What made you go WTF today?

[littlelolligagged]

WTF, W(hy)TF would you WTF at GGT in the WTF thread?

[earthJoker]

WTF, W(hy)TF would YOU WTF at LOKI in the WTF thread?

[GGT]

WTF?

[GGT]

I'm disappointed that US News is focused more on NFL "deflate-gate"....while international events percolate. WTF?

[Timbuk2]

I'm disappointed that US News is focused more on NFL "deflate-gate"....while international events percolate. WTF?

[Hazir]

The same could be said of many countries, Hazir. Spain, France, most of the smaller countries like UAE/Qatar/Luxembourg/Malta/Carribean islands/Singapore, Austria, Greece, etc.

The bulk of that number visit my my neighborhood and the adjoining 3. My neighborhood has about 1,700 permanent inhabitants. Seems like I should simply give up and turn my appartment into a short-term rental.

@OG It's like I'm bloody living the main street of a Disney Park.

[Flixy]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/natio...289601801.html

The bulk of that number visit my my neighborhood and the adjoining 3. My neighborhood has about 1,700 permanent inhabitants. Seems like I should simply give up and turn my appartment into a short-term rental.

@OG It's like I'm bloody living the main street of a Disney Park.

Heh, this weekend I was one of em, went to the van gogh museum.

[Hazir]

Little birds tell me IBM is going to lay off 110,000 people.

[wiggin]

Little birds tell me IBM is going to lay off 110,000 people.

That Forbes story was flatly denied. The number is likely more on the order of 10-20k.

In other news, apparently even Boston people go nuts before a snowstorm. I went to the store yesterday because I needed berries and napkins and barely got out with my life. [/hyperbole]

[Loki]

Don't keep us in suspense: did you get the berries and the napkins?

[wiggin]

Don't keep us in suspense: did you get the berries and the napkins?

After an epic battle with a deranged pack of rabid shoppers, I held them off long enough to make my escape with my groceries. It was touch and go for a while, but since I wasn't buying toilet paper, they instead swarmed an incontinent grandmother.

[Loki]

You should have been a guest at yesterday's Jon Stewart show.

[Timbuk2]

After an epic battle with a deranged pack of rabid shoppers, I held them off long enough to make my escape with my groceries. It was touch and go for a while, but since I wasn't buying toilet paper, they instead swarmed an incontinent grandmother.

wtf

wigz made a humour

[Flixy]

http://www.khou.com/story/news/local...tion/22466107/

[Aimless]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6568238.html

[Loki]

How much funnier would that be if they reversed the two names?

[coinich]

"The name's Asshole. Brown Asshole."

[Aimless]

8 different patients with seizures in one night. I thought it might have been enemy action but I think we're back to coincidence again unless Kathaksung has more info

[Wraith]

I know nothing about football and even I knew it was retarded to throw at 2nd down with one yard to the game-winning touchdown and a timeout remaining. WTF, Seahawks?

[Khendraja'aro]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2099103

This boy has been suspended for threatening to use the One Ring.

But, wait, it's not his first suspension! Surely he's a troublemaker?

1st suspension: Called a black classmate ... black. The racist bastard!
2nd suspension: Dared to bring a book to school which depicted a pregnant woman. Spreading pornography, too!

[wiggin]

I know nothing about football and even I knew it was retarded to throw at 2nd down with one yard to the game-winning touchdown and a timeout remaining. WTF, Seahawks?

Wraith, I'm not sure it's as clear-cut as you suggest. Yes, the passing play at 2nd and goal was a risk, but there are all sorts of reasons why they might have called it. My feeling is that Carroll knew everyone was expecting Lynch to get the ball on a basic run - that had been the first down play, and given Lynch's remarkable skill, it's the obvious call to make. I was thinking it, you were thinking it, and I guarantee you that Bill Belichick was thinking it. The NE defense was well prepared for that kind of play, and Carroll (and the Seahawks) are nothing if not ballsy playcallers. There was very limited time to spare, and essentially no timeouts to burn (Belichick, in what will probably be seen as a stroke of strategic genius, chose not to call time after 1st down, instead preferring to trust his defense and put pressure on Seattle play callers) - if they tried a run, they'd be stuck with burning their final timeout on 3rd down, forcing a passing play on 3rd down, followed by a run/pass on 4th down. If they tried a pass instead, they'd stop the clock with an incompletion on 2nd down, dramatically increasing flexibility on 3rd and goal with a single timeout left.

I don't know if I would have called it the same way given the NE defense and Lynch, but remember that the Seahawks had been relying heavily on their receivers to help them out with some truly spectacular catches - frankly, the running game was not a big factor in this Super Bowl. Hell, the 11 yard TD reception with seconds left in the first half was similarly ballsy, but also had an internal logic to it. Passing plays (or play action) when everyone is expecting a run often work in red zone situations, even against a short field.

It's easy to second guess here, and obviously Carroll prefers a very risky form of football (his team is heavily penalized, aggressive, etc.). In a literally split second decision, he made a call that made sense, though it ended up being the wrong call. If instead the pass had resulted in a TD reception, everyone would be falling over themselves praising him for his nerve and guile in a pressure situation.

[Aimless]

I found a picture of a young Dread standing in front of the Dome of the Rock, with the caption "can't touch this" and one of Loki looking like an evil king from Middle Earth

[Loki]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2099103

This boy has been suspended for threatening to use the One Ring.

But, wait, it's not his first suspension! Surely he's a troublemaker?

1st suspension: Called a black classmate ... black. The racist bastard!
2nd suspension: Dared to bring a book to school which depicted a pregnant woman. Spreading pornography, too!

I saw that. That principal is on crack.

I found a picture of a young Dread standing in front of the Dome of the Rock, with the caption "can't touch this" and one of Loki looking like an evil king from Middle Earth

Loki always looks like an evil king from Middle Earth.

[Ominous Gamer]

The idea that there are 183 Baidu spiders currently listed in the "whos online" page. It always been that high?

[Loki]

http://fox2now.com/2015/02/05/police...ake-kidnapping Can't wait for some libertarian to defend these parents.

[Enoch the Red]

http://fox2now.com/2015/02/05/police...ake-kidnapping Can't wait for some libertarian to defend these parents.

This is almost exactly like not getting your child vaccinated. It's really uncanny.

[Khendraja'aro]

This is almost exactly like not getting your child vaccinated. It's really uncanny.

Nice to see that you're finally getting it!

[Enoch the Red]

Nice to see that you're finally getting it!

Yep! Kidnapping your children at gunpoint, having them verbally, physically, and sexually abused is exactly like not getting a vaccination. Hell, let's fry em all.

[Aimless]

So back on the matter of parental licenses...

[Khendraja'aro]

Yep! Kidnapping your children at gunpoint, having them verbally, physically, and sexually abused is exactly like not getting a vaccination. Hell, let's fry em all.

That's the spirit, son!