Super Bowl XLV

[The Monkey]

I've actually thought of that Bad Hat, it's a stupid ****ing game, as catching that ****ing golden ball renders all the rest of the game pointless nearly every time.

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[Sheepo]

True enough, but that's pretty easy to fix. Just make it a 30-50 point goal instead of a 150 point one.

 

[ríomhaire]

I'm just waiting for someone to pop Godwin's law.

Nazis.

Also, Hurling is still the best sport.

Hitting a ball with sticks!


And Quidditch was designed specifically so that Harry Potter could be the most important person on the team with 0 experience. It's the most convenient sport ever.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Snitches are overpowered

 

[Stigmata]

You have it backwards - Quidditch teams act as tiebreakers in the rare case that two Seekers are equally matched.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Quidditch. Inferiority complex: the sport!

Actually I brought this up with my sister once (huge Potter fan) and she countered by citing a game from some HP history book thing where one team actually scored enough points that, when the opposing seeker caught the snitch, they still won. One game. Which apparently went on for ****ing days or something. Seriously the scoring is about as balanced and fair as the school's house points system.

Anyway, derail, etc. Go city name sports team!

 

[Stigmata]

Quidditch would work if capturing the Snitch could happen repeatedly. Or even just three times - at that point, the game might be long enough for one team to build up more than a 150-point lead in a significant number of games.

Yeah football!

 

[morgs]

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

since when has a slide tackle warranted pads?

only pads Euro footy needs are for their manstruation

 

[MJ12]

We were talking about the commercials today in our Advertisement and Design class. Goddamn, Groupon are a bunch of dicks-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9IHTMt72dQ

 

[Wanted Bob]

Oh, totally forgot about the Superbowl.

 

[morgs]

It's not the slide tackle that they need them for, it's more for when another player goes to kick the ball and hits the other guys shin instead. Seen a few leg break videos of that.

 

[StarBob]

Nazis.

Also, Hurling is still the best sport.

Hitting a ball with sticks!


And Quidditch was designed specifically so that Harry Potter could be the most important person on the team with 0 experience. It's the most convenient sport ever.

That looks like a ton of fun to play and I've never seen it before. I also recently discovered whatever that sport is that looks like a combination of soccer and rugby simply because there was a dog running around on the field chasing the ball and no one seemed to care... so it made the news. This looks a lot more difficult though. I figured if I played I'd have a broken nose in the first five minutes. I also think that would be the absolute most difficult sport to be a goal keeper in. That's a giant net and a tiny ball. It's like Lacrosse except they have a tiny ass net to defend and a big ass stick-net to aid them.

 

[JUL3]

I've never understood, what is the Superbowl? Is it the grand final for American football?

Irregardless though, that's ghey.

 

[VirusType2]

I've never understood, what is the Superbowl? Is it the grand final for American football?

Irregardless though, that's ghey.

It is my duty (as a concerned anti-citizen) to inform you that irregardless is not a word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless

The origin of irregardless is not known for certain, but the speculation among references is that it may be a blend, or portmanteau word, of irrespective and regardless, both of which are commonly accepted standard English words. By blending these words, an illogical word is created. Since the prefix ir- means "not" (as it does with irrespective), and the suffix -less means "without", irregardless is a double negative[1] and therefore would have the meaning "in regards to" when that is not the intent.

The actual word you are looking for is simply "regardless".

Regards.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

The George W. classic.

Anywho the Superbowl is when the two NFL conference finalist teams (AFC/NFC) go head to head for the final championship game. It's the final, definitive game in the NFL pro season.

 

[JUL3]

It is my duty (as a concerned anti-citizen) to inform you that irregardless is not a word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless


The actual word you are looking for is simply "regardless".

Regards.

Ohh... well shit. Apparently I've been making a goose of myself for years now.

 

[StarBob]

Ohh... well shit. Apparently I've been making a goose of myself for years now.

I always feel bad when I have to tell someone that they've been saying it wrong. I don't know what troll has gone around the world teaching people to say it wrong, but some pretty intelligent people I know had been using it for a while. Actually the Clinical Director for the company I work for uses it and I don't know how to tell him.

 

[Ennui]

It's similar to how some people say "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less". It's not logical or semantically true to what they are trying to communicate but it's such a common mistake that people know what is meant.

I generally just let people slide and don't say anything when I hear something of the sort.

 

[VirusType2]

Ah, well I usually won't nit pick, but I had noticed him use the word twice in two consecutive posts. I was just trying to be helpful.

My brother made a joke about it when I was young, and I guess I never forgot. I don't think I knew it wasn't a word either.

 

[Qonfused]

It's similar to how some people say "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less".

For some reason, this bothers me and I will correct the person every time.