Slapping Chains, the Zen of Disc Golf

by | Feb 27, 2020 | Games, Pastimes, Sports | 350 comments

Ahhh, Hippie Golf, it started out with Wham-o Frisbee discs at parks, hit that tree, that pole etc. After some Politics that passes for history, the first course was born, Oak Grove in Pasadena, California,

Disc golf targets are often located most inconveniently.

While I played a bit when I was younger, itā€™s nothing like today, so letā€™s go there instead. When I went to take Bella to the dog park I saw a basket and, thought hmmmm. So I ordered a starter set, three discs, driver, midrange, and putter, a good start, and then went to the courseā€¦.First shot, Parking Lot! Oh Shit! but I didnā€™t break anything so, all good. Then I met Ken from Kingman, he gave me some tips, and played my first eighteen with me, very cool of him. Thatā€™s when I also realized all my discs were too light, I thought so, but he helped me confirm it.

Discs. These arenā€™t floaty, recreational Frisbees (approx. 9.25″ diameter, weight 110 grams). Golf discs are right at 8ā€ diameter, weighing between 150-180 grams, with most of the weight on the edge, making them very fast, and very dangerous, like this driver.

 

Driver disc underside. The digits in the center are the disc weight as measured by the manufacturer, 168g in this case.

 

Putter disc. This has rounded edges like a recreational Frisbee.

 

Notice the difference in the leading edge. Like a rotary-winged aircraft, the spin induces the lift. Putter is pink disc, driver is green disc.

 

Disc golf follows the rules of ball golf to as close a degree as possible in scoring, out-of-bounds, honors, etiquette, I like that part.

OTOH, pickup games can have any rules you want to play by, and conditions can change a course completely, but unlike ball golf, we can cut through the wind, maybe, so if you Ball Golf, Disc is an easy, physically less demanding game.

The shots, I have it easy, look right,

 

Tunnel shot. The block and concrete pad is the tee box. The throwing lane is between the trees.

 

Water hazard. Most people just take the one-stroke penalty and sacrifice the plastic.

 

My best tight shot, a par save from 50+ feet.

 

In!

The sport is growing, the tech is improving, and itā€™s free! As far as, most courses are in public parks, however, some ball golf courses have installed disc courses, $15 with a cart, kind of cool IMO.

Until Next Time,

Bang them Chains!

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Yusef drives a Kia

Yusef drives a Kia

Punctually illiterate But never late

350 Comments

  1. Yusef drives a Kia

    an update,
    It was a good day
    I played 36 holes today, 9 holes calm and 27 windy, then windy as Fuck, the first nine was a practice round, due to the Couple that takes over the course, playing 3-5 discs Every Throw! The real issue is that he ā€œhelpsā€ her throw well, by berating her publicly, I donā€™t comment, but also wonā€™t play with them, so I blew off #1 and started on #2.and played a Meh round.
    Went and got a 6 pack of Tall Cans! , and when I returned they were still on the course, but ahead of me, I ended up running into them by #7 and had to sit and have a beer, waitingā€¦ I finished that round better, then went back to #1 and something Clicked, all of a sudden, all of the correct moves came together and I threw twice as far as I ever have, I started doing a small, slow X step, and it worked. This part is kind of cool, IMO, I set up my shot, like usual,but then I noticed my shadow on the ground, and that my form looked good, so i let it rip and, Hell Yes!
    The wind was ā€œcalmā€ enough for me to try out a few different discs that aren’t always useful, and found new uses for them, again, my Distance is way better.I can already play approach well, and I am a Mad Putter, but until I have distance, I canā€™t compete, now I doā€¦.
    I shot a-1 under 26, thatā€™s some good golf,
    /Caddy Brain,

    • DEG

      I’m happy to hear your day was good!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Dude, -1? holy crap, I’m shocked,

    • Tonio

      You’re a machine.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I have no life, but i have a course, or 2, look down, and I will play tournaments this year, and win, a goal for me,

      • Tonio

        Cartman says it best.

      • Tonio

        There is supposed to be an image of Cartman doing “Goddamn Hippies” here, but there are technical difficulties.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        your editing was Killer, please work with me on the next one,

      • Tonio

        Of course.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Thank you both!

        My golf experience/knowledge is limited to mini-golf. I’ve seen the courses near one of the dog parks I used to take my dog to, and now it makes a bit more sense.

  2. Q Continuum

    Very cool, I’d love to play a game if you’re in town ever.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Monument, maybe some day,it’s a nice place,,,,

    • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

      Same here. I like disc golf. There’s a course a few paces away from Ross Ade stadium at Purdue that I played many times with friends.

      Also, somewhere in my archives there’s a picture of me stuck in a bramble bush in the snow in Columbus Ohio while playing disc golf.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        oh that must have been fun…
        /Been there

  3. Private Chipperbot

    The pond pic is gold!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Pond? it’s the Colorado River,

      • Private Chipperbot

        I live in the mitten. That’s a littler pond.

      • Lackadaisical

        Cute stream.

    • Aus

      Haha that’s the best one I’ve seen. Only been lurking on WSB for a few weeks now so haven’t seen too many of these.

    • JD is Unemployed

      Does the maker of that seriously think the Betsy Ross flag is racist? It’s hard to tell.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      My discs can break your neck, and they are real, hmmmmmm.

      • Sean

        Nice pics, btw.

      • Sean

        Sweet.

      • Tonio

        Okay, Random Task, remember ixnay on the iscday sassinay thing,

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        sassinay? I’m gonna Sashay, all the way, to,… well somewhere..

      • Fourscore

        You’re doing well, Pardner, but I’m gonna stick to sittin’ in a boat, waiting for that proverbial jerk.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I absolutely must be outdoors, walking, doing things, Bella and Disc keeps me outdoors and sane,

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      We’re Fucking doomed, Golf while you can!

    • hayeksplosives

      How the hell does that even happen? Must have been a prank.

