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The Imminent Return

 

Yes, it's getting to be time, Blazer fans, for the return of The Man who will lead us to championship glory.  That charismatic leader, that ebullient soul, that basketball genius who will single-handedly guide the Blazers to victory.  'Tis been a year since he last laced up the rhetorical sneakers, and now he is ready to fulfill the immense promise that he and he alone possesses.

Greg Oden?

No... not him.

I'm talking about the one, the only.... fatty.

Tomorrow, folks, is 9/18, and the end of el gordito's self-imposed exile from Blazer fandom.  Tomorrow, according to rumor and reports, BlazersEdge will once again be decked out in his punctuation-free stream of consciousness.  Tomorrow, the Eric Cartman of Blazer fandom will make his triumphant return to the court on which he once was the master.  Tomorrow, the many posters who have joined this forum in the past year will finally get to experience the experience known as "fattitude".  Tomorrow, the liquor will flow, the women will swoon, and the rich and powerful will celebrate the resurgence of the personality whom they address as "mr. fatty".

And as the master would say....

 

book it.

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I hope fatty has at least added a few new tricks

during his self-imposed exile. He’s had a year to think of new stuff. C’mon fatty, impress us! Personally, I’d be happy if he could just start his sentences with a capital letter and end them with a period… or an ellipsis.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions  

I wouldn't "book it"...

Thats just fatty’s style, I doubt he has changed a thing. He wouldn’t be fatty without that super recognizable grammar and punctuation style….

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Sep 17, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is kind of pathetic.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 9:59 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

+3

I don’t come to BE for gibberish with poor punctation. Wake me up when something important happens

by Furious Styles on Sep 17, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hahahhahhahhhaa! "poor punctation" Funny.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 17, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you even forgot the period at the end of your sentence.

Don’t you hate it when that happens? Especially when you’re flaming someone for their “poor punctation”.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 17, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s what happens when I try posting when I should be working.

Look at it this way; I was channeling my inner fatty for this thread.

by Furious Styles on Sep 17, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

;p

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 17, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

=O

Take the semi out of that colon!

--

by CaptainSexyJacob on Sep 17, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

aren't grammatical and punctuational errors beyond us by now

I cant say I care much about apostrophe this or period that. as long as the point is made I dont care if the guy puts out his messages in 1’s or zeroes. Then again, text messaging on the Bedge does seem a bit platudinous. (I dont know how I know these words I just do)

Good Lucky Fatty, whoever you are.

"Sure its been a v e r y long summer and I have fleas too. Quit complaining."--- My cat- Bonzi responding to the anticipation by fans of next years team.

by bow4meow on Sep 17, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

ok cmon

nobody will correct platitudinous….. ? slow night

"Sure its been a v e r y long summer and I have fleas too. Quit complaining."--- My cat- Bonzi responding to the anticipation by fans of next years team.

by bow4meow on Sep 17, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not a thing wrong with that word or, often, it's context.

It’s just that sometimes an error is so funny I can’t help commenting on it. I know, I make them too. I especially have trouble with colons and semicolons.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 17, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm

Sometimes I have trouble with my colon, too, but I don’t usually talk about those things in public.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

The best thing about it

was you saying that you just do know these words.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

This should get a +1,000

What is this fascination with fatty?

The guy wasn’t particularly insightful. He had a lot of opinions, some good, others way off base. (Can anyone say Houston Rockets?) And his style was headache inducting. Anything over 5 or 6 lines of text was not worth the effort to read.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't realize

people actually understood his posts. I usually just saw blahblA.hblahBlahBLAhblHlahglbh.ghslahdBlah..lHab. BOOK IT. ugh, I can’t believe I’m adding to this conversation.

Afew years ago, a broadcaster once said Pryzbilla's name is "Polish for 'personal foul.'" Ouch.

by chrischa on Sep 17, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think it was a gag

A few people would chime in that he provides insightful thoughts, but I think those guys were just messing with everyone else. I’m pretty sure nobody actually read his discordant posts.

by shralpster on Sep 17, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

i don't know about that

he was not always easy to read, but he usually had fairly good reasoning to his opinions and was often correct, even when I didn’t agree.

by The Natural ala Mode on Sep 19, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't Call Me Fatty, Anymore

And by the way; incase you noticed I am already back

Everyone loves a little kid flippin the 'Bird'

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 17, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions  

Right.

Like the real fatty would ever use a semicolon. Right.

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Sep 17, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

fatty thinks a semicolon . . .

 . . . is where you hide your money while in prison.

Or maybe your co-pilot’s watch . . .

"Mister Oden is a very, very big human being." - Jerryd Bayless

by QualityPie on Sep 17, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice Pulp Fiction reference.

But that’s more of a rectum thing, don’t you think?

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Sep 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

the semicolon was used incorrectly.

