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Daily RCMB Fail Thread

A planned sparty invasion is taking place over at RCMB. And it is taking place on Dark Blues web page:

"Let's Dominate This Walmart Shopper's Poll...


Saw this link-backed on the Limerick thread. I'm sure there are only about 3 regular readers of this blog so we should be able to dominate the poll. Yeah yeah we're gonna give this doosher traffic but it's Michigan week and we need to be excellent in all phases of the internetz this week.

It's on the right side of this page:

MM: Hate Week Thinks that Greg Jones can Suck It    "


http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/msu-red-cedar-message-board/467961-lets-dominate-walmart-shoppers-poll.html

And we're now winning. We need full domination though....

With only 14 scUM votes this will soon be dominated

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:35 AM | That is Shredder's Blog (Score:1)
CRex
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Protect the MSPAINT!!!!!

*Well Shredder and Dark Blue and other people, but Shredder made a MSPAINT of me, so he gets ownership in my book.

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:36 AM | way to spell Cedar wrong (Score:1)
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way to spell Cedar wrong

Edit: (lol thankfully someone changed it)

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:40 AM | there's a dude on the (Score:1)
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there's a dude on the annarbor.com threads with the name redceder1.  Say it with me now: if you can't get into college, go to state.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:37 AM | Typical MSU (Score:1)
phills39
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Have you noticed how many MSU fans are calling for their players to seriously take out d rob? I can't stand it, but then again, that's MSU for you. Stay classy East Lansing.

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:38 AM | It's their only hope. (Score:1)
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It's their only hope.

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:45 AM | Thug mentality (Score:1)
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The thug mentality in East Lansing is the norm. If you can't beat them, BEAT them.


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October 6th, 2010 at 12:32 PM | Kind of like... (Score:1)
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Kind of like the IU fan's chanting to "break is legs" and than cheered when Drob went down which surprised the hell out of me, I though IU fan's were a little classier than that. Now if were talking about Sparty fan's nothing surprises me..... I hope Drob trucks Greg Jones(pretty unlikely I know) and takes him out of the game, now that would be funny!

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October 6th, 2010 at 1:38 PM | Seriously. My "class limit," (Score:1)
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Seriously. My "class limit," as it were, is when opposing fans have to act like that. In that case, I generally feel less sympathy for that teams injury woes.

Pope of Chilitown

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October 6th, 2010 at 12:40 PM | stay classy? (Score:1)
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more like 'get classy'

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:39 AM | to be fair (Score:1)
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let's go invade finalfouru and lay waste to that website

...

nevermind, somebody already did

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:43 AM | - (Score:1)
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every thread on that board is a fail.

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October 6th, 2010 at 1:33 PM | I'd say the fail % of threads (Score:1)
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I'd say the fail % of threads here approaches the fail %of RCMB fairly often. See: hundreds of you wanting higher thresholds to start threads.

They did have a nice thread about how great Brian's analysis is, even if they don't agree with it. That and they find The Only Colors to be a great MSU blog, even if it's not as good as mgoblog. Shows much common sense in those threads.

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:46 AM | State of education today. (Score:1)
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It is a shame to see the current state of our educational system.  It appears the local high school shop and home ec classes are not giving their students enough work to keep their students off the MSU message board.  

Their comments and plans are so juvenile in nature it is painful to read. 

"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures. "

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:54 AM | OH GOD THERE IS A TROLL (Score:1)
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OH GOD THERE IS A TROLL THREAD ON A  FORUM I READ!  WHAT WILL I EVER DO?  IT IS THE END OF DAYS.

I assume that State fans think that way, so they assume we do as well.  As opposed to shrugging our shoulders and waiting for the mod crew to clean it up.

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:52 AM | GRRR (Score:1)
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WE GOT A FUCK LION!

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October 6th, 2010 at 9:59 AM | Hartford Whalers for the win! (Score:1)
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Hartford Whalers for the win!

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:52 AM | Cue up the brass bonanza! (Score:1)
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Cue up the brass bonanza!

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:08 AM | huhuh-huh-huh huhuh-huh...He (Score:1)
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huhuh-huh-huh huhuh-huh...He said scum.

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:53 AM | scUM (Score:1)
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Is there a more ancient and tired put-down in college sports?  I say no.

"..."

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:55 AM | It also makes no sense.  At (Score:1)
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It also makes no sense.  At least skunkbears works since our mascot has a white strip and Wolverines are not known for their pleasant smell.  

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:18 AM | Doosher? I'll bet he is at (Score:1)
Bill in Birmingham
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Doosher? I'll bet he is at least eleven years old.

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:23 AM | I do agree with Shredders (Score:1)
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I do agree with Shredders thoughts on MSU though...2 years out of 130 way and you suddenly pwn us, way to go MSU.

Blue is Faster

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October 6th, 2010 at 10:31 AM | Defend the MGO Brethren! (Score:1)
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Defend the MGO Brethren!

'Murica & Footbaw: That's what Michigan Does

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:04 AM | Wow (Score:1)
ituralde
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I looked over at the MSU fan forum.  Never realized a group of people claiming a college education could act so inbred.  You'd think what is in theory a respectable academic institution would hold at least the average graduate to a higher standard than what you can see on that board.  

 

I guess it's neither our nor their fault that we are better than them though...

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:04 AM | Lay off (Score:1)
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Dude, leave the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alone

RCMP 4 EVA!

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:44 AM | Am I going to vote up a (Score:1)
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Am I going to vote up a mountie reference? Yes, of course I am.

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October 6th, 2010 at 1:22 PM | RCMP/RCMB (Score:1)
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+1 since I think the same thing every time I see RCMB. Thank you for visualizing it for me!

im in ur base, killin' ur d00dz.

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:19 AM | Why are we scUM? (Score:1)
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I understand what they're doing there, adding sc before U (of) M, but why? With the Clarett stuff, however childish, O$U made sense but scUM?  I understand the complaints of Michigan's arrogance (part of the charm!), entitlement (high expectations I say) and constant whining (but seriously, Desmond was tripped) but if what our enemies say is true and we are a wine and cheese crowd, well that sounds pretty high class to me, not scUMmy. 

None of our on field rivals provide suitable off-field rivalries for the fans, they're just too dumb. 

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October 6th, 2010 at 11:29 AM | They Sparty (Score:1)
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They are Sparty, they don't have to make sense. Or cents as they may put it.

----umhannon

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October 6th, 2010 at 12:06 PM | Scents (Score:1)
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But they do make scents. 

See what I did there?  Since I'm acting 12, I'm expecting my honorary MSU degree shortly.

"Is There Anybody Out There?" Pink Floyd, The Wall.

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October 6th, 2010 at 12:11 PM | Overqualified.  Sorry. (Score:1)
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Overqualified.  Sorry.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<

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October 6th, 2010 at 12:19 PM | Your rite, I aint aimin low (Score:1)
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Your rite, I aint aimin low enuf.

"Is There Anybody Out There?" Pink Floyd, The Wall.

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October 6th, 2010 at 12:25 PM | That statement... (Score:1)
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...still holds true

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October 6th, 2010 at 2:34 PM | Let's not make this a daily (Score:1)
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Let's not make this a daily thread.   We know there is plenty of idiocy over there.  Discussing it just seems to bring some of the idiots over here.

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