Topic: What do Joe Namath....

[Boid Brain]

What do Joe Namath, Stan Musial, Jim Thorp and Hershel Walker all have in common?

All being great sports Stars, of course has something to do with the answer.

[metaldams]

They've never been in my kitchen.

[Boid Brain]

They've never been in my kitchen.

I'll take that as total dissenterest in the question. 

[metaldams]

I'll take that as total dissenterest in the question. 

No, actually, it's

1.) I have no clue, so I'm handing it off to someone else, and
2.) If you saw the episode of Cheers with Cliff Clavin on Jeopardy, you'd get the reference

[Boid Brain]

No, actually, it's

1.) I have no clue, so I'm handing it off to someone else, and
2.) If you saw the episode of Cheers with Cliff Clavin on Jeopardy, you'd get the reference

Sadly, that episode came after I stopped watching the show regularly. I'm surprised that you don't see the correlation, especially with Thorp and Walker.

[FineBari3]

Sadly, that episode came after I stopped watching the show regularly. I'm surprised that you don't see the correlation, especially with Thorp and Walker.

Three of them were born in Pennsylvania.....

[metaldams]

Sadly, that episode came after I stopped watching the show regularly. I'm surprised that you don't see the correlation, especially with Thorp and Walker.

I'm a total baseball dork, but I'm not that good on other sports.  My other levels of dorkdom lie in music and classic movies.

[Boid Brain]

Three of them were born in Pennsylvania.....

But there are 5, not just 3.....so that ain't right....c'mon, somebody must get this one....one  clue: The correlation is that all 5 where at the beginning of something.

[FineBari3]

But there are 5, not just 3.....so that ain't right....c'mon, somebody must get this one....one  clue: The correlation is that all 5 where at the beginning of something.

I was just being silly!   

I'm dyin' to know the answer....

[Boid Brain]

I was just being silly!   

I'm dyin' to know the answer....

Well, as you are no good to me dead, I will spill it: They were the crown Jewels of fledgling leagues. Thorpe the NFL, Walker the USFL, Joe AFL and Stan WAS to be the Jewel of the Mexican League. His name was used to lure investors. They offered him ridicules money, and he was tempted. In spite of the fact he didn't make DiMag. or Williams like money, he passed on the offer.

Jim Thorpe was the biggest thing the sports world had ever seen up to that time. Preceding Dempsey, Ruth and Tilden. When his football team (the NY Giants I think) came to town the whole town turned out.

I think the AFL makes it without Broadway Joe but it was nice to have him.

I don't know very much about the USFL and Hershel....I never watched a game.

[middlenamewayne]

Three of them were born in Pennsylvania.....

Somehow that sounds like a joke WC Fields would tell...

Question: What do the following four people have in common (insert names)?
Answer: Three of them were born in Philadelphia!

   -- mnw

PS: Researchers have announced that there is no truth to the rumor that after their respective careers working with the Stooges, director Charley Chase and "fourth banana" Freddy Sanborn pooled their resources and founded a coffee empire!

[FineBari3]

Somehow that sounds like a joke WC Fields would tell...

Question: What do the following four people have in common (insert names)?
Answer: Three of them were born in Philadelphia!

   -- mnw

YES! 

Actually, I was being serious....

[Boid Brain]

Unreal....a topic concerning the greatest athlete ever and you shitheads go off into a silly tangent! Talk about Thorp and Namath! (if you ever heard of them)

[FineBari3]

Unreal....a topic concerning the greatest athlete ever and you shitheads go off into a silly tangent! Talk about Thorp and Namath! (if you ever heard of them)

Hey shithead.....

I was going to correct you before, but I didn't, because I am a nice person. When you call me a shithead, I will point out that YOU SPELLED JIM THORPE'S NAME WRONG THIS WHOLE THREAD!!!!!

[middlenamewayne]

Talk about Thorp and Namath! (if you ever heard of them)

I have this amazingly out-there shirt -- the pattern is an enlarged photo of dewy grass on silky-shiny polyester with wide lapels. The best thing about it is the label, though -- it's an authentic 1970s shirt from Arrow's Joe Namath line!!!

As far as the other guy, I've never really read his comic strip...

  - mnw

[Boid Brain]

Hey shithead.....

I was going to correct you before, but I didn't, because I am a nice person. When you call me a shithead, I will point out that YOU SPELLED JIM THORPE'S NAME WRONG THIS WHOLE THREAD!!!!!

Yep...I misspelled the shit out of Thorpe

Sorry to get insulting, Middlename, but at the mere mention of the word "Pensylvania" you hyjacked the thread. Just pissed me off a little.

[stooge1029]

You spelled Pennsylvania wrong too.

[Curly4444]

Burn!!

[middlenamewayne]

Sorry to get insulting, Middlename, but at the mere mention of the word "Pensylvania" you hyjacked the thread.

I wasn't the first person to mention that state, but it's just as well, since I don't really see where you allegedly insulted me.

   -- mnw

[Boid Brain]

I wasn't the first person to mention that state, but it's just as well, since I don't really see where you allegedly insulted me.

   -- mnw

Cool and the gang....I can see that there is little interest around here on sports.

[Dog Hambone]

....I can see that there is little interest around here on sports.

I can only respond for myself, of course, but if I'm thinking about or wanting to discuss sports, there are plenty of sports related websites to visit. And I wouldn't consider visiting a sports website if I wanted to read about the Three Stooges or other comedians of their era.       

[Boid Brain]

I can only respond for myself, of course, but if I'm thinking about or wanting to discuss sports, there are plenty of sports related websites to visit. And I wouldn't consider visiting a sports website if I wanted to read about the Three Stooges or other comedians of their era.       

True that....I won't be posting any more sports trivia exept on the baseball thread.

[stooge1029]

Can you at least tell us  the answer first. Im stumped.

[Boid Brain]

Can you at least tell us  the answer first. Im stumped.

I gave the answer already on page 1...they were all center pieces for fledgling leagues.