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Frayed Knot Oct 08 2012 06:29 PM |
Introducing the CPF-REDs - the Crane Pool Forum Ratings of Esoteric Distinction - the thread where you make a list of items on topics either general or obscure and rank those entries based solely on your personal preferences (hence the ‘esoteric distinction’ part).
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Ceetar Oct 08 2012 06:34 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Because I did this anyway..
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HahnSolo Oct 09 2012 08:24 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top peanut butter-chocolate candy bars for use as a long-drive energy boost:
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themetfairy Oct 09 2012 08:32 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
What about Reese's Pieces?
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Swan Swan H Oct 09 2012 09:12 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Citi Field French Fries:
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MFS62 Oct 09 2012 09:16 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Die Hard movies:
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metsmarathon Oct 09 2012 09:20 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
wow, really? why no love? i rather liked die hard with a vengeance, much moreso than die harder. though the death by icicle is surely something to reccomend it. one day, i may see all of live free or die hard, but so far, the stars have no appropriately aligned.
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2012 09:54 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Animals that would make awesome nicknames for a sports team that too my knowledge have not yet been used:
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Gwreck Oct 09 2012 10:03 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
New York Rule of 8 - the 8 real bagel types and 8 real pizza toppings (reject all others as unacceptable imitations)
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Swan Swan H Oct 09 2012 10:06 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
What, no bialy?
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Edgy MD Oct 09 2012 10:13 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Bialy is a type of bagel like a motorcycle is a type of car.
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seawolf17 Oct 09 2012 10:26 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Could you open a bagel store/florist and call it Bialystock & Bloom? You'd probably get sued, I guess.
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Edgy MD Oct 09 2012 10:31 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
We had a B&B in my home town.
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Swan Swan H Oct 09 2012 10:52 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Bialy is a type of bagel like Ferrari is a type of car.
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Edgy MD Oct 09 2012 11:12 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Worst Official Presidential Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2012 11:17 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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This man is a genius.
This man has his head up his ass. 1. Sausage 2. Fresh basil 3. Meatball 4. Onions 5. Mushrooms 6. Pepperoni 7. Anchovies 8. Peppers Extra cheese isn't a topping; it's a preference, most usually held by someone with no sense of proportion and balance and/or Chicagoans.
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Gwreck Oct 09 2012 11:21 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
"Fresh basil" isn't a topping; it's a spice. Note the omission of garlic, too. A proper sauce should include both of these things but they're not toppings by themselves.
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Swan Swan H Oct 09 2012 11:26 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
My favorite current pizza is from a place called San Marzano - the Caprino. Thin brick oven crust topped with fontina, goat cheese, caramelized onions, shitake and button mushrooms, roasted garlic, thyme and white truffle oil.
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Ceetar Oct 09 2012 11:31 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I've been craving Oregenata pizza lately. (Sicilian with the breadcrumb toppings they often use for baked clams) Also amazing, penne alla vodka pizza, or ziti pie (as long as they don't burn the pasta) Can't ignore Buffalo chicken pizza either, although I admit that's probably just an awesome outlier.
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Vic Sage Oct 09 2012 11:37 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
top 10 comicbook superhero movies:
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Benjamin Grimm Oct 09 2012 11:44 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
I've seen all of those except The Crow. I'll have to keep an eye out for that one.
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Fman99 Oct 09 2012 08:07 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Seriously. Die Hard 2 is a real turd. I only saw the first three in this series.
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Fman99 Oct 09 2012 08:12 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top Four Studio Albums by Canadian power trio Triumph:
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Edgy MD Oct 09 2012 08:38 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
The covers of the top four albums by Canadian power trio Triumph:
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2012 08:41 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Fresh basil clipped atop a just-out-of-the-oven pizza-- DiFara's, e.g.-- sure as hell is a topping, just as sure as garlic is (when properly caramelized), and just as sure as pepperoni is an oversalted meat that washes out any subtleties in the sauce or the crust and is only worthwhile in a calzone or atop a pizza you'd eat with a banana pepper and some packaged "garlic" dippin' sauce.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2012 09:17 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 09 2012 10:00 PM |
Worst Train lyrics:
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2012 09:22 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I can't believe he gets away with that 'Drive-By' crap.
