Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77

Trample the Elderly · 08-26-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Are you kidding me??? Unfortunately, I know you're not.

Obiwan has taught you well.

Trample the Elderly · 08-26-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GMScud

Apples and oranges buddy. To even draw that comparison is just stupid.

Bin Laden = America hating gangster / terrorist.
Kennedy family = Progressive bootlegger gansters / thugs.

A pimp is a pimp.

MTK · 08-26-2009, 04:20 PM

TTE you're quite the thread killer.

saden1 · 08-26-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

TTE you're quite the thread killer.

Forgive him for he can not help his handicap. 50 great years of service can't be disputed by the likes of Trample the Lunatic.

Trample the Elderly · 08-26-2009, 04:42 PM

Alright alright . . . .

A funny true Ted Kennedy Story: As told to me by my political science professor.

Ted Kennedy used to throw Halloween parties every year. One year he goes in drag. He gets in the elevator with Strom Thurmond (a notorious horn dog). Strom pinches him on the bottom. Teddy turns around and says to him in a masculine voice, "Senator, I never knew you cared". Strom almost fainted.

Strom used to have a louiseville slugger in his office. When asked what it was for, his assistants would say, "it's to beat his pecker down when they put him in the casket".

Happy now?

FRPLG · 08-26-2009, 05:01 PM

Trample you are a piece of work man.

firstdown · 08-26-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GMScud

Apples and oranges buddy. To even draw that comparison is just stupid.

Your right TK only killed one person while BL has killed thousands.

Trample the Elderly · 08-26-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Trample you are a piece of work man.

I guess you didn't like my story huh?

12thMan · 08-26-2009, 10:51 PM

Actually I have a funny Ted Kennedy story too. Umm...not trying to one up you TTE.

I was working at Nordstrom in Pentagon City back in July '04. One Saturday afternoon this burly figure lumbered into the mens shoe department. He was dressed casual. I think he was wearing a hat, not too sure. From time to time, we'd get a Colin Powell, this Senator, that Congressman, Mayor so and so. Celebrity sightings weren't all that uncommon. We were trained to greet each customer entering the department within 30 seconds. I think I beat the other salesperson by a hair. It was never obvious we were competing amongst ourselves.

"How are you today, let me know if I can assist you."

The gentleman fires right back, I know exactly what I need. Two types of customers I always hated selling to were guys who came into the department with their wives and elderly guys who knew exactly what they wanted. The former couldn't be talked into anything, the latter couldn't be talked into anything. As was our custom at Nordy's you seat the customer and proceed to measure their feet. If you're keeping up, that's point number three out of Nordstrom's Five Point standard.

Almost immediately I noticed this guy wasn't wearing any socks. I thought to myself either this cat is homeless or he's fucking loaded. Look, I'm in a hurry. I need a burgundy captoe. Shit (I thought to myself), we don't sell a burgundy captoe! Sir, I'll be right back. On my way back to the stockroom I asked an older salesman, who's that guy in my chair? He said he looked familiar but didn't know who he was for sure. I shrugged it off and brought out four pairs of shoes and a shoe tree. Popped the lid on the first box. A black captoe. Second box, a brown captoe. A black, oxford, plain toe. And then the ultimate insult, a burgundy Allen Edmond's penny loafer. They ran about $225. Surely the burgundy would catch his heart. He stares down at me with this incredulous look while I'm slipping on the first pair. So where you headed to this weekend? Boston, he replied. Yeah, that's where you from? No, but I am from Massachusetts. What's going in Boston this weekend? How's that shoe feel? Don't like it. By now he's getting antsy and has no more patience for my Nordstrom bullshit.

It was something about his voice and that Bostonian accent. He was coy the entire time though. It wasn't until he was stepping onto the escalator, without a Nordstrom shoe, that it finally hit me that was Teddy Kennedy I was chatting with. Seemed like a pretty nice guy. Until this day I haven't forgiven Nordstrom for not having a burgundy captoe in stock.

70Chip · 08-27-2009, 01:59 AM

I'll bet Ted Kennedy was a hell of a good time to party with. RIP.

GMScud · 08-27-2009, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Trample you are a piece of work man.

One needs to look no further than his screen name.

GMScud · 08-27-2009, 03:05 AM

I met Teddy a few times. When he married Vicki about 17 or 18 years ago (I think), she was a member of my parish (Blessed Sacrament- right on Chevy Chase circle). Shortly after their marriage, he started attending the same Sunday service that my family and I always went to. Shook his hand plenty of times, and actually talked baseball with him on more than one occasion while Vicki and my mom talked about church related stuff. I was young at the time- 12 or 13 years old- but he was a very affable from what I can remember.

Hog1 · 08-27-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by GMScud

I met Teddy a few times. When he married Vicki about 17 or 18 years ago (I think), she was a member of my parish (Blessed Sacrament- right on Chevy Chase circle). Shortly after their marriage, he started attending the same Sunday service that my family and I always went to. Shook his hand plenty of times, and actually talked baseball with him on more than one occasion while Vicki and my mom talked about church related stuff. I was young at the time- 12 or 13 years old- but he was a very affable from what I can remember.

did you ever hear of a "sub shop" called Armand's?