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 17, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are correct Ben, You always are

Sometimes I don’t know when to use a comma either, but apparently this fatty character has worse grammer then even I

Everyone loves a little kid flippin the 'Bird'

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 17, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I tried that one recently imposterizing Tom

didnt work then either…

"Sure its been a v e r y long summer and I have fleas too. Quit complaining."--- My cat- Bonzi responding to the anticipation by fans of next years team.

by bow4meow on Sep 17, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think he's coming back the 19th

On the 19th of last year he said,


“see you 1 year from today later fellas.”

and yes, he actually used a period.

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 10:23 AM PDT reply actions  

And is there any reason the liquor can't flow and the women can't swoon today?

Never stop a good thang from happening.

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions  

Is he even a Blazer fan?

I thought he just came here to argue…

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Sep 17, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions  

Fatty is strange

He’s a big fan, he knows his stuff, and he’s rude as hell. It is hard as hell to decipher what he is writing, he’s arrogant as hell, opinionated as a mug, and he has a heart of gold. He’ll talk about his love for his nephews in one para-sentence, and in the next one he’ll discuss the party he’s throwing that has more da kines than a rap video.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 17, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

pardon me...

is this the room for an argument?

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

No it isn't

Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)

by LaughingJon on Sep 17, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

ahem...

“I told you once”

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is

just contradiction

"... and with the thirteenth pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the Portland Trailblazers select: David Bowie, of space." Draft Bowie!

by Sarbonis on Sep 18, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's a huge PTB fan...(pun initially not intended)

I was at a game in New Jersey, two seasons ago, when the Nets were hosting the Blazers. Towards the end of the game, I snuck down behind the Blazers bench & there was this big dude with a seat there, totally decked out in PTB gear, yelling at the refs & dissing The Nets. It was love at first sight. Later, on BE, I found out it was fatty…

" the project of Portland brings me good sensations..."
- Rudy Fernandez
translated by animart1

by ghostdog on Sep 18, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Welcome back fatty (I hope)

Here’s to Bobby the Brain Heenan.

I’m hoping for a little spice to help me get through the next month.

by fatwansaboni on Sep 17, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions  

Bobby Heenan

was infinitely more credible and articulate than fatty.

Jerry Sloan is a complete and total smeg head.

by GustyJ on Sep 17, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I once heard Vince Mc call him

Bobby “the Heenan” Weasel

"Sure its been a v e r y long summer and I have fleas too. Quit complaining."--- My cat- Bonzi responding to the anticipation by fans of next years team.

by bow4meow on Sep 17, 2008 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

So was PippenAintEasy.

Well, more articulate anyway.

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 19, 2008 1:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

fatty fatty fatty

YES! Between Fatty, EP, timbo and TIH this place should be like an old west saloon. Plenty of raucous laughter and sudden violence. I like it. but then i’m a chaos happy kind of person.

He's Coming! Oden Slayer of Giants

by Idog1976 on Sep 17, 2008 11:16 AM PDT reply actions  

Tom is still #1 in my heart

That really bugs my wife.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 11:17 AM PDT reply actions  

The return of the Messiah.

And the Lord said: I’ll be back. Book it.

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 17, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions  

Nay, I say unto you!

Dave is the way and the light; Fatty is Azazel.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 17, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Welcome back fatty!

And I am sure he will be back – he’s a “man’s man,” a man of his word! All of paulallensbig$$$$$$ couldn’t keep him away!

And I hope his fiance and lil’ nephew are doing well!

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on Sep 17, 2008 11:26 AM PDT reply actions  

If fatty REALLY wants to generate some BE buzz

he’ll continue to stay away. That would drive some of us insane, like front-row groupies waiting for Bret Michaels to come out on stage.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 11:38 AM PDT reply actions  

Who will be the first to toss...

…a set of hotel keys onstage?

(Those new electronic cardkeys hotels use these days just don’t have the same effect…)

by EngineerScotty on Sep 17, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who is recc'ing this garbage?

I mean, if you have fond memories of this guy, fine, but I really don’t see any need to get this post into the recommended fanposts.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 11:50 AM PDT reply actions   2 recs

hehehehehehehe....

O, Dude! That was so funny! (lil’ snap!)

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on Sep 17, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great. Great work. I can't wait to hear up-to-the-minute updates on this wildly important issue.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rec'd

hahahaah

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

As the author of this thread gone haywire...

…I am positively astonished that this managed 5 recs.

Usually I have to write something witty, clever, and relevant. :)

by EngineerScotty on Sep 17, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Content > clever

We luvs Fat guys.

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Except Z-Bo

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

And Darius

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

And Shawn Kemp

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 17, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

And Shaq

Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)

by LaughingJon on Sep 17, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just loved Shawn Kemp as my fav hookup

even Mattell knows that barbies have a limited shelf life
Sophia 09/18/08

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 18, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

and Bonzi

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 19, 2008 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hahahhhahahahahahahha! I went green!

