It's funny now that he's built up such a resume as a comedic actor, I can't hardly see him in a dramatic role anymore in an old movie or show and not think he's going to say something funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffy
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It's funny now that he's built up such a resume as a comedic actor, I can't hardly see him in a dramatic role anymore in an old movie or show and not think he's going to say something funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffy
Irony??
Ever notice a vehicle that either has a "Christian Church..." front license plate, or a bumper sticker with the name of a christian church, or maybe a license plate cover which says "Jesus loves you" or "do unto others" anything religious, which implys that the driver is a good christian who loves his fellow man.
Now, how many times has that person not let you in when your trying to turn into traffic? Or have you let him in and he not given you a thank you wave? Or has this good christian cut you off?
Its amazing to me that someone who advertises how religiously superior they are, and then they won't even let their fellow man into traffic, or say thank you when someone goes out of their way! Yes, I was just in my car and noticed a front license plate which said "Church of Christ" and I watched the guy look at me and then inch up and up to make sure I couldn't turn from a parking lot into traffic in front of him. Yup, Jesus would never let a fellow driver into traffic
Hypocrites, hypocrites I say!!!!
I was driving to the store today, and at an intersection right up the street from my apartment there were four or five people standing on the median with Kerry & Edwards signs, waving to cars going by.
It made me smile. I had to wave back at them. :)
Not Hypocrites puffy, how to drive is not covered in the Bible, parents teach that ;) besides if we let everyone turn and everyone by the people behind us would be upset :D
Did they wave back Rosie? :thumbup:
Yep, they not only waved back, they started cheering! Then other cars were honking and waving, then more cheers, then more honking ... it was a nice little moment there on the road. (As opposed to Puffy's experience ;) )
Awesome, I like happy people :D they get my vote :thumbup:
I prefer the shiny people.Quote:
Originally Posted by KronoRed
And as for drinking the kool-aid Mr. Jones, I think not...
Some Sports Guy for everyone:
Over the past 18 months, one of the running themes in this space has been "Unintentional Comedy," those moments when something or someone cracks you up ... even though that wasn't necessarily the original intention. You might remember me introducing the UCR (Unintentional Comedy Rating) scale to properly define those moments, as well as devoting my first column as a Page 2 regular to my favorite UCR story (the night Dontae Jones high-fived Henry Louis Gates). And yeah, maybe I went a little overboard with it, but I couldn't help myself. I live for this stuff.
Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are first-ballot UCR Hall of Famers.
Over those same 18 months, Hollywood even launched a spinoff genre: "Intentional Unintentional Comedy." Suddenly, we were watching contrived shows like "Celebrity Boxing," "The Osbournes," "The Anna Nicole Show" and "Celebrity Boot Camp," chock full of UCR moments orchestrated for a giddy American public. Even though those shows are entertaining (Anna Nicole's show excepted), as Lt. Sam Weinberg would say, "I'll take good, old-fashioned Unintentional Comedy every day of the week and twice on Sundays."
Since the most common e-mail I receive is "Where does so-and-so rank on the UCR Scale?" ... well, it seemed like the perfect time to break out The Sports Guy's Official UCR Scale. Please consider this a work-in-progress, only because I'm sure a few things were inadvertently omitted. And remember, this is only one man's opinion.
Without further ado, here's my UCR Scale, starting at 65 (out of 100) and gaining steam until we reach 100 (a perfect score):
65: Tim Robbins pitching in "Bull Durham" ... Costner's Dad throwing in "Field of Dreams" ... Roy Hobbs' son throwing in "The Natural" ... Wesley Snipes playing hoops in "White Men Can't Jump" ... DiNunnzio's golf swing in "Caddyshack" ... Ed Norton dunking in "American History X."
66: Dream Team II ... Davis Love III ... Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld screaming at referee Don Koharski, "Have another donut, you fat pig!" during the '88 NHL Playoffs ... Red McCombs ... Al Pacino's performance in "Heat" ... Machine from "8 MM" ... the Colonel in "Boogie Nights."
