- 04:00 AM
- 11/22/09
How does this work? I've made two FPPs in the last two days - do I get a coupon to call you a bad name?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:35 AM on September 16
I'm impressed at how far the thread has gone with barely any mention of Clijsters' achievement. At least it gave Drood an opportunity to swear.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:45 PM on September 14
We have a couple of folks who struggle to get through an entire post without use of some profanity, but for the most part it doesn't seem to be a problem here, unless I'm not hanging out in the right threads.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:07 PM on September 04
I would like my wooden spoon to be made out of Alastair Cook's bat, if possible.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:56 AM on August 24
Villa's form collapsed last year when Laursen disappeared and now they don't have Barry in the middle. They won three of their last 16 to end last season, I think, (two of those against Newcastle and Hull).
I know MON can turn sow into silk, but I think they'll really struggle this year, as they've lost a lot of steel there.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:14 PM on August 17
Bopara's been dropped. So if Flintoff can't make it I'm down to 2 players from my six.
Next time I'm picking six Australians.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:41 PM on August 15
So that's now Pieterson gone, Flintoff on half a leg and Hughes dropped.
Do I win anything if by the end of the fifth test none of my six players are on the field?
There should be some online-gaming-style achievement for such a thing.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:32 PM on July 30
Kevin Pieterson is gone and Flintoff is falling apart. I will zoom down the league!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:01 PM on July 27
Flintoff is limping already and has announced he's going to retire after these Tests.
So that'll be another career I've killed.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:21 AM on July 15
Poms :
Pieterson, Flintoff, Bopara.
Convicts :
Johnson, Katich and I'll have a punt at Hughes.
The Aussies to win, 2-1.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:33 PM on July 06
Works nicely in Chrome rcade - thanks!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:13 AM on July 03
I'm wanting to know if Folkways is OK
He's already the up to the fourth result on a Google search for "puchus." I hope he uses his fame wisely.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:35 PM on June 10
In that vein, as a lifetime Ipswich Town fan, I present to you the day the Ipswich groundskeeper beat Norwich.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:11 AM on March 15
Indeed. This can't be fun Mr Pope, but we appreciate it.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:18 PM on October 31
"Top sant Mr R!"
That should have been Sante, with the accent aigu on the e.
Add "supporting accented characters" to the back of the to do list. Way, way at the back.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:02 PM on October 23
Top sant Mr R!
This will make my IE6 life at work a lot easier.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:59 PM on October 23
A downfall for the IE6 I'm forced to use at the office.
If it gets any worse, I might just do some work instead.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:12 PM on October 09
Another vote for Zebra kind here.
Also, if the "ads by google" that wedges between the OP and the start of the comments could be moved, that would be super.
Also, why are the ads always about helping me to lose weight? I'm big boned!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:09 PM on October 07
If you're taken with that, then you might want to meet the Doodys - the UK's erstwhile National Faggot Family.
Or just watch the original Tv ad [YOUTUBE]
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:08 PM on October 05
"Firefox has a "speed dial" add-on that sounds similar to your Chrome homepage. I like that too. Something I read about Chrome that may convince me to switch to it - but wanted to confirm with a user first - if a tab crashes on FF, the whole browser crashes too. I read that if using Chrome, only the one tab would crash, not the whole sha-bang. Is that true?"
Yes, each tab is its own process, so allegedly, when one crashes the rest don't go with it.
And I'm from England, home of Mr Brain's Tasty Pork Faggots, so I suspect my "faggly" doesn't mean the same as your "faggly."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:46 PM on October 05
"which Chrome does with some lan"
Lan? That's supposed to be elan, with the e with the faggly squiggly line above it.
What does SpoFi have against the French?!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:20 PM on October 05
"I haven't tried Chrome yet, MrBis. What do you think of it?"
I like it a lot. I've always had a man-crush on FF's tabbed browsing, which Chrome does with some lan, (especially compared to the clusterfuck attempt IE7 made at tabs), and there are other neat touches too - I love the homepage that opens with nine or so windows, each containing a small version of one of your most visited sites.
It seems to be quick and it looks purdy and the only problem I have with it so far is the way it handles bookmarks. I don't like losing screen real estate and the bookmarks sit in a bar under the address bar.
Right now I just CTRL+B them on and off as needed, but I'd like there to be a button on the address bar line which drops down the complete bookmark list.
If it gets its own extensions and skins, like FF, then it'll be a very nice bit of kit indeed.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:19 PM on October 05
I don't mind so much at home, where I can have Chrome sort it out for me, but at work where I'm forced to use IE6, (God help me), messing about with passwords is a bind.
I guess I could just do some work instead.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:36 PM on October 05
"Sorry to all that feel differently, but does signing in each day or prior to posting really cause so much pain? It just seems a bit lazy to say that people don't post simply because you have to sign in first."
I'm willing to admit I could be wrong - it's happened before - but a couple of times I've gone to drop an hilarious gem into a thread only to remember halfway through typing that I'm not logged in. Then I realise it wasn't all that funny anyway and don't bother.
Now, no one's struggling to get to sleep wondering wistfully why I don't post any more, but a lot of the comments around here do trigger off of other comments made and if some of the genuinely interesting people are being put off for want of a simple cookie, then that would be bad.
"I'll recreate the login page next and see how Matt coded it. I think he just stored account info in cookies."
