Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by Josh '99
Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.net)
Date: January 30, 2007 02:44PM
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Yes, I know it's not college sports and so it's way off topic, but I'm sorry, it was just too funny to let go.
Yes, I know it's not college sports and so it's way off topic, but I'm sorry, it was just too funny to let go.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 01:48AM
Some of the wrestlers involved have orally committed to Clarkson? Wait, wrong infection.
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Josh '99
[www.kstp.com] Yes, I know it's not college sports and so it's way off topic, but I'm sorry, it was just too funny to let go.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2007 11:56AM by billhoward.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Ben Rocky '04 (129.2.170.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 08:49AM
It took too long for someone to go there. I'm rather shocked.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (---.wlan.clarkson.edu)
Date: February 01, 2007 09:43AM
I am going to try to say this without sounding like an asshole, but I will probably fail miserably.
Bill, I have trouble understanding how can say that you have respect for Clarkson and our program, and then you go and say something like that which is offensive, crude, and uncalled for. I am not expecting you guys to shoot all sorts of wonderful comments praising tech all over the board, but these crude STD jokes are truely uncalled for if you are going to claim that you respect us and our program.
Don't talk out both sides of your mouth.
-Devin
Bill, I have trouble understanding how can say that you have respect for Clarkson and our program, and then you go and say something like that which is offensive, crude, and uncalled for. I am not expecting you guys to shoot all sorts of wonderful comments praising tech all over the board, but these crude STD jokes are truely uncalled for if you are going to claim that you respect us and our program.
Don't talk out both sides of your mouth.
-Devin
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 11:47AM
Dpperk29
I have trouble understanding [etcetera] ... offensive, crude, and uncalled for ... crude STD jokes are truely uncalled for ...
Let's recap: You go to a sports site organzed for and focused on Cornell hockey that is known to be irreverent. You are shocked, shocked that a close and mostly honored Cornell rival is the subject of irreverent and ribald humor in the week leading up to the big game. Are we on the same page so far?
Look, Devin, we're all in the same boat (and one that is drifting OT): A Tech person attends Clarkson because Cornell wouldn't have you. We went to Cornell because Harvard wouldn't have us (or because we forgot how warm it is at Stanford in the winter). Harvard kids are there grudgingly because they weren't born of the British royal family. The upper class Brits are upset because they have no colonies anymore, haven't won a war without help in the last century, the term "Lucas electricals" inspires peals of laughter, and their department stores are owned by foreigners who the British fervently believe should still be plucking dates out of trees. So we've all got chips on our shoulders, and no fair suggesting what kind of chip that might be in Ithaca. Some of us use humor to get through this unfair world. But it's a new year and as they say at Jenny Craig: We should all lighten up.
We'll (mostly) all root for Clarkson in the fantastical event the Golden Knights advance past the ECAC touranment. First you have to get there.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2007 01:57PM by billhoward.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: February 01, 2007 11:51AM
Relax. The STD joke is a long running one as you well know. Another reference to it is hardly "uncalled for". It is probably crude, but whatever. Whether or not it is or ever was funny is a different question and YMMV.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (---.cubley.clarkson.edu)
Date: February 01, 2007 02:09PM
billhoward
Let's recap: You go to a sports site organzed for and focused on Cornell hockey that is known to be irreverent. You are shocked, shocked that a close and mostly honored Cornell rival is the subject of irreverent and ribald humor in the week leading up to the big game. Are we on the same page so far?
It's not that I am shocked, just perturbed as to how you can make such dumb jokes and still claim respect. it kind of goes against the whole "Love you before the game, Hate you during the game, and love you after the game" mantra.
not the case. I actually have an acceptance letter from cornell at home on my desk. but I needed a change of pace for the People's Republic of Ithaca.billhoward
Look, Devin, we're all in the same boat (and one that is drifting OT): A Tech person attends Clarkson because Cornell wouldn't have you.
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: ugarte (38.136.14.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 03:15PM
I knew that when there were 6 replies that someone had made a Clarkson STD joke. Imagine my surprise that it wasn't RichS.
You may want to throw that envelope away. It will only lead to regret and bouts of longing. Transfer apps available at any time.
It is a running joke here that Nickerson has syphilis. The joke is based on Nickerson's late-stage syphilis.
We are prone to keep making this juvenile joke for two reasons. (1) It amuses us. (2) It appears to really annoy RichS. You have given us a third reason.
Dpperk29
not the case. I actually have an acceptance letter from cornell at home on my desk. but I needed a change of pace for the People's Republic of Ithaca.billhoward
Look, Devin, we're all in the same boat (and one that is drifting OT): A Tech person attends Clarkson because Cornell wouldn't have you.
