You know some people have told me that red sox fans engage in satanic

[JohnKleeb]

rituals. is this true? I know, its not nearly as good as the one about the nuclear reactor so sue me, I like to play along. BTW is our congress gonna do anything about the evil red sox fandom menace and invade beantown?

[KitchenWitch]

1. And I thought copycat threads only belonged in the Lounge

bad Kleeb! :rofl:

[autorank]

2. No John, its Wicca, "white magic," you know, the nice kind.

The satanic influence ended after they shipped "the Babe" off to America's team.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Are we sure it is not Santeria or Asatru?

:evilgrin:

[autorank]

26. Hey, wasn't I just flirting with you or something. "Your mahvelous, truly"

:woohoo:

[KitchenWitch]

32. Why, yes, yes you were!

:pals:

[freethought]

3. Yes. Yes it is!

We can even put curses on those who mock us. Its done by a coven and all we need is something that belongs to the victim. Like a posting on the WWW. Sleep well.

[Nothing Without Hope]

5. Absolutely untrue, and I have PROOF!!!

This is the third of three Johnny Damon entries at the Jesus of the Week site (http://www.jesusoftheweek.com/jesii/335/index.html).

The caption of this picture: We just couldn’t help ourselves. Here it is: the last word in JD-as-JC images. From Curt Schilling’s stigmata on his ankle to Johnny Damon’s miraculous home run in the first inning of Game 4, this group of wise men has turned Boston into the next Holy City. Love the Citgo sign in the background. Don’t see many of those in Nazareth. Amen. Go Sox. Bless disciples Brad and Brotherman for sending this one in.

... I rest my case.

Oh, and in case you didn't already suspect, I'm an adoring Sox fan living in eastern MA. Hey - we finally gave the Darth Yankees the humiliation they deserved. The rest of the world should be grateful!

[WilliamPitt]

6. Satanic? No. Rituals? Yes.

Two I can think of.

Someone found Babe Ruth's piano submerged in a lake around here somewhere. Don't ask, I don't know. But they were gonna pull the thing out as some form of expiation.

The best one was the guy who climbed Everest with a Sherpa, a Buddhist monk, a small acetylene torch and a Yankee cap. He summited the mountain, burned the cap with the torch (because there's no air up there to make fire, he needed the torch), and had the monk pray to the four winds for a Sox victory and the end of the Bamino Curse.

This happened in either the late 90s or early 00s, so it took a while for Buddha to get the memo.

He got it eventually. :)

[JohnKleeb]

7. Yeah Pitt I saw the documentary HBO had

it was interesting, told those two stories and others, I really felt for your guys fans but the updated version with the sox winning brought a smile to my face because I felt the sox defeat of the yankees was one of the most amazing things I saw, 3-0 becomin 3-4 :).

[WilliamPitt]

8. Ya shoulda been here

Unparalleled madness.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Funny story about the ALCS

Was very disappointed that my Twins could not eradicate the evil empire, and was vacationing at a large themepark/resort in central Florida for the ALCS. We were at the poolside bar where there were scads of Sox fans, and a few Yanks fans, for game 7. The Yanks fans were very obnoxious at the beginning of the game, but they got quieter and quieter in the later innings. By the end of the game, they were completely gone, and all the other people there became Sox sympathizers (myself included).

[JohnKleeb]

11. I was a sox sympathizer and I got mistaken for an actual sox fan

:) by one of the Yankees fans here, hey what can I say I love seeing a comeback and the yankees going down.

[WilliamPitt]

12. I was in Bukowski's

and had smuggled in a bottle of champagne. When the Yanks went down, the bartender gave it to me and I hosed down the room. This HUGE muscle dude in a really nice leather jacket elbowed his way to me and growled, "You got champagne all over my jacket."

I can't recall my exact response, but it was something like, "...squeak..."

He grabbed me in a bear hug, picked me off the ground, kissed my cheek, said "Thanks," and walked out.

[JohnKleeb]

14. It was how I predicted it

:)
I predicted that Schill would throw a masterpiece in game 6, and then game 7 would be anti climitic. It was out of a great fiction novel, so poetic and beautiful. I hope that we can do this to the Yankees some time.

