. When they are, they are essentially as likely to get emotional. It has more to do with sports fervor than gender, I think.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

When I was at school we used to play rounders then we had an American sports teacher for a year and she changed it to baseball ...... one girl broke a finger

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I like baseball.

I like beer. Quite a lot, actually.

I'm not 'zactly a NASCAR guy, though I did watch the Daytona 500 every year as a kid. Does that count?

I'd kind of like a Redneck Card. It would so complement the blue ACLU one.



Are there, like, discounts at Wal Mart or something? That'd be even better.

Your redneck card will not get you discounts in Walmart. However, it may provide you with occasional free beer, better quality pool games, and an
automatic loyal group of friends after about five beers.

I got mine a couple of years ago. I can figure out what you'd have to do to earn one.

Ever pulled any fence? Lived any place with a structure that used to be a building but isn't any longer? Worn work coveralls to a public place? (they have to be dirty work coveralls.)

I'm feeling very rednecky today. I had to dig up part of my septic line this morning. There's a whole essay running around in my head about the Art of Digging a Hole.

When I was at school we used to play rounders then we had an American sports teacher for a year and she changed it to baseball ...... one girl broke a finger

Alright. What's rounders? It's not like dodgeball, is it? Cause I hated that game.

Why take baseball to Britain? They already have cricket. It's just as boring, and there's breaks for tea. And the uniforms are much more formal.

 

[Tzara]

Um, I'll pass, thanks.

I can't stand them either. Stink up whole sections of the ballpark. Obnoxiousness that's interpreted as "local charm" by some.

Women do too. They're just not quite as likely to be rabid team sports fans. When they are, they are essentially as likely to get emotional. It has more to do with sports fervor than gender, I think.

The wyf is actually a bigger sports fan than I am. Scores the games when we watch baseball. Has a half-share of Seahawks season tickets.

My favorite way to watch sports is essentially what I posted earlier: Turn on the TV, mute the sound, and crank up Parsifal.

This may be because Wagnerian operas and baseball are both swell opportunities to watch paint dry.

I guess I just like drying paint.

 

[Homburg]

Ever pulled any fence? Lived any place with a structure that used to be a building but isn't any longer? Worn work coveralls to a public place? (they have to be dirty work coveralls.)

Yes. Peed on an electrified fence once too. Yes. And, yes.

There are multiple subsets of this though.

Do you have more cars/trucks in your yard than adult members of your household? How many of them are running and legal to drive?

Do you regularly use non-furniture items for seating, such as milk crates, car seats removed from car (extra points if you do not even own the car), or tool boxes?

Do you own so many household animals that you buy feed from the Feed-n-seed? If not, you may get partial credit if you know where your feed-n-seed is.

Have you received driving directions, or given driving directions, that include phrases like "turn off the paved road, and keep going when the gravel ends", "turn where Old Gill's barn burned down ten years ago", "mind the cows, they don't hurry even if you honk", etc?

I'm feeling very rednecky today. I had to dig up part of my septic line this morning. There's a whole essay running around in my head about the Art of Digging a Hole.

Ever used a Ditch Witch? A redneck invented it, this I know. Only a redneck would think "It'd sure'n be easier ta dig this here ditch if'n I had a big-ass chainsaw."

Alright. What's rounders? It's not like dodgeball, is it? Cause I hated that game.

Why take baseball to Britain? They already have cricket. It's just as boring, and there's breaks for tea. And the uniforms are much more formal.

Rounders is British baseball. Sort of. And it was probably brought over to torture the poor unsuspecting girls in Annie's school.

 

[Tzara]

Ever pulled any fence? Lived any place with a structure that used to be a building but isn't any longer? Worn work coveralls to a public place? (they have to be dirty work coveralls.)

The only time I have ever worn coveralls was when I was in metal shop in high school. (Vocational training was a requirement, and I was too wimpy to insist that typing and shorthand would be much better vocational training for me than the "mechanical arts.")

I was awful in that class, probably at least in part because I expected to be.

Why take baseball to Britain? They already have cricket. It's just as boring, and there's breaks for tea. And the uniforms are much more formal.

Cricket is not boring! I love the game, even though I have only the foggiest understanding of what's going on. I like to dream I could place off-leg fours all day long. <--Likely example of my lack of understanding.

And pro cricket uniforms are as brightly colored and drenched in advertising as a NASCAR firesuit. You're thinking of Cambridge dons on the back reaches of King's playing a friendly, I think.

 

[annaswirls]

I like to dream I could place off-leg fours all day long.

I think I could help you with that dream...

 

[Tzara]

I think I could help you with that dream...

You can bowl off-leg googlies?

Why, Ms. Swirls! The things you know.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

You can bowl off-leg googlies?

Why, Ms. Swirls! The things you know.

It's all in the fingers. Even the best batsmen never expect a googly.

 

[Tzara]

It's all in the fingers. Even the best batsmen never expect a googly.

Sez who?

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Sez who?

Erm, me?