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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-28-09 11:22 PM
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Tiger Woods, y'all. It's all good, y'all...
What is going on with this man???

"It looks like Tiger Woods has been boxed into a corner and his best friend, now, is time -- because he's again refused to meet with the Florida Highway Patrol about the incident with his wife early yesterday. Tiger may well be waiting for the telltale wounds to heal."
http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0Y9vIVEPU

Woods and wife -

Woods and alleged mistress -

"As we first reported, Tiger had a conversation with a friend yesterday, in which he said his wife had confronted him over reports he was involved with another woman ... and that his wife scratched his face up during the argument. Tiger told the friend he then left the house, started driving off and his wife then came out with a golf club, striking the vehicle. Tiger then became distracted and hit the hydrant and then a nearby tree."


How very Brenda Ritchie-esque of Ms. Elin! My opinion of her just went up about 5 notches. ;) There is a HILARIOUS thread about this in GD. More than one person has posted "why would he cheat on his wife with a woman who looks just like his damned wife??!" :rofl: :rofl: Oh, Tiger. You blonde-obsessed fool...
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 11:11 AM
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1. "Oh, Tiger. You blonde-obsessed fool..."
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

And of course it has nothing to do with him not identifying with people of color because Tiger is beyond color -- he's Caublasian !!!
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 05:01 PM
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2. Update: Tiger Woods breaks his silence!
While saying absolutely NOTHING! :wtf:

Tiger Woods canceled yet another meeting with state troopers but, for the first time, talked about his car crash on his Web site, saying it was his fault, that his wife acted courageously and that remaining details were private.

...“This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me,” Woods said. “I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Woods said it was a private matter, and he wanted to keep it that way. What he failed to address was where he was going at that hour.

“Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible,” he said."
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-woods-accident&prov=ap&type=lgns


I feel kind of bad for the guy in a way. He's kept his nose clean for a long time and now this. There is definitely something shady afoot, though. But we all know that with 24 hour cable news to fill up, we'll get to the bottom of it eventually.
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 06:43 PM
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3. According to Wanda...
here's what happened. :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZSjajdRd8
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 06:56 PM
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4. rofl That is my GIRL!
"I guess the black in him bought the Cadillac and the Asian in him crashed it."

Girl, she is sooo bad!! :rofl: And you KNOW she is telling the truth and you KNOW that's probably exactly how everything with Tiger and his woman went down.

I love Wanda. I have loved her for as long as I can remember. "Get your black/Asian ass back here!" Oh my God!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 09:48 PM
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5. I was cracking up listening to her....I had just given my husband
a similar version of what I though happened. Girl! Wanda is crazy! :rofl:
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-01-09 12:33 PM
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7. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
:spray: :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:53 PM
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8. Too funny!
:rofl:

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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-29-09 10:01 PM
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6. And just in case some of you have forgotten the source of the reference for the thread title
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-07-09 09:19 AM
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9. After reading the follow-on info on the case
if Tiger didn't think he was black, he'll be reminded of that in the coming weeks.

As most of us know, as long as things are going well--he's not REALLY black, he's part (insert demographic group(s) here). When things go wrong--he's black!

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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-07-09 04:02 PM
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10. Now that Tiger is up to about 9 outside girlfriends, and speaking of Wanda Sykes ....
I am reminded of a routine she did on the old Chris Rock show where she played a maid in Clinton's White House, and declared that Bill must be a racist, because he never made a pass at her!

Tiger has a thing for cocktail waitresses, it seems.

I wonder what the grand total will be?

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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-07-09 05:57 PM
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11. Nine??! Damn, Tiger!
And not to be err... "indelicate" but are they all....??? I'm really just curious more than anything else because Tiger's well-documented lust for all things blonde has been the subject of INTERNATIONAL discussion. Take a peek:

"Tiger Woods alienates black community with white lovers? Garbage!" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=52980

"The black community's view of the Tiger Woods scandal" http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/06/tiger-woods-scandal-white-black

"Tiger's troubles widen his distance from blacks" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGs6MiHNHuLCVRQ-fMOmO8Sr7ASgD9CDRIGG0

Even Tom Joyner and DL Hughley have been talking about it. Audio here - http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=ifyoumissedit

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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 10:18 AM
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12. His troubles are great news and comic material
but in everyday life, Woods' troubles haven't changed a thing. Racism and discrimination haven't stopped, black people, and most everyone else, still go about their lives.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 05:46 PM
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13. Guys, in case you haven't see it, there's a great article from Eugene Robinson
on Tiger.

The last two/three paragraphs are poetry:

"This may be the most interesting aspect of the whole Tiger Woods story -- and one of the most disappointing. He seems to have been bent on proving to himself that he could have any woman he wanted. But from the evidence, his aim wasn't variety but some kind of validation.

