YSaC, Vol. 613: Oh, em, forgot to carry the one, m’ghkay!

2010 March 22

JBL FLOOR SPEAKERS


HELLO! I HAVE 3 JBL MODEL # JRX 112M/JRX 100 SPEAKERS. tHEY HAVE BEEN USED ONE OR TWICE AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I AM SELLING THEM FOR $150 FOR ONE, $350 A PAIR OR $500 FOR ALL THREE.
JRX112M Monitor Cabinet (250 Watts, 1×12 in.) Features
• Neutrik® Speakon® and 1/4 in. input connectors
• Constructed of carpet-covered, 3/4 in. MDF – a material that is structurally and acoustically superior to the particleboard…

[Long, boring, but non-sucky list of features cut-and-pasted from manufacturer’s description]

I HAVE LOOKED AROUND AND COMPARED MY PRICE TO THE PRICES ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT MY COMPARED TO A NEW ONE WOULD BE SAYING YOU A WHOOPING 89.00 AND IF YOU BUY THE THREE, IT LIKE GETTTING 2 AND ONE FREE. sO MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE AND CALL ME AT ###-###-#### 0R EMAIL ME AT ##########@LIVE.COM TO GET HOLD OF THIS AMAZING DEAL. i AM ALSO WILLING TO NEGOTIATE!!!

OK, Sparky, today’s math concept is “Unit Price.”

Let’s check our options here:
1 speaker at $150 = $150 / speaker
2 speakers at $350 = $175 / speaker
3 speakers at $500 = $166.66 / speaker

So if I buy three it IS a better deal than buying two, but not as good a deal as buying one speaker, putting on a fake mustache, coming back and buying the second one, and then wearing a funny hat to buy the third one. Perhaps I can also affect a bad British accent. (is there any other kind, unless you actually are British?)

However, buying three is NOT like buying two and getting one free. Rather, it is like buying two, and then buying one for the asking price. Or it’s like buying three speakers at the one speaker price, and then just giving you $50 more dollars because you’re a nice person.

But let’s explore further. Sparky is actually UNDERSELLING these monitors as far as I can tell, because as of press time, a new one actually goes for $319. So instead of saving a “whooping” $89.00, you are actually saving a “whooping” $179 if you just buy one. To be fair, that’s a pretty good deal. Hence, the whooping. Now obviously, you will save less if you buy two or three, but that’s only to be expected, right?

Perhaps they can sell the speakers to one of these:

Thanks for the link, Nicole!

108 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 March 22

    Dammit, Dan, I was up late last night and first thing this morning you hit me with CatMath!!

    Clearly this is a clever marketing ploy…one speaker is pointless, is it not? Kinda like a chaise lounge…so if you want good sound (or good lounging) you must buy at least two and then he’s gotcha!

    And, if you think anyone with this kind of business acumen is going to have trouble recognizing you in a fake mustache or funny hat….well…it may have worked for Superman, but Super(sales)man, that’s another story!

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    • 2010 March 22

      I had the same thought, CJ. Maybe Sparky has enough sense to realize that selling off one would diminish his chances of selling all three. Or maybe we’re giving him too much credit.

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      • 2010 March 22
        sarajean80 permalink

        I think giving him your two cents worth would be too much credit.

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  2. 2010 March 22
    sarajean80 permalink

    This is just getting sad.

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    • 2010 March 22
      TacoMagic permalink

      No SJ, it’s been sad for quite some time.

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  3. 2010 March 22
    Windrose permalink

    Will the first interested party who calls try to explain the facts to Sparky?

    “Hey, you know 2 x 150 = 300, right?”
    “What’s your point?”
    “Well, if I buy two of your speakers individually, I only pay you $300. But if I take two, it’ll cost me another $50.”
    “Sorry, I’m not following you.”
    “May I speak to your cat?”

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    • 2010 March 22
      sarajean80 permalink

      Yeah, get the cat to explain math to Sparky. You’ll end up paying a watermelon and four cans of tuna per speaker. Or you can have all three for a twenty minute tummy rub.

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      • 2010 March 22
        Lola permalink

        Deal! I’m sold. What kind of cat food? I’ll throw in the tummy rub for free.

        I don’t even need the speakers, I just like this transaction.