SmootSmack · 08-27-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Hog1

did you ever hear of a "sub shop" called Armand's?

You talking about Armand's deep dish pizza?

Hog1 · 08-27-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You talking about Armand's deep dish pizza?

Actually in the late seventies the owners of Armands Subway (located on Connecticut Ave just inside the DC line) started "Armands Chicago Pizzeria". I worked at Armands Subway and then the Pizzeria (after it opened) in highschool.
I saw GM's remark to the circle and thought he might be familiar with it if it still exists.
We used to get some of the Skins lineman to come in and eat a 6 foot sub occasionally............which they ALWAYS got it done.
The deal was, if any 4 guys could eat it..........no charge
Anyway...........

08-26-2009, 04:20 PM	#48
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08-26-2009, 04:42 PM	#50
Trample the Elderly Playmaker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Three Chopt Virginia Age: 47 Posts: 2,906	Re: Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77 Alright alright . . . . A funny true Ted Kennedy Story: As told to me by my political science professor. Ted Kennedy used to throw Halloween parties every year. One year he goes in drag. He gets in the elevator with Strom Thurmond (a notorious horn dog). Strom pinches him on the bottom. Teddy turns around and says to him in a masculine voice, "Senator, I never knew you cared". Strom almost fainted. Strom used to have a louiseville slugger in his office. When asked what it was for, his assistants would say, "it's to beat his pecker down when they put him in the casket". Happy now? __________________ A funny thing happened on the way to the temple. The moneychangers bought the priesthood.

08-26-2009, 05:01 PM	#51
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77 Trample you are a piece of work man.

08-26-2009, 10:51 PM	#54
12thMan MVP Join Date: May 2005 Location: washington, D.C. Posts: 11,460	Re: Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77 Actually I have a funny Ted Kennedy story too. Umm...not trying to one up you TTE. I was working at Nordstrom in Pentagon City back in July '04. One Saturday afternoon this burly figure lumbered into the mens shoe department. He was dressed casual. I think he was wearing a hat, not too sure. From time to time, we'd get a Colin Powell, this Senator, that Congressman, Mayor so and so. Celebrity sightings weren't all that uncommon. We were trained to greet each customer entering the department within 30 seconds. I think I beat the other salesperson by a hair. It was never obvious we were competing amongst ourselves. "How are you today, let me know if I can assist you." The gentleman fires right back, I know exactly what I need. Two types of customers I always hated selling to were guys who came into the department with their wives and elderly guys who knew exactly what they wanted. The former couldn't be talked into anything, the latter couldn't be talked into anything. As was our custom at Nordy's you seat the customer and proceed to measure their feet. If you're keeping up, that's point number three out of Nordstrom's Five Point standard. Almost immediately I noticed this guy wasn't wearing any socks. I thought to myself either this cat is homeless or he's fucking loaded. Look, I'm in a hurry. I need a burgundy captoe. Shit (I thought to myself), we don't sell a burgundy captoe! Sir, I'll be right back. On my way back to the stockroom I asked an older salesman, who's that guy in my chair? He said he looked familiar but didn't know who he was for sure. I shrugged it off and brought out four pairs of shoes and a shoe tree. Popped the lid on the first box. A black captoe. Second box, a brown captoe. A black, oxford, plain toe. And then the ultimate insult, a burgundy Allen Edmond's penny loafer. They ran about $225. Surely the burgundy would catch his heart. He stares down at me with this incredulous look while I'm slipping on the first pair. So where you headed to this weekend? Boston, he replied. Yeah, that's where you from? No, but I am from Massachusetts. What's going in Boston this weekend? How's that shoe feel? Don't like it. By now he's getting antsy and has no more patience for my Nordstrom bullshit. It was something about his voice and that Bostonian accent. He was coy the entire time though. It wasn't until he was stepping onto the escalator, without a Nordstrom shoe, that it finally hit me that was Teddy Kennedy I was chatting with. Seemed like a pretty nice guy. Until this day I haven't forgiven Nordstrom for not having a burgundy captoe in stock. Last edited by 12thMan; 08-26-2009 at 11:03 PM.

08-27-2009, 01:59 AM	#55
70Chip Playmaker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Manassas Age: 53 Posts: 3,048	Re: Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77 I'll bet Ted Kennedy was a hell of a good time to party with. RIP. __________________ This Monkey's Gone to Heaven

08-27-2009, 03:05 AM	#57
GMScud Swearinger Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 12,626	Re: Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77 I met Teddy a few times. When he married Vicki about 17 or 18 years ago (I think), she was a member of my parish (Blessed Sacrament- right on Chevy Chase circle). Shortly after their marriage, he started attending the same Sunday service that my family and I always went to. Shook his hand plenty of times, and actually talked baseball with him on more than one occasion while Vicki and my mom talked about church related stuff. I was young at the time- 12 or 13 years old- but he was a very affable from what I can remember. __________________ Tardy Last edited by GMScud; 08-27-2009 at 03:57 AM.

Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77

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