*bows to meg* dude(tte)! you deserve it. good job! but i'd put the "why do you hate" as the first question...:)

Sad that FAQ unable
To be condensed to haiku
Or rhymed properly.

FAQ flusters H-man,
Extra syllables slip thru;
Darkness closing in....

She could qualify as my favorite aunt if she sent me money for my birthday... but that has passed. I think getting into a "word" fight with Megskin on the blog was like wrestling a pit bull in an elevator. One thing though Meg, one FAQ you missed was the TCCLs... lot o' questions about that one. TOM CRUISE COUCH LEAPS on a 1 to 5 scale with 1 being Gardner, Rod dropping a pass in the endzone and 5 being a hail mary into Dallas' endzone with Santana Moss on the recieving end. Am I right?

Ya, I wrote up and re-sent it to him:

Q: What the heck are these TCCLs you freaks keep talking about?
A: TCCL stands for Tom Cruise Couch Leaps, you do watch Oprah don't you? Since the Danny has gotten himself entangled--erm, given Tom Cruise some money and he seems to be cruising(haha) his oh-so glamorous face around FedEx field quite a bit these days, Jason thought it only appropriate to reward people, players and events with a 1-5 TCCL rating. A high TCCL indicates a good achievement whereas a low one indicates a poor one.

Meg should write FAQ list
Identifying bloggers
By Good and Evil.

If by posting Queen B's FAQ
(Which really IS all that)
Jay La C
Hopes he'll be
A love poem subject -- retract!

Meg -- we bow down to you. After having been in London recently and seeing how things work around Buckingham Palace I can easily say that a female monarch is a good thing.

(but hey -- just turn the other way when I am at those four pint lunches, would ya?)

Nice job Bee Gal. Been away all day, and it's taken forever to get through another fresh day in blog town. Good stuff.

J Man, I saw Frank Black and I'm thinkin' that that cool show (I thought it was any hoot) back in the 90's on Fox. Kinda like X Files. Black was an former FBI dude that had these wild "I can see who done it' mind. Memories.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall around Holdman and Marshall yesterday. Nailed it dude.

202 you b a freaky dude and down right nasty at most times, but I totally dig the shelter "long" chat. Licensing a pet should require a bus trip to the local shelter.

Late

MEG is cool,but PINK C.C. rules!!!

Those FAQs are really, really funny--great job, Megskin. Might have to speculate about a season-saving win this weekend...

Thanks all, I'm glad people liked it.

If the skins could preform like that. We'd all be happy right now.

Great FAQ.

Megskin,

I especially liked the question regarding our job status. Seriously, since I've discovered this blog and fellow Skins fanatics, it's been difficult to focus on...work.

megskin= genius.

on a side note, let's have a prediction of the OUTCOME/SCORE of sunday's game. According to http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/07-FOX-L.gif , most of the country will be watching our beloved burgundy and gold. Let's see if St. Joe, AL Saunders, and Grilliams can put up a good showing.

My prediction is:

Colts 13
Redskins 17

Ce blog d'initié de Peaux Rouges est si sophistiqué, je sens la nécessité de parler dans une langue plus civile que l'anglais barbare. Quant à ce week-end, c'est le jeu de la saison. Une perte égale Monsieur Campbell après la semaine secondaire pour Dallas. Bons Peaux Rouges et Saint Joe de chance !

En outre, J Peso vous êtes très mauvais et stupide.

Lisa: I especially liked the question regarding our job status

Hehe, we're all so going to get fired.

k-man:most of the country will be watching our beloved burgundy and gold.

Gawd, makes my stomach turn. Gibbs always manages to come through with the big games though, and as soon as I seriously start doubting him and questioning what he's doing he comes through in a big way.

Ce blog d'initié de Peaux Rouges est si sophistiqué

Hey! What's up with all the Swedish? If you have to post in another language, post in French or something why don't you?

Fr: FlimFlam
To: Megskin
Re: New Keyboard

Thanks to you, and some coffee, my keyboard is entirely dysfunctional. On the other hand, my sinuses are clear now.

Regards and CAPS LOCK,
FlimFlam

Mon cher Megskins, celui est français (ou au moins mon meilleur projectile à lui!) Vont les Peaux Rouges -- et laissent les Colts et Peyton Manning manger le gâteau!