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        • 2010 March 22

          Seriously, I think my cat would give away the speakers if we’d just promise to get rid of the 2-yr. old that’s been living in his house for the last six months. Hell, he’d probably even throw in the Cat Master Plan for World Domination, if we’d just GET RID OF THAT BEASTLY CHILD!!!

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      • 2010 March 22
        TacoMagic permalink

        I have a feeling I don’t want to rub this guy’s tummy. Do you think he’d accept a foam moose, a red table, and a cardboard cutout of Bae Arthur instead?

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        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          Is Bae Arthur the knockoff version of Bea Arthur? ‘Cause having the real one might matter.

          If that doesn’t work, try the bee truck.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          The worst part about Bae is that I remember correcting it to Bea. I must have subconciously uncorrected it as part of my self-destructive nature.

          Next thing I know my subconscious will starte addingg exetra letterrs. At LEast Mye Pinky isn”t flarintg Up.

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        • 2010 March 22
          CapnMac permalink

          BAE has an Arthur? Do they fly to Camelot?
          Are they faster than unladen European Swallows?

          Mr Nellis, please report to Customer Service

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        • 2010 March 22

          There are two constants in the universe – CatMath and Monty Python.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Bianchi Sound permalink

          Don’t forget pie. You can’t do catmath without pie.

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      • 2010 March 22

        mmmm….π

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    • 2010 March 22
      Heather permalink

      CAT MATH! Whoop whoop!

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  4. 2010 March 22
    TacoMagic permalink

    Speakers eh? Whoopie.

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  5. 2010 March 22
    penguin permalink

    This must be the same person who figured out the per unit prices of laundry detergent at my grocery store last week.

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    • 2010 March 22
      TacoMagic permalink

      Tomato sauce is similarly priced at my grocery store, and this is regular non-sale price:

      8 oz can: $0.25 (3.125 cents/oz)
      15 oz can: $0.50 (3.333 cents/oz)
      29 oz can: $0.95 (3.275 cents/oz)
      64 oz can: $2.05 (3.203 cents/oz)

      I remember quite vividly that I had to make a large batch of spaghetti sauce for a large get together, so I needed about a gallon of tomato sauce. So, I ended up buying 16 of the 8 oz cans. The actual conversation at the checkout:

      Cashier: “Sir, just to let you know, you can buy tomato sauce in a 2 quart can if you need a lot of it like this.”

      Me: “I know, but the big can is more expensive.”

      Cashier: Rolls her eyes slightly before catching herself, “Yes, it is more expensive because you get more.”

      Me: “No you’re not following me here, if I had bought 2 of the 64oz cans it would cost $4.10.”

      Cashier: “Yes, because you’re getting a gallon that way.” Finishes scanning the sauce, “That’ll be four dollars even.”

      Me: I look pointedly at her.

      Cashier: Blank stare.

      Me: *Sigh*

      (Note: I have a huge spreadsheet of pricing for the various stores around me. I’m an engineer and I’m cheap, so I waste a lot of productivity comparing grocery store prices).

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      • 2010 March 22
        Lola permalink

        Taco, if I were not an only child, I’d ask if you were my brother. Because my father does things like that.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          You don’t know the half of it. Here’s a classic one from my old grocery store who ran the old “Buy 4 disperate items and get a strange discount” sale (similar to the buy 4 related items and get a 5th extremely cheap item for free):

          Cashier: “You know, if you buy a beef roast with these items, you’ll save $5.” (The beef roast that is part of the deal is rather large, about $20 by itself.)

          Me: “Yes, and if I don’t buy the roast I’ll save $15.”

          Cashier: “Well, you’ll just not spend $15, but you won’t have saved the $5.”

          Me: *Mental Facepalm*

          I’ve also learned through a few painful exchanges that most Cashiers are immune to sarcasm.

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      • 2010 March 22
        sarajean80 permalink

        That is actually a recommended practice for people watching their budget, it’s called a “price book”.

        I had a virtually identical conversation the last time I bought cat food. I had a basket full of small individual cans. The cashier mentioned that they had a 24 can variety pack for ten dollars. I told him I had seen it, but these were $0.40 each. I got nothing but a blank stare. ($0.40 X 24 =$9.60)
        That is why I always shop with a calculator.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          I’ve got a shopping calculator too. I drive my wife crazy whiping it out to check the comparitive per ounce pricing of various consumables.

