So the rugby game tomorrow - I’m reading the team sheet (made entirely of nick names) and I’m wondering “what one am I” as the normal one (the gob) is not there.
Then I saw it. “G Capes”.
In the grand scheme of things (given some of the other names people have got) I’ll take this. No in fact I like this.
Confession:
This is the one thing rugby has over strong man. The comradery. I do miss this. But not enough apparently.
Hmm. They hadn’t even been on my radar in trying to identify Buttons’ breed mix, which we’d loosely decided is pointer/American bulldog, but looking at pics of the staffies…maybe the farmer recognizes a deadly killer in Buttons:
I confess I read this sentence 14 times before I figured out you probably meant “what one AM I” and that this wasn’t some sort of British slang that I was totally out of the loop on.
Geoff Capes?
Really? That’s what confused you, rather than this:
Geoff Capes was a shot-putter turned strongman, he weighed about 400lbs if I remember rightly. “G Capes” is not necessarily the most flattering nickname!
Ah. That explains @T3hPwnisher’s lack of confusion, and also @carlbm’s pleasure over it.
Thank you!
As a strongman nerd, I totally got the reference.
You’re thinking Glenn Ross with the bodyweight. Capes was a champion strongman. Won WSM twice. It’s high praise.
I remember him winning World’s Strongest Man more than once. He was just before the blonde Icelandic guy started dominating?
He was before Kaz, who was before Jon Pal Sigmarson (the dude you’re referring to).
Which, in fairness, Kaz was dominating so hard they stopped inviting him to the competition…which I still say is the sign of being the most dominant athlete of your sport, haha.
Jon Pal, that’s the one. He was awesome.
I’d love to pick on you and say Kaz was better…but f**k me, strongman is so awful these days that, in truth, I’m a fan of ANYBODY who has a favorite athlete from that era in general. JPS, Kaz, I’ll even accept Capes; it was back when strongman was awesome.
I couldn’t agree with this post more. Although “my era” is still the Big Z/Pudz era.
Still a quality time. Pretty much the last of it.
Sorry - my dyslexia means I type stupid. And when I read it back, I read what I think I wrote. I have changed it to help other people when they read it.
But yeah G Capes - Geoff. I mean the man was strong. But also he looked homeless. But totally accept that.
Hmmm…
Unless she’s like part ninja or something. Just not seeing deadly killer.
Also, that’s a beautiful little nook. Definitely good hanging out with the dog grounds.
STONE COLD KILLER.
It is. I’m hoping to go back there tomorrow, weather permitting. It’s a nice place to stop after a hike up the mountain. I can wear the new zipper-pocket tights and light down vest I bought today.
Speaking of which, I confess that I ate too much Chinese food after spending too much money on clothes. I confess that I’m feeling pretty happy nonetheless.
I wouldn’t want to be a chipmunk anywhere near her. Or a raccoon. Thats probably when she turns into a real reaper.
My pup-wup was extremely protective of my wife & son.
Confession:
I joined then almost immediately quit a mushroom hunting Facebook group.
This is probably the 4th time I’ve done this in the past 10 years or so.
I’m just going to have to settle in to the fact that I just don’t like Facebook mushroom groups.
@EyeDentist today is one of those days…
I planned to do conditioning today, but since I did 1rm testing yesterday and feel slightly beat up, I’m trying to justify using that as an excuse to skip