67: All existing copies of the "Mike Lupica Show," "Manimal" and "Cop Rock" ... any "SportsCenter" clip before 1985 ... Emilio Estevez's "I taped Larry Lester's buns together" speech in Breakfast Club" ... Rocky Balboa's reaction to Mickey's death ... the climactic hoops scene in "Teen Wolf" ... the "banana in the tailpipe" guy from "Beverly Hills Cop" who sounds just like Tiger Woods ... Beasley Reece.
68: Mark Madsen, Mateen Cleaves, M.L. Carr and Jack Haley ... the Masters when soon-to-be-champ Vijay Singh walked up the 18th fairway at Augusta, to scattered applause by a disappointed crowd, and Jim Nantz screamed, "What a moment!" ... Mel Kiper Sr., Roy Jones Sr., William Ligue Sr. and Jimmy Lennon Sr. ... the '92 NBA All-Star Game, when everyone was afraid to guard Magic.
69: Miggs from "Silence of the Lambs" ... Any time an NBA player inadvertently gets kneed in the privates ... commercials for the "WNBA League Pass" on DirecTV ... Bob Costas standing between Doug Collins and Isiah Thomas during every NBC intro in the '98 Finals ... Dr. Dre pretending on "Behind the Music" that signing over his acts and music rights to Suge Knight for $100,000 was a good deal ... the postgame sexual tension between J.R. Rider and Cheryl Miller on TNT telecasts ... Robert Wuhl.
70: Every interview ever conducted with every NHL player ... every appearance by John Travolta on "American Bandstand" ... every episode of "Friends" where Chandler is abnormally skinny or fat ... seeing anyone driving a Dodge Stratus ... Arvydas Sabonis ... Yogi Berra telling Bernie Williams before the 1999 ALCS, "Relax, we've been playing these guys for 80 years -- they're never gonna beat us."
71: Watching O.J. Simpson as Nordberg in the "Naked Gun" trilogy ... Marlon Brando post-1990 ... any Sports Guy TV appearance ... Bono asking B.B. King, "Do you like the lyrics, Buh-Bee?" in U2's "Rattle & Hum" movie ... The Met Who Couldn't Handle Smoking Pot ... Vince Coleman ... the late Brian Williams changing his name to "Bison Dele."
72: Any existing video of "Fuji Vice" with Mr. Fuji and Don Muraco ... any trophy presentation with the Williams Sisters where Venus won, and it looked like Serena wanted to hit her over the head with the second-place trophy, WWE-style ... any episode of "Cribs" when a rapper has a "Scarface" movie poster ... any time a "Real Sports" feature ends and Bryant Gumbel is inexplicably jotting down notes on camera.
73: Baseball pitchers wearing those nylon running jackets and trying to run the bases ... "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" ... Dave Wannstadt's mustache ... every movie on Lifetime ... Dan Duquette's performance in the "Outside the Lines" special about Manny Ramirez's Boston signing ... the time Morrissey announced that he was "pan-sexual" ... any Loverboy video ... Willie McGee ... the TV careers of Joe Montana, Julius Erving and Isiah Thomas.
74: Any video of Bud Collins broadcasting an Evert-Navratilova match at Wimbledon during the '80s ... the "This train is bound for glory" promos for the '96-'97 Boston Celtics season ... Sly Stallone and Burt Reynolds in "Driven" ... Steve Francis' reaction to getting drafted by the Grizzlies during the '99 Draft ... the Grammatica brothers ... Col. Jessup inexplicably taking a shot at Lt. Weinberg in "A Few Good Men."
75: Tom Cruise trying to be intense and serious ... Dick Vermeil when he's crying ... every Bob Barker sexual harrassment lawsuit ... Farrah Fawcett's infamous Letterman appearance ... Brent Jones & Gus Johnson ... Lisa Lopes burning down Andre Rison's house ... Najeh Davenport's laundry hamper incident ... every Val Kilmer scene in "Top Gun."
