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Subject: Chain of Fools

Written By: NullandVoid on 05/04/04 at 7:17 pm

I wanted to try something a little new here:
List a dumb thing that a celeb or historical person has done and then the person after them has to name someone else who did something stupid.
You can link your answer in ANY way possible to the preceding :)

Britney Spears
Married Jason Alexander on January 3rd 2004, they got divorced hours later!

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/04/04 at 7:20 pm

Alexander Hamilton

Accepted Aaron Burr's challange to a duel and lost.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/05/04 at 5:30 pm

Carmen Elektra married Dennis Rodman  ???

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/05/04 at 7:49 pm

The creators of "Breakin'" made "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/05/04 at 10:20 pm

David Carusso left NYPD Blue to go into movies.  Pop quiz:  name one of his movies...

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/27/04 at 12:08 am

This is a good post that most people have ignored.  Let's revive it and be creative!    ;D

Pam & Tommy brought a video camera on their honeymoon.  :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/04 at 1:22 am

Four policemen beat up Rodney King, then yelled racial slurs while they were on tape. >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/27/04 at 8:03 am

The Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees.    :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/04 at 9:11 am

L.A. retained the Dodgers after they stole it from Brooklyn.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/27/04 at 11:24 pm

Michael Jackson and his 700 cosmetic surgeries  :o

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/04 at 9:30 am

Joan and Melissa Rivers hired by E! and crashing the major award parties. >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 05/28/04 at 4:18 pm


Joan and Melissa Rivers hired by E! and crashing the major award parties. >:(


Agreed!  What's up with those two?   >:(

Guns n' Roses - could have been one of the greatest rock bands in history, but because of their egos, self-destructive habits, and bad decision making, we'll never realize how good they could have been!  ???

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/04 at 8:26 pm

Garo Yepremium (Miami Dolphin kicker who thought he was a quarterback,threw an interception to a Redskins player for a touchdown, and nearly ruined the Dolphins' perfect '72 season.)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 06/08/04 at 8:15 pm

Maurice Clarrett - challenging the NFL and trying to enter the draft.  :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/04 at 11:32 am

Guillermo Coria- Broke his raquet in half after losing in the French Open to Georgio Gaudio.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 06/22/04 at 10:50 pm

Whoever decided that "The Swan" should be a TV show.    >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/04 at 11:45 am

Whoever decided WB Superstar should be a show.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 06/23/04 at 5:03 pm

Whoever gave Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton TV deals  :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/04 at 8:10 pm

Lionel Richie, who adopted a spoiled white girl, and Paris' parents.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Harmonica on 06/23/04 at 10:12 pm

Shawn Michaels for being one of the most respected pro wrestlers on the planet then throws it all away by helping vince Screw Bret and becoming part of DX.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/24/04 at 7:10 pm

The Lakers organization for suggesting hiring ancient Bill Sharman as head coach.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/01/04 at 5:30 pm

Eric Bischoff for firing Steve Austin (in real life) when he was in WCW in the early 90s.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/01/04 at 7:19 pm

Bob Brenley, Arizona Diamondbacks manager, for insulting San Francisco's Ben Davis after he broke up Curt Schilling's perfect game in the ninth ining in 2002 during the D-Backs' title run. (The object is to win the game, Bob, not give your players finite moments of glory.) 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/02/04 at 8:36 am

Dixie Chicks/Michael Moore/Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins/Rosie O'Donnell/Janene Garoffolo, etc. - you are artists, not political authorities.  Use your enormous talent in your chosen profession.  Drop your agendas and don't speak of what you know nothing about.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/02/04 at 8:42 am

Saddam Hussein, for calling Kuwatis dogs and for saying he's better than Bush

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/05/04 at 8:21 am

Pepsi for introducing Crystal Pepsi.  Yuck!!!  :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 07/05/04 at 8:29 am

Harry Truman (the other one) who got blown to blazes when he refused to leave the side of Mt St Helens in 1980  ::)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/05/04 at 8:37 am

Whoever designed and manufactured the Yugo.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: danootaandme on 07/14/04 at 3:52 pm

Tom Yawkey for first refusal of Jackie Robinson ("get that n* off the field)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/21/04 at 8:14 am

Whoever bought their kids Furbees when they were popular.  Wait a minute - I did that!  :-[

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 07/21/04 at 8:47 am


Lionel Richie, who adopted a spoiled white girl, and Paris' parents.
Nicole Richie claims she's black :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 07/21/04 at 8:48 am

Bill Clinton and his book reveal the "Truth"...that word is not in his limited Arky Vocabulary ::)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/21/04 at 9:26 am

Hillary Clinton, for staying with Bubba.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/22/04 at 10:51 pm

Bubba for staying with Hillary!  :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/24/04 at 2:23 pm

The kidnapper of that young jogger Lori Hacking in Utah, for underestimating the emotions of parents everywhere >:( .

