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Re: Melsahn Basabe

That surname - Basabe - reminds me of the unforgettable Lone Ranger series, when the masked man and his trusty sidekick, Tonto, referred to each other as "kimosabe" ... meaning "friend of a friend."

Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Mohawk who was among the first minorities to appear in a serious role on network TV. I always admired Tonto's Pinto horse, Scout. Hi ho, Scout!

In the early days of TV and movies, Caucasians (such as Charles Bronson, Anthony Quinn, Burt Lancaster, even Audrey Hepburn and Rock Hudson) were cast in the lead American Indian roles, wearing dark makeup, horsehair wigs and "leather and feather" costumes.
 
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Disclaimer: Sorry everyone else, can't help it any longer. Just scroll on past this one....

Bighorn, I hate to single people out but can't you just post like a normal fan instead of giving us a boring history lesson, or making some kind of game out of every post? Examples...
This long-limbed Ohioan is "long" in more ways than one ... by my calculations, his 11-letter surname - Brandenberg - ties for the second longest, ever, for a Ram. L.F. Likcholitov was also an 11-letter winner.
As long as they're good, their name can be frickin Chief Kickingstallionsims for all I care. Actually, I wouldn't mind having him one bit. And I know you'd LOOOVE to write a 400 word post about his name...
One can only speculate that Anthony Lee might be a descendent of Robert Edward Lee, who was a fair to middling athlete at West Point (Army) before going on to a noteworthy military career.
Well, I don't speculate, nor am I concerned with who his parents are. I wanna know if he can play. End of story. If, and only if, he's a Jordan, Bird, Bryant, Malone, Olajuwan, or something of that nature, do I care who his daddy is.
Cosby (named after the country road that meanders by the campus, not the comedian) is coached by Ron Carr, a former Lynchburg College head coach.
I could care less who he was named after...

Just a small sample of the hopelessly boring writing you exhibit each and every post. It took a lot of restraint not to mock your style while writing this. P.S. Who the f**k watches the Lone Ranger?? Or Canadians with mohawks for that matter.

Happy Tuesday!!
 
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Whoooosh said:
Disclaimer: Sorry everyone else, can't help it any longer. Just scroll on past this one...

Oh, don't worry. We all think it, too. I'm just generally one of the only ones that will say anything out loud. But, trust me, via conversations with many posters here via mediums other than public posts on this board I have come to learn that you and I are far from being alone.

He's a reporter for the RTD if that helps explain his horrible rhetoric. I don't read the RTD cause the writing sucks, and I don't read his posts cause the writing sucks. Simple as that. Let him keep posting if he wants. I could care less. I just skip over anything with his name attached to it.
 
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bighorn said:
That surname - Basabe - reminds me of the unforgettable Lone Ranger series, when the masked man and his trusty sidekick, Tonto, referred to each other as "kimosabe" ... meaning "friend of a friend."

Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Mohawk who was among the first minorities to appear in a serious role on network TV. I always admired Tonto's Pinto horse, Scout. Hi ho, Scout!

In the early days of TV and movies, Caucasians (such as Charles Bronson, Anthony Quinn, Burt Lancaster, even Audrey Hepburn and Rock Hudson) were cast in the lead American Indian roles, wearing dark makeup, horsehair wigs and "leather and feather" costumes.


This is even weird by your standards BH...I imagine you are like the old grandad that tells all the young whipper snappers how it was back in the good ole days
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

Sometimes, didn't I see you in 810 Market tonight - right after 7, at the counter where the chicken parmagiana was being served; I had that and the sweet potato fries, green beans, a slice of pizza, a bit of turkey from the deli sandwich area, plus a little tomato/cucumber/onion salad - water to drink.

While that settled, I saw Large Larry walking his girl down Shafer Court.

Then I wandered over to Cary Field where I think I saw you, again; this time I tried like crazy to work my way into an IM flag-football game, but I couldn't quite do it - think I landed a team to play on in the future, though - the one with the green jerseys and real tall quarterback.