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Edgy MD Oct 09 2012 09:25 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
That's a lot of ugh.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2012 09:36 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Exactly. And if that's the case, what the hell does that say about what he thinks about them?
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metsmarathon Oct 10 2012 07:33 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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yeah, i think the only thing die hard 2 has going for it, besides the afore-mentioned icicle-to-the-eye, is the way cool, but totally unpossible way that bruce willis blew up the bad guys' airplane at the end. i mean, c'mon, the flame followed the trail of fuel all the way from the runway to catch the plane in flight (going, what, 150 miles per hour, or whatever the takeoff speed is of his plane) like some wile.e.coyote gunpowder fuze in a roadrunner cartoon. what no acme anvil? wicked cool scene and all, much like bruce trying to wave off the crashing jetliner, but the rest of the movie was so much awful that i was shocked at how good and improved die hard 3 was, let alone that anyone thought the series had enough life left in it to make another. i will say that die hard 2 gets a pass on being a complete turd for one reason. it was 1990. there really arent too many movies from 1990 that aged well.
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metirish Oct 10 2012 07:41 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
That's gold from LWFS......and the guy from Train has to know it's pure shite but of course doesn't care.
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metsmarathon Oct 10 2012 07:47 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
movies from 1990 that may have aged well (if only because i can't recall them not having aged well)
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Frayed Knot Oct 10 2012 07:51 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Somewhat to my surprise at the time - as 'Guys gettin kicked and shit blowin up' flicks usually aren't my cuppa - I liked the first Die Hard movie.
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Edgy MD Oct 10 2012 08:06 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
My top five comments on previous posts.
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Edgy MD Oct 10 2012 08:11 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Wait a minute: The Die Hard series totally did this. Die Hard (1988) Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Live Free or Die Hard (2007) A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
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HahnSolo Oct 10 2012 08:21 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Tweens and Teens and pre-tweens are all buying Train's stuff. Sadly, the little Solos are both guilty of this.
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Ceetar Oct 10 2012 08:28 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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IT IS AWESOME. Buffalo sauce is awesome on everything. everything I tell you. Without the sauce Buffalo is a bland boring black and white city that erupts in vibrant spicy color when you add Buffalo sauce.
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 10 2012 08:31 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I like Adele.
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Ceetar Oct 10 2012 08:32 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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from Just Pizza.
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Ceetar Oct 10 2012 08:35 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Best things to eat in Buffalo:
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Fman99 Oct 10 2012 08:35 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I've actually what happened in the first five Leonard movies that Bill Cosby should have done.
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HahnSolo Oct 10 2012 08:49 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Me too (though I'm not sure how I feel about the new Bond song). It's my kids' like for the recent Train stuff that saddens me.
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Benjamin Grimm Oct 10 2012 08:54 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
I liked the Presidential portrait post.
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seawolf17 Oct 10 2012 08:58 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Best Pat Monahan (Train frontman) solo song lyrics:
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metsmarathon Oct 10 2012 08:59 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
i knodof liked train's earliest offerings. at the time.
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Edgy MD Oct 10 2012 09:08 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Please note that I'm not pointing out any necessary qualitative failing with regards to these artists. Only marketing commentary here. Some music (Train, certainly) is double-demographically developed to be shared between parents and youth, though perhaps ignored or reviled by pickier young adults who would frequently be loathe to share any tastes with parents, or to pay for music. It's akin to the Twilight strategy.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2012 01:00 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
-- Monahan does NOT get a pass for the Mets lyric, which no doubt came out of a brainstorming session cocktail-napkin; in case the examples I provided didn't make it abundantly clear, he's less sincere than a politician trying to sell life insurance on a first date, and lazier than a stoned Garfield on Thanksgiving night. Half his couplets don't come home to roost/they make hashtag rap... Dylan... Proust.
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Vic Sage Oct 10 2012 01:08 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 10 2012 01:36 PM |
Top 10 best acting careers by football stars in movies:
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2012 01:15 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Judging from Idiocracy, Expendables, and his work on "Everybody Loves Chris," Terry Crews may arguably be the most talented actor on the list, should probably be a little higher, and will likely climb into the top 2 before he's done.