76: John Madden's eyebrows ... Larry Hagman's eyebrows ... Jeff Hostetler's mustache ... Don Nelson's mustache ... Steve Nash's hair ... Rick Adelman's mustache that made him look a little like a blond Adolf Hitler ... Craig Whelihan's mustache ... David Stern's mustache ... George Lucas' beard ... Ken Burns' beard ... Rudi Huxtable's fu manchu.
77: The "Got Milk" ads ... any of Ricky Martin's videos when he's putting moves on chicks ... watching "Private Parts" now, with the knowledge that the Sterns got divorced ... the fact that the phrase "jump the shark" has jumped the shark ... the "Super Bowl Shuffle" video ... guys who struggle playing "Golden Tee" and keep jamming their hands against the side of the machine.
78: Alfonso Ribiero ... Uncle Jesse from "Full House" (when he had his mullet) ... whenever the Dad from "Good Times" started up with one of his "This is why the man is keeping us down!" speeches ... Coy and Vance Duke ... Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" video ... the young Jonathan Lipnicki ... Pedro getting mad because Puck ate his peanut butter on "Real World: San Fran" ... Pat Summerall saying "flag on the play" in real life.
79: The video where Bill Clinton says, "I did not ... have ... sexual relations ... with that woman" ... Dick Hantak ... Don Zimmer ... any interview or speech when Tom Cruise gets hyper ... John Oates ... the climatic sex scene in "Showgirls" ... Sofia Coppola's performance in "Godfather 3" ... when my stepdad walks around his house with his T-shirt tucked into his underpants ... the Gimp from "Pulp Fiction."
80: Master P interviewing George Lucas on "MTV's Movie House" ... white Packers receivers making the Lambeau Leap ... Dick Pole ... Steven saying "I think I made some amazing points" after pushing to kick Brynn out of the "Real World Vegas" house ... Don Swayze ... William Ligue Jr. ... the 2012 premiere of "Haley Joel Osment: The E! True Hollywood Story" ... Roddy Piper interviewing Frankie Williams on "Piper's Pit."
81: The weird phenomenon where NHL coaches dress like movie ushers ... 72-year-old Red Auerbach actually getting thrown out of the 1984 Legends Game for arguing with a ref ... the time Rik Smits shaved his head during the '99 NBA Playoffs ... Allen Iverson's press conference after the 2002 playoffs ... an angry Jim Mora ... Ray Lewis' Super Bowl XXXV pre-game dance ... Jack Price, Stu Feiner and the "Sports Advisors."
82: 2Pac's song "Hit Em Up" ... David Hasselhoff running in slow motion ... Barry Sanders' hairline at Detroit ... Brad Daugherty's hairline at UNC ... Roy Firestone's hairline in the mid-'80s ... the opening credits of "90210," when everyone did those 180-degree turns and stared into the camera ... my buddy Hopper driving Norv Turner from a blackjack table (because Norv kept staying on "16" against face cards).
83: All existing video of "The Magic Hour" ... the time Gary Payton co-hosted "Inside the NBA" during the 2000 playoffs and said of Miami after a tough loss, "They can't go back and reminisce on it" ... "Donna Martin graduates! Donna Martin graduates!" ... the jaw-dropping size of Barry Bonds' head during the 2001 and 2002 seasons ... every Evander Holyfield interview.
84: Stu Scott's interviews of John Madden on "Monday Night Countdown" ... Randy Moss' interview with Andrea Kremer where he talked about a friend leaving pot in his ve-HECK-le ... Boom Boom Mancini calling Ron Palillo "Ron Horshack" on "Celebrity Boxing 2" ... TNT's edited version of "Scarface" ... Ben Affleck's performance in "Project Greenlight" ... Marty and Elayne at the Dresden.
