tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post8758530160939824122..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: What if they closed a bar and nobody noticed?Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-22211549183985894282010-03-29T22:05:20.335+00:002010-03-29T22:05:20.335+00:00Your cellmate's excellent scoring record might...Your cellmate's excellent scoring record might be attributed to the same cause - "absence of defense".Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-91085149068628203862010-03-29T14:36:15.921+00:002010-03-29T14:36:15.921+00:00WNBA players just don't pass or shoot better. ...WNBA players just don't pass or shoot better. They pass and shoot a lot worse. The reason they may at times have better percentage shooting rates is because of the absence of defense.The British Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439277300657927816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-38611597280815013832010-03-29T04:34:27.703+00:002010-03-29T04:34:27.703+00:00Sorry, Cowboy, I hadn't twigged that you were ...Sorry, Cowboy, I hadn't twigged that you were talking about a literal <i>hell</i> rather than just a hellishly bad bar experience.<br /><br />I am immune to the appeal of the slam dunk. Players who are smaller, can't jump as high (whether men or women - I love the idea of an under-6ft basketball league) have to be able to pass and shoot better.<br /><br />And you may have developed a romantic weakness for large black men during your time in prison, but they don't do anything for me. There is at least the possibility that some WNBA players might be passably cute.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-92202287708952704292010-03-29T04:29:40.936+00:002010-03-29T04:29:40.936+00:00Yes, a lot of people seemed to like The Rickshaw w...Yes, a lot of people seemed to like The Rickshaw when it was new, Gary. I wasn't one of them.<br /><br />It doesn't seem as if there any plans to demolish that ugly and isolated little blockhouse just yet. I hear the landlord has just re-let it!Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-44083924830545727152010-03-29T02:05:02.842+00:002010-03-29T02:05:02.842+00:00I kinda liked Rickshaw when it was new, but it did...I kinda liked Rickshaw when it was new, but it did seem to be drawing a young crowd. You figure that area must be up for redevelopment soon.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-49083808518208890972010-03-26T14:33:29.040+00:002010-03-26T14:33:29.040+00:00You stay because it is Hell, Froog. I don't be...You stay because it is Hell, Froog. I don't believe there is an option when one is in Hell to say "Whoops, not enjoying this any more, I think I will leave now."<br /><br />And for the love of all things Holy, nobody prefers the WNBA. I can see an argument between men's college basketball and the NBA, but the WNBA? The thing basketball has going for it is the athleticism involved - I don't think there is any major sport that comes close to it for that. And that is simply not present in the women's professional game to anywhere near the degree of the men's.<br /><br />The NBA ranks pretty firmly fourth in my American sports interest, but I can get suckered in to a random game every now and then. I won't consciously go out to see it, unlike the other sports, though.The British Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439277300657927816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-3010800610446878462010-03-25T22:49:30.135+00:002010-03-25T22:49:30.135+00:00Well, why would you stay if you can't get anot...Well, why would you stay if you can't get another drink? This is a hell of your own making, Cowboy.<br /><br />I find the WNBA rather less tedious than the men's NBA, but I am, as you know, extremely basketball-averse.<br /><br />You have no conception of <i>how bad</i> this bar was in every other way as well. Frankly, I never understood its year of modishness. I suppose it had a good location, and it was for a little while just about the only foreigner bar in that neck of the woods. Now there's been a splurge of new bar and restaurant openings nearby, and it's just got wiped out.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-27133374522683065182010-03-25T14:36:08.372+00:002010-03-25T14:36:08.372+00:00I have to say you have just added to my personal v...I have to say you have just added to my personal vision of hell. It's now a bar at closing time, jam packed, when you know the bartender won't cut you the slack and serve you a drink after last call, <b> with only the WNBA on the TVs. </b>The British Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439277300657927816noreply@blogger.com