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Vic Sage Oct 10 2012 01:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
i don't disagree; i look at 2-7 on the list as being roughly interchangeable depending on your criteria.
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Edgy MD Oct 10 2012 01:21 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Careers is one way to look at it. I take it one character at a time.
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Swan Swan H Oct 10 2012 01:32 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Ray Nitschke was good in The Longest Yard.
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 10 2012 01:39 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 10 2012 02:43 PM |
I only knew Carl Weathers and Bubba Smith from their acting roles and didn't know that they had been pro football players.
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Vic Sage Oct 10 2012 01:46 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 10 2012 01:57 PM |
i saw Namath in DAMN YANKEES once, at Jones Beach. It was one of the most excruciating evenings of theater i can recall.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2012 01:54 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Matuszak in North Dallas Forty?
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metirish Oct 10 2012 01:55 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Worst Irish accents by American actors in movies
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 10 2012 02:05 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Good God was she bad. She'd go from Oirish to American back to Oirish in one sentence. Luckily she had a relatively small part in what was otherwise a pretty good movie.
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Edgy MD Oct 10 2012 02:21 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Michael Collins is, of course, best known for my brief but excellently accented star turn as "Man in Crowd with Long Coat and Hat at Massacre."
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Swan Swan H Oct 10 2012 02:25 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
It was only a small part but Sarah Holcomb, who played Maggie the waitress in Caddyshack, was pretty bad as well.
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Frayed Knot Oct 10 2012 06:37 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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metirish Oct 10 2012 06:40 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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That's really cool
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 11 2012 10:43 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Toy Story movies (keeping in mind that they're all very good)"
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Edgy MD Oct 11 2012 10:53 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Another way to do this is in answer/ask form --- to come up with a category of esoteric distinction and challenge the next poster to rank the winners in this category before coming up with their own category.
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Frayed Knot Oct 11 2012 10:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
1980s WNEW-FM Disc Jockeys
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 11 2012 10:32 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Carol Miller is still working. She is battling a cold tonight and is xtra sexy as a result.
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Edgy MD Oct 12 2012 04:25 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
I associate Meg Giriffin with WNEW, and Carol Miller with whoever their rival-of-the-day was.
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Frayed Knot Oct 12 2012 07:29 AM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 12 2012 08:03 AM |
Unlike a lot of male radio listeners, I never had a thing for Carol Miller, Her supposedly sexy voice was a put-on which she'd accidently slip out of every once in a while to reveal her standard-issue Jewish/NYer accent. Allison 'The Night Bird' Steele played that sexy role much better than Miller ever hoped to but she was too early for this survey.
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Centerfield Oct 12 2012 07:52 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Greatest things in the world:
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 12 2012 08:12 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Tony Pigg rapping and vintage WPLJ excerpts, (edit, would be fall 1978 given commercial for new Billy Joel album & NYC marathon mention)
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 12 2012 08:57 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Funny, I listened to WNEW often in the 1980s but never made any associations with any particular DJs with the exception of Scott Muni due to his distinctive voice and predilection for long-winded anecdotes about his personal relationship with Paul McCartney.
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seawolf17 Oct 12 2012 09:40 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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[youtube]wmnxF_WTOgg[/youtube] NSFW, but damn funny.
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Edgy MD Oct 12 2012 09:58 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Most Misspelled Countries
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Ceetar Oct 12 2012 10:06 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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observation: "The Czech Republic" just doesn't roll of the tongue well. It's been 20 years and I kept wanting to call it Czechoslovakia. And I caught other tourists doing the same.
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seawolf17 Oct 12 2012 10:09 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Or they put a second I where there's supposed to be a second E.
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Frayed Knot Oct 12 2012 10:18 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Yeah, like I said, true individualism was dying out by that point so the differences were more like 90% personality and maybe 10% actual musical choices. Muni's voice, the result of both his age and the bottle constantly residing in his desk drawer, was certainly the most distinctive one in the group. It was the NY-living Lennon that I remember him most talking about, two stories in particular: - running into John in a NY hospital when Scott's son and John's (Sean) were being born at the same time & place - John dropping in the the radio station with one a new album to be debuted on Scott's show.
