Roy Porter Puns

Madness a brief history by Roy porter Urgently need a copy.

Who is your favorite former boxer commentator out of this poll and why? Mines is Timothy Bradley; because he is insightful and has a lot of enthusiasm.

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I know this is more of an off-season style post, but I figured it might help to take the pain off of the current reality of the team. What is your All-Time Blazers roster? List your coach, starting 5, 8 bench players (listed roughly in the order you would give them playing time). Rules:

• All players must have been signed with the Blazers for at least a year to qualify, but would compete at their prime levels (even if their best years were with another team).
• Coach must have coached the Trail Blazers before (assistant coaches/coaching staff are fine).
• Games are played with 2021 rules of the game and officiating. No hand checking, extended 3 point line, modern defensive schemes, etc.

Here's my roster. I won't claim to be an expert or basketball aficionado, so feel free to rip it apart:

Coach: Rick Adelman

Starting 5:

• Center: Bill Walton
• Power Forward: Lamarcus Aldridge
• Small Forward: Clyde Drexler
• Shooting Guard: Brandon Roy
• Point Guard: Damian Lillard

Bench:

1. Aryvdas Sabonis (C)
2. Rasheed Wallace (PF/C)
3. Scottie Pippen (SF)
4. Dražen Petrović (SG)
5. Terry Porter (PG)
6. Carmelo Anthony (SF/PF)
7. Cliff Robinson (PF/C)
8. CJ McCollum (SG)

Who do you got?

Edit: Swapped Rasheed and Cliff to 2 and 7 on the bench, respectively, because I got called out and Intelligent_Water524 is right.

As the title states "Which boxers share an unlikely resemblance in terms of styles"? We often compare contemporary boxers to their predecessors. As such it is not unlikely to make comparisons to their styles. We have heard countless comparisons of Tyson Fury to Ali or Dave Allen to Roy Jones Jr /s.

However, what about the other side of the coin? Comparison that will have people questioning you eyesight. These are boxers in which people will call you crazy for even thinking about mentioning a resemblance or are comparisons that are rarely made regarding them. Either way, these are boxers styles are so uncanny that when analysed it is impossible to be unseen.

Here's my list of delusion;

Juan Diaz and Teofimo Lopez- Lopez is a more athletic and slightly more polished version of Diaz

Terence Crawford and Juan Marquaz- Crawford is a switch hitting Marquaz

Shawn Porter and Joe Calzaghe and Chris Eubank Sr- Porter entering range and in-fighting, clinching and shot selection remind me of Calzaghe, whilst his footwork outside of range and exiting of exchanges reminds me of Chris Eubank Sr

Bonus: Shawn Porter, Joe Calzaghe and Josh Taylor have near identical in-and-out feints

What are yours?

I was curious to see who was the best player born on each day of the year. It turned out to be a bit more of a struggle than I thought it was going to be, so I decided to simply sort it by WAR. Does that mean that sometimes a better player got left off the list for a player who simply had a longer career? Absolutely. But WAR is a nice simple stat. So, here's the list!

January

• 1 – Tim Keefe
• 2 – Edgar Martinez
• 3 – A.J. Burnett
• 4 – Kris Bryant
• 5 – Bill Dahlen
• 6 – Early Wynn
• 7 – Johnny Mize
• 8 – Jason Giambi
• 9 – Stan Javier
• 10 – Willie McCovey
• 11 – Max Carey
• 12 – Bill Madlock
• 13 – Kevin Mitchell
• 14 – Sonny Siebert
• 15 – Bobby Grich
• 16 – Albert Pujols
• 17 – Darrell Porter
• 18 – Curt Flood
• 19 – John Matlack
• 20 – Brian Giles
• 21 – Mike Tiernan
• 22 – Amos Strunk
• 23 – Red Donahue
• 24 – José Quintana
• 25 – Danny Richardson
• 26 – George Blaeholder
• 27 – Bibb Falk
• 28 – Magglio Ordóñez
• 29 – Jason Schmidt
• 30 – Tony Mullane
• 31 – Nolan Ryan

February

• 1 – Paul Blair
• 2 – Wes Ferrell
• 3 – Fred Lynn
• 4 – Doug Fister
• 5 – Hank Aaron
• 6 – Babe Ruth
• 7 – Carney Lansford
• 8 – Dobie Moore
• 9 – Vladimir Guerrero
• 10 – Lance Berkman
• 11 – Jimmy Ryan
• 12 – Chet Lemon
• 13 – Sal Bando
• 14 – Pretzels Getzien
• 15 – Billy Hamilton
• 16 – Ben Sanders
• 17 – Wally Pipp
• 18 – Joe Gordon
• 19 – Dave Stewart
• 20 – Justin Verlander
• 21 – Alan Trammell
• 22 – Clarence Mitchell
• 23 – Ray Brown
• 24 – Honus Wagner
• 25 – Ron Santo
• 26 – Pete Alexander
• 27 – Johnny Pesky
• 28 – Terry Turner
• 29 – Al Rosen