I'm making a big assumption here that the attraction for Woods was mostly physical, but there's no evidence thus far that he had a lot of time for deep conversation. If adultery is really about the power and satisfaction of conquest, Woods's self-esteem was apparently only boosted by bedding the kind of woman he thought other men lusted after -- the "Playmate of the Month" type that Hugh Hefner turned into the American gold standard."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120702944.html
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 06:58 PM
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14. "The Glow of White Women"
;-)
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 09:55 PM
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15. I actually watched that whole video because of you!
or listened to a lot of it while doing other things ....

the guy never married or had children, did he? still single after all those years.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-10-09 02:41 PM
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17. You didn't watch it till the end!
:spank: His last line is a hoot!
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-10-09 12:16 AM
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16. Yep! lolol :o)
Saw your discussion on the movie in the Women's forum. You had a great conversation with Quantass or whatever his name was. I disagreed with some of his points but still thought it was great of him to watch the entire film and state his peace in a fairly reasonable manner.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-12-09 11:46 AM
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18. It's SUCH a "third rail" issue!
What of us all in inter-generational, interracial inter-cultural relationships? Our Cablinasian boyfriend married high and boinked low! :wtf: :evilgrin: Are we talkin' that tired-ass old Madonna/whore dichotomy?

SOMEBODY needed to slap him upside his jenky haid! Who better than Madonna? I think Yunus had SO MUCH better taste!

Being a longstanding member of the Little Richard Church, Tante K. will repeat our "JesShuUp" mantra right about now, :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-12-09 04:44 PM
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19. Girl, you are CRAZY!
lolol

What of us all in inter-generational, interracial inter-cultural relationships?

Yep, what about us? I'm in a interracial, inter-cultural relationship of the utmost extreme. My husband is a white, (grew up but non-practicing) Catholic, military officer who grew up on a farm in Australia. I'm a black, non-religious chick from the most inner of inner cities (SWATs y'all! And as more than more person on this site has found out, you can take the girl out of the SWATs but you cannot take the SWATs out of the girl. :rofl:) And yet, he is the love of my life and I have no idea what I would do without him. Lord, please don't let me find out anytime soon.

The main difference between the Tigers of the world and the Number23's of the world (in addition to exceptional wealth, that is) is that I only ever dated people of my own race until I met my husband who I fell madly in love with. If I had a "type" it would have been a 6'1, educated, Hershey's chocolate skinned brother weighing about 190 pounds. My husband, ironically, has about 3 of those qualities but is lacking the most descriptive one. :) And yet, I still lost friends over my choice of spouse. Apparently my choice of lifestyle (gallivanting all over the globe and marrying an Aussie) was just too much for a few of my friends. I wish I could say something much more eloquent and gracious, but for some reason "fuck 'em" is the only thing that keeps coming to my mind. :shrug:

Are we talkin' that tired-ass old Madonna/whore dichotomy?

As for that, it sure seems like that's what we're talking about. He married what was by all accounts a moderately well-raised girl and then spent a good chunk of his marriage tapping skanks. ((shaking my head)) Oh well. Tiger laid down with dogs and got covered, LITERALLY, with fleas.
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 04:53 PM
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20. i don't understand this mentality
you can get any woman you want, but you chose someone who would never meet, except in a bar or a nightclub. it seems that tiger and some self-esteem issues.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 06:37 PM
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21. Completely agree. And word on "the street" now is that his wife is leaving him
Edited on Mon Dec-14-09 06:38 PM by Number23
If this man thought he was hurting and had self-esteem issues before, once his wife gets half or "HALF!" as Eddie Murphy said so famously in "Raw," he ain't seem nothing yet. Dumbass....
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 10:48 AM
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22. I know his father is rolling over in his grave.
Imo, Tiger got married too soon. He hadn't quite finished sowing his wild oats and it's understandable since he's another celebrity who really didn't get a chance at normal social development.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 09:32 AM
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24. as i've said in other threads, i'm curious why he even married at all
Edited on Wed Dec-16-09 09:35 AM by Blue_Tires
my inner cynic would say that Woods, always conscious of his public corporate image, married someone of Elin's background, family and socio-economic status because it kind of fit the mold of the type of wife he was "supposed" to have...

and i don't think it was a matter of 'sowing wild oats' because a couple of sports writers have mentioned Tiger's mowing down of women since he turned pro was one of the sport's worst-kept secrets...
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 02:21 PM
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27. Well, that's what I meant by "sowing wild oats." n/t
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 03:06 PM
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23. he is a fool, and not in the tarot sense of that word
but in the idiot sense. it seems tiger has a fetish that will cost him plenty. i am glad his wife is an angry nordic woman :7 take the mf for everything he's worth...he's scum, imho.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 04:42 PM
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25. OMG! "angry nordic woman"
:rofl:
That's a lovely change from the usual description!

take the mf for everything he's worth

I happen to agree. I read somewhere that even in an uncontested divorce, she could have gotten about $100 million. She is (understandably) hurt, embarrassed and probably devastated. Half a billion won't cure all of that but it will teach that dumbass a very valuable lesson.
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 02:07 PM
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26. you have to wonder why he humiliated his wife and family
like this. he has no respect for her, not as a partner, and not as a woman. she certainly deserves much better, and though the $$$ won't make up for everything, hopefully they will help. angry nordic women are great :thumbsup: don't stand by the scum...kick his ass, then divorce him.
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