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Bama Llama

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  1. And since Texas Fight echoes the same chord progression it has to go, too. Right? That's the logical extension of the Dump The Eyes argument. My future bride and I were two of those in attendance at Rice Stadium on October 24, 1970 for the Texas game. The stadium was packed with 70,000 plus on that pleasant Saturday night. At least six or seven thousand were Rice fans. When the Longhorn band struck up The Eyes and all those hands and voices were raised, it was cool and intimidating to me personally, as a lifelong Alabama and college football fan. My girl tapped me in the shoulder and pointed to the VIP seats high above us. There stood LBJ and Lady Bird. He looked great in a snow-white Western cut suit, white hair flowing and much longer than when he was prez, white stetson doffed for The Eyes, which he was singing with what appeared to be gusto, right arm raised with the hook 'em salute. The moment is engraved in my memory as a positive time in my life. And Rice's Carl Swierc ran the opening kickoff back for a touchdown. Elated, we Rice students correctly and swiftly deduced we would lose big but that the mighty Longhorns would have to come from behind to do it, which they promptly did, 45-21. I think Wooster had about 200 yards rushing. There appear to be three basic options here: A. Keep it B. Dump it C. Revise the lyrics All U of Texas voices (admin, students, alums, football family, fans) should be heard and considered. Make the call with an eye to the future and emerge better than ever. Who makes the call? Fuck if I know, but they need to take it seriously and not knee-jerk.
  2. A rec room with a pool table "Central" forced air HVAC (DOB 1951 here)
  3. He did everything he did with pure panache, always with eye toward humor, joy or both. I dearly loved his role in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. And I loved watching his kids' lovely blonde babysitter as well. Hey, I was 15 and the tessosserome was boiling. Bravissimo Carl Reiner. They can all ho to hell 'cept Cave 76!
  4. So, I can be a 68-year old "white man" (a male with light-colored epidermis directly descended from a homo sapiens who was born in East Africa, as we all were), whose earliest and fondest memory is being three years old sitting on his grandmother's lap in western Alabama listening with rapture to Br'er Rabbit stories, without being deemed a racist? Excellent. By the way, she portrayed Br'er Rabbit and Uncle Remus as especially good, positive individuals. I have always looked up to the Uncle Remus character. But I am not "black" so I can't have a viable opinion about any BLM issue. But I digress. I appreciated NotActually's post. Let's try the Golden Rule and see how that works. Stop destroying shit.
  5. I would love to see their take on this Midnight Special segment with the original Genesis with Peter Gabriel with bat wing eyebrows. B&B would shoot Big Gulp cola out through their noses..
  6. Some AD (Texas? Bama? ND?) should step up right now and say "Fuck it, we're punting the 2020 season; see y'all next year," sue us if you want to. Force majeure. Lives are more important than games. Jesus, why is this still even in doubt? What does it take, front end loaders full of bodies?
  7. Agree 100% with the last sentence, but speak for yourself as to her physical beauty. I always felt an attraction to Bonnie. Guess that's why they make Bruton and Garrett.
  8. We are becoming the Eloi. The time has come for Rod Taylor to drop in from New Year's Eve, 1899 and blow up the Morlocks.
  9. Welcome to Moronica and its president, a dishonest hot air balloon of a twitter queen wearing a six foot long red Hermes necktie, the Enemy of Enlightenment.
  10. Quentin's use of music and editing over, under, around and through sweet little gems of music draw me to Tarantino World more than anything. And all the pretty blonde ladeez. One more thing, the scene at the beginning of Inglorious Basterds in the French country farmhouse, when the focus shifted and the eyes of the people hiding under the house showed up was absolutely stunning to this old man. And the long shot of the SS officer's Mercedes rolling up the road in the distance as "The Green Grass of Summer," featured in 1961's The Alamo, swelled in the soundtrack. Good stuff there.