Mon cher Megskins, celui est français

Yes, I know that. If you're going to read my posts you're going to have to get jokes. You know, like ha-ha, sarcasm and all that sort of good stuff.

Dang Swedes. Gosh!

And a tip of the cap to you, Miss Megskin. Can we get an Anchorman FAQ in there too?

Q: Who is this Jason La Canfora anyway? Why should I read his blog?

A: Well, I don't know how to put this but he's kind of a big deal. People know him. He's very important. He has many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Sacré bleu!!

Redskins 45
Colts 38

I think it will be a high scoring game this weekend. Anybody else?

Bucktown's got it. Must add, verbatim.

Added to master copy.

dont worry skin fans I will go easy on reaper the peeper. and make the game look closer than it really is.that way you can have false hope going into the bye.if its a close game you can put the DC-SPIN on it.im already dizzy reading some of the blog-spin.

Colts 42
Skins 9

Yes, it will be high scoring for the Colts.

JLa,

I watched a bit of the Carolina game last week. Is there anyone on staff watching what they do to get Steve Smith wide open? I mean he's small fast (sound familiar?) and the opposing team knows they are going to him and he still gets wide open.

I know that all our Asst. Headcoaches of Offense, O-line, Left Tackles and Associate Headcoaches of Fullbacks and Tight Ends have big ego's but maybe just maybe they could join the copycat league.

Meg,

Funny Stuff.

Peyton,

Win something....anything and come talk to us.

Jack,

Your dead act like it.

Well done, Meg. I suspect it will need to be updated every several weeks with all the new blingo (blog lingo).

4th, I have a feeling it's going to end up being a shoot out. We beat Jax like that, so anything can happen.

Also Meg,

Can we section numbers to the FAQ's so that if someone came back and said that for instance my last post should read something like:

"You're dead, act like it." instead of "Your dead act like it."

I can say please refer to Section 6 of the FAQ's regarding spelling, grammar?

Yeah Joe, you're right. I've already had to go through and clean up some typos and some stuff that html gobbled up.

I can't get a good feel on how this game is going to go. I think the Redskin coaches would love to run a ball-control, time-eating offense, but, like someone else said, if we get behind early we're just going to have to go to the air and pray Brunell can make the throws that he did against Jax and put some points on the board.

Can't we just yell at them to go and read the FAQ? I don't think it's that big yet that we need actual section numbers. One day, maybe. :P

Right. I think we are gonna get most of our TDs on the ground, while Indy hits theirs in the air. Peyton might get about 4-5 TDs. But I think CP/Betts/Sellers/ARE/Moss will get at least 4 TDs themselves amongst the group.

OK, I'm going to try my hand at this haiku/srenyu thing:

Brunell failure;
Which Febreeze to use?
Gibbs' flower so foul

Campbell not ready?
Wheel stands atop hill;
Will it ever roll?

*ahem* Anyway - name the element we don't have that Carolina does, and I think you'll start to see how Steve Smith gets his good production. Also, the same reason relates to why we'd never get a win in the shootout scenario. But, I harp. My prediction: Colts - Happy, Skins - Woeful.

I was going to suggest tossing in other player nicknames we have into the FAQ, too.

Oh, and we should define "shabingas", to boot....

kudo's to MegSkins... fun read while having another frustraiting morning at work. AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN ABOUT NOT MAKING POSTS WITH ALL CAPS IN THEM? I'M CONFUSED.

Megskin: ......You ate the whole wheel of cheese? Whammy. That was awesome.

I feel compelled here to take a crack at 'Shabingus'. Giddyup:

Shabingus (shabingi plural): n, a chaotic or unpredictable situation that is often nonsensical in nature. Possibly dangerous or risky. Troublesome.

ex. My boys and I went to this petting zoo that was on 100 foot stilts about a rifle club firing range in Ottowa...total shabingus.