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

"experience the experience"

really? i can’t wait to experience and experience.

The Dude abides

by noaher on Sep 17, 2008 11:56 AM PDT reply actions  

i cant say...

i cant say i miss the hefty jefe of the edge and found decipherying his puncuation free postings to be less fun than shaving my head with a cheese grater while chewing on tin foil but he could be counted on for a fresh take and always generated discussion in his wide wake.i remember bill oreiily vowing to leave the air if wmds were not found and yet we are plagued by the man. kudos to the poster known as fatty for honoring his word and staying away for his self imposed sentence as punishment for predicting odens surgery wouldnt be any big deal.time will tell if he finds his way back into the edge or if hes found something else to haunt.in the mean timepeople just remember to keep breathing long deep and slowly.

Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)

by LaughingJon on Sep 17, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions  

Good Job

I think you need to add more …. I think you are lacking the random punctuation that Fatty threw in there.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 17, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

.... and all the asterisk's. I think that was about the only special

character he used.

And a special character he is. I’m looking forward to his return. He really does know sports quite well and I think he is well read. His writing teachers though failed him miserably. Either that or he just has a very bad keyboard.

GOOF (Greg Oden Only Fan) wasn’t invented by Fatty but he popularized it. It eventually became a banned word on BE as the term was causing to much hate and discontent. Exact same thing with the “bandwagon fans” term.

When he made his prediction on Oden’s knee he backed it up with banning himself for a year if he were wrong. He was wrong and I respect him for being a man of his word.

I really hope his writing style hasn’t changed although I’d love to see some paragraph breaks — even if they’re not logically placed. It would so much help my eyes to stay focused.

I'm just a modest guy with much to be modest about

by TwoDeep on Sep 17, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah

I’d like the paragraphs, too.

We could tell him we’d rec his posts if he adds paragraphs, but it wouldn’t move him at all.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe he just has an old computer

& all the punctuation keys are broken, you ever think of that?… you nay-sayers, you.

" the project of Portland brings me good sensations..."
- Rudy Fernandez
translated by animart1

by ghostdog on Sep 18, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I always figured

He was working on a TRS-80 with a janky, busted up old keyboard

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on Sep 19, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

the new system is going to KILL fatty

because his asterisk-laden posts are going to make martell*travis or G*O**przz* look like *this*action****

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 19, 2008 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wait...

If you use enough asterisks, they don’t bold things anymore?

***What is going*on?****

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 19, 2008 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

The new system is still like a box of chocolates

"You better come harder than that, little man, your makin' me laugh" G.O.

by BlueBooYay on Sep 19, 2008 5:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

The Return of fatty
fatty, Big Daddy on the BE
Man o’ international renown
Postin’ from his own thrown
Tellin’ us what we couldn’t see
 
Book It!
Yeah, Book It!
This ain’t no hook slit
Yeah, Book It! Don’t look at it
I’m tellin’ ya, just, take it to the bank!

fatty’s predictin’ from his den
At the rate of LMA’s heart beat
With insight above men on the street
Filled with many attractive women

Book It!
Yeah, Book It!
This ain’t no hook slit
Yeah, Book It! Don’t look at it
I’m tellin’ ya, just, take it to the bank!

Sports talking at the bar with Profs
fatty’s the man from NY City
For the Goofs, there’s no pity
He’s thousands of comments, to get off

Book It!
Yeah, Book It!
This ain’t no hook slit
Yeah, Book It! Don’t look at it
I’m tellin’ ya, just, take it to the bank!

"You better come harder than that, little man, your makin' me laugh" G.O.

by BlueBooYay on Sep 17, 2008 1:23 PM PDT reply actions  

lol nice...

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bookit Background

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/2/4/162945/7269
http://www.blazersedge.com/2007/9/14/01325/0129
http://www.blazersedge.com/2007/8/25/122240/713

These three helped me understand the phenomenon

"I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won." Walt Whitman

by Caveowl on Sep 17, 2008 1:53 PM PDT reply actions  

See above
This is kind of pathetic.

No, scratch that, very pathetic.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

To welcome a friend back is pathetic?

You’ve posted a few times now with the exact same sentiment. Come up with something new at least.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 17, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

i thought

he added another very. that would then INCREASE the passion and emotion of said sentiment. That would then be different and thus new.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL You bring up a good point

but isn’t the piling on of more crap, just more crap. I guess if we’re thinking quantitavely, he’s adding something. It’s still like he’s throwing crap on people’s good time.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 18, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

A shout cannot become an echo

without something hard to bounce off. A clap needs two hands. A fart needs two cheeks. A melodrama needs Kobe as well as Shaq.