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Edgy MD Oct 12 2012 12:03 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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There you go. It's not on this list for no reason.
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Frayed Knot Oct 12 2012 12:24 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Perhaps a bit of a more general topic than I envisioned for this exercise, but always good of you to share.
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HahnSolo Oct 14 2012 08:02 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top 3 most annoying postseason baseball commercials:
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TheOldMole Oct 15 2012 10:47 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Football player/actors:
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metirish Oct 15 2012 10:51 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Nice list, I laugh at the chef, "get riiiiiiiiiiid of the taco I say", she sounds like your one form Modern Family.
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Frayed Knot Oct 15 2012 01:40 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
The Genre-spoofing Movies of Mel Brooks
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Benjamin Grimm Oct 15 2012 02:54 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I agree with the first four. (Never saw Men in Tights.) I'd slot Silent Movie just below High Anxiety. (And way ahead of Spaceballs, which was awful.)
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Frayed Knot Oct 15 2012 03:19 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I left 'Silent Movie' out because I think of it more as just an off-beat film on its own more than the type of satire where Mel was skewering a whole genre of film and I was trying to limit this list to just those flicks. If I were to include it then, yeah, I'd slot it in at position 3-A.
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Edgy MD Oct 15 2012 04:04 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
History of the World can also largely be categorized as spoof of the historical epic.
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Frayed Knot Oct 15 2012 07:22 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 16 2012 06:53 AM |
I think of HotW-P1 as more just a series of skits rather than a satire movie. Also considered but ultimately rejected for inclusion in this list.
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 15 2012 08:17 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Are you writing this from Africa?
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Edgy MD Oct 18 2012 05:58 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Late nights still mentally on East Coast time.
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Edgy MD Oct 29 2012 04:46 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Really Boring Latter-Day Singles by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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Mets – Willets Point Oct 29 2012 05:09 PM Re: CPF-REDs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 29 2012 06:59 PM |
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These are the songs that people I know (outside the CPF) who listen to Tom Petty listen to often.
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Edgy MD Oct 29 2012 06:46 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Five Former-Day Not-Boring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Singles They Could Be Listening To Instead
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Frayed Knot Nov 26 2012 10:02 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Movie epics starring Omar Sharif
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Benjamin Grimm Nov 26 2012 12:37 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
What, Funny Girl doesn't count?
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 26 2012 02:24 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top Traditional Thanksgiving Sides:
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Vic Sage Nov 26 2012 02:28 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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The size of Barbra's nose isn't quite enough to make it an epic, but its close. Lets just say she missed it by a ...
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metsmarathon Nov 26 2012 02:40 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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what kind of savage doesnt put marshmallows atop their sweet potatoes? wait... mac n cheese? ...?
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Edgy MD Nov 26 2012 02:47 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Yeah, get real. That's recreational food. If we really need a seventh plate of starch on the table, it ain't gonna be something from Kraft, I tell you what, boy howdy.
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Ceetar Nov 26 2012 02:48 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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only if it's deep-fried with the Turkey. I wanted to put peeps on the sweet potatoes, but I couldn't find any peep turkeys so we went with half marshmallow, half crumbly nut mixture thingy that was very yummy.
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metsmarathon Nov 26 2012 02:52 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
mashed turnips, eh?
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Ceetar Nov 26 2012 02:54 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
The best side is bacon you've draped on top of the cooking turkey and regularly basted with maple syrup.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 26 2012 03:04 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Well, yeah, if we were including "shit I made," chipotle-and-poblano spiked sweet-potatoes from two years ago would be tops.
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Edgy MD Nov 26 2012 03:08 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Mac and cheese is great. But Thanksgiving is 'Merican. Noodles are Chinese things with Italian names. That is all there is to it! It is a dish for another day. If somebody put a macaroni dish between the pilgrims and the Pequot all those years ago, it would have been a disaster.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 26 2012 03:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
If authenticity is of the essence, where are the mussels and lobster? The spit-roasted bird? The eels?
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Ceetar Nov 26 2012 03:35 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I'm in favor of more Lasagna and less Turkey to be honest.