Anyone else think it might be good policy to have a glossary that included regulars? Like a roster?

ex: Megskin: female height 5'2 - 5'10, weight: none of your business perv, JLC Blog Role: Matriarch, head chef, frequent poster.
Awards: Earned the most TCCLs in blog history. Named to the 2006 All-Blog 1st Team.
Interests: The Skins dude...the skins

Who's down for this? Also, do we submit our own or let each one of us submit for another? This could be a team-building excercise...I have been in an office for too long. I just hit myself on the cheek. I'm fine.

"Peaux Rouges" -- you know it's ok to call them Redskins, even en francais. They still call them McDonalds over there.

(but a Big Mac is a Royale with cheese, right?)

"A Big Mac is still a Big Mac except they call it 'Le Big Mac'

-"What do they call the Whopper?'

"I don't know. Never went to Burger King."

Whoops, I mean a quarter pounder is a Royale with cheese. Got my burgers mixed up there...

Brandon Lang (Two For The Money) and BrandonLang.com (God, I get so tired of hearing him promote his website - and of course, I'm seem to be doing it now as well) said this morning that the Colts will put up 40 points on the Skins because the Skins cannot cover his grandmother in a wheelchair. I hate him.

BOOFER:

AKA: Fluffer; He Who Uses All Caps
Favorite Team: Dallas Cowboys
Location: Mom's Basement
Age: Unknown although suspected pubescent male teen.
Nemesis: BOOFERSUX
Famous line(s): BOOHOO BOX; SKINNY FANS
Modus Operandi: All Caps, all the time.

Description:
Although some what antagonistic Boofer is generally good-natured and not taken too seriously by himself or others. Boofer shows blatant disregard for all things grammar, punctuation and capitalization.

I feel compelled here to take a crack at 'Shabingus'

FAQ Updated.

Anyone else think it might be good policy to have a glossary that included regulars?

It would give us something to do during the bye week instead of all the normal things like complaining and crying in spilt beverages.

Meg-
Nice work! Laissez les bons temps roule!!!

Oh, and J La, thanks for getting the confirmation on the Red Snapper. Even though you are very important, have leather bound books, have an apartment smelling of rich mohagoneeeeehhh, you still take the time to read all comments! I'm impressed (I'm not even mad)...

"Sewer rat could taste like pumpkin pie, but I still wouldn't eat the mother******"

Is that the real Bradon Lang or the guy from Contact that played him in the movie? Nevermind, I don't care what either thinks. That movie was NOT as good as the guy at Blockbuster said it was.

Prediction: Skins roll. Peyton puts on his fake mustache and starts doing commercials for boohoo boxes.

AHS: Look at where we are. You KNOW that I am not judging man...

Scenario A: Skins open the game running the ball well, limiting the Colts' possessions, play inspired football on defense and keep it close at the half (think, 17-14 Indy at the half). In the second half, the Colts' superior talent and execution on offense begins to wear down a battered Skins' defense. By the 4th quarter, Brunell is forced to throw a lot, gets sacked several times and throws at least 1 pickle. Final score: Indy 37 Skins 20.

Scenario B: Skins open the game running the ball well, limiting the Colts' possessions, play inspired football on defense and keep it close at the half (think, 17-14 Indy at the half). Skins come out in the second half hungry for a win and score first, going up 21-17. Gaining confidence, the defense finally makes a big play -- INT that produces a spectacular Peyton Manning Face in HD -- setting the Skins up for another Portis TD, Skins up 28-17. BBM plays well down the stretch, but Portis' 180 yards burns the clock and Skins win a stunner: 31-27. Skins fans unite and predict a Super Bowl run.

Megskin - simply outstanding. I was laughing out loud at work which got my bosses attention who had to come over and look ... and now I'm walking out the door with a box of 'my stuff' ...

All seriousness aside, this should be a 'living document' needing updating as we go.

What ARE we going to do for 2 weeks during the bye week? I see rantings and grumblings for 4 - 6 days after the loss, then what? (if we loose). If we win, I'm sure we will have enuff YouTube videos of excellent CP highlights to dissect over and over to get us through.

I...er, a friend of mine gets Brandon Lang's picks. The Skins screw him everytime, and I'm pretty sure he hates them.

Point taken. Is it time to recap the Skins drafts from 2004 onward yet?

CMoney,

I'm hoping for Scenario B!!!

Again, I hate Brandon Lange!

