MBB: USA South Conference

[notamensa]

too many big words.....I like simple things...like the old TV commercial starring Earl campbell...."Skoal, Brother!"

ok, so how are the captains going to slow down lenny hall this evening? im still having nightmares of that guy driving right to the basket, seemingly unimpeded, oops... i mean unconstrained. thats still probably too large a word for you though, isnt it, cnu85 ? ok, it was like this... he went to the basket and our guys didnt try to stop him. in my nightmare, he keeps kicking me in the head when he goes up for the layup.

[hasanova]

hmm...was it Earl Campbell?

Not sure, but he was a heck of a runner for the Longhorns and the Houston Oilers!  If I remember correctly, they unveiled a statue of him at Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin last September when Texas played Ohio State.  I'm sure Earl and Bum Phillips played Scrabble - and used Skoal - every day!  lol

[CNU85]

in my nightmare, he keeps kicking me in the head when he goes up for the layup.

help me out Hasanova....I need something related to the foot and the head....Cranial...??

haha...and to thinks I gots a MBA.

[hasanova]

hey, only 9 more posts until i can smite/applaud. time to go back and review who will be getting each from me. i think i will start off with a round of applause for everyone, though. ive loved being a member here this year. one of you guys said something about this site being too lame for students, but thats definitely not true. and, hey, its even a little bit educational. apocryphal! thanks for that one, pat. hasanova has been a continuing source of wisdom. learning the origin of "mensa" was incredible. i think he must be a mensan himself. 

Thanks, notamensa.  I may have to start calling you isamensa!  lol  Thanks for enduring my stories about the halcyon days - just trying to use sports as a hermeneutic tool.  lol  Peace

ok, ill bite –

halcyon days - literally meaning calm days; a reference to the fourteen days of calm weather the ancients believed to precede the winter solstice that coincided with the brooding of the halcyon - fabled to be in nests floating on the sea - because the birds charmed the winds and waves so that seas were especially calm.

hermeneutic – 1. relating to or consisting in the interpretation of texts, especially the books of the bible  2. serving to interpret or explain something

no, im definitely not a mensan, but maybe i will be some day, especially if my vocabulary continues to expand like it has been lately. is a high iq something that can be attained by working hard at it, or is it something that youre born with? i dont know. but, im guessing that youre one either way, mr hasanova. hermeneutic! do you really use words like that in your everyday speech or are you trying to impress us with carefully chosen and researched words? either way, im impressed. i bet that you blew the gradng curve for your classmates in english class.

Thanks, notamensa.  I appreciate your kind words.  I personally think humans are a product of their heredity and their environment, but you can definitely make a concerted effort to improve your vocabulary by modifying your environment.   Hermeneutic - no I don't use that word every day!  Who does? - Doctors Niles and Frazier Crane?  The Pope?  lol  Actually, one of my brothers is a PhD in Theology and he taught me that word a couple of years ago when we were discussing how two people can see the same play at a sporting event and have two diametrically opposed ideas of what just happened.  The word's namesake, Hermes, also knew it was true with varying interpretations of the scriptures.  If you think I have a good vocabulary, you should meet my brother!    I was just trying to make a joke by throwing those words into the email, but I did definitely know what they meant.  Honestly, however, you don't want to play any of my four siblings and me at Scrabble.  We can hold our own!    Yeah, I did "OK" in school, but to tell you the truth I was the kid who 'blew the curve" on the Math exams.   Go figure!  

[hasanova]

in my nightmare, he keeps kicking me in the head when he goes up for the layup.

help me out Hasanova....I need something related to the foot and the head....Cranial...??

haha...and to thinks I gots a MBA.

I recommend cerebrum conculco which, loosely translated, means "(your) brain is being tread under my feet!"  I also have an MBA and I think we might just say, "My business ("bidness" in Texas) will kick your brains out!"  Either way, someone is in for an in your face a$$ whuppin'!  Enjoy the game!

[roundbll]

hmm...was it Earl Campbell?

Actually, I think it was the alph-male on the National Geographic special who eats the bugs off the other Apes!
Shhhh.... No names CNU85.

[notamensa]

Thanks, notamensa.  I appreciate your kind words.  I personally think humans are a product of their heredity and their environment, but you can definitely make a concerted effort to improve your vocabulary by modifying your environment.  

noooo. say it isnt true. i was hoping that i could sharpen my intellect through persistent study and effort and to one day, one glorious day, slap a mensa membership card on dear old dad and say, "haha, i AM a mensaN, old man!" but now you tell me that i have no better chance of doing so than he does? crap.

[notamensa]

hmm...was it Earl Campbell?

Actually, I think it was the alph-male on the National Geographic special who eats the bugs off the other Apes!
Shhhh.... No names CNU85.

oooooh, a cryptic message from a new poster. im intrigued. who is he/she, cnu85? maybe someone that you spend quality time with, watching educational television?

[hasanova]

Thanks, notamensa.  I appreciate your kind words.  I personally think humans are a product of their heredity and their environment, but you can definitely make a concerted effort to improve your vocabulary by modifying your environment.  

noooo. say it isnt true. i was hoping that i could sharpen my intellect through persistent study and effort and to one day, one glorious day, slap a mensa membership card on dear old dad and say, "haha, i AM a mensaN, old man!" but now you tell me that i have no better chance of doing so than he does? crap.

Well, half of your heredity is your Mom's side of the family.  How's it looking there?    The environment is your "persistent study and effort," so there's hope.  Top 2%, man - piece of cake!   Good luck!  By the way, Sharon Stone is a member of Mensa and she sometimes forgets to put on her underwear!  lol  

[notamensa]

in my nightmare, he keeps kicking me in the head when he goes up for the layup.

help me out Hasanova....I need something related to the foot and the head....Cranial...??

haha...and to thinks I gots a MBA.

I recommend cerebrum conculco which, loosely translated, means "(your) brain is being tread under my feet!"  I also have an MBA and I think we might just say, "My business ("bidness" in Texas) will kick your brains out!"  Either way, someone is in for an in your face a$$ whuppin'!  Enjoy the game!

mbas abound! what am i doing here on this forum?! i am clearly in over my head. BUT, i have news for you guys...

[notamensa]

Thanks, notamensa.  I appreciate your kind words.  I personally think humans are a product of their heredity and their environment, but you can definitely make a concerted effort to improve your vocabulary by modifying your environment.  

noooo. say it isnt true. i was hoping that i could sharpen my intellect through persistent study and effort and to one day, one glorious day, slap a mensa membership card on dear old dad and say, "haha, i AM a mensaN, old man!" but now you tell me that i have no better chance of doing so than he does? crap.

Well, half of your heredity is your Mom's side of the family.  How's it looking there?    The environment is your "persistent study and effort," so there's hope.  Top 2%, man - piece of cake!   Good luck!  By the way, Sharon Stone is a member of Mensa and she sometimes forgets to put on her underwear!  lol  

on my moms side, there is actually some hope there... she is a lot smarter than she lets on, and thank god i got my looks from her.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Ewell never be half the man your mother was

signed,
Parker Lewis

[notamensa]

Ewell never be half the man your mother was

signed,
Parker Lewis

omg! i just read 2-3 posts from this guy and i think we have yet ANOTHER deep thinker among us! what is happening to this board?!

signed,

beyonces boyfriend

[notamensa]

as promised, a standing ovation from me to you, my fellow basketball fans. im a STARTER, baby! everyone gets plus one from me.

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

About the Bucs and Beloit College logo.  Has anyone tried to ask both the college or the Bucs


I am about as up in the air on that issue, as much as the issue of which came first the chicken or the egg.