Shaq and Kobe, bass fishing, get into an argument. Shaq grabs a fish out of the bucket and shoves it down Kobe’s throat. “Hey! Kobe! Tell me how’s my bass taste?!”

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's not a star, he's a catalyst

You’re right, there’s nothing funny or exceptional about his posts and comments that he should get the kind of attention he gets. It’s more that he’s an irritant, a curmudgeon, a contrarian. A post from fatty is like a lighted match onto a puddle of gasoline.

He must also be a marketing genius.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I would like to know the origin of the word "curmudgeon". I like it.

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 18, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Could it be that fatty

is an irritant that ultimately forms a pearl, like a grain of sand in an oyster?

Devil's Advocate or just argumentative?

by Magnum on Sep 18, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly!

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

+1

for the South Park reference!

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.

by TTRocks on Sep 17, 2008 1:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Some people might be underestimating exactly what the rotund one brings to the site...

If he were here last year, there probably wouldn’t been consistent Sergio vs. Jack flaming. Everybody’s angst and need to debate would have likely been redirected towards many of fatty’s comments. He is quite the character, to say the least….

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Sep 17, 2008 2:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Right now my angst and need to debate is being redirected,

not at fatty, but at the seemingly overwhelming and fanatical manlove directed at him by others. If he shows up and posts about the Blazers, wonderful! I will welcome discussion. If I were him I would be seriously creeped out, folks.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Were you around for him?

I was. I barely even remember him. Still, I can’t figure out how long anyone’s been here because of the format switch.

It’s cool to be a hater. Hate on.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 17, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not hating on him. In fact I never said that.

Sure, I hope he comes back. I’ve read some of his posts, seems like a fairly knowledgeable, interesting guy who brings up some good points and brings a sorta wry, goofy style to his posts. Great, I like that.

No need to be inflammatory.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

joelor gulping the hatorade

like a dyin thirsty man serchin in the dry desert for the well of fattness taht wil slake his thirst for knowlidge of all things blazer book it goofs

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, ok

I have no respons to this. Touche sir.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

WOW WOW WOW

Don’t say “goofy” about fatty, whatever you do. He’ll implode.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not him, but on the people that seem to love him

Not trying to be to start a fire. I’d have called you pathetic if I wanted to do that. I’m joking around, of course. I was here before he was banned and he never made an impression on me one way or the other. I love the cult following though. It’s just interesting.

It’s kind of like when you’re playing poker with a donkey. You don’t want to tap the tank and let them know how foolish they are. Their plat may annoy you at first, but in the end it becomes endearing (because you end up with their chips most often). While the fatty cult aren’t donkeys, it’s just the same kind of intriguing off beatness that makes it fun.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 18, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Technically, he wasn't banned.

It’s a self-imposed exile.

However I do recall Dave mentioning how he had discussions off line with fatty about how close to the line he was skating.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

I heard

Dave over-nighted a horse head to Mortimer.

The Josh abides.

by tominhawaii on Sep 18, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nah.

fatty loves every bit of adulation we give him, however tongue-in-cheek it may be.

You might investigate the, ahem, career of a now-deceased New York socialite named Florence Foster Jenkins, who fancied herself an opera singer and would periodically rent out Carnegie Hall so she could perform. She had a rather interesting relationship, shall we say, with the usually mean-as-hell community of art critics in the Big Apple.

Wikipedia is a good place to start.

I shan’t say any more…

by EngineerScotty on Sep 17, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

that...

is so awesome and perfect.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh... and... whatever you do

don’t ever EVER click on the listen button. The ears… they shall go deaf while screaming in agony.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

the fatty man crush

everyone has is weirding me out. this is like the second post in a week about the guy. he had some good points and stuff but i don’t understand this whole celeb status he has. the only reason he even stands out is because he never used capitals or punctuation. i don’t like to use capitals either but you got to at least have some periods in there. how tough is that? reading his posts kind of drove me nuts actually.

by avalonzero on Sep 17, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions  

It's no difference

than the love affair people seem to be having for a certain Alaska governor, whose primary qualifications for higher office consist of being as un-cosmopolitan as humanly possible, while still living in and being a citizen of a first-world country. That, and a whole buncha male voters out there seem to think she’s hot—as if by voting for her, they might just get lucky.

Do I get bonus points for dragging politics into the discussion? :)

by EngineerScotty on Sep 17, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

I award you 1000 points.

I hear she wears stylish glasses.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Like that comedienne Tina Fey

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 17, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, at least the unqualified candidate on the

Republican ticket isn’t the one running for president.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 17, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nope

she’s just a heartbeat away though.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 17, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

John McCain is old!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

That he is.

He’ll be the oldest man ever elected President.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Let's hope not.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 18, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude appears to be losin' it...

