What becomes of old 'friends'..

[Dr_Orpheus]

The mods at ISF (where I post as Pooneil) have shut down the discussions into the association between Skinny Splash and P1K.  So it looks like we will never get a full answer from SS about P1K/DrT.  As if a clarification was forthcoming anyway.

I noticed something else interesting.  Skinny Splash said he was "Fatty Dash's" big brother.   Patrick repeatedly denied being fattydash.   Here are the specific posts where Patrick1000 explained/invented who fattydash really was.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7466877&postcount=119

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7466982&postcount=124

[Echnaton]

Skinny Splash showed up at ISF today to nominate one of my posts (as Pooneil) for the Language Award.  The idea of the award is for "outstanding use of language"  and its quite apparent that was not the reason for the nomination.  The reason seams to be that since the original tread was closed and there was no other way to respond.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10349311#post10349311

He did at least address my question, although the answer was characteristically beside the point.  I mean really!  How does being a pushup champion help to reconcile the lunacy of P1K and and his socks to a the claim he was a skilled physician and scientist?

[HeadLikeARock]

Spurstalk? There's Apollohoax discussion on a football forum?

Football?  I thought it was the San Antonino Spurs basketball.

I think this is a case of you say tomato, I say potato.

In England, Spurs is the nickname of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. That's proper football, i.e. soccer!

[Echnaton]

That's proper football.

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.        That is the way God made football to be played.   

[BazBear]

That's proper football.

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.        That is the way God made football to be played.   

Confirmed, just ask virtually any Yank, 'Nuck, or Aussie

[smartcooky]

That's proper football.

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.        That is the way God made football to be played.   

Confirmed, just ask virtually any Yank, 'Nuck, or Aussie

Nah. What the yanks call "football" was a ripped-off version of Rugby Football that has been modified almost beyond recognition. All the padding, helmets came along later because the poor darling didn't want to get hurt!

It has always been a source of mild amusement for me that American Football's main scoring method is called a "touchdown" when in fact they don't have to touch the ball down, while Rugby Football's main scoring method is not called a touchdown but they do!

[carpediem]

Skinny Splash showed up at ISF today to nominate one of my posts (as Pooneil) for the Language Award.  The idea of the award is for "outstanding use of language"  and its quite apparent that was not the reason for the nomination.  The reason seams to be that since the original tread was closed and there was no other way to respond.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10349311#post10349311

He did at least address my question, although the answer was characteristically beside the point.  I mean really!  How does being a pushup champion help to reconcile the lunacy of P1K and and his socks to a the claim he was a skilled physician and scientist?

Dr Socks did 717 push-ups in about an hour this event that took place at his Alma mater UC Berkeley last weekend during Stanford & Cal's annual Big game.

I think apparently being a zombie push up champion is actually quite impressive.

[Echnaton]

I think apparently being a zombie push up champion is actually quite impressive.

Dr Socks' unique talents have made an impression on many people.

[Luke Pemberton]

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.     

Agreed, there is nothing better than rugby.

That is the way God made football to be played.   

Agreed, there is nothing better than rugby.

[Abaddon]

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.     

Agreed, there is nothing better than rugby.

That is the way God made football to be played.   

Agreed, there is nothing better than rugby.

I'm Irish, so you can guess what I think. 

[Zakalwe]

It simply cannot be "proper" football unless the players use their hands most of the time.        That is the way God made football to be played.   

Ahem...

[Echnaton]

"Four seconds of violence followed by a beer commercial" is why I don't watch football much any more. For all the hubbub, it is really a very slow game. 

[raven]

Yeah, I have a whole rant riffing on that fact.
If I watch any sport, it's ice hockey. While not as flowing a game as soccer, it's way more than football, and, damn, they move fast in those skates. Like soccer, there is a goalie, which means getting to the far side is but the beginning.

[JayUtah]

I'm not really a sport purist.  American football uses an egg-shaped ball and moves it primarily by hand.  Calling it "football" is primarily historical; calling it "handegg" would be more accurate but also more stupid.

[raven]

I've never seen an egg that looked like an American or Canadian football. So even 'handegg' don't exactly describe it. Rugby football sure, but not gridiron.