    • Florida Man

      I get messing up all the square stares, but how do you not know where Americaā€™s cock is?

    • DEG

      That is beautiful.

    • Aus

      OH MY GOD lol

      how does this even happen

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      2, 5, 12 Real,

      • Sean

        12 is great. 20 might be tucking something.

    • kinnath

      17. please god, 17.

    • Francisco d'Anconia

      25 is a psycho!

    • DEG

      A lot of good choices, but I think I will just take 6 and 22 and maybe I’ll see you in the morning.

    • Crusty Juggler

      Not one tuft of velvety soft rusty hole hair to be seen.

      You’re disgusting.

    • MikeS

      Oh my.

      The bunny boiler is #s 1-53

      *heads out to acquire 53 bunnies*

    • Chafed

      1 and 45.17 too if she’s not 17.

      • Lackadaisical

        17 is legal, in most places.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Not a fellow named Kip. I am disappoint.

    • Spudalicious

      1 and done.

  4. Sean

    I put my cocktail in a Piglet glass, cuz I’m cool like that. (Also, it was time to run the dishwasher)

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I drink coffee from a Winnie Mug,

    • Crusty Juggler

      I too have…put my cocktail…in a piglet glass…

      • Aus

        Hey FBI, yeah this guy right here ^

      • Crusty Juggler

        IM NOT A RUSSIAN SPY

  5. Florida Man

    The park near my house HS two courses by the lake. Itā€™s also where I go fishing, so thatā€™s convenient. Nice write up.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I’m overkill, but you could buy a Midrange Disc, at 170 grams or so, and play with just that disc, and be happy,

    • Aus

      Kek will find a way. Shadilay.

  6. Crusty Juggler

    And I’m the weird one.

    Heavens to Betsy.

  7. Winston

    Sanders vs. Biden: Who is less worse?

    • Sean

      Cthulhu.

      • Winston

        I’m awaiting the libertarian Democrat that Trump has made inevitable…

      • pan fried wylie

        Chopped Liver 2020

        This message paid for by the PatƩ For President PartyƩ

      • Not Adahn

        Ooh. I have a little can of foie gras mousse in the fridge. I should get drunk and eat it.

    • MikeS

      Your mom.

  8. Winston

    Has California or Biden banned those yet?

  9. Spudalicious

    Ahh, home. I’ll read the article after I eat something Yusef.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Yusef! it’s what’s for Dinner!

      • pan fried wylie

        [image of blue box with ‘Yusef!’ in gold letters]

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Wholesome Goodness! and Tasty too!

    • Spudalicious

      Thanks, Yusef. Very informative. We have a disc course at a state park about two minutes from here. I don’t play, but I’ll take some pictures next time I’m over training the mutt.

  10. pan fried wylie

    Pope Jimbo on February 27, 2020 at 9:15 am
    Back in the dotcom boom a couple buddies and I would laugh and plan our new internet product: The Glove.
    Basically, it was a glove with mouse functions built in so you could beat off while clicking the forward/backward buttons on pr0n videos. The fun was coming up with marketing stuff to hide the fact that The Glove was for jacking.
    ā€œThe Glove automatically exudes a 100% organic hand lotion to help prevent carpal tunnel syndromeā€.

    “But the lotion exudes on the outside of the glove?”

    “Correct. How many individually packaged, right-handed Gloves can I interest you in today?”

    “I don’t think lotion even addresses repetitive stress injury, but wouldn’t it have to moisturize the inside of the glove? And why does this model have a set of sultry, seductive lips painted around the opposable joint?”

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      No, comment…

    • Rhywun

      Too bad the idea was already patented in 1984.

      • pan fried wylie

        “oh, not THAT ‘1984’”, *discards not-a-‘manual’ joke*

  11. Winston

    http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/index.php/2020/02/27/he-admires-their-basic-dictatorship-17

    With little fanfare, the Senate of Canada voted today to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak for the remainder of this parliamentary session because she failed to complete the anti-racism training she was directed to undergo the last time she was temporarily kicked out of the Red Chamber.

    The Senate agreed, on a voice vote, to adopt the ethics committeeā€™s latest report on Beyak, which calls for her suspension from the chamber so she can complete the prescribed training and take time to think about the harm she did to Indigenous people by posting racist letters on her website.

    • Rhywun

      “Red Chamber”… seriously?

      • Lackadaisical

        I caught that too, how appropriate.

        Assuming this is Canada related? If so, yer fucked Winston. More fucked than your mom.

    • Jarflax

      I think that this is a line in the sand point. Seriously.

      • Rhywun

        #metoo

        I worry about becoming the focus of a two-minutes hate some day.

    • Francisco d'Anconia

      Jughead?

      • Crusty Juggler

        ā€œThatā€™s a question no one has ever asked me, but I remember Archie Comics. I liked them,ā€ he says, recalling his youth.

      • Francisco d'Anconia

        Damn, I’m good!

    • pan fried wylie

      1. Jim Carrey’s The Mask
      2. Daredevil

    • Crusty Juggler

      Women are over!

      • Rhywun

        Reads more like “men are over”.

        And it’s the Guardian so you know they’re all-in on anything that isn’t boring old patriarchal breeder sex.

      • Crusty Juggler

        Men are trash!

        Our time is now!

        The future is female!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        And I outlived my Wife, Future?
        Men…

      • cyto

        This story is vaguely related to a Youtube story I came across a few days ago. A couple in India is leading the charge on sex toys over there. Most places in India, sex toys are illegal. (obscene)

        So this couple started a mail order company. They noticed that marketing was mostly toward men, with naked women on the packaging, etc. So the wife had the idea to do this company. She set it up for women, by a woman. No naked women or anything on the website. No giant toys (she said that prior to her company, most toys sold were big, realistic penises. Apparently that’s a guy thing more than a girl thing) Her research indicated women would prefer smaller, more abstract shapes in pretty colors. Pretty much exactly like what the women in that article discussed.