You may want to throw that envelope away. It will only lead to regret and bouts of longing. Transfer apps available at any time.
It is a running joke here that Nickerson has syphilis. The joke is based on Nickerson's late-stage syphilis.
We are prone to keep making this juvenile joke for two reasons. (1) It amuses us. (2) It appears to really annoy RichS. You have given us a third reason.
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Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (128.153.210.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 03:25PM
don't worry Ugarte, I'll keep that envelope simply for the satisfaction it will give me in 10 years when I realize I made the correct choice.
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 03:47PM
Dpperk29
don't worry Ugarte, I'll keep that envelope simply for the satisfaction it will give me in 10 years when I realize I made the correct choice.
Mess with him at your own risk. Ugarte is a trained professional who practices on live hecklers as a tune-up for this forum. Recall when Oscar Wilde was challenged to a duel and given his choice of weapons. Wilde: "I choose words. You're dead."
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.raytheon.com)
Date: February 01, 2007 04:50PM
Come on Dpperk, I didn't know Clarkson confiscated your sense of humor at the gate.
Ribbing about an ex-player does not constitute a lack of respect for the program as a whole. Going to the Roundtable and saying it there might (or at least a lack of respect for the fans), but on our own board we're allowed to have stupid jokes.
You need to be a little less sensitive. Everything negative said is not disrespect. If that's too difficult for you, don't read our threads on your school. After and before the game we are friends, but even friends give each other a hard time about things on a regular basis.
Ribbing about an ex-player does not constitute a lack of respect for the program as a whole. Going to the Roundtable and saying it there might (or at least a lack of respect for the fans), but on our own board we're allowed to have stupid jokes.
You need to be a little less sensitive. Everything negative said is not disrespect. If that's too difficult for you, don't read our threads on your school. After and before the game we are friends, but even friends give each other a hard time about things on a regular basis.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: February 01, 2007 05:30PM
As someone who politlely ignored my parent's suggestions that I go to Columbia (and maybe live at home) I can totally understand wanting to get out of dodge when heading to college. Even more so when the hometown is Ithaca rather than NYC .Dpperk29
don't worry Ugarte, I'll keep that envelope simply for the satisfaction it will give me in 10 years when I realize I made the correct choice.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (---.cubley.clarkson.edu)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:10PM
DeltaOne81
Come on Dpperk, I didn't know Clarkson confiscated your sense of humor at the gate.
Ribbing about an ex-player does not constitute a lack of respect for the program as a whole. Going to the Roundtable and saying it there might (or at least a lack of respect for the fans), but on our own board we're allowed to have stupid jokes.
You need to be a little less sensitive. Everything negative said is not disrespect. If that's too difficult for you, don't read our threads on your school. After and before the game we are friends, but even friends give each other a hard time about things on a regular basis.
Hind sight, maybe I overreacted alittle.
but I still think you have gotten your mileage on that joke. If you guys are so innovative, why not come up with something better?
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Jacob 03 (---.ny325.east.verizon.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:16PM
Not to pile on, but you should consider chilling, Devin. You're well aware people on elynah say stupid stuff sometimes. If I had never seen the Roundtable and USCHO, you might have been able to convince me elynah was alone in this. And if you want to start a club about how stupid the Nickerson/Syph running theme is, let me know. It's obviously up there with the continued performance of the Macho Man dance and Ari's columns as "dumbest things to come out of Cornell hockey fans." I don't understand how it has anything to do with lack of respect (however you want to define it) for the Clarkson hockey program.Dpperk29billhoward
Let's recap: You go to a sports site organzed for and focused on Cornell hockey that is known to be irreverent. You are shocked, shocked that a close and mostly honored Cornell rival is the subject of irreverent and ribald humor in the week leading up to the big game. Are we on the same page so far?
It's not that I am shocked, just perturbed as to how you can make such dumb jokes and still claim respect. it kind of goes against the whole "Love you before the game, Hate you during the game, and love you after the game" mantra.
That you chose to interject when it was Bill saying something just makes your timing all the more unfortunate. The, uh, "older" members of elynah generally have a healthier respect for other teams than the younger ones do. This specifically applies to Clarkson, when all the younger fans remember is an overachieving team upsetting Cornell (and others) on the way to the ECAC finals, whereas the older fans actually remember an historically successful program. Also, the older fans are less likely to find STDs funny.
And it was Bill! He's not even one of the inveterate Rich S needlers! He's not hostile or abrasive. He just writes sometimes-longwinded posts a lot of us have taken to skimming. How do you go off on him?!
