The FFL Herald Vol 2.10          10/30/97
The Voice Of FlimFlam!

Owned and Operated under the Joint Auspices of the UB REDNECKS/BIG GALOOTS Franchises
(Week #9 - men in motion week!)
<--Our on the move, flighty reporters! -->

Legends Continue to Dominate!
UBs & Dingos Win High Score?!
Amoebas Stumble!
THIS REPORTER


In this issue:


THAT REPORTER
The Possum Adventure Continues

That Reporter - from somewhere in the Caribbean.

       After leaving our Latin amigos from Cuba, we head due northwest hoping to make land somewhere around the Mississippi Delta and back towards Alabammy, which was our original destination. Cuban intelligence had shown me an ad from the Mobile Monitor for the following: 'Dog Found, No Tags, Wearing Tattoo "Franklin"'. Since Billy-Bob had given me a full description of our mutt, I figured this must be the scar he got from backin' into the woodburning stove after drinking too much corn squeezin's.
       Since our gas ran our earlier today, we've been under wind power using a sail of plastic shopping bags held together with duct tape. (Thanks, Billy-Bob, for the duct tape. It's the Universal Fixin' Solution). Livin' on anchovies, seaweed, squid and baked beans is getting pretty monotonous. Hope we sight land soon. Looks like a shrimp boat up ahead beyond the oil slick. Maybe that's even an oil rig in the distance. Must be near coastal waters by now! Is that a cloud bank or possibly land? Shutting down now to save battery power. Will report as soon as further events develop.
next week - Land, Sweet Land, or Where's Brett Favre's Bar & Grill?



Re-Org the Dragon was late for his photo last week. This week we caught him on film:

"MY NAME IS RE-ORG THE TERRIBLE"
"I'M GUARDING FAIR ELLEN ON THE 5TH FLOOR, YE LOWLY PEASANTS!"
(SORRY I'M LATE - I WAS BUSY BURNING DOWN A NEARBY VILLAGE)"


EDITORIAL PAGE

THEM OTHER REPORTERS

The Boner of the Week     By CYCHA Reporter
       The Boner of the Week is awarded to Keiths for his incredible bad choice of Elway who had ZERO points, even though the game went into overtime. Also, the receivers he played scored ZERO also but his backups did better.
       Runner-ups go to UB Rednecks for starting Johnny Morton who was on a bye week and STILL sharing high score!

                Cowardly Yellow Chicken-hearted Anonymous Reporter

Movin' on Up     By Connie

Lizzzards Now First     By Darlene
       The Lizzzards are now first (in Division 2) after beating up on the Vipers and after the Dingos reach waaaaay back and bury the Culture. Kudos also to UB Rednecks for disposing of Slashers. Rachel and I are CHEERING for the Lizzzards so maybe Dave will not watch so much hockey.
       Dave says 'Yeah, right!'

Exposed! UB Rednecks are imposters!     By Chris
Oct 23: Inquiring reporter searching thru BMS personnel files finds that Billy-Bob's address is on MANOR DRIVE!
Oct 24: When informed of this, Billy-Bob's response was: 'U know I kant reed strete sines'
Oct 25: Herald's mobile unit is sent to UB country to verify story
Oct 26: Mobile unit stops at local hangout to jawbone with locals and to watch the games on bar tv. Locals verify that he's on Manor Drive. Van gets stuck in mud.
Oct 27: When questioned again, Billy-Bob claims it's a dirt road. Tractor pulls mobile unit out of mud.
Oct 28: Locals inform mobile unit that Billy-Bob's spread is 'yonder over them hills'. Hmmm - ok.
Oct 29: Billy-Bob's lightning-struck trailer spotted in distance. Putting planks over the gulley in order to get over there.
Oct 30: Just in time for the presses:
Located the faded street sign and inspect it closely. It reads "Manure Drive"!


UBs cheered     By Sylvia
        Dad, stop flirting with the babysitter and burp me, dammit! Oh, go have a smoke!


