Big Blue Huddle

I (and my family) were stationed at Ramstein AFB from 6/72 to 12/76. Picked up my AA and BS there through the University of Maryland studies they had on the base.

As a "young" 67, it's wonderful to give a Happy Birthday to jimv and a special nod to Fladan at 78. No longer will I be "picked-on" by the young-uns like LennG for being the oldest, senile member. 

Meanwhile, welcome all Tailgaters to our wonderous board, regardless of your age (us old "farts" treat the younger ones with all the respect their writings have proven they deserve). We have been looking forward to your joining us and are also looking toward all your new input and insight into our beloved Giants.

WELCOME!!!

jimv,

Giff has always been my favorite Giant. I'm 67 and started following the Giants a couple of years after I started following the Yankees (although I was born in Brooklyn, raised in  Queens and than about age 12 moved to Nassau County).

Started following the Giants in 49 or 50. Giff became a Giant in 52 and in 56 when I was 14 we were NFL Champions and he was NFL MVP.

So The Mick and Giff were my two favorite sports heroes growing up and are still my two favorite Yankee and Giant players.

PS. I am an Air Force retiree (20 years active duty - 4 in the Corps and 16 in the Air Force). Welcome to the BBH.

I still have my 1960 yearbook Lenn!

Why you ask?  

Hell, I was way thinner than and had all my hair (in what they called a "Hollywood Crew").  

Now?  It's a  

SO LET'S GET IT ON!!!

     

Welcome Pat from another half century plus Giant fan.

I too hope this merger goes through. Classy and quite professional input from you. If your board members are as good as I believe they are, this will be a true success.

Sam56

I voted "yes" the other day (after reviewing the Tailgate Board) but did not write a comment. However, I have thoughly enjoyed and respected the comments I have just read here and thought I'd add my thoughts briefly.

I completely respect and admire Rich and the other mods. This board has been extremely enjoyable and fulfilling to me since I first joined it at it's very beginning.

I too have been thinking the last few months that I would like to see us grow a little larger, so I am very happy to see this proccess started. I hope  the Insider Footballers would like to join us and give this merger a chance on both our behalfs to work for us all.

I am pleased and hopeful and have my fingers crossed.

grizz,

"You've got one helluva a memory for a 21 year old."

I read alot. 

Would you believe me if I said 21?

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.


"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

The Nun in Hooters

A nun, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a local Hooters.

The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while "the lights would turn off."

Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers.

However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent.

She walked up to the bartender, and asked, "May I please use the restroom?

The bartender replied, "OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf."

"Well, in that case, I'll just look the other way," said the nun.

So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant.

After a few minutes, she came back out, and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause. !

She went to the bartender and said, "Sir, I don't understand.  Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?"

"Well, now they know you're one of us," said the bartender, "Would you like a drink?"

"No thank you, but, I still don't understand," said the puzzled nun.

"You see," laughed the bartender, "every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out.

Now, how about that drink?"

Hollywood Squares: If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when 'Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde : If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver : Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel : Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts : That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A. Rose Marie : No; wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver : My sense of decency.

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A Vincent Price : No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A George Gobel : I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie : You ask me one more growing old question Peter , and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget!

Q. Paul , why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde : Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver : Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie : Ralph , the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A Paul Lynde : Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie : Unfortunately Peter , I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen : Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A Paul Lynde : Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde : Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver : It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde : Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel : Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A Paul Lynde : Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver : I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver : His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A Paul Lynde : Point and laugh!

WE DON'T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD, WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP LAUGHING

At Saint Mary's Catholic Church in South Philly, they have a weekly
husband's-only marriage seminar.  At the session last week, the priest
asked Luigi, who was  approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a  few minutes and share some insight into how he had  managed to stay married to the same woman  all these years.

Luigi replied to the assembled husbands, "Wella, I've a-tried to treat-a
her nizza, spenda money on her, but besta of all  is that I tooka her to
Italy for our 20th anniversary!"

The priest responded "Luigi, you are an  amazing inspiration to all the
husbands here!  Please tell us what you are planning for your wife  for
your 50th anniversary?"

Luigi proudly replied, "I'm agonna go get her."

Brian, "Thanks for the memories". He was as big as today's wr, but faster and quicker than most.

Homer was the greatest Giant receiver I ever saw. Even if it was only for five years (14 game seasons) what he brought to our team (a not very good team - no winning seasons) was outstanding.

As a fan growing up, Homer remembered watching Hornung and Gifford throwing the ball into the stands after scoring a touchdown. So "in a 1965 game, Homer scored a td and than threw the football down hard into the end zone. He called the move a "spike," and modern post-touchdown celebrations have evolved from Jones' invention of spiking the ball."

In 1967, Jones had his best season. He caught 49 passes for 1,209 yards, an average of 24.7 yards per catch, and 13 touchdowns. He led the NFL in receiving touchdowns. He was second in the league in combined rushing and receiving yards from scrimmage behind Leroy Kelly of the Browns. He made the NFL's Pro Bowl that season and the next.

Jones finished his career with 224 receptions for 4,986 yards, an average of 22.3 yards per catch. This was and is the NFL record  (minimum 200 career receptions) and 37 touchdowns (36 receiving, one rushing).

After four decades since he left the Giants, I'm still waiting for a Giant wr with Homer's complete package.

I ditto all the above feelings and sentiments.

Thanks Rich for it's creation and all mods who have helped watch over Rich's creation.

Every few weeks I check out the BBWC and see some "friends" that I still miss and others that remind me why I have delighted in my move to the BBH.

To continue to successfully survive in this internet world, we will need to have moderate growth with civilized posters like those that this board abounds with.