Hey all. Happy pre-mid-summer!
Here’s my woefully incomplete collection of amusing/enlightening comments from CF message board, July 2020.
I had planned to wait and do a segment for full 3Q, but Yet Another Furlough Week has allowed me a little extra time, sans income, so let’s do a monthly!
If you’re aware of additional comments and musings worthy of mention, feel free to add to the thread.
Some posts are edited for clarity, brevity, spelling, punctuation or anything else I deem necessary.
From “Conference Realignment by Pat Forde”
@Acylum: I can’t think of a worse one of these I’ve seen.
@BryceC: Agreed, this is simply awful. Someone slowly close the lid on his laptop, unplug it, them summarily** beat him with it.
**Compiler’s Note: Extra credit for using the word “summarily.”
From “What’s Your Most Prized Cyclone Possession?”
@BoxsterCy: Athletic department is looking for images and stories, if you DM them an image and the background story.
@gocy444: If your answer is anything but a Gene Chizik commemorative coin, don’t bother posting.
From “Friday OT: Casting Call”
@Angie: If you could start a successful podcast about anything under the sun, what would it be?
@Cyclonepride: Something inspirational and motivational … in times like these, helping to lift people up seems very rewarding.
@cyrocksmypants: I’d probably start a humor podcast mocking people who are uplifting and inspirational.
From “Happy Independence Day”
@ClonesFTW: Best damn country on Earth.
@SpokaneCY: What makes us truly great is we NEVER stop struggling to be better … Usually.
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@stormchaser2014: Forgot to leave the milk and cookies out for Captain America.
From “Starting Lineup for 2020-21 Season”
@WhoISthis: Have you watched our ball-screen defense?
@Sigmapolis: I would, but it violates obscenity laws.
From “Collegiate Quadrangle on Campus”
@Cypow: Who would be interested in seeing a classic, collegiate-style quadrangle on campus?
@JM4CY: One time in Maple, I drunkenly walked into a “quad” happening in my room.
From “Irregardless Of What You Think, ‘Irregardless’ Is A Word”
@UnCytely: Merriam-Webster defines it as non-standard, but the same as “regardless.”
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@Cyforce: I blame No Child Left Behind.
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@Gunnerclone: My wife just got one less thing to ***** about.
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@ketchupnmustard: It sounds cromulent to me.
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@Cyclonepride: Looks like it's time for a @Sigmapolis dissertation!
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@cyfanatic13: Unirregardlessibly of their decision, I still won’t use that word.
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@SpokaneCY: I like my language like I like my gender identification: Fluid.
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@Cyclonetrombone: I had a friend who used “irregardless” and "I seen" in the same sentence. Emphasis on “had.”
From “Protest Songs”
@mitten1975: Trump and Neil Young are about as closely related as a virus is to the cure.
From “College Football Season Death Pool”
@AuH2O: I think people need to stop thinking Ivy or Patriot League football canceling is a domino that has any impact on P5 football. It’s like suggesting the NBA season is more likely to be canceled because I stopped playing pickup ball at the Y.
From “Friday OT: You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
@BCClone: I studied in the tiers for a while, until I went into the wrong one and found out some people were getting busy.
@JM4CY: What were they busy studying?
@ImJustKCClone: Anatomy.
******
@CloneLawman: I have a brick from Osborn in my garage. somewhere. When I am on campus and walk through that area, it just seems wrong for Osborn to be missing.
@BCClone: Maybe if people weren’t stealing the bricks, there still would be a building.
From “Would You Succeed in 1900?”
@SpokaneCY: If you were transported back to 1900 with all the knowledge you currently have, would you succeed, would you be able to change the world, or would you suffer and die from some common ailment?
@3TrueFans: I'd be dead in 4 days. (**Compiler's note: This received at least two “Optimistic” clicks.)
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@Rural: I didn’t the first time.
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@jcyclonee: I doubt you could have gotten a taco from more than a dozen places in the U.S. at that time. Brown bottles weren't used until 1912, so beer got skunky quickly. Porn wasn't readily available until the '70s. What's the point of this exercise?
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@Doc: Probably about as well as I succeeded in 2020 (not very well).
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@Cyforce: On a positive note, color blindness wouldn't be much of a setback, since everything is black and white.
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@Dopey: I'd have equally as many Twitter followers.
From “Thursday OT: For No Good Reason”
@Isualum13: I grew up in the country with nothing but antenna TV. We did have a massive satellite dish in our yard that was no longer hooked up that I got to mow around and rack my head on for 10 years.
From “Friday OT: Simpatico”
@Angie: Name the celebrity you think would be an ideal match for you, and why.
@nfrine: Taylor Swift. Don’t know why.
Angie: No, Norah Jones sang “Don’t Know Why.”
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@BCClone: Jennifer love Hewitt. Because I could make a whole load of new gifs for this site.
Angie: That’s the quickest way to get that marriage to last, I'm sure!
BCClone: Marriage, who the hell said this was marriage??? I thought this was just a hook up thing. I’m already married so that would be illegal.
@VeloClone: In most jurisdictions.
From “OT: Mommy's Alright, Daddy's Alright”
@throwittoblythe: Simple question for the CF community: Do your parents understand what you do for a living? As in, do they have a firm grasp on what you actually do?
@coolerifyoudid: My wife works in the technical side of a company that deals with financial companies. She talks in acronyms. Twenty-three years later, I still don't know what the hell she does. If someone asks me, I just tell them she's a stripper.
