Bobby Fischer Is Lucky Xavier Adibi Opted For Football

by Tim on Jul 7, 2008 9:48 PM CDT in News

Courtesy of the official team page, we're treated to an interview with Xavier Adibi. As the title of this post implied, Bobby Fischer should count his lucky stars:

10. Is there something interesting about you that maybe fans don’t know?

"I like to play chess. I always played chess growing up against my father and my brother."

I think it also goes without saying that there wouldn't have been a delay of nearly twenty (20) years between the match and the fall of the Soviet Union if The X-Factor had tangled with Spassky. Yep, Xavier Adibi would have single-handedly altered the very course of history if he had been born a few decades earlier and pursued a career in chess. No one can convince me otherwise.

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You were drinking and posting again, weren't you?

Didn’t mom tell you about that?

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 8, 2008 11:34 AM CDT reply actions

Re: Drinking and Posting Again

Zima got my mind. What can I say?

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 8, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Re: Zima

Shouldn’t the byline read “Scott,” then?

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 8, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Re: Zima

I set that one up on a tee for you. And no, it shouldn’t. Despite the fact that everyone who reads BRB is convinced that Scott is merely one of my personalities, I assure you that he is an actual person. He just apparently doesn’t use a computer anymore, which I would attribute to the fact that he lives in Kentucky now and wants to fit in.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 8, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I dunno.

You did have me call him one time, but I received no answer. Which I attribute to you being with me and unable to answer the second phone.
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Question, only slightly related: Can people who live in Arkansas (but were not born in Arkansas) make fun of people who are originally from Kentucky?

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 8, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

According to the Bylaws of Mockery...

As long as you acknowledge that although you live in a shit state, you weren’t born in a shit state, then you are allowed to mock the hell out of another shit state.

Also, all states that aren’t Texas are considered shit states. Sorry, but its in black and white. So spare me your baseless retorts about the skiing in Colorado or the surfing in Hawaii – they aren’t Texas, so they are considered shit states.

Now the level of shitiness varies from state to state, so Oklahoma would be far more shitastic then say Florida. So since such is true, a person from Oklahoma could not mock a Floridian without filing the proper paperwork and paying the filing fee in full.

So because Arkansas and Kentucky are within 2 degrees of eachother on the shitiness scale, people who reside in said states are allowed to mock eachother with out filing MEI Form 5403 (Mockery Exemption/Inclusion). So I think you’re covered either way.

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by SOLIS on Jul 8, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

This is fantastic news.

Follow-up question: Were I to move to Texas, could I then mock all other states and their residents with impunity? Could I also mock less cool parts of Texas (I am looking at you, El Paso!)?

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 8, 2008 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Well hell yeah...

But be advised, mocking any part of Texas carries its own set of assumed risks.

Then again, you could live in Ozona and mock the hell out of Dallas… Dallas is always fair game.

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by SOLIS on Jul 9, 2008 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions

ouchers...

The dreaded double-post. C’mon Solis, tighten up the screws boss.

I concur with you that Florida > Oklahoma, but the problem with Florida is that it’s full of Floridians. Due to proximity to TX, I give the nod to Oklahoma, which I hear, “is OK.”
My $0.02

Will the off-season ever end?

by beefy on Jul 9, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions

Like He-Man

I have the power – to clean up double posts and whatnot

As far as giving the nod to Oklahoma… I can’t do it. Just on females alone – there’s no way I take an Okie from Muskogee over a chic from South Beach.

Florida:

Oklahoma:

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by SOLIS on Jul 9, 2008 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

You have a problem with meth addicts?

Bah.

by tehGrindCrusher on Jul 9, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I see your point...

and prostrate myself to your power, and that of Castle Greyskull.

Will the off-season ever end?

by beefy on Jul 9, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Although...

buddy, you could’ve found a WAY better picture to post than that in defense of FL. C’mon man, you worried about getting firewall censored?

Will the off-season ever end?

by beefy on Jul 9, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Well... yeah

DGDB&D is already blocked. If this site gets filtered at work then its really gonna put a cramp in my FO time.

But you’re right. There are a ton of better bikini pics. Feel free to use your imagination or you can google some up yourself. Gotta love the internet.

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by SOLIS on Jul 9, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions