ENBB's New England Cultural Corner

What is the best film that is set mostly in New England??

the whale, sadly, will never resurface in the nhl. partly because they played in a mall. some, however, still mourn them.

meanwhile what can you, king boy pato, tell us about NICK HORVATH

Hartford was ahead of its time. Didn't they turn the old Montreal Forum into a mall?

According to Nick Horvath's Wikipedia entry, he played for the Adelaide 36ers which I certainly will rep him for that. However, he left for the South Dragons, which makes him the worst person alive.

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Now that Australia's NBL is PROBABLY dead, King Boy Pato, will rank THE TOP TEAM TEAMS that have played in Australia's premier basketball competition.

1. ADELAIDE 36ERS

Back before the SANFL reduced to second league status by those wankers from Melbourne, there was only one team for South Australians. No, it wasn't the local shitty cricket team. It was straight outta Apollo Stadium then THE CLIPSAL POWERHOUSE with the razzle dazzle in blue, red and gold headed up by The Chairman of the Boooards, Mark Davis! I might have only been a year old when the 36ers won their first NBL Championship but I grew up hearing the stories of how the Super Sixers lit up Apollo Stadium, led by a man called Ken Cole who coached the team in between snorting coke. Unfortunately, when we won that trio of turn-of-the-century championships, we had a slightly less exciting coach: Phil Smyth.

"Famous fans include television presenter Grant Denyer, and former World Number 1 Tennis Player Lleyton Hewitt."

2. SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE MAGIC

For the name alone. Excessively geographically precise AND a lazy-as-you-like BA ripoff nickname.

3. EASTSIDE SPECTERS

Apparently the name was RACIST.

4. GOLD COAST COUGARS

Now when you talk about Gold Coast Cougars, it's 30 and 40 something women with excessively fake tans??

5. GEELONG SUPERCATS

This shows you how popular and awesome and great basketball was in Australia. Aussie Rules had to do with merely "Cats" but the hoops heroes upped the ante to infinity with SUPERCATS!!

6. PERTH WILDCATS

I grudging give mad respect to the bros out west. They're not the Melbourne Tigers or Sydney Kings and they helped up keep the Mitsubishi Trophy away from the big smoke.

7. WEST SYDNEY RAZORBACKS

Would be higher if it wasn't for the "Sydney Spirit" DEBACLE!!

8. SINGAPORE SLINGERS

Can you believe that Singapore wasn't into third-rate basketball???

9. WOLLONGONG HAWKS

If the new NBL doesn't have them in, it won't be the NBL. PUTTING IT BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY, YO.

10. TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES

You weren't expecting the Canberra Cannons, were you?

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Is it true that white people would get behind the Celtics again if they could get a Larry Bird-esque star (ie: someone WHITE)?

did u miss when the celtics sold out every home game for two years?

^^^

Ticket holders could have been black, hispanic, asian or icelandic.

lol have you been to boston?

OK, I was clutching at straws.

Why isn't Rhode Island just Rhode Island? Did they get too big for their boots or what?

pato where are the tigers on yr godforsaken list???

also i am the owner of a geelong supercats bag. el, oh, el.

I think you've lost me somewhere.

what is a better state NH or VT

what is a better school amherst or umass

what is a better place to kayak RI or ME

what is worse place to get gay married VT or CT

what is a neutral ground for drunk partygoers in burlington

VT
Amherst
ME
I'd guess VT if only because CT is closer to NYC and can better leverage NYC resources; in terms of scenery VT would win in a cakewalk
Don't know Burlington at all

correct
one of my stepsisters goes 2 amherst - so umasss
RI
trick qn u cant get gay married because jesus h8s it
mexican restaurant near one of the ski resorts best enchiladas around

~ Live free or die
~ U.S. News & World Report would say amherst but I will go with umass because amherst doesn't have a song about it (at least not to my knowledge)
~ I am partial to RI
~ CT
~ The last time I was in Burlington I was 10 and definitely not drunk so no idea.

The World's Largest Arcade is in NH. NH > VT.

(the best part about this is that I'm not even from NE)

pato where are the tigers on yr godforsaken list???

also i am the owner of a geelong supercats bag. el, oh, el.

No Tigers because a) Andrew Gaze is boring and b) Mark Bradtke is the worst person alive for double-crossing South Australia.

PUT THAT SUPERCATS BAG ON EBAY = $$$$$

How do you pronounce "Clam Chowder"??

Delicious.

If you're wondering if I say "chowdah" then no, I do not. Then again, I'm not originally from NE so I don't have an accent. I don't say "jimmies" either. They'll always be sprinkles to me.

Why are they caled "jimmies"?? That's insanity!!

guys jimmies is secretly racist.

