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Take Slip·Jun 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0601-9134
Big CatBig Cat

I hope Nyquist the horse dies

I now am fascinated with Nyquist the horse... I hope Nyquist dies. I'll say it. Biggest piece of shit horse. And you know what, Nyquist? That's your horse owner's fault for running a shitty Twitter account. I wouldn't have wished death on you if you just had a semi-normal person running her Twitter account.

Hot TakeRacingFireSarcastic
The horse Nyquist did eventually pass away in 2021 following complications from a chronic foot condition (laminitis).
Push
Take Slip·May 31, 2016
#PMT-2016-0531-16529
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Wins are like eggs inside of a woman; once you use too many of them, they're gone

I always like to say that wins are like eggs inside of a woman. And once you use too many of them, they're gone and you can't get fertility treatments. Like push-ups, ovums, that type of thing.

OpinionLifeFireSarcastic
The 2016 Warriors did indeed 'run out of wins' in the Finals, losing after leading 3-1. However, the logic is biologically and statistically nonsensical.
Void
#PMT-2016-0531-16536
Big CatBig Cat

Women's lacrosse is not a real sport because Northwestern is good at it

Also, Northwestern won a national title, and if Northwestern can win a national title in the sport we're talking about, that's not a real sport. So women's lacrosse, sorry, not a real sport.

This is a subjective jab at Northwestern University's athletic prowess and the legitimacy of the sport.
Void
#PMT-2016-0531-16538
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nyquist the horse is a total pussy

Secretary [sic] never called in sick, which is a fact. You can look that up. By the way, this horse is a total pussy. He's clearly a bully horse that's like trying to pick on—he's so mad that he got beat this one time. He doesn't know how to handle it. He just quits and tells everybody to make fun of the better horse.

Determining the 'toughness' of a horse based on its Twitter activity is inherently subjective and satirical.
Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0527-4670
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt is lazy for watching the NBA playoffs and the Spelling Bee on his couch

Sounds like he wasn't paying his rent for his success tonight. Sounds like he should have been in the gym instead of sitting on the couch watching TV, taking his athletic ability for granted. Sounds like he's going to be late on his success rent.

This is a satirical application of Watt's own logic to a mundane situation.
Loss
Take Slip·May 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0525-1882
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You don't need an MCL to shoot a basketball

Last time I checked, you don't score with your MCL. You score with your hands and your eyes. What did they teach you when you were learning to shoot? Balance, eyes, elbow, follow through. It's not beef and call. There's no MCL in there.

Biologically, leg strength and stability from the MCL are crucial for jump shots, making the literal claim incorrect.
Void
Take Slip·May 25, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0525-1890
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Mets should ban the media from reporting Matt Harvey's ERA

The Mets need to send out a release to all the press people saying, you're not allowed to cover our games. You're not getting a credential if you talk about what Matt Harvey's ERA is. So just put a moratorium on bad Matt Harvey talk.

This is a satirical suggestion for a PR strategy.
Void
#PMT-2016-0525-1892
Big CatBig Cat

Steve Weatherford is the 'Rosa Parks' of heavy breathing at Planet Fitness

He's now taking a stand about people shaming heavy breathers... This is the Martin Luther King of breathing heavy in Planet Fitness is Steve Weatherford. Really standing up for some civil rights here. [PFT]: I'd say it's more Rosa Parks.

The comparison is clearly satirical and not meant as a literal fact claim.
Void
Take Slip·May 23, 2016·Null
#PMT-2016-0523-15114
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Grit has been co-opted and ruined by Harvard researchers and psychologists

I've seen over the past, like two years, the pussification of grit in America. Like grit has been co-opted by Harvard researchers, by doctors, by psychologists... It's people trying to teach grit. People who have like a silver spoon in their mouths, a doctor in front of their name, trying to tell me what it means to be gritty.

This is a philosophical stance on the meaning of a word and its cultural use.
Open
Take Slip·May 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0520-14079
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There is a greater chance of America taking over Toronto than the Maple Leafs winning a Stanley Cup

I think that there's a greater chance of America, like slowly encroaching into Canada and taking their land away and taking Toronto, than there is like the Maple Leafs winning a Stanley Cup before that time.

