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Its going to be so cold in Chicago on Sunday that I'm tempted to bust out the mulled wine I bought for last year's Christmas Eve party. I didn't serve it then because it was about 60 degrees outside and 80 inside!
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What's the most idiotic comment you've heard from a whuffo?
tigra replied to Fallin4U's topic in The Bonfire
I have no problem with the dumb/idiotic comments or questions, and I've heard quite a few. Some people are genuinely interested but have no idea how it all works. Questions like that I am happy to answer, even if they seem ridiculously dumb. I do have issues with the mean spirited ones- like whuffos who comment that someone deserved to die or get hurt because they were dumb enough to skydive. -
I'm sure you can squeeze it in before the boogie! I picked up the last one at midnight-ish, started reading when I got home, slept for a few hours, picked the book up again in the morning and didn't put it down until I finished at around 10:00 that night. The next day I was discussing it with my niece and nephew who had pretty much done the same thing. I don't think I'll do the midnight thing again, but I'm sure I'll read the book pretty much straight through as soon as I get my hands on it! But maybe not- its the last one. I might want to stretch it out a little longer!
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You look more like Uncle Fester, if you ask me!
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I killed a french fry because I have double Ds!
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Liberalism in the Classroom (Long, but I need your opinion)
tigra replied to Michele's topic in Speakers Corner
Sounds like your Prof watches 24. The suitcase nuke is the weapon of the season, and Kiefer Sutherland (as well as GWB) is notorious for mis-pronouncing the word Nuclear! -
Liberalism in the Classroom (Long, but I need your opinion)
tigra replied to Michele's topic in Speakers Corner
What he said. Clearly the best and most relevant post to this thread. Why not keep the chem lab for chemistry and save your political discussions/ debates for the coffee shop? -
That's how my mom always made them!
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Well, that's pro sports for you- who cares if they are assholes, rapists, drunk drivers, druggies or even suspected killers as long as they can win games and help sell tickets? On principle, I don't disagree with you, and I've disliked other teams for a lot less. Still, the Bears aren't doing anything most other teams in the NFL wouldn't do under similar circumstances.
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No worries- I don't own a Colts shirt!
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About the whole Tank Johnson thing, on the one hand, the Bears took him on and kept him in spite of his history and maybe (probably) they did that for all the wrong reasons. But as far as the more recent charges? Until he's had his day in court, I really don't think its the Bears' place or the NFL's place to sanction him. And the NFL apparently agrees. Once a final ruling has been made, if he's found guilty of ANY of the charges against him, I agree he should be fired. And honestly, I'd say that even if he were playing for the Colts!
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Hey, most years I am all about the "Girlie Method" but I'm glad I already know who I want to win this year. If we're going with the HOT QB factor, I think we need to check out the back ups! I'd say Grossman is slightly better looking, but I wouldn't call either one of the HOT! Different strokes, I guess!
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Didn't Payton Manning make a big stink when he was drafted by the Colts because he thought he was too good to have to play for a team with a losing record?
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Even when the Bears WON the SuperBowl 21 years ago, they didn't have a great quarterback. They had a great defense and a team that rallied around their quarterback and made things happen on the field. Grossman is no Jim McMahon, and these Bears aren't the 85 Bears BUT when they play together, they really can make things happen. I think the Bears are in good shape as long as they stay focused and keep their egos in check. Grossman played well enough to give him some confidence, but not so good that he'll get cocky.
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No, the Saints weren't ready to play in that environment. Major mistake on the coach's part, I'd say. The Bears practiced outdoors all week. I did get this feeling of destiny right after the safety, when the snow started coming down even harder. The Saints had made a pretty good comeback up until then.
