Brainy, you bring up a good point....

if we get pdog and riffy in here discussing politics, this wart of a thread could finally be removed!

Starbuck wrote on May 31^st, 2011 at 9:44pm:

Call you neighbors!
Call your Teachers!
Call your bosses!

Obama is turning this puppy around with or without the republicans! Best Obama ever! Obama Oh Twelve!

From "Rolling Stone"'s top 500 posters list, issue 124, page 35, may 2011

"on the other end of the spectrum, Joey's tired ramblings may have elicited a smile, chuckle, or at the very least a "meh" circa late 2001, but he has long since jumped the shark. he is often seen wandering around the interweb waxing nostalic for the days when max was still around to steal material from...asking the random passerby if they have seen his beloved josh....beseeching the locals to find out when pug will return, which is quite sad really....all the while, "dance tonight" is blaring from the tape deck of his 96 caprice classic. his posting skills are now very reminiscent of zeppelin's "coda".

" .............  his posting skills are now very reminiscent of zeppelin's "coda".     "

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Why is a picture of Bono in the Eye on Hockey blog? We're glad you asked.

Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule was in West Vancouver with his girlfriend Kelsey Nichols, with tickets to take in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Canucks and Bruins. Only they didn't make to the game. Instead they took a detour ... by picking up a hitchhiking Bono. As in the frontman for U2.

Nobody I know picks up hitchhikers. Heck, nobody must ever pick them up anymore because hitchhikers have all but vanished from the roads I travel on.

Yet the fact that an NHL player would pick up a hitchhiker is the most believable part of this story.

The Edmonton Journal originally had the details, including Brule's side of the story.

Brule and girlfriend Kelsey Nichols were driving to a park to walk Bella, their German shepherd, on Tuesday afternoon near the West Vancouver Yacht club when they spotted a couple of hitchhikers on the side of the road.

Brule, watching out the window, was sure one of them was Bono.

Nichols, who was driving, didn’t believe him, because, really, why would Bono be hitchhiking in West Van?

“I didn’t want to stop, but they waved and G yelled ‘that’s Bono’,” Nichols said Wednesday night at Commonwealth Stadium. “I didn’t believe him so I kept driving.”

The couple went on, a short distance anyway, all the while Brule trying to convince Nichols to turn around. Eventually, she agreed.

The hitchhikers were still there when they drove up, so they yelled out: “Bono!”

He waved and walked over to their truck.

Turns out, he and his assistant had gone out for a walk when it started to rain, just before Brule and Nichols happened upon them.

On the drive to Horseshoe Bay, Bono and his assistant sat in the back with the couple’s dog. The four chatted about Brule’s hockey career, about Dublin and Bono’s apparent love for Vancouver.

Bono mentioned that his band was playing a show in Edmonton on Wednesday and asked if they’d like to go.
Then there's Bono's side, where his introduction of the band before an Edmonton show took on a hockey theme to the crowd's delight and even included a shot at football.


Needless to say, they took Bono up on his offer to attend the concert, where Bono had a message to the crowd for his unexpected chauffeur. "I'm ever so grateful. I've decided that I want to be Gilbert Brule."

If I were Brule, I'm not sure what would be the coolest part of all this ... getting to meet Bono or Bono saying he wants to be me.

This is pretty much the sweetest thing I've heard off the ice in a long time. Now maybe U-2 will look a little harder at the next hitchhiker you see. (Sorry, it's just too tough to resist the urge to use awful, awful puns.)

http://eye-on-hockey.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/27694626/29741701

Edmonton Oiler Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend picked up an unusual hitchhiker in West Vancouver on Tuesday — U2 frontman Bono.

Brule and girlfriend Kelsey Nichols were driving to a park to walk Bella, their German shepherd, on Tuesday afternoon near the West Vancouver Yacht club when they spotted a couple of hitchhikers on the side of the road.

Brule, watching out the window, was sure one of them was Bono.

Nichols, who was driving, didn't believe him, because, really, why would Bono be hitchhiking in West Van?

"I didn't want to stop, but they waved and G yelled 'that's Bono'," Nichols said Wednesday night at Commonwealth Stadium. "I didn't believe him so I kept driving."

The couple went on, a short distance anyway, all the while Brule trying to convince Nichols to turn around. Eventually, she agreed.

The hitchhikers were still there when they drove up, so they yelled out: "Bono!"

He waved and walked over to their truck.

The Irishman, who indeed was Bono, asked if they could give him and his assistant a lift to Horseshoe Bay. Of course, Brule and Nichols obliged.

Turns out, he and his assistant had gone out for a walk when it started to rain, just before Brule and Nichols happened upon them.

On the drive to Horseshoe Bay, Bono and his assistant sat in the back with the couple's dog. The four chatted about Brule's hockey career, about Dublin and Bono's apparent love for Vancouver.

Bono mentioned that his band was playing a show in Edmonton on Wednesday and asked if they'd like to go.

So Brule and Nichols sold their tickets for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, bought plane tickets (three, so Brule's mom could come too) and flew back to Edmonton, where Brule is a forward for the Oilers.

Bono got them backstage passes to say thanks for the ride.

On Nichols's pass, he wrote: "Thanks for the ride."

On Brule's pass, he wrote: "My hero Gilbert."

It was the strangest thing.

"We go to walk our dog and Bono ends up in our car," Brule said.

Bono paid tribute to the favour onstage during Wednesday's concert.

"I like ice hockey because people who play ice hockey are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers," Bono told the crowd.

"I'm ever so grateful. I've decided that I want to be Gilbert Brule."

(c) Edmonton Journal, 2011.

' jb returns monday "

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' joey ..... what is brother jb's favorite picture ? '


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' does jb wear glasses ?   '


Why , .. Yes !!!! :

' why did jb like the tonight show so much ?  '

' joey  ...... brother jb says ,   " HI !!!!! "

"In the groove, on the go, you know. Ah yeah
At the corner my dog won't let you pass
Got a bad lil' woman gon' bite yo' ass
Mmm, fore sure"