January 06, 2005

***SPOFI LOCKER ROOM INTERVIEW #26*** 86:: : "Work sucks so I can't guarantee that answers will come in a timely manner, but fire away." That's never stopped me before. 1st interview of 2005 is with 86!

posted by worldcup2002 to navel gazing at 01:14 PM - 114 comments

Q1. Happy 2005, 86. How are you spending your new year?

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:15 PM on January 06, 2005

West Coast rules these lazy ass Easterners!!

posted by billsaysthis at 02:55 PM on January 06, 2005

I'm spending mine having flu. Bet 86 can top that.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:55 PM on January 06, 2005

Who asked you monkeys? Get back to the peanut gallery!

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:27 PM on January 06, 2005

I like peanuts.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:33 PM on January 06, 2005

What kind of peanuts?

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:40 PM on January 06, 2005

I thought this was the peanut gallery. 86 better show up soon or I'll tell you all about the fever dream I had last night.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 03:43 PM on January 06, 2005

Fever Dream sounds like some new alt-rock song or something. Let's hear it.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:46 PM on January 06, 2005

My girlfriend had a dream last night that I was flirting with some PYT (her words) right in front of her on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard.

posted by mbd1 at 03:53 PM on January 06, 2005

mbd1: now you're in trouble and you didn't even do anything...

posted by smithers at 04:11 PM on January 06, 2005

Fever Dream sounds like some new alt-rock song or something. Let's hear it. Okay. (my dream was about a bunch of Fast Break candy bars, dancing around in what looked like an incompetently-executed (even for candy bars) English country dance to the tune of the Apple Tree Wassail)

posted by lil_brown_bat at 04:20 PM on January 06, 2005

MBD1Filter: My wife had a dream night before last that we got a pair of puppies, which we are planning, and the two names are already picked out (also true) but that I refused to tell her which puppy got which name. Does she have it in for me or what?

posted by billsaysthis at 04:39 PM on January 06, 2005

Suddenly I have a craving for peanuts. lbb, please feel better soon. Seriously, that dream is messed up. I spent the commute to work this morning trying to think up one exciting thing that I've done in 2005. I drew a blank. Oh well, at least the year is only a week old. I spent New Years Eve with samsonov14, garfield, another friend and various girlfriends. We house-hopped. For those that don't know, a house-hop is a party that starts with drinks or appetizers at one residence, moves to another for dinner, and on to others like this throughout the night. Fun? Yes. But also pretty pointless and more hurried than I would have liked. As far as I can tell it was set up this way so the various girlfriends would have an answer for family members and co-workers that asked them what they were up to on New Years Eve. Since the food was good and the drinks were plentiful, I was happy to oblige. After that? My 2005 has been filled with lazy days watching football or playing games on the couch and busy days at work. Damn the latter, love the former.

posted by 86 at 08:30 AM on January 07, 2005

[crickets] i was raised to call brazil nuts something else. [crickets]

posted by garfield at 03:06 PM on January 07, 2005

I see how it is.

posted by rocketman at 03:18 PM on January 07, 2005

So garfield, you make it to work yet this year or what?

posted by 86 at 03:29 PM on January 07, 2005

yup. twice.

posted by garfield at 03:54 PM on January 07, 2005

was that a call out on working, 86?

posted by garfield at 03:59 PM on January 07, 2005

...not that my spofi addiction speaks much of my work ethic.

posted by garfield at 04:17 PM on January 07, 2005

Q2. On what are you working so busily this new year?

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:19 PM on January 09, 2005

I fear we are headed for the archives before this thing is done.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:02 PM on January 10, 2005

posted by StarFucker at 01:27 AM on January 11, 2005

wc, you're probably right. Oh well. Work is work is work. I'm in the exciting world of insurance. For the kids out there if you're looking for a stable work with loads of excitement, insurance is the world for you. Naturally, I fell backwards into this work. That's how it happens. I was unemployed for a year or so and my roommate (who had previously fallen backwards into the world of insurance) told me his company needed some temporary help. I came in, started to process some numbers, and before I knew it a year had gone by and I was "in insurance." My only regret is that they don't give you with a badge or snazy hat. If I had a badge or a snazy hat that clearly defined me as an insurance guy, my world would be complete. For now, I have settled for a stupid haircut. And to answer your question, the end/beginning of the year is always a busy time of year in insurance. All things considered it ain't that bad. It's decent money, fairly easy work, and I get to hear about all the idiots out there who do stupid stuff and then sue other people as cover for their own embarrassment. That, and insurance chicks are hot.

posted by 86 at 08:37 AM on January 11, 2005

Q3. It is obvious that my next question must absolutely be: Who are these hot insurance chick and why, pray tell, why are they hot? The world needs to know now!