85: Any '80s footage with NBA players wearing those short shorts ... the "NFL on CBS" narrator ... Patrick Ewing's testimony at the Gold Club Trial ... the 2002 L.A. charity event I attended where Tony Danza started singing, stopped and made the band start over ... the thought of Jonathan Lipnicki meeting Lil Bow Wow on the set of "Like Mike" ... the opening of "The Best Damn Sports Show, Period," when Lisa Guerrero talks shop with the boys ... Darius Miles giving David Stern a full-body, waist-to-waist after getting picked by the Clips in the 2000 Draft.
86: Any Wimbledon interview where Bud Collins tried to say something foreign to a non-American champion like "Danke shein" ... the awkward beach hug between Apollo and Rocky in "Rocky 3" ... the awkward high-five/hug between Sosa and McGwire after McGwire hit No. 62 ... PGA golfers awkwardly high-fiving their caddies after making an improbable shot ... Mr. T ... Ed McMahon ... sitting in a press box while a bunch of overweight, slovenly sportswriters salivate over a woman who isn't that hot.
87: Fat Elvis ... Gene Shalit ... Mark Cuban ... Richard Dawson (during the "Family Feud" era) ... Tom Cruise's performance in "Cocktail" ... the Michael Jackson-Eddie Murphy "Wassupwityou" video ... Arnold Schwarzenegger ... camel toes ... Dustin Diamond ... Mark Byars' performance in "Paradise Lost 2" ... Coolio's availability for celebrity events ... anyone who honestly believes that O.J. wasn't involved (either directly or indirectly) with the Brown-Goldman murders.
88: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley dramatically kissing during the 1994 MTV Movie Awards ... any video during the Clinton presidency of Clinton making small-talk with a hot chick at a Presidential function ... David Hasselhoff singing ... any time the dugout camera catches Joe Torre picking his nose ... "Tango and Cash" ... the ability to intentionally blow out an opponent's knee in "Madden '95" ... "MTV Cribs: Mariah Carey"
89: The time we were walking the strip in Vegas, when I noticed the giant Siegfred and Roy billboard in front of The Mirage and jokingly asked, "Are those guys gay?", and my buddy Bish answered, completely serious, "Actually, I think they are" ... Jim Fassel's "Pushing my chips to the middle of the table" speech ... A.J. Soprano ... Mike Laing, the self-proclaimed "Clown Prince of Poker" ... the fact that Garth Brooks was serious when he created Chris Gaines ... Keanu Reeves.
90: The time Ted Kennedy called McGwire and Sosa, "Mike McGwire and Sammy Sooser" ... Rick Pitino's famous "Larry Bird isn't walkin' through that door, Kevin McHale isn't walking through that door and Robert Parish isn't walking through that door" speech in Boston ... any interview with singer James Brown ... Yao Ming trying to do the three-step handshake with Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley ... Latrell Sprewell, yacht owner.
91: The scene in HBO's "Hard Knocks" series when Brian Billick was lying on a hammock reading Rick Pitino's "Success Is a Choice" book ... the guy from the White Stripes derisively saying "Thank you, Mary Kate and Ashley" during the 2002 MTV Video Awards ... Larry King's old USA Today column ... the very special two-part "Diff'rent Strokes" episode where Gordon Jump tried to jump Arnold and Dudley ... Larry Merchant.
92: Every selection in the WNBA Draft that involves somebody walking up to the stage in high heels ... Moses Malone's Hall of Fame induction speech ... the scene in "Staying Alive" when the choreographer screams, "The show's the thing, Manero, not you! You remember that!" ... David Silver singing "Precious" on "90210" ... the guys from "West Wing" throwing grounders to each other before the 2002 Celebrity Softball Game ... Mike Tyson, post-prison ... the Christies.
93: "Karate Kid III" ... Pete Carroll, Patriots coach, 1997-1999 ... "Leave It To Beaver" re-runs ... LaVar Arrington's chess room ... the kid from "Who's the Boss?" coming out of the closet ... the CBS NFL studio show in '98 with George Seifert and Brent Jones ... Rocky's "If I can change, you can change" speech after the Drago-Balboa fight ... A.C. Cowlings driving the White Bronco and doing his "This is A.C.!" routine.