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Pie sounds like a "typical" calico. My Tamika is just like that- wants affection on her own terms and hates to be picked up and held. She's also an escape artist and can get herself out of any cat carrier that has zippers instead of "gates"! And she'll lick my hands if I've just put on lotion, and she's even licked lipbalm ff my lips! My geriatric cat, Gizmo, has a sweet tooth. Loves cake of any kind! I know the experts say cats can't taste the sweet stuff, but they've never seen Gizmo beg for a piece of cake and then chow down! The new guy, Roger, will eat pretty much anything. I chalk that up to his being left to fend for himself on the DZ campground before he found his way into my house! If we're giving them canned food, someone needs to stand guard because Gizmo is a slow eater while Spike and Roger both wolf their food down then try to get his. He always leaves something, but it isn't fair game until he walks away from the bowl on his own!
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Big-mouth Rosie O'Donnell is already taking verbal jabs at Paula! Rosie 'The Mouth' said that she thought Paula was sipping the Coca Cola a little too much and by the end of the show her eyes were looking 'funny'. My eyes would look funny too, after eight hours of listening to some of the crap they have to listen too.] Oh, come on! Who doesn't make fun of Paula Abdul or comment on her obviously "altered" behavior on Idol. We had a huge thread going on that very topic last year! Hate Rosie all you want (and I'm not a fan either) but if Paula Abdul is going to appear on national television in that state, week after week, year after year, she's fair game!
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Acceptable words to replace curse words..HELP Please
tigra replied to RkyMtnHigh's topic in The Bonfire
I remember watching one of the Die Hard movies on one of the cable stations- TNT maybe? Instead of bleeping out all the swear words, they replaced them and the substitutes were pretty funny. (Unlike the way they dub over certain words on the Sex and the City reruns which is just lame!) I can't remember them all, but one that stands out is when Bruce Willis lit the gas on the runway to blow up the bad guy's plane and said "Yippee Cayee, M_____ F______!", he said "Mr. Falcon" instead. My guy and I still use that sometimes! What's funny is that I can swear a LOT in certain situations, but I have no trouble not swearing at work, in front of my mother or in front of kids. -
The best villians were the Salazars from Season 3- Crazy Mexican drug lords! The writers made no effor what so ever to be PC with them!
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You must not have been watching all 5 earlier seasons. In season 4, the bad guys were definitely Arabs with a dropped subplot about a crooked US defense contactor providing them with weapons. Season 2, the original bad guys were Arabs but as it turns out, were being used by forces within the US government who wanted to gain control of the presidency. And I think both times the show bent over backwards to show "good" Arabs making huge sacrifices to help out and also deliver the message that racial profiling and prejudice are bad- kind of like the way this season has started.
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Well Tony survived a similar wound in Season 3 iirc and practically hopped of the operating table to return to CTU. But Curtis is no Tony and Jack's a much better shot than the guy who shot Tony! Besides, it didn't even look like they were trying to save him- he was just laying there bleeding and looking up at Jack!
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The guy from ER- Paul McCrane? also made an appearance in the previews. There's still hope that a helicopter will fall on him sometime this season!
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I don't even know where to start but............... the power hungry dweeby advisor is pure KARMA for Wayne Palmer who felt that his job as his brother's advisor was to sneak around and do things behind his brother's back "for the greater good" because David Palmer's ethics got in the way! Wayne Palmer as president? Doesn't have the balls to get Jack out of the hands of the Chinese until its time to sell him to a terrorist? Is he really any better than President DickFace from last season??? Curtis?????? WTF??? You can't suck in your own personal feelings for the good of the country while there are NUKES about to be detonated????? I'm not sorry he's dead! Jack? Do you ever wonder if the people you are working with and working for just aren't WORTHY?????
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The real issue isn't false accusations. Its the police and prosecutors acting on the accusations even when the evidence doesn't support them or in some cases, might even contradict them. In a case where the accusation is "obvious bullshit" and it goes as far as the Duke case did, there are people who are far more to blame than the person who made the initial complaint- even IF that complaint was a blatant lie. Oh, and who exactly is going to determine whether an accusation is "obvious bullshit"? The day we have a perfect Bullshit-o-Meter in place for Law Enforcement to use, the world will be a much better place, right?
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He's hoping all the press will drum up ratings for his show. He's pretty much run out of women to blame when the show tanks once and for all this year, unless he wants to trash his daughter in the media the same way he did Martha and Carolyn last year.