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:08 PM on January 11, 2005

chicks. chicks. proofread. gruurgh.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:09 PM on January 11, 2005

That comment was very sarcastic. Of course, the perception isn't entirely true, but most people think of insurance folks as an ugly bunch. Truth be told, this office is just like any other I've worked in. There are some beauties and some...ummm... less fortunate, aesthetically-challenged people, so to speak.

posted by 86 at 01:58 PM on January 11, 2005

apparently becky (in the red top) was formally in insurance before she was on football.

posted by danostuporstar at 03:09 PM on January 11, 2005

Well, I must say that I'm disappointed that we didn't hit a rich vein there.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:38 PM on January 11, 2005

SF, what is up with that picture? Wrong thread? Hope me!

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:40 PM on January 11, 2005

wc, I think he's saying 86 gets drunk and screws your wife?

posted by LionIndex at 03:58 PM on January 11, 2005

Is that what it is? That's terrible.

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:21 PM on January 11, 2005

Q4. So, you know samso14 and garfield. Did they bring you into the SpoFi? Or was it vice versa? And which other SpoFiers do you know? Will SpoFi discover that it has its own Kevin Bacon, spawning a "Six Degrees of 86"?

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:26 PM on January 11, 2005

I *think* that's what Hud's about.

posted by LionIndex at 05:31 PM on January 11, 2005

I don't know...this thread seemed to be dragging compared to other interview threads, just didn't want anyone to forget about it. I looked for a GIS for "long interview" and after not finding anything good on a few pages, that pic came up. Plus its one of my favorite movies.

posted by StarFucker at 05:32 PM on January 11, 2005

Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death? thought we needed a bit of izzard

posted by BigCalm at 03:49 AM on January 12, 2005

I'm confused.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:33 PM on January 12, 2005

My GIS on "long interview":

posted by NoMich at 03:40 PM on January 12, 2005

... (Hope 86 gets back here soon. The natives are getting restless. Posting pictures now, what will they do next?)

posted by worldcup2002 at 08:27 PM on January 12, 2005

If you're confused by the Izzard, wc, go rent Dressed to Kill toot sweet. Thank the rest of us later. He's a fucking genius. That said, I saw him on some latenight talk show recently and he kind of looked like shit. Still funny as all get-out. You know, running, jumping, climbing fences, putting on makeup.

posted by Ufez Jones at 11:41 PM on January 12, 2005

The evil ducks from the Noah skit still get me every time.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:26 AM on January 13, 2005

Sorry for the delayed response. I took the day off yesterday. Here's how I ended up at Sportsfilter... Samsonov and I met at college. Soon after we arrived we discovered we both had a taste for cheap beer. There are a lot of folks like that in college, but Sammy had already made friends with some girls so latching on with him seemed like a good idea. The girls turned out to be crazy, but he and I have been friends ever since. We had another friend at school who knew a slow-witted Canadian kid from back in high school. garfield would come down and visit him for the college's spring festival every year. We'd meet him, get shit-canned for three days and promptly forget all about him until the next spring. By the end of my four years at school I'd spent one too many nights in a South Carolina drunk tank (spring break) and far too many days skipping classes so I headed to my parents house in Seattle to finish my degree and lose the gut. After that, and a year working in the sports and events scene in the great NW, I went crazy living with my parents and moved back east to New Jersey. At that point I lived with the nameless fourth fellow who had introduced us to garfield in college. After two years in a crappy apartment right outside the Lincoln Tunnel we decided it was time to trade up. Since garfield was going crazy at his own parent's place and we thought three people would make the bills more manageable, we picked him up as a third roomie. Somewhere in all this, Samsonov moved to town. He still liked cheap beer, so things kinda went back into the same routine. Anyway, Sammy was a MeFi guy and pointed me to Sportsfilter not long after it got started. I think garfield probably heard us talking about something that came up here and joined up himself. I don't know anyone else here, but I think garfield and Weedy know each other, so that is two degrees at least.

posted by 86 at 08:29 AM on January 13, 2005

Q5. So what did you study in college?

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:17 PM on January 13, 2005

me and Weedy are well acquainted.

posted by garfield at 03:44 PM on January 13, 2005

I'm not sure how to interpret that.

