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Most impressive ironman streak?

View Poll Results: more impressive streak?

Cal Ripken

11 37.93%

Brett Favre

14 48.28%

Apples to Oranges

4 13.79%

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05-06-2008 , 05:51 PM

Socialist

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this has probably been discussed ad nauseum over here, but i don't recall ever seeing it. anyway, i don't recall cal ripken ever playing with a seperated shoulder. gogogo favre!

05-06-2008 , 05:52 PM

tbach24

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if you are referring to the kid wearing the Favre jersey, then that's the ez choice

05-06-2008 , 05:53 PM

JordanIB

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Def the woman who sat on the toilet for 2 years

05-06-2008 , 05:55 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JordanIB

Def the woman who sat on the toilet for 2 years

pfft. i can knock out a decade easy

05-06-2008 , 08:42 PM

Franchise 60

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Socialist's OP streak > Favre > Ripken

05-06-2008 , 08:46 PM

SpursDynasty

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AC Green.

plus he never said a bad word.

05-06-2008 , 09:02 PM

SuperUberBob

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Some dude in Thailand has been awake for over 30 years.

Seriously.

05-06-2008 , 09:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Franchise 60

Socialist's OP streak > Favre > Ripken

it's true. i am pretty amazing.

pretty sure if you take out every single one of my posts in the stanley cup thread, 90%+ of my posts are OPs

05-06-2008 , 09:38 PM

Franchise 60

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Socialist

it's true. i am pretty amazing.

pretty sure if you take out every single one of my posts in the stanley cup thread, 90%+ of my posts are OPs

Haha. Looks like you have some serious competition coming from the city of brotherly love though. KafkaPoe has 4 OP's in the past 2 hours.

Time to step up your game.

05-06-2008 , 10:27 PM

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Bremen

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Some dude in Thailand has been awake for over 30 years.

Seriously.

Couldn't find anything in a brief search, but I remember hearing about a condition that prevented sleep entirely. Infants born with the disorder died within 6 months (perhaps it was that they didn't enter a REM state, not that they couldn't sleep...). Bottom line I'd be very skeptical of the claim.

05-06-2008 , 11:39 PM

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kyro

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Favre has been luckier. Personally, I think Ripken's is more amazing.

05-06-2008 , 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kyro

Favre has been luckier. Personally, I think Ripken's is more amazing.

I'm not going to argue about whether someone thinks Ripken's is better than Favre's, since its just a matter of opinion. But I don't think its fair to say that Favre was luckier. He played through a ton of injuries (as did Ripken ldo).

05-07-2008 , 12:21 AM

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Jack of Arcades

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At least Favre had a reason to start every game. There was no reason Ripken shouldn't have sat every once in a while.

05-07-2008 , 12:41 AM

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Triumph36

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doug jarvis isn't mentioned here and that's a ridiculous oversight. pretty sure he wins hands down here. NHL players take much more punishment than MLB players and play many more games than NFL players.

05-07-2008 , 12:55 AM

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I came in here, looked at the poll, and was disgusted Doug Jarvis wasn't included. A hockey player takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more abuse than a QB. You also play more than one game a week and get little rest between shifts. Favre is a weeny.

05-07-2008 , 01:12 AM

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Pudge714

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05-07-2008 , 01:24 AM

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tbach24

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Some dude in Thailand has been awake for over 30 years.

Seriously.

wow dude. best avatar ever.

05-07-2008 , 01:31 AM

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Franchise 60

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Originally Posted by bluef0x

This post might work better if you didn't act like football players are soft in comparison to hockey players.

Oh, and the fact that not many people really care about hockey.

05-07-2008 , 02:54 AM

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bluef0x

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Originally Posted by Franchise 60

This post might work better if you didn't act like football players are soft in comparison to hockey players.

Oh, and the fact that not many people really care about hockey.

Yeah, let's have the dude with a soccer avatar judge toughness!

05-07-2008 , 02:58 AM

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Another successful Socialist thread!

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