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I sorta fell into the Phillies like that too, and I totally shared those sportscenter sentiments growing up. A few years ago I was a very casual fan. Now I'm complaining that they gave Howard an absurd contract and have partial season tix. Yes the timing of them getting good has certainly helped. It's also kinda cool I can say that I remember seeing Halladay pitch at Big Mac in the Cuse way back when. The other Philly fans annoy the f*&^ out of me.

I've found Parenthood surprisingly good too, and I'm a single dude. Ron Howard is a genius I guess; and all the milfs don't hurt.

My brother recently asked me in bewilderment "how do you pick who to root for?". As if there's no such thing as 'smarks'. Some people just don't get it. Although I do agree with Dorkula that it's largely sucked since the demise of WCW. I've found myself watching the CBS shows on Monday night lately; maybe I'm just getting old.

So what is the average age of the "coaching alone is worth 2-3 wins and can't be any worse" crowd? 16? I stopped selling myself that garbage around 2001. We have crappy players at the most important positions.

I agree with this. The "having it both ways" is a really nice, populist thing for fans to say and it applies to most leagues. But not really for the NFL.

What does this even mean?

Celtics played a good game, but I mean, I feel like George Carlin could've done a basketball vs. hockey bit like he did with football vs. baseball. You have to win Game 3 at home in a 1-1 series to win the series, and Game 4 is pretty much a gimme if you lose Game 3. Neither of those things are true with hockey. That unpredictability is 1 reason I find myself watching more pucks this year.

I'm thinking the lion would probably kill me pretty quick with a bite to the back of my neck. So yah, I think days of starvation/suffocating/torture would be worse. Garden State I think. Haha. Well I don't have a lot of experience with these things but I know there's never just 1, and I've read they can find their way "home" from a mile away (almost like a cat). Guess I'll suck it up and go with the glue though if they work best... Aren't exterminators supposed to like, do something though?

So I've seen something sprinting across my kitchen on 3-4 occassions while watching tv in the adjacent room. No evidence of crap, or chewed up cereal boxes or anything. I get poison a month ago, and snap traps a week ago, with apparently no luck. A 2nd call to landlord yields a visit from exterminator. His puzzling visit goes something like this: Exterminator: Kitchen? Me: Yah. Ext: [Nods]. Droppings? Me: Haven't seen any. I point to where I've seen the vermin. Ext: [checks behind oven, under sink]. Let me check the basement...no evidence. Here take these sticky traps. [Leaves]. WTF? He also at one point mentioned that my upstairs neighbor had called and this guy apparently paid a visit to her a few months ago (this is an old duplex) so to me there seems to clearly be an infestation somewhere. Thoughts/questions: 1. At the risk of sounding like a PETA freak, I'm hesitant to use the unusually cruel glue traps; nor do I know how any more successful they'd be than poison/traps anyway. 2. Is my suspicion that this exterminator sucks correct and should I ask my landlord to contact a better one? 3. Thinking of getting a cat or 2 soon. How big of a danger does them catching a potentially poisonous rodent pose?

Cromartie is an enormous vagina.

Meh I've never really hated the Penguins or Wings for some reason. Maybe because 2 years isn't "every year" to me...I would say Sharks/Pens is most likely right now.

That about covers it. lolrecruiters.

If the cops were smart they would fast forward 18 hours and watch what the guy does/doesn't do on SportsCenter.

They could not be more of an afterthought in Philly. I guess that's not too surprising since the popularity order is Eagles 1, while 2, 3, and 4 depend entirely on who is good at the moment.

Whether or not that's true, if you don't understand why that's insignificant, then you're hopeless. The point is the cops don't know in the heat of the moment whether someone's an harmless/drunk attention whore loser, or if they're a different kind of loser with evil intentions like the guys who attacked the Royals 3rd base coach in Chicago. So yah, they are comparable. [in before "But that wasn't the same!]

My personal favorite version is: "What about ____ five years ago - what he did was much worse!".

lol @ winning a lawsuit. Good luck in law school.

Incredible that such a painfully obvious point was necessary. It's a more informal way of "you're welcome" - that's it. If you really want to get into the poor man's Seinfeld "literal observations" - you're the almighty "paying customer" then why are you saying Thank you in the first place? Waiter is just doing his job afterall. Not to mention he is very likely FOS that he actually says "Did you expect a problem" irl; but it makes for a cool story I guess.

Guerin sucks and 2-1 isn't must-win.

Lol 7th St. Nice cherrypick. Try Passyunk Square dude. Or the Art Museum/Fairmount neighborhood. Or Rittenhouse, or Center City. Or not. "Me on internet, me must argue".

Holy ignorant apples to oranges. Would you rather live Midtown Manhattan or ___, NYC? Because ___ must be the pits if you chose the former I sort of wish you took the time to visit the North side.

So basically you went to a game once and got a cheesesteak on your way back and your car got broken into - that explains it. South St. isn't South Philly, but nobody would know that without a "complete tour".

And you're like the guy who doesn't know Philly well.

What? South Philly isn't close to the worst part of Philly.

Yes.