Work stoppage draws near

and, um, changes to the hand-pass rule

which, in lieu of the way the negotiations between the 2 main jackwagons involved aren't happening...will heretofore be known as the hand_job_ rule

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Originally posted 08:46 AM ET  06.25 by Spiny Norman

will heretofore be known as the hand_job_ rule

rather than just paying lip service

Donald Fehr, The Buttgoblin and their respective minions should be locked in a cheap (as in, not air conditioned) hotel room in Juarez Mehico and not allowed out until they hammer out a deal.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  06.25 by Rex Racer

Donald Fehr, The Buttgoblin and their respective minions should be locked in a cheap (as in, not air conditioned) hotel room in Juarez Mehico and not allowed out until they hammer out a deal.

Are you crazy? Are you prepared to watch soccer rules hockey? Because that's what you'll get after their brains get fried in that heat and cheap tequila.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  06.25 by Rex Racer

Donald Fehr, The Buttgoblin and their respective minions should be locked in a cheap (as in, not air conditioned) hotel room in Juarez Mehico and not allowed out until they hammer out a deal.

locked alone...with looped episodes of "the nanny" and "one day at a time" playing in the background on a tv that cannot be adjusted or turned off

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  06.25 by Rex Racer

Donald Fehr, The Buttgoblin and their respective minions should be locked in a cheap (as in, not air conditioned) hotel room in Juarez Mehico and not allowed out until they hammer out a deal.

I have a better idea. Put them up in a hotel in Kandahar or Kabul.

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Originally posted 09:28 AM ET  06.25 by roamer

I have a better idea. Put them up in a hotel in Kandahar or Kabul.

I vote for Djibouti it is hot and humid

I sure hope it doesn't come to that. Hockey is surging in popularity and this will only hurt it. A deal must get done asap. I cannot watch the NBA.

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Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  06.25 by Garbage Man

I vote for Djibouti it is hot and humid

they thought of that, but PM got all bent out of shape and asked if he could cover booty

Well there is football until February and then a week or two after that spring training starts. I'll get by.

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  06.25 by bluesuiter

I cannot watch the NBA.

You're not the only one...

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  06.25 by Garbage Man

I vote for Djibouti it is hot and humid

That won't work. No taliban within hundreds of miles to set the atmosphere for fruitful negotiations.

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 09:42 AM ET  06.25 by roamer

That won't work. No taliban within hundreds of miles to set the atmosphere for fruitful negotiations.

Actually it is a hot bed for terrorism and worse case scenario it borders Somalia.

Kill the cap!

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  06.25 by Rex Racer

Donald Fehr, The Buttgoblin and their respective minions should be locked in a cheap (as in, not air conditioned) hotel room in Juarez Mehico and not allowed out until they hammer out a deal.

I prefer the cabin in Addams Family Values with all the cheesy posters and The Brady Bunch and The Sound of Music playing continuously.

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Originally posted 09:32 AM ET  06.25 by Burgh-Fan

Well there is football until February and then a week or two after that spring training starts. I'll get by.

Me too. Plenty of other distractions to engage in.

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Originally posted 09:12 AM ET  06.25 by roamer

Are you crazy? Are you prepared to watch soccer rules hockey? Because that's what you'll get after their brains get fried in that heat and cheap tequila.

Don't worry, if they're in Juarez they'll certainly be murdered before that happens.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 09:16 AM ET  06.25 by Spiny Norman

locked alone...with looped episodes of "the nanny" and "one day at a time" playing in the background on a tv that cannot be adjusted or turned off

Now, now. One Day at a Time was a great show!. Valerie Bertinelli was quite the cutie before EVH debauched her.

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 10:51 AM ET  06.25 by BGDave

Valerie Bertinelli was quite the cutie before EVH debauched her.

+100!

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 09:12 AM ET  06.25 by roamer

Are you crazy?

Yes, but that's besides the point!