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OSKI DISCIPLE’S TRIVA FUN, A DAILY DBD FEATURE

Biblical scholars believe that seconds before creating the universe God said: “wait for it….”

(All trivia verified by the International Trivia Foundation.)

HeyStudentsBears's avatar

in the Scopes monkey trial they argued that the wait might have been billions of years

SGBear's avatar

I proposed this as my kid's middle name. The proposal did not get granted.

ak_A_bear's avatar

I know a gal who told me she was once a stilt performer in a small Marin county circus, back in the day, that was called Danger Ha-Ha.

FiatSlug's avatar

I wonder how many people get asked about their middle name...

HeyStudentsBears's avatar

Will Robinson

one of the enduring memories from childhood TV watching

Oski Disciple's avatar

Ahh yes, the odious Mr. Smith. The Uriah Heep of his generation.

FiatSlug's avatar

Smith's tagline was "Oh, the pain, the pain!"

Wiata78's avatar

Still love that robot.

DC Trojan's avatar

Mouse, a cartoon I enjoyed a lot in the 80s

PawlOski's avatar

I made my own Danger Mouse shirt in middle school.

g.oso's avatar

Doom

Hip hop collab between Danger Mouse and MF Doom. They put out an album that was almost entirely about the Adult Swim cartoons.

FiatSlug's avatar

Judge Doom.

Also, my real life surname is related to the word "doom".

SGBear's avatar

OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

heyalumnigo's avatar

There are people protesting across the street from Lafayette Elementary school, I think about teaching sex ed. I've seen signs about people being born one way, school leaders being groomers. I'll give you one guess the type of people that are protesting...

FiatSlug's avatar

I'm convinced that there are a group of folks in this country who are deliberately trying to provoke social unrest. I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to provoke something more than just a few flared tempers, too.

SGBear's avatar

Northern Ireland MP and DUP party leader resigns after he is accused of rape

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-68686691

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TN Republicans sacks the entire TN State University Board to replace them with GOP toadies. Remember, TSU is an HBCU in the heart of Nashville, so this is a slow motion train wreck.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/28/republican-lawmakers-vacate-full-tennessee-state-university-board/73124246007/

SGBear's avatar

Diamondbacks set a record by batting around in the 3rd. Twice. They score 14 runs in the inning on the way to cruise to a 16-1 opening day win over the Rockies in Arizona.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39830126/d-backs-hammer-rockies-opening-day-record-14-run-inning

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Manfred vows to keep investigation into Ohtani "short", short enough to not find anything incriminating

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39827116/rob-manfred-hopes-shohei-ohtani-investigation-takes-short

FiatSlug's avatar

Exactly.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Seriously. Manfraud’s sweeping this one under the rug, STAT.

FiatSlug's avatar

*ANYTHING* that could reflect poorly on Ohtani will be hidden. I'm unconvinced that Ohtani isn't the real target here. How could anyone be so amazingly blind as to allow $4.5 million to evaporate?

O.Overall's avatar

Yeah, the only way it would ever actually be investigated would be if law enforcement did the investigation

SGBear's avatar

A's suck. Get blanked 8-0 at home by the Guardians and only get 4 hits. Suck an egg, John Fisher (MBA Stanfurd) . I'm looking at their opening day roster and I'm like "who?"

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401568475

SGBear's avatar

The A's #4 hitter (DH) is a career 0.230 hitter who strikes out 37% of the time. The league average is 24%

ak_A_bear's avatar

Climbed Ranier with Ranier Guides, Whittaker's owned, July ‘77. Was working field forestry all that winter-spring humping up and down timber sales around Mt. St. Helen’s….so in great shape. Lou happened to be on this particular climb.

We summited around 8am. Lou pulled out several tall Ranier beer cans out and we passed them around. Got down to Paradise by 2:45 which he said was one of the fastest. He invited us for beer and sandwiches at the Lodge. He regailed us with a lot of climbing stories. I got blasted and though I was camped at a campground, I could not drive and got a room at the lodge.

SGBear's avatar

Los Doyers cruise in 7-1 victory of the Cards at home.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401568483

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Betts/Shohei/Freddie could combine for 2,200 plate appearances

FiatSlug's avatar

If all three players play in 150 games, they would combine to *average* 14.6667 plate appearances per game. I find that statistic to be incredible. Even 2,100 plate appearances over 150 games would require a combined average of 14 plate appearance per game.

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Small sample size, but I think they’re at 44 combined thru 3 games…

FiatSlug's avatar

Small sample size, indeed.

They'd have to keep up that pace all season and not rest more than a dozen games each. Someone gets injured the likely number of combined plate appearances drops.

heyalumnigo's avatar

Freddie won't rest until the Dodgers clinch. And even then he'll just take a game or two off. He's always been that way. Since Ohtani is just DH'ing, I don't see him missing more than a few games. Same with Mookie I think. Maybe he'll play 155.

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Staying in the lineup will be the key. If they all stay healthy, they’re definitely making at least a run at it, especially if Outman & Lux take a step at the bottom of the lineup.

SGBear's avatar

Padres retake the lead in the 7th as the Giants bullpen can't seem to miss bats. Padres win 6-4 at home.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401568482/giants-padres

sycasey's avatar

Padres got a number of hits off weak contact in this game, just one of those things. Giants still looked pretty competitive. Not dominant, but like a team that could get to mid-80s wins.

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Jordan Hicks will be back in the pen sooner rather than later.

He’s likely pitching 4-5 innings a week…definitely more valuable out of the ‘pen.

heyalumnigo's avatar

Between Hicks and Snell, the bullpen is going to be overworked.

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Exactly. And unless Hicks can consistently give them dominant outings like he did Tues v the A’s, he’s just so much more valuable in high-leverage situation. We’ll see what happens once they get Cobb back.

heyalumnigo's avatar

It's the A's. Maybe he can do that against the Rockies but it'll be much tougher for him for most of the games.

Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Exactly. I think he’s more likely to be consistently struggling to get thru 5 as an SP, which really doesn’t help you as much as him giving you multiple games a week out of the pen.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Penix flashes in private workout time. He threw deep and clocked a sub 4.6 40.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39828750/washington-michael-penix-jr-shows-speed-pro-day

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[MBB] UConn smash the Aztecs 82-52, the latter hurt by cold shooting and broken spirits late in the game

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401638633

SGBear's avatar

[MBB] Bracket bust - down goes 2-seed Iowa State as 3-seed Illinois wins 72-69

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401638634

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[MBB] Bracket bust! Down goes #2 seed Arizona as 6-seed Clemson wins 77-72

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401638631

heyalumnigo's avatar

I got an email that Green Day was playing a show at the Fillmore on Apr 2 (when I might have jury duty). Tickets went on sale at 12 and I remembered at 1215. Missed out.

SGBear's avatar

The floating piece of wood prop from the movie Titanic sold for $718,750. In an interesting turn, it is based on an actual piece of the Titanic - the door frame above the first-class lounge entrance to be precise. It was not a door.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-door-auction-700000-controversial-prop-sold-jack-rose-debate/

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RIP Lou Gossett Jr. - Iron Eagles, An Officer & a Gentleman, Roots, Enemy Mine, Jaws 3D, Diggstown, The Principle

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68693180

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finished episode 4 of the Three Body Problem on Netflix. Still engaging.

Bear19's avatar

Most of the comments are not remotely related to the question. How about staying on topic, people. Responders are just using WFC as a place to troll readers. Admin - why don't you remove responses that have nothing to do with your question?