You may have heard of the Cotton Bowl up in Dallas, or the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, maybe even the Rose Bowl, the supposed "Grand Daddy" of bowl games, but let me tell ya, you have never heard of the Salad Bowl

Going on its 23rd year in existence (and yes Virginia, yours truly has played in all 22, now 23 of'm), the Salad Bowl is the big brother to the Bowl Championship Series games - the one game that really decides the men from the boys, the sissies from the hunka hunka burnin loves.. the prissy mama's-boys from.. well, you get the picture.

This Tuesday afternoon, January 1st, 2002, at 2:00pm, we'll be lining up to once again tell the babies from the... ummm.. nevermind. We'll be kicking off and bringing home the bacon in 2-3 glorious hours on the gridiron. The gridiron is next to Southside Assembly of God church, in the south end of Beaumont off Cardinal Drive, take the Highland Ave. exit coming from either direction on Cardinal Drive.

For a map of the location, Click Here .

All are welcome to come and play.. the women folk might be interested in hearing that our very own Victoria broke the gender barrier recently and put the hurt on a couple of the opposing teams heads and egos. I can report that it wasn't me, I was smart enough to ask her to play on my team

If you want somma dis, bring it on...

Be sure and bring a change of clothing... they are predicting 32 -40 degree weather with a pretty good chance of a winter storm all day long

Gonna be a blast I'll take some pictures

Make sure you post those pics chop chop

This I gotta see!

No serious injuries to report (excellent). And we seriously thrashed the upstart whipper-snappers (again). I scored a few myself even

Best of all, 4 neighborhood boys came out and played with us and we got the chance to show Jesus in the middle of some serious bone smashing

I'll post pictures tomorrow from work, this pc can't do it

Hmmmm...now doesn't God just know what He's doin???

Very cool about the witnessing... /

no broken bones ranks up there pretty high as well...

fo real... crazy white gurl played too, I don't think she's had that many guys make passes at her since the last time she went to her mailbox

I've only got bruises and such, have broken bones, dislocated shoulders, torn muscles and ligaments in this game in years past, so a bruise or 2 is all good

*AHEM*

Hey, watch it Allen or you'll really see some brusing

yes I was the only chica playing but I held my own pretty well considering im not in shape and don't play football

http://stand318.com/imagefolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=out_and_about/play_time/salad_bowl_2002

Keep in mind a gurl was taking the pictures, we get few action shots, and then only from like a mile away CWG wasn't in any of these either... attributed to a gurl taking them too

I am the white-haired fat guy I am going back on my diet starting now

Well, without looking, THAT description sure made me interested

Don't sell yourself short Allen...Graying hair on men is very attractive...on women it's the pits

The fat thing, well~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> (making no comments, no judgements )

Having said that, Now, I'm going to look...

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OK...

pic 1) Ya'll look like ya JUST sucked a lemon or one of those kissing fish, while making a very sharp left turn...(or were ya flexin) ROFL

pic 3) nice profile...almost got a glimpse of your face...

pic 6) "hey guys...someone tell the dude in the glasses his flag is caught...:

last pic) Hey Spot...couldn't you go before the game???

Looks like ya'll had fun!

But by the looks of your clothes, it looks like you were cold...I thought there was never any winter there???

What's the weather like in May?

We were freezing... wind chill was in the low 20's somewhere. It was sleeting right before half-time.

We did win 59 to 39, tho...

One play late in the game we decided we were so far ahead that when they snapped the ball we all just laid down on the ground, they still barely made a touchdown

May weather is like a thousand degrees, plus the heat factor

Come talk to me when your windchill is in the negative numbers...

May is our "getting" nice weather month...All the flowers are blooming but sometimes you still need a jacket.

Looks like three spray days for you all...

Great pics! LOL!!
1) Looks like you're doing Tai Chi or something

Low 20s... bah! We had -10F here the other day and at least 2ft of snow downtown! Not the right time to work as a mailman but I need the $$$

aleina

blah blah blah... you forget we don't live in the arctic here... it's supposed to be in the 40's. Talk to us in August when it's 103 with 98% humidity....

