Quarterly roundup of amusing comments/quips I encountered on Cyclone Fanatic, January-March, 2024.
If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add.
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Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and all that.
@BCClone: How many people met their S.O. through work? I did. If it wasn’t for a work acquaintance inviting me to a hot tub party on a Thursday night, I may have never met my wife.
@4theCYcle: A hot tub party on a Thursday night? Where the heck do you work?
What song, album, artist have you “outgrown”
@cydsho: I still like hair bands and early grunge. Only things I've outgrown are my pants.
What strange foods do you like?
@HoopsTournament: What foods/food combos do you like that others find strange?
@BoxsterCy: I am standing by to read how pedestrian my food choices are.
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@Mr Janny: Once, for a work potluck, I made marshmallow cereal squares with crushed flamin' hot Cheetos, instead of Rice Krispies. I did it mainly for the reaction, but some people ate them. And they weren't terrible.
@Angie: They WERE terrible.
2023-24 MBB computer projections thread
@Sigmapolis: The computer models look askance at losing a game by that many points.
@FarmClone (re “askance”): I swear I have to Google a word you type (that I think is a typo) once per week.
Friday OT: Yip-yip/mum-mum
(topic summary: What do you do for a living?)
@JM4CY: I'm convinced, with how I act on here, that if I reveal what I do for employment, it would blow people’s minds.
@Gonzo: Florist?
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@Pope: I hang out at The Vatican a lot. I have the best supervisor in the world. He loves everyone, except the Hawkeyes.
Hang their jerseys
(Nominee for Retro-Bump Award …. Thread launched Nov. 9, 2019 … these are notable bump-posts).
@CycloneErik: Our refusal to recognize our players is ridiculous.
@3TrueFans: Maybe they’re wearing disguises.
Official Kansas vs. iowa State game day thread
@Big Daddy Kang: My shirt is off!
@cyfanbr: What is this, amateur hour? My shirt and pants are off!!
Iowa State up to No. 12 in AP poll
@8bitnes: Any idea why Luke DeCock hasn't submitted the three most recent polls?
@jcyclonee: Sounds like a porn name.
@MeanDean: No, different first name: Lick.
Official Iowa State vs. Baylor game day thread
@ClonerJams (after game concluded): Oh well. Time to get stoned.
Call name for Momcilovic
@Nothingman: The only way I’m calling him anything other than Momcilovic is if we find a nickname even harder to pronounce than Momcilovic.
Cam Lard
@WesRuby: If @Sigmapolis wrote a book, I would read it. It'd be the first book I've ever read.
Official TCU vs. Iowa State game day thread (Feb. 10)
@CoachHines3: I love 2-and-0 weeks about as much as I love cocaine.
Please not #9!
@DSMCy: I’m not scared of #9. Now, if Gilbert comes out with gold tips …
@coolerifyoudid: ... led by TJ with a floor-length mink coat, walking cane with a 9-ball handle, blinged-out grill and sunglasses.
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@PizzaTheHutt: Come on guys, Salem witch trials were over 300 years ago. Evolve, LOL. If we are #9, it’ll be OK.
@coolerifyoudid: They're over?! What am I supposed to do with this pile of witches?
ISU-Houston Big Monday
@CycloneErik: Tuesday is one of the only days I don’t get up at 4. An 8 p.m. tip would be perfect for me.
@BCClone: How do you sleep until 4 p.m.?
Official #10 Iowa State vs. Cincinnati game day thread
@Thomasrickj: Are these announcers still all over Cincy? I’m watching Vanderpump with the girlfriend, so I have the game on my phone with no sound.
@madguy30: You’re doing what?
Iowa State is the new Press Virginia
@Cyched: T.J. needs to hit the booze and pepperoni rolls to get to Huggins’ level.
What game or event made you a Cyclone for life?
@SerenityNow: Went to my college visit to ISU the night the Cyclones beat Michigan in the ’86 tournament. Was at a house party watching it, woke up the next morning in a stranger’s house. Told my buddy, "I'm coming to school here.”
“Williams & Blum Wednesday” (Feb. 21)
@ChrisMWilliams (re: @brentblum glass-half-full outlook): I could have a heart attack right now, and Blum would say, “Well, you know, it’s probably best, because it was in that artery, and now the doctors can figure it out, and they’re gonna say you can have more heart attacks later.”