          One thing my calculator has taught me is that half the time buying in bulk actually costs more. Sometimes significantly more.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          My dad’s shopping calculator is located on his watch. Yep, he’s got one of those!
          Considering that I live alone and don’t have regular use of a car, I can’t really buy in bulk*, so it’s kind of nice to know that individual pricing vs. bulk pricing isn’t as bad as I thought. I have been able to get groceries ordered online and then delivered, but even then I still can’t go crazy because I’m still only one person plus cat consuming the items. (If it were up to the cat, we wouldn’t even get cat food, we’d get the carry-out roasted chicken by the dozen and cases of condensed milk, plus expensive Angora and Himalayan females to chill with. The only things between him and World Domination are literacy and opposable thumbs – thank GOD.)

          *Possible exception: diet Coke Plus. Yes, I am so sad I drink the diet cola with vitamins in.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          Yeah, you have to watch those bulk warehouse stores. They prey on the idea that buying a lot at once is automatically saving money.

          I’ve compared many of them, and most of the time their per unit costs are way above that of a standard grocery store. Especially when you shop the sales. This is doubly true of any produce or meat. I often wonder how they can get away with charging membership fees and then charge awful prices on top of it.

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        • 2010 March 22
          arallyn permalink

          Lola – Diet coke plus is frightening, though not as bad as the fortified 7-Up. I buy my diet pepsi in bulk, when it’s on sale in our area.

          I love it when consumerist shows the horrible math in some stores and how Target is notorious for reeeeally bad deals. They were shown to have lower prices on average than other discount stores, but when they had “sales” or “specials”, they have a tendency to make things less discounted.

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          My dad refuses to shop at Target on the basis that they are a French-owned company. No other reason, really. I only go there if there is something specific I can’t find anywhere else, which is rare.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          Arallyn – I have a friend who works at Target. I’m going to ask her if she’s noticed this. As for the cola – I realized that if I am going to drink it at least once a day, I could do worse than to have some vitamins in it.

          Sarajean – I’m sure that if there were a Target where my parents live, my father would boycott it for that very reason. He likes Walmart – though, I am happy to say, he will never be featured on peopleofwalmart.com.

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          Lola – He pretty much hates shopping for anything that isn’t; A) car parts, B) red meat and/or chili fixin’s, or C) anything from a hardware store.(One year he bought all my Mom’s Christmas gifts at Home Depot.)
          I am somewhat jealous of the calculator watch, I always wanted one of those.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          I’ve still got mine somewhere, I think.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          I don’t know if the one he has now still does it, but he used to be able to store something like 20 phone numbers and set it for alarms and/or appointment reminders. Basically it is/was a mini-PDA. I liked its functions, but it was (a) too guyly and (b) geekier than I cared to admit to publicly, so I never got one.

          I wonder if they come in catulator, too. If so, that could explain the OP’s pricing structure.

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        • 2010 March 22

          OMG…serious spewing…what is it called when CatMath is applied to cat products? Won’t there be some kind of mythical portal opening to an alternate universe soon?

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        • 2010 March 22
          CapnMac permalink

          I had to explain the other day that I was using the calculator on my phone, not texting to someone with a calculator. Sparky could not believe that a cell phone could be a calculator, too.

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        • 2010 March 22
          TacoMagic permalink

          Woah, woah, woah, woah, WOAH; back up a bit here. You can use a phone as a calculator!?

          My gods! That’ll save me so much time. I used to have to text my math to a friend and wait for him to get back to me.

          It was really unfortunate when I had to text him something like:

          integral(inf to -inf) : (x sin (tan x³))*e^(2πixξ)dx

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          “… texting to someone with a calculator…”
          Seriously?
          Had said Sparky actually done that?
          That makes me want to cry.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          @ Lola – “The only things between him and World Domination are literacy and opposable thumbs – thank GOD.” As long as he never amends his plan to include a ‘posting on CL’ stage, where neither of those things would be an issue…

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        • 2010 March 22
          Bianchi Sound permalink

          integral(inf to -inf) : (x sin (tan x³))*e^(2πixξ)dx = Pie

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      • 2010 March 22

        I always check the unit price on the tag and then calculate for myself to be sure. Kroger is notorious for using the catulator to make their lables.

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        • 2010 March 22

          I shop at Kroger, too, Christina…I think the head of their pricing/inventory department is a large calico named Ethel.

