Comments on: Goatober and Presidential Smackdown 2012

Goatober and Presidential Smackdown 2012

phunniemee — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:19:23 -0800

October 3rd is both the first Wednesday in October (GOATUP!) and the first presidential debate of the season.

I will likely leave the meetup rather early to go home and tend to my puppy and watch the debate (which comes on at 8pm Chicago time). I know that the usual course of action is Goat-->Frog, but anyone interested in watching the debate while hanging out with a puppy is welcome to do so at my place. That said...GOAT. I WILL SEE YOU THERE.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:03:46 -0800

Goat-->Frog? That is not how evolution works.

By: deathpanels

deathpanels — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:47:07 -0800

What is "tend to my puppy" a euphemism for?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:24:03 -0800

This.

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:09:19 -0800

That poor puppy's come down with a case of blurritis. :(

By: SpiffyRob

SpiffyRob — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:55:45 -0800

The good news is that I'll be at the Hyatt Regency on Whacker for this day, so I probably should be able to make it, finally (it's been a while!) The bad news is that it'll be the final day of a three day conference where I have to pretend to be a business person who gives a shit about business, and the exhaustion might send me home sooner rather than later. Still, nothing helps you shake those "I am a fake business person" blues like a boorger and seven thousand tiny beers!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:05:17 -0800

Oh man, one time for work I had to look professional for a thing because I was going to be meeting some people so I had to wear a shirt with buttons on it and it was awful. I don't know how some people do that every day. (Also, very lucky that I work in an office where the dress code is basically, "please just be wearing pants. please.") You have my greatest sympathies, Spiffy.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:25:41 -0800

I am pretty sure the first Goat I showed up to I was wearing a suit because I am SO IMPORTANT and seriously all it does it make awkward sidehugs better.

By: Green With You

Green With You — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:02:48 -0800

I think tending puppy is like tending bar.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:58:06 -0800

tending puppy is way more rewarding than tending bar.

By: garlic

garlic — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:20:36 -0800

I'm pro goat and pro yelling at idiot debaters while stealing puppy cuddles. Presumably chez phunniemee is BYOB. Do we get the secret details on how to get to said home via nearby liquor store at the billy goat?

By: adamdschneider

adamdschneider — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:05:18 -0800

If this Wednesday is anything like last Wednesday, I will be practicing dagger disarms and longsword parries until after 10PM. I realize my presence has become less "assumed" and more "once in a blue moon" of late, anyway...

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:37:56 -0800

DAMN, adam - I want to go do what *you're* doing. Can we have an Intermediate Weaponry meetup?

By: adamdschneider

adamdschneider — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:07:13 -0800

http://www.chicagoswordplayguild.com/classes

By: Cold Lurkey

Cold Lurkey — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:23:46 -0800

I love word play! Do they have advanced punning and disarming wit classes?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:35:57 -0800

Presumably chez phunniemee is BYOB. Do we get the secret details on how to get to said home via nearby liquor store at the billy goat? Deets on chez phunniemee: -Yes, good point--BYOB. It doesn't even register for me to have B in my apartment because I don't drink B. I think there are two maybe three Bs in my fridge, ones that Bevos has brought over, obviously not enough B for everyone. I have been promising to bake Bevos cookies for ages, and I may just do it next week. No need to BYOC. -Exact address will be given at the Goat, but I live off the Kedzie Pink Line on 24th Street. It's about 30 mins from the Loop. Amenities near my house are...limited. Unless you like tacos. NB: PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TACOS ARE UNWELCOME IN CHEZ PHUNNIEMEE. SORRY.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:41:00 -0800

There are... things... that don't like tacos? I hesitate to use the word 'people.'

By: adamdschneider

adamdschneider — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:43:37 -0800

Do they have advanced punning and disarming wit classes? 9

By: bryanthecook

bryanthecook — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:05:48 -0800

As usual, it depends on work. I should be out of work early enough, but if I have to open Thursday, that'll make it rough. I'd like to go though, because I miss each and every one of you (some more than others, haha. I kid, I kid.)

By: Cold Lurkey

Cold Lurkey — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:04:33 -0800

9 Anyone who puns in German can't be bad!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:14:56 -0800

You know who else punned in German?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:18:06 -0800

Most Germans.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:24:46 -0800

My dog has no nose. How does he smell? Terrible.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:41:55 -0800

That's not German...it's like you're not even paying attention at all, shakes.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:29:36 -0800

I keep thinking this is tonight, but it's not, is it?