Here’s my woefully incomplete collection of amusing/enlightening comments from CF message board, July 2020.
I had planned to wait and do a segment for full 3Q, but Yet Another Furlough Week has allowed me a little extra time, sans income, so let’s do a monthly!
If you’re aware of additional comments and musings worthy of mention, feel free to add to the thread.
Some posts are edited for clarity, brevity, spelling, punctuation or anything else I deem necessary.
- In case you missed it: CF Notable Posts, 2Q 2020
From “Conference Realignment by Pat Forde”
@Acylum: I can’t think of a worse one of these I’ve seen.
@BryceC: Agreed, this is simply awful. Someone slowly close the lid on his laptop, unplug it, them summarily** beat him with it.
**Compiler’s Note: Extra credit for using the word “summarily.”
From “What’s Your Most Prized Cyclone Possession?”
@BoxsterCy: Athletic department is looking for images and stories, if you DM them an image and the background story.
@gocy444: If your answer is anything but a Gene Chizik commemorative coin, don’t bother posting.
From “Friday OT: Casting Call”
@Angie: If you could start a successful podcast about anything under the sun, what would it be?
@Cyclonepride: Something inspirational and motivational … in times like these, helping to lift people up seems very rewarding.
@cyrocksmypants: I’d probably start a humor podcast mocking people who are uplifting and inspirational.
From “Happy Independence Day”
@ClonesFTW: Best damn country on Earth.
@SpokaneCY: What makes us truly great is we NEVER stop struggling to be better … Usually.
***
@stormchaser2014: Forgot to leave the milk and cookies out for Captain America.
From “Starting Lineup for 2020-21 Season”
@WhoISthis: Have you watched our ball-screen defense?
@Sigmapolis: I would, but it violates obscenity laws.
From “Collegiate Quadrangle on Campus”
@Cypow: Who would be interested in seeing a classic, collegiate-style quadrangle on campus?
@JM4CY: One time in Maple, I drunkenly walked into a “quad” happening in my room.
From “Irregardless Of What You Think, ‘Irregardless’ Is A Word”
@UnCytely: Merriam-Webster defines it as non-standard, but the same as “regardless.”
***
@Cyforce: I blame No Child Left Behind.
***
@Gunnerclone: My wife just got one less thing to ***** about.
***
@ketchupnmustard: It sounds cromulent to me.
***
@Cyclonepride: Looks like it's time for a @Sigmapolis dissertation!
***
@cyfanatic13: Unirregardlessibly of their decision, I still won’t use that word.
***
@SpokaneCY: I like my language like I like my gender identification: Fluid.
***
@Cyclonetrombone: I had a friend who used “irregardless” and "I seen" in the same sentence. Emphasis on “had.”
From “Protest Songs”
@mitten1975: Trump and Neil Young are about as closely related as a virus is to the cure.
From “College Football Season Death Pool”
@AuH2O: I think people need to stop thinking Ivy or Patriot League football canceling is a domino that has any impact on P5 football. It’s like suggesting the NBA season is more likely to be canceled because I stopped playing pickup ball at the Y.
From “Friday OT: You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
@BCClone: I studied in the tiers for a while, until I went into the wrong one and found out some people were getting busy.
@JM4CY: What were they busy studying?
@ImJustKCClone: Anatomy.
******
@CloneLawman: I have a brick from Osborn in my garage. somewhere. When I am on campus and walk through that area, it just seems wrong for Osborn to be missing.
@BCClone: Maybe if people weren’t stealing the bricks, there still would be a building.
From “Would You Succeed in 1900?”
@SpokaneCY: If you were transported back to 1900 with all the knowledge you currently have, would you succeed, would you be able to change the world, or would you suffer and die from some common ailment?
@3TrueFans: I'd be dead in 4 days. (**Compiler's note: This received at least two “Optimistic” clicks.)
***
@Rural: I didn’t the first time.
***
@jcyclonee: I doubt you could have gotten a taco from more than a dozen places in the U.S. at that time. Brown bottles weren't used until 1912, so beer got skunky quickly. Porn wasn't readily available until the '70s. What's the point of this exercise?
***
@Doc: Probably about as well as I succeeded in 2020 (not very well).
***
@Cyforce: On a positive note, color blindness wouldn't be much of a setback, since everything is black and white.
***
@Dopey: I'd have equally as many Twitter followers.
From “Thursday OT: For No Good Reason”
@Isualum13: I grew up in the country with nothing but antenna TV. We did have a massive satellite dish in our yard that was no longer hooked up that I got to mow around and rack my head on for 10 years.
From “Friday OT: Simpatico”
@Angie: Name the celebrity you think would be an ideal match for you, and why.
@nfrine: Taylor Swift. Don’t know why.
Angie: No, Norah Jones sang “Don’t Know Why.”
***
@BCClone: Jennifer love Hewitt. Because I could make a whole load of new gifs for this site.
Angie: That’s the quickest way to get that marriage to last, I'm sure!
BCClone: Marriage, who the hell said this was marriage??? I thought this was just a hook up thing. I’m already married so that would be illegal.
@VeloClone: In most jurisdictions.
From “OT: Mommy's Alright, Daddy's Alright”
@throwittoblythe: Simple question for the CF community: Do your parents understand what you do for a living? As in, do they have a firm grasp on what you actually do?
@coolerifyoudid: My wife works in the technical side of a company that deals with financial companies. She talks in acronyms. Twenty-three years later, I still don't know what the hell she does. If someone asks me, I just tell them she's a stripper.
