Would you rather have less commercials with jersey advertisements or more commercials with no jersey advertisements?
- PhillySportsGuy

i would choose the former in this hypothetical, but in reality, if this were to happen, it would only decrease to 2 commercials instead of 3 per period, and that is not enough of a change for me to tolerate jersey advertising. if the commercials were 30 second spots the way they used to be back in the 80s, it would be fine, but these are 2 minute breaks.

My wife has been asking me to go for years. I have gone from "Never ever ever ever" to "Maybe, but not yet"
- PhillySportsGuy

i have no issue with it - i just never have. i don't think about it.

the never ever ever ever is my position on mini vans. and zombies.

I'd like someone to take Umberger away from that line.
- jmatchett383

I'd like someone to send Umberger to Calgary, or Edmonton or basically anywhere but here.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/1...food/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

Carter Ashton suspended 20 games for PEDs


He says he used an inhaler.
- mayorofangrytown

So that's what they call a rolled up hundred these days?

Carter Ashton suspended 20 games for PEDs


He says he used an inhaler.
- mayorofangrytown

It's bullpoop, but if it's forbidden, it's forbidden. I don't know what the substance list is, but a whole bunch of the most common inhalants for something like asthma are steroids. Pulmicort, flovent, advair....all corticosteroids.

EDIT: I wonder how that works? Could you be except from the league's policy for a drug if you have a prescription or something?

My wife has been asking me to go for years. I have gone from "Never ever ever ever" to "Maybe, but not yet"
- PhillySportsGuy

You do that and you can turn in your man card dude.

i would choose the former in this hypothetical, but in reality, if this were to happen, it would only decreaese to 2 commercials instead of 1 per period, and that is not enough of a change for me to tolerate jersey advertising. if the commercials were 30 second spots the way they used to be back in the 80s, it would be fine, but these are 2 minute breaks.
- hammarby31

I wish I could have been around for this. I have no patience for commercials. I have missed important moments in games because I can't stand sitting through them.

It's bullpoop, but if it's forbidden, it's forbidden. I don't know what the substance list is, but a whole bunch of the most common inhalants for something like asthma are steroids. Pulmicort, flovent, advair....all corticosteroids.

EDIT: I wonder how that works? Could you be except from the league's policy for a drug if you have a prescription or something?
- Giroux_Is_God

As they don't ban scotch I'm ok.

I wish I could have been around for this. I have no patience for commercials. I have missed important moments in games because I can't stand sitting through them.
- PhillySportsGuy

Yeah, it was cool. There were no artificial time outs, they just squeezed in 30 second commercial here and there and left most of it for between periods.

You do that and you can turn in your man card dude.
- BiggE

I'm going to do it eventually. My friend went with his girl on her birthday. He said it's actually very nice.

I've always gone to a hair salon as well, so I don't care about that stuff.

It's bullpoop, but if it's forbidden, it's forbidden. I don't know what the substance list is, but a whole bunch of the most common inhalants for something like asthma are steroids. Pulmicort, flovent, advair....all corticosteroids.

EDIT: I wonder how that works? Could you be except from the league's policy for a drug if you have a prescription or something?
- Giroux_Is_God

You better believe if they had some PED to make me better at my job, I'd be taking handfuls of it.

Yeah, it was cool. There were no artificial time outs, they just squeezed in 30 second commercial here and there and left most of it for between periods.
- BiggE

Thats kind of what it's like for AHL games. Although, in AHL games they cut away from live action for the weirdest poop.

You better believe if they had some PED to make me better at my job, I'd be taking handfuls of it.
- johndewar

Yeah, but taking a drug that makes you better at your job is a different situation than taking a drug so you can live to go do your job in the first place.

I wish I could have been around for this. I have no patience for commercials. I have missed important moments in games because I can't stand sitting through them.
- PhillySportsGuy

it was great. no ads on the boards, no blaring 'entertainment' during whistles. it was just a (frank)ing hockey game with some organ music now and then. quick commercials, they seemed almost invisible.

my issue with the 3 per period, despite having some rules in place like not going to one when there's been a stoppage due to icing etc, is that it destroys the pace of the game, especially if one team has momentum. i could handle 2 per period, but 3 really is too much. it's just too (frank)ing much.

As they don't ban scotch I'm ok.
- BiggE

still waiting on that top 10 list btw

I'm going to do it eventually. My friend went with his girl on her birthday. He said it's actually very nice.

I've always gone to a hair salon as well, so I don't care about that stuff.
- PhillySportsGuy

I don't care where a guy gets his hair cut, but really, a pedicure??

What's next, bikini waxing?

one of the posters from the 1976 Canada Cup - for my finnish fiends here.

I don't care where a guy gets his hair cut, but really, a pedicure??

What's next, bikini waxing?
- BiggE

Anal bleaching

Yeah, but taking a drug that makes you better at your job is a different situation than taking a drug so you can live to go do your job in the first place.
- Giroux_Is_God

Totally agree.

I speaking about PEDs, in general.

one of the posters from the 1976 Canada Cup - for my finnish fiends here.


- hammarby31

Timonen just missed the cut that year

So that's what they call a rolled up hundred these days?
- BiggE

it was great. no ads on the boards, no blaring 'entertainment' during whistles. it was just a (frank)ing hockey game with some organ music now and then. quick commercials, they seemed almost invisible.

my issue with the 3 per period, despite having some rules in place like not going to one when there's been a stoppage due to icing etc, is that it destroys the pace of the game, especially if one team has momentum. i could handle 2 per period, but 3 really is too much. it's just too (frank)ing much.
- hammarby31

I'm so used to it. I don;t even think about it.

Anal bleaching
- PhillySportsGuy

That's gotta be the worst job ever, right?

"So, what did you do today?"

"I saw and bleached 5 bumholes. You know. Where poop comes out."

You better believe if they had some PED to make me better at my job, I'd be taking handfuls of it.
- johndewar

it's called coffee