Friday OT: Don’t You Forget About Me
@Clonefan32: I could tell you where the 6th guy off the bench for the Pistons played college basketball, but I totally blanked on my son's birthday.
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@coolerifyoudid: I grew up in a world of associative memory, with no need for trivial things like dates. "Honey, what year did Paul get the 3020 stuck in the mud on the back-80 and ended up walking 3 miles home?" "It was the same year as Renee got married to that accountant she met in Sioux City."
Bracketology 2024
@NENick: I've read every page of this thread and find it highly informative. Some of you obviously understand the seeding and bracket assignments. Some of you don't have a clue. My problem is, I don't know which is which!
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@jdoggivjc: What universe are we living in where Palm has us as a 1 seed, and Seth Davis is defending that prediction?
***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***
@AlaCyclone: Fun fact: Final Four is in the same building where Alabama beat Clemson in the 2016 CFP championship game.
@alarson: I don't find that fact very fun at all.
Jamie Pollard Has us last 2 seed in his submission
@Cydkar: The committee did a crappy job. Move on … the tournament has started
@3TrueFans: You move on. I’m going to talk a while longer about how much Pollard sucks.
Dishon Jackson commits to Cyclones
@Cyforce: I’ve got a bit of what doctors call a “weight problem.”
@cymac2408: I went to a doctor who said I swallow a lot of aggression — along with a lot of pizzas.
Commercials That Need to Be Shot Into the Sun
@ImJustKCClone: And I am so sick of the full-body deodorants. I don't care if you want your balls to smell like your pits. Take a damn shower.
William Kyle III
@BDean4: Any word on William Kyle III from SDSU visiting Iowa State?
@JM4CY: Sounds like the name of an English bishop from the 17th century.
Illinois Matchup
@RezClone: We're 34 pages in and … CF actually has shown historical levels of restraint.
@GTO: Domask, don't tell.
MBB exit interviews
@ISUCubswin: I’ve heard T.J. challenges every player to an arm-wrestling contest. If you lose, he asks you to transfer.
Hell of a season
@Cupped: If this season were food, it was an awesome meal with a great appetizer, fantastic main course, sides and beverages … just wish the dessert had turned out a little better.
@Gunnerclone: At the beginning of the season, I thought we would be eating at Chili’s.
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If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add.
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and all that.
- In case you missed it: Notable Posts Q4 2023
@BCClone: How many people met their S.O. through work? I did. If it wasn’t for a work acquaintance inviting me to a hot tub party on a Thursday night, I may have never met my wife.
@4theCYcle: A hot tub party on a Thursday night? Where the heck do you work?
What song, album, artist have you “outgrown”
@cydsho: I still like hair bands and early grunge. Only things I've outgrown are my pants.
What strange foods do you like?
@HoopsTournament: What foods/food combos do you like that others find strange?
@BoxsterCy: I am standing by to read how pedestrian my food choices are.
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@Mr Janny: Once, for a work potluck, I made marshmallow cereal squares with crushed flamin' hot Cheetos, instead of Rice Krispies. I did it mainly for the reaction, but some people ate them. And they weren't terrible.
@Angie: They WERE terrible.
2023-24 MBB computer projections thread
@Sigmapolis: The computer models look askance at losing a game by that many points.
@FarmClone (re “askance”): I swear I have to Google a word you type (that I think is a typo) once per week.
Friday OT: Yip-yip/mum-mum
(topic summary: What do you do for a living?)
@JM4CY: I'm convinced, with how I act on here, that if I reveal what I do for employment, it would blow people’s minds.
@Gonzo: Florist?
***
@Pope: I hang out at The Vatican a lot. I have the best supervisor in the world. He loves everyone, except the Hawkeyes.
Hang their jerseys
(Nominee for Retro-Bump Award …. Thread launched Nov. 9, 2019 … these are notable bump-posts).
@CycloneErik: Our refusal to recognize our players is ridiculous.
@3TrueFans: Maybe they’re wearing disguises.
Official Kansas vs. iowa State game day thread
@Big Daddy Kang: My shirt is off!
@cyfanbr: What is this, amateur hour? My shirt and pants are off!!
Iowa State up to No. 12 in AP poll
@8bitnes: Any idea why Luke DeCock hasn't submitted the three most recent polls?
@jcyclonee: Sounds like a porn name.
@MeanDean: No, different first name: Lick.
Official Iowa State vs. Baylor game day thread
@ClonerJams (after game concluded): Oh well. Time to get stoned.
