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Cajungator26 10-09-2006 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
Here's mine!

http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.p...&view=restored

Me and Jessica Alba... who'da thunk it! lol

Mine was Jessica Alba too... and lord knows I don't look like her! I also had Rachel Bilson! LMAO! :D

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
Here's mine!

http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.p...&view=restored

Me and Jessica Alba... who'da thunk it! lol

Haha Beyonce is second.

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 04:25 PM

My top match was Ashton Kutcher at 74%. I think i'm gonna curl into the fetal position and cry myself to sleep now.

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 04:26 PM

Natalie Merchant was first at 76% :mad: :mad: :mad:

Balletto 10-09-2006 04:27 PM

wait wait pillow! show the link!

Balletto 10-09-2006 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants
Haha Beyonce is second.

cuz im bootylicious!

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
wait wait pillow! show the link!

how do i get to the collage thingy?

Bold Brooklynite 10-09-2006 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing
...I can't help but recognize the vast similarities, although this may be on a smaller scale...West coast vs. East coast, Blue collar vs. Blue blood, both dominant and very prolific in their respective regions...

Nobody will give Lava Man a chance to beat Bernardini - including me - but if he does and does it on the raod (@ CD) then it very well could shape up as a Seabiscuit-esque type of story for the media to grasp ahold of....interesting...

You are absolutely correct ... the similarities are quite striking.

Seabiscuit was also a former claimer who took a while to find his best form ... and War Admiral was the perfectly-bred colt owned by a wealthy Easterner ... although not a Middle Easterner.

The analogy fails a bit because War Admiral was a 4YO when he met Seabiscuit ... so there was no 3YO vs. Older aspect to that race.

But otherwise ... your analogy is quite a good one. Thanks for thinking of it and passing it along.

Balletto 10-09-2006 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
Mine was Jessica Alba too... and lord knows I don't look like her! I also had Rachel Bilson! LMAO! :D

See, we are sisters!

Balletto 10-09-2006 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants
how do i get to the collage thingy?

it just asked if i wanted to do it... its on the page somewhere.

Balletto 10-09-2006 04:29 PM

post the link pillow! im off to cheerleading practice! later bitches!

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
post the link pillow! im off to cheerleading practice! later bitches!

I tried the collage but I didn't get any results. Guess i'm one of a kind? :p

Suffolk Shippers 10-09-2006 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing
...I can't help but recognize the vast similarities, although this may be on a smaller scale...West coast vs. East coast, Blue collar vs. Blue blood, both dominant and very prolific in their respective regions...

Nobody will give Lava Man a chance to beat Bernardini - including me - but if he does and does it on the raod (@ CD) then it very well could shape up as a Seabiscuit-esque type of story for the media to grasp ahold of....interesting...

It's an interesting concept and I imagine ESPN will hype it up going into BC day and deservedly so. Maybe not in the Seabiscuit/WA mold, but they should definately give it some hype. Nothing America likes more than a compelling underdog drama.

I think the more valid story that seems to have been underplayed to this point is that the day one star was tragically cut down at the Preakness another was apparently born and burst onto the scene. I still think that because Barbaro's injury happened on the same stage as Bernardini's coming out party, Bernardini gets a considerably smaller chunk of noterity from the mainstream media. That being said, if Barbaro doesnt get hurt, maybe Bernardini doesnt win and his coming out party is delayed until whenever.
All speculation of course.

Bernardini deserves alot more pub than he gets and I feel the reason this is the case is because the #1 story of Preakness day was Barbaro. What Bernardini is doing is becoming special and he deserves some hype for it. Just seems the media is not clamoring to give it because this horse is somewhat living in Barbaro's shadow.

Just my two cents, I like Bernardini, not all too impressed with whom he has beaten, but he does deserve more credit on the national stage than he gets.

eurobounce 10-09-2006 06:36 PM

That thing alsop told me that I didnt have any matches. That sort of sucks.

ateamstupid 10-09-2006 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers
It's an interesting concept and I imagine ESPN will hype it up going into BC day and deservedly so. Maybe not in the Seabiscuit/WA mold, but they should definately give it some hype. Nothing America likes more than a compelling underdog drama.

I think the more valid story that seems to have been underplayed to this point is that the day one star was tragically cut down at the Preakness another was apparently born and burst onto the scene. I still think that because Barbaro's injury happened on the same stage as Bernardini's coming out party, Bernardini gets a considerably smaller chunk of noterity from the mainstream media. That being said, if Barbaro doesnt get hurt, maybe Bernardini doesnt win and his coming out party is delayed until whenever.
All speculation of course.

Bernardini deserves alot more pub than he gets and I feel the reason this is the case is because the #1 story of Preakness day was Barbaro. What Bernardini is doing is becoming special and he deserves some hype for it. Just seems the media is not clamoring to give it because this horse is somewhat living in Barbaro's shadow.

Just my two cents, I like Bernardini, not all too impressed with whom he has beaten, but he does deserve more credit on the national stage than he gets.

I agree with almost all of this.

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by eurobounce
That thing alsop told me that I didnt have any matches. That sort of sucks.

Yeah I guess my stunning good looks overloaded the system.

Balletto 10-09-2006 06:55 PM

Oh jeeze... listen to these two. I guess they dont have Gilbert Godfried in their system. :p

Coach Pants 10-09-2006 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
Oh jeeze... listen to these two. I guess they dont have Gilbert Godfried in their system. :p

Nah. They don't have Paul Newman in his prime. :D

eurobounce 10-09-2006 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants
Yeah I guess my stunning good looks overloaded the system.

Wasnt because of my looks that is for sure.

eurobounce 10-09-2006 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto
Oh jeeze... listen to these two. I guess they dont have Gilbert Godfried in their system. :p

Na, they dont have Barney Fife in their system

Slewbopper 10-09-2006 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing
...I can't help but recognize the vast similarities, although this may be on a smaller scale...West coast vs. East coast, Blue collar vs. Blue blood, both dominant and very prolific in their respective regions...

Nobody will give Lava Man a chance to beat Bernardini - including me - but if he does and does it on the raod (@ CD) then it very well could shape up as a Seabiscuit-esque type of story for the media to grasp ahold of....interesting...

Are they decalring the BCC a match race?

Cunningham Racing 10-09-2006 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Slewbopper
Are they decalring the BCC a match race?

Yeah, everybody in the Churchill Downs grandstand will light a match and hold it up in the air before the horses break from the gate in the Classic...its kinda like a pseudo Widespread Panic concert them going on :rolleyes:


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