Friday BBQ, Beverage + 5 Questions For You Thread
Mates,
I don't believe I have ever seen this blog champ at the bit for a Friday thread as much as this last day has shown. Get a load of MeanJoe's anuerysm of poetry that he put in the Diaries. Someone please dial 9-1-1 (or whatever that # is down-under) and get him help. In the meantime, we might as well get this going now.
First, what is on/in/going to be on your BBQ or dinner plate and/or cup?
Now for the 5 questions. Like past editions, these have been tested forensically to produce psychological profiles that would scare Charles Manson. Participate at your own risk.
1. If you were an animal, other than a wolverine, what would you be (and why)?
2. What is the most difficult thing you have ever done and/or the most difficult challenge you have faced and overcome?
3. If you could play any position in football at the college or pro level and were given the requisite size and ability (just in case you don't have it right now), what position would it be?
4. If you were stranded on a desert island, but were able to take one comedian with you, who would it be? Extra points for posting relevant sample/youtube/whatever of humorous stuff from your choice of comedian.
5. What day is it?*
*As we learned yesterday, this might not be the slam dunk answer we all thought it might be....
Hope you all are well. Great summer weather here in Michigan, but the summer is waning. Fortunately, football is waxing.
XM
August 18th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^
HTTV came today. I’ll drink to that.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:10 PM ^
All good questions XM. I’ll deliberate. In the meantime…drinking Buffalo Trace neat, watching a sunset on the back deck and listening to Tigers game on the radio. Best way to take in game imo. Memories of Ernie Harwell etc.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:11 PM ^
Started early. Tri tip. Sous vided it for 4 hours. Seared on bbq. Still came out tough, dang it. But tastes good.
No adult beverages because I tend to post angry thoughts when liquored up.
1. a fly because I can sniff out bullshit from a mile away
2. A bully when much younger after starting a new grade school. Confronted him face to face and he backed down.
3. Qb. Again, in elementary school when everyone was small.
4. Norm Macdonald or mark normand
5. It’s Saturday somewhere
August 19th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
That Norm MacDonald bit might be the funniest thing to ever happen on TV
August 19th, 2023 at 2:06 AM ^
Don’t take offense, as i have seen WIDELY ranging levels of BBQ/cooking knowledge on here and I have no idea where you fall on that spectrum- but are you properly cutting it against the grain? Even a brisket that is falling apart will seem tough if cut incorrectly. Extra effort required on the tri-tip as the “grain” direction changes halfway though.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
1. Cocaine Bear: upper echelon of the food chain, likes to party.
2. Raising children. Every day is a new challenge. Worth every minute though.
3. Edge. Sacks are fun.
4. Probably a female comedian. Gotta populate that island somehow.
5. Today.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:43 PM ^
1. Dolphin- because they're smart and get to play in the ocean all day. Also, no one ever suspects the dolphin
2. The most difficult thing I've done, that I'll share with the board, is climbing the highest peak in NM (Wheeler). I hadn't been living here too long and grew up at sea level, so the altitude totally kicked my butt. So happy to have done it, especially since the last couple hours I wanted to do nothing else but turn around and go back down the mountain.
3. I'd like to go with the Todd Collins or Chad Henne role here: back-up QB who mostly holds a clipboard.
4. Deceased: George Carlin; currently alive: not sure, is there a hot, lady comic around these days?
5. March
August 18th, 2023 at 6:10 PM ^
I've been trying to work up to Wheeler. Still haven't made it up La Luz yet either (mostly because I don't want to attempt it by myself).
August 18th, 2023 at 6:25 PM ^
I haven't done La Luz either. I've done some trails on the east side of the Sandias but not a lot in town. I should've trained for Wheeler but I was young and dumb and didn't know any better. HA!
August 18th, 2023 at 8:16 PM ^
Ok. I deliberated….
1) Eagle
2) Marriage (20 years last week) and being a Dad
3) I like querque”s answer. Backup QB. Paid for holding a clipboard sounds good
4) Sarah Silverman. Funny as hell and smoking hot imo.