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:10 PM on January 13, 2005

wc: i like catnip for humans

posted by garfield at 04:57 PM on January 13, 2005

WC, didn't you read the previous answers? He drank and played and did NOT study. Geez! Not that any of us can claim otherwise, I'm sure.

posted by billsaysthis at 06:52 PM on January 13, 2005

so I headed to my parents house in Seattle to finish my degree and lose the gut. I'm hoping somewhere in there, some studying (not of the bottoms of beer mugs and bottles) was happening. Please, 86, don't let me down.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:28 PM on January 13, 2005

As far as I know you can't register in drinking. If you can then maybe I went to the wrong school.

posted by gspm at 07:34 AM on January 14, 2005

gspm, your interview is over. ... Hoohoohoo.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:33 PM on January 14, 2005

HA!

posted by StarFucker at 03:20 PM on January 14, 2005

i didn't get the joke (how's my comment different than any other other than I was the previous interview) and don't see why two people are laughing at it. So HA to both of you. you're both OVER. take that!

posted by gspm at 06:19 PM on January 14, 2005

It was a little joke that probably lost a lot in translation. No offense intended. Anyway, still no sign of 86. Just trying to keep the thread alive ... Otherwise, I really will be OVER.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:32 PM on January 15, 2005

Has 86 been 86d? Har Har

posted by NoMich at 08:00 PM on January 15, 2005

Can we just start making up answers for him?

posted by LionIndex at 11:06 AM on January 17, 2005

You must be new, LionIndex. Normally, you monkeys just go ahead without asking. Hah. Fire away.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:41 PM on January 17, 2005

Aw, c'mon. You joined a whole ten days before me.

posted by LionIndex at 12:53 PM on January 17, 2005

methinks it was "new to the interview ettiquette". usually we're well into Wiggumisms or Lebowski quotes by now. So no need to ask. Unless you weren't actually asking and Can we just start making up answers for him? was some Lebowski quote that only appeared on the DVD extras or something.

posted by gspm at 01:03 PM on January 17, 2005

Aw, c'mon, Lion, I was only joshing. You're very well-mannered for most of the unwashed masses that congregate here. Including me.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:30 PM on January 17, 2005

So I say, Lion, I say, if you were 86, what would your answer to Q5 be?

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:43 PM on January 17, 2005

wc, I knew you were joking; don't worry about it. I was kind of joshing you back. I meant that if we answered the questions for him, could they actually count as the interview; just to get it overwith.

posted by LionIndex at 03:44 PM on January 17, 2005

86 sotto voce: Well, you know, after all the drinking and ravishment of the lovely womenfolk of South Carolina (plus a few gamehen, but that's a story for a whole 'nother website), with thoughts of study and majors far from my frontal lobe, I dragged my suddenly chubby self back to Seattle. Some might say this was a bad sign but those folks haven't known the excitement that only 215 rainy days a year, on average, can inspire. Though I say "can inspire" because obviously that wasn't my experience, I was too busy balancing microbrews and espressos. Major, shmajor, I escaped with a valid bachelor's degree (as long as employers and the US gub'mint don't look to close) and, as I said earlier, backed into a job and apartment with my old drinking pals.

posted by billsaysthis at 04:41 PM on January 17, 2005

LOL - that sounds pretty good, bill. I think we may be on to our first spoof interview evah! Evah!

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:46 PM on January 17, 2005

Hahahaha. Good stuff, bill. And not too far off. If I remember correctly I studied Economics and Government in college. Of course, that's about all I remember. Also, I'm pretty sure I went to college in Connecticut. The South Carolina thing was over spring break. Oh, and I didn't go back to Seattle so much as I just went there. I've never had a home town to go back to after. I was a military brat growing up so between San Francisco, and DC (x2), and St. Louis, and Juneau, and San Juan, and NYC (x), and Muskegon, and Norfolk, I had a lot of hometowns. By the time I was done with four years in Connecticut, my parents just happened to be living in Seattle.

posted by 86 at 08:24 AM on January 18, 2005

Q6. So, being a military brat, and living that itinerant life, tell us about your favorite places to live. What do you consider your hometown?