Thanks chief!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:26 AM on October 05
Nice work R. Any chance we can all have a cookie now? As in the one that means we don't have to sign in every time we come to the site?
I can't help but feel that the place has been significantly quieter recently because everyone has to sign in before they can drop a pithy comment about how Greg Maddux slaughters whores.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:19 PM on October 04
"Well, why did you go and bring that up in a Wii discussion on SportsFilter then?"
That was MrFrisby, not Mr Bismarck. We look alike.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:59 PM on September 28
NHL09 isn't on the Wii, sadly.
EggsBox and PS3 for now, with PS2 and PC next month.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:46 PM on September 27
Is it possible to get back to the point where we don't have to sign in every time we come to the site?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:16 AM on September 27
Err, sorry. To clarify; PES is "Pro Evolution Soccer." It might be called "Winning Eleven" in the colonies.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:13 AM on September 27
Mario Strikers Charged is an excellent party game - insane fun in small bites, but not really a "proper" football game.
Go for PES - the latest release was disappointing on just about all of the conventional platforms, but they totally revamped it for the Wii to take advantage of the control system and it... works.
The way you build plays is very satsifying and the way the career game works, building up in difficulty over time is just right.
Enjoy!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:11 AM on September 27
The music from 86's link reminded me of this. [Youtube] Probably not safe for work. Or sanity.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:59 PM on July 30
It might be front page worthy, if it was looped over an image of Don Cherry doing "the Robot." While wearing a fez.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:12 PM on July 23
As mentioned on SpoFi's front page, CBC screwed the ice-skating pooch in negotiations for the classic Hockey Night in Canada theme tune. As a result, they recently started an online contest to find a replacement. If you check it out, you'll note that none but the newest additions have a rating higher than 2/5 and those new uploads plummet to two stars or lower soon after appearing. In fact, the only song currently scoring highly, is this one, (be sure and read the comments too). "Hockey Scores" is so popular that it has its own supercool animation on YouTube and a Facebook group. People who suspect that the internets are afoot, corrupting an online vote in the same fashion that got us a whale called Mr Splashy Pants, would be correct.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:12 PM on July 23
The Italians just lost Cannavaro, which is a huge blow.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:46 PM on June 02
I presume you'll be hanging out in there during Eur08 then? It looks like we won't get the chance to shout "Cisse!" however.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:17 AM on May 31
0% addicts? Lies!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:19 PM on May 12
As a Dolphins fan, I was in the room three days ago.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:12 PM on April 26
Is this a common baseball injury? 
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:44 PM on April 03
Cisse! Lewis Hamilton is rumoured to be selling shares in himself shortly. Cleveland Indians reliever Randy Newsom is selling shares in his future for $20 a pop.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:05 AM on March 12
I have to admit not seeing the funny either. I was putting that down to having a German surname, but if I'm not the only one...
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:00 PM on March 06
Needs more "nuff sed!" Plus, TBH hit #7 better.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:41 PM on March 06
I'm pending. Cunningly, I'm called "MrBismarck."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:01 PM on February 02
So are most of us smart, or are we all mostly smart?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:26 PM on February 01
No he means Anne Frank, the chick that was all duhhh, until that miracle worker showed up and knocked the smarts into her.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:52 AM on February 01
I think your post is just fine on the front page Mr Jackson. Linkdumps are for stuff we don't feel are strong enough to put out front. And Paris Hilton manga.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:01 PM on January 31
I look forward to Garth Crooks' "insight."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:57 PM on January 30
I don't remember how I got here. I remember booze. And the hold of that tramp steamer. And Greg Maddux.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:23 PM on January 24
[vet... ish] I'll second, (third/fourth?), the desire to see the guidelines given a prominent front page link. (I used to feel like calling him Mr Chicobangs too, until I saw him on cashcab. Now I just want to borrow money.)
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:52 PM on January 21
I had a punt around the link yesterday and it looked ian-teresting. However, forgive my ignorance, but is this a one-season deal or a continuing-seasons thing. Also is that $24.95 per season or a one-time buy in and if so is that each or split between the 12? First person to tell me to go back and RTFA gets a free badger*. *Provided no one stops in the road outside my house and takes it first.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:12 PM on January 21
You could remap your keyboard so that the exclamation mark replaces something unimportant. Like the space bar.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:06 AM on December 30
Needs more exclamation marks.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:10 PM on December 29
In the words of GLaDOS I wish you all a Happy <holiday name>.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:50 AM on December 22
Manchester United were publically traded, but when Glazer took over he delisted them and transferred the debt accrued buying the Devils to back to the club.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:36 PM on November 08
I like the "this link is good" button too, but not sure we need to go as far as having more than one star. Was this article a four, or three star piece... I can't decide! Just a "this is doubleplusgood" button would cut it. Unless the rating icons are cheeseburgers and there are cats being funny inside. I'm all for that.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:45 PM on November 06
MORE SPOILERS - People who can't watch the Champions League games look away now... Liverpool 8-0 Besiktas? Holy crap. The ref played about five seconds of injury time and then stopped the fight. Of course, even eight goals doesn't get them back the points they lost in Turkey a couple of weeks ago, so qualification isn't certain.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:36 PM on November 06
Nuff Said on Sportsfilter.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:29 PM on October 22
You both forgot to say "nuff said!" In caps, obviously.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:14 PM on October 21
On Kim Clijsters, Marriage and Childbirth
"Ufez Jones has posted 274 links"
That one's going to take the paint off the walls.