I almost feel sorry for to McCain. His own party forced him to select as veep a good-looking know-nothing that shows him up at every opportunity, the last remnants of the independence and integrity that made him electable in the first place are being washed away, and when he opens his mouth, in plops his foot.

Seriously. The guy is looking worse than Reagan’s last term in office.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd say McCain's age is a valid

concern.

Supposedly Bush is a carefree sort of guy. Yet it has definitely aged him to a degree. The job carries heavy burdens.

What I think is disingenuos on some from the left side of the spectrum is trying to play up Palin’s lack of experience. Particularly when their candidate of choice is no more experienced than Palin.

Personally, I don’t listen to what either candidate says, or how the talking heads offer opinion in the guise of analysis. Neither candidate has offered any sort of concrete policy, other than McCain vowing to remain in Iraq and Obama saying he’ll pull the troops out. Of the two, Obama’s is the least likely to occur, but only because reality is going to smack him should he win. He’ll end up making a small reduction while coming up with an explaination of why he hasn’t followed through on the promise.

We can pretty much count on the tax cuts to be rolled back if Obama wins. Mainly because a Democratic Congress wants it to happen and Obama will not stand in their way. As for his “plan” to reduce taxes for people earning under $250,000 a year – I wouldn’t hold my breath. Congress can let the tax cuts die without doing anything. Obama’s plan requires new legislation, which means Congress will have to go along.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Experience matters, but differently than you think

The whole experience issue is in some ways overblown. Four of the five previous presidents were governors with varying levels of experience in the international stage, or in the ways of DC. Two of ’em (Reagan and Clinton) were effective presidents, the other two (Bush and Carter) were disasters for their parties. Contrary to ridiculous chatter about “being next to Russia” and commanding the state National Guard, not much a governor does prepares one for the foreign-policy role of being President. Similar arguments can be made about senators.

What matters more are things like judgment, management skill, and intelligence. Carter was a piss-poor politician. Reagan wasn’t any genius, but he was a highly skilled and deft manager, and a quick study. Clinton is one of the top five most intelligent men to hold the office, even if he can’t keep his thomas in his trowsers. Bush is by all accounts a dullard, and one who is insecure and ideologically-driven.

What of Obama and Palin? Obama is one sharp cookie; though possibly not as shrewd as Clinton. He is learned. He exhibits far better self control, and has shown deft management skills. His main liability is his race (which many folks won’t vote for), and his lack of country charm—one of the reasons Palin was named to be McCain’s running mate.

Palin? She looks like George Bush in lipstick. She appears to be a bit smarter than Dubya, but is equally paranoid if not more so, has left chaos at every step of her political career, is presently clueless on issues outside the scope of Alaska politics, and she isn’t much interested, it seems, on expanding her knowledge—at least not until getting the VP gig. And her end of the world theology scares the heck out of me—it’s the sort of fundamentalism that is behind many of the worlds great massacres and purges.

I’m certain that a Democratic congress will probably make Obama eat his words on a no-tax pledge. But I’ll take that chance; because I’m certain that the alternative will be disasterous.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

You may be dull and boring...

… but no way could fatty ever express himself in this manner. (Unless the whole fatty thing is just a style he dons.)

Well said.

I really don’t know much about Palin. Trying to learn about a person through the media in the course of an election is very well suited to gaining a clear picture. I would argue that she is either sharper than you indicate or at least very shrewd. Otherwise I don’t see how she achieves the Governor’s office at a fairly young age and with little political experience. There is also the fact that she is highly popular in her state across party lines. (Though I temper that with the fact that 2 years is short timeframe. It would mean more if it held after 4 years or at least half way into a second term.)

I agree that Obama is a very sharp man. I don’t see it as a disaster if he becomes the next President. Reality has a very sobering effect and contrary to what most Americans think, there isn’t a whole lot the President can do with regard to many of the issues that get talked about during a campaign. I believe one of the problems we as a nation face on politics is the idea you expressed above – that it will be a disaster if the other party’s candidate wins. We have become a society where everything is always a crisis, a disaster, a catastrophe (sp?). The news media acts like there was a time when hurricanes never hit the east or gulf coasts, tornados and flooding were unheard of in the midwest, fires were a rarity in California and the west. Right now everyone is saying we are in the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. They are either idiots or full of crap.

My parents grew up during the depression. My dad grew up the son of an immigrant coal miner in Pennsylvania. You want to know what hard times are? These aren’t it. Not by a long shot. Yet every politician and every media outlet is screaming about how bad things are. Guess what, if you start believing things are bad, there is a good chance they just might get that way.

The US economy may not be as sound as John McCain claimed it to be, but it is not in crisis because of what’s currently happening on Wall Street or in the housing market. This is just a blip. If you want to talk about fundamentals, you might want to start with the fact that an economy and a nation that grew into the most powerful in the world based on an aboundence of oil is now dependent on foreign imports of oil. (But that’s another post.)

