SuperSuck XLII at the BestBuy

[Jadedcarguy]

I want it all and I want it now!

Before the Super Bowl yesterday I went to BB to peruse the PS3 games and BlueRay discs. Mind you, the game started at 3PM my time, it was 1:45PM at the time of this incident.

PP: Poor Planner

HBE: Hapless BestBuy Employee



PP: What the hell do you mean it has to be ordered?!? The Super Bowl is on in an hour!!

HBE: I'm sorry sir, we don't normally stock that model(bigscreen HDTV). If you'd like I can show you several similar models we do have.............

PP: NO! I want this one and I want it right now! Make it happen!

HBE: I'm sorry sir, I don't physically have one to sell you. If you want that particular TV, I'll have to order it.

PP: Get a screwdriver and take it off the wall. It's leaving with me today!

HBE: I'm sorry sir, that display model is not for sale at this time.

PP: Get me your manager! This is the worst service yada yada yada............


I walked away at that point. I couldn't take anymore.

If you must have a TV for the Super Bowl, buy what they have or plan in advance if you want a specific one. Bloody Hell...........



Leave me the Hell alone

After I left BB I stopped for a 12 pack of inebriant and some pretzels at 7/11. While waiting to pay, I was verbally molested by a slackwitted football fan in a Steelers jacket. I am a Green Bay fan and was wearing my GB jacket. I need to learn to leave it in the closet this time of year...........:cry:


Me: :help:

SF: Steelers Fan (smelled of Whiskey)



SF: <said in the same tone as "My God man! You just gutted that puppy with a Spork!"> Dude! You're just now getting ready for the Super Bowl?!?!? It starts in 30 minutes!!!(Yelled at me from about six inches in front of my face)

Me: Uh, I live 4 blocks away.........

SF: You'd better hurry! You'll miss the start!

Me: Right.....................

For those of you who didn't watch it, the "start" of the game is 45 minutes of insipid BS about what the teams will probably do but no one can say for sure that I can frankly do without. I could have driven all over town after leaving 7/11 and still made it home to catch the kickoff. But no, I'd "better hurry", as my lack of planning has clearly jeopardized my future as a football fan. How could I be so careless? :rolleyes:

[Geek King]

Amen to that last bit. I don't watch much football. Some years all I watch is the Super Bowl. I fully expect that one year soon they will have a Pre-Pre-Kickoff show with a significant discussion on different ref's flipping abilities. :rolleyes:

[Custard Chick]

Ugg...I hate Steelers fans. Not all, (a few of my best buds from college are Steelers fan) but the majority that I've come across in my life are like that dude. It also doesn't help that I'm an avid Browns fans and therefore they are my mortal enemy.

[hinakiba777]

HAHAH. I could see that happening. I mean if Poker Champs is on ESPN than why not discussions on Football referees coin tossing abilities before the Super Bowl. :lol:

[Becks]

What's that wonderful saying? "A lack of planning on your part..."?

I am a Green Bay fan and was wearing my GB jacket.

:salmon:

J/K

[Jetfire]

The sad thing is, the guy looking for the HDTV, he probably would have returned it sometime the next week anyways.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

packers suck, go bears

[Jadedcarguy]

packers suck, go bears

Bears suck, go Packers.:p

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

how'd the packers do against the bears in the past 4 years?

[Jadedcarguy]

how'd the packers do against the bears in the past 4 years?

If you think I'm going to get into a football debate, you are sorely mistaken. I have co-irkers to do that with.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

i wasn't debating, i was gloating


j/k

[Peppergirl]

Hey guys - knock it off. It could always be worse. You could be a Bengals fan.

:ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed:

[Gurndigarn]

Hey guys - knock it off. It could always be worse. You could be a Bengals fan.

:ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed:

GO LIONS! WOOO!

[ArenaBoy]

Amen to that last bit. I don't watch much football. Some years all I watch is the Super Bowl. I fully expect that one year soon they will have a Pre-Pre-Kickoff show with a significant discussion on different ref's flipping abilities. :rolleyes:

Then they'll have a pre announcer show where they discuss the merits of different announcers.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

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GO LIONS! WOOO!
looks like Gurndigarn has it worst :lol:


any Dolphins fans?

[Gurndigarn]

GO LIONS! WOOO!

looks like Gurndigarn has it worst :lol:


any Dolphins fans?


Oh, c'mon. Dolphins are Jonny-come-latelies at this gotta-get-first-draft-pick stuff. The Lions are the RedSox Cubs of football.

[MiloMorai]

The stuper-bowl was on???























