Official Mets Divisonal Magic Number 2007 Countdown

[Willets Point]

The Mets need to win more. That's way too much Elmo.

[stevejrogers]

A furry lovable blue lump has something to say about this:

Me don't want to count Elmos. ME WANT TO COUNT DOWN AND EAT...

COOKIES!



OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!

ME GOT 19 COOKIES TO EAT!

C is for Cookie, thats good enough for me...

AHHHH, too bad me can't find small enough cookie pics to post 19 of them.

Me just go back to eating them! YUM YUM YUM YUM!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I thought he was on a health kick so now C stands for carrot.

[seawolf17]

Nah, he's still the Cookie Monster. Although he has now added the hit single "Cookie Is A Sometimes Food" to his repertoire.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Glad to hear that. I always liked Cookie Monster. Carrot Monster just wouldn't seem right.

[stevejrogers]

Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

The Magic number is with Ulysses S. Grant for a little while, thanks to the Marlins' 6-3 win over the Phillies.

[stevejrogers]

Andrew Johnson as we are backing into The Civil War here with the countdown

17 thanks to the Mets 11-3 win over the Astros at Shea.

Braves win, which means their tragic number stands at 16, Nationals at 8 and the Marlins are at 5.

[soupcan]

[Frayed Knot]

Met magic number drops again ... Honest!

[soupcan]

[Frayed Knot]

Mets 4 - Astros 1 =

[Benjamin Grimm]

The magic number is 15.


The magic number is now in the hands of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. (The only bachelor president, and the only one born in Pennsylvania.)

[soupcan]

[Gwreck]

14



Franklin Pierce was the only US president born in New Hampshire.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The magic number is 14


Franklin Pierce

[HahnSolo]

I must be dense. I don't get the Welcome Back, Kotter equation.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

You're not the only one, Hahn.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Four Sweathogs, one teacher?

[soupcan]

This one was tough.

[Willets Point]

[stevejrogers]

Phillies lose to the Rockies, so...


Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) of Cayuga County, New York gets the magic number tonight.

[soupcan]

You know - pictures of presidents are pretty damn easy to find...

[stevejrogers]

Phillies Lose in Colorado

But the Mets win at Shea means ol' Zach Taylor had the number for just a few seconds, much like his actual Presidency, giving way to


# 11 James Polk (1845-1849)

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: I must be dense. I don't get the Welcome Back, Kotter equation.

The show took place at James Buchanan High School.

I was going to put up a picture of 'Hawkeye' from M*A*S*H for #14 since his full name was Benjamin Franklin Pierce ... but I wasn't around in time.

Was trying to keep with the Presidential theme while sliding in a one step removed twist.

[Willets Point]

Damnably clever.

[soupcan]

[soupcan]

And I'm throwing this one up here just cause I always remembered it from my youth and can still sing 'Eleven Alive' in the correct tune and pitch.

Edited September 13, 2007 by Guest

[soupcan]

One more...

The Simpsonized version of myself...


Because my birthday is November, 11 (11/11).

Really.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Be cooler if you were born in 1911.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Polk, last strong federally minded president before the Civil War. He was like President Manifest Destiny. I think he was also the only guy who retired after one term.

I don't think New York has a Polk High, disappointingly.