5) the best day
August 18th, 2023 at 5:45 PM ^
Before answering these very scientific questions, I want to apologize to DT76 for my response to his post last night. I erroneously believed he was making a political statement. My sincere apology, DT. If you are reading this thread, I'm e-buying you a canned cocktail tonight.
Now to the questions:
Eating grilled turkey burgers (less heavy in this weather) and then sipping some vodka and soda w/ lime. Need to stay hydrated.
1. Definitely something that could fly because that would be awesome. But also something that isn't game, because I really don't want to be shot at. Maybe a seagull? or a Hawk?
2. Writing and defending the dissertation. I had a job lined up that required I defend before I begin. I had to stay disciplined almost every day for about 6 months. I'm not a very disciplined person by nature.
3. What could be better than playing DE and feasting on QBs?
4. Does Mel Brooks count?
5. It's my last Friday of the summer. Damn, where did the time go.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:50 PM ^
Not sure on food or drink yet. May be a smoke by the fire pit later.
1. I dunno maybe a shark 🦈
2. Raising a child and being a good husband/father
3. Linebacker or Dline. Devin Bush or Mazi Smith style
4. Seth Rogen
5. it’s 15 days before kickoff.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:27 PM ^
Gotta be honest. I liked him for a while but Seth Rogan seems like an asshole. Most of his movies are really funny but he seems like he would be a nightmare to be around for more than hour.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:55 PM ^
Dude seems super chill to me.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:01 PM ^
If by “chill” you mean “thinks he is smarter than everybody else for no discernible reason in the most passive aggressive fashion imaginable” I agree.
August 18th, 2023 at 11:32 PM ^
Canadians take passive-aggressive condescension to another level.
August 19th, 2023 at 9:23 AM ^
Weird that you have such strong feelings of someone you have never met.
August 19th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
I've met thousands of Canadians. That's just how most of them are.
August 20th, 2023 at 8:34 AM ^
Response was to goblu330.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:53 PM ^
Having a La Croix while playing in my backyard with my 3 month old Labradoodle, Seamus Heaney. And also getting ready to take my kids to the lake tomorrow. The chilly breeze today is a nice reminder that fall is right around the corner.
1. Probably a Greenland Shark. They live like 500 years I think.
2. I am currently facing the hardest challenge of my life. You know more about it than anyone else on mgoblog. I apologize for any outbursts past, present or future here, as my emotions have gotten the best of me on more than one occasion. I love all of you (even those of you that I don't like).
3. 3rd string QB - I don't handle pressure well
4. Probably Joe Rogan because the guy has so many fascinating stories and seems to know a bit about survival.
5. Apparently it's national Fajita Day, which is great news.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:16 PM ^
Not sure what you're going through right now, brutus, but I'm sending some positive vibes your way.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:11 PM ^
Life, man. It happens to everyone. I won't complain, I'll only be grateful that I've had the support and love from my friends and family, and say a prayer for everyone who experiences trials who isn't so blessed as I am.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:32 PM ^
Hang in there brutus.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:47 PM ^
1. Extinct
2. Enduring eveyoubrutus' emotional outbutsts. JK, dude. Rooting for you hard.
3. Defensive Lineman
4. Deceased?:
Alive, then Kathleen Madigan.
5. Day of Frig
August 18th, 2023 at 7:17 PM ^
the serious part: i got your back brutus. prayers up.
not the most serious part, i have never heard of the greenland shark. here you are:
you grow to almost 23 feet sometimes.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:50 PM ^
Hey that shark even kinda looks like me!
Appreciate you my brother 🙏
Everyone here on mgoboard is a brother of mine, in fact. Even the ladies. Appreciate you all.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:57 PM ^
Just poured a limeade and ordered a pizza. No booze in a month, do have some All Days in the fridge.
Grizzly bear.
If it were based on talent, I'd be a placekicker since that was my best position back in the day. Otherwise, a jumbo WR.
It better actually be Friday this time or heads are going to roll.