65 inch HDTV



base/basket/foot ball, hockey, jai alai, bowling, not allowed on it. I have friends that do like watching sports but they learned the time I came into the room saw they had turned on some sport and said, "WTF is that doing on my TV?" then turned the channel. heheheheh.

[Shabo]

The Lions are the RedSox Cubs of football.

HEY!

That's not nice!!! :( The Red Sox are not even close to being as bad as the Cubs!

You must be one of those Yankees fans...

[Jadedcarguy]

I always find it amusing to watch the direction my threads go in.............:D

[Broomjockey]

HEY!

That's not nice!!! :( The Red Sox are not even close to being as bad as the Cubs!

You must be one of those Yankees fans...

I think it's not horribleness, but the inability to win a championship. I don't know when the Lions last won anything, but until the Red Sox won just a couple years ago, they had the worst luck of any team at it. Now that honour belongs to the Cubs.

[Gurndigarn]

I think it's not horribleness, but the inability to win a championship. I don't know when the Lions last won anything, but until the Red Sox won just a couple years ago, they had the worst luck of any team at it. Now that honour belongs to the Cubs.

It's not even the inability to win the championship... it's the inability to even get to the championship. The Lions have never been to the Super Bowl... and I don't think they ever won a pre-SB era championship. If they did, it was a very long time ago. I blame it on the uniforms. How can you get fired up when you're wearing sky blue and silver?

[Peppergirl]

It's not even the inability to win the championship... it's the inability to even get to the championship. The Lions have never been to the Super Bowl... and I don't think they ever won a pre-SB era championship. If they did, it was a very long time ago. I blame it on the uniforms. How can you get fired up when you're wearing sky blue and silver?

Shut up. There's a bright side. You have the 'Wings. :) - They win from time-to-time. Only took them till 1996 to win Lord Stanley. :roll:

::Runs away::

[Gurndigarn]

Shut up. There's a bright side. You have the 'Wings. :) - They win from time-to-time. Only took them till 1996 to win Lord Stanley.

No, the real bright side was the '84 Tigers. One season made up for suffering through the 70s in all major sports.

[ArenaBoy]

How can you get fired up when you're wearing sky blue and silver?

The fans (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXQNSTygLRY) of this team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ss_lazio) beg to differ.

[PCGameGuy]

Amen to that last bit. I don't watch much football. Some years all I watch is the Super Bowl. I fully expect that one year soon they will have a Pre-Pre-Kickoff show with a significant discussion on different ref's flipping abilities. :rolleyes:
Heh. "Super Bowl : The Miniseries" Three nights of coverage, leading up to one great moment in History! (Brought to you by Fox Sports)

[Custard Chick]

You wanna play the game who has it worse? I'm a Cleveland fan; Browns, Indians, Cavs. We haven't won a Super Bowl/World Series/NBA Championship since 1948.

Granted, the Cavs got to the Finals last year, but all basketball fans know how that one turned out. And the Indians made it to the ALC games, buuut bit it in the end in true Cleveland fashion.

But it seems all Cleveland fans are gluttons for punishment and we keep coming back year after year after year... *sigh*

[Peppergirl]

You wanna play the game who has it worse? I'm a Cleveland fan; Browns, Indians, Cavs. We haven't won a Super Bowl/World Series/NBA Championship since 1948.

Granted, the Cavs got to the Finals last year, but all basketball fans know how that one turned out. And the Indians made it to the ALC games, buuut bit it in the end in true Cleveland fashion.

But it seems all Cleveland fans are gluttons for punishment and we keep coming back year after year after year... *sigh*

For your consideration:

The Cincinnati Bengals have the distinction having the WORST RECORD (most losing) of the 1990s in ALL FOUR professional sports. This includes NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB. :cry:

[myswtghst]

Yeah...I'm from Chicago. And I'm not a White Sox fan. I'm used to big ups and even bigger downs. Right now, it's painful to watch Chi-town sports. Although at least the Bears beat the Packers, and the Bulls beat the Pistions. :D

[ArenaBoy]

and the Bulls beat the Pistions. :D

Got a long way to go till you can be better than us. :p Same goes for the Laugh Blackhawks. All I can say is that it rules being a Detroit sports fan, with the exception of the Lions we kick ass. Now all we need is a MLS (Soccer league) and I can start making chants about what I'd do if I was a bird and Chicago and Columbus were involved.... :devil:

[myswtghst]

Got a long way to go till you can be better than us. :p

Yes, but I'm grateful every day I don't have to defend Rasheed Wallace, or try to be a fan of his. :p

Same goes for the Laugh Blackhawks.

My father is from Battle Creek. We're Wings fans all the way back since I was little bitty.