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/27/04 at 10:40 pm

Ricky Williams for walking away from millions of dollars and leaving the Dolphins after he had signed a contract. 

On second thought, maybe he's not such a fool after all!  ;) 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/28/04 at 1:48 pm

Wayne Huizinga Dolphins' owner, who believed that Ricky Williams would stay with his team until 2010.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 07/29/04 at 12:09 am

VH1 for falling victim to the MTV way of doing things and now rarely play music videos.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/29/04 at 3:05 pm

E! for doing more gossip and less reporting or film reviews.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/02/04 at 10:50 pm

My cable company for not carrying the NFL Network, yet I have 3 Lifetime channels!  >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/03/04 at 2:51 pm

Jim Irsay, for keeping silent as to his feelings for staying here and building a new staduim for the Colts. 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/03/04 at 10:04 pm

Roger Clemens for being ejected from his son's Little League game!

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/04/04 at 10:45 am

Billy Buckner then of the Red Sox, for dropping the easy grounder in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/04/04 at 10:27 pm

The fan in Chicago who prevented Moises Alou from making a play in foul territory in last year's playoffs vs. the Marlins.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/05/04 at 11:08 am

The promoters of the Bartman Ball explosion at Wrigley Field. Now the bad luck has scattered and they may never win another Series. :(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/05/04 at 10:17 pm

The bankers that started charging us to use other banks' ATMs a few years ago!  >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/06/04 at 9:06 am

The manager at the bank where someone I knew tried to correct a $10 overcredit the bank made to her account. The manager's response was "We never make mistakes!!!" and the woman agreed. ;D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/10/04 at 12:00 am


The manager at the bank where someone I knew tried to correct a $10 overcredit the bank made to her account. The manager's response was "We never make mistakes!!!" and the woman agreed. ;D


Nice!  ;D

Phillip Rivers and Kellen Winslow for not singing HUGE contracts for the teams that drafted them!  >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/10/04 at 10:52 pm

Add to that Bob Sanders, who still isn't signed with the Colts even though he was only a second round selection.


Nice!   ;D

Phillip Rivers and Kellen Winslow for not singing HUGE contracts for the teams that drafted them!   >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/11/04 at 12:17 am

Sadly....MOST of todays overpaid sports stars ::)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/11/04 at 3:47 pm

Sports franchises, for chiding their fans for not buying season tickets when the teams haven't earned our pay. >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/17/04 at 8:00 am

USA Olympic basketball team, thinking the rest of the world would roll over for them. 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/17/04 at 11:59 am

The USA baseball team, for not even qualifying for the Olympics.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/22/04 at 12:19 am

Michael Irvin....a former "Drug-boy" working at ESPN ::)

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/23/04 at 10:57 pm

The NFL for charging full price for half effort games (pre-season).  >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/23/04 at 11:27 pm

ALL of Hollyweird for thinking the rest of the country will side with them in the upcoming election :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 08/23/04 at 11:36 pm

Amen!  Did you catch Denzel Washington on Katie Couric?  He came across as a hardline Republican and Meryl Streep and Katie both got mad as he slammed Michael Moore and Farenheit 9/11.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/29/04 at 8:16 pm


Amen!  Did you catch Denzel Washington on Katie Couric?  He came across as a hardline Republican and Meryl Streep and Katie both got mad as he slammed Michael Moore and Farenheit 9/11.
Figures....lucky he never went on "Rosie"  :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/04 at 4:54 pm

Lucky for Rosie, that is. He'd probably reduce her to crocodile tears. ;D

The Irish buffoon that ran over the Brazilian marathon leader at the Olympics. He caused the man to finish with a bronze medal.


Figures....lucky he never went on "Rosie"  :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/30/04 at 5:41 pm


Lucky for Rosie, that is. He'd probably reduce her to crocodile tears. ;D

The Irish buffoon that ran over the Brazilian marathon leader at the Olympics. He caused the man to finish with a bronze medal.