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        • 2010 March 22

          If you look closely at the tags, not all the “units” are the same. They will have one product broken down per ounce, another per “each,” another per “cell” (or whatever), and it makes it hard to compare. Sadly, since I work for Kroger (Fry’s) and I have some basic idea of the culture, I believe that it is done this way on purpose. I also believe whomever does the tags (and honestly, I have no idea who it is) has never been taught the proper way to round numbers.

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      • 2010 March 23
        jackie31337 permalink

        I do that too, although we only have about 3 stores in the town where I live, so I just keep a mental list of the products I buy often, and which store sells them cheaper. I have a calculator in my phone, and I use it often while shopping. One of my favorite examples of pricing that doesn’t make sense is macaroni: a 200g bag usually costs 19-25 cents. A 1kg bag costs 2 euros. At least they don’t look at me funny when I buy 5 small bags instead.

        Also, I once texted my boyfriend to determine the integral of e to the x. He misinterpreted my message, but it was more fun than calculus anyway.

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        • 2010 March 23
          Dan permalink

          Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that just e to the x plus a constant?

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        • 2010 March 23
          jackie31337 permalink

          Dan: write it out on paper with the integral sign. If you still don’t see it, ask a teenager to look at it. (Hint: the integral sign kind of resembles the letter S.)

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  6. 2010 March 22
    PrincessLuceval permalink

    The “whooping” is what concerns me. Will I need to get a booster shot for my pertussis in order to complete this transaction?

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  7. 2010 March 22
    Colleen in MA permalink

    Who uses speakers only once or twice? Please replace that interwebs photo with a photo of the actual speakers! I’ll bet bet they are dusty and have cat hair stuck all over them.

    Well, kinda like mine.

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    • 2010 March 22
      sarajean80 permalink

      Add “knawmarks because Fearless thinks she’s part puppy” and those would be mine, too.

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    • 2010 March 22
      CapnMac permalink

      Well, that could be good news, stage monitors with only one or two uses.

      The in-ear wireless monitors are orders of magnitude better for musicians’ prevention of hearing loss, so if the monitors were super-ceded, that’s good.

      If the monitors are surplus because the band is that bad, that they only played the one or two times–then that, too, is good

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      • 2010 March 22
        sarajean80 permalink

        Depends on how bad they were. It doesn’t take long to blow out a speaker, if you’re loud enough.

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      • 2010 March 22
        Bianchi Sound permalink

        In-ears, badly operated, can be just as damaging as stage monitors. Some idiots like to turn off the limiters because they aren’t loud enough. Well, duh. They’re designed to do that.

        As for the “used once or twice” line, it’s the “only driven by my grandma to church on Sundays” of the audio world. Always complete bullshit.

        And yes, you can blow up any speaker in short order with the multitude of cheap high-power amps available these days. A really low-power amp, driven past clipping, will do the trick in no time too.

        Today, I aim to break the all time corey record. Thank you.

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  8. 2010 March 22
    Gamaliel permalink

    Those really are good speakers. JBL owns a whooping majority of the portable sound industry.

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    • 2010 March 22
      Bianchi Sound permalink

      Original (funny) post: Don’t get me started on how bad these speakers suck. The reasons are truly too many to list…

      Updated (corey) post: For the most part, I love jbl speakers. Jbl makes many lines of great products. The jrx line is NOT one of them. They are designed with cheap components and made poorly so they can be sold by chain music stores to people who can’t hear the difference so that they can say they own “jbl speakers.”

      As for saving $179 per speaker- there is a good chance Sparky used them more than “one or twice” and pushed the crap out of them. There are probably parts that will fail soon, costing you more than the money you “saved” on the “deal” Sparky is offering.

      corey out.

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      • 2010 March 22
        arallyn permalink

        Maybe I could sell the speakers in my car like this! I don’t remember what brand they were, but they were very good and high-end. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to blow out speakers the first time I go on a road trip with them, and I think I’ve done that to this set already. The back ones are rattling something wicked and some bizarre distortion is in the front ones. ohhhh welllll.

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          You must have kick-ass road trips, arallyn ♥

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        • 2010 March 23
          Steve-O permalink

          I have a wierd electrical burning smell coming from my two subs in my pickup. I also know about overdriving speakers.

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  9. 2010 March 22

    Oh, hey, I made the ‘Don’t Suck’ box! Whoop! (heh)

    Hopefully that will make drmk less mad at me for going off-topic again to ask people to please check out the topic I posted in the forums (here) or click on my username to go directly to the story. Again, I wouldn’t be doing this unless it was important, and I apologize for hijacking the comments, but…do give it a look.