By: adamdschneider

adamdschneider — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:44:37 -0800

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:26:48 -0800

BOOM

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:40:06 -0800

By: SpiffyRob

SpiffyRob — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:50:12 -0800

Bowing Man died?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:32:35 -0800

No, my Python cred did.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:49:14 -0800

I forgive you, Ryan Gosling.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:05:13 -0800

I'm not sure I'm doing this right.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:03:45 -0800

Goatdaddy.

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:23:21 -0800

This goat is not up with the times.

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:13:10 -0800

Where is everyone?

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:47:59 -0800

I guess it would help if I went there on the right day, huh.

By: Cold Lurkey

Cold Lurkey — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:11:26 -0800

What? I suppose the next thing you're going to tell me is that it isn't Monday either. Damn, Those were my two best guesses for today.

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:39:37 -0800

I've been very excited about goating all week, but I guess not as excited as Evilspork.

By: Cold Lurkey

Cold Lurkey — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:06:19 -0800

So assuming that tomorrow is actually Wednesday, I could be there, but not until after 8pm. Will there still be engoatening at that time?

By: SpiffyRob

SpiffyRob — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:38:43 -0800

It turns out I will neither have to pretend to be a business man nor have the ability to come today. Boo to that and boo to me.

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:23:21 -0800

I am actually on my way to the Windy City as I type: If I can be there I will be, subject to the logistics of parking a 1-ton van in the loop.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:31:11 -0800

Happy goat day everyone!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:42:31 -0800

pjern: there is plenty of parking available in the Loop if you want to pay for it. If you're a cheap bastard like me, though, I suggest checking out State street just a bit south of Roosevelt. There is generally parking available there (and the Goat is just a quick jaunt North on the Red Line). As long as your van is actually a van and not a truck of some sort, it should be just fine.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:11:26 -0800

I don't know about y'all but if I do a Google search for "Obama goat", even with SafeSearch moderate, I get some weird ass (still worksafe) images. I did this last night to try to respond to the Huntsman goat, and it sent me down a very dark path. Newsflash: a lot of people who don't like Obama are really racist. I should have probably checked this not logged into Google. Everybody else will probably try the same thing and have it be all goats and rainbows and it will look like I'm the strange one.

By: misskaz

misskaz — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:30:18 -0800

Ugh, I really can't go without being a neglectful doggy mom. But maybe, we'll see. If it's raining tonight he wouldn't go outside to pee anyway so maybe it would be ok to have a drink before going home. Definitely can't make it to phunniemee's for the debates. :/

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:31:31 -0800

I didn't see much racist shit (I didn't look that long) but I did find this adorable picture of Michelle in grade school and she looks exactly the same as she does now. I mean that's weird, right?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:38:44 -0800

Definitely can't make it to phunniemee's for the debates. :/ That's ok! I'll have more formal (as opposed to just schlep yourself over after work if you wanna) debate happenings for the other debates, to which all doggies are welcome. :)

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:43:27 -0800

phunniemee, do you live in a close proximity to a store which facilitates my desire to BMOB?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:49:25 -0800

I mean that's weird, right? I went to a small school, small enough that each senior's parents got a page in the back of the yearbook to fill with baby and little kid photos. Typically lots of fun to go through, especially when I was little, and could see what the "grown up" kids I knew looked like when they were my age. I remember one year going through it with my brother, and landing on the page of this one girl, and my brother and I both recoiled back in horror at one of the photos. It was her, as a toddler, with what appeared to be her fully formed adult head pasted on top. Except it wasn't pasted on top. That's just what she looked like as a toddler. Dressed up as a clown. It has been years since I saw it, and I still think about it from time to time. Horrifying. I just looked her up on facebook to see if she still exists--she does--and she looks exactly the same at age 37.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:53:12 -0800

There's a la casa de tequila between my house and the train station, which I assume is open pretty much all the time. I've never been in there, though. I assume they have things other than tequila.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:14:50 -0800

la casa de tequila means "a free case of tequila " right? Also, I only wish I was still as cute as the kid in these pictures.

By: Iridic

Iridic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:12:24 -0800

I've got a Wednesday night class, so Goatening and Debatening alike are unlikely. Not to my liking, let me tell you. Have fun tonight, everyone!

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:35:07 -0800

But I was going to tell you secrets.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:38:01 -0800

it's like looking into a mirror. a very grumpy mirror.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:06:56 -0800

Yay -- my link was shared because I was hoping other pictures would happen. I'm not a big fan of most current baby pictures (sorry Facebook) but I LOVE pictures of people who have grown up. (Also, it was vaguely relevant to the thread because I, like the person in phunnimee's thread, am 37, which is a connection no one would be expected to know -- welcome to the DVD commentary of my commenting process)

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:15:41 -0800

This is me and my awesome little brother. The inspiration for this photo was me being bored and saying, "hey, we should dress up in each other's clothes!" Except that I was also wearing jean shorts and a t-shirt, so we went to my closet and dug out a dress for him to wear so it would be obvious that we switched clothes. This is me and my awesome little brother in a canoe in the middle of the street. That was the year the neighborhood flooded.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:46:49 -0800

I'm not going to make it. I threw my back out and haven't gotten a replacement yet.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:48:58 -0800

This is me at my first Christmas, getting excited about a stuffed reindeer. And here's me at the park by my grade school in Colorado. I was such a ham. I'm torn about whether or not I'm coming. Will there be frogging by some parties or just debating and disbanding?