OpinionHockeyFireSarcastic
Neither has happened yet, but the Maple Leafs' drought has continued since 2016.
Void
Take Slip·May 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0518-15376
Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

I only became a Kobe Bryant fan after he became an underdog during his legal scandal

I came back around to Kobe when he became the bad guy and he became the underdog... when the shit hit the fan with him, I wanted to see... [Post-sexual assault] I became a fan of Kobe. That's just like a weird thing with me.

Rapaport is explaining his personal fandom evolution; it's a matter of his own perspective.
Void
Take Slip·May 16, 2016
#PMT-2016-0516-4427
Frank ThomasFrank Thomas

If I took steroids, I would have hit at least 70 home runs in a season

If you did take steroids, how many home runs do you think you could have hit in a season? 70. I was going to say 100, but okay. I would say 70. Yeah, because I remember so many balls being hit every year that just really were caught on the wall or hit off the top of the wall.

This is a hypothetical scenario that can never be tested.
Loss
Take Slip·May 13, 2016
#PMT-2016-0513-9888
Big CatBig Cat

The 2017 NBA Finals will be the Cavs vs. the Lakers, with the Lakers winning in seven games

I got Cavs, Lakers, Lakers in seven. [Because] KD is going to the Lakers. And Dwight Howard's going back to the Lakers.

The Lakers finished 26-56 in 2017. KD went to Golden State and Dwight Howard went to Atlanta.
Loss
Take Slip·May 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0511-19420
HankHank

Kevin Love is the best player of all time because he is 12-0 in the playoffs

People forget that Kevin Love is undefeated in the NBA playoffs... He's undefeated. 12-0. The Cavs literally never lost with Kevin Love. Kevin Love has literally never lost in the playoffs. He's maybe the best player of all time.

While he was technically 12-0 at the time of the take (4-0 in 2015 before injury, 8-0 to start 2016), he eventually lost games in the 2016 Finals and is not the GOAT.
Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-0509-10763
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dwyane Wade dunking during the Canadian national anthem is the most American thing possible

He was actually dunking during it, which I think is the most American thing that you can do is just be dunking during another country's anthem. But like, isn't there a fine line between being like too courteous to another country and then committing treason? Because if you're really respecting the other anthem, that means that you don't love your own country.

This is a satirical interpretation of sportsmanship and patriotism.
Loss
Take Slip·May 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0506-10282
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Capitals would be better if they were coached by a 'junkie mom' figure

They never should have gotten rid of Bruce Boudreau... because he's a really shitty coach. ... the best analogy I can give is like if you have a mom who's a junkie. A lot of times the eldest siblings will step up their leadership roles and know that they have to look after the team. ... they learn a lot of accountability because they got to cover up for their drunk dad.

Hot TakeHockeyFireSarcastic
The Capitals continued to choke until they finally won in 2018 with Barry Trotz, a competent coach, partially debunking the 'bad coach' theory.
Loss
Take Slip·May 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0504-9627
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Does LeBron James have the it factor and the clutch gene?

My question is, does LeBron have the it factor? I don't think people are talking about this enough. He's won a couple championships, but the years that he won it, was he really the it guy? Did he really have that clutch gene?

LeBron went on to win the 2016 NBA Finals in historic fashion later that season, proving he had the 'it factor'.
Win
#PMT-2016-0504-9639
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Green Bay Packers drafted a serial killer and he's the biggest bust in NFL history

People forget that the Green Bay Packers drafted a serial killer. In 1974, they drafted a legit serial killer. His name is Randy Woodfield... Would you say he's like the biggest bust in NFL draft history?

The Packers did draft Randy Woodfield in the 17th round of the 1974 draft. Calling a 17th-round pick who never played a 'bust' is comedic exaggeration.
Void
Take Slip·May 2, 2016
#PMT-2016-0502-14566
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Social media accounts for children should be banned

It's getting to the point in this country where, like, I don't want my children to have social media accounts. I think, like, our country has reached the point where let's just shut it down. Nobody else gets a Twitter account.