94: Those moments right after a Jim Huber monologue on TNT's "Inside the NBA" show, when Charles and Kenny are completely speechless ... "Gymkata" ... Calvin Murphy ... every Bo Jackson interview ... Paul Mokeski ... "American Movie" ... the National Spelling Bee ...the "American Bandstand" jumbotron clip with Gino (the long-armed, bearded disco dancer from the '70s) ... A.C. Green, NBA Virgin.
95: Dick Button shrieking "Put that thing away, Victor!" after Victor Petrenko rolled off a triple-axel in a '92 Olympics Medalists exhibition ... Robert Plant's performance of "Stairway to Heaven" in "The Song That Remains The Same" ... the "Saved By The Bell" episode when Jessie took too many caffeine pills ... Sean Connery hollering, "You the man now, dog!" in "Finding Forrester."
96: The scene from MTV's "25 Lamest Videos of All-Time" when Vanilla Ice destroyed the set (as Janeane Garofalo and Jon Stewart cowered and Chris Kattan shrieked "No, Vanilla!") ... Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance in "Pumping Iron" ... Andrew Shue's performance on "Melrose Place" ... Mike Tyson saying, "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian" after the Lewis fight ... Michael Irvin defending himself at the "Shaq Roast 2" with, "They can talk about me like they want to, but, um, I got my money... so matter what you all say, Mike black, but Mike rich!"
97: The thought of Jonathan Lipnicki appearing in "Celebrity Boot Camp: 2015" in 13 years ... Eric Dickerson, sideline reporter ... Rickey Henderson ... watching any "Brady Bunch" re-run after it was announced that Mr. Brady was gay in real life ... Mrs. Christie jumping into the Doug Christie-Rick Fox fight ... Chad Hutchinson and Richmond Flowers singing acoustic songs on "Hard Knocks" ... David Silver singing "Keep It Together" on "90210."
98: Bruce Buffer ... Frank Stallone ... Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs" ... Mike Tyson's post-fight interviews from the mid-'80s ... Kip Adotta ... Journey's "Separate Ways" video.
99: Mullets.
100: Every Dikembe Mutombo interview ... Ozzy Osbourne performing household tasks ... Rickey Henderson's Hall Of Fame induction speech (when it happens) ... David from "Real World New Orleans" singing "Come On Be My Baby Tonight" ... Corey Feldman's performance in "Blown Away" ... Corey Haim's "E! True Hollywood Story" ... the wedding video of Liza Minnelli and David Getz ... Dontae Jones high-fiving Henry Louis Gates during pregame warmups of a Celtics home game.
- All generalisations are false.
- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
- Conserve toilet paper. Use both sides.
- I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.
- Save a tree. Eat a Beaver.
- Work is for people who don't know how to fish.
- Sex is a misdemeanour. The more I miss it, the meaner I get.
- I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
- Nobody's ugly after 2am.
- Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
- Real women don't have hot flushes. They have *power surges*.
- Where there's a will, I want to be in it!
- If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
- I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it!
- Learn from your parents' mistakes. Use birth control!
- It's lonely at the top. But at least you eat better.
- A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.
- Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
- We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.
- He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
- Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else!
Lemon trees can reach a height of 22 to 25 feet (6.7 to 7.6 meters). They are very thorny and have long, pointed, pale green leaves. The trees produce purple-tinged white, fragrant flowers. Lemons develop from the ovaries of the blossoms and ripen about 7 to 8 months after the flowers bloom.
Lemon trees often have blossoms and fruit at the same time. Lemon trees are grown from buds cut from trees that produce the type of lemon desired. The buds are grafted to seedling lemon trees called rootstocks. Rootstock varieties are chosen for their resistance to disease and for various other reasons.
