# well, it looks like i've been censored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103 "2000-04-15T04:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/21 "2000-04-15T23:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > \*\* Is! > > Your definition of boobtube… tubetop here. > > \*\* [Homer Simpson]\* MMM. . . boobtube . . . tubetop\* [/Homer simpson] ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/22 "2000-04-16T00:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by The Sip’n Fly: > \*\*Flymaster? > > _gives Flymaster an evil glare_ > \*\* ## Yes, that’s right. I predicted that you would join SDMB 9 months before you actually did. Yup. That’s exactly what happened. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, beleived by a majority of the people. -Giordano Bruno ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/23 "2000-04-16T15:28:00Z")
correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t cricket and baseball the only two sports that have no set length? Hockey, football, rugby and basketball all have fixed times. Other games, like curling, have a fixed number of throws. But cricket and baseball have no fixed time. In both games, if the batsmen never go out, the games just keeps going. * * * Thanks for doing your bit to advance the cause of human knowledge.     – Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/24 "2000-04-16T18:33:00Z")
That’s partly true with regard to cricket. Test matches (international competitions) usually have a set length in days, and there is a rise in the popularity of limited overs matches (an over being 6 balls). This probably has something to do with cricket being one of the most tedious sports ever inflicted on the world. * * * [Crusoe Takes A Trip](http://www.fervent.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/25 "2000-04-16T18:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by jti: > \*\*correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t cricket and baseball the only two sports that have no set length? > > \*\* Wouldn’t Tennis and Golf (if you call it a sport… ducks for cover) also fit into no set time limit ? Both of these go on if there is no clear winner. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/26 "2000-04-16T21:55:00Z")
We have season tickets to the Ogden Raptors. They are a farm team of the Brewers. They mostly suck but the field is real nice and it’s just a lot of fun. I have a cucumber peel-off mask on my face at the moment. It feels pretty yucky. * * * Pardon me while I burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/27 "2000-04-16T22:54:00Z")
Snooker and pool don’t have any fixed game length. Neither (as far as I’m aware) do athletic events - you’re allowed as long as you need to run a marathon. Likewise swimming. And darts. In fact, aren’t most sports unlimited in time? Certainly the ones where the object is to get to a certain number of points or games, as opposed to the winners being the ones with the most points after a set amount of time (obviously)? * * * The Scots - never trust a race whose national dress includes a concealed knife. ---
**Author:** ![ralphredan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ralphredan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralphredan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/28 "2000-04-16T22:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > \*\*Damn… I keep forgetting to add my Wally Sig! I mean no disrespect… > I was sad because I had no shoes, until I saw a snake with no legs. > > \*\* Just reminded me of a good line I think it was Steve Martin who said: **I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.** * * * It’s sunny today in the RSA. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/29 "2000-04-17T13:52:00Z")
Even football’s (US, that is) supposed set duration is a fantasy. Sure, there’s a clock running, but it can be stopped for about a thousand different reasons. Ditto in basketball (especially the last 5 “minutes” of the game). I’ve heard that baseball games at the beginning of the century, during the so-called “dead ball” era, would only last about 90 minutes. It was because the pitcher was striking out the opposition 1-2-3. Anybody know the length of the longest pro baseball game? It was about 22 innings, and somewhere around 5 hours long. I sure hope they opened up the bar in the 15th inning. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/30 "2000-04-17T14:07:00Z")
I know they’ve changed the overtime rules since then, so I’m not sure if it could still happen, but I went to a Washington Capitals game that lasted for 5 hours. It was a playoffs game- I think against the Penguins- and went into 3 overtime periods before the Penguins eventually scored a goal to break the tie. It was a miserable marathon to suffer through just to watch the Caps live up to their “choking dogs” reputation. * * * JMCJ “Y’know, I would invite y’all to go feltch a dead goat, but that would be abuse of a perfectly good dead goat and an insult to all those who engage in that practice for fun.” -weirddave, set to maximum flame ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/31 "2000-04-17T14:29:00Z")
