Xchanger--Derby Fever is Rampant

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If you make every stand a " dunce cap " type position you take the fun out of it. I will be wrong more often than I am right, but just as I don't expect accolades every time I am right, I certainly don't need to be made a fool ( or make one of myself ) every time I am wrong.

The simple fact is that people who waste money on the likes of Cowtown Cat in this Derby are foolish. They will lose their money ( just as I would in the cataclysmic event that Cowtown Cat even runs moderately well ) which is enough. Further humiliation isn't always necessary.

I wore the dunce cap once at Siro's last summer after declaring five or six times that if some big favorite won I would wear it the next day. Should I REALLY have had to wear it that one time?

but it is Cowtown Cat, while I agree that you should not wear the dunce cap anytime you do not like a horse and it wins, Cowtown is the horse that made you wear the Dunce last out... and you are still bashing him!!!


just like Cajun and Curlin, if Curlin wins Cajun must do something... maybe get a Curlin cap and make it her Avatar!

[Danzig]

i agree with BTW that he shouldn't be held up to a higher standard---but i have to admit, the thought of him in a bessie costume, with the teats sticking out....well, that's pretty dammed funny.
but i don't see it happening, because i don't see cowtown winning. or even hitting the board.

[blackthroatedwind]

I don't mind being held to a higher standard....it's actually a compliment.

The dunce cap is a gimmick for fun and if used too much it loses its appeal. If you constantly mock yourself you look foolish. But, if you constantly take yourself too seriously, or this game too seriously, you damage your credibility. It's about balance.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I don't mind being held to a higher standard....it's actually a compliment.

The dunce cap is a gimmick for fun and if used too much it loses its appeal. If you constantly mock yourself you look foolish. But, if you constantly take yourself too seriously, or this game too seriously, you damage your credibility. It's about balance.

It isn't holding you to a higher standard, it is taking advantage of someone willing to take a stance and laugh about it like you did. I agree that constant mockery does make a person turn into a joke. You are a normal joe to me, to everyone and if it was a different way I wouldn't like you.