[ArenaBoy]

Yes, but I'm grateful every day I don't have to defend Rasheed Wallace, or try to be a fan of his. :p

Nah, when you have a player with an attitude like that you enjoy it. Chelsea had a coach who was outspoken but good. Although his rantings would get us in trouble he could rile up anybody. I've always pictured ESPN interviews with him to be quite hilarious. Think his best quote was him saying he was more concerned about bird flu and the effect it could have on his players than Manchester United catching up with him in the standings.

My father is from Battle Creek. We're Wings fans all the way back since I was little bitty.

Good choice. :) Living here it's all Wings. No Avalanche.

[Pagan]

Hey guys - knock it off. It could always be worse. You could be a Bengals fan.

:ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed:

Hey, I'm not really an NFL fan, but I like the Saints. They seem to do a damn fine job of bottom feeding, too, unfortunately.

Really, my favorite team is whichever one beats Dallas. I hate the Cowboys. And who the hell decided that they were "America's Team"?

You must be one of those Yankees fans...

And just what's wrong if Gurndigarn is one of the Yankees fans?! They've got the most important thing in the world....Derek Jeter! :D

Yeah...I'm from Chicago. And I'm not a White Sox fan. I'm used to big ups and even bigger downs. Right now, it's painful to watch Chi-town sports. Although at least the Bears beat the Packers, and the Bulls beat the Pistions. :D

My mom's from a small town in southern Illinois that's close to St. Louis, so she's a Cardinal fan. You ought to hear her about the Cubs! The Cards have kind of rubbed off on me, too, though. It's also amusing that no matter how good they're doing, at some point, the Cubs will choke.

I just hope that the Cards never wind up playing the Yankees in the World Series. I might have to go home to referee between my parents! Mum=Cardinals; Da=Yankees. :p

[Gurndigarn]

Really, my favorite team is whichever one beats Dallas. I hate the Cowboys. And who the hell decided that they were "America's Team"?

Their owner. Never doubt his ego.

And just what's wrong if Gurndigarn is one of the Yankees fans?! They've got the most important thing in the world....Derek Jeter! :D

Uh... back when I paid attention to baseball (IE, before steroids became rampant), I wasn't a Yankee fan. Right now I vaguely root for the team I grew up with, but couldn't tell you who a single player on it is... and it's likely to stay that way until baseball gets a substance abuse policy with real teeth and real enforcement.

[Horsetuna]

I feel like I'm working in the casino again....

we got to wear 'generic' jerseys during hockey season on special blackjack tables (Known as the party pit.) that had little pucks and stuff on them in hockey themed. we had to yell out (or just say ) 'Score!" and stuff whenever someone got a good hand, and various hands had different things (Three 7=hat trick).

anyways, we were allowed to wear real team jerseys. If you know Calgary and Edmonton, our hockey teams are known as 'the great rivals'... I'm sure that if they could BOTH make the Cup run, the amount of /good natured/ rivalry would be something to remember.

AS it was, that year the home team made the playoffs (Edmonton '06). I told my coworkers I was thinking of borrowing a friends' flames jersey (the rival team).

They said "They woudlnt let you!"

I pointed out "then they have to tell the girl who wears the Penguins team she cant,a nd the guy who wears the Canadiens jersey, and the Maple Leaf jersey too."

They said I had a point. Sadly I coudlnt get in touch with the friend in time. :(

[Jadedcarguy]

It blows my mind how seriously some people take team allegiance. Like you're insulting their mother or something. :confused:

[ArenaBoy]

It blows my mind how seriously some people take team allegiance.

Or in some cases, their religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Firm#Rivalry_and_sectarianism). Love Celtic-Rangers matches, intense to the very end.

[Jadedcarguy]

Or in some cases, their religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Firm#Rivalry_and_sectarianism). Love Celtic-Rangers matches, intense to the very end.

Wow. Sports, politics, and religion?!?:eek:

Throw in a little alcohol and you're guaranteed one hell of a fight!

[ArenaBoy]

Wow. Sports, politics, and religion?!?:eek:

Throw in a little alcohol and you're guaranteed one hell of a fight!

The Old Firm (The link I provided) is a rather intense Scottish soccer match. I've heard some rather nasty chants being sung. I should provide a link to Lazio-Roma, politics at its finest complete with fascism and nationalism! Heck, two teams in Spain have been hating each other since the Spanish Civil War! JCG if you're interested let me know, there's a lot of interesting things in soccer rivalries.

I love the passion shown here:

http://d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/20071004/09/800803980-soccer-uefa-champions-league-group-c-lazio-v-real-madrid.jpg

[Jadedcarguy]

JCG if you're interested let me know, there's a lot of interesting things in soccer rivalries.