AHS,

Absolutely not. Draft stats can only be given after a win. Blaw (Blog Law)

Why do you torture us so. I am judging.

Lord Vader let me out for one post. Megskin what can I say that has not already been said. Skinz where are the jokes bra? You know I count on at least one a day from you.

with all due respect, saw somebody predict 13 points for the colts, clearly that person either doesn't have a tv or skins tix. don't know how much brunell and co. will score, but can guarantee colts will have fireworks coming out of the scoreboard (the secondary needs a little work, just a little). meg: keep up the good work....gotta love someone dedicated to their craft.

For the record, I am not "Sean Combs".

I'm Tom Jones.

24-21 skins. Sellers gets a TD and the Duck finally sees some PT. BigBM gets 3 TD passes on our weakened secondary, but it is not enough to overcome the redskins' offensive onslaught. Two weeks to get ready for the 'girls sounds good after a win....

By virtue of being Skins fans, aren't we all masochists already?

But I will adhere to the blaw....gives me time to prepare some quality material for Monday.

I will live on until the Danny returns Jack Kent Cook stadium to its original location- Raljon!!!!!!

Sadly, I subscribe to Scenario C:

1. We try the running game. Alas, Booger McFarland & Co. anticipate this, and haul 8 men onto the line, continually stifling the run to the point until ...

2. Brunell is forced to throw. Given his propensity to throw short and/or sideways in various permutations, 8-man-up-front defense will continue to work. Brunell, being the smart quarterback he is, will continue to throw out of bounds, which leads to...

3. An already winded and depleted defense will be driven to pieces by constant offensive 3-and-outs. BBM will have field day. Repeat items 2 & 3 until end of game.

As a Chinese philosopher once said, "Much yin, no yang, means you will take it up the yin-yang."

I 2nd that Blaw Skinz. Those draft recaps sting like when BOOFER goes #1. Whammy.

Another thought, do we want to explain that we address certain people in a condescending way by referring to them as a website? emanning.com and so forth? I know you handled it with Gardner, Rod...

"Garder, Rod! Coach wants to see you...and bring your f&*$%^$(*&% playbook!"

Another thought, do we want to explain that we address certain people in a condescending way by referring to them as a website?

I think there are some things we should just leave unexplained and somet hings that are self-explanatory. That's probably one of them--unless I come up with a good joke for it.

Megskin: What should I have for lunch today? Seriously. You should be a life coach...

"You should be a life coach...."

Now that made me smile.

JM,

In the words of Terry Bradshaw I'm just "Not Funny" this week. Perhaps after a win. Unfortunately I've because a bitter man. Don't cry for me, I'm going drinking at lunch.

Sushi! You can't go wrong with sushi. Well, at least you won't know you've gone wrong until it's too late and your head is jammed neck deep in a toilet, and you're retching the lining of your stomach into D.C.'s stellar sewer system.

I read that Vincent was being used this week as another safety. Benching Arch-chude2?

Rain gently falling
On this cool overcast day
I search for comfort
But bad sushi memories
Send me rushing to the can

I am way down with the idea of having links to the regulars, with the descriptions.
Could haikuman actually do his is hiakuform and still conform to the categories? I guess the description part at least could be a haiku?

I'll keep a running thread during the bye week when everyone can submit their personal capsule, and I'll do whatever I can to get it posted along with the updates FAQs.

X.Hog, that's how I read it, too. Although it's probabaly the role that Pierson would have played if not for that freak injury. Maybe we'll see TV on 3rd downs?

Great manifesto. Just read that the skins tried to acquire Simeon Rice before the trade deadline. Guess the coaches have noticed the lack of production from A. Carter too. Six games in and a bust. Wow. 55-hour countdown to start of Jason Campbell era?

Joe in Raleigh - I agree.

I'm sure Vincent passed his physical but I am sceptical that he is in 'game shape'. When was the last time he played? If he was just released from IR, he hasn't played (duh) and now he's asked to go up against arguably the past speedy tandem wideouts in the league.

Do

past = best (above)

Have faith, Jay La C!
I am the original!
Haikus will abound!

I don't know all the details, but this is the way I heard it. Vincent wasn't really in bad shape when the Bills put him on IR. He was dinged up a little and they needed the roster spot. He felt like he would be fine in a couple weeks and was mad that they shelved him for the year. After that, I guess his agent was able to negotiate his release.

