Official Mets Divisonal Magic Number 2007 Countdown

[Benjamin Grimm]

There was a stretch that ended with Lincoln where most presidents were one-termers. Lincoln, in running for a second term, was actually breaking with recent tradition.

Buchanan, instead, may be the last president to retire after one term.

[Frayed Knot]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Be cooler if you were born in 1911.

He'd most likely be deader if he were born in 1911.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's the year my grandmother (still living) was born. She may or may not share a birth date with Dizzy Dean, who is dead at the present time. (I've seen two reported birth dates for Ol' Diz, one of which, January 16, 1911 is the day my grandmother was born.)

[Gwreck]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Buchanan, instead, may be the last president to retire after one term.

Rutherford B. Hayes didn't see re-election either. Grover Cleveland was out as a candidate in 1896 as well.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess I meant first?

[Gwreck]

="Edgy DC"]I guess I meant first?

's ok. You didn't have William "Wild Bill" Hennessey as your high school history teacher. Dickshot, I think he might've been around when you were there as well...

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Yeah but I had Thoeler.

[soupcan]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Be cooler if you were born in 1911.

I've always known that.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: There was a stretch that ended with Lincoln where most presidents were one-termers. Lincoln, in running for a second term, was actually breaking with recent tradition. Buchanan, instead, may be the last president to retire after one term.

I think some of those were actually fired after their first terms.

Buchanan was a horrible president, and sort of an odd duck with a personal life that would make it somewhat more difficult to get elected today. Then again, considering recent events he might just have been ahead of his time.

[Zvon]

James K Polk,
a song by They Might Be Giants.
Performed by Zvon's brother.

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/42266

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

What I want to know is how did Polk get elected to a second term? And who, besides our bullpen, voted for him?

[Guest sharpie]

Polk was a one-termer. His term here, however, goes on and on.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Where is Polk buried? (He was from Tennessee, wasn't he?)

Maybe we need to have some kind of graveside exorcism to get him to yield the magic number.

[Gwreck]

10

John Tyler was the first man to become President due to the elected president not completing his term.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And he's one handsome son of a bitch, isn't he?

Edited September 19, 2007 by Guest

[Guest sharpie]

Finally our Polk nightmare is over.

[Gwreck]

9

William Henry "I died in 30 days" Harrison was of course our shortest serving President.

[Willets Point]

="Gwreck"]9 William Henry "I died in 30 days" Harrison was of course our shortest serving President.

Hopefully his term as magic number will be 29 days shorter.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nice to see you, Tippecanoe!

[HahnSolo]

^^^^
Phil Spector was once President????

[stevejrogers]

And now, the complete lyrics for Revolution # 9. Artist, The Beatles, author, John Winston Ono Lennon

Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9
Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9
Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9
Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9...

[Guest sharpie]

Wrong! Here are the complete lyrics to Revolution 9:

[bottle of Claret for you if I had realised�

Well, do it next time.

I forgot about it, George, I'm sorry.
Will you forgive me?

Yes.]




Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,

Then there's this Welsh Rarebit wearing some brown underpants
About the shortage of grain in Hertfordshire
Everyone of them knew that as time went by
They'd get a little bit older and a litter slower but
It's all the same thing, in this case manufactured by someone who's always
Umpteen your father's giving it diddly-i-dee
District was leaving, intended to pay for

Number 9, number 9

Who's to know?
Who was to know?

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9

I sustained nothing worse than
Also for example
Whatever you're doing
A business deal falls through
I informed him on the third night
When fortune gives

Number 9, number 9, number 9

People ride, people ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride! Ride!

9, number 9, number 9, number 9

I've missed all of that
It makes me a few days late
Compared with, like, wow!
And weird stuff like that
Taking our sides sometimes
Floral bark
Rouge doctors have brought this specimen

I have nobody's short-cuts, aha�

9, number 9

With the situation

They are standing still

The plan, the telegram

Ooh ooh

Number 9, number

Ooh

A man without terrors from beard to false
As the headmaster reported to me
My son he really can try as they do to find function
Tell what he was saying, and his voice was low and his hive high
And his eyes were low

Alright!

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,

So the wife called me and we'd better go to see a surgeon
Or whatever to price it� yellow underclothes
So, any road, we went to see the dentist instead
Who gave her a pair of teeth which wasn't any good at all
So I said I'd marry, join the fucking navy and went to sea

In my broken chair, my wings are broken and so is my hair
I'm not in the mood for whirling

Um da
Aaah

How?
Dogs for dogging, hands for clapping
Birds for birding and fish for fishing
Them for themming and when for whimming

Only to find the night-watchman
Unaware of his presence in the building

Onion soup

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9

Industrial output
Financial imbalance

Thrusting it between his shoulder blades

The Watusi
The twist

Eldorado

Take this brother, may it serve you well

Maybe it's nothing
Aaah
Maybe it's nothing
What? What? Oh

Maybe even then
Impervious in London
Could be difficult thing
It's quick like rush for peace is
Because it's so much

It was like being naked
If you became naked

[Benjamin Grimm]

I told her that my team was in a fix
We haven't won since Nineteen Eighty Six
She looked at the standings
and she made a magic sign
She said what you have is
Magic Number Number Nine.

[Valadius]

Actually, it was 41 days. But who's counting?

I actually share a birthday with William Henry Harrison.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I too share a Presidential birthday.

I was born on Jack Kennedy's last birthday.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vlad, he's quoting a song, not trying to provide actually historica data.

Edited September 20, 2007 by Guest

[soupcan]

Forgot about this thread (understandably).

[Gwreck]

8

Martin Van Buren: the Red Fox of Old Kinderhook.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Old Kinderhook is OK with me!



Nice to finally see you, Marty!

[soupcan]