August 18th, 2023 at 5:59 PM ^
1. Cat because they do whatever the hell they want and aren't constrained by what people think about them.
2. Probably quitting smoking. Second, parenting teenagers.
3. I have a defensive mentality so somewhere on the defense if I was a foot taller and 150 pounds heavier. I like the idea of having to stop someone as opposed to being stopped.
4. Zach Galifianakis. He would keep things interesting.
5. See video above.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:33 PM ^
Cats are seriously the most self assured species on the planet.
August 19th, 2023 at 10:37 AM ^
Very Steven Wright-ish.
August 19th, 2023 at 10:56 AM ^
Check out Mitch Hedberg for more Steven Wright-ish
August 18th, 2023 at 11:35 PM ^
I love Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns show. Great comedy.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:03 PM ^
Nothing on the grill tonight. Poke bowls (our youngest's favorite) to celebrate making the high school tennis team. Probably sipping some Iron Fish Bourbon (Thompsonville, MI) later tonight and grilling some steaks tomorrow night.
1) Eagle - because we're about to have three Eagle Scouts in the family: me, oldest son (UM sophomore) and youngest son (working on his Eagle Scout Service Project).
2) Ironman Wisconsin as the hardest physical challenge. Cancer survivor as a lifetime achievement. I really enjoyed running laps in Camp Randall wearing my Michigan gear.
3) Played OL and LB in high school. I'd go with LB if given the athletic ability to play at a higher level unless I had the chance to be on a Joe Moore Award winning OL at Michigan.
4) Gary Gulman - his state abbreviation bit is classic but as someone named Scott, I get to be Zorro in this number about the @ symbol.
5) A day where I'm a little better than yesterday but not quite as good as I'll be tomorrow.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:29 PM ^
Congrats on the Eagles.. yours and theirs. My son earned his a few years ago and is about to start his junior year in Ann Arbor.
August 18th, 2023 at 9:06 PM ^
Thanks Amazin’! Congrats to you and your son. Being an Eagle Scout dad is way better than the personal accomplishment.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:11 PM ^
Nevermind this was going to be a thread jack.
Carry on.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:36 PM ^
In Hoboken tonight, so will be going out for dinner with my wife sometime soon. We visited the World Trade Center Museum and Memorial today. I highly recommend it. It's a very powerful experience.
1. Dog. They're always happy, they like people, and they're loyal.
2. Being a runner up for every job I applied for out of college.
3. Backup QB
4. Nate Bargatze
5. Friday
August 18th, 2023 at 6:59 PM ^
Backup QB! Great call. Everybody always thinks you are better than the starter and you almost never have to prove yourself!
Unless you are John O’Korn. That was probably pretty rough.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:14 PM ^
I've been to the Museum, and it is powerful.
August 18th, 2023 at 6:48 PM ^
1) Animal?...A squirrel. The only animal that eats a buckeye and can shit them out without any ill effects of their poison.
2) Most difficult? Too far reaching so I'll go with Michigan football for context.
Re-watching the Appy State game (YTG) in its entirety robot chicken style.
3) DE...and Morelli is the full time QB. Apologies to our friend NittanyFan in advance.
4) Trick question. Deserted Island? Are you trying to get us banned? Do a google search. Unless that "Deserted Island" has high speed internet and fully charged iPads...Reilly is a comedian and a bartender to boot.
5) What day is it? There's only one answer...Credits to JWG. This is my only calendar in mid August.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:06 PM ^
I actually don’t mind watching the App State game. I can actually view that game pretty detached just in a historical context.
Game I can’t watch? #1 2015 Michigan State. Such s great game but I hate all of it.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:18 PM ^
I can't argue that brother. I'll always remember where I was and how distraught I was after that game while sitting in a hotel room on vacation...it ruined the weekend for me. The Colorado game is right up there as well.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:35 PM ^
I remember where I was for both…vividly.
August 19th, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
Bingo! Shared experience on both counts.
August 18th, 2023 at 7:00 PM ^
(Edit: dammit...you already did the joke)
Lulz it's Thursday ya moran...
...oh wait