Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar
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@Mik said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Also, this is a brilliant post. How to start arguments in TNCR.
It’s okay to play Bach on the poano utilizing the pedals…
The Brad
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Stolen from a blog:
" The following are 14 propositions that I believe to be true. Or at least, I think I do. Each is intended to be fodder for disagreement. "
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This season’s baseball rule changes (banning the shift and adding a pitch clock) will benefit the game, but not as much as if umpires called the strike zone that is in the rule book.
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Country music started going downhill when the likes of George Strait were succeeded by the likes of Luke Bryan.
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Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
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Today’s super-hopped IPAs are close to undrinkable.
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Tender Is the Night is Fitzgerald’s best novel, much better than The Great Gatsby.
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There are some pretty funny comedians working these days, but none as funny as Jack Benny.
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An important moment in civilizational collapse was when they replaced live action Saturday morning kids’ shows (The Lone Ranger, Sky King, Fury, The Cisco Kid) with cartoons.
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Today we listen to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, not to mention the Beatles, but fifty years from now no one will listen to today’s rap.
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Air travelers who put their seats back should be exiled to Pago Pago.
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Aaron Rodgers’ stint with the Jets will be a disappointment, just like Brett Favre’s.
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The Kinks are rock and roll’s most underrated band.
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If we all went back to dressing like people did in the 1940s and 50s the world would be a better place.
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Notwithstanding a few worthy practitioners like Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism was basically a mistake.
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The NBA has joined professional golf and curling as an unwatchable sport.
@George-K said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Country music started going downhill when the likes of George Strait were succeeded by the likes of Luke Bryan.
WhoTF is Luke Bryan?Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
Hear, hear.Tender Is the Night is Fitzgerald’s best novel, much better than The Great Gatsby.
See Mik's comment.Air travelers who put their seats back should be exiled to Pago Pago.
Hear, hear.Aaron Rodgers’ stint with the Jets will be a disappointment, just like Brett Favre’s.
Discuss.If we all went back to dressing like people did in the 1940s and 50s the world would be a better place.
This is indisputable, especially as applied to the wearing of rubber thongs. People who wear rubber thongs beyond the front yard should be exiled to Pago Pago. -
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This season’s baseball rule changes (banning the shift and adding a pitch clock) will benefit the game, but not as much as if umpires called the strike zone that is in the rule book.
Anything that makes the game move faster is a good thing. Including full-body tackles.
Country music started going downhill when the likes of George Strait were succeeded by the likes of Luke Bryan.
What @Catseye3 said.
Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
Nope. MMA isn't random.
Today’s super-hopped IPAs are close to undrinkable.
And how.
Tender Is the Night is Fitzgerald’s best novel, much better than The Great Gatsby.
Ashamed to admit - never read TITN.
Today we listen to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, not to mention the Beatles, but fifty years from now no one will listen to today’s rap.
Rap ain't music.
Air travelers who put their seats back should be exiled to Pago Pago.
If we all went back to dressing like people did in the 1940s and 50s the world would be a better place.
Indeed. I wore a tie and jacket throughout high school. If nothing, it taught me discipline and self-respect. If I didn't care how I looked, why should anyone else?
Notwithstanding a few worthy practitioners like Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism was basically a mistake.
Er...the best thing about Pollock was the Ed Harris biopic. I'll submit that "artists" like Klee and Mondrian are more creative.
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This season’s baseball rule changes (banning the shift and adding a pitch clock) will benefit the game, but not as much as if umpires called the strike zone that is in the rule book.
Anything that makes the game move faster is a good thing. Including full-body tackles.
Country music started going downhill when the likes of George Strait were succeeded by the likes of Luke Bryan.
What @Catseye3 said.
Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
Nope. MMA isn't random.
Today’s super-hopped IPAs are close to undrinkable.
And how.
Tender Is the Night is Fitzgerald’s best novel, much better than The Great Gatsby.
Ashamed to admit - never read TITN.
Today we listen to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, not to mention the Beatles, but fifty years from now no one will listen to today’s rap.
Rap ain't music.
Air travelers who put their seats back should be exiled to Pago Pago.
If we all went back to dressing like people did in the 1940s and 50s the world would be a better place.
Indeed. I wore a tie and jacket throughout high school. If nothing, it taught me discipline and self-respect. If I didn't care how I looked, why should anyone else?
Notwithstanding a few worthy practitioners like Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism was basically a mistake.
Er...the best thing about Pollock was the Ed Harris biopic. I'll submit that "artists" like Klee and Mondrian are more creative.
@George-K said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
Nope. MMA isn't random.
I know nuzzing about either of these disciplines, but just from casual observance, I would say boxing requires elegance, subtlety and strategy and MMA is basically a slugfest.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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@George-K said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Boxing is to MMA as horse racing is to slot machines.
Nope. MMA isn't random.
I know nuzzing about either of these disciplines, but just from casual observance, I would say boxing requires elegance, subtlety and strategy and MMA is basically a slugfest.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
@Catseye3 said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
I know nuzzing about either of these disciplines, but just from casual observance, I would say boxing requires elegance, subtlety and strategy and MMA is basically a slugfest.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.I think you're right. I was conflating MMA with professional "wrestling," which is more theater than sport.
NTTAWWT either.
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@Mik said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Also, this is a brilliant post. How to start arguments in TNCR.
It’s okay to play Bach on the poano utilizing the pedals…
@LuFins-Dad said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
@Mik said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Also, this is a brilliant post. How to start arguments in TNCR.
It’s okay to play Bach on the poano utilizing the pedals…
But only on the poano.
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Where I live all you have to say is that you support the Trudeau Liberal Party and a whole scale riot and bloodbath will ensue.
@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Where I live all you have to say is that you support the Trudeau Liberal Party and a whole scale riot and bloodbath will ensue.
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@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Where I live all you have to say is that you support the Trudeau Liberal Party and a whole scale riot and bloodbath will ensue.
@George-K said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Where I live all you have to say is that you support the Trudeau Liberal Party and a whole scale riot and bloodbath will ensue.
Ok, the universe is in balance in Alberta.
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@George-K said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
Where I live all you have to say is that you support the Trudeau Liberal Party and a whole scale riot and bloodbath will ensue.
Ok, the universe is in balance in Alberta.
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@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
No it’s just fucked up like everywhere else.
So...balance, right?
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@Renauda said in Fourteen ways to start an argument in a bar:
No it’s just fucked up like everywhere else.
So...balance, right?
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