You know, I remember what it felt like when I was told that some people don't like the way I talk about Cincinnati. I also remember the people laughing out loud as I was told not to talk about Cincinnati. I remember the tears of my friends, wondering if this was the end of Duane Norman and Cincinnati.

A question that even I wondered about myself.

But most of all, I remember the outpouring of all the Cincinnati fans. All the cards. All their letters. And thank God for all their prayers.

And I also remember the man who was leading the charge. The big, bad, Rob Franxman. And that's why I'm dedicating this post to the Franxster.

And it's also why you're plan isn't going to work. I've got Mahorney on my side, making sure that justice is served.

You know something? Another chapter in Cincinnati history will be written tonight.

Duane Norman never tells a lie.

So get ready. Because I am a Cincinnati fan, and the road to the championship runs through Cincinnati. CINCINNATI.

NOT LONG ENOUGH!

This board was a better place while these threads didn't exist.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history!!!!!

I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

It's the nonsensical nature of his optimistic ramblings that I enjoy.

I should note that I love nonsensical music lyrics as well:

"Nuns run bald through Vatican halls, pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception" - Springsteen, Lost in the Flood

"Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!"
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much about Desolation Row" - Bob Dylan, Desolation Row

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

I see my beer bribe to extend Duane's banishment into 2017 didn't work. How about 2 beers next FB home game?

I hope the musical card I sent stood out in the pile.

BTW... Duane continues to be the easiest poster in the world to avoid if he bothers you. He posts once or twice a week and always in his own thread. Click somewhere else.

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

Nor does he!

(12-15-2016 09:29 AM)RedRocker Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

I see my beer bribe to extend Duane's banishment into 2017 didn't work. How about 2 beers next FB home game?

I missed that bribe offer. I can definitely be bought. Don't worry, he's still on double secret probation. And posts like this one aren't helping his cause.

(12-15-2016 09:33 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  BTW... Duane continues to be the easiest poster in the world to avoid if he bothers you. He posts once or twice a week and always in his own thread. Click somewhere else.

Understood. But I really don't think we should put up with blatant trolling no matter how seldom it is. That is the issue.

Agree with Jim. Wish Duane would step his game up. Too predictable. Sad!

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

He's talking about the where the championship road runs.

I lived in Los Angeles for 28 years, finally retiring and moving back "home" to Cincinnati last summer.

I was a persecuted "all things Cincinnati fan" living on the left coast for what seemed like a lifetime.

Heck, even my vote hasn't counted in decades...And then I move back to the place where the championship runs through, and guess what? MY VOTE COUNTED!!

I for one, enjoy being reminded that there is indeed a road. A road to the championship. And that that road does indeed run, through one place.

DL

(12-15-2016 09:40 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:33 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  BTW... Duane continues to be the easiest poster in the world to avoid if he bothers you. He posts once or twice a week and always in his own thread. Click somewhere else.

Understood. But I really don't think we should put up with blatant trolling no matter how seldom it is. That is the issue.

I just don't know that it's so much trolling as nonsensical enthusiasm. He's not ripping on anyone, he's not baiting people with offensive posts. If he's a troll, he's about the nicest troll ever.

(12-15-2016 09:39 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:29 AM)RedRocker Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 08:14 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I'm pumped now. Welcome back Duane. This is your best post to date.

Really? I don't even understand what the hell he's talking about.

I see my beer bribe to extend Duane's banishment into 2017 didn't work. How about 2 beers next FB home game?

I missed that bribe offer. I can definitely be bought. Don't worry, he's still on double secret probation. And posts like this one aren't helping his cause.

Exactly. Sure we are whores - but we are EXPENSIVE whores.

(12-15-2016 11:25 AM)JPBearcat3 Wrote:  Agree with Jim. Wish Duane would step his game up. Too predictable. Sad!

Donald? I swear this is the exact cadence Trump uses in his tweets. Freaky.

(12-15-2016 11:47 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:40 AM)bearcatjim Wrote:  

(12-15-2016 09:33 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  BTW... Duane continues to be the easiest poster in the world to avoid if he bothers you. He posts once or twice a week and always in his own thread. Click somewhere else.

Understood. But I really don't think we should put up with blatant trolling no matter how seldom it is. That is the issue.

I just don't know that it's so much trolling as nonsensical enthusiasm. He's not ripping on anyone, he's not baiting people with offensive posts. If he's a troll, he's about the nicest troll ever.

Totally agree. On my list of people that annoy the crap out of me Duane is not even on the list. How about some people that manage to make every single thread about despicable Lindners/FCC?

i'm of the opinion that duane should be given full artistic immunity

I dont think what Duane does is even close to trolling. He just likes to post enthusiastic nonsense. I see no problem with it. Especially since nobody is making anyone else click the link and read it.