        I had thoughts of trying this myself at one point. You can get them very cheap in large orders from China. Like 90% markup and still beat the competition. I noticed several similar models to the ones I had looked at on alibaba.

        Anyway, they are making good money selling purple silicone vibrators in India.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        OOOOK, good for You!

      • cyto

        Yeah… it wasn’t a very serious thought. I really can’t imagine trying to explain what i do for a living in that event. Still, it was interesting learning what the margins are and what the quantities required are.

        The same bit of research covered vaping products, school playground supplies and kitchen utensils. The sex toys actually came up as a lark…. as in “Damn, this site has literally everything you can imagine….. I wonder if?” Yup. Thousands of different choices too.

      • Mojeaux

        I really canā€™t imagine trying to explain what i do for a living in that event.

        “Importer.”

      • RAHeinlein

        “…in business, just business, the way men are.”

    • Lackadaisical

      I thought we got rid of hereditary chiefs… oh wait, Canada.

  12. cyto

    Interesting seeing those shots of your course. Lots of stuff along the greenway next to water.

    I’m in South Florida. There are canals everywhere. Canals to drain water. Canals to bring water in. Canals to just have water around your neighborhood. Big fake ponds in parks. And all of the disk golf courses I know of around here traverse the area alongside the water. They might weave back and forth across the right of way along the road too, but they spend most of their distance near the water.

    My brother’s family is in Charlotte. We went for a hike and geocaching trip along the river. There was a disk golf course woven among the right of way and along the river bank.

    So, noticing that theme…. I’m thinking that the disk manufacturers are the sponsors of these courses…. and they specify that they be placed along water so that you can lose a requisite number of disks over the course of years.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I have thrown into the River 3 times so far, and go them back, but the truth is, they wear out, do t abuse and general grinding, so either way, it’s a built in market,

    • Fourscore

      So, contributing to more plastic pollution for the sea cows. I wish Greta was here to remind you (in no uncertain terms) to play your games in the interstate median.

      • cyto

        Double plus funny!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I got them all back! I recycled, all Hail Saint Greta!

    • cyto

      That was a fantastic story. Saw a feature on him on the morning news show earlier this week.

      My big take home… the NHL has emergency goalies. In case the goalies on the team can’t go, they can call in the emergency replacement for the local franchise and he plays for whichever team needs him. Blew me away that such a thing existed.

      • Tundra

        A great story and yet another reason hockey is the best of all.

      • Private Chipperbot

        It’s really neat, and of course, the NHL if now looking to change it.

      • Tundra

        Brian fucking Burke was whining about it.

        Dumb son of a bitch said it was ’embarrassing’.

        No, stupid, it’s the best PR you could ever get.

      • Gustave Lytton

        No kidding! Casual fan here and unaware of many of the things of hockey like that, and totally love it. The one thing pro sports really needs is connections to ordinary (or extraordinary but not pro) people.

        Now back to leering at the Avs Ice Girls. No wait, they’ve been replaced with a coed Ice Patrol. Eff me… stupid dumb fucks.

      • Jarflax

        How stupid do you have to be to think that was bad publicity? I don’t even watch hockey and I thought it was an awesome story

      • Jarflax

        That might be the most punchable face on Earth, is he Bannon’s brother?

      • hayeksplosives

        Blackhawks had to that when Corey Crawford had an emergency appendectomy when the team was already in Nashville.

        I donā€™t think the goalie,who was some sort of Predators equipment manager, had to play long, but he loved his quickly stitched jersey of the rival Hawks.

      • Tundra

        Scott Foster

        Another great story. Stoned the Jets!

      • Crusty Juggler

        Mott the Hoople > Stoned the Jets

      • cyto

        No, Queen was the opening act for Mott the Hoople. I’m not sure who opened for Stoned the Jets.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Still not tired of reading about the guy! Thanks Pvt CB!

      • Tundra

        Or his wife. She’s a trooper.

      • Gustave Lytton

        I was trying not to be creepy!

  13. Crusty Juggler

    As far as I can tell this is real.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio And Billy Idol Declare ‘War On Idling’

    Pledging to “declare war on idling,” Mayor Bill de Blasio has enlisted the help of Billy Idol to force drivers to cut their engines while parked ā€” or risk disappointing the legendary English punk.

    A new city-funded awareness campaign ā€” less a rebel yell than a municipal murmur ā€” will stress the environmental and health impacts posed by illegal idling. The message will be delivered through new billboards, gas station TV ads, and a website, all centered around that Idle/Idol thing.

    The singer himself was on hand for the kick-off, happily posing next to massive signs and various merchandise affirming that “Billy Never Idles” (well, maybe not never).

    “Yeah, itā€™s a fun play on my name,” the Los Angeles resident offered, when asked how exactly he’d come to be here, standing outside New York’s City Hall, hamming it up with elected officials, cops, and local reporters

    De Blasio also painted himself as an anti-idling evangelical, explaining how he frequently directs his security team to force drivers to cut their engines. “Idling is just stupid. We all do it but we donā€™t need to,” explained the mayor. “Iā€™m obsessive [about idling]. Like all the blanking time. This is like a real thing for me.”

    The new initiative, which will cost $1 million, follows the City Council’s 2018 expansion of a law that deputizes New Yorkers to report idling commercial vehicles and collect a quarter of the fine. A vehicle is considered to be idling illegally after three minutes, except for outside hospitals and schools, where it’s one minute.

    Some 5,000 violations have been issued for idling in the last 12 months, according to city officials, and those who report scofflaw behavior have earned $387,000.

    Earned.

    • cyto

      good lord. So much awful in such a short span.

      Plus…. don’t diesel drivers idle their engines for a reason? A bunch of those guys are independent owner/operators, so the fuel cost is coming right out of their pocket. Surely they wouldn’t be wasting cash for no reason at all.

      • Crusty Juggler

        Do NOT get me started on regens, girlfriend.

