Qwerpline Ep12 - Seemingly At Random

[Graham]

Don't worry about the explosions???Richter and Derek sure aren't. Plus, a sideball update!

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[Kronopticon]

Good to finally have the minority languages represented on QWRP. And of course, wonderful to know that Derek is exactly where he belongs. Though he should really get an exorcist.

[Moussefilledkitten]

I'm enjoying the revolving door of sports reporters. I can't wait to see who is next.

[Paviel]

I'm very impressed with Beej for getting so much comic mileage out of "It works!"

Sometimes it's the really brief jokes that bring down the house, and I think this was one of those times.

[bv310]

Who was Michael O'Leary supposed to be a play on? It sounds so familiar.

[asistradition]

I managed to get through this one without breaking for about 6 minutes. But then this happened:

Esperanto has been the language of the future for the past 129 years

And I lost it

One day I will make it to the end of one of these... my perseverance can outlast your collective comedic genius, right?

[The Martini]

Who was Michael O'Leary supposed to be a play on? It sounds so familiar.

He's very 'Emo Philips does Sports'. Emo played the clumsy shop teacher in Weird Al's UHF, for one - that's where I'm familiar with him - and that kind of voice and delivery is his stand-up schtick.

[Kronopticon]

I felt like posting an idea here about a character based around Ian's scottish accent he used today on rhythm Tuesday. Either some kind of Nsburg's First Tourist, or the better idea of the Foreign Exchange Secret BagPipesman.

[Beej]

Who was Michael O'Leary supposed to be a play on? It sounds so familiar.

Baby Cakes. A Brad Neely character.

[DPO]

I hope everything's going OK. I'd be very very sad if Qwerpline were to go the way of the Magnum Rewatch Podcast.

[Master Gunner]

Qwerpline is, at worst, a few days late. There's no need for concern.

[Lord Chrusher]

EVERYTHING IS FINE.

[ebMusicMan]

Remember too that both Graham and Kathleen are involved in QWERPline and also parents to a four month old. Things might be delayed occasionally because of babby and this is ok.

[Drendar]

So, something I just noticed from this episode, in an earlier Episode A-train said he used to play second turnstile for the literal tigers, but in this episode it says they haven't had a person playing that position since 1973.
Alex's character is old? Or just a retcon?

[RytelCSF]

My headcanon: The "Curse of 73" refers not to the year 1973, but to an incident in 2002 where then-Second Turnstile for the Literal Tigers, Sebastian Hall, was struck with a Therpston County record 73 sideballs over the course of a single game, requiring a weeks-long hospital stay and facial reconstructive surgery. After the event, the coaches consulted with the team's Assistant Oracle, who foretold of a curse that had been placed on the Literal Tigers, and any person who played Second Turnstile would suffer the same fate.

Since sideball by-laws declare it both illegal and immoral to simply omit the Second Turnstile position, Literal Tigers coaches have been forced to come up with a workaround, some of which having worked better than others.