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:05 PM on January 18, 2005

I think of the northeastern seaboard as my hometown. I lived in DC twice, New York twice (plus the last five years), and went to college in Connecticut. Generally, when people ask though and I'm not in the mood to go on about my moving about I tell them I'm "from" New York. I went to 6th & 7th grade here and after two years in Puerto Rico, I came back for the last three years of high school. Plus, I live in the area now. Of course, I'm technically from New Jersey so it pisses off New Yorkers when I claim some low-grade resident status dating back to grade school. I get asked a lot of about my favorite places and the truth is I have a bunch of them. Most people want a ranking of some sort, but that's not easy to do. Each place I lived had it's ups and downs, but since I never lived in more than one spot when I was the same age it's really like comparing apples to oranges for me to stack them up against each other. For example, a 1st or 2nd grade kid has a worldview that generally doesn't get past his BMX bike or building snow-forts. For me, that meant Alaska was a wonderful spot to be. I could play in the mud, rain, snow, learn to ski, and do all that other junk in small town that doubled as an outdoor adventure-land. My brother and I were free to spend our afternoons hiking in the woods or riding our bikes to the best BMX jumps all the way across town. Had I been in New York or stuck on a base at the same age, I doubt I could have had the same experiences or nearly as much fun. And I've been back to Juneau enough to know that I would have hated it if I had lived there in high school. So, I was fortunate. I lived in Alaska as a rambunctious grade-schooler, New York as an impressionable teen-ager, and plenty of spots in between that managed to make their mark. Puerto Rico would have been wasted on a youngster, but I was old enough to travel the island with my brother and see things visitors miss. By the time my parents lived in St. Louis, I was in college and so even that worked out. I liked St. Louis a lot. Nice people. Some fun stuff to do. Good place to see a baseball game. All around, it's very comfortable. But all be damned if I spend more than three months in that town. Thank God that was only for summers. The only place I recall disliking at all was Norfolk. I was young when we were there and it was only for six months, but we lived in a crappy government house on a base. That's all I remember. That, and Norfolk sucks. Tell your friends.

posted by 86 at 03:01 PM on January 18, 2005

Q7. Back to sports. In your profile, you say you're a "Met fan, a Ranger fan and a Redskin fan. All three teams suck and continue to make the same painful mistakes." Why do you support those teams?

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:42 PM on January 18, 2005

wow, wc, that's a doozy.

posted by garfield at 09:49 AM on January 19, 2005

The Redskins I picked up as a favorite team because I lived in the DC area when I first started watching football. My first games were at RFK with my dad. A game at old RFK would seal the deal for just about any kid of that age. The place literally shook under the weight of a cheering crowd. Plus, the team kicked ass from the mid-eighties through the early nineties. And despite the occasional Dexter Manley or Joe Theisman they were an easy bunch to like. Art Monk, Darrel Green, The Hogs, Joe Gibbs... a solid lot. I started rooting for the Mets in the mid-eighties too. I was in 3rd grade or so and I was just begining the typical American grade school love affair with baseball. My mom's family was from Long Island and they talked me into rooting for the misfits from Queens. I was a die-hard from the word go because the Mets were in a title chase. When we moved to NYC in '87 I got even more tied up in the team. I watched every game on WWOR or SportsChannel and listened to WFAN from the time of their launch. I began watching hockey with the '88 Olympics. The Americans didn't medal or anything, but they put some good games together. Hockey was a love-at-first-sight sort of thing. It was so exciting, so fast, so smooth. I couldn't get enough. And the Americans had an offensive-minded defenseman who I immediately took a liking to. Brian Leetch could skate, carry the puck, move the puck, and do things I couldn't imagine. The announcers talked about him like he was the next great hope for American hockey. Between him and the American netminder, Mike Richter, the New York Rangers had two hot prospects. So I picked (or was assigned by fate) the Rangers as my team. I came to my teams through geography with the Skins, family with the Mets, and because of players with the Rangers. And no matter how it got there, once a team gets in your blood there is no getting rid of it. Bill Simmons wrote a manifesto on it a while ago and laid it out more concisely than I can here, but I'm of the belief that you just don't go jumping from one team to another. Once you have a team, they are yours until death comes or Bob Irsay's moving vans arrive. And the truth is, no matter how much a team sucks in the present, sports go in cycles. If you hold on long enough, even through the really lean years, things will come back around and the victories will be that much sweeter. So right now I'm holding out for that time. And that's why I (still) root for my teams.

posted by 86 at 10:04 AM on January 19, 2005

If you hold on long enough, even through the really lean years, things will come back around and the victories will be that much sweeter. Sweet.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:30 PM on January 19, 2005

Q8. I want to go back to an earlier response of yours. You spoke of "playing games on the couch." What, erm, games were you playing? Did it involve a girlfriend?