      • cyto

        Apparently you need FuelOX. I know this because I had to google regens and their product was first in line.

      • Winston

        So much awful in such a short span.

        City air will make us free.

        New York Republicans suck so New York Dems must be better, right?

      • Crusty Juggler

        Quick, name a New York republican!

      • Winston

        Trump?

        The three Republicans on City Council and the Staten Island Borough president?

      • Heroic Mulatto

        That piece of shit Peter King should have been the first name on your lips.

      • Rhywun

        We seem to be mixing NYC and NYS. Peter King is not a city politician, FWIW.

      • Heroic Mulatto

        Ok. But what I want to reiterate is that Peter King is a massive piece of shit.

      • MikeS

        You just hate him because he’s white. Don’t you? SMH

        Also, he’s a massive piece of shit.

      • Gustave Lytton

        That’s Peter King (R-IRA).

      • Rhywun

        Yes.

      • Winston

        *registered Libertarians*

      • Lackadaisical

        Collins, but he was recently convicted…

      • MikeS

        Fiorello H. La Guardia

    • Gustave Lytton

      ? “We didn’t start the car…”

      Oh, sorry. Wrong Billy.

    • Francisco d'Anconia

      illegal idling

      In Germany, the wife pulled over to look at a map. Some guy reached in her car and turned off the ignition. “Verboten!”

      • Lackadaisical

        Jesus, did she punch him in his nuts?

        I can’t imagine someone reaching into my car.

      • Francisco d'Anconia

        I’m just glad I wasn’t there. I’d likely be in one of their camps.

      • UnCivilServant

        That’s too mild a response. Grab the arm, spash their face into the roof several times, then roll up the window and drag them along the pavement until they’re naught but a red smear.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      The whole point of this is to increase wear-and-tear on cars, thus making them more expensive to own. Therefore, as the cost goes up, more and more people will be voluntarily giving up their cars, and voila‘! No outright car bans, and Mother Gaia is saved!

      Of course, it’ll take too long, and they’ll just have to outright ban IC engine vehicles.

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      I rented a car in Aruba with that stupid auto-stop-start feature. Since this was a Chevy made in South America it, of course, stopped at a red light at a major intersection then never restarted.

      That was a bad time to find out that my cell phone didn’t work in Aruba.

      Arubans are friendly, though, and a nice fellow helped me push it off the road then call the rental company. After they drove me back to the rental counter at the airport, the first thing the nice lady showed me on the replacement was “how to turn off that stupid auto-stop feature – I hate that”.

    • Ted S.

      That’s not much of a rebel yell.

    • Rhywun

      Zing! ?

    • Lackadaisical

      y my pp hard?

      • Spudalicious

        Jordi’s v-neck.

      • MikeS

        I think it was the 2 on #1

      • Rhywun

        Yeah, he’s sporting a nice cleavage there.

  14. Winston

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/27/heathrow-third-runway-cop26

    It is difficult to overstate the significance of this decision. Heathrow airport is a bastion of the global fossil fuel economy, so the symbolism alone of this defeat will resonate loudly around the world, giving courage to the movement fighting for a livable future ā€“ while striking fear in the hearts of the corporate fossil interests still determined to profit while the planet burns. It also sends a clear and timely message in advance of the UK hosting the most important UN climate summit since Paris, Cop26: Britain is prepared to lead the world in tackling the climate crisis. Scrapping Heathrow expansion is a surprise gift to climate diplomacy.

    But the mechanics of this decision could be even more important for the climate struggle. A British court has ruled, quite sensibly, that domestic policy decisions must be assessed against their impact on the UKā€™s ability to fulfil commitments under the Paris Agreement. The British judicial system remains incredibly influential globally, with courts around the world modelled on our own, so this means any high-carbon infrastructure project ā€“ from motorways to fracking wells to coal-fired power plants ā€“ could potentially now be blocked as unlawful in any of the 195 countries that are signatories to the Paris Agreement.

    New avenue for judicial activism. Waiting for courts to have to adjudicate every economic decision to see if it is green.

    This is what the Dems hope for you guys…

    • Rhywun

      Meh, we already have that.

  15. whiz

    Nice article and pics, Yusef.

    I love disc golf, but it’s amazing the different ways you can lose a disc. My favorite (?) was the time on a very windy day that my disc got caught in the wind, went out of bounds over the adjoining railroad tracks. At least I thought it went over. When the train that was parked there left, no disc was to be found, and I decided that the disc was on its way to Colorado (I am in Iowa).

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I was close to a 200′ cliff yesterday, but nothing interstate yet, it’s fun and takes my mind off of, things…….

  16. Crusty Juggler

    Rock critics and music snobs are wrong about Kiss

    Theyā€™re just a simple, fun rock band. Their big songs and singalong choruses get directly to the spirit of rock nā€™ roll.

    The problem for snobby critics and fans is Kissā€™ image. Everything is extravagant, from their clothes to their stage presentation to their music. All that is off-putting to people who take themselves too seriously.

    Who they are is completely transparent. They are the most unapologetic band in rock history. Again, critics and music snobs who take themselves too seriously canā€™t handle it, but thatā€™s their problem.

    Ironically, the problem with snobby critics is that they have an image that they are forced to keep up, an image that doesnā€™t even allow them to consider liking Kiss, whether they would or not. Their free will has been taken away from them in a very real way.

    Because they want to be seen as ā€œseriousā€ they prop up okay bands that are artsy (like the Talking Heads) and even some whose music is mostly objectively bad (the Velvet Underground) to keep that image. In that context, they have to hate Kiss.

    Fortunately, we arenā€™t rock critics and music snobs, right? So we can love Kiss.

    And we do.

    Kiss is the Trump of rock.

    • cyto

      I was never a fan of KISS. Not quite old enough when they were huge, and too old very quickly after that. Basically, you needed to be 14 when they hit their peak.

