Your Late Night Poll: Dealing With Losses

by gallagher on Dec 7, 2010 12:52 AM CST

Hockey has too high of a priority in my life. That said, I've gotten better over the years. Now, when the Blues lose my wife no longer says, "This isn't going to ruin everyone's night, is it?"

Instead, I just suck it up, turn off the TV and deal with the loss in my own way, without making everyone else's life miserable too. I usually try to put it behind me by checking out my fantasy hockey team to see if it won or (if the schedule happens to fall that way) go play in my rec league game and hope we win (which is actually the easiest way to put it behind me). If those aren't available or don't happen, I'll fire up the XBox and play a little fakeNHL and whip the shit out of some computer-run team. All that fails? Maybe kick the dog.

I kid, Michael Vick, I kid. I usually just get wasted by myself if none of those other things work. that's better, right? Ruin my own brain rather than a dog's? Sure.

But what about you, late night friend? How do you deal with a Blues loss?

Poll

How do you recover from a Blues loss?

Play a video game using the Blues; destroy someone else.

73 votes

Drink.

111 votes

Smoke.

14 votes

Watch George Lopez: focus hate on him.

37 votes

235 votes | Poll has closed

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I pretty much go completely silent, stewing in my own juices. My wife knows it’s best to just leave me alone. When I get tired of sulking, I find a movie like 300 or The Expendables or the newest Rambo and watch the “bad guys” (lately the fucking Red Wings or sucky Black hawks) get slaughtered by the hero. I highly recommend the last Rambo flick for extreme gore and flying body parts! That helps a little…

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by Ackermania on Dec 7, 2010 1:33 AM CST reply actions

Either get it on or beat off, that usually calms me down. Then its either caffeine or booze to shift me back to where I want to be.

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by Icion on Dec 7, 2010 1:52 AM CST reply actions

toke session for sure

nothing can put me at ease like a dance with Mary.

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by ilikeboyes on Dec 7, 2010 2:08 AM CST reply actions

FakeNHL on the PS3

or if I’m lucky, catch a Mizzou bball game (if they also lose, then my friend Jim Beam stops by for condolences).

by Perrowned on Dec 7, 2010 2:44 AM CST reply actions

None of the above

I just suck it up. It’s a game.
While I love my sports, it’s not even close to the top of the bad things that can happen.
There’s another game on the horizon.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Dec 7, 2010 7:41 AM CST reply actions