BeauBenken's Fireside Chats

[irishog77]

I do spend my moments on IE by Beau's fire place. You guys are nice, and make me laugh. Everyone else is running for President of Douche Bagistan. Beau you are a cutie!

How are ya guys? How was your valentine's day? Mine was ok, I got some flowers and a slim jim from a secret admirer. The slim jim was pretty awesome though. Don't know who he is...I hope it's not a she. yikes!

I didn't give out any flowers.....but I did give out a couple of "Slim Jim's" to some luck ladies on the day.

Heeeeyyyyyyyoooooooo. Thank's a lot ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

I didn't give out any flowers.....but I did give out a couple of "Slim Jim's" to some luck ladies on the day.

Heeeeyyyyyyyoooooooo. Thank's a lot ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week.

That's what she said.

 

[BeauBenken]

Wait, what? lol

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I didn't give out any flowers.....but I did give out a couple of "Slim Jim's" to some luck ladies on the day.

Gives a terrible new perspective on your title.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Gives a terrible new perspective on your title.

Speaking of Snoop Dogg, he's coming back to South Bend soon...

 

[NDPhilly]

Did anyone else see on ESPN.com last night they had a picture of Jeremy Lin after the loss to the Hornets and the Headline said "a Chink in the Armor" lol. nice job espn

edit: here's the picture

 

[johnnykillz]

Did anyone else see on ESPN.com last night they had a picture of Jeremy Lin after the loss to the Raptors and the Headline said "a Chink in the Armor" lol. nice job espn

I'd sue.

Where's Nankerphelge when you need him?

 

[BeauBenken]

If you want to feel better, imagine Michigan and their recruiting as the O'Doyles.

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[BeauBenken]

NOTRE DAME JUST WON ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE IN FOOTBALL! haha I just won the national title in an online dynasty consisting of some of the best players in the country in NCAA 12, playing with some of the best teams. Now, it's time to party!

 

[johnnykillz]

NOTRE DAME JUST WON ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE IN FOOTBALL! haha I just won the national title in an online dynasty consisting of some of the best players in the country in NCAA 12, playing with some of the best teams. Now, it's time to party!

Holla'ed ma mane bruh.

Holla.

 

[Veer option]

NOTRE DAME JUST WON ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE IN FOOTBALL! haha I just won the national title in an online dynasty consisting of some of the best players in the country in NCAA 12, playing with some of the best teams. Now, it's time to party!

Which offensive style do you favor?

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

You guys play on PS3 though don't ya?

 

[BeauBenken]

Which offensive style do you favor?

My favorite playbook and the one I used to win. Would probably be considered a multiple in the game. I have a few I formations, some single back formations, and plenty of spread and shotgun formations.

All about grinding some and then hitting them with the big play.

You guys play on PS3 though don't ya?

Yes ma'am.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

I am too young to be a m'am, mister.

I use Xbox 360 my tag is kinda funny, guys think I'm a fruity guy, till I start talking into my headset and they realize they just got owned up and down the field by a chick.

 

[dshans]

I have a personal policy of not starting a thread – what I have to say wouldn't warrant one and my fragile ego would be crushed if it flopped. So ... I'll park this here – amid all the other non-football comments.

St. Patrick's Day is staring us in our (sh¡t) faces. I share this (mined from the internet by a niece) by way of a gentle warning:

Paddy, Not Patty

Don't make me repeat my diatribe on the myth that Corned Beef is part of any traditional Irish meal.




*Side note: My son was known as "Packy" for a short while. Not because I knew that it was an accepted nickname for Patrick in Ireland, but because that was what it sounded like when he first tried to say his name. The moniker bit the dust when one day my father said "Come here, Packy" and m'boyo, with his flaming red hair, flashing Irish eyes and his fists firmly on his hips definitively declared to his Da "I not Packy, I Patrick Reed Shanahan!!!"

Even though he's 24 now, he's still "Packy," "Pmeister," "Pman" and "The P" to me. Just don't tell him that I said that.

 

[BeauBenken]

Dshans, you're always dropping appreciated knowledge bombs. I had no idea that the male spelling was Paddy.

Also, what's this about Corned Beef? I love that stuff.

 

[dshans]

Also, what's this about Corned Beef? I love that stuff.