Rimma's Place 

Rimma's spacecraft has left Mars and is headed back towards earth. Here is the latest message from her: "Moscow Control, Moscow Control, Krull Computer Files Downloaded. Core of Planet Will Soon Explode so Must Return Now. Leslie Nielsen has been transported back to Hollywood for Lame-o Capitalist Comedy Movie.
Cosmonaut Rimma out."


Rimma's History Corner 
The following is considered by experts to be the peak, the acme, the high tide mark, the creme de la creme of Rimma's Place:

THE TRUTH ABOUT HALLOWEEN
You don't remember, but we were the first peoples to acknowledge all hallows eve. We reject your stupid attempt to circumvent the destiny that precedes the four horsemen. We (the Russian Peoples) do not agree with your (stupid American) customs of glorifying the fates. Here is my tale of fate and three sisters:
        Once there was a girl with bloody hands, she cried aloud that she had killed a postal worker. Persephone quickly soothed her sorrow by telling her the horror of salesmen. Tisiphone agitated everybody with a purity of thought that quickly became pass�'. Megeara was horrified. Megeara cried, " NO!@" TisBit said "YES#". Soon the girl with bloody hands was dead and only her memory remained.
        Her memory of the three sisters known as ?, polluted all of time and space. Her memory haunts us to this day.
        She is the three-in-one, who is the joke yet to be spoken, the ghost that plagues our lives.
        I see you do not believe. Let me show you the face of our(Russian) demon:

This demon will feed on the blood of your children and suckle at the breast of the Cosmos. You still do not believe in Russian mythology? HA!, I curse your seed!, I spit upon your desiccated corpse!, I laugh at your stupid predjuice!
        A Bloody Hand Reaches out From the Ground     Ghhk, gurgle (fingers snapping heartily)




AND, NOW,Rimma's Place Halloween Hijinx (A Russian Introspective)
Please Note, TA = Traditional American, / OR = Orthodox Russian

TA - Light on fire a bag of dog doody, ring the bell, and,
        1. hope someone answers, stomps on it, and doesn't catch you watching.
OR - Light on fire a bag of sobaka doody and fling it to the commissars roof and,
        1. run like hell.

TA - Get several rolls of toilet paper and,
        1. TP the trees.
        2. TP the neighbors house.
OR - Get several rolls of toilet paper and,
        1. Bring one home so the whole family can finally TP their butts.
        2. Sell the rest on the black market.

TA - Get a carton of eggs and,
        1. Break them by throwing them at unmoving cars.
        2. Break them by throwing them at moving cars.
        3. Hard boil them and break house windows.
OR - Get a carton of eggs and,
        1. Break them and make an omelet for breakfast.
        2. Hard boil them and break the commissars windows, then run hell-bent away from the automatic gunfire.
        3. Trade them on the black market for TP.

TA - Get a bar of soap and,
        1. Smear it completely over car windows.
        2. Bite off a piece and spray soap bubbles.
        2a. Tell your parents it was Brett Favre who put drugs in your candy that made you sick.
OR - Get a bar of soap and,
        1. Smear it completely over your body to get that pinko commie stench off.
        2. Trade it on the black market for eggs which you can then trade for TP.
        2a. Tell the Commissar that it was your children's fault and then thrash them soundly in public.



Dear Chubby

Dear Chubby,
        My pc still isn't working right. I tried reloading Windows and it wouldn't let me. Fortunately I was able to save my data files on tape which took hours of 'whirr, whirr, whirr'. I feel like taking everything back to Best Buys and throwing it throught the front window. What should I do?
        signed,
       anxious & worried DMG

Dear anxious & worried DMG,
       Everything can be blamed on Bill Gates. He designed a system that uses up resources as fast as the hardware makers can increase them. Take comfort in the fact that he lost 1.7 billion on 'Red Monday'. You may hire me as a technical consultant if you wish or you may futilely struggle and try to download files from the internet. This may get you by for a while until your machine becomes obsolete. Then you can use it as a '$1500.00 dust collector'. It also makes a dandy footrest, and on the farm here we use old 386's for target practice!
            Chubby


        TRIVIA CHALLENGE:             Hmmm...


last week: "Bob K's Trivia Emporium - 80's Madness"
Paul wins a shiny quarter and a black Papermate fine point pen from the Bob-o-rama.
NOTE - some questions have no answers. Bob says he'll know the correct answer if you tell it to him!