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    • 2010 March 22

      Not mad at all. Please go look, everyone. It *is* important.

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    • 2010 March 22
      sarajean80 permalink

      Prepare to be very sad, and then very mad.

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      • 2010 March 22
        Windrose permalink

        And very proud of the people who are working to help these beautiful creatures! Lareina, here’s your punch and a year’s worth of internets!

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  10. 2010 March 22
    BigUncleJohn permalink

    I’m gonna take a pass at “Sparky” logic here —

    In his mind, a pair of these speakers would be a good deal at $350 bucks. Since you can’t really use just one speaker, he’s gonna give you a $25 discount on the lone speaker and let you have it for the CL special price of $150. Perhaps there was a time lag between when he decided on the prices and when he wrote the ad and he couldn’t remember how to position the pricing?

    Anyway, since most speaker systems like to have pairs of like systems, I’m curious as why he as an odd number of speakers. Perhaps he was using one as a whoopher?

    *slouches toward the exit*

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    • 2010 March 22
      Windrose permalink

      That’s really bad. Really. Wish I could think of a good rejoinder, about a yellow sub-whoopher. Sigh.

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  11. 2010 March 22
    TacoMagic permalink

    Anyone else notice his unabashed use of the Capslock key there? Not only did he use the capslock key gratuitously, but he actually shift-lowered a few of his letters at the start of sentences.

    It’s obvious that part of him wants to do correct capitalization. Let’s just hope that part rebels and takes over.

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    • 2010 March 22

      TacoM, that part of Sparky that was inserting the lowercase letters was his grammatical soul and it has since died.

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      • 2010 March 22
        sarajean80 permalink

        That much capitolization would crush anybody like a grape under a steamroller.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Is capitolization what happens when Congress passes literacy laws?

          (Non-Yank poster, forgive me if I have your legislature confuddled…)

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          Whoopsie. What a difference a letter can make. Just pretend that o is an a.

          (I’m not a Yankee, I’m a Southerner ♥)

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Oh noes! No offence was meant, I just thought Yankee = resident of USA. mea culpa.

          This is why people living in tiny, far flung countries like Hobbit land shouldn’t be allowed to post all over the world. 🙂

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          None taken, Jen! Most old-family Southerners are a little miffed when they are called Yanks or Yankees because of “the Recent Unpleasantness” (a.k.a. The War Between the States or the American Civil War). I’ve dealt with enough “furriners” to know it’s a fairly common term for Americans in general. I just like teasing folk ☺

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Aka the War of Northern Aggression? :p (Yeah, all my knowledge of the Southern states comes from True Blood, so…)

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        • 2010 March 22

          Ah, but Jen is the ultimate Southerner. Kiwis raise Southness to a whole new level.

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        • 2010 March 22
          sarajean80 permalink

          That’d be the one.(Wow, TV was actually right about something. Go figure.) Most native Southerners I know have a strong dislike of the term “Civil War.”

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          @ Isaac – Teehee, ’tis true, but only ‘cos we’re flightless and therefore unable to migrate to more temperate climes… Though I do take great pride in having gone to the Southernmost Uni in the world. 😀

          @ sarajean – it’s a term I never understood, but when I was littler I used to get giggles from imagining the Roundheads and Royalists standing around saying “Oh, frightfully sorry old chap, might I just kill you a little?” “Certainly my good fellow, I nicked your knee so it’s only fair.”

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        • 2010 March 22

          You’re from New Zealand! You’ve got a beautiful country. And your cricket captain is a fox, too *rowr*

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          @ Lareina – ZOMG I know. Specially since he ditched the adorable but unattractiove poodle do he rocked as a baby Black cap in the 90s. Saw him in the flesh yesterday (Aussie test is on today literally across the road from my flat, yet I’m stuck at work) and I swooned. Aah, smart, eloquent, tall boys in glasses. *sigh*

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        • 2010 March 22

          *squeak*
          *meep*
          *squeak*

          You…live across the road from the BASIN?! And…you saw Daniel Vettori in the flesh (one of many times presumably) not to mention Iain O’Brien and Grant Elliott and Shane Bond and all the others (…too many to list)

          Ok….*composes self*….it’s just: I write a cricket blog (my username links there; right now, there’s a non-cricket – related post on the front page that I’d like everyone to read if they possibly can. It has to do with animals.) That’s how into it I am. Total cricket tragic.

