***Official Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 11-13-2019***

[BoxsterCy]

If shoe gal had just stuck to talking boat shoes Pants and her would probably be married with several relatively cute kids and three cute corgis.

Or it could have just gone horribly wrong.....

 

[jsb]

Hey @jsb i think you might still be in the game.

Thank goodness! I’m a little hurt that Boxster thinks I’m crazy though. What would have given him that idea?!?

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Thank goodness! I’m a little hurt that Boxster thinks I’m crazy though. What would have given him that idea?!?

Probably the Christmas cards.

 

[jsb]

Probably the Christmas cards.

That would have been a great Christmas card.

the thing that gets me is I KNOW the way I looked in that picture is the way I look at actual games around actual people who aren’t obligated to like me because we’ve been friends for 20 years. I am a god damned delight and those people at Hilton and jack trice would really miss me

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? Elf? How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Christmas Vacation? Gremlins? Bad Santa? Krampus?
Should I go on?

....Die Hard....Die Hard 2...

 

[mdk2isu]

First and foremost, a few links:
Our official question submissions thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...n-weekly-mailbag-questions-submission.251174/

Link to past mailbags (if bored and need some reading material):
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-10-9-2019.251540/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-16-2019.251727/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-24-2019.251963/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-30-2019.252145/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-11-3-2019.252386/


Weekly Insider Information Mailbag 11-13-2019
Presented by Hotmail. Because sometimes you have to keep that one Hotmail admin employed.
With special guest JSB



First, a few straggler questions from last week:

In response to @jcyclonee asking about changing his name to Darlinstone Dubar, @Doc asked: Not at this point. How about Donglingston Dubar?
Pants: Donglingston Dubar is my favorite Bollywood Actor.
JSB: Donglingston Dubar sounds like a porn name, right?
GTO: I’ve seen enough Bollywood and porn movies and have never come across a Donglingston Dubar. @jcyclonee - feel free to take that name if you like.

@BCClone asks: flowers or flour? (I don’t even remember the context on this one and I’m too lazy to look, so just answer as a standalone question)
JSB: I know nothing about marijuana. I’m very innocent.
GTO: Are we talking all-purpose flour, or that pure Colombian variety?
Pants: This was about marijuana. Which is illegal in Iowa. You’re all going to hell.

@ImJustKCClone asked: Building on this question - will we have more off-season psycho threads if we dump football & basketball?
Pants: Probably less. CF traffic would crash. As much as GTO and I may try to keep things going here, we’re only two mere mortals (technically GTO is half immortal, but does that really mean much when the other half is totally mortal?)
JSB: Well, we would still have the Politics boards, so there would be plenty of psycho in that.
GTO: I actually enjoy the off-topic threads as well as the meltdown threads quite a bit, so I would be okay with that. My only worry is that then this site could potentially become Uniform Fanatic. By the way, did you say I’m half immoral or immortal?

@mdk2isu guessed @Gunnerclone’s morning drink: Mountain Dew it is. Maybe even Diet. (I need to know how he knew that)
Pants: This was creepy. He guessed it immediately. I was shocked by it. Honestly, probably just thought of the most disgusting thing ever made and assumed no one actually ever drank it.
JSB: I’m just glad that someone cops to drinking pop at all anymore. I love Diet Pepsi. I can’t quit it even if I only drink a can a day. But my morning drink is iced, black coffee.
GTO: Is mdk2isu a Gunner alt? Has to be, right?

You nailed it Pants. Guessed the most disgusting thing I could think of.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

That would have been a great Christmas card.

the thing that gets me is I KNOW the way I looked in that picture is the way I look at actual games around actual people who aren’t obligated to like me because we’ve been friends for 20 years. I am a god damned delight and those people at Hilton and jack trice would really miss me

Welp - we weren't watching our Cyclones, so it's probably a different aura...but I had NO problems sitting in front of you at the NCAAs,

 

[jsb]

Welp - we weren't watching our Cyclones, so it's probably a different aura...but I had NO problems sitting in front of you at the NCAAs,

Ha! You didn’t even come close to seeing my crazy side

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Ha! You didn’t even come close to seeing my crazy side

Nor you mine! Guess we're just going to have to go to a game watch together some time! Ask Boxster - he's sat beside me at a game before.

 

[mdk2isu]

Freaking millennials drink shaming me.

I’m not a millen...(checks definition)...dang it, I guess I am.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I’m not a millen...(checks definition)...dang it, I guess I am.

I’m right on the border of millennial and Gen X. I identify and live much more as a Gen Xer.

 

[mdk2isu]

I’m right on the border of millennial and Gen X. I identify and live much more as a Gen Xer.

Same here.

 

[GTO]

Hey @jsb i think you might still be in the game.

Make it happen!

 

[BoxsterCy]

Nor you mine! Guess we're just going to have to go to a game watch together some time! Ask Boxster - he's sat beside me at a game before.

Can confirm. One MBB and one WBB. The old white hairs in the lower concourse at the WBB where we had seats kinda stared at us off and on the whole game. When @NWICY came over to chat they stared at him too. I didn't realize it was such a phony country club set in that section. It was weird. Who are these people? Can't they just sit down? Where are the quiet folks who usually sit in those seats? These strangers cheer too much and don't boo enough, I don't like them! That guy put his coat on the empty seat I was going to use for my coat! I'm going to give him my best snooty stare!

 

[Cytasticlone]

@SCyclone asking CF to stop being CF: Now that Luka Garza is a great basketball player, does this mean we have to stop making fun of him?
GTO: First part of the question is just a wrong assumption. The answer to the second part is “NEVER”.
Pants: GTO, please insert any random picture of Garza’s eyebrows.
JSB: When did we decide that he was a great basketball player?
GTO: Here is a picture of Garza (besides the eyebrows, you won’t help but notice the fish mouth next time you see him on TV. I don’t think he’s figured out how to breath through his nose):

@CoKane may as well have asked us to choose our favorite child: In the spirit of landing XF what is your favorite gif, post, video, moment, etc of Hawkeye basketball under Fran McCaffery?
Pants: No brainer, the Deandre Kane inbound pass off of Lurch’s back. GTO, please insert if you can find it. That play summed up Fran basketball and Woodbury’s entire basketball ability in one quick 5 second gif.
JSB: The correct answer forever and always is the Deandre Kane/Woodbury. Sometimes when I just want to laugh, I watch that. One that is underrated though is a picture of Francis after Naz hit a 3 in that game in Carver where we just destroyed them in the first half. Much like DePaul did last night. And I’m a sucker for the Mad Fran Anger Meter or whatever it’s called. Whoever made that up was good.
GTO: DeAndre Kane inbound, Georges Niang’s kiss, Fran getting tossed for contact with the ref, or Ryan Kreiner flailing are my favorites. The Kane inbound by far has the most hilarious moment, as Woody was trying to tell everyone where they should be on defense only to be the one who got totally embarrassed.

I'm terrible at linking the media directly for this, but here's a link the the thread that includes the best version of the Kriener "flailing" Gif. I giggle every time. https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/krieners-acting-ability.245441/

 

[Sigmapolis]

Sounds like the consensus for next year was...

Haliburton // Jackson
Bolton
Griffin // Blackwell
Conditt
Young

...with kind of a mess on the bench right now.

I think that is reasonable.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

I’m right on the border of millennial and Gen X. I identify and live much more as a Gen Xer.

Wait, I thought labels were bad things. Now you all want one.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Pants: Almond milk is made by blending almonds with water and then straining the mixture to remove the solids. It can also be made by adding water to almond butter.
It has a pleasant, nutty flavor and creamy texture that's similar to regular milk.

TWSS

 

[ImJustKCClone]

TWSS

No woman anywhere ever said that...

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

No woman anywhere ever said that...

well they probably wouldn't say the pleasant part.