  • Who were Turbo and Ozone?
  • What bar did the gang from Three's Company always go to?
  • What was the name of the man who adopted Webster?
  • Who did President Reagan beat when re-elected in 1984?
  • What was the largest selling album of the 80's?
  • What happened to the 'Ark' at the end of 'Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark'?
  • Who was Latka's other personality in the show 'Taxi'?
  • Who played 'The Incredible Hulk'?
  • Who did Woody replace on 'Cheers'?
  • Who sang the song 'I Know What Boys Like'?
  • The 'Brat Pack' consisted of:
  • Name 3 Brat Pack movies.
  • What kind of car fell into the water in 'Risky Business' and what color was it?
  • What was Bill Cosby's name on 'The Cosby Show'?
  • Who sang the song 'Toy Soldiers'?
  • What was the name of Men At Work's first album?
  • What was the name of the son on Sanford and Son?
  • Who took Pee Wee Herman's bike?
  • What movie were both Mr. T and Hulk Hogan in and who were their characters?
  • What planet was Alf from?
  • ?
    The Regal Beagle
    Belvedere
    Dukakis
    Thriller
    Lost in the US Government Storage Warehouse
    Elvis
    Bill Bixby or Lou Ferrigno
    Coach (NOT Craig T Nelson)
    The Waitresses
    Charlie Sheen and some other guys
    ?
    A silver Porsche
    Dr. Huxtable
    Martika
    Men at Work
    Lamont
    ?
    ?
    ?


    this week: "Paul's M*A*S*H, Movies, and The Duke"


  • Who gave Radar his final exam for his High School Diploma?
                    Col Blake
                    Hawkeye & Trapper
                    Col. Potter
                    Fr. Mulcahey
  • What happened to Frank after leaving the 4077th?
                    was promoted to Lt Colonel
                    was discharged with a section 8
                    was transferred to Tokyo General
                    Left the army for private practice
  • What four characters lived in the Swamp during the first season?
                    Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank, Spearchucker
                    Hawkeye, Frank, Cowboy, Trapper
                    Hawkeye, Trapper, Ugly John, Frank
                    Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank, Radar
  • What was the name of Radar's dog?
                    Rick
                    Trooper
                    Black Beauty
                    Ranger
  • What was John Wayne's first big movie?
  • What is John Wayne's full real name?
  • Where did John Wayne go to college?
  • Who was Steve Martin's costar in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'?
  • Who played the part of Uncle Ernie in the movie version of the rock opera Tommy?
  • What was the name of Stanly's dog in The Mask?





  •         (rules PRIZE determined by Paul! for the earliest person with the most answers correct.
    Deadline: end of the day Monday 11/3).



    "Purely Subjective and Sure to be Controversial Ratings of the Week" (tm):
    look for one of your players here!

    Duds of the Week: John Elway
                Runners-up: Brad Johnson, Mike Alstott, Minnesota offense

    Star of the Week: Warren Moon
          Runners-up: Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Tim Biakabutuka



    THE NEW AND IMPROVED RUMORMONGER:
    Dedicated to the rumors and gossip that inquiring minds want to stick their noses into.
            TRUE???: Csaba will NOT move until his pc is fixed!
                                    Keiths will canoe into the sunset (like his team) if he keeps losing
                                    Mike Gephart declares himself the 'Dark Horse' of the league, plans to be in playoffs
    THE COFFEE CAN TREASURE HUNT (formerly The Rumormonger):
    X Marks the Spot     by Kristin

    Kristin has reported the following:
    The treasure is in Dad's underwear drawer. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


