Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Gen X. Habs. Hockey cards. Punk rock.
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Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Conan is great. I'll check that out.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. I was 8 when it came out, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
You know who I like? Jeff Goldblum. He's one wacky bastard.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Just reporting the facts!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Carey Price not traded, Donald Trump still alive.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
What a great movie!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
It's a restaurant that's closed on Sundays. Not exactly run by the best and brightest.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll tackle him!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
I'm sure MAGA is taking notes.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
youtu.be/VpmtfxVyOiA?...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
George Hainsworth too, maybe.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like that late goal the Habs give up that you see coming a mile away.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Rinse and repeat. Their bullpen is going to blow the year.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Tell me you weren't expecting it.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Perfectly normal behaviour.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be popular with the boxed wine crowd. I'm not putting down boxed wine, it gets the job done.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I get it, I just think it's a fantastic idea!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I was going to say Baby Duck, but I wasn't sure anyone would know what I was taking about. That shit is swill.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Could you imagine?
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
At $20, I'm using the term "champagne" loosely.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely popping the cork on the nicest bottle of champagne $20 can buy!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Opens up cap space. Opens up a roster spot, I believe. They'd also the ability to accrue cap space during the season, and you can't do that with a contract on LTIR. I can't really explain that because I don't really understand it lol
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
You'll get over a Price trade. He's never gonna play again. It's one year and he'll be back with the Habs family.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
100% Price is moved. If not today, at some point. A 2C? I'm 50/50.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
You gotta be bouncing off the walls today.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Purposely keeping him would be grounds for firing. I love Price, but that contact HAS to go.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
It's either a Price trade or Trump dying.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I took one TV course in college and I was like nope, this isn't for me. Where did you go to college?
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
I found Great Value Star Search on YouTube. This show is so weird and creepy, but it's so hard to look away. youtube.com/watch?v=oWfT...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
It's the last day of summer break for my daughter. I hate this time of year. All the anxiety I felt as a kid comes rushing back.
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Trump (and Melania) alive and well on the golf course today. Suck on that shitlibs!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm 48 and it was 10 years BEFORE I was born.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
My favourite is the last time the Leafs won the cup, Lester B. Pearson was the Prime Minister, not an airport.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
These dudes on Sesame Street were pretty funny.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
The moment Burt snapped, and knew what needed to be done.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Congrats, guys!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
And imagine being such a scumbag the only people who show up when you're in the hospital are your doctor, and business partner.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Who else?
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I get it, but it's just a paperwork transaction.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Dude's braver than me.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Teams have to stay above the floor. They can't unload assets at the trade deadline and fall below the floor. Acquiring Price's contract can help them with that.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I will celebrate. I WILL be that guy and I don't care.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I went to sleep last night like it was Christmas Eve, but woke up to nothing under the tree but disappointment.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Tomas Plekanec appreciation post. He is 13th all time in Habs scoring. #GoHabsGo #TheHobby
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Mad Dog is legendary, especially when you grow up in Quebec.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
youtu.be/Rblh_0d7Qlw?...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
If he should die before I wake...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Macho Man was so good. I know Hogan gets all the glory, but Savage was so much better at everything.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
A ridiculously high percentage of wrestlers are Canadian.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Another great Canadian? The esteemed President of the World Wrestling Federation, Jack Tunney. 🇨🇦
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Saskatchewan
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Roddy Piper beats "The Mountie" Jacques Rougeau for the Intercontinental championship. Two great Canadian wrestlers. 🇨🇦 youtube.com/watch?v=avEp...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude always looks like he means business.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
If it was his penis they'd have to order special, tiny instruments like for the squirrel on Seinfeld.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
There's also the catchy little tune they played on the forest moon of Endor when the Rebels defeated the empire.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I stopped watching after season 12. I'll just continue to believe it to be true.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't have a lot of things to brag about, but I am a published writer, and I can tell you very few journalists have the freedom to say what they believe. You're just a mouthpiece for your employer.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
And this was in Canada!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I went to journalism school in the late 90s, early 2000s. You were taught there was no room for a backbone. You had to toe the company line and write what the owners of the paper wanted.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Losing My Religion What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Shiny Happy People
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
I have never once in my life identified as a "big L" Liberal, but the way. But I've been voting for them for 10 years.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Shit. Call an election and get the majority.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Remember in the 90s, when CDs had those hidden tracks at the end? Didn't you feel like a big shot when you found it?
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
My father was still in his 30s when this fucking show started. Amazing.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Fun fact: The rest of the world knew this song as Bonzo Goes to Birburg, but it was My Brain is Hanging Upside Down in the US because Johnny (not Joey) was a Republican and didn't like the insult to Ronald Reagan. #Punk
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
For the prediction to be accurate, this has to happen tomorrow.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Is he dead yet?
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
You know Sue has to reign this guy in from time to time.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
You want to talk jokes at someone's expense? At my wedding I was basically the recipient of a Comedy Central roast.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
They were morons.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I think I can speak for all of us, if she's with you she'd have to have a good sense of humour.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
"If my hands get any blacker, I'd refuse to rent to them."
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Look at the original post from this thread. I love the art of conversation.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't remember that. I do distinctly remember not giving a fuck.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Never change, man. Never change. 😂
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol yeah, I'm weird one 🤣🤣🤣
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Remember when this was supposed to be the biggest deal ever, but nobody really seemed to give a crap? #GoHabsGo
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Remember when the Habs traded for Mats Sundin? #GoHabsGo
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't believe how long ago this feels.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
You're not painting yourself in the best light there, buddy 🤣
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
The only thing that makes me feel at peace with the choice is the most likely alternative was Zadina and that would have been worse.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Gold wheelchairs with giant Trump flags on the back. I'm it gonna lie, I was disappointed when I woke up this morning.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
When I worked retail a long time ago, a woman called the store to ask me out.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Umm, LOL no. What a ridiculous question. awinninghabit.com/redrafting-t...
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh please please please!
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
True, but Hoffman has been an issue.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Any raisies for government officials should come along with a mandatory raise in the minimum wage.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
I still think those contracts are bad, but the players are certainly making themselves useful, so I'll leave it alone. I like both players a lot.
Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, and it also somehow allows them to accrue cap space throughout the season, where just putting him on LTIR doesn't. That I don't fully understand. It's a good idea all around.
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Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
Why does it feel like I'm going to sleep on Christmas Eve?
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Simon Holmes 🇨🇦 (@mtlsimon11.bsky.social)
EA Sports NHL 10. #Punk youtube.com/watch?v=-a2O...