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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #945 on: December 14, 2017, 11:33:15 pm »
Anybody with a last named pronounced Bear Claw has to be a bad ass.

You'd think he was a native American.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #946 on: December 14, 2017, 11:36:34 pm »
Dusty,

Do you ever stop and consider that a post might be offensive to some before you make it?
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« Reply #947 on: December 15, 2017, 12:03:27 am »
The thought that me playing around like that would offend someone never entered my mind.

I post and read other boards that are considered very tame and they say much worse than that.

Believe me when I say I know this is a tough crowd.
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« Reply #948 on: December 15, 2017, 12:59:43 am »
Remember the old school Tim McGraw song "Indian  Outlaw"?

In the song he mentions the indian name Bear Claw.

If Im a piece of **** he is too.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #949 on: December 15, 2017, 07:16:12 am »
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Dusty,

Do you ever stop and consider that a post might be offensive to some before you make it?

 ???  A reference to a native american possibly being named after an animal is now offensive?  That's like saying anyone with a last name starting with Mc might be Irish is offensive.

The snow is getting deep...
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« Reply #950 on: December 15, 2017, 07:27:47 am »
Which reminds me of a joke.

Close your eyes Bennett...

The young Indian boy had spent most of his life in a quandry.

.. He felt different yet.

.. couldn't figure why.

.. he was just so depressed. He went to the Chief for answers.

.. He asked the chief how his brother Red Deer Running had gotten his name.

..

The chief answered in his typically poetic way.

.."When Red Deer Running was born, at the moment of his birth, the first thing his mother saw was a beautiful deer running off into the forest.

.. and so Running Deer was named. It is the custom of our tribe to name the offspring according to the spirits in nature visiting upon the birth."Then, the boy said to the Chief.

.. And how did my sister "Thundering Bird" get her name? The chief described again, how at the moment of her birth Thundering Bird's mother had heard a roar of thunder and looking up, saw a bird flying in the sky.

..

The boy asked again, how his cousin "White Crouching Bear" had been given such a name.

.. And the chief, looking down once more at the boy, explaining the traditions of their tribe.

..

. White Bear's mother had seen a rare white bear crouched over a stream at the moment her baby's birth. Then he asked the boy.  "Why do you ask, Two Dogs Fvuking?"
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« Reply #951 on: December 15, 2017, 07:38:42 am »
And so you don't think I have it out for Native Americans.  There are jokes for everyone.  If you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at...

Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland."

The other guy responds proudly, "Yes, that I am!"

The first guy says, "So am I! And where abouts from Ireland might you be?"

The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin, I am."

The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?"

The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was, I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town."

The first guy says, "Faith & it's a small world, so did I! And to what school would you have been going?"

 The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course."

The first guy gets really excited, and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?"

The other guy answers, "Well, now, I graduated in 1964."

The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self."

About this time, another guy walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. The bartender walks over shaking his head & mutters, "It's going to be a long night tonight."

The guy asks, "Why do you say that?"

"The Murphy twins are drunk again."
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #952 on: December 15, 2017, 09:43:45 am »
Boras and every agent/player is different, for sure, so case-by-case who knows.  But I expect a lot of decisions/signings over the next week. 

Hoyer mentioned something I've thought before, that FA's tend to like to have a decision before Christmas.  There's been time to negotiate and think and enjoy the process, but at some point a guy is ready to pull the trigger and make a decision.  Maybe agent's wife/family want him not working holidays week; maybe a player's wife would like to know where she'll be living next season; maybe doesn't want Christmas relatives  constantly asking him about where he's going to go and giving crazy suggestions. 

So good chance that some decisions that impact the Cubs (maybe indirectly) will come down by next weekend. 
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #953 on: December 15, 2017, 09:53:31 am »
Quote from: wmljohn on December 15, 2017, 07:16:12 am
???  A reference to a native american possibly being named after an animal is now offensive?  That's like saying anyone with a last name starting with Mc might be Irish is offensive.

The snow is getting deep...

I had never expected to be in a position of defending Dusty from the suggestion that he is being insensitive, offensive or even bigoted in something he wrote. But I am with wmljohn on this.  If I were still living in either Oklahoma or Santa Fe, I'd be able to check in with one of the Native Americans I knew there to see what they thought, but my guess is they would not be offended.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #954 on: December 15, 2017, 10:45:23 am »
R&P or bleachers.
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« Reply #955 on: December 15, 2017, 01:23:42 pm »
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R&P or bleachers.

Oh...  I forgot about the topic police.  let me get back on target.


Q: What is the difference between a Cubs fan and a baby?
A: The baby will stop whining after awhile.
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« Reply #956 on: December 15, 2017, 01:26:33 pm »
Q: How do you make a Cubs fan laugh on Monday?
A: Tell him a joke on Friday!
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #957 on: December 15, 2017, 01:27:24 pm »
I took my broken vacuum cleaner back to the store. They put a Chicago Cubs jersey on it and now it sucks again.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #958 on: December 15, 2017, 01:30:14 pm »
Father & Son
A father and son are outside Wrigley Field, and the young son is asking his father to buy him a "Cardinals Suck" T-shirt. The father hesitates, but finally tells his son, "You can have the shirt if you promise never to say that word."

"That's right," says the T-shirt vendor, wanting to make the sale. "'Suck' isn't a very nice word."

"No," replies the father. "I meant the word 'Cardinals'."
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #959 on: December 15, 2017, 01:50:07 pm »
Weren’t we looking at Tony Watson at the deadline? Either last season, or the year before?

I’m surprised he hasn’t signed somewhere yet.
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