March

• 1 – Paul Hines
• 2 – Mel Ott
• 3 – John Ward
• 4 – Dazzy Vance
• 5 – Sam Thompson
• 6 – Lefty Grove
• 7 – Jeff Kent
• 8 – Dick Allen
• 9 – Arky Vaughan
• 10 – John Briggs
• 11 – Bobby Abreu
• 12 – Jim Wynn
• 13 – Home Run Baker
• 14 – Kevin Brown
• 15 – Bobby Bonds
• 16 – Buddy Myer
• 17 – Charlie Root
• 18 – Dwayne Murphy
• 19 – Clayton Kershaw
• 20 – Joe McGinnity
• 21 – Manny Sanguillén
• 22 – Billy Goodman
• 23 – Mark Buehrle
• 24 – George Sisler
• 25 – Tom Glavine
• 26 – Kevin Seitzer
• 27 – Buster Posey
• 28 – Lon Warneke
• 29 – Cy Young
• 30 – Chris Sale
• 31 – Jack Stivetts

April

• 1 – Phil Niekro
• 2 – Luke Appling
• 3 – Guy Hecker
• 4 – Tris Speaker
• 5 – Bill Dinneen
• 6 – Bert Blyleven
• 7 – Adrián Beltré
• 8 – Gary Carter
• 9 – Doc White
• 10 – Ken Griffey Sr.
• 11 – Bret Saberhagen
• 12 – Vic Willis
• 13 – Lorenzo Cain
• 14 – Greg Maddux
• 15 – Willie Davis
• 16 – Paul Waner

Always thought that this would be a great matchup, who do you think would win?

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Howdy! Welcome to Day 23 of the r/indieheads Album of the Year 2021 Write-Up Series, our annual event where we showcase pieces from some of our favorite writers on the subreddit talking about their favorite records of the year! Today, we have u/AbeFroman1123 on Black Midi's Cavalcade.

May 28th, 2021 - Rough Trade

Background by u/AbeFroman1123:

black midi are a British experimental/post-punk/math rock band that formed in the mid-2010s in Croydon, a major suburb of London. Comprising Geordie Greep (vocals/guitar), Cameron Picton (bass/vocals), Morgan Simpson (percussion), and the currently-on-hiatus Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (guitar/vocals), the boys from black midi met while attending the BRIT School, known for producing talented musicians as diverse as King Krule and Adele. Following a residency at esteemed London venue The Windmill, word of the band’s frenetic live performances and unconventional tunes began to spread like wildfire, leading to a performance with legendary krautrocker Damo Suzuki and a feature on Seattle’s KEXP music network. A record deal with Rough Trade soon followed, along with a slew of hype-building singles, before finally, in June of 2019, the group released their seismic debut record. Schlagenheim was an immediate oddity, captivating listeners with Greep’s unusual vocal style and the chaotic virtuosity displayed in everyone’s performances. The album catapulted black midi to the forefront of the London indie scene, a position that has led to a steadily increasing global presence. Earlier this year the band announced that Kwasniewski-Kelvin would be taking a sabbatical to focus on his mental health, and that their highly anticipated sophomore album would be dropping in May. Preceded by a handful of left-field promotional singles and a string of performances with an expanded line-up (featuring Seth Evans on keys and Kaidi Akinnibi on saxophone), Cavalcade was released on May 26th, a few days before its announced release date. Mostly abandoning the noisy-yet-rhythmic post-punk of their debut, this album chooses instead to go in a…weirder direction.

Writeup by u/AbeFroman1123:

Prologue: Puh-LEASE, Mr. Post-Punk

black midi often gets grouped in with the post-punk scene, and for good reason. Schlagenheim borrowed heavily from the progenitors

26/30 rankers reporting this week. /R/NBA's Power Rankings are published every two weeks which is a bit different from most rankings. Other than that we rank the teams the same way as our competition. If write ups are left blank the team rep decided not to submit. We are still looking for Lakers and Pelicans reps. See their comment box in the table to apply. We encourage any user to fill in the blanks in the comment section. Rankings were supposed to be completed prior to today's games.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

This is part one of this list. This list is based off of accomplishments in the NBA (or ABA), not college or international leagues. Please let me know of any mistakes or if I missed something.

