Athletes Gone Wild -- College Soccer, Football, and Tyson Edition

PS: the player who got slammed could have a career in the WWE as one of the Divas, but her acting wasn't Oscar material.
— November 16, 2009 5:19 a.m.

Athletes Gone Wild -- College Soccer, Football, and Tyson Edition

I'd seen the one video of Ms Lambert, but not the other ones. Here's a link to a blog at CBS that may shed a little light on her so-called "aggression:" http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/10/crimeside… Having given her the benefit of the doubt (I had sisters growing up - I know how they can be instigators of the most insidious kind), she really needs to handle things differently. Other teams have her number, and they're going to give her more of the same, because unless something is really blatant, Lambert isn't going to get a break anywhere she plays. Like Tyson, there's always going to be a bias on the part of officials around the league against her. Not consciously, but it'll be there nonetheless.
— November 16, 2009 5:14 a.m.

Tipsy and Talkative

Admit it, JB, your girlfriend wrote this article, didn't she? If not, she's having a negative influence on your writing. I don't mean that to dis her (or you), but it's definitely not the Josh Board "voice" I'm used to. By negative, I mean it sounds more like something a chick would say (ex: "we met this cute couple"), rather than something a guy would say. There's nothing wrong with being a chick - I prefer them, actually. Call me old fashioned, but a manly man like you should sound like a manly man, not a chick. End of the Hemingway-esque lecture on gender roles. ;o) Steve
— November 16, 2009 5:02 a.m.

You Can Ride but Can't Hide

Good. I vote public execution. That ought to drive the ratings up.
— October 25, 2009 5:08 a.m.

SDGQ

I call on everyone to do his or her service to the 'list and flag this post for "Best of Craiglist." There should be a little flagger's box in the upper right corner. Thank you. Duly flagged for inclusion in the Best of Craigslist, per your request.
— October 25, 2009 5:07 a.m.

Paying Housewives

Gringo: for an otherwise intelligent, articulate individual, you sure are an idiot when it comes to this particular subject. You've not only drank the kool-aid, but you've snorted it, injected it, and bathed in it. Let's start with your statistics from BLS. They are just that, as Josh rightly points out. They are just numbers, with no narrative. Without qualification, quantification alone tells you nothing. Josh has defended his position extremely well, and has asked you to elucidate any flaws that you allege in his arguments, yet you refuse. You don't have a leg to stand on, you don't know what you're talking about, and you're starting look like you're not only devoid of any common sense, but are lacking in anything like morals. In other words, you've gone beyond the line separating ignorance and disengenuousness, and are treading into complete and total dishonesty. Normally, I attempt to operate from an objective position that gives the person on the other side of the issue the benefit of the doubt. You've made it impossible to do that. I am absolutely astounded that in the face of incontrovertable evidence, that you could still espouse the things you do. Nobody could be that stupid; especially you. That only leaves one conclusion: you are being deliberately obtuse, and therefore dishonest. You are just as dishonest, and frankly, more dishonest, than the people who are using flawed logic and tenuous statistics to try and prove their point. You are using their lies, and espousing your own to cover up their lies and your own lies to try and prove "your point." That makes you doubly, maybe even a triple liar. If it's your ego driving this (who knows why, since you allegedly have only one X chromosome), let it go. Admit you're wrong, acknowlege you cannot win this argument, and move on. We'll forgive you.
— May 13, 2009 10:22 a.m.

What have you done that most people haven't?

It's not exactly a rare thing to have done, but I've sailed (aircraft carrier) and flown under the Golden Gate bridge (helicopter), and have driven over it in both a car and an over-the-road tractor trailer.
— April 28, 2009 1:53 p.m.

Does a Bear Chase in the Woods?

The old lady didn't do anything wrong? You mean, besides speeding, and leaving the scene of the accident? I think I know what you're trying to say: that it wasn't the old lady's fault that she mowed down the PREGNANT WOMAN with her car - oh, and thanks for letting the PREGNANT WOMAN WHO WAS BEING CHASED BY A BEAR get into your car and helping her to safety, there, granny! You just could have worded it differently is all. Speaking of wordsmithing, did one of your creative writing instructors get ahold of you, or is JB's girlfriend ghost-writing this column? I swear, it's not the same old Crasher column we used to know and thrash. I'm just baggin' on you, Josh. You've had some columns lately that have been clear, concise, had continuity, and a couple of them actually had a theme and an actual point. Good job, man! Crap, even the spelling has improved - but then, at times, it couldn't have gotten much worse, so there's that. Treat yourself to a cold one in a frosty mug, dude. Have one for me - 20 years sober in 2 months.
— April 25, 2009 5:27 a.m.

Letters

SD: "Stifle yerself, Edith!"
— April 25, 2009 2:38 a.m.

Thieving Trio Surprised

Fair trial, execute the mother-f-ers in public.
— April 25, 2009 2:30 a.m.