Notable Posts: February 2020
- By cyclones500
- Off-Topic
- 1 Replies
My monthly collection of amusing/enlightening comments from CF message boards.
It's impossible to document all the fun, so if I omitted something notable, feel free to add to the thread. Also, any time you encounter a gem and want to nominate it, PM me.
From “The Economic Cost to the University of a Poorly Performing Basketball Team”
@tyler24: Fun fact about correlations... Increased Ice cream sales and shark attacks go hand-in-hand. Do you think it's the ice cream sales bringing the sharks in?
@CyCrazy: Now that I think about it, yes.
From “Football Facility and Gameday Plaza Renderings”
@Stewo: Where are we putting the monument to all the Iowa band members who lost their lives that day?
@Remo Gaggi: A statue of Stork, leading the band the wrong way.
From “Official KSU-ISU game thread”
@Clonefan32: Lose at home to this K-State team and the wheels have official come completely off.
@SpokaneCY: Exactly how many wheels do you have on this team? We're spinning off wheels like a clown car spits out clowns...
From “Who Should We Hire After Prohm?”
@jcyclonee: Shakira.
@peteypie: Now this is a hire I could get behind, if you know what I mean.
From “What’s Going on Here?”
@cyclone: Why don't they call them “gnus” anymore?
@coolerifyoudid: Don’t complain. No gnus is good gnus.
From “Political Quiz”
@cyrocksmypants: I have no desire to answer 100 questions for it to tell me I’m a communist, when you guys can just call me that anyway.
From “Friday OT: The Modern Stone-Age Family”
@Cybyassociation: Thought this thread was going to be about raising a family in the days of legalized marijuana.
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@Angie: I think going to the Middle Ages or Renaissance times would be amazing... but I don't want to stay long enough to have to pee; chamber pots sound horrifying.
From “AARP”
@BoxsterCy: I keep getting s**t from them. Thinking maybe it would be worth it for hotel/senior discounts … Downside: I hate old conservative farts and they are a collective of old conservative farts, while I am senior advisor to the Che Guevara Revolutionary Brigade of Minnesota.
From “Official Texas Tech vs. Iowa State Gameday thread”
@Cyched: Hard to believe this is the same ISU team that hung with Florida A&M the whole game.
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@Prone2Clone: I think I'll go dust the undersides of all my furniture.
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@atlantacyclone: I think our problem is offense and defense...
@Chipper: Special teams look decent.
From “If You’re Into It: My new Podcast”
@ChrisMWilliams: Please give me feedback on guests you'd like to hear from, topics to tackle, etc.
@CycloneErik: Do you want us to listen before providing feedback, or just do our normal thing?
From “The End of Oak-Elm?”
@cycloner29: The memories of working in Oak-Elm food service, the floor parties, walking out of girls' dorm at 7 a.m. Food service was a blast!!
@JM4CY: Walked out, or kicked out naked?
Random “Mailbag” nuggets:
@Cyched: What is your favorite penis-shaped food?
@cyrocksmypants: Probably fried penis.
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@Doc: Got a biological question for you guys: What is the scariest bird in the world?
@jcyclonee: Do those flying snakes count as birds?
@Doc: Do I look like I’m in Audubon Society or something?
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@Sigmapolis: Heaven's Gate is a very solid choice, @GTO. Their leader Do (aka Marshall Applewhite), has to be on the Mount Rushmore of all-time crazy looking cult leaders.
@VeloClone: Marshall Applewhite? Didn't he play for Texas?
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@Fitzy: You must select two real people, alive or dead, to serve as a candidate and their running mate in the 2020 presidential election … Which two do you pick, and why?
@GTO: Just realized you said REAL people. How about Lincoln and JFK? I don't think anyone could shoot down that ticket. It would be bulletproof. OK, I'll stop now. (apologies to @ImJustKCClone, since I know she lived through both of those)
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@Gunnerclone: I was tossing around the idea of starting my own rival malebag.
@Ms3r4ISU: If you're a guy, you already have a malebag. And I don't want to see it.
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@SCyclone: What’s the most creative buyout proposal for Steve Prohm's contract that you've heard so far?
@Cy$: My Tetris Championship winnings will be used to buy out Prohm.
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@BCClone: Who is the guest answerer? That may affect my questions.
@Cyched: @BCClone
@BCClone: Hell’s bells. That really changes it.
It's impossible to document all the fun, so if I omitted something notable, feel free to add to the thread. Also, any time you encounter a gem and want to nominate it, PM me.
- In case you missed it: Notable Posts, January '20
From “The Economic Cost to the University of a Poorly Performing Basketball Team”
@tyler24: Fun fact about correlations... Increased Ice cream sales and shark attacks go hand-in-hand. Do you think it's the ice cream sales bringing the sharks in?
@CyCrazy: Now that I think about it, yes.
From “Football Facility and Gameday Plaza Renderings”
@Stewo: Where are we putting the monument to all the Iowa band members who lost their lives that day?
@Remo Gaggi: A statue of Stork, leading the band the wrong way.
From “Official KSU-ISU game thread”
@Clonefan32: Lose at home to this K-State team and the wheels have official come completely off.
