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Do you know anything about cow tipping? When I was a teenager, that was a hell of a lot of fun.

At the time it was. The consequences are another matter.

Ah, yes. Like many actions we took in our youth, there are consequences.

TY, kindly, EhB!

The only cow tipping with which I am personally familiar involves the miserable buggers trying to tip over on top of me. Since I am no longer quite as quick and fleet of foot as I once was, I try to avoid such situations whenever possible these days.

Not to stray from the subject of cow tipping (I leave 20%), but here are my feeble picks for the week.

Niners
Vikes
Pates
N.O.
N.Y. F.G.
Pitty
Cincy
Balt
Hou
Wash
Philly
Indy
Zona
S.D.
NY Jets

Bears 17 - 10

now see here, what kind of response is that to the announcement of Ragman's recent birthday!

When I was about 16 or 17 (oops, not me but rather "someone I knew") cow tipping was pretty big.
The new college kids would come to UVA from New York or wherever. Rich urban yankees. Eager-to-be frat boys with money and fake id's.
Some redneck with a quick wit would offer to introduce them to "cow tipping."
Cows sleep standing up in the field was the story. If you walked up to one quietly at night and pushed in the right direction it would fall over. That would be funny.
The guide would herd the kids, in the expensive car their daddy had sent them to college with, on a circuitous route to some field where there were cows. He drank as much of their beer as he could and tucked a few cans in his jacket. He sent them out, on their own, while he took the short cut home on foot.

I am not making this up. Honest.

I've been squeaming about not having the brains to start a thread for you, kid.
(Roberta calls me kid and I'm crustily older than she is)


I still will, if you would like one about the whole thing of turning sixty, starting with you. A bunch of us have, er, turned, and it is both an unimportant number and one with a lot of rumbles and reverberations.

Well, hey, I like that.

Yep. Another version of the snipe hunt. I have a story of a streaking incident when I was at K-State in which a Fort Riley soldier was somehow coerced into leaving his clothing outside my apartment while he streaked across campus, where some other vet students were to meet him and return him to his point of origin. Right. To the best of my knowledge, he may still be chasing the MTA 'neath the streets of Boston.

Sure thing. It might be fun to hear about other's experiences and share.

Ok, I'll do it.

Domani.

Nag me if I forget.

Week 3

Sunday, early games

KC (KC at home in an upset over Niners who fall behind early and can't generate points easily. More than in other stadiums, Arrowhead crowds deafen their opponents.)
MN (Run, Brett-Forrest, Run!)
NE (fagged-a-bow-dit...Ryan Fitzpatrick to replace Trent Edwards w/ same result as last yr.)
NO (Saints force turnovers
TN (Odds say that Giants win at home...but Titans D rules.)
Pitt @ TB (Pitt's D...end of story)
Cin (Both teams bore the crowd and one another to sleep.)
Balt (Ravens by a FG...maybe w/ final score of 3-0)
Dal (Boys ... oh cripes, but do I want to pick Houston, but let's get real as Boys have too much talent. Run it, Tony, Run it!)

Sunday late games
Wash
Phil Iggles (Vick silences doubt if his team protects enough and he lives long enough to see the end of the game).
Indy (Peyton Manning takes charge)
AZ
SD (SD hands down)

Sunday, evening game
Mia (Home team gets the nod but never bet on this one. Jets are too distracted by Braylon's idiocy)

Monday, night game
Chicago (Cutler is for real and Bears play sound D, but so do Packers)
Tie-breaker 13-10

Week III

Chieftains
They Might Be Giants
Steel Curtain
Min Vikes
Nawlins
Hot L Baltimore
Pates better win
Cincinnatta
Nice Shootin' Tex
Red Skins
Iggles Have Landed
SD Chargers
Oak Raid
Indee Colts
My Dolphins
Green Pay Backers . (38-27)

San Francisco
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
New Orleans
Baltimore
New England
Cincinnati
Houston
Washington
Philadelphia
Seattle
Arizona
Indianapolis - I'm really tempted to pick Denver on this one
NY Jets

9/19 - night:
Green Bay (21-10)

San Francisco
Tennessee
Tampa Bay
Detroit ..( New bilge pumps )
New Orleans
Cleveland
New England
Cincinnati
Houston
St Louis
Philadelphia
San Diego
Oakland
Denver
Miami
Chicago 28-20

Rhys emailed me his picks for Week #3:
San Francisco
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Atlanta
Baltimore
New England
Cincinnati
Houston
Washington
Jacksonville
San Diego
Oakland
Indianapolis
Miami
Green Bay (27-10)

Giants
Pitt
Minn
N.O.
Baltimore
N. Eng.
Cinn
Dallas
Washington
Philly
S. Diego
Arizona
Indy
Miami

Chicago 24-21

you guys are overdoing it on the dolphins this week.

starting to make me nervous, you are...

we need some adversity to overcome to be successful.