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Post by Lionheart on Oct 16, 2007 14:44:09 GMT -5
Ya know, I don't really buy the whole "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it" platitude. There are some things I can know with reasonable certainty that I wouldn't enjoy based simply on rational calculation without actually experiencing them. Jamming a pencil in my ear, for example.
Not really offering an opinion on wrestlers' books one way or the other, just sayin'.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 16, 2007 14:46:02 GMT -5
No. Not the best comparison there. I know what you're trying to say but no. Wrestling books are filled with lies and stories completely contradict each other so it's rather a useless endeavour reading them. I definitely trust your opinion on the subject since you've never read one. As long as you're sharing your wisdom with us, could you give me some travel tips relating to someplace you've never been or reccomend any good movies you haven't seen? I've heard nothing but good things about downtown Tehran.
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Post by Ultimate Reality on Oct 16, 2007 14:52:00 GMT -5
All I know is the guy wrestled with his mouth hanging open 90 percent of the time. Very disturbing. That was his technique to put on endurance matches like the Iron Man match, and not tire out easily. He made sure his mouth was wide open, so he could gulp in more air, than just through his nostrils. Then after long matches, he'd always end up with the white slime/spit buildup in the corner of his mouth. Hey, it happens, I'm not bashing the guy, but why when he wiped his mouth, did he ALWAYS have to look at his hand before wiping it on his tights?
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Post by jmac950 on Oct 16, 2007 14:58:11 GMT -5
Hm, I have the bad feeling the book will radically change my take on Bret as a person. Why? He was a star in the 80's and 90's. You'd be naive to think he didn't do cocaine, steroids, and didn't participate in sexy orgies. I don't get people who hear the personal lives of a star, and then feel like they have to judge them. Nobody is perfect. I'd also like to point out that I do not see anything about this in Today's Vancouver Sun.
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Post by thiazzi on Oct 16, 2007 16:47:12 GMT -5
All I know is the guy wrestled with his mouth hanging open 90 percent of the time. Very disturbing. Yeah, he had the John McClane thing going on. It's funny someone else noticed that, it was very annoying. As for his book, I won't read it. I've never read nor will ever read a wrestling book. I know it's going to be their perspective so I know I'll never get the truth about things, or even if I am I'll be skeptical to believe it. Do you watch the news at all?
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Post by celtics543 on Oct 16, 2007 17:01:59 GMT -5
I'm surprised to hear the stories of Bret being on drugs and stuff, because I thought I heard a while ago that the only guys in the lockerroom during the eighties that weren't on drugs were Bret and Bob Backlund.
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 16, 2007 19:46:37 GMT -5
I'm surprised to hear the stories of Bret being on drugs and stuff, because I thought I heard a while ago that the only guys in the lockerroom during the eighties that weren't on drugs were Bret and Bob Backlund. I think Owen was the drug free one, but I could be wrong on that.
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Post by Spaceboy on Oct 17, 2007 1:39:43 GMT -5
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Oct 17, 2007 1:53:31 GMT -5
Bret Hart bitching about anything and everything.
I can't wait.
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Post by uncleslam on Oct 17, 2007 2:04:10 GMT -5
Is Bret still married to that young Italian chick? Because that SLAM! article says "his brief second marriage," which implies to me that they're divorced now.
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Post by Joie De Vivre on Oct 17, 2007 2:29:04 GMT -5
Extract: "Chapter One. So I wrestled for a few years then that son of a b**** Shawn Michaels was due to face me at Wrestlemania 12..." That would be the great hook. That everything in his life revolved around that son of a B Shawn Michaels. "Sure, learning to drive was pretty cool, but that son of a B Shawn Michaels led his Little League team in stolen bases that year, so it wasn't that great. Shawn steals my spotlight again..." As a Bret Hart fan, I must say that's hilarious ;D that reminds me of an episode from The Simpsons, when Homer calls a radio station and all he talks about is Ned Flanders.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 17, 2007 2:35:49 GMT -5
This must be another Ric Flair. Editorial Reviews Review “Bret Hart is the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.” —Ric Flair Amazon.ca
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Oct 17, 2007 3:10:09 GMT -5
Ya know, I don't really buy the whole "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it" platitude. And people will call you a hypocrite if you have. People always have some stupid remark that'll get them out of someone trying to talk some sense into them.
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Post by The OP on Oct 17, 2007 3:18:33 GMT -5
"Stop it, you're being a hypocrite!"
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Post by machinegun on Oct 17, 2007 3:36:31 GMT -5
"Stop it, you're being a hypocrite!" The f*** is up with his nose
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Post by messiah on Oct 17, 2007 3:52:35 GMT -5
I definitely trust your opinion on the subject since you've never read one. As long as you're sharing your wisdom with us, could you give me some travel tips relating to someplace you've never been or reccomend any good movies you haven't seen? I've heard nothing but good things about downtown Tehran. Amazing titty bars!
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Post by I Graduated Warrior University on Oct 17, 2007 4:10:26 GMT -5
Maybe he will talk about the time he and Andre wrestled at Shea Stadium and everyone was there to see him face off with Andre, not the Sammartino vs Zbysko cage match that was main eventing, despite the fact that it is one of the most famous cage matches of all time...oh wait that was Hogan's book...
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Oct 17, 2007 5:52:33 GMT -5
That was his technique to put on endurance matches like the Iron Man match, and not tire out easily. He made sure his mouth was wide open, so he could gulp in more air, than just through his nostrils. Then after long matches, he'd always end up with the white slime/spit buildup in the corner of his mouth. Hey, it happens, I'm not bashing the guy, but why when he wiped his mouth, did he ALWAYS have to look at his hand before wiping it on his tights? I don't know. Perhaps it was a bad habit that he didn't realise he had, like every other human being has?
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Post by Thread Pirate Roberts on Oct 17, 2007 5:57:21 GMT -5
Then after long matches, he'd always end up with the white slime/spit buildup in the corner of his mouth. Hey, it happens, I'm not bashing the guy, but why when he wiped his mouth, did he ALWAYS have to look at his hand before wiping it on his tights? I don't know. Perhaps it was a bad habit that he didn't realise he had, like every other human being has? He also may have been checking for blood.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Oct 17, 2007 6:07:51 GMT -5
I don't know. Perhaps it was a bad habit that he didn't realise he had, like every other human being has? He also may have been checking for blood. This is true, also. Why am I agreeing with a Thread Pirate?
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