Jim McFarlin

If there’s anything better than an olive stuffed with blue cheese and soaked in a shaken (not stirred) mixture of vodka and vermouth, I really don’t know what it could be.

So, what do you think? Would the @DetroitPistons have been manhandled by the @nyknicks the way the about-to-be-swept @cavs have? I think not, given their playoff series last year. Donovan “No Show” Mitchell and James “Fall Down” Harden certainly haven’t helped Cleveland’s cause.

Oh, SUUUURE! NOW the @cavs have their lowest scoring first quarter of the playoffs. Against the @DetroitPistons in Game 7, they couldn’t miss sh*t. They were making three-pointers from the logo!

Wordgrouch, from Word Smarts: 10 slang expressions only Americans could possibly understand: Y’all Yooper Cattywampus Bodega Pop Hella Ope Shotgun Plead the Fifth Sign Your John Hancock Agree?

We know exactly how you feel, Buffalo. @DetroitPistons

We can’t win this game if the ball rims out every time we shoot it. @DetroitPistons

From Word Genius today: “Seven Words You Haven’t Used Since College.” All-nighter Quad Dead Week Grade-Point Average Frosh Prerequisite Syllabus Yes? No?

Wordgrouch Word of the Day, from @Dictionarycom: clowder (KLOW-der), n.: a group or cluster of cats. As a lifelong, diehard dog lover, I’d take a bowl of hot clowder any day. 😹

Great White was a last-second scratch at today’s @KentuckyDerby. Can you imagine how pissed off the MAGA bettors must be?

@blakegriffin23 I want to do an article for a Detroit publication (one of your former stops) on how you’ve suddenly managed to appear on every other commercial on TV. Do you have an agent or rep who’ll hook me up? I’m at jimmcfarlin@outlook.com. Thank you!

Lost Mize. Lost Javy. Lost the game. That’s a triple play, and a tough night for the @tigers in The ATL.

Everyone see where @AyoDosunmu4 scored his career high 43 POINTS tonight against the Nuggets, second most off-the-bench points in NBA playoff history? He should consider sending the @chicagobulls a thank you card. @IlliniMBB

Wordgrouch Word of the Day, from @Dictionarycom: purlieu (PUR-loo), n.: a place where one may range at large. Go ahead, walk out the back door and tell your wife you’re going to your purlieu. See what happens!

Does ANYBODY know what anyone else is saying? (Know what I’m sayin’?)

Wordgrouch Word of the Day, from @Dictionarycom: flocculent (FLOK-you-lunt): soft, like wool or fleece. No, it’s not what you thought, Dirty Mind. Look at the word again!

When was the last time HIS wrinkly old ass pumped ONE GALLON of gas on his own?

I don’t know who those young men were in the orange uniforms tonight, but that wasn’t the @IlliniMBB team I’ve watched all season. Virtually no assists. Horrible 3-point shooting. @UConnMBB deserved to win. Or more accurately, the Illini deserved to lose. #FinalFour

I’m BEAMING now! But will I be happy 30 minutes from now? @umichbball

I have given up all alcohol for #Lent. Prayers, please.

Delroy, you got screwed. #Oscars