This is a subjective social opinion.
Loss
#PMT-2016-0502-14576
HankHank

Doing somersaults cures muscle cramps

My fun fact is that if you get a cramp, doing somersaults gets rid of the cramp. ... I was playing golf with my friends, and he just started doing somersaults. And I was like, why? And he said, it's because you get cramps, and that gets rid of him.

There is no medical evidence that somersaults cure cramps; in fact, the physical exertion of a somersault could worsen a muscle cramp.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11428
Tom GlavineTom Glavine

Greg Maddux was a sick individual in the clubhouse who used teammates' clothes to clean himself

He [Greg Maddux] was a sick individual to say the least. You know, there was nothing that was off limits for Greg. You know, he wasn't opposed to going into somebody's locker and grabbing a piece of piece of clothing and using it to clean himself in various ways and things of that nature.

Glavine is a primary witness to these events.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10454
Big CatBig Cat

The Dude Perfect show on CMT will be the best show of all time

CMT... Thursday nights, Aaron Rodgers. I don't know when Aaron Rodgers is going to be on, but it's going to be probably the best show of all time. That guy is so cool.

Hot TakeMediaFireSarcastic
The show lasted only one season and is generally not considered the greatest of all time.
Loss
#PMT-2016-0413-12463
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pissing rhabdo-colored urine makes you the best possible teammate

That dark shade of brown that's above clear piss. That's if you have rhabdo. That's when you're actually the best teammate. Sacrificing yourself. When your body is deteriorating, your muscle is deteriorating and you're pissing it out.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
Medically, rhabdomyolysis is a life-threatening condition, not a sign of being a good teammate.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1352
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods will never win another major championship

I'm firmly in the Tiger will never win another Masters or major championship in his life. And I've said that for like four or five years now. I just don't, your body can only take so many steroids before you become immune to them.

Tiger Woods famously won the Masters in 2019, proving this prediction wrong.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0406-18242
Big CatBig Cat

Villanova would beat the Philadelphia 76ers

So yeah, I Villanova, I'd take Villanova over the Sixers.

Professional NBA teams do not lose to college teams under normal circumstances.
Loss
#PMT-2016-0406-18251
HankHank

I'm just not going to pay my taxes

Probably just not going to do them. [Taxes].

Hank presumably eventually paid his taxes to avoid legal consequences, making the literal claim of 'not doing them' likely false in the long run.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0318-2737
Big CatBig Cat

Ivy League schools shouldn't be allowed to participate in March Madness

All these rich pricks that think they're better than everyone they shouldn't get this experience. No, it's a state school experience only... You fucking Ivy League kids should not get to participate in March Madness.

The Ivy League is a full Division I conference and eligible for the tournament. Big Cat's take is a purely biased opinion.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0311-16091
Big CatBig Cat

Hating bat flips is the ultimate litmus test for being a bad person

Is there a better litmus test in the world than people who hate bat flips being like just shitty people. Like if you hate a bat flip, it's basically like people who like kill like puppies and people who hate bat flips. That's the quickest way to figure out if you're a bad person. If you don't like bat flips, I don't even know where I would love to hear someone explain to me how they got to the point where they're like, goddamn backflips.

Inherently subjective moral judgment used for comedic effect.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 10, 2016
#PMT-2016-0310-2101
Big CatBig Cat

Barstool and Disney/ESPN are closer in value than people think

I'm not saying that Disney and Barstool are, like, maybe equal in terms of stock, but we're closer than people think.

Disney is a massive global corporation with a market cap in the hundreds of billions, whereas Barstool was valued in the tens of millions at this time.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0304-857
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pardon My Take will change the entire world of podcasting

It's gonna change the entire world of podcasting. No, I mean I'm not, I'm not raising my voice. What I'm saying I'm not quivering. Like that's just the cold hard truth.

PMT became the #1 sports podcast and redefined the sports comedy/banter genre in the podcasting industry.
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