Quack Fix: Cliff Harris contesting traffic citations, Tuel out for Washington State

though if she could pull that off, props!

It’s a chicken, wrapped in bacon, inside a duck, wrapped in bacon, inside a turkey….you get the picture.

yes it exists.

Than Shuf’s dream!

It was a dare. We were on a road trip in Ogden, Utah (my best friend in high school was Mormon), and the kid we were staying with took us out to this trucker’s breakfast place – dingy, dirty, questionable sanitation, you know the type – and said if any of us could eat an entire Big Z’s breakfast, he would pay for it. Well, not only am I not one to turn down a dare involving food, I am also a big fan of eating for free. So we all agreed.

The breakfast was a giant scone, probably about a foot in diameter, then a pile of hash browns, which was on top of a pile of eggs (from what animal, I’m not sure). And then, because it wouldn’t fit anywhere else, a separate plate with a giant pile of bacon, probably 30 strips; it could have been more. But this wasn’t like quality, crispy bacon. It was soggy, fatty, greasy, and that’s right after it came out of the kitchen.

Anyway, I started with the eggs, and then moved on to the hash browns. I finished those, and then got through the scone. All of my friends had long since given up when I started on the bacon. And of course, by now it was cold, along with being soggy and fatty and all that. I got about two thirds of the way through the heap when I just couldn’t do it any more. I didn’t feel right for like two days afterwards. The first time I ate a strip of bacon by itself after that was 5 years later at my bachelor party when these same friends ordered me a plate of it. I ate a couple of pieces, but it still made me queasy.

It’s only been the last year or so that I could eat a plain strip of it and not feel sick, but it’s still not my favorite thing. I’d much rather get sausage with breakfast.

where the bacon touched you.

doesn’t make them great at their jobs

I understand the demands of sports media, and feel for the people that work in that part of it.

But I also know that he ATTACKED MATT DADDY. Matt’s family, and family’s protect their own, especially the drunky putzy ones. Like Fredo until, you know…

Nobody here even imagined that there could be more to the story

That’s not entirely true

I thot that there could be more to the story, and said so, and I took several large portions of shit (with no bacon). When I got all pissed off becuz you guys usually are more tolerant (some ever WAY more tolerant especially of the downtrodden) and got pissy back, I got banned or whatever its called, that I wasn’t obeying the rules. I felt bad for me and for Cliff and for AtQ. Onliest ones I read being rationale were lmd and daisy and me and then I lost it. Sorry.

It sounds like it belongs in an HRD Boner Pillz advertisement.

It’s never really been an issue for me either. We’re surrounded by a bunch of hooligans, CougarDuck.

I guess if I had my playing time taken away on the college basketball team

I’ve had my share of violations, but unlike others on this here fan site, I was raised to be a responsible citizen.

I feel like I need to call DMV right now and make sure my license isn’t suspended. I cannot imagine any earthy reason why it would be, but I’m paranoid nonetheless.

It isn’t rare at all for the police/courts to make mistakes of identity and paperwork. My dad had a warrant issued for his arrest 2 or 3 times over 10 years because of some repeat felon in the same county with the same first and last name (different middle initial). They kept doing it over and over, every few years. He almost got his wages garnished for unpaid child support from the same guy.
Police/courts make mistakes all the time

Part of me wanted to mention this on Sunday, but I had given up caring about the drama (real and alleged) Cliff has caused. I was ready to move on.

In my old age (35), I’ve become better at limiting my investment in things I have no control over.

If Coach thinks his story is plausible, don’t suspend him from the team for an honest mistake. The fines will be plenty of punishment. Of course, there’s also the possibility that he knew exactly what he was doing and is now making excuses. This is where personally knowing Cliff and hearing his side of the story will come in handy. I trust Coach to make the right decision.

I have a friend who ignores his mail and doesn’t check his voice mail. Then when stuff like this happens to him he gets all pissed and says it’s not fair the he got a ticket because he thought he was good-to-go. But not because a lawyer or cop or dmv person told him he was. Just because he heard someone say it at some point and didn’t read the letter the DMV sent him telling him he’s NOT good.

If that’s the case here, I think more punishment may be warranted. The thing is, I really think that the unconfirmed rumors we’ve heard about practice habits, grades, attitude, “conforming”, etc are what is driving those who believe in stiff punishment to believe that. All that we know is that he got suspended for a game for the 118 mph incident, that he’s buried on the depth chart, that he’s made some dumb on-field mistakes, and that he screwed up bad twice in the Colorado game.

So that’s why I say it “depends”. Chip knows which, if any, of the unconfirmed rumors are true. And he has to take that into account, along with the suspension for the 118 mph deal, and then figure out a punishment. It could very well be that he just has him run some stairs for the seatbelt ticket and that’s it. But if Cliff avoided knowing like my friend does, there may be more necessary. Given what I think I know right now with this new information, though, I would agree that no big formal punishment is required in my opinion. Is that what you are asking? If I think he should be suspended? I don’t think he should be with the assumption that all he really did was get a seatbelt ticket, and I reserve the right to change that if more information comes out that he knew/should have known.

I just thought about something else. I’m really glad that Cliff didn’t have weed in the car! While Masoli’s downfall was possession of weed, it started with a basic traffic stop (I think he made a right turn without stopping for the sidewalk or something). This could very easily been far worse if Cliff was holding.

I have asked him twice already. I know its rediculous asking someone to do a very simple thing, when I can do it myself (as illustrated by others comments), but everyone else does it so I don’t care if I sounded pissy.

DEEP INSIDE OF ME

There are exceptions to that rule, and it also depends on the state. And even Cops mess it up. When I went into the Marines in 1996 I was allowed to either keep my home of record as Oregon or change it to wherever it was I was stationed. I always kept it in Oregon. So I lived in California (and Virginia, and Maryland, and Japan, and California again, and 2 other places in California for more than 30 days) but kept my Oregon drivers license. Additionally, as long as I was in the Marines my license wouldn’t expire. I’d just have to show my military ID along with my ODL and my ODL expiration became my military ID expiration. (I think they changed that law some time after 2000 though, which sucks because you can’t just roll down to the Oregon DMV when you are stationed in another state.)

Of all the times I got pulled over over the next nearly 10 years (probably about 15-20 / 1-2 a year) the cop that pulled me over tried to tell me it was expired or I was required to update my address nearly every time. I was given multiple citations for both, but every one of them was dropped once I communicated with the court.

I’m not saying that being a student is one of those exceptions. But I am telling you that there are most definitely exceptions.