[KitchenWitch]

15. *squeak* is the appropriate response to that

Big muscle dudes cannot resist it! :rofl:

[JohnKleeb]

10. You guys deserved it

It was sheer beauty, one of the most moving things Ive seen in sports all in all.

[KitchenWitch]

17. Only bigger thing I have seen in sports is the Miracle on Ice

That was fucking amazing. How Herb Brooks was able to make those raggedy boys a team, and beat the Russians was pure genius.

[JohnKleeb]

19. Ahh yeah that was and I dont even like hockey (southerner)

[KitchenWitch]

21. Were you alive in 1980?

[JohnKleeb]

22. What do you think? NO but I know the story

[KitchenWitch]

24. Sorry

Sometimes it is hard to tell, you carry yourself much more mature than you are...

The movie was good, but really did not do that time justice...nothing really could.

[HuckleB]

27. No, nothing could.

But I was shocked at the memories the movie brought back so very clearly. The living room at my folks house came to mind for weeks, and even the soundtrack of the music my brother blasted in his room while I watched. We didn't have a VCR yet, so I brought out my tape recorder to record the audio. Between the hockey team and Eric Heiden, I was in friggin' heaven those two weeks.

[KitchenWitch]

28. Incredible times to be alive - for sure

I was 16 at the time. Miracle on Ice gave me hope - which was dashed mere months later by the assassination of John Lennon.

[JohnKleeb]

29. Me mature?

:rofl: I am not even 18 yet

[KitchenWitch]

31. LOL

I thought that was the case, but you are intelligent and many of your posts have more thought put into them than many folks twice your age. (I am old enough to be your....much older sister).

[JohnKleeb]

33. I am a paradox, I can be mature and immature all at once

Reading about the courts one min, and the other min calling matcom my mommy.

[KitchenWitch]

34. That is indeed the way it should be

There are times that I laugh at stuff like I am still in middle school.

[JohnKleeb]

35. Are you shocked that matcom turned out to be my mother too?

Mommy mat likes being called ma'am and doesnt allow me to bring girls home which yvrgirl says is good because the bastard would try to take them.

[KitchenWitch]

36. naw

not much surprises me anymore!

[HuckleB]

23. Perhaps indeed.

Especially since it's baseball we're talking about. I dragged my wife and a bunch of non-baseball fans out to a fairly quiet pub (still mostly packed with Sox fans) for those two games. While it was fairly subdued for my Cubs fan wife (compared to the year before), I think the non-fans gained some respect for the game. What was bizarre but great was heading over to the Cubbie bar where we usually catch the playoffs. Cubs fans were loving it as loud as anyone. They'll grab on to any thread of hope, and enjoy it for all it's worth. I sure did.

[HuckleB]

13. I've heard there's a secret Red Sox fan organization...

...called OPUS CURSE.

But I think it's now in decline among the ranks of the faithful.

[JohnKleeb]

16. well a lot of them are Catholics

Damn Micks and eye-talians :D.

[KitchenWitch]

18. LOL

Gotta watch out for those with last names ending in a vowel.

[JohnKleeb]

20. or -ski, those damn polacks

:D

[HuckleB]

25. Exactly.

Them -ski Catholics are the ones I grew up with at Wrigley Field and Milwaukee County Stadium. Heck, I ended up marrying one of 'em. Even the priest was Polish. And, still, even with a Polish Pope all these years, the Cubs haven't exorcised the curse.

[JohnKleeb]

30. and what are ya lol

:) I am one of those krautmick hunkies :).

[HuckleB]

37. Hmm.

I suppose one might call me krautfrog with port for dessert!

:)

Salud!

[bettyellen]

38. moronic, john.... not satanic. i said moronic.

sheesh. i hate being misquoted.

[JohnKleeb]

39. eh?

I was mocking the people who generalize. I dont remember you saying anything like that.

[bettyellen]

40. feh!

you weren't listening then.
didn't i tell you that you're supposed to at least pretend you're listening?

[JohnKleeb]

41. I was distracted by something probably

:shrug:

[bettyellen]

42. i demand your full attention.

just not now.
i have stuff to do.

[JohnKleeb]

43. I got ADD

What do you expect? :)