Speaking as someone who saw their 401k dissappear as a result of Enron, who experienced 4 layoffs in 8 years, who paid for graduate school and a home mortgage while not having a job, who for 7+ months had to pay 4 mortgage payments when the sale of his wife’s house fell through after we had just bought our new place, I can say with all certainty that things are good. The end of world is not on the horizon. The future holds as much hope, opportunity and richness as it ever did. More so, in fact.

My apologies if this drifted into a rant. I just have little stomach for people saying what a disaster we are in, particularly when most of them are doing as well or better than I am.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 19, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like your point of view.

The Midnight Rambler. Born to make mistakes.

by amlmart1 on Sep 19, 2008 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

i'll admit she's kind of hot

but NO way i’ll be voting for that trainwreck.

by avalonzero on Sep 17, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hahahhhahahahhhhhaaaaaaa!!!!!! Hahahhhhahaahaaa! Good one.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 17, 2008 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

how to get around the urge to vote for Sarah Palin

ask yourself W.W.J.G?

"Sure its been a v e r y long summer and I have fleas too. Quit complaining."--- My cat- Bonzi responding to the anticipation by fans of next years team.

by bow4meow on Sep 17, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

She did help her Wasilla High school basketball team to the State Champinship.

And she is an outdoors person and a hunter …. all great things in my eyes. But I’m thinking real hard on how well those attributes might serve her as a potential president of our country. Well - that was a pressure free throw she made in the finals of the tournament. That must count for something. But I suppose her hot looks trumps all that.

I'm just a modest guy with much to be modest about

by TwoDeep on Sep 17, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Margaret Thatcher

didn’t have hot looks. Maybe that’s why Britain is in such a mess today.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone that keeps a basketball on her office desk gets my vote.

She will bring basketball to the masses. May even root for the Blazers since it is the closest NBA city to Alaska.

by richarda97 on Sep 18, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Don't forget...

Obama’s pretty good at hoops himself; and plans to install a basketball court at the White House if he’s elected.

I bet he could whoop Caribou Barbie’s butt in one-on-one.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Palin has already said that she would like the chalenge

I heard it in a interview the other night. She was a point guard so I am not sure who would excel more. It sure would be fun to watch and be a brake from all the nasty political crap that is being said.

by richarda97 on Sep 18, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep. +1000

Minus 900 for expressing a 6th grade level evaluation.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

From the comments we see at BE

it’s pretty obvious that a number of BE ers aren’t qualified to judge Nate’s ability to be an NBA coach. Now we are experts on who is qualified to be Vice President.

I have no idea whether Palin is qualified or not. Neither do I have a clue if McCain or Obama are qualified to be President.

For one, I don’t really know what it takes to be President, having never had to do the job or even be close enough to see it done. For another, how much do we know about either McCain or Obama, Palin or Biden? OK, McCain and Biden have been in politics for some time and have a record we can review. We can make some educated assumptions about what they might do. But as for Palin and Obama – they each have 2 years in office. That’s not a lot to go on.

So, when someone says that Palin is not qualified to be a “heartbeat” away from being President, they really mean that we don’t know whether she is or not. Just as we don’t know if Obama is qualfied to be President. All we have to go on is what they say.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wait, wait, wait....

The role of vice president (and the president for that matter) is something that is voted on by the people. So, regardless of whether we are (as you say) “qualified” to decide, we are the ones who decide.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

Without question.

We get to vote. And by doing so we decide who we want to be President. What we are not doing is deciding who is more qualified. It’s like an experiment were we get to find out if the guy (or gal) we chose is indeed qualified.

I’d be curious to know what percentage of BE’ers vote. Statistical odds say that less than half will. (Possibly significantly less, as the average age here appears to be below 30.)

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

It seems like "qualified" is the wrong term to use here.

Because, basically, if voting is an experiment to see if someone is qualified, then in retrospect the only way to tell if they were qualified is to gauge their performance. And in my book, there is a difference between being “qualified” to be president and being successful as president.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 18, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ignorance FTW!

I don’t vote, just to avoid conversations like these. If I said I voted, someone would want to talk about it. (Actually, it still gets me a lecture about the evils of not voting.) There is no point in talking about religion or politics, because NO ONE is going to change their mind.

This is a diary about Fatty. We need to be talking about Fatty or not commenting.

The Josh abides.

by tominhawaii on Sep 18, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dave's commenting under Tom's name?

