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111. Hey, hey, hey. Now you're talking. We're on the same page. Good to know, panader0.

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 10:05 AM

Jul 2019

Btw, what's your favorite baseball movie? I discussed this on another thread with a poster who likes "Bull Durham" first and then "A League of Their Own." I responded that "Bull Durham" was good but I've sworn off Surandon since the 2016 campaign and my favorites now are "Major League" and the recent Jackie Robinson film.

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Popular things that, in fact, suck. [View all] Goodheart Jul 2019 OP

You're a brave person, Goodheart. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #1

LOL...incoming! Zoonart Jul 2019 #2

Actually.... the thing they all have in common is subtlety DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #142

And now WHY they suck, in brief Goodheart Jul 2019 #8

Hey! I haven't watched GOTs yet. I was going to binge. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #20

Read the books. Binge it anyway. yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #122

I agree with everything you said. Now, for some thumbs up. Funtatlaguy Jul 2019 #24

You're misinformed about jazz. Improvisation is its essence. Go to Youtube and listen to... brush Jul 2019 #69

LOL--When I saw jazz and baseball on the list panader0 Jul 2019 #109

Hey, hey, hey. Now you're talking. We're on the same page. Good to know, panader0. brush Jul 2019 #111

The Natural panader0 Jul 2019 #113

Cats n/t Shrek Jul 2019 #3

+1000 Sherman A1 Jul 2019 #6

spoken like someone qazplm135 Jul 2019 #10

Mine too. Plus, they clearly understand just about everything, but that red light. Hoyt Jul 2019 #36

My cat has not yet killed me in my sleep. He knows I know that. dameatball Jul 2019 #50

Oh no, my dog is using his DU account again! DBoon Jul 2019 #27

Here's what happened when my dog got on social media: iscooterliberally Jul 2019 #29

That pooch MUST know his/her place True Dough Jul 2019 #39

It wasn't like that at all. iscooterliberally Jul 2019 #141

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #89

They're coming to get you. nt zanana1 Jul 2019 #104

I agree with you on Sherman A1 Jul 2019 #4

I beg to differ (on some of those anyway) sandensea Jul 2019 #5

I agree with you about jazz. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #7

Country music The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #9

what about Doug? qazplm135 Jul 2019 #11

Doug, really. Limu Emu is actually just a CGI emu. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #13

the next thing you are going to tell me qazplm135 Jul 2019 #16

When I become president ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #15

Golf on the tee vee anyway. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #76

I agree with you about country music. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #81

I agree with all of those Rhiannon12866 Jul 2019 #103

I agree on all but GOT (at least the first five seasons) ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #12

I'm with you on the first three. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #84

It's really sort of a joke ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #96

agreed Skittles Jul 2019 #14

I am not so sure jazz is all that popular today. Sneederbunk Jul 2019 #17

Every Thursday night at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is Jazz night Goodheart Jul 2019 #18

Don't worry.You don't have to get it. Some of it goes over many peoples' head, some is more... brush Jul 2019 #67

Reality shows. nt zanana1 Jul 2019 #105

What does that mean? brush Jul 2019 #108

watch Ken Burns' "Jazz" series. You will discover wonders you never yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #120

Check out Melody Gardot or Susannah McCorkle GoneOffShore Jul 2019 #99

Or Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" panader0 Jul 2019 #110

If you have to ask about what jazz is, you'll never know. tymorial Jul 2019 #30

You got one of the four incorrect. broiles Jul 2019 #19

Hell No. No. Hell No. And...yes. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2019 #21

What I dislike about lists like this Cartoonist Jul 2019 #22

Disco has a danceable beat Goodheart Jul 2019 #25

Noted Cartoonist Jul 2019 #75

We once managed a disco. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #80

Professional golf Initech Jul 2019 #23

TENNIS!??? tymorial Jul 2019 #28

Tennis is at least more exciting than golf, I'll give it that! Initech Jul 2019 #38

I have played from since I was young enough to swing a racquet tymorial Jul 2019 #57

McEnroe, Edberg, Navratilova were joys to watch Goodheart Jul 2019 #59

Some were fun to watch. Navratilova vs Evert was always fun tymorial Jul 2019 #61

Definitely pro golf! True Dough Jul 2019 #42

Golf isn't just boring as hell ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #74

Jazz? tymorial Jul 2019 #26

No doubt! mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #32

I don't like the atonal jazz leftieNanner Jul 2019 #47

Contemporary elevator smooth jazz is meh. tymorial Jul 2019 #52

Four cards short of a straight and nothing that matches. gtar100 Jul 2019 #31

Is this jazz? Ptah Jul 2019 #33

It's "Big Band" jazz, a type of jazz smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #86