    Quote of the Week     by Kathryn

    Kathryn: chatter, chatter, chatter
    Dad:'Kathryn, where's your OFF switch?'
    Kathryn:'I don't HAVE an off switch!'
    Dad:'That's what I thought..."

    ed note: Kristin's and Kathryn's columns are official transcripts of actual conversations with DAD

    Heard about the league..     by Eva, Nikki, & Sylvia
    Now, what I heard going around the league was..
    UB Rednecks:
    New theme song 'Bad Moon Rising'!
    Big Galoots:
    Watch for big lineup shakeup next week! Contracts will be rewritten! Heads will roll!
    Angry Amoebas:
    How exactly does an amoeba 'stumble'???
    Vipers:
    Vampire Vipers come out on Halloween!
    Dingos:
    Oh, yeah, NOW maybe I can start the trash talk again!
    Lizzzards:
    Brett & Napoleon really outdid themselves, wouldn't you say, Bob?
    America's Team:
    Bledsoe just had 9 points. Oh, yeah, that's 9 more than ELWAY! HA HA HA!
    Legends:
    Terrell Davis, Bam Morris, Mark Brunell. I'm thinkin' so hard as to who is the best.
    Pocono Pounders:
    Of course this was one of my better scores. That's why I played the #1 team.
    Culture Shock:
    We're cookin' up another 'L' for the Galoots!
    Slashers:Terminators:
    Could this be a winning STREAK???

            Sincerely,
            Anonymous reporter



    THE GAMES: Week 9
        Stats are correct again except for Keith's because of a 'search all' sequencing error in the Stats Table.

       

    This week's results (bullet denotes correct guess - er - prediction):
    *Amoebas slimed by Terminators Terminators 42, Amoebas 27
    Galoots railroad Americas Team Americas Team 42, Galoots 39
    *Legends roll, flatten Pounders Legends 65, Pounders 42
    *Dingos choke the Culture, but... Dingos 74, Culture 60
    *Rednecks dull the Slashers Rednecks 74, Slashers 37
    Vipers over Lizzzards by a snake-eye (1 point) Lizzzards 53, Vipers 35

        (Jiminy was 4 for 6, sounds good to us!)

    Weekly high score goes to (drum roll please): Csaba & John!


    THE MATCHUPS: Week 10 {odds by Jimmy the Greek cricket, a statistically dead bug}

    odds that stats will be available next week: 99 to 1 with the trifecta paying $1,530.40

    Our humble predictions:
    Lizzzards lick Amoebas
    Galoots lasso Culture
    Terminators make surprise ending to Legends movie
    Pounders win election over Americas Team
    Dingos' treat is Slashers' trick
    Rednecks use Vipers for bolo necktie
    odds that these picks are correct: 0 to 0

    OWNER COMMENTS (Where Trash Talk Rules): Week 9

    From the UB Rednecks last week:
    Week #9 UB Redneck lineup
    QBWarren (Should do better than Blake) Moon
    RBEmmitt (Nobody wants me so I'll show them) Smith
    Antwian (Thomas is an "OLD FART") Smith
    WRTim (Big Week # 9) Brown
    Johnnie (Guaranteed 6 points) Morton
    TETroy (Big disappointment) Drayton
    K Jason (I'll get the points this week) Elam
    D Pittsburgh (De FENCE)

    I hope, all these guys are playing. If not please let me know, so I can change my lineup before Sunday. Thanks, May the best Redneck WIN..!!

    From the UB Rednecks on Monday Morning:
    I'm new in Fantasy Football and can be a little stupid sometimes, but I'm somewhat disappointed that nobody told me that Johnie Morton had a bye week.
    Plus I'm having a little trouble counting past 9 (you know, the tractor took my thumb last harvest). How do you calculate 5 TD's plus 409 yards. Is it 5 + 6 + 7 or (5 x 6) + 7?
    Thanks for your help!
            Billy-Bob

    From the Slashers:
    don't worry chubby, you beat us with your qb alone. i can take my medicine like a big boy. oh yeah, paul, you're not going to see any that add/drop money we owe. da da da...

