FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[USTBench]

We've all made alot of Nazi, surrender French, every college, and recently a new Welch entry into the joking around field on this board.
Bennies and Tommie coeds get put down regularly. I don't recall people getting too offended before.
I don't think the time has come now either.

Big difference between a Nazi joke and calling someone/some school a Nazi/Nazis. I don't think that makes me a wet blanket or easily offended. I'm not exactly clutching my pearls, I just think it's stupid.

Additionally, Bennie and Tommie coeds do get put down regularly, but in an obvious tongue-in-cheek, clearly facetious way, not in a "haha, they killed 6 million Jews by boarding them on trains, starving, working and gassing them to death" kind-of-way. Do I REALLY think SJU needs a cattle grid on their campus so Bennies don't wander on to the interstate during tailgating? No. Do I REALLY think Bennies need to be milked twice a day? No. Once should be plenty. I think that much is obvious. I don't really even have a strong opinion on SJU other than I hope we beat them in football once a year. I think the main difference is, for whatever reason, SOME Johnnies HAAAAAATE (deep down in their bones, well into middle age and beyond, in a true visceral way that burns in their soul) anything related to UST. Which, I don't really get, because it's just some school 80 miles away that doesn't affect SJU in any meaningful way outside of sports.

Been on this board for 13 years, don't recall being called a Nazi before, or having UST referred to as Nazis before. If you want to know, "Where's the line, then?" calling someone/some school "Nazi's (sic)" is probably good line. Maybe avoid racial slurs too.

As to the Blues Brothers and Slap Shot referencing Nazis in a comedy movie 40 years ago, I think we all have the ability to recognize context. Was the Charlestown Chief's bus driver wearing a Nazi helmet? Yes. Was the fact that their psycho bus driver (who also tore up the bus with an ax to "make it look mean") was wearing a Nazi helmet funny in an absurdist context? Depends on who you ask, but, to me, yes. Is Slap Shot still a funny movie? To me, yes. Does the bus driver wearing a Nazi helmet in Slap Shot make Paul Newman, or anyone associated with making Slap Shot a Nazi? No.

I also get making fun of ACTUAL Nazis (Hogan's Heroes, Blues Brothers). However, I am not a big fan of calling regular people (whether you disagree with their politics, don't like their school, whatever) Nazis.

"UST are the Nazi's (sic)" doesn't leave a lot of room for context.

Yeah, this is exactly what I would describe as not clutching at pearls.

But look, I can see you are unduly sensitive to what was obviously a ridiculous, over-the-top, tongue in cheek comment.  Unless you really think I was being literal and meant that Tommies are genuine mass murderers, in which case get stuffed.  But if the issue is that you're incredibly sensitive and lacking all sense of humour then I'm sorry.  I'm sorry you have no funny bone or sense of proportion and I wish you well.  I hope you find it out there.

I can laugh. I can laugh at just about any topic: INCLUDING Nazi's (sic).

However, comedy is also subjective. And if the best you've got is "UST are the Nazi's (sic)" then a) your set up is lacking (especially if the MIAC in this situation is Great Britain); b) your punchline is stupid; and c) you are no Nancy Dowd (Slap Shot) or John Landis/Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers). You're more of a Monday night open mic at Acme. Maybe a courtesy laugh, but mostly crickets.

Doesn't take much to get me to laugh, sorry your super funny joke you think is as funny as Slap Shot and Blues Brothers totally bombed.

[wm4]

I don't know Oz, I think Bench had a well worded response and I suspect his message spoke for how several others on this board feel about your comments.  Might be best to just take your medicine on this one. 

[BDB]

I don't know Oz, I think Bench had a well worded response and I suspect his message spoke for how several others on this board feel about your comments.  Might be best to just take your medicine on this one.

Both made their points, people can agree with whoever they want.

No medicine given or taken. We are out and Walgreen's ain't 24/7 like they used to be.

Back to normal programming.

[57Johnnie]

I don't know Oz, I think Bench had a well worded response and I suspect his message spoke for how several others on this board feel about your comments.  Might be best to just take your medicine on this one.

Both made their points, people can agree with whoever they want.

No medicine given or taken. We are out and Walgreen's ain't 24/7 like they used to be.

Back to normal programming.

I watched the Brewers/Rockies game last night and they had a huge Leinenkugel sign at Miller Park
Normal enough?

[BDB]

I watched the Brewers/Rockies game last night and they had a huge Leinenkugel sign at Miller Park
Normal enough?

On this board it would be more normal if it was a Budweiser sign at Miller Park. 

Come to think of it that's about the only major league baseball park probably that doesn't have a giant Budweiser sign hanging in the outfield.

[BDB]

Love the Dunkin' ad airing regularly during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 
David Pastrnak, a Czech player for the Boston Bruins yells from the penalty box "Hey ref. Check your voicemail.  You missed some calls."
So corny = hilarious

[sjusection105]

I watched the Brewers/Rockies game last night and they had a huge Leinenkugel sign at Miller Park
Normal enough?

On this board it would be more normal if it was a Budweiser HAMM'S sign at Miller Park. 