You're right, though. It's a tough assignment considering he hasn't been on the field for several weeks. Can't be much worse than Arch-2, I figure.

My take on haiku:

Redskins versus Colts
Peyton passes all over
D-Line feels so lost.

C Rogers out
Former Eagles Vincent in
Colts O heal thy self

Doh!

Carlos Rogers out
former eagles vincent in
Colts O heal thy self

at least I can tipe

Hrm. Between Archabinguleta and Troy "Not Aikman" Vincent, which side do I come down on, hrm.... I just hope Vincent comes out to being worth it. He'll probably need a few weeks to gather steam, and to get the Ronco Mean Green Grilliams Defensive System straight in his head. Archabinguleta certainly hasn't paid out for the expense the team made for him.

Damn. I just reviewed the schedule. we have a long steep hard mountain to climb after the Bye for the rest of the year. Is it time to say, "The playoffs start NOW!"

cowgirls
eagles
bucs (OK - not too bad here)
panthers
falcons
eagles
saints
rams
giants

Megskin,

I just had sushi i knwo you did not recomend it to me but hell a new place opened up around the corner and I said i'll go there for the second day in a row.

Skins 27 - 25. Nicky will make the game winning field goal with 15 seconds on the clock. The colts with return the kick but get stopped at the 45. Manning will throw a pass and springs will intercept it :-)

bucs (OK - not too bad here)

Watch that be the only one we lose.

Megskin
How do you do the italics thingy here? I am so tech-challenged.

I just had sushi

Gotta love sushisushisushi!

X.Hog: <i> text in here </i>

Repeat after me:

5
7
5

5
7
5

Haiku artists everywhere thank you.

Thank You

Thanks Again

No question, Meg rules. I am OK waiting till the bye week for the glossary and abbreviations, but there are quite a few that really should be early on in an FAQ because I have seen posts that frequently ask questions about the references, including but not limited to: shabingus (which I predict will sweep America in widespread use within 6 months ... what a great word), Grilliams, ARE/CP/MB/JC Arch[insert]eta, Pukes, Gnats, Iggles, Grim Reaper, haiku (OK, its not a Redskins term per se, but the structure and irony are vital to understanding why it appears), Czabe, presser, GG, bra, TCCL, bloglaw, and others to be named later during the bye week.

I love this blog.

Also, some said they thought Archabingus would get benched for Vincent. I'm thinking they go to a 3 safety set and Archibust is used like a LB, esp. in the middle so that it looks more like a 4-4 front with one CB to float for pass coverage.

p.s. Booger. I just wanted to say that again.

It's always good to consider the past.

Some (all?) of you may remember the (great?) Dan Marino, who always pops into my mind when I watch or read about Peyton Manning. You may recall that Marino's first game against the Redskins was in 1984, when he torched the Redskins secondary for over 300+ yards, 5 TD's, 0 Int, and had over a 70% completion rate. I believe the final was 35-17.

You may also recall that the second time they met, which I believe was in 1987, that the Redskins strategy was to run the ball, control the clock, and keep Marino off the field. I seem to recall at some point Gibbs lamenting that the Redskins had done exactly what they wanted to do - run, control clock, etc., but still lost 23-21. Marino's was something like close to 400 yds, 3 TD's, 1 Int.

I also recall a third game not too many years ago (perhaps '99?) when the Redskins where playing the up-and-coming Colts & Peyton. The Redskins where actually starting to take control of that game with the running of Stephen Davis, until he injured his ankle. The game went downhill from there.

A fourth game that pops into my mind was a few years ago against the then all powerful Rams, when Warner was in his prime. The angst for that game was similar to what we are experiencing over the current one. IIRC, the Redskins shocked the NFL and won that game (though we had the bye week on our side then). I seem to remember them doing some unorthodox things like onside kicks to try keep Warner & Company off the field.

Anyway, it's always good to consider the past.

????

If Megskin is the Queen Bee, does this mean the rest of us are worker bees? Are there any drones?

I don't know about y'all, but I'm a straight up Killa Bee. Wu Tang Style.