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Aristus

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22. That's a fact.

Reply to niyad (Reply #21)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:38 AM

Nov 2

Professional football used to be eleven guys from the local meat-packing plant playing eleven guys from the local steel mill for five dollars a game and all the beer they could drink.

Now it’s basically which millionaire sustained which joint injury, and how many times did they interrupt play to break for commercial.

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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything. [View all] Aristus Nov 1 OP

Any novel suggestions for me cilla4progress Nov 1 #1

Some limoncello and tonic water will make a nice tipple. Aristus Nov 1 #2

Thanks! cilla4progress Nov 1 #3

Get some! Aristus Nov 1 #4

If you have a Trader Joe's in your area, they carry a very nice Limoncello. niyad Nov 2 #19

Drambuie is wonderful stuff! redwitch Nov 1 #5

What a man was six foot six Drambuie ... bucolic_frolic Nov 1 #7

Hmmm. redwitch Nov 1 #8

Enjoy! Aristus Nov 1 #15

I'll have to try that! Aristus Nov 1 #10

What is your favorite whiskey/whisky? Easterncedar Nov 1 #6

Lagavulin. Aristus Nov 1 #11

Do you have a pet? True Dough Nov 1 #9

No. Aristus Nov 1 #12

I'm unemployed MacDo Nov 1 #13

Smirnoff isn't exactly a last-ditch vodka. Aristus Nov 1 #16

A story Marthe48 Nov 1 #14

Definitely! Aristus Nov 1 #17

It is my college's sesquicentennial (and, NO, I am NOT one of the original niyad Nov 2 #18

Ignore the athletic events. Aristus Nov 2 #20

Ahhh, thank you. I have yet to find any sport, at any level, to be of any niyad Nov 2 #21

That's a fact. Aristus Nov 2 #22

I figured out the chronic brain injuries in pro footbsll decades ago. And niyad Nov 2 #23

I'm calling it. Aristus Nov 2 #24