Cinoclav's Field of 32 Day 16
12It’s here at last! The final round matchup of the round of 32 is upon us and boy do we have a doozy. But first, we have to say goodbye to that waxy goodness, Candy Corn. Drones elevated themselves above our (least?) favorite Halloween candy and flew off with a 23 to 19 win.
In the 5 year history of meh, it feels like we’ve had more Knives and Bluetooth Speakers than any other items. Mehbe @dave has an official count for us. Mehbe not. Regardless of how many thousands of each that have been sold, the only thing guaranteed besides death and taxes is that eventually we’ll be offered more of each. I dream of the day we’re offered a combination Bluetooth Speaker Knife. Imagine walking down a dark alley one evening, just humming along to your favorite song on your nifty little tune-maker, when some young hoodlum jumps out and demands you hand it over. Once upon a time you’d have willingly done so. But not with your Bluetooth Spiker. You quickly flip it over and slide out the knife. With a wild look in your eyes you threaten to carve up that little punk who quickly turns and runs for his life. You think to yourself, “I had no idea how incomplete my life was before someone brilliantly combined these things.” Unfortunately, the reality of that day seems to be far, far away. Until then, you’ll just have to accept you can only choose one…
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Bluetooth Speakers!
Knives!
@tohar1 Couldn’t decide, huh?
@cinoclav Sorry! I have & use several of both products…I just couldn’t decide! (…and going back to the Rush lyric, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”)
@tohar1 The only reason I’m letting you slide is for using Freewill.
I’m going to Geddy’s book signing this Friday!!!
@cinoclav Color Me Jealous!! Rush is one of my favorite bands, and other than several videos, DVDs, & Blu-Ray discs, I’ve never had the opportunity to see them live. What a TRIP that would be to meet Geddy!!! Send me a picture please!!
@tohar1 I’m truly sorry you never had the opportunity to see them. Fell in love with their music when I was around 11. I first saw them in 1984 at the Grace Under Pressure tour. Saw them at least once on each tour since then. I lost count along the way but I’ve seen them 20+ times. They put on a truly amazing show. I know you barely have any time at all to even say something at these signings but I plan on spurting out a ‘thank you for the music’ while I can. I just double checked and it says you can take candid photos from the line but not during the signing. If you can, you should go see Cinema Strangiato in August. https://www.rush.com/rush-cinema-strangiato/
@cinoclav Unfortuately not playing anywhere near where I live, but I will definitely seek it out when it’s released on Blu-ray (Hopefully 4K).
@tohar1 They do make a habit of releasing these things pretty quickly after the showing.
Or in a more domestic setting, you’re happily chopping up the shallots as the broth simmers and Mozart gently plays from the handle of your kitchen implement.
I’ve bought the knives, and I have bluetooth speakers (which I usually forget to charge) and I vote for the latter as that’s what on my poor broken bracket.
What is this, a 1 seed vs a 1 seed in the first round? This is hard, like comparing Sandy Koufax to Nolan Ryan. Speakers Sandy blazed across the horizon as a shooting star, but with a shorter career. Knives Nolan just performed at high level for a long time, always reliable, there when you needed him. Tough choice!
@lehigh Since it felt like there were more than 4 one seeds, I took the liberty of trying to make sure we had some really good contests in the first round. I didn’t want to see a bunch of blatantly obvious top 16’s. So yeah, it pretty much is a 1 vs. 1 in my mind.
Another tough choice…
If it were between kitchen knives and BT speakers, I’d choose the speakers; between pocket (or any non-kitchen) knives and speakers, I’d choose knives - I think.
Regardless, I have a BT speaker I’m perfectly happy with, and a couple of pocket (and other non-kitchen) knives I’m happy with.
So, whichever one I chose would end up just being used as a passive dust collector.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I can’t decide. But, according to the rule I decided to hold myself to for this game, I have to choose one to buy…
I’m going to need some help…
@Cinoclav - Do multi-tools count as knives?
