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		Father angry about his precious snowflakes not getting enough playing time on the high school basketball team goes full helicopter (barstoolsports.com)		66
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GuitarCozmo		2013-02-27 09:19:43 AM

Rufus Lee King: His son must have missed the open man on the give-and-go, and ended up in the popcorn machine.

Outstanding. I'd forgotten all about that. Well played.

MagicBoris		2013-02-27 09:23:52 AM

SouthParkCon: Ok so am I the only one who got a good laugh watching the "Fat Chick Beast Mode" video clip halfway down the page?

Not anymore. Man, that was something. That's seriously gif-worthy.

seelorq		2013-02-27 09:34:22 AM

HotWingAgenda: doglover: In ancient Athens, someone could potentially be voted into exile for a decade once a year. If they got 6000 votes against them from the people of Athens, away they were sent.

I vote we bring back the practice. If the community doesn't like you, away you go.

Wouldn't that just split America in half? The reasonable half and the crazy half would each vote the other out, and we'd just have Civil War II. And then the Canuckistanis would descend on the resulting power vacuum.

Yeah! Mob rule! The Simpson's fantasy come true. I got my pitchfork ready, citizen. But alas, it wouldn't work in practice because one side would just filibuster the vote.

Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu		2013-02-27 09:56:16 AM

johobe: Not that it makes any difference at all, but they have coined a new phrase for such parents. Rather than calling them helicopter parents, they now call them snowplow parents. Evidently, they don't just hover anymore, they now bulldoze away any obstacles in the pathway of their children.

Hey, MY kid is walkin' here!!

Shouldn't we call them bulldozer parents then?

JuniorII		2013-02-27 11:02:18 AM

My brain screeched to a stop at 'International Movie Database'

stonicus		2013-02-27 11:04:09 AM

doglover: In ancient Athens, someone could potentially be voted into exile for a decade once a year. If they got 6000 votes against them from the people of Athens, away they were sent.

I vote we bring back the practice. If the community doesn't like you, away you go.

The funny thing is, people who would support this have no clue they'd be one of the first ones exiled.

johobe		2013-02-27 11:08:45 AM

Yeah, if I'd invented the phrase, that's what I would have called them too. But this guy is definitely bulldozer.

userserve-ak.last.fm

Tsar_Bomba1		2013-02-27 11:12:00 AM

albatros183: Blue Thunder or AirWolf?

Blue Thunder.

You want to be whisper-quiet when checkin' out the ladies!

RaspberryJim		2013-02-27 11:18:16 AM

Article title "And the Pussification of America Continues"

The internet influence of Kim DuToit live on!

/Obscure
//Shouldn't be!!

mediablitz		2013-02-27 12:07:14 PM

Onkel Buck: Really? The kid was going to get a trophy whether he played or not and thats what really matters

Go say that in the retarded kid thread. Some indignant farker will tell you he hopes your kids all come out disabled.

BarkingUnicorn		2013-02-27 01:23:24 PM

Onkel Buck: Really? The kid was going to get a trophy whether he played or not and thats what really matters

But he was deprived of heroic stories to tell his grandchildren.

BarkingUnicorn		2013-02-27 01:28:01 PM

Other sources report "hundreds" of people turned out to protest this coach's firing. I think Douche Dad and son are having a little community relations problem.

SultanofSchwing		2013-02-27 02:47:41 PM

hej: doglover: In ancient Athens, someone could potentially be voted into exile for a decade once a year. If they got 6000 votes against them from the people of Athens, away they were sent.

I vote we bring back the practice. If the community doesn't like you, away you go.

Yes, there's no way that would be used to treat minorities unfairly.

Also, from the same site :
http://www.barstoolsports.com/m/boston/super-page/encore-blog-miss-te e n-delaware-2013-resigns-after-sex-tape-emerges/

Yeeeeaaaah!!

i.imgur.com

Salmon		2013-02-27 08:32:41 PM

it's always Fat Chick Beast Mode

PunGent		2013-02-28 10:25:46 AM

Fano: Asher is a name that only douchebags have

HEY!

I have a cool cousin name Asher.

Of course, he's a Brit, so your generalization may hold true for Americans named Asher...

PunGent		2013-02-28 10:28:27 AM

doglover: iheartscotch: Any person? The politicians wouldn't last very long.

Don't be so sure.

6000 was based on the then population of Athens, not some magical number ex recto. Even the most hated politicians by one group are often beloved of another. Not to mention you have to vote for someone in your township. Even when I lived a stone's throw from Santorum's mother back in PA, he was never residing in the same township as me. It's a decent system and, with some basic rules and limitations, it could work in the US.

I also want to bring back judicial duels. Not for justice, but expedience. You're mad at me, I'm mad at you, let's kick the shysters to the curb and just have a good old fashioned sword fight. Much more decent way of life.

While bringing back duels SOUNDS like a fun idea, I recommend you read "By the Sword", which, among other things, examines the historic practice.

Basically, instead of asshole lawyers, you get assholes who are really good with a sword mucking things up.

The results tend to be a little more permanent...

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