Well she kicked Tom Selleck off her show...that's one tough D*ke :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/04 at 6:30 pm

Well, I don't think Selleck is that tough.


Well she kicked Tom Selleck off her show...that's one tough D*ke :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/30/04 at 6:31 pm


Well, I don't think Selleck is that tough.


Are you kidding...I think she'd have had John Gotti on his knees :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/04 at 6:38 pm

Let's put it this way, Rock, my sister could give Rosie a battle. Anyone can be beaten, even a hot-tempered, abusive liberal like Rosie.

Are you kidding...I think she'd have had John Gotti on his knees :D

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/30/04 at 6:51 pm


Let's put it this way, Rock, my sister could give Rosie a battle. Anyone can be beaten, even a hot-tempered, abusive liberal like Rosie.

true....I wouldn't mind a turn with her (Rosie)...but she isn't worth the time :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/04 at 6:57 pm

I see your point. ;)


true....I wouldn't mind a turn with her (Rosie)...but she isn't worth the time :P

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 09/09/04 at 8:36 pm

The NFL and MLB for charging money to listen to  live radio broadcasts of their games over the internet.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 09/10/04 at 1:19 pm

Jason Alexander, for trying another sitcom "Listen Up!" that will fail.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 09/26/04 at 11:11 pm

Tony Cornhuyser for allowing CBS to do a sitcom about his life ("Listen Up!").

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 09/27/04 at 6:27 pm

The Kansas City Chiefs for starting out 0-3 when they were favorites to win the division.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 10/11/04 at 10:08 am

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - who went from Super Bowl champs 2 years ago to open this season at 1-4. 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/12/04 at 11:31 pm

Seattle Seahawks, for letting a double digit lead get away at home verses the Rams.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 11/10/04 at 8:48 am

Maurice Clarett for spouting off lies about the Ohio State football program, which is one of the cleanest programs in the country.    This guy is a serious idiot!

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/10/04 at 9:51 am

Andrew Sicilliano and Van Earl Wright, FOX Radio personalities, for saying the Colts-Vikings game "didn't live up to it's hype". Considering the final score was 31-28, it's obvious that it did.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 11/10/04 at 9:53 am


Andrew Sicilliano and Van Earl Wright, FOX Radio personalities, for saying the Colts-Vikings game "didn't live up to it's hype". Considering the final score was 31-28, it's obvious that it did.


And with a Vanderjagt field goal with 2 seconds left, what more do they want? 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/10/04 at 10:02 am

Exactly, stingr22. ;)



And with a Vanderjagt field goal with 2 seconds left, what more do they want? 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 11/19/04 at 9:19 am

Terrell Owens - His latest brain fart being the Monday Night Football promo with Nicollette Sheridan.  He's not a very good role model anyway, but lots of kids look up to him and he obviously doesn't care. 

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/19/04 at 10:14 am

al-Zaqari, enough said. >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: RockandRollFan on 11/19/04 at 12:14 pm

Michael Moore

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/21/04 at 9:36 pm

The Pacers, Pistons, Pistons fans and whomever was responsible for security Friday night at Auburn Hills. >:(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 11/23/04 at 9:47 am

The NBA for only giving Ben Wallace a 6 game suspension, when he started the whole mess.  ???

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/23/04 at 1:07 pm

And for Andrew Sicilliano and Van Earle Wrong again, for saying that the NBA should not reduce Jermaine O'Neal's sentence. In fact the majority of the media for condemning all the Pacers and none of the Piston fans.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: stingr22 on 12/29/04 at 12:24 pm

Colts fans for booing when Peyton Manning took a knee two weeks ago instead of tying Marino's record.  They got the win.  That should be paramount in sports.  Records are simply a by-product of a successful team.

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: Indy Gent on 12/29/04 at 2:09 pm

My female second cousin, who's pining over some jerk she dated who is a friend of my other cousin even though  (and threatened to kill him if he didn't return her love.) :(

Subject: Re: Chain of Fools

Written By: star80 on 06/18/08 at 3:16 am

Julia Roberts for marrying Lyle Lovett.....oh uggghhh that man is so ugly!!!

Tatum O'Neal for acting like such a spoiled brat when she was booted off of "Dancing With The Stars"

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