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Key:

AS - All-Star

AN - All-NBA, All-ABA, All-BAA

AD - All-Defensive

AR - All-Rookie

MVP - Most Valuable Player

FMVP- Finals Most Valuable Player

DPOY - Defensive Player of the Year

6MOY - Sixth Man of the Year

MIP- Most Improved Player

COTY - Coach of the Year

EOTY- Executive of the Year

ScrC - Points Leader

AstC - Assists Leader

RebC - Rebounds Leader

StlC - Steals Leader

BlkC - Blocks Leader

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Acadia University (1): Brian Heaney (1969-70) - 2.0/0.3/0.4 - 14 G

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Akron (4): Bill Turner (1967-1973) - 5.4/3.5/0.6 - 294 G

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Alabama (32): Latrell Sprewell (1992-2005) - 18.3/4.1/4.0 - 913 G - 4x AS, 1x AN, 1x AD, AR

Honorable Mentions: Antonio McDyess, Robert Horry, Mo Williams, Gerald Wallace

Active: JaMychal Green, Collin Sexton, Kira Lewis Jr, Herb Jones, Joshua Primo

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Alabama A&M (1): Mickell Gladness (2011-12) - 2.2/2.2/0.2 - 26 G

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Alabama at Birmingham (11): Elijah Millsap (2015-2017) - 4.2/2.8/1.1 - 69 G

Active: Nate Darling

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Alabama State (2): Kevin Loder (1981-84) - 5.9/2.3/1.2 - 148 G

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Alabama-Huntsville (1): Josh Magette (2017-20) - 2.2/1.0/2.4 - 26 G

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Albany State (5): Caldwell Jones (1973-1990) - 7.9/8.2/1.4 - 1299 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Wil Jones

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Albertson College of Idaho (1): Elgin Baylor (1958-72) - 27.4/13.5/4.3 - 846 G - HOF, 11x AS, 10x AN, ROY

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Alcorn State (6): Lindsey Hunter (1993-2010) - 8.5/2.2/2.7 - 937 G - 2x Champ, AR

Honorable Mention: Larry Smith

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Alliance College (1): Don Asmonga (1953-54) - 0.7/0.1/0.7 - 7 G

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American (2): Kermit Washington (1973-82, 1987) - 9.2/8.3/1.4 - 507 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Andre Ingram

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American International (1): Mario Elie (1990-2001) - 8.6/2.8/2.6 - 732 G - 3x Champ

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Appalachian State (1): Belus Smawley (1947-51) - 12.7/2.8/23 - 261 G

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Arizona (60): Gilbert Arenas (2001-12) - 20.7/3.9/5.3 - 552 G - 3x AS, 3x AN, MIP

Honorable Mentions: Andre Iguodala, Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Damon Stoudamire, Steve Kerr

Active: Deandre Ayton, Aaron Gordon, Josh Green, Solomon Hill, Andre Iguodala, Stanley Johnson, Lauri Markkanean, TJ McConnell, Zeke Nnaji

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Last September, Ukrainian boxing sensation Oleksandr Usyk went from former undisputed cruiserweight champion to capturing Anthony Joshua's 4 heavyweight belts. He did what many in the boxing world thought was impossible against the bigger and supposedly stronger man, turning the tables on Anthony Joshua and many of his doubters to become only the third person in history to go from cruiserweight to heavyweight champion. I'm Thomas 'Teekay' Kendell and welcome to my breakdown of Usyk's exceptional performance over Matchroom's flagship fighter and give some much deserved praise to a much more than average southpaw.

Oleksandr 'The Cat' Usyk

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk is one of the greatest fighters currently in boxing today. He possesses one of the greatest ever amateur records of 335 wins against just 15 defeats where he beat many top fighters such as Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Badou Jack, Shawn Porter and Artur Beterbiev. He was in Simferopol in the Crimean Oblast of Ukraine at that  time part of the Soviet Union. He was born on January 17th, the same day as his idol Muhammad Ali and often wears the number 17 'for luck'. A talented footballer, spent time at his local team Tavriya Simferopol before switching to boxing aged 15. After capturing a gold medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a light heavyweight and gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics both as a heavyweight, Usyk finally turned professional in 2013 aged 26 with high expectations of the outstanding amateur could achieve. He signed with K2 Promotions, the promotional company of former heavyweight world champion brothers Wladimir and Vitaliy Klitschko. After 4 modest opening fights, Usyk would win his first title, stopping Daniel Bruwer in the 7th round to win the WBO interim international title at cruiserweight before claiming the full title by his 6th fight. After 3 successful defences, Usyk would go on to beat undefeated champion Krzysztof Głowacki to win his first world title inside 10 pro fights, comfortably winning a unanimous points decision on Polish soil. After successful defences against Thabiso Mchunu and Michael Hunter, Usyk would take part in the World Boxing Super Series to determine the undisputed champion at cruiserweight. Usyk defeated Marco Huck in the quarter final before unifying in a closely fought bout with Mairis Breidis to win a razor close majority decision, with the judges just favouring Usyk's work rate over Breidis' harder p

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

Masterlist. Better Late than never? 21/30 completed. 16/21 were filled out prior to start of the season. 21/21 were filled out prior to last nights full slate of games. Predictions are fun to look at now and a great way to lock in the generally sentiment about teams early in the season. I recommend mobile users to open in your mobile browser (safari, chrome, etc.).

We will be looking for 6 new reps between now and next rankings on Mon 11/1, stay tuned: DET, LAL, MEM, NOP, SAC, and WAS

#WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS