Friday, December 02, 2016

The Twelve Days of Gheorghemas: Day One

Well folks, it's that most wonderful time of year again. No, not when we get to listen ad nauseam to such mega holiday hits as "Christmas Shoes" and "Christmas Eve in Washington", rather it is once again time for everyone's favorite faux holiday, Gheorghemas.

Gheorghemas has been around quite a few years now (get an intern on the official count), and it seems that once again Day One will be focused on yours truly, mainly because I am an egomaniac and lazy so by posting on Day One I get the other 11 days off. Gone is the fat guy in a jer-sey, and we're even eschewing Insane in the Posehn this year for something fun but of course still Teej-centric. To that end, I give you...


On the first day of Gheorghemas
Big Gheorghe gave to me
The debut of Mac McFisty


85 comments:

jerome said...

I think like the 12 days of Gheorghemas more than I like the 12 beers of Christmas.

Mark said...

I fully understand that the LeBatard show is not for everyone but I adore it. They had Desus and Mero on today. Two of his producers were doing Gruden brothers impersonations throughout the week and much more. I laugh really hard about once a show if not more. God only knows what the people around me in traffic think is going on when I'm cackling to myself in my car while listening.

rob said...

lebatard is awesome, and it's an intelligence test, from my perspective. if you actively hate it, chances are you're a dope. or a trump voter. no offense to anyone here who hates it. or is a trump voter.

Danimal said...

my concern w/lebatard show is stugotz's or stugotz' ? star that is seemingly rising. taking him off of that show would be a big disappointment. i just wish i had more time to listen to 'em...i need to think about podcasts more often.

Squeaky said...

Mr. McFisty, you got to talk to the prop guy. You need a new gun.

I feel as though I miss out on some of the sports radio by not having a commute but I'll take no commute over sitting a car everyday.

Random Obama note from a neighbor who's family is still in Hawaii, looks like he might have bought the Magnum PI house and estate. Hell of a place to stay for retirement. He'll just needs TC's copter to freak people out.

Dave said...

well done teej, but why did they all have to be separate clips?

T.J. said...

because I'm lazy and haven't merged them all together yet

zman said...

That might move Obama past Mr. T on the continuum.

Marls said...

Barrack can hang out with Rick and Icepick down at the King Kamehameha Club. Big pimpin' in the 5-0.

zman said...

Does he drive the 308, the 5000, or the Jimmy? Wait for it ...

Marls said...

It has to be the 308. BO and Joey Bides should should get matching Hawaiian shirts and cruise Waikiki.

zman said...

Barrack drives the Jimmy.

rob said...

kinda had to see that coming

Shlara said...

I like LeBatard
And I started watching Desus + Mero on Vice--I really dig it even though I'm TOTALLY not the target audience.

Mark said...

You're the audience, Shlara. Because you're open minded enough to be the audience. Those guys are great.

Shlara said...

Mark--I'm listening to the pod of D + M on Dan's show now.
And I literally just said to my buddy Fox yesterday, "This show reminds me of Jon Stewart + the Daily Show when it first started--the commentary on current events is blunt and smart and funny--it helps me process what's happened AND it entertains me--it's great"
AND DESUS JUST COMPARED THEIR SHOW TO THE DAILY SHOW ON THIS POD

rob said...

steve kerr is a hip, hip lady

Whitney said...

So are you, my friend

Mark said...

Nice reference by Roberto.

In other news, Florida is going to get massacred today. I was in Peru for a wedding last year for this game which was a nice excuse not to watch. I have no such excuse this year. So I guess that means I'll drink heavily and put pins in my Will Grier voodoo doll.

zman said...

Got a cousin in customs who get shit through?

zman said...

Today appears to be the last hurrah of the year for local old car guys. In 30 minutes of driving I saw a Porsche 356 (top down, natch) and 911 GT3, Ferrari 458 spyder (top up,natch), a NA Miata, a late 60s MB SL, a C5 Corvette, and a DeTomaso Pantera sadly broken down on the side of the road and whose owner (rocking a Dodge Vioer jacket over a DeTomaso shirt) waved off my offer of help.

zman said...

That should be 348 not 458.

TR said...

Umm, I may move to Covina:

https://www.google.com/amp/observer.com/2016/11/boogie-nights-party-house-is-for-sale/amp/?client=safari

zman said...

Would you be Horner or Diggler? Marls is clearly the Colonel. Michael Jack is clearly Scotty J. Clarence is the guy who plays Sister Christian. rob is Little Bill. I guess I'm Todd Parker. Teedge is Reed Rothchild. Dave is Kurt Longjohn.

Mark said...

So that makes me Buck?

zman said...

Or Luis. Or Floyd.

Mark said...

Well I do like butter in my...never mind.

Dave said...

when i sport my mustache, i'm burt reynolds.

TR said...

I would prefer a cameo. Maybe I'm Johnny Doe.

rob said...

little bill was the virile, sexy one, right?

Mark said...

Lonzo Ball is my latest basketball crush. I'd kill one of you to get him on the Magic. Maybe not kill, but badly injure for sure.

rob said...

my nephew will be on the 41 yard line repping america with the flag during try playing of the national anthem before the sec championship today.

Danimal said...

Great start for the Gators.

rob said...

florida seems up for this one

zman said...

Mini summit with squeaky underway. Singlecut brewery has really good beer and really tall women.

Clarence said...

I'll admit that I don't get Mac McFisty, but I like it.

Marls said...

Appleby is bad. Really bad.

Dave said...

we're off to cat's birthday bar crawl . . . could get ugly.

Danimal said...

Jmu rolls.

Danimal said...

11th anniversary today. The battle axe and I are going to check into the local beach hotel and get funky for a couple of nights. Will be spa'ing it in the a.m. after not having to get up to walk dog/feed a kid/break up a fight/et al. Sex Panther cologne is packed unbeknownst to my bride.

Marls said...

Tribe loses to a previously 1-6 Hampton team. Not good times.

rob said...

we blew a 10-point halftime lead to those clowns? sweet.

zman said...

Marls gives a good McFisty if you want to figure out the nuances.

Marls said...

Quickie McFisty

Marls said...

I prefer to think that the Tribe got to 69 points and then intentionally shut it down.

Mark said...

Florida is obviously not winning this game (because their QB and offense are awful) but Bama's offense is trash.

rob said...

i mean, they aren't the fun and gun, but they're good enough with this defense. that 98-yard drive wasn't so bad.

Mark said...

Sorry. That is not a good offense. I like Hurts a lot and think he'll eventually be great but he's extremely limited right now. None of the RBs are special. They are certainly adequate when paired with that D and special teams but I'm less than impressed by what they've done against a Florida D missing 6 starters.

rob said...

imagine what this team might do with a good offense, then. that's not even fair.

Mark said...

I would prefer not to do that.

Mark said...

Last Saturday with Uncle Verne. He'll be missed.

Marls said...

He is still going to do some NCAA tournament games and the masters, but yep it won't be the same.

rob said...

oh, man. that does suck. his reaction when they inducted him into the sec hall of fame was perfect.

rob said...

do we have to take gonzaga seriously this year, or is this yet another tease? if they finally make the final four run, i think we all know what made the difference.

Mark said...

Me and him hanging out at the bar at the Gaylord Palms?

Can we all agree to root against Penn State tonight?

Mark said...

As for Marls' mention of CBB, is the CAA tournament summit in Charleston happening?

rob said...

indeed, mark. i think you might be thing that pushes few over the top.

and i was just thinking about charleston this afternoon. i would quite like to make that happen. i'm efforting advice on where (what part of town) to stay.

Danimal said...

Anywhere downtown...historic district if you can. Would book it sooner than later. JMU may not even qualify they are so bad. I would like the go tho. One night at least.

Mark said...

I'm down for sure. If only to eat and drink in Charleston. I'd bet we could score a decent spot via Airbnb.

rob said...

agreed - thinking airbnb as well

Danimal said...

Yeah...mentioned the airbnb last spring when this was announced. Having been down this road recently there are some decent options, but not an abundance.

TR said...

Be careful where you let Marls sleep.

I bought tix to see Strand of Oaks in Brooklyn on 3/14. Not sure if that will interfere, but not sure I can pull it off.

TR said...

And I second Mark's man crush on Lonzo Ball. His younger brother LiAngelo just scored 72 in a high school game. Could be the second coming of the O'Bannon brothers!

Danimal said...

Need to get TR some Sure deodorant.

Mark said...

There's a third Ball brother who started on last year's nationally #1 ranked team as freshman. And averaged nearly 20 ppg. Lonzo will still be the best of the bunch IMO.

As for Charleston, we'll be highly intoxicated most nights so a couple people sleeping on couches probably isn't the worst thing going.

Danimal said...

In hotel bed sippin on a blanton's hoping one of these games turns into one. Wife and I are ballers.

TR said...

I just want to revisit the phrase "battle axe". That is an untraditional descriptor.

Danimal said...

Heard it once from an old and crusty fella (who happened to be the owner of softspikes back in day). Stuck w me. It's a term of endearment, for me anyway. Not him.

zman said...

I prefer to use "my old lady."

TR said...

After a couple scotches, I am perusing Charleston flights. They are reasonable. I am cajoling both Zman and our favorite Beantown ER doc right now.

rob said...

we're gonna need a bigger boat.

rob said...

the dates are march 3-6, for planning purposes.

TR said...

VTech is shockingly still in this, but they need their QB to get rid of the ball more quickly. Their o-line has gotten manhandled all night.

rob said...

penn state is shockingly still in this, but they need their defense to stop bucky. their d-line has gotten manhandled all night.

Mark said...

Penn state is a cult and I don't really care for them or their fans but this is an impressive comeback.

Danimal said...

i must be watching a different Penn State game. One big mistake made the first half a 2 td margin rather than 1 and possibly a tie. I took PSU 2nd half even Steven. They could win this game fer sher.

rob said...

trace mcsorley, the pride of ashburn, virginia.

Mark said...

I'm down with old lady. Has a biker feel. "Broad" is my preferred term though. An old coach of mine used it regularly. It's wonderfully dated and sexist.

rob said...

poetic license, danimal. just go with it.

Danimal said...

And on psu, I'm sure you saw that McQueary was awarded 10M + this week for his mistreatment post Sanduski. Torn on that one.

rob said...

i'm not. that kid deserves everything he gets.

Danimal said...

Not sure if the kid that was being sodomized by Jer, while witnessed by Mike, would agree.

rob said...

goes without saying the kids are the victims. hard to know what anyone would've done differently in mcqueary's situation.

Whitney said...

Tech gave it a good run.

Mark said...

Fuente is going to make Tech really good very soon. Tonight was a preview.