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[tmerton]

My weekend visit to Collegeville got me thinking - where do all the 'sotan's go to retire?  Here are some ideas:

You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.

You can Live in California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

You can Live in New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4 You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can Live in Maine where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can Live in the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2."y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

You can live in Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can stay in the Midwest where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

AND You can live in Florida where...
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people

[MongolianWarrior]

it's great when you havent checked the board in a while and when you do you see people putting lighters by their behinds. classic.

[finsleft]

My weekend visit to Collegeville got me thinking - where do all the 'sotan's go to retire?  Here are some ideas:

After the last SJU tuition installment, the IRS and Stearns County Treasurer get done with me, I'm looking forward to retiring in a cardboard appliance box under the St. Germain Street bridge. 
At least I can make my own beer.

[finsleft]

Gettin' ready for getting our asses kicked by the Johnnies next season!!!

Mighty Royal

There. I fixed it for you.

[sumander]

My weekend visit to Collegeville got me thinking - where do all the 'sotan's go to retire?  Here are some ideas:

After the last SJU tuition installment,

fins, How about that nice letter from Fr. Reinhart about the "small" tutition increase for next year!! A couple more years of increases like that and I will be sleeping in a cardboard box!

[finsleft]

My weekend visit to Collegeville got me thinking - where do all the 'sotan's go to retire?  Here are some ideas:

After the last SJU tuition installment,

fins, How about that nice letter from Fr. Reinhart about the "small" tutition increase for next year!! A couple more years of increases like that and I will be sleeping in a cardboard box!

Yes, it was so nice to hear from him. As nice as hearing about our fellow Johnnie Mark Kennedy voting to cut federal aid for college student loans. But then, if you work for the US Congress, WE (taxpayers) will pay your loans off to the tune of up to $10,000 a year, I think.
I think I need a beer.

[Kilted Rat]

This article and the pictures confuse the hell out of me!


Here are what some kids at a California high school did to protest the impending enforcement of illegal immigration laws:



If you really think Mexico is so great and if you hate America so much, I really doubt there is much security preventing you from going there on a permanent basis!

I used to think that getting immigration enforcement legislature passed was going to be difficult, but nothing stirs public emotion like seeing the flag burned on our own soil while hundreds of illegals cheer!

What they should do is gather every Paddy wagon available and go to the protests and demand proof of US citizenship and start deporting everyone who shouldn't be here in teh first place. I know enforcing laws is a strange concept to some, but its about time we did it!

[finsleft]

Enough politics.
Did you hear the one about the guy who dreamed he drank the largest margarita in the world? 
Woke up the next morning and the toilet rim had salt all over it and.... the worm was gone.

[frankrickard]

Funniest thing ever...Heat Vision and Jack.

A show from Ben Stiller, starring Jack Black as a super smart former astronaut, Owen Wilson as Heat Vision, his motorcycle friend and Ron Silver as himself, the villain.

http://www.panandscan.com/news/show/Web_Video/Viral_Video:_Legendary_Jack_Black_TV_Pilot_Hits_Web/502

[frankrickard]

Also, the people in the apartment above me seem to have a consistent routine of sexual relations around the 5 o'clock hour as I've come back from work to the same sounds every day this week.

[footballfan413]

This was posted on the WIAC board today in response to a question about the new NCAA ruling allowing spring practice by D-3:

"This will be the second year that NCAA Division III teams are allowed on-field instruction with coaches in the spring. While the higher NCAA divisions are allowed full contact practice in full pads, Division III teams are not allowed to practice in pads during spring drills."

[tmerton]

This was posted on the WIAC board today in response to a question about the new NCAA ruling allowing spring practice by D-3:

"This will be the second year that NCAA Division III teams are allowed on-field instruction with coaches in the spring. While the higher NCAA divisions are allowed full contact practice in full pads, Division III teams are not allowed to practice in pads during spring drills."

Thanks for the follow-up.  I still find it strange that I haven't seen any discussion of this, especially since now is when this would be taking place.  It's certainly not going on at SJU this spring - unless the football team is wearing skirts and running around with lacrosse sticks (I did see that going on in the Natural Bowl over the weekend).

[Kilted Rat]

This was posted on the WIAC board today in response to a question about the new NCAA ruling allowing spring practice by D-3:

"This will be the second year that NCAA Division III teams are allowed on-field instruction with coaches in the spring. While the higher NCAA divisions are allowed full contact practice in full pads, Division III teams are not allowed to practice in pads during spring drills."

Thanks for the follow-up.  I still find it strange that I haven't seen any discussion of this, especially since now is when this would be taking place.  It's certainly not going on at SJU this spring - unless the football team is wearing skirts and running around with lacrosse sticks (I did see that going on in the Natural Bowl over the weekend).

Our Lacrosse team may dress funny, but at least they're well behaved

[tmerton]

This was posted on the WIAC board today in response to a question about the new NCAA ruling allowing spring practice by D-3:

"This will be the second year that NCAA Division III teams are allowed on-field instruction with coaches in the spring. While the higher NCAA divisions are allowed full contact practice in full pads, Division III teams are not allowed to practice in pads during spring drills."

Thanks for the follow-up.  I still find it strange that I haven't seen any discussion of this, especially since now is when this would be taking place.  It's certainly not going on at SJU this spring - unless the football team is wearing skirts and running around with lacrosse sticks (I did see that going on in the Natural Bowl over the weekend).

Our Lacrosse team may dress funny, but at least they're well behaved

And notice I said skirts, not kilts.  That's too much to even think about.

[footballfan413]

This was posted on the WIAC board today in response to a question about the new NCAA ruling allowing spring practice by D-3:

"This will be the second year that NCAA Division III teams are allowed on-field instruction with coaches in the spring. While the higher NCAA divisions are allowed full contact practice in full pads, Division III teams are not allowed to practice in pads during spring drills."

Thanks for the follow-up.  I still find it strange that I haven't seen any discussion of this, especially since now is when this would be taking place.  It's certainly not going on at SJU this spring - unless the football team is wearing skirts and running around with lacrosse sticks (I did see that going on in the Natural Bowl over the weekend).

Considering that Coach Gagliardi has always had a somewhat unorthodox practice philosophy, I guess I am not too surprised.  (No disrespect intended!! He is, without question, one of the greatest coaches ever!!)
     I wonder how many programs are taking advantage of it?   I remember reading last year somewhere that the UWW QB referred to the first year of spring practice and how he felt that it helped their offense get a jump start and we all know what happened there.