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Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:36 pm
by innocentbystander
Saint wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:08 pm
IB strikes me as the type of person who forms his beliefs on the teachings of Francis Schaeffer
I didn't know who that guy was until just now, you made me google. I will say this, I am a Protestant. I am a non-denominational evangelical Protestant who firmly believes in dispensationalism and does NOT believe in any church hierarchy. I got the King James Bible and that is the only authority I turn to when deciding what is important to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. That is the only place where I form my beliefs. And so far, not listening to people who claim to have spiritual authority (and reading my book) has given me peace in a world full of fucked up people in terrible pain. I see a 14 year old boy who thinks he is a girl, and we give that boy understanding and tolerance for his insanity (and possibly some horrific life altering surgery) when what we should be giving him is the body of Christ and hard, honest, conversations about biological reality.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:56 pm
by Jungle Rat
innocentbystander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:26 pm
Jungle Rat wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:06 pm
Besides the worst call in NCAA History, it was a good game.
As I was getting out of the Lyft, I didn't even have a ticket. 3 scalpers walked up to me, offered me tickets, initially way above asking price. I just shrugged my shoulders and told them they were trying to scam me since the game had not sold out yet and started walking away. Attempt number two, some guy tried to get me to Venmo him my money and he would send me a luxury box seat ticket via email at $40 bellow cost and I said I don't do Venmo, only cash, and I ONLY want a paper ticket. He couldn't help me. Strike two. So the last guy pulled out this tiny, flimsy, piece of paper with a bar code on it (and nothing else, nothing to tell me that it was even a ticket, let alone a ticket to that game) and he asks me for $120 cash and it was 3 rows up from the court. I look at that ridiculous piece of paper and ask him if he thought I was an idiot and he started back-peddling saying that no, he would never try and scam me. Anyway, I walked away from those guys, went to the box office at T-Mobile arena, and bought a ticket for $86. Got in and saw a hell of a game.
So I'm not the only one who takes you for a sucker.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:57 pm
by aTm
You must really look like a "mark"
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:00 pm
by Jungle Rat
Every time IB pumps gas, 2 guys in a van roll up & try to sell him speakers.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:00 pm
by aTm
Last time I went on a cruise, I was walking around the top deck and three different hot chicks stopped to talk to me, but I knew all that was bullshit, so I just kept walking until I got to the Johnny Rockets and found a fat chick to fuck.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:03 pm
by Jungle Rat
One time, in band camp...
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:09 pm
by innocentbystander
aTm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:57 pm
You must really look like a "mark"
I do look like it. I have ALWAYS looked like it. So I can take comfort in the fact that when I resist the urge to open my wallet and give my money to a con artist, I have succeeded (maybe only for the day) at getting the con artist to under-estimate me. I cease being a "mark" and instead, morph into a "waste of time." That is very satisfying.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:21 pm
by innocentbystander
Jungle Rat wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:03 pm
One time, in band camp...
...you let hedge ram a flute up your asshole
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:57 pm
by Jungle Rat
Stop using real names!! - Mook
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:50 pm
by Dave23
Saint wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:08 pm
IB strikes me as the type of person who forms his beliefs on the teachings of Francis Schaeffer
That’s a name I never would have thought I would see at TGP.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:04 am
by Jungle Rat
Congrats aTm.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:15 am
by hedge
"I do look like it. I have ALWAYS looked like it."
Post a picture of yourself...
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:15 am
by hedge
"I cease being a "mark" and instead, morph into a "waste of time.""
Well that last part is certainly true...
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:41 pm
by innocentbystander
Okay we just checked in to our hotel here in Sacramento. There are like 6 hotels within walking distance of each other. One of the eight teams is staying in the hotel across the street. Another team, kitty-corner from us. Lots of team buses parked everywhere.
We are going to alumni event tonight. Enjoy the games.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:05 pm
by Jungle Rat
Praying for an earthquake
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:05 pm
by Tree
Lakers lose LBJ but somehow getting rid of Westbrook and landing D'Angello Russell and some shooters in return has them back in the mix anyway. Funny how these things work.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:55 am
by innocentbystander
Last night was awesome. Heading to an alumni breakfast now before the games.
This town is pumped. Here we go.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:55 am
by Jungle Rat
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:19 pm
by hedge
"This town is pumped. Here we go."
I'd like you to be pumped full of arsenic...
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:41 pm
by aTm
Wow, Im surprised by the level of love for Cougar High in the bracket picks here