      But then I saw Gene Simmons on “School of Rock” and I completely changed my mind about them. He talked about what a Rock band is, and about what a front man does. (hint – being a good singer is not the main requirement). He talked about entertainment, and designing a band and performance to entertain people and therefore earn money. I had an entirely new respect for them.

      Then, years later, I saw the interviews about their early days with Rush opening for them. Again, Gene Simmons trying to explain to Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson about how being a rock star means they can go out and party and get laid in a different city every night…. much to his consternation.

      He’s a pretty funny dude who really understands working hard to earn a living. Which is not what I thought being a rock star was all about. So thanks for teaching me that, Gene.

      • Chafed

        Simmons is an arrogant ass. But he has a tremendous work ethic.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      KISS is exactly what Rock and Roll is, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll,
      /Stones did it First, Hail Mick!

    • Winston

      Sorry can’t you hear over the Old Men Yelling at Clouds and how Back in Their Day They Listened to Real Music.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Kids these days….

    • l0b0t

      They are the most unapologetic band in rock history.

      GG Allin pauses while simultaneously singing, smearing shit on his chest, and braining an audience member with his microphone to point and laugh at the old men in the monster makeup.

      • Rhywun

        I must be an old fart because IDGAF about all that “image” shit. I even prefer singers that can sing.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Who?

      • Lackadaisical

        Bite it, you scum.

      • Lackadaisical

        NO but really,

        I thought he was a gamer turned musician. GG Allin = Good Game, All In?

        Used to say that shit online all the time when doing something stupid/heroic if it worked.

      • Chafed

        Is that the guy who committed suicide? Possibly on stage?

      • l0b0t

        That was his plan, but he overdosed a few months before the show. Fun Fact – I once saw him and his band Murder Junkies (with J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. on guitar) at the RC Bridge Club/Lounge in New Orleans back in 1988 at a show billed as Fifteen Bands For $15!. Allin was very much an aggressive derelict set to music.

    • Ted S.

      Ironically, the problem with snobby critics

      Just as snobby as the people who start shrieking when somebody not sufficiently “rock” is mentioned in conjunction with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

  17. Gustave Lytton

    I saw a hand lettered “Greta for President” on the back of a car today.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Of the Glee Club?

  18. Winston

    What is worse: Coronavirus, Global Warming or Bernie Sanders?

    • MikeS

      Your mom.

      • Lackadaisical

        Nah, she’s a nice lady.

        I say Sanders.

      • Chafed

        At least you get what you pay for with Winston’s Mom.

    • Mojeaux

      Sanders.

  19. MikeS

    Thanks for the intro, Yusef. I’ve thought about trying disc golf for years, but have just never given it a go. Now that you’ve been playing for a while, is there a starter set you’d recommend?

    Also: egassem terces eht tog I ?

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Innovais agood starting point, but the companies sell light discs for starter packs, Try this, all Amazon
      Aviar Putter, 170 grams or so,
      Wombat 3 Midrange, 170 or so,
      Mvp Relay, 170 or so
      that will get you a real good start

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Innova is a good starting point, I’m drunk, again,

      • MikeS

        ?

        Thanks, dude! I’ll check them out and hopefully get out and give it a try this summer. If I really get into it, I could even set-up a 9 (maybe 18) in my yard. Which would be tits.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I only have one Basket, but it helps a bunch, a private 9 would be awesome, my buddy Ken’s is like Beer thirty all day long!

  20. Winston

    https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/30/what-could-finally-stir-me-to-communism-watching-made-in-chelsea-

    Perhaps because of my torment at involuntarily catching long snatches of Made In Chelsea, small communist leanings I didnā€™t know lay within me rose to the surface. On a sightseeing bus tour (I love those, but thatā€™s another story) our guide pointed out a huge Coca-Cola logo structure atop some hulking, sulking building in the old East Berlin.

    This, we were told with some pride, was the first bit of proper western advertising to be visited upon the newly liberated east Germans. Coca-Cola? Honestly, is that the best the west could show them, an attractively packaged but incredibly sugary drink?

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Their joy must have been unbridled. If only they had known, too, that one day it would also be possible ā€“ without a knock on the door from the thought police ā€“ to lie in their beds watching absurdly privileged toffs talking tosh for hours on end.

      Just imagine how they feel about taking the time to read some holier-than-thou prick navel-gazing and getting his authoritarianism on.

  21. Lackadaisical

    I think I’ve only played once, but it was fun.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Think? you were just drunk, I was….

      • Lackadaisical

        uh, yes?

  22. Aus

    Looking for new things to watch; youtube, movies, or a series, etc. Send recommendations please.

    I only have amazon prime, but the lady has pretty much all the streaming services!

    • Mojeaux

      Amazon Prime: “The Boys,” “Red Oaks,” “Dead Like Me,” “Neverland.”

      I have a bunch of stuff on my watch list that looked interesting, but I can’t vouch for them. I’ve already bailed on 2 series that were eye-rollalicious.

    • Crusty Juggler

      I second “The Boys”

      “The Americans” is on Prime and it is excellent

      “Patriot” is on Amazon – the tv show Patriot…best evs.

      Fernwood 2 Night

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        ā€œPatriotā€ is on Amazon ā€“ the tv show Patriotā€¦best evs.

        This is the correct answer.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        This is the correct answer.

        This is the correct response.

        Seriously, Aus–you gots to watch it.

        /I think all 3 of us Patriot fans have spoken

      • Bobarian LMD

        If you get Epix, Perpetual Grace Ltd is by the same people with a lot of the same players doing different shit.

        There is a trailer at the end of the article.

        It is awesome.

      • Mojeaux

        “The Boys” was done by the same people who did “Preacher,” and I loved “Preacher.”

        I really really love weird shit like that.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Just finished Magic City (Starz). Pretty good story over the two seasons. Lots of skin.

      Treadstone held me through about 3/4 till I lost interest.

      Amazon
      Thriller
      Ray Bradbury Theater
      Mr Whicher
      Danger Man (AKA Secret Agent)

    • Aus

      Thanks for the suggestions so far, adding to my lists. And thanks in advance to anyone else that adds something.