Lemon trees start to produce fruit about two years after grafting, and some continue to bear fruit for 50 years. Lemon trees may be severely damaged by frost and freezing temperatures, and growers use many methods to protect the trees from cold weather. For example, some growers prevent frost by warming the cold air near the ground with oil-burning heaters. Other growers use large fans called wind machines to mix the cold surface air with the warmer air above it. Water sprays under the trees also help protect against cold.
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
A bad "this day in history" as on August 2, 1934, Hitler gained a title.
With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Führer, or "Leader." The German army took an oath of allegiance to its new commander-in-chief, and the last remnants of Germany's democratic government were dismantled to make way for Hitler's Third Reich. The Führer assured his people that the Third Reich would last for a thousand years, but Nazi Germany collapsed just 11 years later.
Did this thread become a "who can post the most trivia" contest when I wasn't looking?
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Originally Posted by RosieRed
What is "yes," Alex. :mhcky21:
Hey, it's my anniversary!!!
That's got to be good for a few posts.
:thumbup:
An August wedding? Sounds like it would have been a hot time of the year to get all dressed up. So was it?Quote:
Originally Posted by RFS62
On this date in 1948: Four of the eight American League teams are in a virtual tie for first place, within six percentage points of each other. The Indians have 56 wins, 38 losses for a .596 percentage, followed by the Yankees (57-39, .594), Red Sox (58-40, .592) and Athletics (59-41, .590), who technically rank fourth despite having the most victories. Cleveland will go on to win the pennant in a playoff against Boston.
Happy Anniversary :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RFS62
Rosie is always the last person to post before I get here in the morning she wins some sort of award for that.
I shall name it...the Rosie award :D
Movie trivia belongs in another thread, maybe that movie thread ;)
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Originally Posted by Unassisted
Yes it was. But I was still working disaster relief back then, and planning anything was difficult. It was the best time of the year, job wise, to get time off, just before the hurricane season ramped up. And wouldn't you know it, a hurricane hit two days later and I had to go.
What hurricane?
Happy anniversary, 62. :thumbup:
I only ask because Hurricane tracking a hobby of mine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KronoRed
Inspired by RFS62's sig-
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind-Jack Handy
well i'm getting married in less than two weeks...let's all pray for good weather :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RFS62
I hope you have good weather, for the wedding and the marriage :D
Thanks :)
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Originally Posted by KronoRed
Sorry Krono, just saw your question. I think it was Erin, but there were two back to back that summer in Florida.
We ended up staying in Pensacola for six weeks while I worked, so it all worked out fine.
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Originally Posted by Unassisted
My anniversary in coming up on the 29th, and it was HOT when I got married. 96 degrees to be exact with about 75% humidity. We made sure the church we picked had AC. :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by KronoRed
Hey Krono, if you're into Hurricane tracking, here's a great piece of software you can download.
It's called "Tracking the Eye" and you can get it at this website.
http://www.hurricanesoftware.com/
Because Sylvester Stallone is only 5'8" he had to search far and wide to find people who did not dwarf him for the Rocky movies (excepting, of course, Dolph Lundgren who, as Drago, was supposed to dwarf him).
Mr T was hired as an unknown just for this reason.
i'm having an outdoor ceremony :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Leader
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Originally Posted by nottelling
:screwy: :screwy: :yipee: :yipee: :lol:
I'm hungry, I think I will have a Roast Beef sandwich for lunch today. Lettuce, tomato, mayo, salt & pepper, oil & vinegar.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.
LOL That is the software I use to track :thumbup: great little program :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RFS62
I got married in February, within a week of valentines day and my wifes birthday, I have to remember one week a year and I'm safe :mhcky21:
hey, i'm not crazy...just when you're having 300 people you can't have the ceremony and a meal in the hall we're at...Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Leader
300 people?!? Wowsers!
I had 3 :D
who? you, your wife, and the judge/elvis impersonator?
well, we haven't finished with getting responses and we're up to...266!
Well 5 then, me the wife, 2 friends and the justice of the peace :D