In regards to cricket, it’s true that an “over” consists of 5 balls. However, there are no unders, for some reason. The “in” team bats, and the “out” team fields. The “out” team, of course, strives to become the “in” team, thus making the “in” team the “out” team and the “out” team the “in” team." The “in” team, on the other hand, tries to remain the “in” team, thus forcing the “out” team to remain the “out” team. But sooner or later, the “out” team manages to get the “in” team out, thereby becoming the “in” team, while the “in” team becomes the “out” team. That’s an “over.” An “over” is over when the “over” is over. Or is that Olympic skateboarding? * * * ## WallyM7 Homepage: [www.putzkill.org](http://www.putzkill.org) Occupation: Putzin’ around Location: Putzy’s Pub, Albany, New York Interests: Creating sig lines for the dopers takes all my time. Profile by UncleBeer and Elmer Fudd Enterprises. _All wights weserved._ ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/32 "2000-04-17T14:49:00Z")
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about cricket: > **[Live cricket scores, match schedules, latest cricket news, cricket videos](https://www.espncricinfo.com/)** > > Find Live Cricket Scores, Match updates, Fixtures, Results, News, Articles, Video highlights only at ESPNcricinfo. Read Ball by Ball Commentary, Series schedule of all ICC International & Domestic Cricket Team Matches Online. and baseball: [www.majorleaguebaseball.com](http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com) ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/33 "2000-04-17T15:03:00Z")
In the small town where I grew up, Apples are big business. Think Cider House Rules. But our migrant workers are Jamacian. So once a year, during Applefest, the Jamacian migrant workers KICK the townie’s collective arses at a high stakes game of cricket. Everyone roots for the Jamacians, (because they always win) and the rich orchard owners come off as the underdogs. It’s great. I’ve never been able to follow the game, though. * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/34 "2000-04-17T15:04:00Z")
I think this link could handle the longest baseball game info. [Baseball Almanac](http://baseball-almanac.com/rb_gmlg.shtml) * * * Coming soon to a sig line near you! Relive the mundane highs, the flaming lows, and the pointless posts in between. Announcing the debut of the best of Mullinator. Because it’s not just a sig, it’s an adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/35 "2000-04-17T19:48:00Z")
Screw baseball - I went to 3 parties in NYC this weekend, got laid twice, and still got to work on time this morning. Life is good. Esprix * * * ## [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, [Asketh the damn Priest Guy!](http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)) ## “Never assume a malicious intent when stupidity will explain just as well.” {This space reserved for a Genuine WallyM7 Sig™} ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/36 "2000-04-17T19:54:00Z")
You know, when me and my brothers were growing up, my mom would make this salad with strawberries in it. Every single time she made it, just to give her trouble, we’d bitch and moan, “Mom! We don’t like strawberries in our salad!” In fact, we would also just go off on this incredibly annoying tangent of whether or not the other brother in fact liked strawberries in their salad. “Do you like strawberries in your salad? Because I sure don’t. I don’t really see how someone really could like strawberries in their salad.” “Who, me? No, I don’t like strawberries in my salad either. What about you?” “Oh, no. No strawberries for me in my salad, thank you very much. Strawberries in my salad are way too overrated.” So, my question is thus: Anyone like strawberries in THEIR salad? * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! ---
**Author:** ![kbutcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@kbutcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbutcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/37 "2000-04-17T20:04:00Z")
What the hell is up with this thread? Maybe I missed something, but i see practically nothing in the OP. How’d it get so many replies? I JUST DON’T GET IT. Anybody care to enlighten me? ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/38 "2000-04-17T20:11:00Z")
I worked in my woodshop this weekend. Cut out a hanging shelf with brackets. Routed the edges round. Sanded it and sanded it til it was smooth as glass…smooth, smooth, smooth. I think I’ll paint strawberries on it. Your brain-in-a-jar, Myron * * * Imbibo, ergo sum. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/39 "2000-04-17T20:13:00Z")
Oooh! Are you going to use that glossy paint, looks sort of like a lacquer? That’d be pretty good. Just don’t make it look like a salad. You know, some people don’t like strawberries in their salad… ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103/40 "2000-04-17T22:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Esprix: > \*\*Screw baseball - I went to 3 parties in NYC this weekend, got laid twice, and still got to work on time this morning. > > Life is good. > > Esprix > > \*\* Ahem, Esprix. You were in NYC for three parties this weekend and you didn’t stop in to the SDMB get-together. For shame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-ive-been-censored/16103.md?page=3)