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (128.153.201.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:19PM
Jacob 03Not to pile on, but you should consider chilling, Devin. You're well aware people on elynah say stupid stuff sometimes. If I had never seen the Roundtable and USCHO, you might have been able to convince me elynah was alone in this. And if you want to start a club about how stupid the Nickerson/Syph running theme is, let me know. It's obviously up there with the continued performance of the Macho Man dance and Ari's columns as "dumbest things to come out of Cornell hockey fans." I don't understand how it has anything to do with lack of respect (however you want to define it) for the Clarkson hockey program.Dpperk29billhoward
Let's recap: You go to a sports site organzed for and focused on Cornell hockey that is known to be irreverent. You are shocked, shocked that a close and mostly honored Cornell rival is the subject of irreverent and ribald humor in the week leading up to the big game. Are we on the same page so far?
It's not that I am shocked, just perturbed as to how you can make such dumb jokes and still claim respect. it kind of goes against the whole "Love you before the game, Hate you during the game, and love you after the game" mantra.
That you chose to interject when it was Bill saying something just makes your timing all the more unfortunate. The, uh, "older" members of elynah generally have a healthier respect for other teams than the younger ones do. This specifically applies to Clarkson, when all the younger fans remember is an overachieving team upsetting Cornell (and others) on the way to the ECAC finals, whereas the older fans actually remember an historically successful program. Also, the older fans are less likely to find STDs funny.
And it was Bill! He's not even one of the inveterate Rich S needlers! He's not hostile or abrasive. He just writes sometimes-longwinded posts a lot of us have taken to skimming. How do you go off on him?!
Just a tip from someone who has put his foot in his mouth a few times... read the whole thread before jumping in... [elf.elynah.com]
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:35PM
All's well that ends well, and I think it just did. Maybe it's time to move on to tomorrow night's game.
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Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Jacob 03 (---.ny325.east.verizon.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:36PM
Thanks, Devin. Sadly, I started replying before your last post. I assure you, I had read the whole thread up through Keith's last comment, but as you surmised I am not immune to foot-in-mouth issues.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (128.153.201.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 06:44PM
Don't worry about it Jake...
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: BCrespi (209.191.175.---)
Date: February 01, 2007 08:55PM
Consider me thoroughly impressed gentlemen. In 18 posts on this thread a whopping ONE (the first) of them had to do with Minnesota wrestlers! I think we have reached a major elynah achievement. Congrats to all.
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Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: RichH (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: February 01, 2007 09:38PM
BCrespi
Consider me thoroughly impressed, gentlemen. In 18 posts on this thread, a whopping ONE (the first) of them had to do with Minnesota wrestlers! I think we have reached a major elynah achievement. Congrats to all.
I fixed your post. It's common courtesy to use commas on this planet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2007 09:39PM by RichH.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: mttgrmm (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 01, 2007 10:53PM
Crespi, I'm sure that if you had attended Clarkson University, you would have been familiar with the proper placement of commas in English grammar.
For shame, Crespi, for shame.
For shame, Crespi, for shame.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Dpperk29 (---.cubley.clarkson.edu)
Date: February 01, 2007 11:06PM
mttgrmm
Crespi, I'm sure that if you had attended Clarkson University, you would have been familiar with the proper placement of commas in English grammar.
For shame, Crespi, for shame.
trust me, he wouldn't have a clue. Most will admit that engineers can get through without having to learn the ins and outs of commas.
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"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
"That damn bell at Clarkson." -Ken Dryden in reference to his hatred for the Clarkson Bell.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: February 02, 2007 03:56AM
RichHBCrespi
Consider me thoroughly impressed, gentlemen. In 18 posts on this thread, a whopping ONE (the first) of them had to do with Minnesota wrestlers! I think we have reached a major elynah achievement. Congrats to all.
I fixed your post. It's common courtesy to use commas on this planet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2007 03:58AM by jtwcornell91.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.net)
Date: February 02, 2007 02:29PM
Ironic, considering it was an engineer who made the first comment about commas.Dpperk29mttgrmm
Crespi, I'm sure that if you had attended Clarkson University, you would have been familiar with the proper placement of commas in English grammar.
For shame, Crespi, for shame.
trust me, he wouldn't have a clue. Most will admit that engineers can get through without having to learn the ins and outs of commas.
Or maybe that's not ironic. I never know for sure.
Re: Minnesota High School Wrestling Shut Down Due To Herpes
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2007 02:36PM
Al DeFlorio
All's well that ends well, and I think it just did. Maybe it's time to move on to tomorrow night's game.
... or we could talk yet more about punctuation. Seinfeld got a decade worth of shows out of being about nothing and we're not even to 200 views, yet.
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