That would make a good movie
Or soap opera!!
quote:Now you all know that my father was a brilliant man; he built this hospital. What you don't know is that to his family, he was an unmerciful tyrant - a absolute dodo bird. He drove my mother, his wife, to - to drink; in fact, she - uh, she she she went riding one time and lost all her teeth. The son Edward became a recluse, and the oldest daughter - the pretty one, the charming one - became pregnant when she was fifteen years old and was driven out of the house. In fact, she was so terrified that she would, uh, that, uh, that, that, that the baby daughter would bear the stigma of illegitimacy that she, she - she decided to change her name and she contracted a disfiguring disease... after moving to Tangiers, which is where she raised the, the, the little girl as her sister. But her one ambition in life - besides the child's happiness - was to become a nurse, so she returned to the States and joined the staff right here at Southwest General. Well, she worked here, she knew she had to speak out wherever she saw injustice and inhumanity. And she was shunned by all you nurses, too... and by a, what do you call it, what do you call it, a - something like a pariah, to you doctors who found her idealistic and reckless. But she was deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply loved by her brother. It was this brother who, on the day of her death, swore to the good Lord above that he would follow in her footsteps, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just owe it all up to her. But on her terms. As a woman. And just as proud to be a woman as she ever was. For I am not Emily Kimberly, the daughter of Dwayne and Alma Kimberly. No, I'm not. I'm Edward Kimberly, the recluse brother of my sister Anthea. Edward Kimberly, who has finally vindicated his sister's good name. I am Edward Kimberly. Edward Kimberly. And I'm not mentally ill, but proud, and lucky, and strong enough to be the woman that was the best part of my manhood. The best part of myself.
One of my all time favorite movies. Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray were great. Fell in love with Jessica Lange in that movie. Then I watched in a movie with her as the mean mother in law to Gwyneth Paltrow and hated her.
Originally Posted by PackLandVA:
Or soap opera!!
quote:. He drove my mother, his wife, to - to drink;
My wife, on the other hand, considers it quite gentlemanly of me to give her a lift to the bar on her "girl's night out." Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
Originally Posted by Floridarob:
One of my all time favorite movies. Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray were great. Fell in love with Jessica Lange in that movie. Then I watched in a movie with her as the mean mother in law to Gwyneth Paltrow and hated her.
Part of Tootsie was filmed not too far from where I am, at the Hurley Mountain Inn. My uncle, who was running the "Cinema 1-2-3" at the time, this being the days when having three screens was a big deal
, got to spend a few hours on set courtesy of the distributors. Grandma had the best reaction: "Who's Jessica Lange?" 
The Bears just announced they've signed DE Jared Allen to a 4-year deal.
Watching Mike & Mike too S J?
I'd rather have Peppers.
No doubt ammo, Peppers is a much better fit.
wow, that's befuddling. let the more complete player in Peppers walk and turn around and sign the one trick goat herder. TBSS
is it a real 4 years or a new NFL contract 4 years, cause ain't nobody got time for that
"The deal could be worth $32 million, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. It also includes $15.5 million in guaranteed money, and could void after three years and $24 million."
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl...s-agrees-4-year-deal
well, that seems a bit excessive
Love the Bears being run by Emery. They just pushed their cap hell down the road a couple of years. Restructure Vajayjay which usually means he gets more $$$ later and overpay for a hickbilly cowboy. Now watch them draft a DE with their 1st round pick too.
Allen and Cutler were besties back in their KC / Denver days. Great to see those two rascals share a locker room.
Priceless stuff, but that stats say Allen is way better than Peppers.
Nice upgrade Bears.
P.S. I'm not worried
| Category | Allen | Peppers |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 64 | 64 |
| Snaps | 3,908 | 3,328 |
| Tackles | 223 | 175 |
| Sacks | 56.5 | 37.5 |
| Forced fumbles | 8 | 9 |
| Disrupted dropbacks | 76.5 | 54.5 |
Run Lacy right at him, keep him busy on the LOS, problem solved.
December 2014. Packers defeat Bears to wrap up another North title. Allen and Peppers embrace following the game and Allen tells Peppers to go beat the Vikings in the playoffs* The circle is complete.
*I know, it's all fairly plausible up until the Vikings/Playoff part.
Are you still drunk?
Jerk
Don't knock it until you've tried it...
Allen has had much more productive talent on the DL with him than Peppers has. Allen has had Kevin Williams, Brian Robison, Ray Edwards, and Everson Griffon next to him. That isn't a really impressive group individually because they're all fairly marginal against the run, but they have all been reasonably productive pass rushers. At a minimum they aren't allowing all the attention to be on Allen. Peppers has had a lot of below average talent on the DL next to him in Chicago. Henry Melton is arguably the most talented DL he's played with, and he has been in and out with injuries with some frequency. Israel Idonije is probably the 2nd best pass rusher he's played with while Wooten and BuShea have been downright terrible. Peppers has been a 1 man show on the DL.
Jared Allen
75-53
Julius Peppers
57-61
Those are the home/away sack splits for both guys. Jared Allen took full advantage of playing on plastic indoors. His splits once he landed in Minny went through the roof. Allen is going to struggle on that goat pasture of a field.
He will be able to get a lot of practice goat roping because the only way a field can be that bad is if they use goats to mow it.
He'll help them. They also aren't much better...
Suprisingly, the snippets I gathered from startribune.com via Patrick Reusse and some funkerdink think the Allen signing for the Bears is an upgrade from Julius Peppers.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
This is what I think all Minnesotan vaginas look like (minus my wife's)
I think it's fair to say Allen offers a bit more than Peppers as a pass rusher at this point, but he sure as hell isn't worth twice the guarantee. Especially considering the team already has $9M tied up in the aging pass rusher they're trying to move away from.
I also love that Allen says his main motivation is to win a ring, then turns down a smaller deal from Seattle for a team with a 9-7 ceiling.
How many of Allen's sacks came against the Bear's OL and Cutler? Peppers sack total might be higher if he got to play against the Bears twice a season.
That's offset by the Packers' poor OL and how easy it is to get sacks against it.
Well, that has helped BOTH Allen and Peppers, so that's a wash.
Well, Allen got blanked twice last year vs a rookie LT against the Pack.
Apparently Allen took less money because he thought he could win a championship in Chicago. Oakland was apparently offering more money. I thought that never happened Bonger? Didn't you say that never happens?
Allen and Seattle would have been a great fit. Allen playing on a fast track with a serious home field crowd. That Schneider had an amount in mind and didn't flinch is admirable stuff. He's looking like he knows what he's doing.
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Apparently Allen took less money because he thought he could win a championship in Chicago. Oakland was apparently offering more money. I thought that never happened Bonger? Didn't you say that never happens?
Well, he probably would have taken even less money in Seattle if that were the case. I'm guessing Chicago was a happy compromise in Allen's opinion.
I'm trying to cyber bully Elk-a-Dong so back off.
jerk
Hey!!! We can and do go after people for that.
Originally Posted by Pakrz:
Hey!!! We can and do go after people for that.
WTF is your problem! Back off! You don't know my life!