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Edgy MD Nov 26 2012 06:52 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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No doubt. I ate a bucketfull at my cousin Gwynn's on Friday. I just have a lot more turnips and creamed onions in my backstory.
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metsmarathon Nov 27 2012 06:52 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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no doubt, bring on the lobster and mussels. i'd be all over that in a heartbeat!
i love me some mac and cheese. slather it up with the fancy schmancy cheese and i'm good to go. it just doesn't belong on my thanksgiving table. certainly not if hte alternatives are mussels and lobster!
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Swan Swan H Nov 27 2012 06:58 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Creamed onions are a staple for us.
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Edgy MD Nov 27 2012 09:10 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Hey, alright!
Its more about continental plausibility than authenticity, I think. What's wrong with you people? Are we going to have tamales and baingan bharta next? AM I THE LAST HATEFUL XENOPHOBE IN THE COUNTRY?!
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Mets – Willets Point Nov 27 2012 11:18 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
White supremacist Lauraville is rubbing off on Edgy already.
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metsmarathon Nov 27 2012 11:33 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
according to wikipedia, mac and cheese cam e to america because thomas jefferson was smitten with it in paris. all you whackadoodles are bringing french food to your thanksgiving table! FRENCH FOOD! with italian roots. ITALIAN! what madness is this?! you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 27 2012 12:03 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Oh, I'm not really arguing it should be on the table. I'm just saying, it is on the table, and when it is, it kicks the stuffing out of almost everything, short of stuffing.
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Frayed Knot Nov 27 2012 01:08 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
"That's Ity food Evelyn, I don't want Ity food in this house.
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metsmarathon Nov 27 2012 01:13 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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bah, you're bordering on trout if you see mac 'n' cheese at a thanksgiving table and don't immediately demand its hasty removal.
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Mets – Willets Point Nov 27 2012 01:21 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
If I see macaroni & cheese on the table there will be a hasty removal ... into my belly!!!
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Edgy MD Nov 28 2012 08:54 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Twist Songs of Esoteric Distinction
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seawolf17 Nov 29 2012 07:22 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Odd, because I don't see the Fat Boys anywhere on that list, and it should be right at the top.
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Edgy MD Nov 29 2012 07:25 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Look again, home slice.
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seawolf17 Nov 29 2012 07:48 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Ah, it's there. Glanced quickly at the end of each line looking for "Boys" and didn't see it.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2012 08:45 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top 10 Beach Boys LPs
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Edgy MD Dec 03 2012 11:27 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Impressive dip into the seventies catalog.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2012 12:07 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Well to be honest there isn't a lot of difference between the first handful of records -- all have their share of filler, so the ones that got on vs. them (Duece Coupe, etc) I felt had the better songwriting achievements I guess. But I wouldn't argue if you put SAFARI as high as 7th probably.
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Mets – Willets Point Dec 03 2012 12:34 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
When I get excited that there's a new post in the Non-Baseball forum, these are the most common threads that I have no interest that are likely to have been updated causing an immediate feeling of deflation:
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Ceetar Dec 03 2012 12:37 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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My order? 1. Anything involving music, particularly if it has a misleading name. 2. The obviously about music threads. 3. College sports threads 4. Soccer threads. 5. Threads that aren't about beer.
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Frayed Knot Dec 03 2012 01:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I think Brian claimed in his book that Stan physically intimidated him in doing things he didn't want vis-a-vis band decisions, something which added to Brian's checked-out status. Stan's son/Mike's nephew is Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love. Dude's a monster.
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Edgy MD Dec 03 2012 01:29 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Good point here. This 71-75 period also marked the band becoming among the first to make eco-concern part of their explicit orientation. The management problems are hilarious. Bruce Johnson left over a dispute with Jack Reilly. Blondie Chaplin left over a dispute with Stan Love. It's like the band wanted to become the managerial model for Van Halen. What's also funny from this period is that there are songs like "Cottonfields" (from #4 Sunflower) that were huge international hits and absolute necessary staples of the band's overseas setlist that would get a shrug and a trip to the concession stand if they were ever played stateside. Agreed with Willets' list of un-clicked NBF threads.
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Benjamin Grimm Dec 03 2012 01:36 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I agree with Willets list too, except, like Ceetar, I would add the Music threads too. Music really should have its own forum, I think.
