-I will totally change my mind and get behind Philly casinos if they’ll let us bet on stuff like this:
British bookmakers wasted no time slashing the odds on aliens being discovered after astronomers announced Wednesday that they had discovered an Earth-like planet. William Hill cut the odds on proving the existence of extra-terrestrial life from 1,000-1 to 100-1.
Author: aetchells
Merc Brothers Pizza
On Friday night, I finally kicked off the 2007 Pizza Hunt in the Great Northeast with D-Mac. We decided to head to Merc’s (8108 Roosevelt Blvd), a non-descript but quite good pizzeria in a strip mall. Here was D-Mac’s take:
When Johnny suggested somewhere in the Northeast, I knew we had to go to somewhere good. Of all the sections of Philadelphia, Northeast Philly has the best pizza. After brushing off the billboard directing us to the $4.99 pizza buffet in Bristol, we pulled up to a small shopping center off Holme Circle and Johnny got this first taste of Merc’s.
Merc’s doesn’t have the best decor or atmosphere, but it really makes up for it with the pizza. Somebody once told me it’s an offshoot of
but there isn’t a Wikipedia page for either so I don’t know if it’s true. Like Tony’s, Merc’s makes both regular and tomato pies, with the sauce on top.
Now let’s rag Seattle
Alright, we had our fun with Denver. Almost. But first…I was in Denver last year, and while it is a pretty nice city, the fever they have for their baseball team is…non-existent. They built the stadium way too big, so when their usual crowd of about 15,000 shows up it’s kind of sad. Then those people just stare at the field for three hours. No cheering, no booing, I swear they just stare at the field. And the people there are none too bright either. We were giving away $25 gas cards to anyone who could beat me at hula-hooping, and nobody would do it! It was amazing. Those cards woulda been gone in 10 minutes in Philly, but in Denver, people just got uncomfortable and ran off (kind of like girls I talk to in bars). Anyways, I don’t got much on Seattle, b/c I’ve never been. But in case you’re wondering, it is one of the few cities we can make fun f b/c they haven’t won a sports title since 1979. Now, bash away at the Emerald City.
Happy B-Day Ginger!
Today is Ginger’s B-day. Her party is tonight at Bob and Barbara’s at 9p.m. and you are all invited to swing by. If you want, you can wish her a Happy B-day below in comments or on her Myspace page. She’s turning the big two-nine.
Denver is Talking Smack
The following was taken from Dicker’s Geeks Who Drink website (yes, Denver’s head quizmaster is named Dicker). If anyone would care to respond, I heartily invite you to go to Dicker’s website and start talking smack.
Hey, Philly: When did you guys last have a championship that was at any level above a father & son game, 1983? Talk all you want about the body bag game but lets face facts, it PALES in comparison to THE DRIVE. The most talented athlete to come out of there isn’t even real, but the guy that played him is…though he’s a 60 year old man getting busted in foreign countries with enough HGH to make Barry Bonds blush, boy Philly’s battin’ a thousand in the “we’re almost great” category.
You can remember what that’s like right? Well, at least what its like to bat .300, I never thought we’d ever have to say “PLEASE COME BACK JOHN KRUCK!” So keep swingin for the fences kids, because come quiz time, we’re gonna whomp you like you’re a hooker and we’re Charlie Sheen on an 8 ball and a 6 pack of PBR tall boys! Later ya bastards!
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Party in the Gutter
That bowling party I was tellig y’all about is a go. Being put on by some members of Narcotizing Dysfunktion, including Badmintonstamper Philabuster, this is the best deal of any party I have ever heard of in my life. $10 for all you can drink and all you can bowl. Here’s the release:
Basically, we’ll provide all you can drink beer, all you can eat fresh Philly pretzels, and free bowling on 12 lanes. We’re capping entry to 150 people, so everyone should get plenty of rollin’ in. We haven’t finalized the DJ line-up yet, but we promise it’ll be first-rate BadmintonStamps approved goodness. What do they call it? indiedance.cocainesexjams.thebangers? That music..
‘Cause we need to know how much booze to buy & how many people are coming to keep the party under control, we’re doing advance ticket sales. To buy tickets, click here. Please buy your ticket ASAP!
Friday, May 11th, 2007
9PM – 1AM
16th & Shunk
Philadelphia, PA, USA
$10
What are you doing to make your community a better place?
Here’s what Dwayne Wade is doing, and here’s a great quote from one of the best players in the NBA:
“I want to change communities, not just one community,” he says. “I want to help change communities in our inner-cities, for our youth, for our black kids, for all of the young ethnic kids, to change their whole outlook on life. These kids don’t experience the world; they are living in boxes. I want them to have the opportunity to get out there, experience what the world is about, not just what the ‘hood is about. I want to have to do my part to make sure that they experience the world.”
Change a childs outlook on life TODAY. Make this city a better place! You don’t just change the life of one child forever, you change the life of that child and everyone they come in contact with forever. And don’t tell me you don’t have enough time. Bullshit. If you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to play quizzo, you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to make Philadelphia a better city. And to the guys who have signed up already, I say thank you. Everybody talks the talk, but you guys walked the walk.
Question of the week
What was war was started by the Thornton Affair?
Don’t look now…
…but the Phillies are 3-0 since Scrapplefest.
City vs. City Smackdown news
Alright, the City vs. Smackdown is starting to come together nicely. We have venues confirmed in Denver, Seattle, DC, Toronto, and here. I think I have a venue all ready to go, I just have to confirm this afternoon. Will let you know as soon as it is confirmed. It is gonna start as an invitational. I will be offering certain teams invites. Once that is done, I will open it up for other teams to enter, if there is any room left. I need a little help from you guys though. I need to know if you wanna keep it on the cheap or if you wanna play for big money. I can charge $5 a head, and winner walks with $250 ($75 for second), or we can go $10 a head and winner gets $500 ($150 for 2nd). That would be in addition to the $250 (currently) you will win if you beat all the teams in the other cities. There is limited seating, and I expect us to have a crowd of about 100-125. This is not a Quizzo Bowl type thing. No band, no dancers, just damn hard questions and some damn good teams. If you think your team is gonna win, I would suggest going $10 a head. Please answer the poll below if you plan to play.