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Tom Wilson’s suspension is up but he’ll probably just get another.

The Devil’s Nonagon.

Can we come up with a new term besides bullpenning? I feel like we have an opportunity to get creative here.

I hope you like pitching changes.

Nothing would make me happier than to see Andy Reid in full pads each week, honestly.

Sure, but does he have poise?

Time to start up the ole career-ending injury pool

It’s gonna make such a great story when he comes back from his inevitable ACL tear.

This stupid joke of his bugs me. I can see the curvature of the Earth from the ground given a long enough line of sight (like the ocean). You can definitely see it from a plane at 40k feet. We have timezones... Where it gets dark in the East before the West. If you synch time and know your distance, you can plant a

There are members of the flat earth society all over the globe.

Can’t wait to read about this in the Boston Two-Dimensional Disc Globe

Catapults are also better in that you can launch aircraft with a heavier payload (i.e., more stuff to shoot/bomb with).

Our carriers are bigger, and have catapults to help with the short takeoff.

Ethanol is the cure for methanol poisoning.

Well, yes, but the rest of the world is made up of godless heathens, so that’s to be expected. Unlike our godly navy, of course.

You take a swig and wait a moment for the alcohol to numb pain.

Cost.  Simple as that.

Most Western navies allow controlled amounts of alcohol on board for morale purposes. Consumption is regulated and abuse is subject to punishment. The USN is unusual in being completely dry.