@DennisG2014 Nope. A knife like the red Kershaw pictured that may have an extra tool or two on it counts, but something like a full fledged Leatherman that happens to have a knife as one of 10 different tools does not.
@cinoclav Alright, thanks for clearing that up.
Gonna have to choose the BT speakers to collect dust, in that case.
How is this even close? Where’s the Meh Meme Squad?! Come on people, get cracking on those Bluetooth stars.
I love and use knives. But voted for bt speakers. Because some of them look silly and float.
/giphy silly float
@f00l I was going to hunt down the picture of the floating speaker. Instead I went with the ugliest one I could remember.
@cinoclav @f00l this one?
I actually like mine and it works great. As long as the grandkids don’t play soccer with it…
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@f00l Um…that gif is freakin’ gorgeous. I think it’s giving me a contact high.
@Cinoclav I keep forgetting to star the topics themselves, which they richly deserve; in case you were wondering why you’re getting occasional bursts of stars from me.
@DennisG2014 Aww thanks. No one else has said anything at all about my rambling at the beginning of each topic. I’m hoping everyone is somewhat entertained by them. Maybe most are just voting and not reading them at all.
@cinoclav @DennisG2014 I read them
@DennisG2014 @tinamarie1974
@cinoclav I think folks are probably reading them but, like me, too wrapped up in which item to star to remember to star the topic.
I think Meh. should hire you to do the product blurb - seriously.
You’re just as entertaining as they are… FWIW.
@DennisG2014 I’m flattered, thank you. I’ve been throwing these together reasonably late in the evening when I tend to be tired and not always thinking straight. Maybe that’s a good thing as it’s probably added to the silliness. Oddly enough, writing was one of my least favorite things to do in school yet I always received good grades for it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@cinoclav
Same here - it was because the assignments were stupid. lol
I had one college writing instructor who made it fun and gave interesting, fun assignments. Only time I ever aced a writing class.
@cinoclav @DennisG2014 Add me to the reading but not commenting crowd. I am enjoying the tournament especially the daily write up. I have been voting for varied reasons that only make sense to me.
Stars in general I go in streaks. Star most things I read and skimming without stars for any reason.
@speediedelivery Thanks for playing along, I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I’m certainly not looking for any accolades, but I truly appreciate the comments. They at least let me know that people are following the tourney. I really wasn’t sure how it would be perceived or if anyone would actually give a crap about it.
Btw, I’m the same way with stars. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in reading the comments they just fade into the background.
@cinoclav Understood but feedback is nice as well as encouraging.
Life is keeping me running. Playing here is a break from everything to relax. You are part of the fun/good here, now as goat and before as a posting member. You earned those hooves and are wearing them well.
@speediedelivery Thank you, that feeling is mutual.
@cinoclav @DennisG2014 @tinamarie1974 yep… me three…
Knives are taking a slight lead folks!
@cinoclav well, we’ll need to cut into that …
@cinoclav @stolicat There’s literally no point in voting for the BT speakers.
@mike808 @stolicat Listen up people, we have some pretty sharp wit over here.
@cinoclav don’t you mean they are edging out the speakers…gasp!
@chienfou Yeah, @cinoclav needs to get a handle on it before someone gets hurt.
@chienfou @cinoclav @stolicat
Time to bolster the small lead for knives – get your vote in!
What I want to say is something’s fishy here - as this closes out it’s 23-19 in favor of the one I didn’t pick. Yesterday it was 23-19 in favor of the one I didn’t pick.
/giphy paranoid
@stolicat You could just pretend more “legitimate” mehtizens voted with you if that makes you feel better.
@stolicat No worries, I’m letting it run til the morning. As usual, I should have it updated around 6 EST. Seems the late night changeover people drop by and vote. They might not change the outcome bu they should change the numbers.
@cinoclav @stolicat it’s pretty much a dead heat at 0100 CDT. 23-24 with some people even voting for BOTH items (guess they will ‘win’ any way you slice it…)
Where’d my t go?!
@chienfou @stolicat They also lose any way you slice it.
@cinoclav It’s a tie, how exciting!!