Ostensibly Hoops

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:38 pm

Speaking of black bears, I watched Ghost Dog last night. Hadn't seen that in awhile. Good flick...

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:44 pm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/20 ... m/1791981/

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:51 pm

"I prefer the alternative scenario: Kenyon Martin tending to his pecan orchard like Marlon Brando did to his oranges in The Godfather."

Oranges?

AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:55 pm

There were oranges throughout the Godfather films.

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:57 pm

You know, the improv scene where Brando chases around the gay grandson?

AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:00 pm

There were dozens of scenes with oranges in the films, I would guess. Many have speculated on the symbolism that FFC was going for. Some think he just liked the splash of color. idk, but I have noticed them and there was talk about them.

AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:03 pm

22 scenes, and apparently, according to FFC, it started as an accident, but they began using them as a way to indicate death or violence for the person with/near the orange:

http://www.destinationhollywood.com/mov ... nges.shtml

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:22 pm

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:02 pm

Yes, but I don't recall him tending any oranges. Tomatoes, yes, but I don't recall oranges...

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:10 pm

According to the site AA posted, only 7 appearances of oranges in G1 (they even kinda cheated by listing Brando buying the oranges and then the oranges spilling when he gets shot as two different instances). The guy did specifically mention Brando tending oranges, limiting anything he may have had in mind to G1 only, which is what confused me. I really think he meant tomatoes and was attempting some kind of sass toward Kenyon Martin as a poor orchard husbandman by making reference to Brando destroying his tomato patch when he dies (orange slice in mouth)...

innocentbystander · Post by **innocentbystander** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:41 pm

13th best team in the country goes for their 12th win of the year tomorrow night. I'll be at a Vegas Sportbook watching it happen.

22nd in points per game, 8th in field goal percentage!

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:33 pm

hedge wrote:According to the site AA posted, only 7 appearances of oranges in G1 (they even kinda cheated by listing Brando buying the oranges and then the oranges spilling when he gets shot as two different instances). The guy did specifically mention Brando tending oranges, limiting anything he may have had in mind to G1 only, which is what confused me. I really think he meant tomatoes and was attempting some kind of sass toward Kenyon Martin as a poor orchard husbandman by making reference to Brando destroying his tomato patch when he dies (orange slice in mouth)...

He definitely conflated the tomatoes and the oranges. I did the same thing, actually.

Dave23 · Post by **Dave23** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:44 pm

Looking forward to some Black Bear football in Birmingham next weekend...as well as some quality Mexican food...

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:08 am

Wait, I just went back and read the posts. Why "gay grandson"? Did that come out in G3? Otherwise, I would ask why you attack a poor, innocent little WOP guinea dago kid like that? (Sorry, I never could keep the derogatory terms for people of various Euro descent straight. See, that's what I like about Africans: One color (more or less), one derogatory word. Simple)...

T Dot O Dot · Post by **T Dot O Dot** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:31 am

in G3 the kid gets into ballet, opera or piano playing or something like that

i'm not sure if they say it outright but he's definitely got femme qualities

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:14 pm

Yeah, that's where I was going with that one.

The one Kate killed probably would have been a proper Don.

AugustWest · Post by **AugustWest** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:23 pm

No input from Goldie? He must be sick or something. Somebody check to make sure he's ok.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:27 pm

I think his parents grounded him from the computer.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:31 pm

That's too bad. He seems the most knowledgeable of the U*NC posters.

DooKSucks · Post by **DooKSucks** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:53 pm

That is the first game I have attended thus year, and they played the best they have all year. Coincidence? I think not.

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