Ultimate Draft III - D..U..N spells DUN

[slamtheking]

OK, Here we go:
 
1 ) Michelangelo (Artist) - You don't get more divine inspiration than this guy ... if anyone ever had a direct line to Heaven, it's him, (check out the Sistine Chapel ceiling). He also worked directly with more than one pope, who commissioned him to many works artistic and architectural, including the design and construction of cathedrals and basilica domes, windows, staircases, sculptures, etc.. If Mikey doesn't qualify, nobody does.
 
2 ) Thomas Jefferson (Losing Presidential Candidate) - Jefferson was raised Presbyterian and studied under the Reverend James Maury until entering the College of William and Mary at age 16. He was a devout Christian, (though troubled by what he saw as the errors of some sects/denominations of Christianity, esp. Catholicism), and was a principal architect in the founding of our nation's laws under God. Some of his last words were:
 
"I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do,"
and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God, -- my daughter to my country."
 
(A heavy qualifier for this category)
 
3 ) Abraham Lincoln (Wild Card) - Lincoln was raised with Christianity, never joined a church, but almost always went on Sunday. He knew the Bible backward and forward, and quoted it often. But regardless of his beliefs, the man ended slavery ... if that isn't saintly, I don't know what is. (Other qualifications if needed).
 
4 ) Brian Scalabrine (Redhead) - A devout Catholic for most of his life, The Bishop of Basketball, the Earle of Enumclaw, the Saint of the Celtics, and just the gosh-darned nicest guy in all of sports, (just ask anyone, especially BassThumper ... nuf sed).
 
5 ) Tupac Shakur (Rapper) - A Saint of the Streets, he was a musician and poet and a voice of his people ... a bard of the barrios, he was a voracious reader, especially of philosophy, his lyrics spoke clearly of a belief in God, and many describe him as a deist, (listen to "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" and "Only God Can Judge Me".
 
6 ) Vic Mackey (TV Cop) - While admittedly a stretch, we see Vic as our "Judas" sort of apostle - a guy who believes and wants very badly to do good, but who just keeps getting in his own way. Nevertheless, Judas was an apostle, and so is Vic in our opinion ... the Apostle of Humanness, let's say.
 
7 ) Michael Phelps (Olympic Gold Medalist) - Who has more gold than this guy? More medals? Don't medals speak on saintliness? He's our U.S. Olympic Apostle, and simply the greatest guy to ever don goggles and a Speedo, (just ask him).
 
8 ) Bruno Sammartino (Wrestler) - One of the staunchest Catholics in the history of Professional Wrestling, and raised as so from birth, spending long hours as a child hiding from Germans in the Italian Alps, and having only an old Bible to read, he became dependent on the Word from an early age. The Reverend of Wrestling.
 
9 ) Mortimer Mc Pestle, The Eutectic (Mascot) - A representative of physics and pharmacy, a natural science and one of the studies of the laws of nature, matter and it's motion through space-time. He is the mascot of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy! "Saint" is part of his title for cryingoutloud! And besides ... McPestle - apostle ... pestle - postle ... woah! They even sound alike!!
 
10 ) Leprechaun (Mythical Being) - I mean, come on!! He's the representative of St. Patrick's Day for heaven's sake!
 
Bam! Home run ... game over!
 
Nobody can compete ... period.
 
Not ...

Even ...

Close.

wow, and here I was busting Roy's beans about selling the Kool-aid guy as an apostle.    I think this post takes over first place for Redz comment "stretching the bounds of who fit into a topic to the max".   

[Bahku]

OK, Here we go:
 
1 ) Michelangelo (Artist) - You don't get more divine inspiration than this guy ... if anyone ever had a direct line to Heaven, it's him, (check out the Sistine Chapel ceiling). He also worked directly with more than one pope, who commissioned him to many works artistic and architectural, including the design and construction of cathedrals and basilica domes, windows, staircases, sculptures, etc.. If Mikey doesn't qualify, nobody does.
 
