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alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief
May 23, 2019
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The military is the only place that I’ve found in these United States where the majority of people continue to use tobacco products.
Walk into any hockey locker room.
Well hell that is how you can tell a guy in Oklahoma has a girlfriend - You'll find spit on both sides of the truck.
We got accused of this when returning a rental car recently in Minnesota. They thought my wife had been spitting out the passenger window because of dried residue on the rear passenger door. It was actually on oz. of breast milk she pitched out the window on the way to the airport after the kid wouldn't eat the whole bottle.

 

danimalia

Lifer
Sep 2, 2015
4,487
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Walk into any hockey locker room.
Mission Pipe in San Jose is just down the street from the Shark Tank, and one day a visiting player from Minnesota Wild walked in and bought a bunch of snus while I was there. The guy working the counter said a lot of the Sharks guys bought it there, too. I suspect the Swedish influence has gotten a lot of guys onto the snus in addition to all the regular dippers.

 

alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief
May 23, 2019
9,447
44,107
Alaska
Mission Pipe in San Jose is just down the street from the Shark Tank, and one day a visiting player from Minnesota Wild walked in and bought a bunch of snus while I was there. The guy working the counter said a lot of the Sharks guys bought it there, too. I suspect the Swedish influence has gotten a lot of guys onto the snus in addition to all the regular dippers.
Very likely, that and the it's less significant health implications....probably. Growing up playing hockey here locker room walls and every urinal were constantly stained with chew spit. In those days it was what it was, but looking back on it it's actually pretty goddamn disgusting.
Skating on any hockey practice rink you'll find little frozen brown bumps all over the place, but especially in front of the bench, hahaha. Mostly from the coaches honestly. Most players I knew were huge dippers, but never during the game, for obvious reasons, unless it was practice or a scrimmage.

 

warren

Lifer
Sep 13, 2013
12,377
18,681
Foothills of the Chugach Range, AK
My first hockey hero smoked a cigar in the crease during games. I can still see him, spitting the cigar at the right time and in the right place. I emulated him for a while. Masks were not acceptable early in my time as a goalie. A sign of cowardice it was viewed as. So, I could chew a cigar or a bit of "Red Man." All games were outside until 1965 when a private individual built an indoor sheet, God less him! But, once we moved inside rules changed. The game became more civilized. Civilized hockey ... an oxymoron for sure.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,087
16,222
The world of professional sports is such a shining bastion of upstanding and admirable role-models for kids.
We wouldn't want to ruin it with the horrifying spectacle of tobacco use.

 

alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief
May 23, 2019
9,447
44,107
Alaska
The world of professional sports is such a shining bastion of upstanding and admirable role-models for kids.
We wouldn't want to ruin it with the horrifying spectacle of tobacco use.
Hahahaha, right? Never mind the spitting on strippers, whipping kids with switches, choking pregnant girlfriends, and KO'ing fiances in the casino elevator.

 

alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief
May 23, 2019
9,447
44,107
Alaska
They're not 'strippers', they're 'pole athletes' !! Please report yourself to the nearest nanny state officer for immediate disciplining!
Oops. Let me go find some so I can apologize in person.....

 

seldom

Lifer
Mar 11, 2018
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They're not 'strippers', they're 'pole athletes' !! Please report yourself to the nearest nanny state officer for immediate disciplining!

Reminds me of a time sitting and enjoying a pint at a microbrewery in Oregon. Beautiful day and in came a bunch of attractive and energetic young women who set up a pole and started pole dancing. For exercise or art or something. I found it a little strange but didn't object. Is that trend/fad still happening?

 

olkofri

Lifer
Sep 9, 2017
8,182
15,031
The Arm of Orion
Ugh, I've never seen it done here. Please, don't give them any ideas.
I learned about the 'athlete' thing just this week: the (supposedly family-friendly and family-oriented) Sunday paper ran an article on a local str—, er, gal who's a 'pole athlete'. Some things you just wish you could unsee.

 

kanaia

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 3, 2013
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671
Agree with spartacus. I watch a lot of baseball I mean a lot. They are still using I've seen it multiple times. Saw Bryce Harper the other day with a big something in the side of his mouth and he wasn't spitting sunflower seeds. I think the commish told them swallow don't spit.

 

verporchting

Lifer
Dec 30, 2018
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"Swallow don't spit" and strippers and "pole athletes" ... what are we talking about again? Just need to make sure I'm following the correct thread here. :rofl:

 

jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
26,264
30,360
Carmel Valley, CA
I think the commish told them swallow don't spit.

The joke that would normally be here has been censored in an effort to maintain my forum membership.
The joke was there in the first part!
And pole dancers can be very different from strippers, though not mutually exclusive! Either can be an art form, and both can be horrid.

 

haparnold

Lifer
Aug 9, 2018
1,561
2,396
Colorado Springs, CO
Haven't been to central Kentucky have you? Use any tobacco product around here and no one really bats an eye.
+1. #CatsBy90.
Incidentally, tobacco use is still veeeery prevalent among professional baseball players (a couple of my closest friends are pros), but in the minor leagues you 'can't' chew or dip during games, and in MLB games, players aren't supposed to have cans or pouches visible to impressionable young children.

 

danimalia

Lifer
Sep 2, 2015
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And pole dancers can be very different from strippers, though not mutually exclusive! Either can be an art form, and both can be horrid.
True. I had some friends who worked at a local, SF strip club, and some of those girls were amazing. If they wanted to be called dancers (artists) or athletes (gymnasts), I don't see how I could have argued. It was quite a damn spectacle. I don't know if the pole dancing as recreation is still a thing or not, but it was kind of trendy for a while.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,087
16,222
Hahahaha, right? Never mind the spitting on strippers, whipping kids with switches, choking pregnant girlfriends, and KO'ing fiances in the casino elevator.
They're just excitable boys.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,087
16,222
Apparently they are trying to promote an image of more accountability:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5P_GqS30xg
I hope noone gets a cage built out of their bones
Speaking of cages, I'm not into watching UFC, but I must admit I'd be tempted to watch this one: :rofl:
UFC President: Justin Bieber Versus Tom Cruise Fight "Could Happen"
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-20/ufc-president-justin-bieber-versus-tom-cruise-fight-could-happen

 
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