    From the Commish:
    $25 is a lot of money. Dont make me send Olaf over there.

    From the Dingos:
    Matt,
    Use this conversion table to determine the fee paid:
    OweFine
    $25broken leg (compound fracture)
    $20broken leg (hairline fracture)
    $154 broken fingers
    $103 broken fingers
    $52 broken fingers
    $0Coke and a smile

    From the Galoots:
    And $1.00 for just a slap upside the haid!

    From the Galoots to Americas Team on Monday morning:
    Paul, This is getting to be a bad habit, but I'm (almost) willing to concede after adding up the scores.
    This is what I came up with:
    Reed
    Bledsoe?Elway the Dud0
    George3Way15
    Bettis9Levens?
    Freeman?Emanuel0
    Alexander60
    Green0Sharpe0
    Cunningham12Hollis5
    MIIN++2STLLL1
    ---------------------------------------
    3321

    Looks like I got more goose eggs than u.
    You will notice Kordell Stewart got 18+5 points, and if I used him instead you would be crying instead of MEEEEEEE (wah,wah, wah).
    Think your guys will get shut out and Levens gets 13 pints???
    ed note - Levens in fact got 15 points, but Bledsoe got 9!

    From Americas Team:
    Stl had 8 points not 1. Thats what I got. I have it 33-28. Dont concede yet. HOPE.

    From the Galoots:
    REALLY???!!! - oh, come on, you're just teasing...My newspaper shows KC had 1 sack, no ints, 1 fumble (recovered) - are you looking at STL's turnovers?? (4 sacked, 3 fumbles lost, 1 int) But I'll gladly take the pints!!!

    From Americas Team:
    Opps! You are right! I was mistaken. I admit when I am wrong. You have 21 points not 28. I have 33 so far.

    From the Galoots:
    NO NO NO - you gave me those points - WAAAAHHHH! MOMMMMYYYYY!!!!
            Lil' crybaby Galoot (ask Bob)

    From Americas Team:
    Crying doesnt solve anything anything but ruining your mascara. Ask Matt.
    ed note - no response from Matt but he was heard singing his new song...

    The Editorial staff strongly recommend, that you submit your comments on time..!!
    Don't ask me what time that is ..... YOU @#%@@..... Just make sure to be on time.
    There, now U know !!
    THE EDITOR



    the following message from our absentee editor:


    Galoots Locker Room - Monday October 27
    Keiths announces:
    Shake Shake Shake, Shake Shake Shake,
    Up the Lineup, Up the Lineup, (Uh Huh, Uh Huh)!

    Did the stock market really upset him so?
    Or did falling below '.500' make his mind go?
    Did a big fat goose egg by Elway drive him bonkers?
    He hands off to Terrell Davis who runs from here to Yonkers!
    Did Kordell Stewart AGAIN score mucho points?
    Has Keiths been hanging around in nudie joints?
    Is he really getting a canoe, and will the whole team fit?
    Who gets life jackets and who gets ****?

    Keiths replies:
    Thank you, thank you all for your kind applause...
    Your questions will all be answered when the Herald is issued and my lineup for week 10 is final. Truth is, I'm getting more Viperish every week and figure a 'reorg' is in order.
    Also, I paid good money for my extra wide receivers. Now I just can't decide who to play. Whooooooo knows??? Not me, apparently!
    Advisor positions are open to all SERIOUS applicants. May NOT pick player by choosing favorite color or number. Salary to be 'gratis' ('gratis' = an old latin word meaning 'valuable and satisfying')



    Any future letters may be sent to the editor when his pc is fixed sometime this year (or editor 2 whenever he installs his pc after finishing his deck) at: [email protected] OR [email protected])
    And soon at our new webpage at http\\www.lunatics.com which is currently under negotiation.


    STUFF:
     Cyber Tips To Help You win BIG 

    Don't worry about stocks, just worry about your lineup!
    Jeff Blake available to fix search routine in Stats Table program
    Csaba - this is the LAST bye week, so you won't be able to play a bye player after this



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