I fixed it for you BDB 

[OzJohnnie]

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2019/5/2/football-mcdonough-92-named-to-ncaas-board-of-governors.aspx

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University graduate Denis McDonough '92 was named one of five independent members of the NCAA Board of Governors on Tuesday, April 30.

Johnnies are now hopelessly compromised.  How do we complain about how rooted the NCAA playoffs are?

[GoldandBlueBU]

I don't know Oz, I think Bench had a well worded response and I suspect his message spoke for how several others on this board feel about your comments.  Might be best to just take your medicine on this one.

Both made their points, people can agree with whoever they want.

No medicine given or taken. We are out and Walgreen's ain't 24/7 like they used to be.

Back to normal programming.

I watched the Brewers/Rockies game last night and they had a huge Leinenkugel sign at Miller Park
Normal enough?

Considering that Leinenkugel is owned by Miller, I'd call that relatively normal.

[Gregory Sager]

I used to enjoy having a Leinie longneck or two, so it was a sad day for me when Miller bought out the company. Haven't had one since.

[GoldandBlueBU]

I used to enjoy having a Leinie longneck or two, so it was a sad day for me when Miller bought out the company. Haven't had one since.

I've only seldom had it as well, but more so because I just don't prefer the taste anymore.  To Miller's credit, I've heard that the  craft brands that they've bought out - Leinie's, Goose Island, etc. - have mostly been left alone as far as operations go, Miller just wanted to be harvesting the profits that they'd never have access to as a macro-brewer.

edit - I see that Inbev - or Bud bought Goose Island, not Miller.

[Gregory Sager]

Goose Island was bought out by Anheuser-Busch, not by Miller. I used to drink two Goose Island brands -- Honker's Ale (their English bitter) and Matilda (their Belgian pale). Not anymore, which is too bad; they're both really good beers in their respective categories, and I could buy them fresh on tap here on the North Side of Chicago.

I have two simple rules when it comes to beer: No light beer, and no giving my money to Miller or Anheuser-Busch. Beyond that, I'm pretty open-minded.

[TheChucker]

Goose Island was bought out by Anheuser-Busch, not by Miller. I used to drink two Goose Island brands -- Honker's Ale (their English bitter) and Matilda (their Belgian pale). Not anymore, which is too bad; they're both really good beers in their respective categories, and I could buy them fresh on tap here on the North Side of Chicago.

I have two simple rules when it comes to beer: No light beer, and no giving my money to Miller or Anheuser-Busch. Beyond that, I'm pretty open-minded.

Yeah, light beer sucks, but I'm too fat not to drink it at least occasionally. Grain Belt Premium Light isn't terrible (Schell's). For me, I love the micro breweries in all the variety they bring; Castle Danger in Two Harbors is at the top of the list. But I also love the MN regional breweries of Schell's and Summit. Both are high quality. In fact, my favorite overall beer of any kind is probably Schell's 1905 VT. Mmmm. Too bad it's seasonal and hard to find.

[art76]

I have two simple rules when it comes to beer: No light beer, and no giving my money to Miller or Anheuser-Busch. Beyond that, I'm pretty open-minded.

I am on record here as being a non-imbiber, so I don't have a horse in this race. But why no love for the big breweries?

[Gregory Sager]

Goose Island was bought out by Anheuser-Busch, not by Miller. I used to drink two Goose Island brands -- Honker's Ale (their English bitter) and Matilda (their Belgian pale). Not anymore, which is too bad; they're both really good beers in their respective categories, and I could buy them fresh on tap here on the North Side of Chicago.

I have two simple rules when it comes to beer: No light beer, and no giving my money to Miller or Anheuser-Busch. Beyond that, I'm pretty open-minded.

Yeah, light beer sucks, but I'm too fat not to drink it at least occasionally. Grain Belt Premium Light isn't terrible (Schell's). For me, I love the micro breweries in all the variety they bring; Castle Danger in Two Harbors is at the top of the list. But I also love the MN regional breweries of Schell's and Summit. Both are high quality. In fact, my favorite overall beer of any kind is probably Schell's 1905 VT. Mmmm. Too bad it's seasonal and hard to find.

I'll have to look for that. My favorite Minnesota beer is Summit Oatmeal Stout, although I hear great things about Summit's Czech-style pilsener, Dakota Soul.

I'm lucky in that the Malt Row district of Chicago overlaps my neighborhood, so I have seven microbreweries within about fifteen minutes' distance of where I live. But my favorite overall beer is Maudite, a Belgian Double amber ale from Unibroue, a brewery located in a suburb of Montreal. There's a bar in my neighborhood that has that on tap, too.

I have two simple rules when it comes to beer: No light beer, and no giving my money to Miller or Anheuser-Busch. Beyond that, I'm pretty open-minded.

I am on record here as being a non-imbiber, so I don't have a horse in this race. But why no love for the big breweries?

Same reason I don't eat at McDonald's. It's not just about avoiding putting crap in my mouth, it's about not supporting the people who put crap in other people's mouths -- even though mega-corporate coprophagy is obviously the choice of a lot of other consumers.