So the multi-colored ones are called sprinkles, it's only the brown ones that called jimmies. And here's a little info I found about the racist claim:

The Boston Globe investigated the origin of jimmies last winter after a reader inquired about a rumor that the term originally was racist - the idea being that some people refer only to chocolate ones as jimmies, and rainbow ones as sprinkles. Perhaps, the reader surmised, the word descended from Jim Crow.

The Globe found no evidence of this, but did cite a commentary in 1986 on National Public Radio by the late Boston poet John Ciardi, who claimed: "From the time I was able to run to the local ice cream store clutching my first nickel, which must have been around 1922, no ice cream cone was worth having unless it was liberally sprinkled with jimmies."

Ciardi, the Globe said, "dismissed Just Born as claim-jumpers looking to trademark someone else's sweet inspiration." His jimmies had come first.

Another theory on the origin of the name:

Back in the 1930s, the Just Born candy company of Bethlehem produced a topping called chocolate grains. The man who ran the machine that made these chocolate grains was named Jimmy Bartholomew.

"Thus, his product became known as jimmies," said Ross Born, the chief executive officer. He was told this story by his grandfather and company founder, Sam Born. Just Born registered jimmies as its trademark, and continued producing jimmies until the mid-1960s - which is why the name was so popular here.

The trademark expired and soon after, Just Born stopped making jimmies.

Will we ever know the truth?

oh cool, maybe it's not racist.

I gotta be honest, more and more it's 1 pWN 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1: this board is retardo montalban (RIP).

― schatzi maus (ENBB), Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:12 PM (15 minutes ago)

That ILE and 77 are def the ones I check/post on most often.

― ENBB, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:14 PM (14 minutes ago)

talk about your gratitude

Unlocked but I want the following:

a) Erica to sign her allegiance to The Cape in blood
b) An in-depth discussion on the brutalist masterpiece that is Boston City Hall
c) FRIED CLAMS

http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/BostonCityHall2.jpg

1. I pledge allegiance to the cape . . .

2. Having been inside Boston City Hall, I can attest that this monstrosity is as awful on the inside as it is out the outside. It looks like a prison. I am not a fan of this particular architectural style.

3. FRIED CLAMS are deeeeee-licious. In fact, just last weekend I traveled up the coast to sample some of these babies. Here is the photographic evidence:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/FriedClams.jpg

It is important, however, that one orders fried clam strips rather than fired whole bellied clams. The former are amazing while the latter are slimy, gross and blech. I mean I'm sure there are some fans out there but most ppl I know also seem to prefer the strips.

I also sampled something called a clam cake which looked something like this:

http://www.roadfood.com/photos/9469.jpg

It was basically just a ball of fried dough with some clam bits in it. Interesting but I don't know that I'd order one again.

1. Yay!
2. Boo! (Brutalism is a monument to the post-war dream!)
3. GOD DAMN, those fried clam strips and chips look good. Might eat the clam cake too.

Wait, so are all New Englanders racist or just most?

good one!!!

ehh

just the racist ones

me no rikey!!!!

Just found out my old work manager from my brief Philly days is now working in Boston!!

He's a Kiwi and his favourite band ever is The Police!!

If I meet him, I will be sure to say hello!

I remember one time we were co-writing an AMAZING tour guide on Asian destinations and he came up to my desk all excited because I was supposed to be working on that upcoming Saturday and he thought I could get a lot done as there wouldn't be any regular work or calls. Unfortunately, I forgot to tell him that I had traded my Saturday shift to a girl who wanted the extra money and he looked a bit crushed.

My mate who was sitting at the desk next to me, sent me an e-mail with the subject "I think he looks disappointed!!".

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. you crushed his poor heart.

And I ended up going to the King of Prussia mall instead.

Wait - why were you in Philly? I don't think I know anything about this. KoP mall! I have been there.

I was working there on a sort of internship!! Everyone knows about it!!

I am in the dark about a lot of things Phil.

Sorry, Erica!!

Now I want fried clams.

And clam cakes too.

good stuff

yes to fried clams

guess i'll pop the top on a 22 ouncer while I wait for my person to wake up

omg this is very sad and not responsible pug ownership :(

I have enlarged and inspected this photo since I last posted and I am fairly certain it is among the top 5 saddest things I've ever seen.

A fun site to read with Google Translation turned on.

31 olegt3 sent 44 days ago #
Dog sorry.

6 steepman posted 44 hours ago #
Why are you so much about the guy?

0 MAXIBON163 sent 43 days ago #
Pug and do not know?

0 sent4 sent 43 days ago #
Yeah, there he is cast down like.

omg! Thank you for that. This is amazing. But still v v sad.

чет приуныл apparently means roughly "the castdown"

was that photo taken on pratt st. in allston or nah

Pug and do not know?