He must be using his Jedi mind control to get Tom to enforce the rules.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

well, I'll believe it when I see it

Frankly I suspect the fatty era is permanently over. For all we know the Man might have been posting this whole time under a different screenname.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

According to James Kunstler, who writes a well-respected if slightly profane financial blog whose title I cannot repeat here, "The Republicans must be clearly identified as the party that wrecked America... it's hard to imagine the American people giving the clean-up task to the very group that created the mess -- no matter how many cute little faces Sarah Palin can make on TV."

by vavoom on Sep 17, 2008 3:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Crickets -- Crickets -- Crickets ;-)

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 17, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is like politics

with republicans and democrats…

You hate him, you love him, or you ignore him.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 17, 2008 3:38 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

someone should make a poll...

you hate him, you love him, or you ignore him right? apparently this subject gets plenty of attention

Afew years ago, a broadcaster once said Pryzbilla's name is "Polish for 'personal foul.'" Ouch.

by chrischa on Sep 17, 2008 3:57 PM PDT reply actions  

according to fatty's profile

he last logged in Sept 11th, 2008…. he’s coming….

http://www.sbnation.com/users/fatty

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My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
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by johnv59 on Sep 17, 2008 5:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Stop posting about fatty,

Why in the world are people even talking about him? Good grief, why give him what he wants? He was an arrogant, self proclaimed “mans man” with a “this is how it is” attitude. I was here when he was posting and fully remember how much I disliked him. I don’t want to read stupid overconfident comments by him or stupid praise sent his way. Put this garbage in the JUNK drawer where it belongs.

by In Walks Rudy on Sep 17, 2008 7:53 PM PDT reply actions  

You just

posted about fatty.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's the offseason.

The draft is over. Vegas summer league is over. The main free agent signing period is over. Training camp has not started yet.

The only good things to talk about are:
1) The election
2) Football (whichever kind you like)
3) The pennant races in baseball
4) fatty.

The fatty fenomenon is an interesting study in group psychology.

Plus, we’re waiting to hear him say something nice about Martell Webster. #8 had a respectable season last year (after two horrible first years), and fatty wasn’t around to sing his praises.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes!

It will be worth it having him back to have him have to say something nice about Martell — and Travis, too, for that matter.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Things to talk about

1) the election – love this topic, but others get tired of it

2) Football – Redskins are off to a so-so start, as are the SeaChickens. Maryland beat Cal, but they are 1-2. Sort of hard to get excited about football until a team I’m interested in starts performing ok.

3) Pennant races – I’m an Orioles fan. I’m not sure I know what a pennant race is.

4) fatty – I’d rather discuss Scotty than fatty. At least the Engineer brings intelligent conversation to BE.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Sep 18, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

But I'm boring

Dreadfully so. Got a wife, four kids, a job, live in Beaverton. What’s interesting about that?

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tell us you have

four wives, a kid and a job. That’s definitely interesting.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

One wife is enough.

And fortunately, she doesn’t read BE.

:)

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow, this is like watching some crazy social experiment.

And soon it will be more interesting. If it’s this crazy about him without him here, the results of his arrival, should be equally as interesting if not more so. And when I say interesting, I mean “can’t pull my eyes away from the train wreck” interesting. I haven’t seen this much vitriol commingled with eager anticipation since… since about five seconds ago, as we’re in an election year.

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"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
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by T Darkstar on Sep 17, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions  

VIVA FATTY!!!

you know you want to shout NIN TEN DO!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJyG7B6tAI

"Besides, I met a girl who loves basketball, blazers, and spurs. I'm sorry, you really can't dampen my mood right now :)" -ratbastird(after oden's surgery)

by nateinaloha on Sep 17, 2008 9:15 PM PDT reply actions  

I am not usually a stickler for rules but....

…seriously….why is this allowed in fanposts? No offense EngineerScotty, but there’s been plenty of posts from people new and old who get thrashed for putting up some terrible trade proposals which at least has something to do with basketball yet this fanpost gets recommended? Isn’t the whole point of the junk drawer for this type of content?

I’m usually a pretty chill guy here on the blog. This just rubs me the wrong way. Me thinks there’s a double standard in the Bedge community.

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Sep 17, 2008 10:58 PM PDT reply actions  

It's just an old-timer thing....

fatty has been a member here for a long time (in Internet years, at least), and a staple of BE culture.

And no, I ain’t he—my shift key works. :)

by EngineerScotty on Sep 17, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

fatty was to BE culture as...

as Zach Randolph was to Jail Blazer culture…

by In Walks Rudy on Sep 18, 2008 5:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Apparently

his absense has made many of hearts grown fonder. I remember fatty as a poster Dave had to sensor more than most for rude comments and personal attacks against those who expressed a different opinion. I also remember him as a die hard Rockets supporter once they hired Rick Adelman even though they still had the same players accept for a euro import who had never done much in Europe. He expressed him opinions, which is great, but he made it hard for other posters to express theirs as he would constantly put people down for it. Maybe once he comes back, people will realise who great the BE community was without him.

by usmcr3049 on Sep 18, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

oh, one more thing

He left at exactly 8pm on 9/18/08 according to his post, so if he is true to his word, he will post tonight at 8pm. I am guess he will as he was never a liar or untrue to his word, just kinda came off as a jerk while posting.

by usmcr3049 on Sep 18, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's kind of the Louie De Palma of Blazers Edge.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 18, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

23214 seconds till the Return

It’s getting close.

