I got this comment from the ODB on my Next Year post about the Boston Red Sox LOSING the ALCS:
"The decade of "The Chowd" is over, finished, done...With Manny gone you have little hope. Brady will never be the same and so will the Pats. Now all we need is for Garnett to go down and the Hat Trick is complete - A complete implosion of "Chowd Nation"!!!
It's gonna be a cold winter for you loosers..."
ODB is a frequent reader and he almost always has something confrontational to say when he leaves a comment. He obviously harbors great resentment towards Boston sports teams. This is because the teams in Southern California basically suck and have always sucked. He compensates for this by attempting to bash our Boston teams.
Let's review point by point:
With Manny gone you have little hope- Hmmmm. The Red Sox had a better winning percentage without Manny. Last time I checked, the Dodgers (where disgruntled Red Sox go to die) got eliminated in the NLCS- with Manny. Manny is the best hitter of our generation and if he ever played the game the way it should be played, he'd be the best of all time. Instead he's a no hustle statistical side show.
Brady will never be the same and so will the Pats.- I think he means "neither will the Pats," but we'll leave grammatical contextual faux pas out of this discussion for now. Brady will be back next year and he'll be Brady-a proven, never say die WINNER. Will the Pats go 16-0 again? Yeah, in 35 years maybe. Will they make the playoffs and contend for a championship this year? Hell yes-just watch. They are 4-2 (3rd best win percentage in the NFL). Last time I checked, your Chargers were 3-4.
Now all we need is for Garnett to go down and the Hat Trick is complete- SO ODB needs to wish physical injury to a player to satisfy his warped sense of sporting inferiority?
A complete implosion of "Chowd Nation"!!!- What the hell is CHOWD NATION? Whatever it is, it can't be as bad as "Perennial Loser With a Chip on Your Shoulder Nation."
Guess what ODB-the Red Sox WILL CONTEND NEXT YEAR, the PATRIOTS WILL CONTEND THIS YEAR and as for the Celtics, who cares-the NBA sucks anyway. Savor Boston's misfortunes, ODB. They're temporary and your teams (and your maniacally misplaced anger) are meaningless to us. I said it in plain English "YOU CAN'T WIN EVERY YEAR." You folks in Southern Cally ought to know!
It's gonna be a cold winter for you loosers... -By the way, the word is "LOSER." "LOOSER" means something is more loose than some other thing as in "this XXXL Championship Patriots sweatshirt is LOOSER than my medium CHARGERS SUCK sweatshirt." GET IT RIGHT!
LOOSER?
ODB Just Don't get it
ODB from the California office of Horizon Technologies is apparently my biggest fan. He's never had one of my hot dogs, but his east coast associate (and # 1 customer) Jeff has had many. ODB has taken to being the arbiter of what I should do with my business. He got on my case via email about closing the first two Fridays of the season due to (torrential sideways) rain.
When he saw I was taking a few days off next week to travel to FABULOUS LAS VEGAS with my wife and kids, he sent me this email:
HDM,
Off the 17th, 18th, 21st, and 22nd - WTF? I guess you roll part time or you married money n sh*t cuz no working man has a schedule like yours - you have more excuses as to why you aren’t there then a crack head in court.
Why don’t you post pictures of your dogs as we can never buy them cuz you are closed more then you are open – better yet, just tell us what days you are open and save the ink…..
ODB
The ODB just doesn't get it. He is like I once was. He sits on the phone all day trying to sell electronics. He does a pretty good job of it from what Jeff says. Probably makes decent money to boot. But at what price?
I got sick of worrying about quotas, sick of listening to some sales manager push and push, sick of the rat race. After all, even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat! So I bought a Hot Dog Truck. I answer to nobody. As long as I serve a good dog (and I do-ask around), I will be employed without condition.
Taking 4 days off WHEN I WANT TO is part of it. I am the boss. I make the rules. If you don't like it, tough.
So while ODB is sweating talk time, his quota and god knows whatever other petty little fires may flare up during his day, I'll be sitting poolside in Vegas thinking of what show I want to go to that night or whether I'll play Blackjack or craps.
I'll be thinking about the Hot Dog Truck too. Not because I'll dread going back to work, but because I'll be looking forward to it. It's the best job in the world, and I don't have a quota.
Thanks for the pictures too, ODB. Enjoy your cubicle.
Too funny
So Jeff is telling me about this guy, ODB, in the California office. He's the guy that did the lame guest post yesterday.
Seems one day ODB was driving to work and he smelled something burning in his car (He's a smoker). He looked everywhere to find the source of the smell and couldn't find it. It really drove him nuts.
Well, he gets into the office and FINALLY locates the source of the smell:
See the burn hole on the right chest?
What were you smokin ODB?
Guest Post
The gang at Horizon Technologies gets a kick out of this site. The reason they do is because Jeff, one of the top salespeople in the company and a regular customer, goads them into looking at the site whenever I mention him. Jeff likes to tell me his tales of home improvements and his latest obsession is his riding lawnmower repairs and associated fall clean-up tasks. If you want to know everything about the mechanical deficiencies of Jeff's mower, come to the Hot Dog Truck at about 2PM any day and he'd be happy to tell you.
One of the corporate wonks out in the West Coast Home Office, a guy named "ODB" (short for Old Dirty Bastard) thinks he's got the goods on Jeff. He sent in this guest "post" as a goof on Jeff:
Dear All – I have decided to leave Horizon & pursue my
passion of owning my own business and working with grass.
Below you will find a picture of my new “Hot Dog Wagon”
I will mow your lawn & deliver you a hot dog for $ 19.99
plus tip n sh**….
Well now ODB, I guess you should leave the writing and the hot dog making to the professionals. Feel free to continue goofing on Jeff though.
