On Friday, July 23, 2021 at 8:49:36 PM UTC-4, jazee...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > "I'm telling you Your Honor, they wouldn't let me into their store 'cause I was wearing a fez."
> > More victimhood shit. Well as a person who causes victims I would rather be on the victimizing side.
> I agree. But at least it's only once a year and it's not like 4 movies a year with the Jew Holocaust and all the other shit. I'm sure if the Armenians could pull it off they would. But right now as far as suffering goes they are playing second fiddle to the Jew and always will. The Turks are swarthy creeps, it's obvious. But maybe they had their reasons for killing the "Menians. Maybe the Menians had it coming.

Holding grudges is not for me. Or at least I try not to. Seems enough new shit happens every day to make having an old grudge not worth it.

> Holding grudges is not for me. Or at least I try not to. Seems enough new shit happens every day to make having an old grudge not worth it.

Every time something bad happens you thank the perpetrator for allowing you to let go of yesterday and to focus on today. Yes, when it comes to grudges, out with the old, in with the new.

This is a grudge match buddy. Whoever loses leaves town in a pine box.

On Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 5:47:20 PM UTC-4, jazee...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Holding grudges is not for me. Or at least I try not to. Seems enough new shit happens every day to make having an old grudge not worth it.
> Every time something bad happens you thank the perpetrator for allowing you to let go of yesterday and to focus on today. Yes, when it comes to grudges, out with the old, in with the new.
>
> This is a grudge match buddy. Whoever loses leaves town in a pine box.

Wrestling is a tough sport. No holds barred kind of stuff. No guns or knoves but chairs are ok.

> Wrestling is a tough sport. No holds barred kind of stuff. No guns or knoves but chairs are ok.

I like most pro wrestlers. When I was a kid one of my 'heroes' was Wild Red Berry, an ex wrestler who became a loud mouth manager of a variety of bad guy wrestlers, chief among them, at least from my time, "Hans Mortier". Berry was an entertaining guy and I'm not sure he even knew it. He wore a checkered vest and derby hat and carried a cane ala Bat Masterson. Wrestlers didn't talk as much back then, only a select few stars. Their managers did the talking. Berry would use big words, telling the crowd his boy was going to dislodge his opponent's module oblong gotta from the lower cranium, and so forth. I loved it. I see it on TV now and then, stumble into it. It's funny. But not for long. I won't watch it for a long time. The wrestlers are nowhere near as good at talking as they were 20 to 30 years ago. I got into watching it with my buddy Charles back when Hogan and Jake the Snake and other guys with decent personalities ruled the ring. I had WWF manager Bobby Heenen in the cab here in town. Didn't know it was him. Two guys with him with him were big but not huge. I thought they were wrestlers. They were. Heenen was holding court. Everything he said that was supposed to be funny they'd laugh at it. Then I said, "Hey, has anybody ever told you you sound like Bobby Heenen." He said, "I am Bobby Heenen", and I laughed. Dropped them off at the arena. This was maybe 15 years ago. I told Heenen I don't enjoy pro wrestling as much as I used to. I told him I thought there were too many guys in the ring at the same time and too much glitz and bullshit and not enough personality and character. And he agreed with me. "I work for them", he said. "I don't like it either, but we do the best we can", or whatever.

"No, no, don't tell me me he's really going to do it - not the steel steps."

"Yep Bob, that's where he's heading. He's going to smash his face straight into the steps. But first, one more leap off the turnbuckle."

What makes me laugh and also bugs me about pro wrestling is how it's very circus like in formula. In the circus typically an aerialist will make two failed attempts at something (on purpose), to make success on attempt #3 seem more important. Same with counting a guy out on the mat. He always gets his shoulder off the mat right after #2. Very predictable stuff. But that's part of the entertainment. Like when a guy is in the center of the ring bad mouthing an up and coming opponent through the mic we know a sneak attack is on the way. Sometimes they bring gymnast types into the ring, but other than that the real show is outside the ring for sure.

On Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 5:57:25 PM UTC-4, jazee...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Wrestling is a tough sport. No holds barred kind of stuff. No guns or knoves but chairs are ok.
> I like most pro wrestlers. When I was a kid one of my 'heroes' was Wild Red Berry, an ex wrestler who became a loud mouth manager of a variety of bad guy wrestlers, chief among them, at least from my time, "Hans Mortier". Berry was an entertaining guy and I'm not sure he even knew it. He wore a checkered vest and derby hat and carried a cane ala Bat Masterson. Wrestlers didn't talk as much back then, only a select few stars. Their managers did the talking. Berry would use big words, telling the crowd his boy was going to dislodge his opponent's module oblong gotta from the lower cranium, and so forth. I loved it. I see it on TV now and then, stumble into it. It's funny. But not for long. I won't watch it for a long time. The wrestlers are nowhere near as good at talking as they were 20 to 30 years ago. I got into watching it with my buddy Charles back when Hogan and Jake the Snake and other guys with decent personalities ruled the ring. I had WWF manager Bobby Heenen in the cab here in town. Didn't know it was him. Two guys with him with him were big but not huge. I thought they were wrestlers. They were. Heenen was holding court. Everything he said that was supposed to be funny they'd laugh at it. Then I said, "Hey, has anybody ever told you you sound like Bobby Heenen." He said, "I am Bobby Heenen", and I laughed. Dropped them off at the arena. This was maybe 15 years ago. I told Heenen I don't enjoy pro wrestling as much as I used to. I told him I thought there were too many guys in the ring at the same time and too much glitz and bullshit and not enough personality and character. And he agreed with me. "I work for them", he said. "I don't like it either, but we do the best we can", or whatever.
>
> "No, no, don't tell me me he's really going to do it - not the steel steps."
>
> "Yep Bob, that's where he's heading. He's going to smash his face straight into the steps. But first, one more leap off the turnbuckle."
>
> What makes me laugh and also bugs me about pro wrestling is how it's very circus like in formula. In the circus typically an aerialist will make two failed attempts at something (on purpose), to make success on attempt #3 seem more important. Same with counting a guy out on the mat. He always gets his shoulder off the mat right after #2. Very predictable stuff. But that's part of the entertainment. Like when a guy is in the center of the ring bad mouthing an up and coming opponent through the mic we know a sneak attack is on the way. Sometimes they bring gymnast types into the ring, but other than that the real show is outside the ring for sure.

I wonder if they are doing the BLM schtick on WWF. That could be pretty funny. Getting into fights over BLM and Trump.

> I wonder if they are doing the BLM schtick on WWF. That could be pretty funny. Getting into fights over BLM and Trump.

I think it could ruin it. Keep politics out of it. They do have all American characters vs evil guys from other countries though. Very cartoonish. I like it. Like Superman. He's a good guy. But he can go bad. Everyone has their kryptonite. In pro wrestling they pull that sometimes, where suddenly a good guy turns bad for some reason - usually a good one. But I am not opposed to the introduction of anything into the game. I just think in the long run politics ruins things. But going only so far might be good, like during the election to have one wrestler wearing a Biden mask and the other guy wearing one of Trump.

On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 8:50:56 PM UTC-4, jazee...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I wonder if they are doing the BLM schtick on WWF. That could be pretty funny. Getting into fights over BLM and Trump.
> I think it could ruin it. Keep politics out of it. They do have all American characters vs evil guys from other countries though. Very cartoonish. I like it. Like Superman. He's a good guy. But he can go bad. Everyone has their kryptonite. In pro wrestling they pull that sometimes, where suddenly a good guy turns bad for some reason - usually a good one. But I am not opposed to the introduction of anything into the game. I just think in the long run politics ruins things. But going only so far might be good, like during the election to have one wrestler wearing a Biden mask and the other guy wearing one of Trump.

Good point. And I will leave it at that.