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This Must Stop

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Alright, who pissed of Gary England?

My guess is it’s this guy whose back now looks like Patrick’s during the brief period of time he was really into body building. Whatever he did to coax the man who controls the weather to pelt him with ice from the sky is having adverse collateral damage to everyone else.

Because everyone is very concerned, Matthews Manor was in the line of the storm. In fact, I’m pretty sure that when I turned on my TV to watch game one of the Eastern Conference finals, the arrow Rick Mitchell was drawing from Kingfisher was pointed directly at my house.

The thing was, at that time, the temperature was about eighty degrees, it was so sunny outside that my skin had chastized me for sweeping the front porch five minutes earlier, and there was hardly any breeze. Thirty minutes later, I was restricting the ClarkPupp (who, for the first time in his life, demanded to play next to the picture window) to the sofa while the gods used my property as a driving range.

I actually got off kind of lucky. My six month old roof, and gutters are dented to hell, but my giant tree limited the amount of hail damage to my car and kept any windows from being broken out. One of my side mirrors got busted, though, so Gary is going to have to deal with those seven years of bad luck.

Afterward, the ground was covered in healthy looking leaves, sticks, and a thick coating of ice that created enough steam to make Oklahoma City look like Tim Burton’s vision of Sleepy Hollow.  The goth kids in town were as excited as Chad when Cinemax runs a free preview weekend.

After half a day of cleaning up storm debris, though, you would hardly be able to tell that the sky opened up on us, at all, if it weren’t for the army of roofing contractors deluging the neighborhood including a single engine plane flying a sign a hundred feet overhead. Except now, there is even more severe weather headed this way. Something must be done. We must appease Lord Gary.

So, in the comment section, I invite you to massage the ego of our most powerful weather forecaster. Otherwise, we might have a snownado next week during an earthquake.

Ogle Madness III: East Region – Upper Bracket

Monday, March 8th, 2010


So it begins!

Before we start today’s match-ups, we should let everyone know that the Ghost of Ed Gaylord beat the Ghost of Oral Roberts by a vote of 237 – 176 in the Ogle Madness play-in game.  I’m not sure what that means, but either way, it’s scary.

Also, here are some more things to review before we officially tip- off Ogle Madness;

Here is the 65 man/women/thing tournament bracket. This one may be easier to view and print than the previous one we posted.  Also, we eliminated some typos.  To stay true to form, we added some, too.

• Some people have asked us what the voting criteria is for Ogle Madness.  Basically, there isn’t any.  I guess it’s just vote for whoever you want to advance or for who you like more.  That is, of course, unless you are voting for Patrick.  Patrick is handsome.  He’s also possibly writing this.

• In Ogle Madness, polls are open for only one day.  That means you need to drop by each day to cast your vote for each round or region.

• Please don’t be a tool and try to rig the ballot box.

• If you want a good recap of last year’s bracket, check out the “One Shining Moment” video above.

Anyway, to today’s games.  They come from the top half of the East Region.  Here are the match ups:

(1) Gary England vs. (16) Chad Istook
(8) Bob Barry, Jr. vs. (9) Al Eschbach

(4) Jessica Schambach vs. (13) J’Ordy
(5)  Amy McRee vs. (12) Larry Nichols

Read about each participant and vote after the jump!

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Gary England Day is an excuse to party…

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

This past weekend, a Lost Ogle reader got trapped at America’s Pub in Bricktown. To prove it, they sent us the following picture of the screen where you can send text messages.  We consider it a cry for help.

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Actually, this is a pretty cool. It’s comforting to know that the masses were out celebrating Gary England Day. It’s also good to know that Kristin Gilpin probably got a kiss, and that Katrice’s boobs looked amazing.  The reader mentioned that the phrase “Clark Matthews cheats at checkers,” also appeared on the big screen, but we don’t have any photo proof of that.

