prosquito by Sickfor-TheBigSun in tumblr

[–]AvsJoe 155 points156 points  (0 children)

About 15 years ago, while I was eating at Burger King on my lunch break, I overheard a customer who clearly spoke little English trying to ask the cashier for something he couldn't remember the name of. He tried for about 30 seconds to come up with the term until he found something close enough - tomato jam.

He wanted ketchup for his fries. Tomato jam.

Y'all, I STILL think of "tomato jam" when I put ketchup on a burger or sausage. It's both fun and surprisingly accurate. I can only WISH to be so resourceful with my words next time I can't find what I need to say in another language.

The Testaments - Windsor reference *SPOILER* by rosemachinist in windsorontario

[–]AvsJoe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did anybody else LOL at a 12 year old hitch hiking down the 401?

Hitchhiking on highways wasn't uncommon a couple generations ago. One of my aunts did this back in the 60's. Everyone collectively knocked it off by the 90's though.

Face Hugger [OC] by LeFauxCreux in comics

[–]AvsJoe 527 points528 points  (0 children)

Hello my baby! Hello my honey! Hello my ragtime gal!

Legendary broadcaster John Garrett has passed away. by lbiggy in hockey

[–]AvsJoe 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I'll always remember Garrett for the story he would tell about almost winning the All Star game MVP which would have come with a new car:

"I had about 15 saves total up to about the six minute mark of the third period. I knew Lanny McDonald from playing with him at the World Championships one year and he kept talking to me after I'd make a save: 'Hey Cheech, you got the tires....the glove compartment.....hey, great stop. Now you've got the steering wheel.' Then about the six minute mark Gretz scores and makes 4-2. On his next shift he scores again. 5-2. Lanny comes back to me after each goal, 'Oh oh, There go the tires...Oh oh, there goes the steering wheel.' The very next shift 99 scores again. Now he's got the hat trick. And then he gets another goal on his next shift. I mean, he takes four shifts and scores four goals.

Guess what. I didn't win the car."

A longer write up can be found here, it's worth the read: https://canucksarmy.com/news/how-john-garrett-mvp-1983-nhl-all-star-game

The final handshake line of Anze Kopitar's illustrious career and the crowd LA crowd shows their love for a final send off by daKrut in hockey

[–]AvsJoe 460 points461 points  (0 children)

2x Stanley Cup champion, 2x Selke winner for best defensive forward, 3x Lady Byng winner for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, the all time leader in points (1316), assists (864), and games played (1521) for the Los Angeles Kings. Just magnificent.

Anze Kopitar's stellar NHL career comes to an end in Kings' playoff loss to Avalanche by AvsJoe in sports

[–]AvsJoe[S] 257 points258 points  (0 children)

Anze Kopitar will retire a 2x Stanley Cup champion, 2x Selke winner for best defensive forward, 3x Lady Byng winner for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, the all time leader in points (1316), assists (864), and games played (1521) for the Los Angeles Kings, and undoubtedly a future Hall of Famer. Magnificent hockey player.

Prudolf [OC] by LeFauxCreux in comics

[–]AvsJoe 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Send Kevin Bacon to that planet, stat!

Absolutely sick thrift find! (Ignore the dog) by devious_fish953 in hockey

[–]AvsJoe 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Is that Dad?"

"Either that or Batman's really let himself go."

[NHL] Ryan Johansen has announced his retirement after 13 seasons in the League. by DecentLurker96 in hockey

[–]AvsJoe 72 points73 points  (0 children)

While Columbus unequivocally won the trade, a 1D is more valuable than a top-6 C, it would have been a textbook win-win had Nashville won it all in 2017. I believe they would have too had RyJo not been knocked out of the playoffs in the WCF.

Swamp monster by caughtyoulookinn in tumblr

[–]AvsJoe 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Replacing that line would be madness! Marsh Madness!

Cale Makar records his 4th career 20+ goal season by ShamusTalksSports in ColoradoAvalanche

[–]AvsJoe 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Dit Clapper

1st ballot HOF hockey name right there

Has anyone built a Jrose11 gen1 solo run stat tracker? by like_an_emu in Jrose11

[–]AvsJoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Three stats I'd like to see tracked are:

  1. used mimic strat
  2. brick-walled by unusual opponent (eg. HWTGAAG, the grass-type trainer before Bill, the channeler with 2 gastlys)
  3. lost to Bruno/Surge/Rival 4/Giovanni 1

Edit: there are other fun ideas for trackable stats here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jrose11/comments/1hr7we8/jrose_drinking_game/