Sure. Sounds like good times. :D

[ArenaBoy]

Sure. Sounds like good times. :D

Alright, there's a notable bunch.

In Argentina we have the Superclasico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercl%C3%A1sico) of Boca Juniors and River Plate.

In Italy we have:

The derby d'Italia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_d%27Italia) between the two best teams in Italy.

The Milan rivalry, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_della_Madonnina#The_rivalry) one team is supported by the working class, the other by the upper class.

My favorite, the Rome rivalry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_della_Capitale). (Forza Lazio!) another case of class wars going on.

Greece they have what's called the Rivalry of the Eternal Enemies. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_of_the_eternal_enemies)

In England we have: The Manchester rivalry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_derby) And the North London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_London_derby) rivalry, this one is more intense as one team's fans poisoned their rival team's players meals causing them to have stomach bugs and miss the game. Yes this did happen.

And finally in Spain we have El Clasico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Clasico). Two team that have hated each other since the Spanish Civil War.

Enjoy. :)

[TequilaSunrise]

Yes, but I'm grateful every day I don't have to defend Rasheed Wallace, or try to be a fan of his. :p



My father is from Battle Creek. We're Wings fans all the way back since I was little bitty.


Woooo! Small world! I'm from Battle Creek as well, (now in South Fla) and the Wings Suck! :devil: (Avalanche fan here, heh. Too bad the rivalry's dead. But I lived there during the height of it. Good freakin' times...)

Oh yeah, Go Broncos too!

[Jadedcarguy]

Alright, there's a notable bunch.

Amazing. If any of those riots were to happen stateside I think football would be called off. :rolleyes:

The Manchester rivalry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_derby)

That one I knew about, mainly from Euro Trip.

[Peppergirl]

Woooo! Small world! I'm from Battle Creek as well, (now in South Fla) and the Wings Suck! :devil: (Avalanche fan here, heh. Too bad the rivalry's dead. But I lived there during the height of it. Good freakin' times...)

Oh yeah, Go Broncos too!

So are you brave enough to wear Avalanche gear when you go back to MI for visits? :lol:

I nearly got my ass beat when I wore my Yzerman jersey when I was in Chicago. :roll:

[Jack7957]

... and I don't think they ever won a pre-SB era championship. If they did, it was a very long time ago.

1957 (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/1957_games.htm) was the last time they won the Championship.

[Gurndigarn]

1957 (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/1957_games.htm) was the last time they won the Championship.

Kinda scary... 8-4 record, 51 years ago...

[ArenaBoy]

Woooo! Small world! I'm from Battle Creek as well, (now in South Fla) and the Wings Suck! :devil: (Avalanche fan here, heh. Too bad the rivalry's dead. But I lived there during the height of it. Good freakin' times...)


Them's fightin' words! There's a reason why the doormat at Hockeytown cafe has a Avalanche logo on it!

http://www.theslot.com.br/2007/150/pix/19970326_coldet_turtle.jpg

[Peppergirl]

Them's fightin' words! There's a reason why the doormat at Hockeytown cafe has a Avalanche logo on it!

http://www.theslot.com.br/2007/150/pix/19970326_coldet_turtle.jpg

Woohoo!!! Beautiful.

I miss Darren and the grind line. :(

[ArenaBoy]

I do too, on a side note there were some good fights against the Avs today and we beat them 4-0.

[greensinestro]

I want it all and I want it now!



Love that story. I actually recall the days way back to 25 years ago when the little 20 inch TV was what we watched the Super Bowl on. As long as we had a picture and could see it all, we didn't care about high definition or how huge the screen was. It makes me wonder why this guy didn't buy his TV weeks ago. I'm willing to bet he was one of those "renters" who was going to get the TV, take it home for the game, then return it the following Monday. He probably had a party going on at home and it was about to be ruined.

[mariamousie1]

I will never understand why people freak out over football. That said, it's pretty funny that the guy decided to wait until an hour before the superbowl to get a tv. Idiot.

[Naaman]

I will never understand why people freak out over football. That said, it's pretty funny that the guy decided to wait until an hour before the superbowl to get a tv. Idiot.

To be fair, an hour before a major sporting event is a fantastic time to go shopping as everyone is setting up for the big game (or in the pub already ;) )

[Jadedcarguy]

To be fair, an hour before a major sporting event is a fantastic time to go shopping as everyone is setting up for the big game (or in the pub already ;) )

True, but it helps to make sure the store has what you're looking for before hand. :rolleyes:

[Naaman]

True, but it helps to make sure the store has what you're looking for before hand. :rolleyes:

Well, I didn't say the rest of the plan was well thought out :p