Welcome to the Tue, 06/25/2009 – 02:10 edition of Off Topic! You are looking at the next step in the evolution of VCN, the Off-Topic page. Have you ever been frustrated because you had a burning desire to call someone a sandbagger and could only hope to be timely by posting your comment to a photo gallery page or on a page describing a charity ride?
Well, your prayers have been answered! You can post your comment from the home page and it magically comes to rest here with the other orphans from the land of Misfit Comments. The page gets refreshed every day, but not to worry! Each day’s page will be archived and treasured, so you can look back on past pages with pride, shame or disgust-depending on how the day’s conversation went. So post away! We’ve got an internet to fill up.
giro di jersey
24 hours of philosophical musings later, and i still haven’t squared myself to the idea that the sun can set on any given day without an illustrious COTD accreditation being awarded.
can a “comment of the day” really be a comment of the day if not awarded daily? what does that even mean, then? what if herr schmalz only offers up the COTD(tm) one day in five – doesn’t it become a de facto COTW? is that an upgrade?
if you notice that schmalz is particularly susceptible to historical NYV allusions in his COTD accreditation, and you use that to your advantage, is that fair game? or are you commentastically drafting the historical commenter and wheelsucking by at the last moment for victory? are you just a melted garden gnome standing on the shoulders of the NYV idoterati who have gone before you – nanos gigantum humeris insidentes, as the romans put it?
if you rack up a ton of 1st places (COTDs) and podia (top comments), should you upgrade to a new site?
if you once scored the coveted and extremely rare Quintuple Crown (known by some as the NYV Royal Flush; occupying all 5 top comment spots simultaneously … ohhhh … talk about frisson, my friends), and no one knows it but you, did it really happen?
last night I had a dream … i was on a solo break at FBF, rode through the wind for 5 laps by myself, sprinted through the line, offered up the running man as my salute. when I went to collect my prize money, charlie I said to me, “no dice, kid, not every race has a winner. I’m getting picky.” and then a melted garden gnome jumped out of an apocalypse now set and punched me (that may have been alan.)
(if yesterday’s commenter at 2:35 wants another banal lebowski quotation, i think pilar’s sage advice “Oh no. He has health problems.” fits in well here)
I stand by my COTD standard – no one said that the days had to be consecutive.
Genius!
thank you.
ewe’re welcome
wow i’m feeling smarter just by reading that even though i have no idea what it says.
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/062509/critical-mass-1885.gif
who is columbia’s GC contender for the tour? kirchen?
They don’t have one really. Who cares, they have Cavendish. They’ll win most of the sprint stages.
i care. fuck you.
Then you should know who their GC contender is and not have to ask. You obviously don’t care enough. Do you hate Big George?