      • PudPaisley

        Listen to the Crusty Juggler. Patriot is great.

    • Playa Manhattan

      I’m just about to watch I Love You, Now Die on HBO GO. IIRC, Reason covered the story way back, and there was a spirited discussion about culpability.

    • l0b0t

      May not be your cup of tea, but my kids were watching Infinity Train and it sucked me right in. I found it well written, rather deep and intense.
      I’m 2 episodes in to a binge of Hill Street Blues. It’s holding up quite nicely.

  23. Bobarian LMD

    I’ve always wanted to try this. I used to play the shit out of Ultimate, so I had a lot of throwing ability.

    Ultimate is way too much running for my old ass and broken knees.

    Think there is a course over in the next town, but I’ve never pulled the trigger.

    This might motivate me to try.

    Good article.

  24. DenverJ

    Looks like fun- thanks for the article.
    The Past, Present, and Future walked into a bar together. It was tense.

    • Gustave Lytton

      That was very imperfect.

      • DenverJ

        *bows*

      • DenverJ

        You know, a good farmer really is a man out standing in his field.

      • Gustave Lytton

        So’s my dog!

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        An older gent, who owned a nice parcel of country-side, was sitting out on his porch, enjoying the late morning air. He began to hear the sound of an approaching pick-up, which surprised him, as it was a very rural area, and the closest people around him were still quite a distance away.

        As the pickup approached, the unfamiliarity of it caused him to wonder if the person was lot. Soon enough, the truck pulls in to his driveway, and a man confidently exits the vehicle. As the farmer rises to his fee, he quickly gauges the man to be of higher means than would typically be seen in the country. Even the man’s “work clothes” hinted at money. With a big grin on his face, the stranger spoke.

        “Howdy! I’m your new neighbor from up the road aways. I just wanted to come by, introduce myself, and invite you to a shindig I’m throwin’ at my house this weekend!”

        The farmer, not exactly sure what to make of the rather loud brashness, nonetheless returned the mans smile.

        “Good monin’ to you, too. A ‘shindig’ you say?”
        “Oh yeah! It’s gonna be great! There’s gonna be eatin, drinkin’, fightin’ and, fuckin’! And, I wanted to come by, and personally invite ya!”

        The farmer chuckled slightly
        “Well, that sounds a might nice. Do I need to bring anything?”
        “Oh, nosiree! I’m takin’ care of it all!”

        The farmer chuckled a bit more–mostly, at the enthusiasm of this new ‘neighbor’.
        “Well, alrighty, then. Uh, do I need to get dressed up?”, the farmer asked, as he made a pull at his shirt. The neighbor’s expression changed somewhat, to one of reassurance.
        “Oh, no; it’s just gonna be the two of us.”

      • DenverJ

        I larfed

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        But, have you LARPed?

  25. MikeS

    I’ve been hearing this recording of this song for my entire life (almost 48 years and counting) and I still love it.

    • Rhywun

      Same.

    • DenverJ

      Damn straight. Best version there is. The one a much younger me learned, and in doing so, learned a lot about chord structure and arpeggio guitar

    • Chafed

      I thought this was going to be something lame but you’re right. Watching the bass player strumming and, I think, playing chords was unusual. He’s the proto-Lemmy.

  26. Yusef drives a Kia

    I have no life, so Imma gonna Fade out, get up and play 36 more holes, then get drunk, better than hiding in a house whining for loss,
    /Not dead yet!

  27. DenverJ

    Damn straight. Best version there is. The one a much younger me learned, and in doing so, learned a lot about chord structure and arpeggio guitar.

    • DenverJ

      Supposed to be a reply to Mike’s gonna copypasta to there

    • Chafed

      I like your stand-alone version. You’re obviously talking about how you masturbate.

      • DenverJ

        *wink*

      • Chafed

        First!

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        First come served, first served come?

  28. Yusef drives a Kia

    The bottom line, disc is about speed not power, slow is smooth, smooth is fast,

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      I’m truly shocked.

      Shocked that she didn’t skate.

      • Chafed

        It’s right out of The Wire. The corruption was well known and open. But it wasn’t the local DA or state AG that got her. It was the feds.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        FedGov/DoJ: Picking up local slack since 1908

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        The most depressing aspect of The Wire is that writer David Simon thinks it’s call for _more_ government.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        B-b-but…Black folk love the government! And, crime is a black issue, right?? I mean, did you hear about what was said to Mayor Pete?!

      • Chafed

        It’s amazing he’s gone in that direction.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Gone? If Whedon is any indication, very libertarian ideas can flow from very leftist assholes*.

        *sorry for the redundancy

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      So…an HC, Stern-like show?? What, is she gonna finally be able to openly have the porn stars, and various other sluts, come in and sit on her face, or….

      Sorry–I have to go be sick.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        I’ve not listened in many years, but I’m told Howard is rather woke these days.

      • Rhywun

        Hillary riding a Sybian doesn’t do it for you?

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK!! ?????

      • Chafed

        Jesus Christ. That’s the worst thing anyone has written on this site. I’m including everything by SugarFree and FOS’ racist comment.

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      Not so happy – we all died, remember?

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        You laugh, but, my mother has no internet!!

        She also doesn’t have a computer, nor could she use one if she did.

      • Chafed

        I forgot. I’m so sorry.

  29. Yusef drives a Kia

    Good Night Mein Froinds! i’m out!!

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      BERT issued demands to the administration in the wake of the two incidents, the paper said: …A multicultural student center for marginalized student groups with an office, study and meeting spaces, multimedia lab, computer lab, auditorium ā€” and a Popeyes restaurant.

      That’ll soothe the racism…???

    • Chafed

      It’s unbelievable. These kids need to toughen up. The world can be a rough place.

