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Star Wars parodies FTW.

It sounds a bit odd, but since the transfer agreement fell through I guess it's the only way for him to come over. If he truly was released we should hear news fairly shortly.

It sort of fell on her shoulder after Kirottu shot him, so now she's removing it before accepting Kirottu's proposal.

That's not her foot; there's a dead guy behing the sofa. Her boyfriend for example. :ph34r:

Even an injured Hasek would be an upgrade over nerves-of-juice Manny Legace. Regarding the Oilers I'm very curious about the current talk of Mikhnov/Sykora. There's been a lot of Sykora talk lately, but I figure they don't really want to pick up both of them (unless someone else is being shipped off in a D-man deal) and that's why it's taking so long. Tractor Boy should be top priority, and I assume that Sykora only comes to Edmonton if a Mikhnov deal doesn't happen this year or if someone like Torres is about to be used as trade bait.

Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?! 'Cause if you are, well technically what I did was an MR and I suppose they aren't the same thing, but I did an X-ray too only that one didn't require any shots and also you didn't get pushed into a giant toilet-paper roll. It was fun. And fat people can do them too.

This one should give some of you second thoughts in certain situations.

Actually that reminded me of some vintage interaction between us that I had to spend a significant amount of time to dig up because it fits so well (I guess you put the picture back in, but anyway).

This thread is so great. Now I don't have to imagine people as being hot anymore; I just need to look at their hot pictures (especially Nartwak's most recent one)! Edit: Hey, where did it go?! You silly man you!

I did one of these X-rays recently and I can tell you that it's no pleasant business. They insert a needle into your arm to inject some sort of contrast fluid, and I still had to adjust the headphones for my little radio (that I couldn't hear anyway because the friggin' machine is so loud) myself, so something must have gone wrong because I had the hugest bruise on my arm for two weeks where the needle had been. Also I don't envy claustrophobes and certainly not people who are too fat to fit into the thing and have their scans postponed and stuff. But worst of all is the time you have to wait before the scan and the time after, waiting for the results.

That's actually quite gross, Kor. Nice one!

I had a bike stolen in the quietest area imaginable. You're never safe from bike thieves, but I did get it back (it rocks having three cops for neighbours) after a while, albeit stripped for parts. That's when I called Bicylce Repairman.

It's hardly a secret that Peca looks to end up out east, I just don't understand how it would become Toronto, but seeing as how Toronto get linked to every player on the market it's hardly a big surprise. Just a stupid rumour.

Everyone's going to Toronto... I have a hard time believing Peca will end up in Toronto when he probably has better options. I thought he wanted to win a Cup, so I'd even think Edmonton has a bigger chance of signing him than the Leafs.

His name is McCartney and not McCarthy. He has also got this idea into his head after George died that he wrote half of "Something" and other not so classy things.

He actually turned 64 just a couple of weeks ago (just like in the song!). His wife wasn't invited to the celebrations.

I have a special relation to the Beatles, and today the coolest drummer in rock'n'roll turns 66! Ringo is also very underrated, but listen to songs like "Rain", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Come Together", and "The End" to find some gems in a catalogue that needs no further introduction. Happy B-day, Mr. Starkey!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's exactly how feel about C. Ronaldo et al. I get so tired of all those oversteps that are basically only fancy moves but rarely accomplish a whole lot. Look at the other Ronaldo, you know Mr. Fat Guy from Brazil, and his goal against Ghana. That's how you do it. Just a quick weave over the ball and the keeper is ordering hot dogs with extra ketchup. I get so tired of C. Ronaldo, Denilson and others who just do it too much instead of just looking up to see where his team mates are. Ronaldo took a shoot from a bad position yesterday instead of passing a free Pauleta in the area. Also I was happy to see Portugal go out because of how many of their players are falling over all the time. Take Maniche against England, for example. He gets an arm on his shoulder and up somewhere close to his neck. He sees the ball rolling out of his reach and falls over holding his head as if someone just hit him with a hammer and lies like that for a minute. It makes you wanna puke. All that said I'm rooting for Italy in the final. If anything I felt very sorry for them back in 2000 when they lost the Euro final to France following a late equaliser and an overtime winner. Very surprised to see France in the final, but a guy like Zidane wakes up in this type of games and he's been very valuable lately. I wouldn't be surprised to see the experienced Frenchies, who know what it takes to win, beat Italy in a final almost as boring as West Germany-Argentina in 1990. :D

