Hippo-Kramer Contest Week 7 (ALL ARE EQUAL)

[Happy Hippo]

If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all. --Jesus Christ


THE STANDINGS:

Mr. Mel: -12 (3-12-3)
Woodson: -8 (5-11-2)
Dunclock: -7 (7-9-2)
BadBone: -5 (7-10-1)
Hippo: -4 (7-10-1)
Bjfinste: -3 (7-10-1)
Kramer: -3 (7-10-1)
Imfeklhr: 0 (7-9-2)
Rolltide: 1 (8-8-2)
Wesis69: 1 (10-8-0)
Smurphy: 2 (9-9-0)

OVERALL: -38 (77-106-15)
Maintaining a perfect 42%


There was some talk of politics this last week, and as usual the disgusting stacks of raw meat. You all better be careful or soon I will start having to insert pictures of my own, and who knows what those could be. Imfeklhr might like them.

Let's be clear on one thing. This is not a democracy. There is no room for republicans or democrats or any kind of negotiations. This is a socialist society. We are here to do what is best for everyone. Sometimes that means bashing them into the ground (Kramer picked so horribly last week he went 3-0). Sometimes that means praising them for a job well done (Dunclock managed to push his double play last week, which is a huge step forward for society - don't worry Dunclock, we're not expecting such a great performance from you this week).

Lines will be posted tomorrow. Until that time, we will have nothing but socialist views posted in this thread. Otherwise this could quickly disintegrate into a dictatorship, and who knows what kind of lines will be posted then.



From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. --Karl Marx

 

[Kramer]

SORRY FLEE BITTEN MUTTS,

SOCIALISTIC IDEOLOGY DOES NOT PERMIT

ME TO ASK THE LORD TO HAVE MERCY ON

THE FLEE BITEN MUTTS

 

[bjfinste]

No lines yet? I sure hope Saul isn't dead in some hooker's hotel room right now...

 

[Happy Hippo]

I apologoize for the late posting of lines. Although it would naturally appear to be the fault of smurphy the misfit, he has the week off and I am in charge. However, this being the socialistic-communistic-dictatorshipistic contest that it is, I don't want to hear any grief from the minions, or you will be harshly reprimanded.



AZ 36
WAS -9

ATL 42.5
NO -9

BAL -3
BUF 34.5

MIN 46.5
DAL -9.5

NE -16.5
MIA 51.5

SF 39
NYG -9.5

TB 44.5
DET -1

TEN -1
HOU 38.5

KC 37.5
OAK -1

JETS 47
CIN -6

CHI 41
PHI -5

STL 39.5
SEA -9

PIT -3.5
DEN 39

IND -3
JAX 44.5

 

[RollTide72]

There will be no dissension or it's off to Siberia with you!

 

[Kramer]

:142hail: HITLER THE HAPPY HIPPO

 

[smurphy]

No lines yet? I sure hope Saul isn't dead in some hooker's hotel room right now...

:nono:

Hippo is my kinda Commie. I would commend her for doing a great job taking over the duties this week, but that may get interpreted as elevating her above others - which of course is something that can't be tolerated in our new socialist contest.

It is an absolute disgrace that I am still leading this thing. I don't even have a winning record! This week looks very easy though.

 

[hawkeye]

Go HH-Kick some Butt this weekend!@!

 

[RollTide72]

Go HH-Kick some Butt this weekend!@!

Please, no comments from the local peanut gallery.

If you are going to wish one person good luck, you must wish us all good luck as this is now a Socialist contest.

 

[Kramer]

LENNON FOREVER
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JOHN, OF COURSE

:mj07: :142smilie kurby kurby kurby kurby

 

[smurphy]

One of the knocks on socialism is that it breeds mediocrity.

.....Yeah, I'd say that describes us fairly well.

 

[Kramer]

One of the knocks on socialism is that it breeds mediocrity.

.....Yeah, I'd say that describes us fairly well.

One of the perks of socialism is that it breeds
excellant vodka

.....Yeah, I'll drink to that :drinky:

 

[ImFeklhr]

One of the knocks on socialism is that it breeds mediocrity.

.....Yeah, I'd say that describes us fairly well.

:com:

You should be glad you came back to earth a bit. Had you excelled much longer, you might have been branded a suspicious intellectual.

To which some re-education would have become necessary.

 

[ImFeklhr]

Imfeklhr might like them.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

This is a socialist society. We are here to do what is best for everyone.

I feel our videos last week made excellent propaganda. I am sure everyone is converted now.

:grouphug:

 

[smurphy]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

:mj07: :mj07:


kurby

 

[Happy Hippo]

To which some re-education would have become necessary.

It was getting close. We can't have people rising too far above...that would lead to chaos.


The propoganda videos seem to have worked quite well. Everyone seems to be falling in line quite nicely at this point in time. If we can all get in the red this week, we will truly succeed.

 

[RollTide72]

China's First Astronaut to Start Communist Party Branch in Space

BEIJING ? China might not have a permanent presence in space yet, but the country's rocket men are already thinking about setting up a Communist Party branch in the great beyond.

Now 14-strong, the Chinese astronaut program more than meets the party's minimum requirement of at least three members per branch, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.

China's space communists would "carry out the regular activities of a CPC branch in space in the way we do on earth," Xinhua quoted Yang Liwei, the dean of the Chinese astronaut corps was quoted as saying on the sidelines of a twice-a-decade national party congress in Beijing.

Yang orbited the earth for 21 1/2 hours in 2003 aboard the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, making China only the third country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to launch a person into space.

A two-man mission followed in 2005 and a third manned flight is scheduled for next year. China's lunar exploration program has proceeded in tandem, with plans for a lunar probe to be slung into orbit later this month.

Yang said a party branch would have to await the setting up of a permanent presence in space such as a space station, something China says it ultimately wants but is decades away from achieving.

But he said the Chinese program was interested in increased space cooperation with other countries, something that could shorten the wait. A government official said Tuesday China was interested in participating in the international space station project that already counts the U.S. and Russia as members.

"Like foreign astronauts having their beliefs, we believe in communism, which is also a spiritual power," said Yang, who also serves as deputy director of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center.

"We may not pray in the way our foreign counterparts do," Yang said. "But the common belief has made us more united in space, where there is no national boundary, to accomplish our missions."

 

[wesis69]

I will be the first to bite (but may edit before game time).

Indy -3 (double)

I think the right line for K.C. is +3 but I will take them straight up again this week
K.C. +1
N.E/Miami under 51.5 Final score N.E 48 Fins 0

 

[Agent 0659]

Make your picks you losers, I need to lock and load some sharp lines!

:00x33

 

[smurphy]

If we can all get in the red this week, we will truly succeed.

I am the only one in the contest not to go red this season. Contrary to the impressions some may have gathered from my political posts, I do indeed subscribe to the "better dead than red" motto.

I'm afraid that all of you had your chance last week. I will never go 0-3 again, just as I will never go communist (other than voting for Hillary in '08 of course).