It's good, no doubt about it. But:

Irish Corned Beef & Cabbage Kitchen Recipes Irish culture and customs - World Cultures European

From Wikipedia (not my preferred source, by any means, but a reasonable distillation in this case):

Saint Patrick's Day

In the U.S. and Canada, consumption of corned beef is often associated with Saint Patrick's Day. Corned beef is not considered an Irish national dish, and the connection with Saint Patrick's Day specifically originates as part of Irish-American culture, and is often part of their celebrations in North America. In Ireland, the closest traditional dish is bacon and cabbage (more akin to Canadian style bacon or ham). Corned beef and cabbage became popular in the U.S. after Irish immigrants in the northeast used corned beef instead of pork in the dish. This substitution was likely due to the low cost of corned beef in the U.S.

Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish American immigrants in the late 19th century.

My paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who settled in Manhattan in the late 1880's. They had little to do with or say about corned beef. In Ireland (and their years at 107th and Amsterdam) St. Patrick's Day was simply a day to attend Mass and spend time with family. No parades, no corned beef. A rasher of bacon along with cabbage and potatoes (buh-day-duhs), perhaps, but no corned beef.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Both my grandfathers were full Irish: it was obviously "Paddy" to them. In good old Ireland the name is often spelled "Padriac" which makes the case even easier. However it was also true that back in the days when half the US Irishmen thought that they were prize fighters, the nickname "Packy" was seen around. There was a prominent middleweight [or thereabouts] named Packy West --- a pseudonym as were many fighters monikers. So when our good little Irish Catholic boy Bob Hope decided that he, too, was a prize fighter, he entered the ring as "Packy East". I always wondered where he got that awkwardly crinkled nose of his. Still, he was a vaudevillian dancer, so maybe he "floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee."

 

[irishog77]

So every year for St. Patrick's Day when I drink a few bottles of the neon green Mad Dog 20/20, eat a couple burritos from the 7-11, and get a "massage" from a Korean lady, I'm not properly celebrating my Irish heritage??

Crap, back to the drawing board....

 

[Old Man Mike]

Yep, back to the drawing board. If you really wanted to eat like a "common" traditional Irishman, you'd load up on potatoes, buttermilk, and a hunk of meat or fish. As the diet lightened up, a hunk of meat or fish was supplemented with "The Irish Flag", an array of vegetables having a green component [cabbage, the standard], a white component [potatoes], and an "orange" component [carrots, or hand-waving in a close color substitute like tomatoes, or squash, or corn etc.]. Nowadays the everyday Irishman eats anything that the global supermarket can get, and the average Irish home cook rarely prepares "Lamb Stew".

But, I'd keep the Korean massage lady. Just tell her to wear a green hat.

 

[IrishinTN]

So every year for St. Patrick's Day when I drink a few bottles of the neon green Mad Dog 20/20, eat a couple burritos from the 7-11, and get a "massage" from a Korean lady, I'm not properly celebrating my Irish heritage??

Crap, back to the drawing board....

The massage, yes. The rest of it, no.

 

[Veer option]

So every year for St. Patrick's Day when I drink a few bottles of the neon green Mad Dog 20/20, eat a couple burritos from the 7-11, and get a "massage" from a Korean lady, I'm not properly celebrating my Irish heritage??

Crap, back to the drawing board....

Sounds like a typical Friday night for me...

 

[BeauBenken]

So I did a pretty good share of pranks today on this board, all in lighthearted fun, and got just one rep today...and it was negative! lol

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[BobD]

Who negative repped you. Jack@ss phork got me.

 

[BeauBenken]

Cali Domer.

I believe it was for the fake thread I made that listed Ty Isaac as having verballed to come here. lol

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Cali Domer.

I believe it was for the fake thread I made that listed Ty Isaac as having verballed to come here. lol

F**k with the bull, you take the horns.

 

[BeauBenken]

F**k with the bull, you take the horns.

I guess I didn't expect so many unhappy April Fool participants. lol

I've learned my lesson though...

And will do more pranks next year.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

I guess I didn't expect so many unhappy April Fool participants. lol

I've learned my lesson though...

And will do more pranks next year.

hah...

 

[clashmore_mike]

Grow up Peter Pan, Count Chocula.

 

[ShakeDown]

You better lock it up.