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Ceetar Dec 03 2012 01:42 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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TO THE CORNFIELD WITH ALL THE BANGING ON DRUMS TALK.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2012 01:44 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
No way, man. This place is a ghost town already!
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Ceetar Dec 03 2012 01:55 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I'm seeing Django unchained tomorrow if that helps. And perhaps Twilight on Saturday.
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metsmarathon Dec 03 2012 02:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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luckily, we'll fix this concern in another month.
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Frayed Knot Dec 03 2012 10:06 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Threads in the non-baseball forum I regularly avoid - The All-Purpose Justin Bieber thread - Coyote recipes for holiday gatherings - Travel tips to Indiana - Timothy Geitner: What a Hunk!! - Jeff Van Gundy: Gym Genius or Evil Anti-Christ?
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Edgy MD Dec 04 2012 07:40 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
You're missing out. marathon has been on fire in the Geitner thread.
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Mets – Willets Point Dec 04 2012 07:45 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
I need to check out "Coyote recipes for holiday gatherings" since my wife invited a pack of coyotes to our Yule Log Party and I have no idea what to feed them.
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Swan Swan H Dec 05 2012 01:40 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Coreys who were famous in the 1980s:
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 05 2012 04:53 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
3 1/2. Pavin
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Edgy MD Dec 05 2012 08:33 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Gayish Game-Show Guest Stars
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 05 2012 09:16 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Snyder.
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HahnSolo Dec 06 2012 03:36 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Haim and Feldman can't be 2 and 5...they have to be together somehow. And Corey Glover #1?
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Swan Swan H Dec 06 2012 03:39 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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He's the cult of personality.
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Swan Swan H Dec 06 2012 03:41 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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For sure. A definite omission on my part. I'd even kick him up to 2.5 Snyder was a Cory, not a Corey.
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seawolf17 Dec 06 2012 06:57 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Your ranking is correct, your spelling. Frequent "Squares" viewers like myself know it's "Jm J." Bullock. I LOVED the late-80s "Squares." (I loved all the late 80s game shows, really.)
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Edgy MD Dec 06 2012 07:51 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
One big fantastic moment and Terry Ray bumrushes his way onto the list.
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Frayed Knot Jan 02 2013 03:34 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Bio-pics about Steve Prefontaine
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 02 2013 04:04 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
NYC Local News Anchorladies Who Bring It, Take It Home, Put It In A Frying Pan, And Sizzle The Hell Out Of It:
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Ceetar Jan 02 2013 04:49 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I know none of these names.
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HahnSolo Jan 03 2013 07:18 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I talked to Darlene Rodriguez briefly last spring at a TGI Fridays in Tarrytown. Very pretty in person, quite nice as well. I used to love Liz Cho, but she's looking unhealthily thin these days.
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themetfairy Jan 03 2013 08:07 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Liz Cho always dresses like she's on her way to the clubs as soon as the cameras are off.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 03 2013 09:06 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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That's kind of what got the list going-- last night's number was apparently leather (or faux-) and quite form-fitting.
I can see that, I suppose. I only really see the evening news when I'm over at the old homestead in Jersey, where my aunt has the aspect ratio tweaked on her TV so she has "no black bars," but a picture that seems to gift everyone an extra 20 pounds, so Ms. Cho looks fine. But... I met a bunch of the anchors/reporters at my old job; Contessa Brewer makes it in with a healthy boost from the fact that she's like a foxy Disney princess in person-- improbable curves and sparkling blue eyes.
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metsmarathon Jan 03 2013 12:16 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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ugh, i hate that. even worse, the in-laws used to have their widescreen tv set to zoom in to fit the standard aspect ratio width-wise, but lopping off hte top and bottom of the screen. i get it, the black bars is stupid. but so is either distorting all of or losing part of the picture!
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Benjamin Grimm Jan 03 2013 12:59 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
I'd much rather have the letterbox than the distortion or the cropping.
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metsmarathon Jan 03 2013 01:25 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
"i paid good money for those pixels, and i'm damned sure gonna light them up!"
