Figleaf23's definitions

boat race

A team-based drinking contest. Opposing teams (usu. 5 members each) sit opposite eachother along a table. At the gun, the first member of each team drinks their beverage (usu. beer) as quickly as possible. Upon completion, each player slams his/her mug to the table, signifying that the next teammate can begin their drink, like a relay race. At the end of the table, the last team member (called 'the Anchor') must complete two drinks before play proceeds back through each team (the 'return trip') until the first player of the winning team finishes his/her second drink.

We were doing boat races last night at the Student Union building, but Pete had four shots before we started and he couldn't finish the return trip.

by Figleaf23 December 30, 2008

Bush v. Gore

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. (2000), a court case before the United States Supreme Court marked by scandalous abuse of process and corrupt partisanship on the part of the Republican-appointed majority of the bench.

The decision:
-prevented determination of the will of voters in Florida,
-over-ruled state authority over electoral process, and
-appointed G.W. Bush president.

The judicial culprits in this partisan travesty were:
-Rehnquist, William (boss-judge),
-O'Connor, Sandra Day,
-Kennedy, Anthony,
-Thomas, Clarence, and
-Scalia, Antonin.

For excellent examples of wisdom and legal reasoning, read the dissenting judgments of Justices Souter, Breyer, Stevens, and Ginsburg in Bush v. Gore.

by Figleaf23 September 14, 2007

Sacred Chao

a holy symbol of Discordianism, consisting of a yinyang-like divided circle containing, on one side, the Golden Apple of Discord, and on the other side the Pentagon representing the Law of Fives.

Stinky Pete was completely surrounded by the zombified yuppies, but he managed to fend them off when he displayed the Sacred Chao.

by Figleaf23 January 19, 2009