@SpokaneCY: Exactly how many wheels do you have on this team? We're spinning off wheels like a clown car spits out clowns...
From “Who Should We Hire After Prohm?”
@jcyclonee: Shakira.
@peteypie: Now this is a hire I could get behind, if you know what I mean.
From “What’s Going on Here?”
@cyclone: Why don't they call them “gnus” anymore?
@coolerifyoudid: Don’t complain. No gnus is good gnus.
From “Political Quiz”
@cyrocksmypants: I have no desire to answer 100 questions for it to tell me I’m a communist, when you guys can just call me that anyway.
From “Friday OT: The Modern Stone-Age Family”
@Cybyassociation: Thought this thread was going to be about raising a family in the days of legalized marijuana.
---
@Angie: I think going to the Middle Ages or Renaissance times would be amazing... but I don't want to stay long enough to have to pee; chamber pots sound horrifying.
From “AARP”
@BoxsterCy: I keep getting s**t from them. Thinking maybe it would be worth it for hotel/senior discounts … Downside: I hate old conservative farts and they are a collective of old conservative farts, while I am senior advisor to the Che Guevara Revolutionary Brigade of Minnesota.
From “Official Texas Tech vs. Iowa State Gameday thread”
@Cyched: Hard to believe this is the same ISU team that hung with Florida A&M the whole game.
---
@Prone2Clone: I think I'll go dust the undersides of all my furniture.
---
@atlantacyclone: I think our problem is offense and defense...
@Chipper: Special teams look decent.
From “If You’re Into It: My new Podcast”
@ChrisMWilliams: Please give me feedback on guests you'd like to hear from, topics to tackle, etc.
@CycloneErik: Do you want us to listen before providing feedback, or just do our normal thing?
From “The End of Oak-Elm?”
@cycloner29: The memories of working in Oak-Elm food service, the floor parties, walking out of girls' dorm at 7 a.m. Food service was a blast!!
@JM4CY: Walked out, or kicked out naked?
Random “Mailbag” nuggets:
@Cyched: What is your favorite penis-shaped food?
@cyrocksmypants: Probably fried penis.
---
@Doc: Got a biological question for you guys: What is the scariest bird in the world?
@jcyclonee: Do those flying snakes count as birds?
@Doc: Do I look like I’m in Audubon Society or something?
---
@Sigmapolis: Heaven's Gate is a very solid choice, @GTO. Their leader Do (aka Marshall Applewhite), has to be on the Mount Rushmore of all-time crazy looking cult leaders.
@VeloClone: Marshall Applewhite? Didn't he play for Texas?
----
@Fitzy: You must select two real people, alive or dead, to serve as a candidate and their running mate in the 2020 presidential election … Which two do you pick, and why?
@GTO: Just realized you said REAL people. How about Lincoln and JFK? I don't think anyone could shoot down that ticket. It would be bulletproof. OK, I'll stop now. (apologies to @ImJustKCClone, since I know she lived through both of those)
----
@Gunnerclone: I was tossing around the idea of starting my own rival malebag.
@Ms3r4ISU: If you're a guy, you already have a malebag. And I don't want to see it.
---
@SCyclone: What’s the most creative buyout proposal for Steve Prohm's contract that you've heard so far?
@Cy$: My Tetris Championship winnings will be used to buy out Prohm.
---
@BCClone: Who is the guest answerer? That may affect my questions.
@Cyched: @BCClone
@BCClone: Hell’s bells. That really changes it.
Game Developers Conference 2020
- By GetAwesome
- Off-Topic
- 0 Replies
This is a random shot in the dark, but do any CycloneFanatics attend the GDC? or have you in the past?
It's shaping up to be a potentially strange event this year (if it doesn't outright cancel soon). So far, as of February 27th, 5 of the 9 main sponsors have backed out due to coronavirus concerns, which includes the many subsidiaries of both Sony and EA. Google, Amazon, and Nvidia had pulled out of recent tech conferences that were eventually cancelled for the same reasons, but have yet to announce any changes in plans for the GDC.
The Expo floor is shaping up to be a ghost town (cancellations are in red).
It's shaping up to be a potentially strange event this year (if it doesn't outright cancel soon). So far, as of February 27th, 5 of the 9 main sponsors have backed out due to coronavirus concerns, which includes the many subsidiaries of both Sony and EA. Google, Amazon, and Nvidia had pulled out of recent tech conferences that were eventually cancelled for the same reasons, but have yet to announce any changes in plans for the GDC.
The Expo floor is shaping up to be a ghost town (cancellations are in red).
AD’s tweet calling out ISU fans
- By Cyfanisu
- Mens Basketball
- 204 Replies
Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? First of all because SP admitted in the post game conference that he asked the players to foul, but they did not execute. Also because the athletic director is calling out ISU fans!
edit to add - can’t get my screenshot to post, but here is the quote:
“ So 7 seconds left, KU up 3 and Baylor ball. Bill self calls Time out and then decides not to foul and let it play out. Baylor misses shot – KU wins. Interesting – I recall many ISU fans and local media saying always foul!”
