Stop saying "left in the tank" [Archive]

narmerguy

08-14-2009, 12:50 PM

Please can we come up with something else besides "he has enough left in the tank" or "does he have enough in the tank". I'm sick of the tank. Every single sports writer uses and every single forum junky uses it and I'm tired of seeing it.

Sorry for the rant but I read 3 articles referencing Ratliff's and Duncan's tanks and I'm going to blow my brains out. These guys aren't pickup trucks.

Solid D

08-14-2009, 01:00 PM

spursfaninla

08-14-2009, 01:01 PM

analogies, analogies....

Suggestions for alternatives, mr. literary critic?

I like it, but I don't doubt it is overused.

JustBlaze

08-14-2009, 01:09 PM

left in the tank

phyzik

08-14-2009, 01:22 PM

I guess we could use an analogy from a pacemaker battery or something like that.....

"Do they have enough Lithium-iodide left in their batteries to keep going?"

hmmm.... just doesnt sound as catchy...

Galileo

08-14-2009, 01:33 PM

this thread has little air left in the balloon.

texbound

08-14-2009, 01:36 PM

How about "Enough juice left in the bottle"? No...........

or "enough crack left in the pipe"?

Galileo

08-14-2009, 01:39 PM

How about ...........

"enough crack left in the pipe"?

:lmao

WildcardManu

08-14-2009, 01:44 PM

almost down to the last puff..

Dex

08-14-2009, 01:44 PM

enough spam left in the can?

Galileo

08-14-2009, 02:11 PM

McDyess may have one slice left in the toaster.

BlackBellamy

08-14-2009, 02:16 PM

Enough lead (Pb) left in his pencil.

Galileo

08-14-2009, 02:24 PM

Don't count out the Lakers, Kobe may have one slut left in the closest.

Strange Botwin

08-14-2009, 02:45 PM

Literal: Does he have enough adenosine-5'-triphosphate left in his body...

BronxCowboy

08-14-2009, 02:46 PM

Enough tread on the tires?

BronxCowboy

08-14-2009, 02:47 PM

Even more literal: enough cartilage left in his knees?

Frenzy

08-14-2009, 03:07 PM

TD still has enough time on his parking meter?

Dex

08-14-2009, 03:21 PM

Enough jibber left in the jabber?

Tully365

08-14-2009, 04:10 PM

+1.

Same goes for CIA Pop.

sam1617

08-14-2009, 04:18 PM

+1.

Same goes for CIA Pop.

CIA Pop stole the gas from Big Diesel's tank and snuck it into Timmy's tank.

completely deck

08-14-2009, 04:20 PM

Does this thread have anything left in the tank?

Tully365

08-14-2009, 04:29 PM

CIA Pop stole the gas from Big Diesel's tank and snuck it into Timmy's tank.

:lol yeah lol lmfao dude he got pwned!!!

peskypesky

08-14-2009, 07:47 PM

enough juice in the nuts?

BlackBellamy

08-14-2009, 07:58 PM

CIA Pop stole the gas from Big Diesel's tank and snuck it into Timmy's tank.
Just so long as he didn't have to siphon it out with his mouth and a hose. Ask Kobe, he knows how that tastes.

Interrohater

08-14-2009, 08:24 PM

enough lame left in his thread?

enough you suck in his for creating this thread

lotr1trekkie

08-14-2009, 09:23 PM

Garnett's knees are jelly. Allen can't get his arm hi enough to shoot a three and Pierce is definitely over the hill. Lebron only has 3 more good years left since he has been dunking since age 6. This is Shaq's last hurrah!

easy7

08-14-2009, 09:50 PM

I would reply something witty but don't have enough left in the tank.

Galileo

08-14-2009, 11:46 PM

The Celtics have one dump left in the toilet!

v2freak

08-14-2009, 11:51 PM

Why use analogies at all?

"Can Ratliff play another season of grueling NBA basketball"

No need for tanks, cups, thimbles or what have you.

ohmwrecker

08-15-2009, 01:13 AM

The reason why I never played professional basketball?

I was born without a tank.

BlackBellamy

08-15-2009, 01:23 AM

The reason why I never played professional basketball?

I was born without a tank.

I empathize with you. You see, my son was born... tankless, but thankfully (and hopefully with the help of government funded fuel-cell research) my boy by his teenage years can have just as much fuel in tank as the so called "normal" athlete. Ohm. just consider yourself a trailblazer (not of the Portland variety).

tp2021

08-15-2009, 01:58 AM

This thread sucks big tanks

J.T.

08-15-2009, 02:01 AM

This thread doesn't have enough Doritos left it the bag.

completely deck

08-15-2009, 02:02 AM

I honestly didn't think this thread had much left in the tank

easy7

08-15-2009, 11:52 AM

Let's tank the season... and change the name of the site to spurstank.com :lmao

Dex

08-15-2009, 12:36 PM

I sure hope the Sporks have enough cash left in the bank.

clambake

08-15-2009, 12:50 PM

how about fumes?

hsxvvd

08-20-2009, 04:17 PM

Mason Gives Up Trying To Re-Sign With OKC
Aug 20, 2009 11:04 AM EST

Desmond Mason will not re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2009-10 season.

Mason's agent, Roger Montgomery, confirmed that talks between his client and the club had broken down.

"Desmond is not ready to be relegated to a cheerleader and relegated to a mentor for the younger players," Montgomery said. "Desmond's got a lot left in the tank."

mookie2001

08-20-2009, 04:20 PM

also we need to stop

"throwing ____ under the bus"

completely deck

08-20-2009, 04:41 PM

also we need to stop

"throwing ____ under the bus"

you're kind of throwing everyone in this thread under the bus aren't you?

Bender

08-20-2009, 04:49 PM

dang, this thread is still around???!

I wonder how much it has left in the tank?

Dex

08-20-2009, 04:57 PM

This thread certainly does not have much chimi left in the changa.

SonOfAGun

08-20-2009, 05:06 PM

Dejuan Blair IS A TANK.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/m-47-general-george-s-patton-medium-tank-2.jpg

Buddy Holly

08-20-2009, 05:47 PM

alright.

easy7

08-20-2009, 05:53 PM

What if we throw what is left in the tank under the bus? Just saying...

Stringer_Bell

08-20-2009, 07:28 PM

Sweet Jeebus, this thread has gone one toke over the line...

Ed Helicopter Jones

08-21-2009, 11:12 AM

enough spam left in the can?

:tu

UnWantedTheory

08-21-2009, 07:06 PM

Geez, McFly!...What else are they going to say? Its most of the half assed writers that suck nads, not how they use their literary skills.