Alabama vs. Clemson — the rematch. Should be a good game. Roll Tide, I guess.
More importantly, our dear Patsy Marie is recovering from minor surgery:
She’s okay. She’s a lumpy dog, and when lumps pop up, we have them removed (at great expense). Luckily, they’ve all been benign.
Poor thing is whiny and clingy. We took the Cone of Shame off. Considering putting it on the other dog!
Open thread!
SiubhanDuinne
Oh, poor Patsy Marie! Glad it’s nothing dire.
raven
$1000 for the one that came off Lil Bit 2 weeks ago. Benign. Amazing the are starting this tilt at 8!!!!!
SiubhanDuinne
@raven:
Don’t you have pet insurance? I thought you said at one point you did, but I could easily be misremembering.
SiubhanDuinne
As for football, (a) I don’t really care or follow teams, but (b) if I did, I’d have a hard time on this one. I did a lot of work with Clemson on setting up a Canadian Studies Centre a few years ago, so there’s a natural tilt there, but I have a lot of friends who are devoted Alabama fans, so part of me wants to go all “Roll Tide.” Oh wait, see (a) above.
Viva BrisVegas
Will it fit Trump?
jo6pac
Who Cares who wins? The players on both teams lose. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Elizabelle
Putting it on the other dog is only fair. Briefly.
Elizabelle
PS: Watching the Carrie Fisher/Debbie Reynolds documentary:
Todd Fisher’s wife has a companion animal chicken. I forget its name. But it got a lot of screen time.
Is living large in Nevada, I think …
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: On Bodhi, Lil Bit is not insurable. We have a $550 claim in for him. Our big problem is that they want him crated and he feels fine. We can’t take everything away from him in hopes that it extends his life. I may regret it but right now I’m giving him some slack.
Bostondreams
@SiubhanDuinne:
I imagine the geography unit in that Studies Centre was top of the line. ;-)
raven
I knew it was too good to be true that they would start this at 8.
PaulW(Boy From The Harb)
As long as the pirate ship stays afloat in the Ray Jay, I’m happy.
My mom, as a War Eagle alum, will likely want US ALL ROOTING FOR CLEMSON. So there.
Mnemosyne
Caption: “I do not like the Cone of Shame.”
Mr Stagger Lee
For the love of G-d please Clemson win this. I want Nick Saban suffer a meltdown, like Hitler in Downfall.
JPL
@raven: I probably mentioned that I had a golden that was diagnosed with hip dysplasia as a pup. The vet was not a big believer in steroids at the time, and said no exercise. He said he would get enough exercise on his own. I started crying and said he is going to die early. Sunny lived over sixteen spoiled years. He wasn’t crated.
chris
We are concerned. And trying not to laugh cuz we’ve all been there, poor thing.
JPL
@Mr Stagger Lee: My friends who are big Clemson alums are there.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
My boss is a Clemson alum and is at the game, along with several others from the the job. I made sure to send them off with a hearty ROLL TIDE!
Wednesday will be interesting regardless of the outcome.
Yarrow
Poor Patsy Marie! Glad she’s okay. That is one pathetic look on her face. Awww…
The Dangerman
Is Steve Sarkisian required to blow into a BAC device before the game? Seriously, giving the keys to the offense to that asshole takes some nerve.
Yarrow
When did the National Championship become a thing? I don’t remember it back in the day and then all of a sudden there it was.
raven
@JPL: Well, my message got et. He’s got a cervical issue and pulled up lame but he seems good now. They are adamant about steps but the doggie door leads to 4 steps down and he needs to use it some. I’ve been picking him up and putting him down as much as possible but he’s a sneak.
raven
@Yarrow: @Yarrow: With he the advent of the BCS in 98.
raven
@JPL: I’ve tried twice to respond, don’t know wtf.
Yarrow
@raven: Thanks. I pay very little attention to college football. Just remember watching bowl games with family on New Years Day.
ThresherK
If there is a non-denominational blessing for a well-adjudicated game, I hope it’s been read.
I’ve watched too many bowl and playoff games with obvious blown calls as of late.
raven
Watson is gonna get killed. That was a bad as the hit on Aron Murray in the SEC Championship Game a few years back.
raven
@Yarrow: Well I’m glad I could help.
raven
SEE IF JESUS WILL HELP THAT DABO!!!!!!
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@raven: BWAHAAHAA!
raven
Man among boys.
JPL
@raven: Jesus is obviously busy doing other things, like talking to his dad about Trump. At least I hope so.
The Dangerman
@raven:
Yup. I feel a blowout coming.
raven
@The Dangerman: It was really dumb to go for that 1st down.
The Dangerman
@raven:
Again, yup; I wondered if they had a quick kick in their scheme to try and pin Bama deep but … well, we saw what happened.
raven
@efgoldman: I’m not for anyone or thing, just like to see a nail biter. Right now we have a top 3 recruiting class so there is that.
James Powell
@SiubhanDuinne:
One of the rarely talked about failures of Obamacare. No pets covered. Sad.
James Powell
So far Clemson against Alabama is looking a lot like Ohio State against Clemson.
dexwood
@SiubhanDuinne:
Pre-existing conditions often make pets uninsurable. At least that’s been true for the two times I’ve looked into what is offered locally.
raven
@efgoldman: Yea, I think this is a 5am DVR game.
raven
@dexwood: Yea, Lil Bit is a walking vet bill! I was thinking about calculating how many times I’ve treated her eyes. Twice a day for 9 year so far!
NotMax
If you start wearing the cone, they’ll think it’s a normal thing to do.
schrodingers_cat
Patsy Marie looks adorable. Poor sad thing with a cone of shame and socks!
dexwood
I hear you. Paid for corrective surgeries and medications for a dog who turned out to be gun shot survivor, though, I didn’t know that when I adopted him. Dog turned out to be worth every penny.
Regine Touchon
@PaulW(Boy From The Harb): yes screw Alabama
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Congratulations to Clemson, they earned it.
Betty Cracker
Wild finish! Wow! ??
burnspbesq
Well, cover me in gravy and call me a biscuit. Did not think Clemson could do it.
James Powell
That was amazing. Really thought it was going to OT.
burnspbesq
Can we be done with handegg now? Halfway through basketball season?
The Super Bowl is on the opening weekend of lacrosse season, fer fucksake.
Seanly
Hooray for my Clemson Tigers! Great f’king game!
badsanta
That’s a good start for 2017.
Can we get impeachment proceedings within the next 6 weeks.