# Weirddave: Something strange this week happened. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348 "2003-11-10T04:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/1 "2003-11-10T04:57:27Z")
First, the Steelers won. Not convincingly, but it was a win. Second, the Ravens lost. To a team that had almost as many points as yards. That puts the Steelers only two games back, with the tiebreaker against the Ravens, AND with the weakest second-half schedule in the league. Dude, this is surreal, but the Steelers still have a shot. If they come back and win the division you will NEVER live it down. 😃 [sub]That’s not to say that it will happen, but geez…what the hell is going on this year?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/2 "2003-11-10T05:09:36Z")
I’d like to point out that they don’t have the tiebreaker at all- that’ll be decided when the two teams meet week 17. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/3 "2003-11-10T05:12:16Z")
Yeah, but the Ravens have to win that game, against the team that smoked them in Week 1. And if they play anything like tonight, it won’t even be close. Anyway, we’ll see. This is shaping up to be a weird ending to the season. The Bungles in 2nd? Whodathunkit? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/4 "2003-11-10T05:14:49Z")
And that was definitely the strangest game I’ve ever seen. They gain 122 total yards and score 33 points? Impossible! I’ll hold off on any predictions until I see how Kyle Boller is health wise. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/5 "2003-11-10T05:16:18Z")
Dude, if our defense plays like it did tonight, Maddox and company won’t score a point. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/6 "2003-11-10T05:18:54Z")
I agree. My last effort at prognosticating turned out quite badly. But damn, how is it that I can even suggest that the Steelers have a chance with a straight face at this point in the season with a 3-6 record? This may be the strangest season I’ve ever seen, even stranger than the year that the Ravens won the Super Bowl. Like, how the hell did THAT happen? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/7 "2003-11-10T05:36:46Z")
[Minor hijack]I can tell you’ve been living amongst the PA Dutch, given your thread title. Kinda like: Throw the horse over the fence some hay. Or, smear me all over with jelly a piece of bread.[/Minor hijack] Take care, Brother. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/8 "2003-11-10T05:38:22Z")
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/9 "2003-11-10T06:59:19Z")
Dangit, the one Sunday all season I have to spend driving, and it’s the Sunday when the entire NFL goes nuts. My Falcons actually _won a game_ today, and I was driving through Kentucky at the time instead of sitting on the couch with beer in hand. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/10 "2003-11-10T13:17:55Z")
Hell, even the Redskins won. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/11 "2003-11-10T13:51:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain… \*\* \*But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine Then tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699 \* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Hell, even the Redskins won. \*\* I know! I still don’t understand why Ray Rhodes didn’t blitz like crazy; it’s worked for everyone else against the Redskins lately. But Ramsey spent almost the entire game on his feet, and I think that’ll help him deal with it better for a couple games, anyway, when opponents return to the blitz. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/12 "2003-11-10T15:05:02Z")
Lions won. Sure, it was against the Bears, and it was ugly as hell, but it was still their _second win in a row…_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/13 "2003-11-10T15:11:29Z")
If Akers kicks five field goals, and Bubba Franks scores a TD, and Ahman Green is stuffed, and Donald Driver gets a TD or 150 yards, and McNabb throws for at least 100 yards, and Green Bay puts up over 30 points and Philadephia puts up no more than 15, then, _THEN_ I will win my game in two fantasy leagues and the two people tied in first place with me will both lose and I’ll be in sole possession of first place in each league. It’s theoretically possible. I’m going to watch the game tonight with an Excel spreadsheet open tallying the scores for all of those games after each play. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/14 "2003-11-10T21:11:28Z")
From [Sunspot.net](http://www.sunspot.net/sports/football/bal-boller1110,0,4680678.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines). > [@](#): > > Ravens rookie quarterback Kyle Boller suffered a serious leg injury in Sunday’s 33-22 loss at St. Louis and will likely miss the rest of the season. > > Team officials said it would be determined Tuesday whether surgery on the torn quadriceps muscle above his knee could speed up his recovery. > > If the prognosis remains being out six weeks, the AFC North leaders are expected to place their first-round draft pick on injured reserve. Well, it was fun while it lasted. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/15 "2003-11-10T21:36:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*\*But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine > Then tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699 \*\*\* _No phones, no lights, no motorcars, / Not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe, / As primitive as can be. We’re spending most our entire lives In this Amish paradise. There’s no time for sin or vice In this Amish paradise._ > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jonathan Chance_ > **Hell, even the Redskins won.** IMnshO, the Skins just haven’t been the same ever since Joe Gibbs retired. And then when the ancient Jack Kent Cooke cashed out, Dan Snyder just hasn’t run the team the same way. ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/16 "2003-11-10T23:51:20Z")
Oh yeah, surreal. _pretends she knows what’s going on_ Really the only part of that I understood was the Weird Al Yankovich reference. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/17 "2003-11-11T01:59:50Z")
Y’see, there’s this game called football. And it’s used by the mind-controllers to distract the masses from their desperate plight. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/18 "2003-11-11T02:04:12Z")
Oh, and beer is mixed in, too. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/19 "2003-11-11T03:55:20Z")
And scantily-clad women. Don’t forget that, **Jonathan**. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348/20 "2003-11-11T05:21:43Z")
_Hitchin’ up the buggy, churnin’ lots of butter Raised a barn on Monday, soon I’ll raise another Think you’re really rightous? Think you’re pure in heart? Well, I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art I’m the pious guy the little Amlettes wanna be like On my knees day and night scorin’ points for the afterlife So don’t be vain and don’t be whiny Or else, my brother, I might just have to get medieval on your heinie_ Oh, and go Steelers! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirddave-something-strange-this-week-happened/212348.md?page=2)