Call name for Momcilovic
@Nothingman: The only way I’m calling him anything other than Momcilovic is if we find a nickname even harder to pronounce than Momcilovic.
Cam Lard
@WesRuby: If @Sigmapolis wrote a book, I would read it. It'd be the first book I've ever read.
Official TCU vs. Iowa State game day thread (Feb. 10)
@CoachHines3: I love 2-and-0 weeks about as much as I love cocaine.
Please not #9!
@DSMCy: I’m not scared of #9. Now, if Gilbert comes out with gold tips …
@coolerifyoudid: ... led by TJ with a floor-length mink coat, walking cane with a 9-ball handle, blinged-out grill and sunglasses.
***
@PizzaTheHutt: Come on guys, Salem witch trials were over 300 years ago. Evolve, LOL. If we are #9, it’ll be OK.
@coolerifyoudid: They're over?! What am I supposed to do with this pile of witches?
ISU-Houston Big Monday
@CycloneErik: Tuesday is one of the only days I don’t get up at 4. An 8 p.m. tip would be perfect for me.
@BCClone: How do you sleep until 4 p.m.?
Official #10 Iowa State vs. Cincinnati game day thread
@Thomasrickj: Are these announcers still all over Cincy? I’m watching Vanderpump with the girlfriend, so I have the game on my phone with no sound.
@madguy30: You’re doing what?
Iowa State is the new Press Virginia
@Cyched: T.J. needs to hit the booze and pepperoni rolls to get to Huggins’ level.
What game or event made you a Cyclone for life?
@SerenityNow: Went to my college visit to ISU the night the Cyclones beat Michigan in the ’86 tournament. Was at a house party watching it, woke up the next morning in a stranger’s house. Told my buddy, "I'm coming to school here.”
“Williams & Blum Wednesday” (Feb. 21)
@ChrisMWilliams (re: @brentblum glass-half-full outlook): I could have a heart attack right now, and Blum would say, “Well, you know, it’s probably best, because it was in that artery, and now the doctors can figure it out, and they’re gonna say you can have more heart attacks later.”
Friday OT: Don’t You Forget About Me
@Clonefan32: I could tell you where the 6th guy off the bench for the Pistons played college basketball, but I totally blanked on my son's birthday.
***
@coolerifyoudid: I grew up in a world of associative memory, with no need for trivial things like dates. "Honey, what year did Paul get the 3020 stuck in the mud on the back-80 and ended up walking 3 miles home?" "It was the same year as Renee got married to that accountant she met in Sioux City."
Bracketology 2024
@NENick: I've read every page of this thread and find it highly informative. Some of you obviously understand the seeding and bracket assignments. Some of you don't have a clue. My problem is, I don't know which is which!
***
@jdoggivjc: What universe are we living in where Palm has us as a 1 seed, and Seth Davis is defending that prediction?
***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***
@AlaCyclone: Fun fact: Final Four is in the same building where Alabama beat Clemson in the 2016 CFP championship game.
@alarson: I don't find that fact very fun at all.
Jamie Pollard Has us last 2 seed in his submission
@Cydkar: The committee did a crappy job. Move on … the tournament has started
@3TrueFans: You move on. I’m going to talk a while longer about how much Pollard sucks.
Dishon Jackson commits to Cyclones
@Cyforce: I’ve got a bit of what doctors call a “weight problem.”
@cymac2408: I went to a doctor who said I swallow a lot of aggression — along with a lot of pizzas.
Commercials That Need to Be Shot Into the Sun
@ImJustKCClone: And I am so sick of the full-body deodorants. I don't care if you want your balls to smell like your pits. Take a damn shower.
William Kyle III
@BDean4: Any word on William Kyle III from SDSU visiting Iowa State?
@JM4CY: Sounds like the name of an English bishop from the 17th century.
Illinois Matchup
@RezClone: We're 34 pages in and … CF actually has shown historical levels of restraint.
@GTO: Domask, don't tell.
MBB exit interviews
@ISUCubswin: I’ve heard T.J. challenges every player to an arm-wrestling contest. If you lose, he asks you to transfer.
Hell of a season
@Cupped: If this season were food, it was an awesome meal with a great appetizer, fantastic main course, sides and beverages … just wish the dessert had turned out a little better.
@Gunnerclone: At the beginning of the season, I thought we would be eating at Chili’s.
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