"You better come harder than that, little man, your makin' me laugh" G.O.

by BlueBooYay on Sep 18, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

EngineerScotty Alter Ego= fatty

Thats what I think, he mentions him more then anyone else (more like the only one that mentions him), he makes dumb post announcing his comeback, calls him the master. I dont know, just seems fishy.

by ggassen85 on Sep 17, 2008 11:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Seems like

you just mentioned fatty, too. ES isn’t the only one to mention him.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

All our talk about fatty isn't really about him.

Fatty is a metaphor for BEdgers. When we discuss him, we are really talking about ourselves. We love him. We hate him. It’s complex. It’s therapeutic.

I feel better now.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Dude

Of course I mentioned him, THIS IS A POST ABOUT FATTY!! My point is th ES mentions him in post were there is no reason to mention him, and he creates post about his return.

by ggassen85 on Sep 18, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

The first rule of fatty club...

…is, always talk about fatty club.

Or something like that.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

You said ES is the "only one that mentions him"

Now you did it again.

You must be ES.

If you read one of those links above, you would know that ES is not fatty. Dave is fatty, and fatty is Dave. I said it, so it must be true. Book it.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

I thought it was firmly established

that I was Kevin Pritchard.

Either that, or I really am the guy from Star Trek, living in the 21st century because the beer is better than in the 24th.

I forget which.

But I am most certainly not fatty, a personality so outsized that he need not fabricate alter-egos for himself.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mortimer is KP, isn't he?

I’m so confused.

I don’t even know who I am. Actually, I’m an Englishman who hates Scots. Really.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe you are the young Scotty and fatty is his older-ego

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mebbe

But I kne better than t’ have two copies of meself livin’ at th’ same time, laddie. Might mess up th’ space-time continuum, ye know.

But then, I nev’r bothered with worryin’ ’boot such thins afore…

by EngineerScotty on Sep 18, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

You just made jscot cringe

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually

I’m an Englishman who hates Scots. Really. Four comments up.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 18, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why?

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 18, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's a racist, of course

Please don’t tell us you can’t tell the difference between the way English and Scots look.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 18, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can

Actually, we Scots love the English. They taste great if cooked properly.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 19, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is this a paradox?

Are you a Scot who loves the English or an Englishman who hates Scots?

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 19, 2008 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am a troublemaker

who loves confusing people.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 19, 2008 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

rec

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 19, 2008 3:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I´ve bought the new version of Norton Security Scan.

It includes the Norton Anti-off topic defender.

The Midnight Rambler. Born to make mistakes.

by amlmart1 on Sep 19, 2008 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

LoL can we please send one of those to Tom

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 20, 2008 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

We are on topic

The real topic is always ME. These last few posts have been as on topic as BE ever gets.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 19, 2008 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

So does that mean

You are Fatty?

The Josh abides.

by tominhawaii on Sep 19, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

No

It means ES was off-topic when he started this fanpost.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 20, 2008 4:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow! I went green twice in one week!

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 20, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Reccin' for three

"You better come harder than that, little man, your makin' me laugh" G.O.

by BlueBooYay on Sep 20, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

You think the fatmeister is punctual, despite his disdain for punctuation?

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 19, 2008 3:46 AM PDT reply actions  

So

Where is the fat one? I guess he is not a man of his word afterall…

by usmcr3049 on Sep 19, 2008 9:09 AM PDT reply actions  

Why should he respond?

He’s getting way more comments by remaining silent.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 19, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

You can only wait offstage for so long...

before you come back onstage for your encore.

Otherwise, the crowd gets bored and goes home. Sucks for a mega-personality when that happens.

by EngineerScotty on Sep 19, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're right!

I already feel like I waited at the airport for Rudy and it turned out that Mike Barrett had the day wrong.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 19, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

This scares me to death

I never, ever successfully completed the reading of a Fatty post. I can’t remember who said it but they said it accurately: reading Fatty makes my eyes bleed.

I am not looking forward to his return. If I want to get punished in this fashion, I will read James Joyce.

by Phizbin on Sep 20, 2008 8:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Soooo fatty is history?

He hasn’t been on in a few weeks…

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 20, 2008 10:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Ol' # 77 (UID)

I suspect imminent return of the immense one, will be on his own schedule.

"You better come harder than that, little man, your makin' me laugh" G.O.

by BlueBooYay on Sep 21, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

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