Quarterly roundup of amusing (and sometimes insightful) comments I encountered on Cyclone Fanatic, January-March 2025. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, please add to thread.
Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and all that.
In case you missed it: Notable Posts: Q4 2024
Due to volume of material, I'll do this in two posts. I had to make some difficult decisions for cuts, too.
PART 1 of 2
Random Thoughts in the Year 2525
@JP4CY: Looking forward to football today. Gonna wash all the bedding and get a bunch of laundry done.
@ImJustKCClone: I have this mental image of you washing your bedding only once a year.
***2024-25 Men’s College Basketball Thread***
@Malone: Trevin Knell for BYU is 26! years old.
@isucyfan: There's no way he's 4.0329146e+26 years old.
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@CychiatricWard: (re KSU) “Octagon of Room” … a lot of empty seats.
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@PizzaTheHutt: Kansas looks like a car with four wheels, but one of the wheels is a cube.
(Resurrected thread) Official announcement of TJ as Iowa State men’s basketball coach
@CtownCyclone: Real question is, when do we burn our tickets? It's cold outside, need to burn them to heat the house.
@VeloClone: Since Jamie went to virtual tickets for so many of our programs, burning my tickets has gotten really expensive, since I am replacing my phone after each holocaust.
@coolerifyoudid: Might I recommend a burner phone?
2024-25 MBB Computer Projection Thread
@Sigmapolis: Almost comical how many Q1A games we have comin' up.
@ClubCy: Exactly, and I can’t wait to see the meltdown if we happen to drop a couple.
@NENick: Oh, I can wait.
***2024-25 CFB Playoff/Bowl Games Thread***
@GTO: When does the Orange Bowl mascot go inside a fake, giant juicer, so the players can drink him?
Cards
@CyCrazy: Euchre is the game that always leads to fights, usually because my wife is my partner.
@stormchaser2014: I know people that take the game so seriously that stealing their trick is worse than sleeping with their wife.
***Official #9 Kansas vs. #2 Iowa State game day thread***
@CoachHines3: Ol’ Doc Sadler is a senior advisor for KU. Saw him and TJ embrace after the game.
@CloneLawman: Any tongue?
What is it with the refs?
@dafarmer: My.
@nfrine: Enough said.
Hilton urinals
(Nominated by @CycloneRulzzz)
@CycloneDaddy: Who the hell is looking at strangers’ d*cks while p*ssing?
@bos: Exactly. Just stick to people you know.
AI in Gmail
@Cyclonepride: Gemini AI just appeared recently appeared on Gmail, and now it's populating into email responses, despite turning off the smart features … Any ideas to get rid of it?
@coolerifyoudid: Ask Gemini AI for help on how to get rid of itself, and watch an existential crisis unfold in real time.
Weird Geography Facts
@danvillecyclone: Did you know if you search “weird geography facts” on Google, this thread is 3rd on the search list? Obviously, I’m not on here enough.
@Cyclones_R_GR8: Much like the rest of us, when Google wants to know something, it checks CF first.
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@CoachHines3: Half past a monkey’s a** is a quarter to his balls.
@CySmurf: Good Lord, you’re not in middle school anymore.
CoachHines3: Maybe I am.
@MeanDean: That's why his mom gets so much action. She's still pretty young.
***Official #2 Iowa State vs. West Virginia game day thread***
@exCYtable: Is this court slick? Why does it seem like everyone is slipping a little?
@JM4CY: Moonshine.
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@ClonerJams: Minus-3 in turnovers and shooting the 3 like Phillip Seymour Hoffman in “Along Came Polly.”
***Official UCF vs. #3 Iowa State game day thread***
@Malone: Jess Settles turning into a goddamn national treasure.
@Dgilbertson: How fake is that hair? Kid was bald in ‘88.
***Official #3 Iowa State vs. Arizona State game day thread***
@Clonehomer: Forks down!
Memorial Union Zodiac: To walk Around or Step It Through
@RagingCloner: I went on a tour during HS, had no idea what i was doing. just strolled right over that hallowed ground.
@acoustimac: And you still graduated?
RagingCloner: High school? Yes.
ISU baseball team
(link posted by @Messi): Bill introduced in Iowa House requiring Iowa State and UNI to bring back varsity baseball.
@coolerifyoudid: Up next: A bill requiring Iowa to bring back varsity basketball.
***Official Kansas State vs. #3 Iowa State game(day) thread***
(After the debacle … various, disconnected comments)
@Stumbles (after the game): Just got home from work and I don't even want a beer.
@clonedude: TJ should accuse KSU of cheating after the game!
@awd4cy: But at least we win KC, right? All that matters to the casuals.
@cytor: ISU indeed has qualified for the Big 12 tournament in KC.
Today’s loss is due to GameDay
(The “math conversation.”)
@harimad: It’s almost as if we’re missing an integral player.
@Cyched: Maybe a derivative player could help.
harimad: I'll just take a functional player at this point.
@stormchaser2014: I think we've reached our limit on those.
11-Win Poster
—> This made me chuckle, I call it the “grab-bag” post. 
@Drew0311: Ill check and see how many I grabbed. I grabbed some really quick for my nephews. If I only grabbed two I won't have an extra, but if I grabbed three, I’ll send you the third one.
