RutgersJetFan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 7:24 PM, AFJF said: I get that this is an easily meme-ifiable picture, but there's actually a cool reason. The Astros were originally named the Colt 45's and to pay homage to the name the local leaders and associations decided to ditch the traditional shovels in favor of pistols loaded with blanks. There was even a discussion at a Houston City Council meeting a while back about trying to locate some of them so they can be displayed for historical purposes, but I don't think anything came of it. Now, I know what you're thinking: Hey RJF, what can I do with this information? I don't know. It's the first time ever that I've actually put it into use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 minute ago, RutgersJetFan said: I get that this is an easily meme-ifiable picture, but there's actually a cool reason. The Astros were originally named the Colt 45's and to pay homage to the name the local leaders and associations decided to ditch the traditional shovels in favor of pistols loaded with blanks. There was even a discussion at a Houston City Council meeting a while back about trying to locate some of them so they can be displayed for historical purposes, but I don't think anything came of it. Now, I know what you're thinking: Hey RJF, what can I do with this information? I don't know. It's the first time ever that I've actually put it into use. Also worth noting, the guy that was responsible for the name change to Astros was a former state rep and mayor that was basically trying to capitalize off of Houston being branded the NASA capital of the country in the 60's. Also built a theme park and huge commercial complex dubbing everything Astros for tourists. So the guns look weird now but in hindsight they made a lot of sense. Anyways here's Wonderwall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, RutgersJetFan said: I get that this is an easily meme-ifiable picture, but there's actually a cool reason. The Astros were originally named the Colt 45's and to pay homage to the name the local leaders and associations decided to ditch the traditional shovels in favor of pistols loaded with blanks. There was even a discussion at a Houston City Council meeting a while back about trying to locate some of them so they can be displayed for historical purposes, but I don't think anything came of it. Now, I know what you're thinking: Hey RJF, what can I do with this information? I don't know. It's the first time ever that I've actually put it into use. Dude, you seriously aged faster than Catherine Zeta Jones. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 59 minutes ago, JetPotato said: Dude, you seriously aged faster than Catherine Zeta Jones. PARDON ME FOR READING BOOKS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jetsfan80 Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, JetPotato said: Dude, you seriously aged faster than Catherine Zeta Jones. 1 hour ago, RutgersJetFan said: PARDON ME FOR READING BOOKS 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 8 hours ago, RutgersJetFan said: I get that this is an easily meme-ifiable picture, but there's actually a cool reason. The Astros were originally named the Colt 45's and to pay homage to the name the local leaders and associations decided to ditch the traditional shovels in favor of pistols loaded with blanks. There was even a discussion at a Houston City Council meeting a while back about trying to locate some of them so they can be displayed for historical purposes, but I don't think anything came of it. Now, I know what you're thinking: Hey RJF, what can I do with this information? I don't know. It's the first time ever that I've actually put it into use. Don't you LOVE IT when that happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcat Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Lenny hitting on Lauren? hahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bugg Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 9:00 AM, Dcat said: Lenny hitting on Lauren? hahahahaha If I could go back to 1986 and bet the exacta that Darryl Strawberry will become the nicest human on earth,and Lenny Dykstra will be the biggest sleazebag a-hole.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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