In ALL honesty...I don't know how you all survive that heat. I can take hot, but that humidity just whips the heck outta me

Do you get to go to the ocean at all? At least there, you can have hot, but a breeze off the water...

and I'm playing with my pet polar bear

aleina

The 26th annual Salad Bowl is coming this way Saturday at 1pm. If you got some hankering for a hunka, a slice a piece a chunka, if yer hankerin for a hunka hunka hurt, come on out. Girls and guys welcome, map is on the first page of this thread

Note: I've played in all 26 games, usually on the winning side, but I've still got remnants of injuries from years past. My nephew Chris is in town from the Marines - he and his bro NE-20 will be leading the other team. It'll probably warm (mid-70's) and raining, so I predict we'll only win by 24 points

If I can get some non-girly pictures taken, I'll post'em

Dang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanted to go. If I could play opposite NE21 that would be great!

I WOULD PUNISH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mwwwwooooo hooooo haaaa haaaa!!!!! <evil grin>

I will be in Tyler with Dad and sis and all sorts of folks. I will just have to put a hurtin on the buffet!

Cruel Dictator said "If I can get some non-girly pictures taken, I'll post'em ".....hey...hey...don't shoot the photographer...pictures don't lie ...and pooh I miss this year's game...working...but hey any manly injuries bring 'em into ER I'll fix 'em right up and for you CD I reserve special torture devices

humid city no doubt. have fun, supposed to rain jan 1. yikes-mud football! ah brings back memories. what are passes-havent dated in 2 yrs!hahaha

ok, you can remove my new year topic, dont know how. thanks!

uh, game-wwas that today? oops. who won?

My husband's team.

Yes! We won, by 25 points (31-6)

what, no fruit bowl.? FISHBOWL, tidybowl. hahaha who won?

glad you guys had great game! [;

dancing banana thang is cute. -when is next game? [; got mud?

New Years Day next year.

AW, that far away. [; and miss monsoon season.

WHERE ELSE DOES ONE WEAR SWEATERS WITH SHORTS, GOTTA DRESS IN LAYERS, darn caplock. This is Beaumont. coastal prairie/desert. we got it all! not. [; game on.

well, the orange bowl is happening tonight! [;

bowls over, now get back to normal? miss my regular abc shows. but not the reruns. Id choose sports over those. anyone play pool?

WELL, ITS NOW IN 40'S AGAIN. ready for another game? HAHAHA, TRYINGH TO OUT POST, BUT YOU KEEPING REPLYING. [ITS COOL]. darn caplock . oh well.

??? Who are you trying to out post???

You are the only one posting

funny. ty for reply anyway. where is everyone?

funny. often am only one here-it seems. I tend toalienate others when saying nothing at all, gotta work on my body language, i do smile. may be too much. just shy-in person. for real. obviously or would have a social life by now? MOSTLY A LONER. men prefer chics in packs? just asking. loners scare men off? or does our beiong solo make us untouchable-like plague.? how can i change if not sure what to change-in a good way. [;

oops, got off subject again. just lonely here online. of course, momday is a workday for othersor they have a partner to tend to. well, God bless your families! [; take care.

It is funny, the crush i have [elsewhere]is friends with my female friend. people keep trying to fix them up. hahaha guess not each other;s type? has that happened to anyone else? you can be JUST friends with a sraight man who is single[too]. wow!

ok for a monday, could be better. [;

next monday is MLK holiday! anyone off besides schools?

well, my programs are on soon. see ya. [; sweet dreams!

ah, i keep repeating myself. like in THE MASK, ''somebody stop me!''. oh New years is over, any new titlesready? teasing. [;

it was the rose bowl for me... slept through the parade again!

haha, didnt miss much anyway. sweet dreams!

and sweet they were

ah ha thats great! say any more and its off to private messages. hahaha

lol

hmm nice grin.

ty! how is yours?

ok here.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Allen:


The 26th annual Salad Bowl is coming this way Saturday at 1pm. If you got some hankering for a hunka, a slice a piece a chunka, if yer hankerin for a hunka hunka hurt, come on out. Girls and guys welcome, map is on the first page of this thread

Note: I've played in all 26 games, usually on the winning side, but I've still got remnants of injuries from years past. My nephew Chris is in town from the Marines - he and his bro NE-20 will be leading the other team. It'll probably warm (mid-70's) and raining, so I predict we'll only win by 24 points

If I can get some non-girly pictures taken, I'll post'em </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Us OLD MEN beat the youngun's 30-18 this year, maybe they are catching up to us

Great news about no broken bones this years...

Didn't you miss the The Thorns this year?
Even tho I never got out there, I missed hearing about your trip and seeing the beautiful (and funny) skiing pics.

Yeah, we missed them. I understand they are working on a live album. We might go skiing in February pending Mel's pregnancy status