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:34 PM on January 19, 2005

Ahh, this is probably more bland than you would expect. I really meant we passed the time by playing games. We play poker, eucher, dominoes, X-Box (ESPN Hockey, Rally Sport, Halo), Acey-Deucy (a form of backgammon), and various board games. I've spent most of my life playing games. It's one of my favorite activities. What we play depends on who is around. If it's garfield, Sammy, & Co., we play X-Box or poker. If it's garfield, myself and our girlfriends, we play dominoes, eucher, or a board game. If it's just me and the lady, we play Acey-Deucy or Spite & Malice (a card game).

posted by 86 at 01:06 PM on January 19, 2005

And no matter how it got there, once a team gets in your blood there is no getting rid of it. Don't I know that, since my favorite teams are about as Geographically separated as they can get: from London to Boston to DC to Atlanta. And every one of them has a solid justification blood wise if not geographically.

posted by trox at 01:56 PM on January 19, 2005

Once you have a team, they are yours until death comes or Bob Irsay's moving vans arrive. That's not always true. When it does happens, though, it's not something that you will decide that happens, it just does. You don't have much choice in the matter.

posted by NoMich at 02:10 PM on January 19, 2005

Spite and Malice is evil. It's a great 2 player game.

posted by sauril at 04:41 PM on January 19, 2005

If it's just me and the lady, we play Acey-Deucy or Spite & Malice (a card game). Did you leave the word "strip" out of your sentence? Otherwise we need garfield and sammy to have a little chat with you, and soon.

posted by billsaysthis at 09:11 PM on January 19, 2005

Okay, let me re-write that... If it's just me and the lady, we play Acey-Deucy or S&M. Better?

posted by 86 at 08:27 AM on January 20, 2005

much better!!!!!!

posted by smithers at 01:35 PM on January 20, 2005

me likey!

posted by billsaysthis at 02:34 PM on January 20, 2005

*mops brow with big towel* Whew.

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:14 PM on January 20, 2005

Q9. What games do you play off the couch? What sports do you still play?

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:16 PM on January 20, 2005

This thread makes me wanna dance!

posted by NoMich at 06:52 PM on January 20, 2005

OK, on second thought, that was a bad idea. Admins, please kill the dancing frog. I think I'm gonna vomit.

posted by NoMich at 06:54 PM on January 20, 2005

You should see the post about Osterman dancing on stage in cheerleader hotpants.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:45 PM on January 20, 2005

Better than Ostertag.

posted by Ufez Jones at 11:59 PM on January 20, 2005

Ostertag. Right. I'm a big b-ball fan.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:36 AM on January 21, 2005

I think WC had that old movie, The Osterman Weekend, on his mind.

posted by NoMich at 07:22 AM on January 21, 2005

Where is 86?

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:55 AM on January 21, 2005

I think the dancing frog threw him into some sort of seizure. Sorry 86!

posted by NoMich at 01:12 PM on January 21, 2005

86?

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:18 PM on January 23, 2005

Where's 86? If it's just me and the lady, we play Acey-Deucy or S&M.!

posted by billsaysthis at 02:16 PM on January 23, 2005

Maybe he got snowed in. I hear it's pretty bad back East.

posted by rocketman at 02:32 PM on January 24, 2005

Oh no, that's right. I forgot that he was in NJ. 86, wherever you are, hope you're all right.

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:22 PM on January 24, 2005

well, i nearly got stuck in lodi this morning. but i would think (hope) that jc has a better snow removal system than us.

posted by goddam at 05:38 PM on January 24, 2005

i hoped so too. but i must admit it is fun gunning my engine in reverse to break through the snow to get out of my drive way. 86 is fine. He's (cough, cough) sick.

posted by garfield at 08:42 AM on January 25, 2005

be grateful you have a driveway.

posted by goddam at 09:31 AM on January 25, 2005

be grateful you have a car. and so on... somebody with powers needs to put this thread into the main page sidebar. 19 days later. (longest interview evar?)

posted by gspm at 09:56 AM on January 25, 2005

EVAR!

posted by worldcup2002 at 10:25 AM on January 25, 2005

I worked in JC back in 1988-89. "gunning my engine in reverse to break through the snow to get out of my drive way" brings back some bad memories, though there was no snow involved.

posted by billsaysthis at 02:34 PM on January 25, 2005

And yeah, we need to get this on the main page sidebar. Pantheon!

posted by worldcup2002 at 08:33 PM on January 25, 2005

Remind me not to go into insurance.

