The Bewitching Hour
Now ladies and gentleman comes the most interesting time of the year. The time when all activities cease to exist and all there is, is time. With 24 to 27 days of free time, which Imbecile, numb nuts, Meathead, I'm sorry I did it, I know more than God, not only on the Vikings but in all of football, is going to screw up royal?
Who is going to get busted for domestic violence, drug running, a weapons charge, a shooting, a night club scandal, DUI, DWI, doing 75 in an 25 MPH zone at 3 o'clock in the morning, Child endangerment, busted in a brothel with underage girls, failing to comply with an officer of the law, again at 3 o'clock in the morning when they should have been in bed, like Rodney King should have been in bed and the L.A. riots would not have happened, public intoxication, selling or receiving stolen goods, performance enhancing drug use, wife swapping?
When it happens, lets hope it it isn't a Viking player. Feel free to add to the list of options one can get into trouble for in the next 23 days.....................
The funny thing about any WTF were you thinking list to me. There is nothing that can be added that makes me say. Can you believe that? My usual answer to that is. Yes I can.
ThunderGod says "show me the baby". That sounds nice.
Hopefully they find wives or stay home with the ones they got and make some.
Nothing like the love of a strong woman to straighten out a wild boy.
When I was young my wife nagged me dragged me out of bars in front of my "friends" and woke my ass up hung over and sent me to work. She rode me till she broke me. I'm better for it.
I have to say, 80 posts in and I'm not seeing any signs of superior intelligence as you claim in your sig line.
Rodney King being awake at 3 a.m. is what caused the L.A. riots?
Kids. With lots of money and free time. Some with little to no mentors or parental guidance. Bad friend influences. Came from nothing and been told they are amazing since their athletic gifts came. And what? 32 NFL teams? With how many players each right? Over 2000 players easily right now as rosters sit until final cutdown? Odds are somebody is going to fuck up.
Not making excuses for bad behavior. At all. But its not that surprising if you think about it.....what's surprising is it doesn't happen more often.
@"StickyBun" said: Kids. With lots of money and free time. Some with little to no mentors or parental guidance. Bad friend influences. Came from nothing and been told they are amazing since their athletic gifts came. And what? 32 NFL teams? With how many players each right? Over 2000 players easily right now as rosters sit until final cutdown? Odds are somebody is going to fuck up.Not making excuses for bad behavior. At all. But its not that surprising if you think about it.....what's surprising is it doesn't happen more often.
Well you did just describe me. I mean less the money and athletic abilities. After I turned 18 I left my parents home and pretty much ignored every lesson they taught me for about 10 years.
The expression youth is wasted on the young sadly makes sense to many only when it's too late.
Every man should admit, to themselves at least. They were a little lucky to have survived their youth. Ok maybe not all but I will.
@"BarrNone55" said: I have to say, 80 posts in and I'm not seeing any signs of superior intelligence as you claim in your sig line.To be great is to be misunderstood. Not every salmon makes it up stream to the spawning grounds. Guess which side of the fence you fell on.
@"dadevike" said: Rodney King being awake at 3 a.m. is what caused the L.A. riots?Not all people are meant to understand.
I'm not positive, but metaphors might not be your thing.
@"BarrNone55" said: I'm not positive, but metaphors might not be your thing.I try to lower the intelligence of the post so E=MC2 like you can comprehend. Get it now, Bugwit?
@"vikingknights" said:@"dadevike" said: Rodney King being awake at 3 a.m. is what caused the L.A. riots?Not all people are meant to understand.
You keep saying that you are being misunderstood. I think the problem may be that you are being understood just fine.
Are you sure you're a knight? Court jester seems more appropriate.
Man this thread has a negative vibe. Does it have to be less or more of players screwing up to meet or exceed our expectations?
IT is that "hold your breath time of year"
But heck, bad decisions can get made year round. Coaches talk about this during bye weeks too.
World is full of enticements. Especially for the young, wealthy and un-curated.
@"BigAl99" said: Man this thread has a negative vibe. Does it have to be less or more of players screwing up to meet or exceed our expectations?
I kinda thought it got negative too. Didn't understand stand why it had to. This is a legitimate concern. Not the young men often make poor choiced but that those choices can impact the team you root for. Suspensions are the real concern. The enjoying someone else being publicly embarrassed is the all to human part sadly. We love to knock them down just as much as we build them up past human.
