You once set someone’s house on fire with a frozen pizza.

Attempted. I was unsuccessful.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

I didn't hear the call, but I asked Parko about it yesterday. He told me neither is mad at the other. In fact, they're talking about their next dinner date.

Park didn't "re-gift" anything! Those gift cards are payments for services rendered. An appearance earns a card for $50. And Sports Talk Live gives 'em to several restaurants. You know how far $50 goes at RPM or Harry Caray's? Depending on one's commute, the commitment to do STL is about 90 minutes. In other words, Park worked about 6 hours for Spiegel's wedding gift.

Would I do it? Likely not... but I don't find it offensive. Spiegel knows that show can pain your ass and his former partner donated FOUR appearances for a gift.

That's just not true, Mac. They are, at best, a bonus given to unpaid talent. When you send an intern for coffee or Nembutal and tell him to get one for himself, you're not paying him for getting coffee, the cup for him on your dime is just a gift.

No.

Mac for the love of God and all that's holy get a fuckin avatar man. Do we need to start a thread to assign you one or something?

(Because I love chiming in super late in a thread people are done with...)
There's no doubt the gift card thing was super tacky.

However, the best rebuttal I've heard through all of this is... the "It's his third marriage!" argument. Is that not perfectly commensurate with a gift card?

Fourth marriage the groom should pay you.

Not a handful of gift cards you got for trying to raise your coinage in Chicago sports media circles.

Not a handful of gift cards you got for trying to raise your coinage in Chicago sports media circles.

Just to be clear...if he bought a $200 gift card out of his own pocket, would that have been OK?

Gift cards are basically money.

Holy Cannoli, miss a week miss a lot.

I assume the majority of the communication regarding this between Pakins & Spiegel is taking place on the Twitters?

Spiegs should have just let this go.

I can only guess but Matt initiated this by going public first?

By doing that, it sure doesn't make anyone involved look favorable whatsoever.

Oofah.

1. Parkins let out first on Can't Do It, then belabored the point after the segment.

2. Spiegel tweeted about it once, as far as I know, in response to someone who heard the segment and brought it up with him.

3. Parkins invited Spiegel to call into the show to discuss it further.

4. Parkins had the producer actually call Spiegel.

Rick when you have to try this hard to be a contrarian, just drop the issue.

Assuming you like the place

You’re making JLN’s argument for him. Money is good anywhere.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Rick, are school vouchers "basically money"?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I think that would be more in the spirit of gift-giving, yes. Whether a gift card is proper for a wedding (regardless of lap number) is a separate question.