2 ) Thomas Jefferson (Losing Presidential Candidate) - Jefferson was raised Presbyterian and studied under the Reverend James Maury until entering the College of William and Mary at age 16. He was a devout Christian, (though troubled by what he saw as the errors of some sects/denominations of Christianity, esp. Catholicism), and was a principal architect in the founding of our nation's laws under God. Some of his last words were:
 
"I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do,"
and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God, -- my daughter to my country."
 
(A heavy qualifier for this category)
 
3 ) Abraham Lincoln (Wild Card) - Lincoln was raised with Christianity, never joined a church, but almost always went on Sunday. He knew the Bible backward and forward, and quoted it often. But regardless of his beliefs, the man ended slavery ... if that isn't saintly, I don't know what is. (Other qualifications if needed).
 
4 ) Brian Scalabrine (Redhead) - A devout Catholic for most of his life, The Bishop of Basketball, the Earle of Enumclaw, the Saint of the Celtics, and just the gosh-darned nicest guy in all of sports, (just ask anyone, especially BassThumper ... nuf sed).
 
5 ) Tupac Shakur (Rapper) - A Saint of the Streets, he was a musician and poet and a voice of his people ... a bard of the barrios, he was a voracious reader, especially of philosophy, his lyrics spoke clearly of a belief in God, and many describe him as a deist, (listen to "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" and "Only God Can Judge Me".
 
6 ) Vic Mackey (TV Cop) - While admittedly a stretch, we see Vic as our "Judas" sort of apostle - a guy who believes and wants very badly to do good, but who just keeps getting in his own way. Nevertheless, Judas was an apostle, and so is Vic in our opinion ... the Apostle of Humanness, let's say.
 
7 ) Michael Phelps (Olympic Gold Medalist) - Who has more gold than this guy? More medals? Don't medals speak on saintliness? He's our U.S. Olympic Apostle, and simply the greatest guy to ever don goggles and a Speedo, (just ask him).
 
8 ) Bruno Sammartino (Wrestler) - One of the staunchest Catholics in the history of Professional Wrestling, and raised as so from birth, spending long hours as a child hiding from Germans in the Italian Alps, and having only an old Bible to read, he became dependent on the Word from an early age. The Reverend of Wrestling.
 
9 ) Mortimer Mc Pestle, The Eutectic (Mascot) - A representative of physics and pharmacy, a natural science and one of the studies of the laws of nature, matter and it's motion through space-time. He is the mascot of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy! "Saint" is part of his title for cryingoutloud! And besides ... McPestle - apostle ... pestle - postle ... woah! They even sound alike!!
 
10 ) Leprechaun (Mythical Being) - I mean, come on!! He's the representative of St. Patrick's Day for heaven's sake!
 
Bam! Home run ... game over!
 
Nobody can compete ... period.
 
Not ...

Even ...

Close.

wow, and here I was busting Roy's beans about selling the Kool-aid guy as an apostle.    I think this post takes over first place for Redz comment "stretching the bounds of who fit into a topic to the max".   

Yeah, it's what my teachers would call a "colorful imagination" ... but I have plenty of big-time lawyers on my team as well, so any possible legal action taken against my team or my "wist-ful elaboration" will be handled with jurisprudence and professionalism, (and just the right amount of political double-talk).

[Redz]

OK, Here we go:
 
1 ) Michelangelo (Artist) - You don't get more divine inspiration than this guy ... if anyone ever had a direct line to Heaven, it's him, (check out the Sistine Chapel ceiling). He also worked directly with more than one pope, who commissioned him to many works artistic and architectural, including the design and construction of cathedrals and basilica domes, windows, staircases, sculptures, etc.. If Mikey doesn't qualify, nobody does.
 
2 ) Thomas Jefferson (Losing Presidential Candidate) - Jefferson was raised Presbyterian and studied under the Reverend James Maury until entering the College of William and Mary at age 16. He was a devout Christian, (though troubled by what he saw as the errors of some sects/denominations of Christianity, esp. Catholicism), and was a principal architect in the founding of our nation's laws under God. Some of his last words were:
 
"I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do,"
and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God, -- my daughter to my country."
 