By: misskaz

misskaz — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:18:10 -0800

This is me, so chubby.

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:33:16 -0800

Me and my awesome little brother in a canoe.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:38:36 -0800

Guys I don't have any childhood pictures on the internet I don't think (except Facebook which I can't access right now) so just imagine me, only more precocious.

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:39:40 -0800

Also, I'm contemplating going to the frog after the debate tonight, depending on interest.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:46:50 -0800

I was also considering the Frog, but it will depend on how I pace my drinking (or more accurately, my spending, as I dumbassedly did not go to the credit union before it closed and am currently working-debit card-less) That said, if I drink more than is currently in my wallet, I should probably stop drinking anyway. Holy shit, why am I commenting here if it's already quarter til 5? Later gators.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:47:13 -0800

Copycat.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:53:19 -0800

good god. how is it almost 5?

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:00:15 -0800

Well, I"m here.......

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:01:42 -0800

I'm almost there unless that makes me first in which case I'm about fifteen minutes away.

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:01:53 -0800

oh, and $24 to park. UGH!

By: FlamingBore

FlamingBore — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:06:13 -0800

blargh. I wish I'd seen this sooner. I'm in town and would have loved to have come. I'm practically just around the corner too. bugger. Hope y'all are having a great time.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:11:50 -0800

I'm sure you can still come, FlamingBore. I haven't left the office yet and will be going there.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:27:24 -0800

I'm on my way kids. Someone better still be there drinking.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:25:10 -0800

Folks, it's breaking up early. I'm thinking auxiliary.

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:39:11 -0800

5 trillion dollar tax cut.

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:39:58 -0800

Throw the challenge flag!

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:40:20 -0800

It's math!

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:42:07 -0800

Donald Trump doesn't like to think of himself as small anything.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:52:29 -0800

Big Bird/Ernie 2016

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:57:38 -0800

Obama : Governor Romney has ruled out revenue... Romney: Absolutely .

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:20:55 -0800

If anyone is still reading this, I made it to the frog. It's lonely here. Come sing songs and cavort. I have a song I want to sing and you're all going to miss it!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:45:18 -0800

shakespeherian (+2) OH I GET IT.

By: garlic

garlic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:49:07 -0800

Outlook not good for those at phunnieme's

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:01:49 -0800

Did you get stabbed? I specifically told you not to get stabbed.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:10:41 -0800

I should have come for debate watching and puppy time? This is what you're telling me?

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:19:39 -0800

All the stabbers were already in bed by the time we got out. They have to get up early for their shifts at the stab factory.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:53:06 -0800

Eamon and I have somehow closed the Frog. Again. Cheers to little cowboys. Little tiny cowboys. There is a chick lecturing Eamon about how he's wasting his talent by not taking his show on the road. Or being on SNL. Fact.

By: garlic

garlic — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:37:01 -0800

If there is some sort of road show for karaoke, Eamon does deserve an audition for it.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:16:14 -0800

If there is some sort of road show for karaoke, Eamon does deserve ~~an audition for~~ to be the president of it.

By: the ghost of shakespeherian

the ghost of shakespeherian — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:45:05 -0800

oooooOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo I was wrong about the staaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaabbers

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:44:07 -0800

Facebook event for the VP debate is live. If you aren't friends with me on facebook, 1) you're missing out on pictures of Truman, and 2) you're not invited neener neener neener. But you are welcome to come. It's just top secret.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:46:41 -0800

you're not invited neener neener neener. But you are welcome to come This is one of those 'it's not a tax cut it's a reduction in rates' things isn't it

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:31:01 -0800

If you guys could invest, I would really, really, really like to open a gay bar called "Stab Factory." Good to see everybody, even for a short time, at the Goat, and thanks to those who debate-watched with me and let me do my flustered liberal Archie Bunker act in somebody else's chair for a change.

By: eamondaly

eamondaly — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:55:04 -0800

What. The fuck. Happened.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:01:58 -0800

we were rudderless. unmoored. adrift. perhaps, even, bereft. we can only hope the future finds us more stalwart, better able and of finer mettle.