@"suncoastvike" said:@"StickyBun" said: Kids. With lots of money and free time. Some with little to no mentors or parental guidance. Bad friend influences. Came from nothing and been told they are amazing since their athletic gifts came. And what? 32 NFL teams? With how many players each right? Over 2000 players easily right now as rosters sit until final cutdown? Odds are somebody is going to fuck up.Not making excuses for bad behavior. At all. But its not that surprising if you think about it.....what's surprising is it doesn't happen more often.
Well you did just describe me. I mean less the money and athletic abilities. After I turned 18 I left my parents home and pretty much ignored every lesson they taught me for about 10 years.
The expression youth is wasted on the young sadly makes sense to many only when it's too late.
Every man should admit, to themselves at least. They were a little lucky to have survived their youth. Ok maybe not all but I will.
Oh hell yeah. When my kids do something stupid, I often cringe on the inside recalling the much worse things I did and got by with.At my son's graduation bbq, two of his younger friends felt they needed to measure something and decided to do that by drag racing down the street a block or so away. Luckily a neighbor spotted them and chucked a ladder out in front of them and then royally chewed their ass. Of course the idiots then pulled up in front of our house and parked. So the guy's wife came down to inform us about the situation.
It was embarrassing, but it was a good learning experience for everyone. My son lamented that they parked in front of our house. But the two idiots learned a great lesson (I hope) and my boys got a lecture from me on how their decisions impact other families. I didn't lecture the two boys, but gently reminded them about lessons learned and that it was over and done with as no-one got hurt. I commended them for being standup about it and not making excuses. They took their ass chewing and accepted it.
@"suncoastvike" said:@"BigAl99" said: Man this thread has a negative vibe. Does it have to be less or more of players screwing up to meet or exceed our expectations?
I kinda thought it got negative too. Didn't understand stand why it had to. This is a legitimate concern. Not the young men often make poor choiced but that those choices can impact the team you root for. Suspensions are the real concern. The enjoying someone else being publicly embarrassed is the all to human part sadly. We love to knock them down just as much as we build them up past human.
Funny thing, I thought the thread was going to be about how this dead time was going to be rough for us wanting news. Turns our the OP was more prophet than he could imagine. Too much time on our hands and surely someone will act stupid. Just wasn't a player.
@"greediron" said:@"suncoastvike" said:@"BigAl99" said: Man this thread has a negative vibe. Does it have to be less or more of players screwing up to meet or exceed our expectations?
I kinda thought it got negative too. Didn't understand stand why it had to. This is a legitimate concern. Not the young men often make poor choiced but that those choices can impact the team you root for. Suspensions are the real concern. The enjoying someone else being publicly embarrassed is the all to human part sadly. We love to knock them down just as much as we build them up past human.
Funny thing, I thought the thread was going to be about how this dead time was going to be rough for us wanting news. Turns our the OP was more prophet than he could imagine. Too much time on our hands and surely someone will act stupid. Just wasn't a player.
Down time is a board bane.
@"BarrNone55" said: Are you sure you're a knight? Court jester seems more appropriate.Education and Intelligence are two different things.
@"greediron" said:@"suncoastvike" said:@"StickyBun" said: Kids. With lots of money and free time. Some with little to no mentors or parental guidance. Bad friend influences. Came from nothing and been told they are amazing since their athletic gifts came. And what? 32 NFL teams? With how many players each right? Over 2000 players easily right now as rosters sit until final cutdown? Odds are somebody is going to fuck up.Not making excuses for bad behavior. At all. But its not that surprising if you think about it.....what's surprising is it doesn't happen more often.
Well you did just describe me. I mean less the money and athletic abilities. After I turned 18 I left my parents home and pretty much ignored every lesson they taught me for about 10 years.
The expression youth is wasted on the young sadly makes sense to many only when it's too late.
Every man should admit, to themselves at least. They were a little lucky to have survived their youth. Ok maybe not all but I will.
Oh hell yeah. When my kids do something stupid, I often cringe on the inside recalling the much worse things I did and got by with.At my son's graduation bbq, two of his younger friends felt they needed to measure something and decided to do that by drag racing down the street a block or so away. Luckily a neighbor spotted them and chucked a ladder out in front of them and then royally chewed their ass. Of course the idiots then pulled up in front of our house and parked. So the guy's wife came down to inform us about the situation.
It was embarrassing, but it was a good learning experience for everyone. My son lamented that they parked in front of our house. But the two idiots learned a great lesson (I hope) and my boys got a lecture from me on how their decisions impact other families. I didn't lecture the two boys, but gently reminded them about lessons learned and that it was over and done with as no-one got hurt. I commended them for being standup about it and not making excuses. They took their ass chewing and accepted it.
What were they driving and who was winning when the ladder sacrifice took place? ;)
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