(A heavy qualifier for this category)
 
3 ) Abraham Lincoln (Wild Card) - Lincoln was raised with Christianity, never joined a church, but almost always went on Sunday. He knew the Bible backward and forward, and quoted it often. But regardless of his beliefs, the man ended slavery ... if that isn't saintly, I don't know what is. (Other qualifications if needed).
 
4 ) Brian Scalabrine (Redhead) - A devout Catholic for most of his life, The Bishop of Basketball, the Earle of Enumclaw, the Saint of the Celtics, and just the gosh-darned nicest guy in all of sports, (just ask anyone, especially BassThumper ... nuf sed).
 
5 ) Tupac Shakur (Rapper) - A Saint of the Streets, he was a musician and poet and a voice of his people ... a bard of the barrios, he was a voracious reader, especially of philosophy, his lyrics spoke clearly of a belief in God, and many describe him as a deist, (listen to "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" and "Only God Can Judge Me".
 
6 ) Vic Mackey (TV Cop) - While admittedly a stretch, we see Vic as our "Judas" sort of apostle - a guy who believes and wants very badly to do good, but who just keeps getting in his own way. Nevertheless, Judas was an apostle, and so is Vic in our opinion ... the Apostle of Humanness, let's say.
 
7 ) Michael Phelps (Olympic Gold Medalist) - Who has more gold than this guy? More medals? Don't medals speak on saintliness? He's our U.S. Olympic Apostle, and simply the greatest guy to ever don goggles and a Speedo, (just ask him).
 
8 ) Bruno Sammartino (Wrestler) - One of the staunchest Catholics in the history of Professional Wrestling, and raised as so from birth, spending long hours as a child hiding from Germans in the Italian Alps, and having only an old Bible to read, he became dependent on the Word from an early age. The Reverend of Wrestling.
 
9 ) Mortimer Mc Pestle, The Eutectic (Mascot) - A representative of physics and pharmacy, a natural science and one of the studies of the laws of nature, matter and it's motion through space-time. He is the mascot of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy! "Saint" is part of his title for cryingoutloud! And besides ... McPestle - apostle ... pestle - postle ... woah! They even sound alike!!
 
10 ) Leprechaun (Mythical Being) - I mean, come on!! He's the representative of St. Patrick's Day for heaven's sake!
 
Bam! Home run ... game over!
 
Nobody can compete ... period.
 
Not ...

Even ...

Close.

wow, and here I was busting Roy's beans about selling the Kool-aid guy as an apostle.    I think this post takes over first place for Redz comment "stretching the bounds of who fit into a topic to the max".   

Yeah, it's what my teachers would call a "colorful imagination" ... but I have plenty of big-time lawyers on my team as well, so any possible legal action taken against my team or my "wist-ful elaboration" will be handled with jurisprudence and professionalism, (and just the right amount of political double-talk).

I can definitely see adopting some of those Scal nicknames 

[indeedproceed]

No team out there has the combination of likability, greatness, and PR potential that I got. Bill Murray, riding a buffalo, Stephen Colbert, riding Falcor, Andre the Giant, Bill Walton, both titans among men, followed by a real modern cowboy and the greatest athlete of the 20th century. And all their stories told in vivid, easily accessible comic book form, by the guy who first drew the Avengers and The X-Men.

Heck, Id follow them.

[Redz]

poll is open

[Redz]

Bump

[indeedproceed]

I'll tell everyone how my team is the obvious best choice, but I don't see the point. Anyone with half a wit of sense knows this already.

[Roy H.]

[Roy H.]

The Walter Payton Man of the Year award is given annually by the National Football League honoring a player's volunteer and charity work, as well as his excellence on the field. Prior to 1999, it was called simply the NFL Man of the Year Award. Shortly after Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton died (having been the 1977 recipient himself), the award was renamed to honor his legacy as a humanitarian.

Walter Payton, humanitarian. 

[indeedproceed]

I enjoyed both of your info-graphics, Roy. Since I cannot vote for myself in good conscience, I will possibly consider voting for your fine squad as one of my selections.

[Redz]

da Vinci y'all 

[Redz]

last call

[Roy H.]

[Roy H.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nyV6Orfq0I .

[Bahku]

Wow ... talk about a late surge ... unreal.