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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1433 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Well he could play water polo too ...
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4
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Actually I believe this was done on purpose. A few years ago a basketball player was being interviewed (or maybe a football player?) and was asked about why he was so good from both sides. He looked straight at the camera grinning and said "Because I'm amphibious!" This was ricocheted around the sports world and after the initial laughter died down became a meme similar to "pwned". Note the second paragraph spells it right.
In 1995 the Red Sox had a pitcher, Greg Harris, who was begging the manager to let him pitch from both sides. Never was allowed to, then traded to the Montreal farm system, where he did get a few minor league innings before ending his career. I was astonished to learn that the baseball rules already had in place the restrictions for what to do when a switchhitter faces a switch pitcher. I was listening to this game when Blake Swihart, the rookie switchhitting catcher came up against Venditte. Venditte has a 6-fingered glove. The Rule states that the pitcher has to tell first which arm he will use for the entire At Bat (unless the batter is unable to complete the At Bat and is replaced during the At Bat by another). Pat signaled he would pitch righty and Swihart batted lefty, making an out. After years & years of pondering this question, I finally got to observe it in my lifetime. Way back in the early 60's or maybe the late 50's our scout troop went to Tiger Stadium and we all got to ask a major leaguer 1 question. I was in pitcher Phil Regan's row and asked him if he'd ever heard of a switchpitcher. He said that there was one he'd heard of in the minors, but none had major league level. So there you are.- xongsmith, 5.7d
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New Cat's Eye Inactive Member |
Actually I believe this was done on purpose. A few years ago a basketball player was being interviewed (or maybe a football player?) and was asked about why he was so good from both sides. He looked straight at the camera grinning and said "Because I'm amphibious!" This was ricocheted around the sports world and after the initial laughter died down became a meme similar to "pwned". Note the second paragraph spells it right. Reminds me of this:
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1532 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined:
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I had a friend of mine who was a quite attractive young lady and a roofer.
She told me one of her male co-workers told her, as they where working on a roof doing silly banter: "I want to simulate your erroneous zones." We both howled with laughter at him making a complete jackass of himself. Facepalm here. "You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2134 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life, by Wayne W. Dyer
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4 |
Golden adds in:
"I want to simulate your erroneous zones." Now there might be a reason to be "amphibious".- xongsmith, 5.7d
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
~1.6 writes:
Simulated Erogenous Xones. There's an app for that.
"I want to simulate your erroneous zones."
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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The Internet is for Simulated Erogenous Xones.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1532 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined:
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Wow....just wow. the roofer that coined the term would be proud.
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
A few years ago a basketball player was being interviewed (or maybe a football player?) and was asked about why he was so good from both sides. He looked straight at the camera grinning and said "Because I'm amphibious!" Definitely a basketball player. It was Chris Washburn who played his college ball at NC State. ABE: Of course considering where Washburn's career went after the amphibious proclamation, it is probably unkind to use this term in a jest about another athlete. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams
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Diomedes Member Posts: 996 From: Central Florida, USA Joined:
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It's official. The Donald is entering the presidential race on the Republican ticket:
With barbs and bluster, Trump barges into 2016 White House race Although he has not made any statements regarding a potential running mate, my guess would be that overgrown weasel that lives on top of his head is high on the list.
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 313 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
Let joy be unconfined.
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MrHambre Member (Idle past 1421 days) Posts: 1495 From: Framingham, MA, USA Joined:
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Dammit, and the latest issue of Insufferable Fatso Right Wing Blowhard magazine just went to press with the Chris Christie interview on the cover!
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0
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Maybe Jon Stewart will stay......
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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