          Favourite team?

          NZ. Even though I’m Indian.

          I am SO jealous of you right now!!!

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        • 2010 March 22

          Also, is it just me or does the fact that Dan V bowls left-arm spin actually make him *even sexier*?! That’s a thinking man’s technique, that is.

          *sigh*

          I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU SAW HIM YESTERDAY!!

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Haha, I will admit, being across from the basin was a HUGE factor in deciding to take my flat. Just a shame the players didn’t _quite_ get blown into my window yesterday… Was loving the live updates, though – “Three groundsmen are dragged 40m across the pitch while trying to put the covers on”. Awesome. 🙂
          I just wish the BCs were still, you know, good. Like back in the day, with Fleming and Cairns, and the occasional actual WIN. And Not.A.Poddle.Vettori. But we’re still prettier than the Aussies, and that’s what really counts.

          P.S, I can’t get to your blog from work due to overzealous blocking software but saw your post on the forums. Much, much kudos. Am forwarding around my workmates, three of whom are amateur dog show enthusiast people.

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        • 2010 March 22

          Yesterday was bizarre, with the wind. Stayed up to follow the match and could hardly believe what was going on. (Shame the gale didn’t deposit a handful of the foxier BlackCaps into your apartment 😛 It was certainly strong enough!)

          God I miss Stephen Fleming. And Lou Vincent is back, scored millions of runs in the HRV domestic series and practically begged the NZ board to select him again – yet they haven’t, for reasons passing understanding. Would be nice if half the main squad wasn’t horribly injured too…or retired. (Bond and O’Brien. *sob*)

          I was going to say there’s still hope for a draw but Baz and Southee have both *just* thrown their wickets away so maybe not so much anymore. *facepalm*

          And thank you so much for spreading the word around re: Shantih. We’re doing our best to raise funds and awareness and everything helps!

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        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Aah, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It’s like a national pastime at the moment. But I agree, it’s bizarre that consistency and experience count for so little. Baz is probably the best we’ve got and he has such a tendency to get stupid that I’m kind of amazed he’s lasted this long. Hehe, did you see when the Aussies couldn’t appeal ‘cos the cameras had to be taken down?

          No worries re: Shantih; I just love that a website I come to for giggles has yielded both social awareness and a long and very OT discussion on cricket. 🙂 Sorry about that, regulars, drmk and Dan…

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        • 2010 March 22

          @Jen: Chris Martin is now at the crease. Won’t be long now.

          (And I say this as someone who absolutely genuinely ADORES him. He’s just…Chris Martin. Not Remotely A Batsman of Any Kind. King Rabbit.)

          EDIT: And, JUST as I typed that, out! Bowled by Mitchell Johnson for 1. Oh, Chris. No fear, I still love you…

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          What I know about cricket “could be written on the lip of a Coke bottle with a dry Magic Marker” (TM D. F. Wallace), and I still found this exchange oddly riveting.

          *gets coat, lets Yank self out*

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 March 22
          Pennywise permalink

          @ Lola – google image search Daniel Vettori, who until recently was a player, the captain and the coach. He’s a VERY good reason to get into watching cricket (that and the fact that a test takes five days, in summer, during which time the crowds are just expected to sit, drink beer and occasionally heckle the other team).

          Tragiquement, New Zild is now out, so the Aussies can get on with slaughtering us. Again. Oh well, we still don’t have sharks, snakes or venemous bitey things lurking in every corner.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 March 22
          Pennyoops permalink

          Burn. Or, as they say here, ‘guts, bro’.

          I’m’a go ahead and blame… the Coriolis force.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 March 22

          I have to admit, seeing Pennywise extolling the many charms of sexy, sexy Dan Vettori to Lola was pretty awesome.

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        • 2010 March 22
          Lola permalink

          *drools uncontrollably*

          I’m sorry, did someone say something?

          *pant*

          Oooh, and Shane Bond rather resembles Daniel Craig!