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The Second Spitter Jan 12 2013 11:17 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Top 5 British Sitcoms
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Mets – Willets Point Jan 12 2013 11:21 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Songs that date themselves (a then-current year/time-period is mentioned in the lyrics):
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 12 2013 11:32 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
EIGHTIES Killing Joke
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The Second Spitter Jan 12 2013 11:44 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 13 2013 07:13 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Good list. But I like the odder stuff... would League of Gentlemen or Alan Partridge count? (Also... any love for the late, great Spaced?)
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Edgy MD Jan 30 2013 09:34 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Burt Reyenolds' Inexplicably Gay Sidekicks
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Mets – Willets Point Feb 07 2013 07:36 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
5 Beatles songs written from the perspective of a creepy stalker:
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Mets – Willets Point Feb 12 2013 08:59 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Just remembered a good one: Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus" - 1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records: Rock Me Amadeus! . It doesn't get any more chronologically self-referential than that. I guess The Ramones' "Rock and Roll Radio" counts as well with line It's the end, the end of the 70's.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2013 09:02 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Lies (all through the 80's) -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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seawolf17 Feb 12 2013 09:11 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Barenaked Ladies - "Shoe Box" - "You're so 1990, and it's 1994."
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Edgy MD Feb 12 2013 09:19 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Other Turn-of-the-Eighties Songs:
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Edgy MD Feb 20 2013 06:18 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Esoteric Distinction of Mets Catchers with Prefixes in Their Surnames
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Edgy MD Feb 20 2013 07:41 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Hit Songs from the Early Seventies Crying Out for More Dignified Treatment and Respect for a Poorly Treated Sub-Culture
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2013 08:46 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Songs Tom Cruise Sings in 'Cocktail'
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The Second Spitter Mar 06 2013 08:26 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
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On the subject of Travis d'Arnaud Top 5 Greatest Contributions of Long Beach California to Humanity 1. The Rib- eye burger at the congregation ale house 2. Long Beach State Women's Water polo team 3. The Macaroni and Cheese dish at the place the Opera Singer waitressed at. 4. ABNS 5. Troy Tulowitski Honorable Mention: Steve Trachsel and Holey Moleys fish Tacos
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The Second Spitter Mar 19 2013 03:53 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
GROUPIES (or female fans of music artists)
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 19 2013 11:19 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Quantity? Intensity? "Quality?" Amount they give to charitable causes? Amount spent on penicillin?
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Fman99 Mar 20 2013 04:33 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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What, no love?
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Edgy MD Apr 11 2013 09:20 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Cases of Unrequited Love in Peanuts, Rated by Intensity
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2013 09:27 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Interesting. I think I'd rank the Lucy-Schroeder thing a lot higher. Maybe as high as number 2.
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Mets – Willets Point Apr 11 2013 09:27 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Oh come on, we all know that Peppermint Patty and Marcie had the love that dare not speak it's name.
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Ceetar Apr 11 2013 09:34 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
Related, I saw this Peanuts 'sequel' off broadway a couple of years back and really enjoyed it
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Edgy MD Apr 11 2013 10:25 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Lucy's love is all about her vanity. Her heart never broke. Schroeder frustrated her, sure, but everything he didn't say to her, she was more than happy to say to herself. That's not real yearning.
They both loved C.B. deeply --- though both, in their own ways, were unable to clearly express it. Perhaps because of their budding orientation, but that don't mean the feelings weren't there. They totally were. Love is complicated. If PP and Marcie truly were a nascent lesbian couple, then they were never going to be happy, with Patty being dominant and obnoxious, almost boorish in the way she pushed around her quieter, more virtuous friend. You wouldn't want to hang out with them. It's not hard to see that a lot of the appeal Chuck had for Patty was the open secret that Marcie had feelings for him. She may not have gotten the grades, but no way she was going to let Marcie get her guy... or Chuck get her girl, for that matter.
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2013 10:46 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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I guess my criteria is different from yours. I was thinking along the lines of which crushes yielded the largest number of quality gags.
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Edgy MD Apr 11 2013 11:31 AM Re: CPF-REDs |
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Swan Swan H Apr 11 2013 12:53 PM Re: CPF-REDs |
Like every kid, Charlie Brown had his share of celebrity crushes:
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