Spacek ended up choosing between Edmonton and Buffalo, and chose the latter for reasons you'd better ask him. He seemed to enjoy Edmonton and Lowe wanted him back, but that's what you have to expect with UFAs every now and then.

It could get better. :ph34r:

Way to go Italy! I watched last night's game with the frame of mind that the final would be awesome whoever went through, so I put aside this Germany come-on I've had because I wanted them to be in for the sake of the tournament, and just sat back to enjoy. And I did enjoy! Italy came out with the mentality that they're a big football nation with a lot of pride, and they wanted to show the Germans that in front of their own fans. The Italians are obviously under heavy fire because of what's going on with Juventus et al, so they can take on an us-against-the-world mentality that's a perfect fit for an away game in the WC semi final. And they played well! Off-the-ball pressure well into the German half and early presence marked by Materazzi (who actually is a player I can't stand) and the ever-superb Fabio Cannavaro. About fifteen minutes into the game after the teams had exchanged a few half-chances the Italians took over. Pirlo was absolutely dominating and from time to time Totti came down to collect a few balls almost as if out of jealousy. The latter mixed the odd brilliant through-ball with some displays of arrogance (i.e. he was Totti), but Pirlo continued to shine. The Germans addressed this in the second half and we had to wait until about 70-75 minutes in, when the players started tiring, before it opened up and this case went from bad to worse in extra time. Again Italy! A post and a cross-bar. The Germans had their chances too, but Lippi showed courage in having all of Gilardino, Iaquinta, Totti, Del Piero and Pirlo on the pitch. It paid off, since when you have people like Cannavaro and a tireless midfielder like Gattuso on the field, the case of a guy like Grosso being out-run by Odonkor isn't as much of a worry. I think Odonkor isn't a whole lot more than pace, and when Grosso gets the help he needs they pretty much neutralise him. And the goals! Two beautiful Italian goals to spoil the party for Germany. Pirlo's pass to Grosso for the first one is superb and Grosso's finish is about as close to perfect as you get. Not to talk about Del Piero's goal on the counter-attack two minutes later. I've never been a huge fan of Del Piero as a player, but the guy is a class act and deserved to get that goal. With the actors from Portugal (sorry Soulseeker) up against the retirees from France I will definitely be rooting for Italy in the final. Although I must say I enjoy watching that Ribery guy on the French team a lot. Great player. And Zidane looked as though it was 1998 all over again in the quarter final. Anyway, longish post, but I haven't had a lot of opportunity to talk World Cup, so that's why this happens.

Samsonov will get his $4m+ and you can have him for all I care. Ineffective player made for the regular season. What's with all these teams out of cap room talking about more players? Don't you have enough woes scraping a roster together? Boston are talking about Shanahan and your man Samsonov, Toronto have locked up insane amounts of money on just-above-average-defensemen while looking for forwards, and New Jersey are almost at the cap with Gomez and Gionta unsigned. 'Tis madness I tell you! I like Kevin Lowe's approach better. Stay away from the McKees and the Whites and their humongous contracts, and sign cheap depth players like good old Marty Reasoner. Don't be surprised to see Lowe poach one of these teams for a steal.

I cut it off though. Actually I prefer calling it rock'n'roll hair. :D

Warning Disclaimer - Video in Swedish Extremely hilarious and could even be funny for speakers of English. Yes, that's actually "nice" the southern Swedish motor enthusiast keeps saying. He also throws in words like "power" and "joystick". Don't know if anyone would hear it, but I'd strongly recommend a guy like Kaftan to have a look and a laugh. De e najs.

That was... original.