How about... pdxflyboy Jul 2019 #34

Poker. Automobiles. Television. Bacon. hunter Jul 2019 #35

I agree with poker, automobiles, television, and "football." Glorfindel Jul 2019 #71

only the last 2-ish seasons (have you read the books?) shanny Jul 2019 #37

I read the first 5 books leftieNanner Jul 2019 #48

there are only 5, Martin has never finished (2 more, supposedly) shanny Jul 2019 #66

Thanks for the info leftieNanner Jul 2019 #68

So-Called 'Reality TV' and almost anything that resembles it ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #40

I've never liked ANY of it. Goodheart Jul 2019 #45

Lol ... of course! mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #49

I'm with you there. Clash for me as well. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #83

My brother Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #129

😎 LakeArenal Jul 2019 #130

Without jazz, those bands would not sound the way they do. GoneOffShore Jul 2019 #137

Sports; everything, anything, anyone, anyplace! procon Jul 2019 #41

capitalism PETRUS Jul 2019 #43

*snort* Cal Carpenter Jul 2019 #44

Jazz is an aquired taste, I don't ever recall Jazz being 'Popular'. machI Jul 2019 #46

I mentioned Kind of Blue above ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #51

Well apparently you missed Maynard G Krebbs. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #85

It was America's popular music from 1935-45... First Speaker Jul 2019 #133

Huge pickup trucks and SUVs Ohiogal Jul 2019 #53

Diesel ones are the worst True Dough Jul 2019 #87

Stacks. Dumb. Beartracks Jul 2019 #102

Truly dumb. True Dough Jul 2019 #106

Sucks to be you. klook Jul 2019 #54

I'm wounded. stevil Jul 2019 #55

Dogs are the greatest things in the world! Goodheart Jul 2019 #56

At the gym Olafjoy Jul 2019 #58

None of that is popular! Goodheart Jul 2019 #60

fuck gyms Skittles Jul 2019 #65

Don't be dissing jazz oswaldactedalone Jul 2019 #62

Jazz? So bad United Airlines used it Duppers Jul 2019 #63

That's George Gershwin, who I love. It's orchestral jazz. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #91

Listed as one of the 100 Best Jazz Songs Duppers Jul 2019 #94

"Rhapsody in Blue" regularly makes the top 10 in our classical station's yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #121

I agree Duppers Jul 2019 #134

You're misinformed. Jazz definitely does not suck. It might be over the head of some though. brush Jul 2019 #64

I'm with you on the last three. Harker Jul 2019 #70

Uni Lunabell Jul 2019 #72

Hey now, I'll argue about those top 3. Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2019 #73

Facebook JDC Jul 2019 #77

Yup Blue Owl Jul 2019 #126

Other than GoT... tonedevil Jul 2019 #78

Well soccer is the most popular sport in the world JonLP24 Jul 2019 #101

I love jazz! smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #79

Kool retro. I dig it. brush Jul 2019 #82

Wow teach1st Jul 2019 #88

They're great, aren't they! smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #92

Too many classic recordings to dismiss jazz as sucky. John Fante Jul 2019 #90

Brave soul. I said something disparaging about bagpipe "music" the other day... EarnestPutz Jul 2019 #93

Republicans jmowreader Jul 2019 #95

Onions lunamagica Jul 2019 #97

I'll go with 1 and a 1/2 of those GoneOffShore Jul 2019 #98

I like soccer JonLP24 Jul 2019 #100

Rap, hip-hop and such Freddie Jul 2019 #107

I like jazz but I do not like 'scat' jazz and I hate Hip Hop yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #124

Someone above mentioned big-band jazz Freddie Jul 2019 #132

Vacuum Cleaners Major Nikon Jul 2019 #112

I like my Shark Rocket, for sure. :) Goodheart Jul 2019 #115

Tennis: Simona Halep doesn't suck. Goodheart Jul 2019 #114

Asparagus yewberry Jul 2019 #116

Star Wars. kairos12 Jul 2019 #117

Good one! Goodheart Jul 2019 #118

...... Hotler Jul 2019 #119

Dr Pepper Football reality TV and Kardashians yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #123

I disagree on the first three; I'm completely unfamiliar with the 3rd, although by osmosis... NNadir Jul 2019 #125

I'd have to agree with Heartstrings Jul 2019 #127

Friends, the show on NBC. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #128

suck on this juxtaposed Jul 2019 #131

That's ear bleed awful. Goodheart Jul 2019 #140

You've merely named four things you don't happen to like. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #135

Yeah, they do. Goodheart Jul 2019 #139

Except if you can actually perform these things. miyazaki Jul 2019 #136

Is this about to turn into the new kudzu thread? GoneOffShore Jul 2019 #138