  30. CPRM

    Stupid me, got in trouble at work because I thought if you were relaying a complaint about a customer’s language you should you know, relay the words the customer used. Nope, vagueness in language or you get a talkin’ to. Fine, I won’t relay that kind of stuff then.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Hey–just be glad this wasn’t at OU!

      • Chafed

        Exactly

      • Gustave Lytton

        Or Papa Johns.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Bravo!

    • CPRM

      I can dig on that, as long as they get rid of all the useless toys like dolls and ponys and only have toy guns, robots, action figures and such. Of course I raised my niece by telling her it was ok to like the same toys as boys, and now she’s on trans train; so maybe I should just enforce strict gender roles for toys when the kids come play. NO, YOU’RE A GIRL, YOU DON’T GET TO PLAY WITH THE THUNDERCATS!

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        PLAY WITH THE THUNDERCATS

        I sense this could be a terrific euphemism.
        ???

      • CPRM

        I’d let Cheetarah scratch my post, if you know what I mean. *wink wink**nudge nudge*

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        OW, MY BALLS DICK!!

        That sounds far worse than a nut shot.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        “Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats Hooooooooo!”

        Mantra of children’s show or CPRM’s orgasmic cry?

    • Chafed

      I hate my state legislature.

  31. CPRM

    Huh, Patreon notified me Jarflax upgraded via e-mail. Never did that for Mike S. and Digby is still listed as Hair level on Patreon even though he’s now in the Donald level. I don’t know how people with bigger accounts keep track, seems to be lots of glitches, maybe because I’m too small and they don’t care?

    PS, Digs, send you an electronic envoy.

    • Chafed

      A full time job and extra Patreon money. Look at Mr. Monrybags over here. Hey everyone! Drinks are on CPRM.

      • CPRM

        After tonight’s incident, I’m happy buying a round after I get my first paycheck tomorrow. Just meet me at the bar here. No not that one, one of the other 6 in my town of 500.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Geeze, Gustave–on fire tonight.

      • Gustave Lytton

        #insert clip of Iranian minister mopping brow with a cloth

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        I’m laughing at the idea of crossing an Iranian cleric with a Black, southern preacher, getting hot up on the pulpit/stage…

        “Heh! Heh! Praise Allah!”

      • CPRM

        I observe the no meat, but I don’t give anything up anymore, because I don’t have many vices. And the one’s I have Jesus can pry from cold alive hands.

      • CPRM

        I mean, I’m the guy that says gosh darnit and jasper crimony, doesn’t care for sweets and only drinks soda when I go out to eat. Sure I drink and vape, but ain’t nothin wrong with that in the eyes of the lord. (planned to link to Del Amitri: Some Other Sucker’s Parade, but youtube hasn’t been loading for me today).

      • Gustave Lytton

        Didn’t mean as you personally. Just reminds me of the mix of cafeteria Catholicism and my 8 year old smart ass I’ll figure out a loop hole to do what I want self.

      • CPRM

        No, I got the joke, just felt like making a statement that at this point I’m not super churchy, even though I abide by the faith for the most part.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Responded

      • CPRM

        Responded to the response in response to you responding.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        What a coincidence–#MeToo!

  32. Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

    To all the northern glibs–Screw Damnation Alley!

  33. CPRM

    Have I been like shadow-banned from youtube!? I haven’t been able to access it for like 12.5 hours. Or maybe my internet service sucks. But I bet it is the repeal of Net Neutrality. We all gonna die!

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Well, I can access your YT page without issue, so….I have no answer.

  34. Gustave Lytton

    https://youtu.be/z4IuKjC6zNw

    Hauptfeldwebel Peltzer continues to push all of the right buttons.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      That is the lady, correct?

      She’s not as…..robust, as I would prefer think.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Ja!

        The good news is there are lots of robust frƤuleins in the Germany and elsewhere.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        My genetics agree with that.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Lots of Chinee, eh? Watch out the corona don’t get ya.

      • CPRM

        Our asians are mostly Hmong or ones that crossed over the Bearing land bridge.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal
      • CPRM

        Gran Torino was very identified with around here, yes. After my dad was wheel chair bound that and Flags of Our Fathers were the only movies he went to see in theaters. He enjoyed them both.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        I thoroughly enjoyed GT. Too bad the boy started trashing it as he got older.

        Little bastard ingrate…

      • CPRM

        And, with my fondness for asian ladies, I tried to get with a Hmong women, but they like to stick with their own kind. fucking racists.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Well, we saw what happened to her and sticking with their own kind…

        That part of the movie makes my finding her attractive that much more difficult.

      • CPRM

        Whether we’re talking about girls identifying as boys or vice versa or racism or some such. I just remember this one black lady friend I had. When we hung out together it we talked about slipknot, the smurfs and skateboarding, but as soon another black person was around her accent changed and all she talked about was ‘black’ things. People be weird yo.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        #Word

      • Gustave Lytton

        Honey brunette with blue eyes. I’d run up a white flag.

  35. CPRM

    Tomorrow, my first payday in 3 months. I hope the money is deposited before I have to go in, it’ll make the shift so much better, and no I will not relay anymore complaints about customer language.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      You’ll keep your mouth shut about other people opening theirs, buddy!

      • CPRM

        “We need to know everything that goes on in this building. But, if you learn of something happening involving derogatory language, use as vague of language as you can to pass along the information so we have no idea what actually happened.”

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        We need to get you a “Get woke, go broke” shirt…or, even a piece of flair with that on it. ‘Cause, that sounds like some serious Evergreen College/OU bullshit*.

        *regardless of whether those are their words, or, your paraphrase

      • CPRM

        Yeah, I’m paraphrasing. It is our LITERAL job to know everything that goes on. An employee relays this anecdote to me while I’m on break. I come back from break and quote what she said a customer said. And I get reprimanded for vulgar language. Like I said, fine I won’t relay that information anymore.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Sounds like every ethics and compliance office I’ve seen.

  36. Gustave Lytton

    Stupid google morons. ‘I know! YouTube isn’t broken, let’s make the desktop version ape the app with shitty app controls with lots of crap ehind the scenes that will break!’ ‘great idea, make it happen!’

    • CPRM

      Is that why the outage is happening? Forcing mobile code onto the website?

      • Gustave Lytton

        No idea. Saw a banner about the “old” version was going away and preview the new one. Insta-verdict: it’s crap and unnecessary for watching cat videos

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Weird–the version I’ve got seems the same it’s been for a while now.

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Google: Too Big to Think.

    • CPRM

      I did notice the site was loading slower the last few days before it went down on me for me today.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        So, you want it to go…faster? Then, maybe slower (a bit)?

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        See, this is what you’ve been sleeping through when you take off ‘early’.

      • CPRM

        I’ve been on until 2am Merica time for the last two weeks, you Rushun bot!

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Try three YEARS, comrade!

      • CPRM

        Sorry! I didn’t have the WHITE privilege of a 40hr a week job before and had to keep in schedule with my elderly uncle that I was caring for until his death. Now next week we’ll start a total blackout. SAD. If you can hang on for the morning links, I’ll get home around 6:30am.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Hmmm….well, it’s not that I can’t, so much as I just don’t (usually). As it gets warmer, and I/we (royal and othrewise) get back into a more routine walking habit, it would be closer to 7:30 for me, if I start.

        Of course, you can always share your [REDACTED] stories via email.

        No, not those stories… Not, not them, either. You know–the [REDACTED] ones.

      • CPRM

        This is when I point out my Catholic privilege shame about celibacy. Hence why I don’t feel have many vices to give up for lent.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Let’s look to the Simpsons for guidance.

      • CPRM

        You forget already Youtube is down for me? You senile old coot.

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        I….w-………dammit.

      • CPRM

        In Wisconsin the sheep are celibate. The same can’t be said for the cows. the winter nights get cold.

      • Festus

        The Mulder glamour shot on his badge is the hilarious easter egg.

    • l0b0t

      While watching DerpTube on a television via the ROKU interface, but controlling it through the mobile application, one has the ability to add videos to a queue. That does not seem possible on the mobile application alone or via website viewing. It’s my favorite feature and I really wish they would implement it across all platforms.

  37. CPRM

    No Youtube so no documentary. Fight Club sleepy time DVD it is!

    • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

      Just watch on invidous, presuming you can access it. Which, it seems you can.

      Or, FC–not gonna dictate your viewing.

  38. Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

    So, is Festus OK? Haven’t seen him for a few days.

    Is straff around, or, wage-slaving it?

    Who else are we missing…?

    • RJD

      I’m lurking, as usual

      • l0b0t

        That’s a fine lookin’ kitteh in your avatar. Yours?

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        l0–you know better than to ask about someone’s pu-

        Cat. Someone’s cat….

      • RJD

        half kitty, half demon from hell

      • Lord Digby's Spirit Animal

        Great! Although, we aren’t missing you so much, now….

        šŸ˜‰

    • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

      I thought Festus had to go back to working for the Man and wasn’t going to be around as much.

      Straffs around in the US mornings.

      Haven’t seen TGA/Just Sayin in a while.

    • Festus

      Look below. I’ve been working later so don’t get home until about an hour before the morning linx.

  39. UnCivilServant

    I think I’m close to a mental break. I’m shouting at inanimate objects, easily irritated and angry a lot. Right now I feel nothing, but I don’t know where the rest of it comes from. I need to fix it before I shout at people.

    • The Hyperbole

      Iā€™m shouting at inanimate objects, easily irritated and angry a lot

      I’ve got bad news, sounds like you’re turning into me.

    • JD is Unemployed

      Oh that sounds like me and the weather last week. Remember that? Literally old man yells at cloud(s).

    • Festus

      You just need to don your “Happy Gloves” as described above. In all seriousness, sorry to hear that UCS. I’ve been swimming upstream for two weeks like a salmon or a spermatozoa but there won’t be any happy ending for Festus, just more of the same. I’m Sisyphus.

      • UnCivilServant

        I think if every time he reached the top of the hill, as the rock was rolling down the far side, Sisyphus scuffed the ground with his foot, he’d eventually end up with a spot level enough for the rock to stay put.

      • Festus

        That mythology is perverse enough so that if he attempted that gambit an eagle would swoop in and rip his balls off.

      • JD is Unemployed

        Morning LOL achieved. Thanks, Uncle F.

    • Sean

      People must like me yelling at them, otherwise they wouldn’t keep on doing stupid shit.

      • Festus

        Horn-honker, eh?

      • Sean

        *squints*

        Is that a euphemism?

      • Festus

        Nope

    • Festus

      I don’t lose it very often but I’m afraid that my default mode has become “Yosemite Sam grumble”.

      • UnCivilServant

        sasafrassing… rrggrrgr

      • Festus

        yep

  40. l0b0t

    At work last night, about 15 minutes before the store closed, a young man from the produce department was caught in the produce walk in, buggering a young man from the cashier/front end department. They were going at it hammer & tongs over a pallet of blueberries. The produce manager was called in and he came down spitting nails. They had to throw out a great deal of produce and I think they’re gonna pursue restitution for it from the lads.

    • JD is Unemployed

      Who gets busy in a chiller? Well, they do, apparently, but that seems less than ideal to me.

      • Tres Cool

        Shock-G (Humpty) once got busy in a Burger King bathroom….

      • Festus

        “Boo-Berry Crunch” takes on a whole new meaning!

    • Festus

      Thanks! I needed the laugh.

    • Sean

      Did they stop when discovered?

      Or was it a Kanye moment? I’m gonna let you finish kind of thing.

      • Festus

        Back in my time it was the supply closet. Kids these days… Mind you, I did work in a few restaurant kitchens and those were like Caligua meets Animal House meets Skinner Box.

      • Festus

        They were playing Roman Invasion and he was just daubing a little woad on his front.