Is Ron MacLean in trouble?

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

I think it was “Tarps off!”

Like a true No Good fan.

[topfiverecords]

To be fair, he just threw his Oilers tarp on the ice.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The best part is that he's clearly standing on a chair or the bar, since the guy next to him is messing with a ceiling light.

Ron's givn'r

What about the woman on the otherside? Are all 3 on chairs? It's bizarre.

Ron may also be playing that game where if someone looks at you making that symbol with your hand then you get to punch them.

I like that he's wearing Randy Bo-Bandy pants.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

What about the woman on the otherside? Are all 3 on chairs? It's bizarre.

Ron may also be playing that game where if someone looks at you making that symbol with your hand then you get to punch them.

I like that he's wearing Randy Bo-Bandy pants.

I'd guess they're all dancing on the bar.

[zamler]

Someone find that attractive. Possibly.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

What about the woman on the otherside? Are all 3 on chairs? It's bizarre.

Ron may also be playing that game where if someone looks at you making that symbol with your hand then you get to punch them.

I like that he's wearing Randy Bo-Bandy pants.

I have decided/honestly think, he is in some form of a Randy costume.

[Macman]

Ron's always reminded me of this guy, I don't dislike Ron MacLean but he dishes it out so he can take it back, lol.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Macman

Ron's always reminded me of this guy, I don't dislike Ron MacLean but he dishes it out so he can take it back, lol.

I do love to watch Gary Bettman's annual ragdoll event of Ron.

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

I think it was “Tarps off!”

Ron MacLean with a beer, shirtless and rocking out while the people around him seem to be dressed for a formal party?

My hatred for Ron just decreased 10 fold. This picture completely changes my views on MacLean.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I've seen that picture many times and I still don't understand a grown up man taking off his shirt at what appears to be a formal gathering.

Which is why my answer to "if you could invite 6 CP members to a dinner party, who would they be" has never included Erick Estrada.

#tarpsoff

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by DownhillGoat

Which is why my answer to "if you could invite 6 CP members to a dinner party, who would they be" has never included Erick Estrada.

#tarpsoff

I heard the Fubar characters Deaner and Terry were based on Ron MacLean and Don Cherry.

#tarpsoffforronanddon

[greentree]

Originally Posted by oling_roachinen

maybe this is an age thing. I grew up when making gay jokes was the norm. Making aid jokes was the norm. It's great that is no longer the case, but every locker room insult was about being gay. I'm not defending it, it's just simply a fact.

wtaf

[Locke]

Originally Posted by greentree

wtaf

I rarely agree with Oling, but I have to on this one.

Its bad, but thats just the nature of societal growth and change.

As a kid Gay jokes and Homophobic slurs were common. So common in fact that you didnt even think about them. At that point kids just didnt know any better.

There is this amazing thing that happens though...people grow up. They become wiser and more intelligent. Its how social change happens.

[81MC]

The better part of my childhood, calling something gay meant it sucked, and calling someone a fag or homo was a really absurdly common dis. If someone called you a ######, that was an escalation no doubt.
Maybe IIRC correctly, my senior year the general student body stopped using homophobic terms as a general rule, but without doubt it did remain a common insult.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by 81MC

The better part of my childhood, calling something gay meant it sucked, and calling someone a fag or homo was a really absurdly common dis. If someone called you a ######, that was an escalation no doubt.
Maybe IIRC correctly, my senior year the general student body stopped using homophobic terms as a general rule, but without doubt it did remain a common insult.

Times change. People change.

We grow up.

[dino7c]

Not gonna lie I want to party with the Ron in the picture...I can talk some sense into him about the Oilers too

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Locke

I rarely agree with Oling, but I have to on this one.



Its bad, but thats just the nature of societal growth and change.



As a kid Gay jokes and Homophobic slurs were common. So common in fact that you didnt even think about them. At that point kids just didnt know any better.



There is this amazing thing that happens though...people grow up. They become wiser and more intelligent. Its how social change happens.

Not just kids.

It is really illuminating when you watch 1980s or '90s sit-coms just how prevalent and socially encouraged homopgobic slurs were. It is a weird experience of remembering how much I loved this show, to feeling embarrassed about how much of what passed for "funny" was at the expense of the gay community.

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[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Like I said, I'll take his word for it. But basically, what we're saying here is that Ron haphazardly and clumsily threw some words together into a sentence that he just sort of hoped might work as a joke, and just by pure coincidence, that particular arrangement of words did in fact form a coherent, functioning joke that - unintentionally - happened to be utterly horrifying when taken at face value.

Which is... astounding. But I guess that's what happened.

This happens a lot to people who just aren't comedically sharp/spontaneous. You see it a lot working in IT services because you have this mix of people who are natural talkers mingling with people who generally ... aren't.

Someone in the latter category starts going down the path of what they think is going to be witty banter; this clever riff that'll provoke a sensible chuckle from the other participants, but they quickly realize they're speaking faster than their train of thought is prepared to go. They realize they need to finish this stupid joke quickly and -- before they know it -- what started off as a mundane attempt at a casual joke has crossed four lanes of freeway traffic, missed the exit, and plowed into the ditch. You can see it in their body language.

Usually it just ends up as this kind of awkward remark that prompts someone to let out a weak but polite acknowledgement and someone else will very quickly take back the reins of the conversation. And sometimes it ends up having an unintentionally inappropriate conclusion, because that was the phrasing their mental game of word association came up with to get them out of this mess.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by DownhillGoat

Which is why my answer to "if you could invite 6 CP members to a dinner party, who would they be" has never included Erick Estrada.

#tarpsoff

I'd invite him, but only because of the 0.0001% chance that he actually his Erik Estrada.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I've seen that picture many times and I still don't understand a grown up man taking off his shirt at what appears to be a formal gathering. Was this maybe taken at a swingers convention?

I’m positive that this is just bluster, coming from a guy whose avatar is Erik Estrada tarp off