Hope you had as much fun as I did. Cheers.
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

Unless you were in Brooklyn, I doubt you spotted Sometimes.
 
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I think Bighorn contributes to the boards. Now that Mercury fella....
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

Whoooosh: I love you, man. I really do.

Just think: I care absolutely nothing - nothing - about anything you'd ever post. I don't know you're alive; you're completely invisible to me.

And then you go to all that trouble/research involving my yank-your-chain, meant-to-inform posts. The perfect complement.

Whoooosh: I love you, man. Hopefully, I'll see you in Market 810 soon, or on the IM field. I will assume you are that square-jawed, well-proportioned, speedy cornerback that I'll be going deep on, on my next down-out-and-go pattern.

See ya.
 
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xjohnx said:
Unless you were in Brooklyn, I doubt you spotted Sometimes.

In all fairness, I spent most of the day working with a client in Manhattan, so I could have been spotted there too.
 
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It's a different point of view, a different perspective that bighorn brings.

The newer fans seem to dismiss anything beyond their own experience with the program. History of the program is important, and it's nice to know about those local, regional, and national connections that the former players and coaches and fans and everyone else with ties to program have. Those connections mean something for the future as well, and admittedly, I'm just not "in the know" on these things.

I suppose it's human nature to criticize what you don't understand or don't like, but why don't some of you evolve beyond the here-and-now stats, recruiting, and Xs and Os and have fun with the human side of all of this? And if you can't have fun with it, then ignore it.

Honestly, I had no idea what "kimosabe" meant. Basabe's name really reminds me of "wasabe", the spicy green paste used on sushi. Horn's post reminds me a little about "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", in which we're told that Lee came up with the idea for the TV show "Kung Fu", but was passed over for it's lead role. Instead, David Carradine was selected.

Bighorn, you're alright in my book. Carry on.
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

bighorn is cool in my book I find most of his post entertaining....if you don't like what he post just scroll past it
 
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I also have no problem with Bighorn. That doesn't mean I read many of his posts, but I have no problem with him posting his comments.
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

Sorry, had a bad day, shouldn't have posted in a bad mood. All I'm sayin is I don't need a different descriptive phrase every time someone talks about a player. Write his name. We all know larry is tall. We all know Eric was from North Carolina. We all know Kiril is Russian.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail the discussion. I hope this guy works out, seems like a real winner. Maybe he can woo the press with his speech the way Joey does whenever he is interviewed. We need some classy, well-spoken players. No offense to Eric, I'd give anything to have him back for another four years, but when he talked he always sounded like he always had just gotten out of a root canal and half of his face was still numb. Luckily for us his skills spoke for themselves.
 
Re: Melsahn Basabe

Bigthorn is not quite as f___ed up as he used to be and if you went to school with him in the early 70s you would know for sure. He has threatened me and at least one other poster with bodily harm in the past and he has a tendency to post fabrications that most people take as truths as they do not know any better. He even used to challenge posters to physical feats when in an argument, since he cannot usually win with intelligence.

But that is why a lot of us call him bigthorn, because he is a PITA - Pain In The A$$.
 
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VCULee said:
The newer fans seem to dismiss anything beyond their own experience with the program.quote]

I tend to reflect more favorably on the years that I spent at VCU...the Metro years. Perhaps some of the older posters believe the years they attended VCU are the glory years. I think it's great that the newer fans are so proud of our team and our recent success. I'm glad we have so many fired up young fans! It will take all of us to help our program continue to grow.

The only issue I have with some of the newer fans is the way they communicate with other posters...fellow Rams fans. Perhaps they will understand better 20 years from now when they post on this forum and have some kid tell them that they're a complete idiot. I think they will find out soon enough that they will get a lot farther ahead in life by treating others with courtesy and respect.

Regarding Melsahn Basabe...go get him!
 
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