OT - Notating Off Topic Posts with "OT"
by homerdrew415 on Jan 9, 2009 11:19 AM PST
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I like to think of myself as a reigning king (or some level of duke) of the OT posts. I like them, I like knowing McC posters views on normalish stuff because they seem to be rationed and intelligent folks. That being said, please put the simple OT in the beginning of your fanpost (retroactively if needed). This is meant for not just Noobs but established lurkers as well.
On an unrelated note, how about Matt Cain for Prince Fielder and JJ Hardy? I heard that the brewers are worried about them hitting arbitration.
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OT: Notating Off Topic Posts with “OT”
by deuce deuce on Jan 9, 2009 11:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn’t a reasonably intelligent person be able to figure it out for themselves?
by Norm Median on Jan 9, 2009 11:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Obviously you haven’t seen some of the fanposts that crop up if you’re counting on everyone being reasonably intelligent.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess not, but I look forward to reading them. All I’m saying is, is there actually anyone out there who sees a post titled “PS3 or 360?” and thinks it’s gonna be a fake trade proposal or a prospect discussion?
by Norm Median on Jan 9, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I know. I’m just taking the opportunity to make fun of dumb trade posts, because That’s What We Do Here.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, not every post is going to be so obviously titled Some people like to have really cryptic titles for whatever reason.
by Natto on Jan 9, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You mean like "Where did you get that Blank expression..."?
Even the baseball related ones can sometimes confuse – stupid individual sense of humor and relevancy…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Back in the 90s, I used to be on a listserv where labeled these things with the prefix “BST,” for Bull Shit Thread. I always liked that.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
BST...
has potential :-)
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
by nvsfg on Jan 9, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DRUGS ARE BAD
Bovine somatotropin is WRONG.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 9, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
While a weird topic, this came up just in time...
As I was thinking about HomerDrew when I got an email from Intersection for the Arts.
You may remember that HDrew posted a Fanpost about becoming a taxi driver (a hack I believed he termed it). I had just seen a play called Angry Black White Boy that is about a cab driver who robs his customers. The run was ending that week, so I didnt go all off about recommending it…but it is being brought back.
So if you’re a Taxi Driver, or a hip-hop fan, or a fan of creative small scale professional theatre (score points with your wife or girlfriend), you should check it out. There’s even baseball content integral to the story.
The play made lots of top 2008 lists for theatre and the Intersection is one of the city’s great Arts organizations.
The Chronicle said:
Told with hip-hop verve, edgily manic satire and some bracing baseball history, Dan Wolf’s adaptation of Adam Mansbach’s novel blew open the national conversation about race, as a blacker-than-thou white boy’s increasingly surreal efforts to confront white guilt set off a full-fledged race riot. Wolf and other members of the hip-hop group Felonious turned in dynamic performances in an Intersection, Campo Santo and Hybrid Project production directed by Sean San José. – Robert Hurwitt
Details here at Intersections website.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Jan 9, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well even though I don't rob my passengers
I’m still interested in seeing this. If you’re interested in similar stuff check out Danny Hoch and any of his performances.
Down in Front Meat!
by homerdrew415 on Jan 9, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can’t stop thinking about homerdrew?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Jan 9, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
everytime I try and hail a taxi, I can’t stop thinking about…
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Jan 10, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That is kind of hot...
Down in Front Meat!
by homerdrew415 on Jan 10, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 9, 2009 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
That’s what they want you to think!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"I'm not kidding, Chris."
“Neither am I, Jerry. Neither am I.”
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 9, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Please put a WOMT in front of any post that is a waste of my time.
Thanks!
Karl
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jan 9, 2009 3:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I get your username now!
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Jan 9, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Screw that; they should put WOYT to warn it's a waste of YOUR time
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 9, 2009 8:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WOKT would be even more customized
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 10, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AKA “any post by Howie”
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 10, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to know roughly how much time each of my posts wastes so that I can make some sort of chart.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pie?
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Jan 10, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, bar
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wow
insightful. I always read it as j-pon-ry, which doesn’t make sense. maybe u can make another graph plotting the amount of time wasted by howtheyscored’s graphs. I would imagine you would lead in that one too.
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 10, 2009 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always read it as j-pon-ry
It’s JP on rye.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Jan 11, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s actually JP Onry, for sure. Now, whether or not I was showing off that I knew that or just clumsily covering up an embarrasing jpronry typo is a different question altogether.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 11, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did he tell you that for sure?
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jan 12, 2009 7:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 12, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
PICS OR SHE DIDN’T HAPPEN.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 12, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jay-Pee-Onry (Pronounced like “Only” with an r)
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jan 11, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kind of embarrassed that I chose that as my username now, so if anyone wants to call me Jpon-ry or JP-on-Rye, I’m pretty much okay with that.
I actually like JP-on-Rye a lot.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 12, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For a long time, I assumed that her last name was Ponry.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 7:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Porny
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 13, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Awww yeah.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pics!
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 13, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no u
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 13, 2009 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He’ll do it! He’s crazy!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WalrusMan is doing pretty well there.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jan 10, 2009 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
On what?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 11, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not wasting time on howie’s posts
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 11, 2009 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you say something?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 11, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SRTRR
Please put SRTRR before making a Snarky Response To Ridiculous Requests, that way nobodies feelings are hurt.
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 10, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Please put OTAY in front of any post related to Buckwheat impersonations.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
by S.F. Giangst on Jan 9, 2009 7:53 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Otay, I’ll do that
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 9, 2009 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've been rationed.
That’s why I’m in such demand.
bringing you moral turpitude since 1963
by Idaho Nick on Jan 10, 2009 3:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
OTOTOTOT
Heh.
Heh heh.
How ’bout them Cardinals!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 9:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You know, if the offense is clicking, they can run and gun with any team in the league.
And the offense was clicking today. It just so happened that Jake Delhomme decided today was a good day to be terrible, too.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Before today the last entire football game I'd watched
featured some guy who was related to Brigham Young.
Yup , Delhomme was sensationally bad.
That Fitzgerald catch in the first quarter was a study in concentration , eh? He seems to have a knack for those.
That win was absurdly easy , I hope they don’t lose intensity now.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What I think is crazy is that is the Eagles beat the Giants then Arizona will host the NFC Championship game.
CRRAZY!!!
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud
by Giant among Angels on Jan 11, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wish there was a way to tell
if a FanPost got hijacked or not.
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
by Azmanz on Jan 11, 2009 2:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
less work
Better to begin posts about baseball with “On Topic:”. Much more efficient.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Jan 11, 2009 8:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
OT:T
Hal lo ffamer
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jan 12, 2009 7:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Halo flamer?
Scioscia always looks so smooth…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 12, 2009 8:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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