The tough ass son of a bitch for next week?
The Storm of course, I'm coming in drunk and the talk is going to be that of a stable boy, or a sailor on leave. Rough words and re-raises will be the theme. Maybe I'll actually sniff a final table to boot.
Talk is cheap, stable boy.
Posted by: Drud Report | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 14:34
For the record - I never want to be known as a tough ass son of a bitch. Nor do I want to be given the female equivalent of the title. I'll still gladly win, of course.
Posted by: First Lady | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 14:42
For the record, I never want to be referred to as a stable boy with a sailor on leave in the same sentence.
Posted by: Slim | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 14:48
Noted.
I know you want to be the tough s.o.b. for next week Drud but you're going to have to wait. Unless you do/say something really tough. If anyone needs info on what's tough just watch Pibb work, the apotheosis of a tough guy.
Anyway, who knows where my weekly tough guy rants will take us...somewhere that tough guys live forever, like Valhalla for instance.
Posted by: Storm | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 14:50
Tough Guys do not use the word "apotheosis."
Ever.
Posted by: Von Sandman | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 19:23
Salvadore Dali did. He cut off his ear. That's pretty tough in my books. If Storm cuts off his ear when he gets beat, I'm off the tour.
Posted by: The Canadian Mint | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 04:46
Dali and Van Gogh both cut their ears off? Why do painters cut their ears off? Hey, I'm gonna paint these flowers but I've got all this angst so I think I'll cut off my ear. It will be a symbolic gesture.
What do brilliant poker players cut off? Ear is to painting as ______ is to poker....pinky toe?....nose?.....left buttock? Hey, I'm Howard Lederer, check me out with my half ass. Hey guys, it's me Richie Rich. I was feeling it the other day at Hustler so I cut off my left ass. Check me out!
Posted by: The MOst | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 08:56
Dali didn't cut off his ear. That was Van Gogh only.
Wikipedia:
"[Dali]He died of heart failure at Figueres on January 23, 1989 at the age of 84, and he is buried in the crypt of his Teatro Museo in Figueres." See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
I would say a poker player should cut off the thumb on the hand he handles his cards with, which would make it damn near impossible to look at hole cards.
Posted by: Drud Report | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 10:05
i think van gogh cutting his ear off may have something to do with his love affair with absinthe and thujone, as opposed to a symbolic gesture of artist angst. as for drud's "thumb-cutting" comment, i'm not sure a painter would need his ear as much as a card player would need his thumbs. though i guess william rockwell proved me wrong on that point as well.
Posted by: jamie | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 11:55
is this the Toughest Guy in Town thread?
Posted by: Slim | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 11:57
more like Nerdiest Guy in Town thread
Posted by: the cooler | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 12:17
i was labeled nerdiest guy in town long ago, i'm not gonna lose sleep over it.
Posted by: jamie | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 13:18
Now that the Cooler has posted here, it can officially be a nerdy thread.
Posted by: Ivan | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 13:48
hardy har har
Posted by: the cooler | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 13:56
btw Van Gogh didn't die from cutting his ear off...and he was on absynth...makes it much easier...
Tough guys cut their ear off sober!
Posted by: Clayton | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 14:22
So it's settled?
Dali= earful
Van Gogh= earless but stoned, i.e., not tough
Cooler= nerd?
Jamie= nerdiest?
Brent= tough???
Can you hear paintings? No. Can you smell poker? Only if Gerritt is involved. Therefore, ear is to painting as nose is to poker.
Posted by: The Most | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:03
Cooler = nerd = Never Ending Radical Dude
Posted by: the cooler | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:10
can't wait for absinthe to become the Official Beverage of the 4th Street Poker Tour.
Posted by: Slim | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:11
ok, i'll bring the absinthe...
Posted by: justin | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:30
Cooler = nerd = Never Ending Radical Dude
With this post Cooler you have guaranteed that you will never be the toughest guy in town.
Posted by: Storm | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:31
^^ I was afraid of that
Posted by: the cooler | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:32
i will hopefully be in prague in july...if so, i will certainly donate a bottle of the good absinthe to any of those in need on the following thursday night. none of this watered down USA absinthe with 1/10 the hallucinogen.
Posted by: jamie | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:38
Can the 4th Street winner toast with absinthe at the end of the night with the First Couple? You know, the equivalent of that awkward Budweiser Select toast that concludes each WPT event? The one where Vince Van Patten looks at the beer and wishes it were either a martini or an underage hooker?
Posted by: Al | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:40
that should certainly be the victory picture from now on...and until we have some Absinthe on Tour, then maybe we can do it with Patron
Posted by: jamie | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:57
what kind of chemist are you if you can't just whip up some absinthe for tonight's game?
Posted by: Slim | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:59