That being said, I think it’s disturbing that this photo was taken at America’s Pub in Bricktown.  I feel sorry for the guy who was trapped there.  Seriously, that place is a Douche Bag paradise. Go there on any Friday or Saturday night and you’ll see enough Affliction shirts and embroidered eagle wings to cause a seizure. Granted, that also means there are plenty of dumb hot chicks with big breasts and sun dresses in attendance, but it’s hard for me to care about that when I spend my typical evening being hand-fed lush grapes by European fashion models.

Anyway, maybe next year some bar will have an official Gary England Day party.  I nominate either TapWerks, Nite Trips or Edna’s.  And as long as the drinks are free, I’ll be there.

Merry Gary England Day!

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

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October 3. The Past. That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane – Gary England is not afraid. Certainly the arrival of The God of Thunder himself had to be at least as momentous as anything REM could dream up. We had to go back to the 1980s for Gary’s birthday video, to another great born on October 3 — Stevie Ray Vaughn playing “The Sky is Crying,” live in concert  in 1987.

Happy Birthday Gary.

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Little Known Facts About Gary England (2)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Soon after the May 8, 1986 tornadoes took out a large portion of Edmond, Gary England was distraught by his inability to control his clutch on the weather.  He took a leave of absence from KWTV and disappeared for several weeks without contacting anyone in Oklahoma.

What few people know is that during this time, Gary resurfaced in Mexico where he joined a travelling rodeo as a broncho rider with the handle “Jump Back Jackson”.  In this span, he entertained crowds with his ability to ride unbroken stallions for up to 47 seconds before the horses gave up trying to buck him.

At the time, it was the greatest experience of England’s life and he nearly chose to eschew his destiny as the greatest meteorologist in history…until he met the man who would change his life.  One day at the rodeo, a spooked bull crashed through a gate and was charging directly for a group of mentally handicapped swimsuit models.  Before Gary even knew what was happening, a rodeo clown dubbed “El Loco Gustanado” grabbed he bull by the horns and wrestled it down with his bare hands.

Later that night, Gary bought the clown a beer and unburdened him with the doubts that had brought England to fleeing his duties in Oklahoma City.  The clown scoffed, for he had no fear of anything, and offered to help Gary refine his weather controlling capabilities.  Then, the clown whose real name was Val Castor, drove him back to the channel 9 studios where they continue to be the greatest storm chasing team known to man to this very day.

Little Known Facts About Gary England

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

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At the age of 15, Gary England (center) forged his birth certificate and joined the Navy in hopes of seeing the world and learning about meteorology.  During basic training, his unique abilities were discovered and a cunning admiral introduced him to Rip (left) and Curly (right) in hopes of forming an elite naval team greater than the SEALS.

Their initial orders were to report to a carrier ship off the coast of Uruguay to squelch a burgeoning pirate army.  Once they boarded their plane, however, they were informed that they would actually be headed to the Falkland Islands to study the coastline of Chile, whose hook echo like formation would become an invaluable tool toward furthering their understanding of severe weather.  Later, this knowledge was put to use during the Bay of Pigs debacle and the May 3rd tornadoes.

Gary England is whacking it…

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

I’m not sure what Gary is whacking, but maybe this explains why he was so off on his forecast during the spring blizzard.  Also, did you know that each time Gary whacks it that he also kills a kitten?  Need proof?  Just ask Rusty Surrette.

Ogle Madness II: Sweet Sixteen East and Midwest Regions

Monday, March 30th, 2009

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Today begins the Sweet Sixteen round of Ogle Madness, with matchups from the East and Midwest Regions. With the top 4 seeds advancing in both regions, we have some compelling games being played today. These contests will take place at Robber’s Cave State Park near Wilburton and The Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley.

Vote until midnight after the jump. UPDATE: Voting actually will continue through Tuesday. Keep voting, people.

(1) Gary England vs. (4) Carrie Underwood
(3) Jessica Schambach vs. (2) Cardboard Jim Traber

(1) Sam Bradford vs. (4) Mike Gundy
(3) Blake Griffin vs. (2) Jaime Cerreta

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