  11. Councilman Guy Phillips molests collies. He can lead his tribe to the Covid ICU. What a dumbass.
  12. That was a good start. Now he and any other coach who gives a shit about the welfare of the players should advocate canceling the 2020 season. What more has to happen? A train is rolling out of control toward these kids and greedy ADs and administrators and fans are all saying to stay on the tracks, that's just the light at the end if the tunnel. Bullshit!
  13. Moronica. No, wait, he's the leader of Moronica. Now if the rest of us can get a fair vote tally in November, we'll be rid of this enemy of enlightenment. One more Tulsa turd of a rally and he may invent an illness and pack it in.
  14. (So sorry - can't figure out how to adjust font; following is shamelessly plagiarized.) If Trump were Captain of the Titanic: There isn't any iceberg It’s a fake iceberg There was an iceberg but it's in a totally different ocean People say it's the biggest iceberg The iceberg is in this ocean but it will melt very soon There is an iceberg but we didn't hit the iceberg We hit the iceberg, but the damage will be repaired very shortly I knew from the beginning there was an iceberg, long before people called it an iceberg The iceberg is a Chinese iceberg We are taking on water but every passenger who wants a lifeboat can get a lifeboat, and they are beautiful lifeboats Look, passengers need to ask nicely for the lifeboats if they want them We don't have any lifeboats, we're not lifeboat distributors Passengers should have planned for icebergs and brought their own lifeboats I really don't think we need that many lifeboats We have lifeboats and they're supposed to be our lifeboats, not the passengers' lifeboats The lifeboats were left on shore by the last captain of this ship Nobody could have foreseen the iceberg I'm an expert on icebergs I've got lots of friends who deal with icebergs, some of the best, really good ice people who know ice Summer will come and the iceberg will disappear, it will go away, like magic
  15. Song tossing discussion will soon be spreading to a couple of SEC fanbases: 1. Last line in lyrics of "Yea, Alabama!" - "You're Dixie's football pride, Crimson Tide." 2. Last line to "War Eagle" - "War Eagle, win for Auburn, power of Dixieland." I say we figure out a way to come out of all this better than ever. Step one: listen.
  16. Very sorry to see A&E decision to cancel Live PD, which is the only reality program worth a shit. Several missing kids have been found via airing their images and details over the years. As someone posted above, the entertainment arises from the incredibly stupid shit people do. A final irony: reality show is axed because the perception of what is a bad idea has more impact than the reality. Ain't this a bitch.
  17. Mucho mojo sympathy to you, sister BamaChick. Breathe deep and keep moving forward. The gloom may be gathering now but we will get through this swamp of merde as long as places like Surly exist and people like you communicate their ideas. I don't know what's worse, a deadly virus or a nation of meatheads disregarding it.
  18. As Dick Cavett said to Lester Maddox before the latter stormed off the set, "All right, governor, I apologize to all of your supporters who aren't bigots." (emphasis supplied by Mr. Cavett)
  19. Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
  20. SPAULDINGGETYOURFOOTOFFTHEBOAT!
  21. As with Trump, Limbaugh is an enemy of enlightenment. In his radio syndicate heyday, he took way too much pleasure satirizing any news story involving gay and lesbian (LGBTQ wasn't an acronym then) issues with "You Don't Know Me" as background music. When he croaks, I will tip my hat to Clarence Darrow: "All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
  22. "Them kids jump OUT the boat!" "At the end they walk out grabbing their crotches hollerin' 'Small WORLD!'" ----Robin Harris, Bebe's Kids
  23. That was my bad - wrong Steve. Was thinking about Steve Howe.
  24. Sorry to hear it. I saw him last fall speaking at a "second chance for arrestees" foundation fund raiser and was favorably impressed by his candor, speaking ability and what appeared to be true fitness. He got hooked on opiates following an injury, poor play and booing from home fans, I believe after just a few games of his rookie season. Looked as if he could suit up and play. Said he had a new baby and a new wife that were his pride and joy. Steve Sax Syndrome?
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