          *gets coat – and passport*

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 March 22
          penguin permalink

          I was going to make some remark about people who watch cricket. Then I remembered freaking my cat out when I screamed at the t.v. while watching Olympic curling and thought better of it.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 March 22

          Get a room! Or a pitch…or what ever you call it 😀

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 March 23
          jackie31337 permalink

          @Jen: next you should visit Tromsø, Norway so you can also study at the world’s northernmost university. How cool would it be to put on your resume that you had studied at both the southernmost and northernmost universities? Then again, it might give you a reputation for going to extremes, or you could even be considered bipolar. 😛

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 March 22

        Oohh!! I nominate “Grammatical Soul” as band name of the day!

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 March 22

          Featuring: Otis Reading.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 March 22

          I was thinking E. Z. (or is it Easy?) Reader would be a great fit. Ah, Morgan Freeman before he became the narrator of everything.

          EDIT – Also, yay! I made a band name.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 March 22
          Windrose permalink

          I was going to tell lareina and Jen to get a room, but then the crowd joined in, and I don’t believe we have a room big enough. Sigh. I’ll get my coat. (BTW, just kidding, guys. I love the cricket conversations, and even have lareina’s blog bookmarked for occasional peeks into that world.)

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 March 22
          Jen permalink

          Is it wrong that I’m excited to achieve my first ‘get a room’? 😀

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 March 22

          Doh! I didn’t read far enough!

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 March 22
          Windrose permalink

          christina, LOL! This happens so often on here, we should just call it the GMTA Factor.

          Adores: 0
  12. 2010 March 22
    Hartster permalink

    Wow! I’m saving a whooping? [cough, cough]

    What I wanna know is, is a whooping like a spanking? And if so, is the poster wearinng tighty-whiteys or boxers?

    Adores: 5
  13. 2010 March 22
    Bianchi Sound permalink

    Happy. Shatner’s. Birthdaaaaayyyyy.

    To…

    One…

    And…

    Allllllll!

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 March 22
      penguin permalink

      YSaC: the final fate of Sparky
      These are the posts of a doomed humanity – Craigslist
      Its endless mission
      To translate strange new posts
      To seek out any kind of meaning and hand out bottles of bleach
      To boldly go where no sane person has gone before

      Adores: 6
  14. 2010 March 22
    JuneJenny permalink

    I would like to report that my four year-old (and he’s just barely four) walked into the room and saw Silva’s “Not.A.Lion” drawing in the sidebar on my screen. He immediately said, “HA! A tiger! I think he’s dressed up for Halloween!”

    So, a small flicker of my faith in humanity remains, thanks to my own son.

    Adores: 13
    • 2010 March 22
      penguin permalink

      After dragging my 8 yo in twice to confirm that the not.a.lions were, indeed, not.a.lions, she won’t come near my computer anymore when I tell her I have something to show her.

      Adores: 2
  15. 2010 March 22
    Pennywise permalink

    I have the same problem. Except less with the not.a.lions and more with the not.a.balloons.

    Edit: Pennywise lives in a drain and finds it difficult to put his comment under penguin’s, where it belongs. Should have asked my cousin, Depressey, for help.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 March 22
      Depressy permalink

      Depressy has no living relatives. Depressy make sure of that.

      Adores: 2
  16. 2010 March 22
    Astro permalink

    JuneJenny, that is truly motivating. Did you know that in English class (yes, I’m in High School, so what?), when we were reading a story called “The Lady, or the Tiger?” (yes, the comma should be there), my teacher showed us the only report on it that got a 100, and apparently a girl in 4th Period was guilty of calling the tiger a lion? It was a story, and she /read/ the word tiger. Clearly, this epidemic is spreading, and we must work quickly to develop a cure before it destroys us all.

    Adores: 3
  17. 2010 March 22
    Windrose permalink

    Wow! We might break 100 comment tonight! Wouldn’t that be awesome?

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 March 23

      Sure it would. I think we did.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 March 23
        Windrose permalink

        Oh, good! Now I can go to sleep. G’night, drmk! G’night, Dan! G’night, Lola, Isaac, lareina, christina, Jen, cj, Steve-O, Taco, Astro, Depressy, kelli, Heather, Penguin, BigUncleJohn, Pennywise, sarajean, arallyn, CapnMac, Princess Luceval, Colleen in MA, Bianchi Sound, Gamaliel, frigglesnitz, JuneJenny, and anyone else, too many to list.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 March 23
          Dan permalink

          Good night, John Boy.

          Adores: 3
  18. 2010 March 29
    maryrebecca permalink

    You really put a picture of a whooping crane?

    Winner.

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