posted by squealy at 04:41 AM on January 26, 2005

squealy, don't go into insurance. I'm still alive folks. I was out for the last two days. Sorry for the delay. What sports do I still play? Hmmmm... Very few. I was quite athletic and active in my younger days. I played soccer since grade-school, baseball like a good American kid should, golf (I was a proud member of the only golf course in Manhattan), tennis, some hoops, a season of volleyball in high school, some skiing, and I tried to surf when I lived in Puerto Rico. I was best at soccer and golf, but those days are long past. I still get out on a course a couple of times every summer, but now I rent a cart and play for beer bets, so it's no longer much of an athletic pursuit. I'd still ski, but it's way too expensive. I joined a local soccer club a few years back. It was run by the owner of my favorite pub. That one ended when I couldn't make it to games due to hangovers (Sat. morning games) and lack of transportation (no car). I even tried to start swimming last fall, but the YMCA isn't the most inviting place to submerge yourself in the morning. Oh, and garfield, Sammy, nameless fourth guy, and I got to playing hockey a while back. Once a month, we'd get together with about a dozen other folks, rent out the midnight slot at the rink and try to teach ourselves to skate. That was fun, but when summer came the desire dried up and we haven't been back out in a while. So what sports do I still play? Not very many, but I try.

posted by 86 at 08:26 AM on January 26, 2005

Q10. Hey at least you're trying. And I'm trying ... to finish this interview. We made it. Finally, 86, why "86"?

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:10 PM on January 26, 2005

btw, glad you're ok. Who should go next?

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:10 PM on January 26, 2005

Finally, 86, why "86"? Because that's how long it took the Red Sox to win another World Series.

posted by rocketman at 03:15 PM on January 26, 2005

i'm thinking it has more to do with the last time they lost a world series.

posted by goddam at 03:26 PM on January 26, 2005

86? That's an easy one... And rocketman, you're sorta right, but goddam nailed it. I have used 86 in my name for online crap dating back to the early nineties. Back then, when I first came to the Intranets, it wasn't kosher to use personally identifiable info in your username. This Internet thingie was going to be an anonymous wonderland of pornography and gossip and no one should know who you are. So, I chose my initials and the year the Mets won the World Series. Since then, I've used the same combination for everything. When I came to SpoFi, I dropped the initials because this is a sports place and the 86 was the sports part of the name anyway. As for who is next... Has danostuporstar been interviewed? He has my number (86).

posted by 86 at 04:11 PM on January 26, 2005

Oh, and here's a list of the interviews so far. I thought this was stored somewhere, but I couldn't find it. 1) StarFucker 2) Vito90 3) Ufez Jones 4) worldcup2002 5) Jacknose 6) jerseygirl 7) JennyB & Corpse 8) squealy 9) grum@work 10) Fat Buddah 11) Samsonov14 12) wfrazerjr 13) Achesons 14) goddam 15) billsaysthis 16) lilnemo 17) rcade 18) jbou 19) JJ 20) garfield 21) lil_brown_bat 22) chicobangs 23) dusted 24) Sauril 25) gspm 26) 86

posted by 86 at 04:18 PM on January 26, 2005

And thanks, wc. Twas fun, even if it was slow. Sorry about the pace, but don't say I didn't warn ya.

posted by 86 at 04:19 PM on January 26, 2005

spofi interviews

posted by garfield at 04:33 PM on January 26, 2005

This Internet thingie was going to be an anonymous wonderland of pornography and gossip and no one should know who you are. Yes, and I'm glad it all worked out that way. So, it's danostupostar's turn. Did you see that profile of his? Wow. I'm surprised noone said it, but ... "Book'em, Dano!"

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:54 PM on January 26, 2005

Bonus non-interviewer question: Who is the "nameless fourth guy" and why is he nameless"?

posted by billsaysthis at 07:30 PM on January 26, 2005

bill, the nameless fourth guy was mentioned in a few of my answers above. He's a highschool classmate of garfields, and a college roommate of Sammy and me. He was also a roommate of garfield and me post-college, but the bastard moved out when he got married last fall. He's nameless because he doesn't post here. Sometimes we call him "Two-hands" because he has two hands.

posted by 86 at 10:26 AM on January 27, 2005

Talk about luck... finishing up just before this post will drop off the page. What interview wizardry.

posted by trox at 11:46 AM on January 27, 2005

Thank you. I love it when a plan comes together.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:35 PM on January 27, 2005

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