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I think Scottish people often resent the way the English say “British” when they mean “English” specifically, since it implies that English is the default kind of British. A Scot might say “don’t call me British, I’m a Scot.” But I’ve never heard of a Scot saying "we Scots aren't British" because that would simply be

I feel like this was bound to happen eventually - the NFL media has spun its own bullshit so loudly for the past decade or so that it's now turned around and started to consume the game itself. The only question was which owner would be enough of a rube to open the door for them 

The first two paragraphs are fantastic

I’m not a Texans fan but a lot of my friends are, I've never once heard them express excitement or respect for O'Brien. It's all Watson to them.

Hey, it worked for Italian-Americans. Everyone calls them white now!

I can’t be the only one who thinks if the troops wanted to they could put together a football team and dominate the NFL.

One of the ways I sometimes test how drunk or tired I'm feeling is to name all 32 teams division by division. I literally *always* struggle to remember the Titans exist, no pun intended

Business schools are a joke, virtually without exception

It’s truly amazing the extent to which wealthy tech shitheads will go to avoid admitting that mass public action and infrastructure have ever accomplished anything.

Where is this mystery man??

My fiancee has been getting into football these past two years and since I’m a Vikings fan living in Texas it’s been a lot of NFC North games she wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to or hear people talk about. One thing that’s struck me when I talk about the different teams is that the Lions don’t have a rival. Not a

I saw it in a crowded theater and the scene referenced there provoked loud shrieks from all sides, followed by complete silence for the next ten minutes. It worked.

I can't wait to see what sort of machine they'll graft Booger's flesh onto next year

I’m hoping we get our own Young Boys team

It’s your dipshit cousin, in this case

The Seattle Suns would be a perfect monument to man's folly in the age of late capitalism

“She loves the beach and hates parades" instantly entered our household lexicon. 

And “The Proposal", probably the stupidest show of the last 10 years. Check it out on Hulu!

Barry, excellent use of the word Dudgeon, which appears in this week’s New Yorker crossword. I only wish I had read this before attempting that so I could have avoided staring befuddled at the clue for 10 minutes straight

They changed the rule to make PATs optional in these situations following the Vikings-Saints game last year