Debate, Wednesday, October 26, 2016

[imafuturist]

Today Steve was in front of the class wearing a baseball cap with a huge blue B on it, and a jersey that scrawled "Brooklyn" across his chest in script. "So, last night was the first game that the Chicago Cubs have played in the World Series since 1945." He smiled a little wryly. "Trust me when I say it's been a while since 1945."

And Tony was wearing a hat with an N and a Y stacked on top of each other because he was sticking with New York pride here, okay? "The last time they won was back in 1908. Which not even our resident old man was old enough to have witnessed."

Deal with it, Steve and Chicago.

Steve grinned sheepishly. "True enough. Other things that didn't exist in 1908: integrated baseball teams. Bras. Zippers. Sliced bread."

Tony gave a duly impressed look for all those things. How did people survive without them? "This'll be another easy day if you're a baseball fan. If not... there's still the wonder of research to help you. In honor of the Chicago Cubs, we'll be discussing who is the worst baseball team of all time."

"It's up to you to decide how you measure worst," Steve said. "Losses over the years? Scandals? Cheating, drug use, inappropriate mascot choices? Obnoxiousness of their fans? Their general...Yankee-ness?"

Sorry not sorry, Tony.

"Aren't the Dodgers in California?" Tony asked archly. Because bring it, Brooklyn. Bring it.

"They are," Steve grumbled. He secretly thought his patriotic puppy eyes could have stopped that from happening if he'd been awake for it. "Where they made it to division championships this year, unlike certain other teams who remain nameless but rhyme with Spankies."

Tony rolled his eyes. "Ignore Captain Rogers' bad taste and decide for yourselves, class."

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Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"Well, she'll get you too," Steve said.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"She knows I'm picky," Tony shot back with a smirk.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"You're picky?" Steve teased.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"I'm picky," Tony confirmed, tapping Steve in the middle of the chest with one finger. "I'll have you know that according to Maxim magazine, I was the best dressed man in the media."

Which, yes, was pretty hilarious to him considering how often he wore whatever was clean-ish when working in the lab or at home.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

Steve snorted. "They've never seen you in the lab, then."

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"You are not allowed to judge. You have pleats in your khakis."

He could only accidentally destroy them so much before it seemed suspicious.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"Of course I do," Steve said. "It looks nice."

Oh, Steve, no.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

Steve was just so lucky that he was pretty.

"Sure it does."

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve gave him a suspicious look. "You're just saying that to be polite."

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[imafuturist]

Tony pinched his fingers together to show it was a little bit. "You look like you're going to a swing revival dance. Which might be something happening in Brooklyn right now."

Because hipsters.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"They're bringing back swing?" Steve smiled softly. "I was always terrible at it."

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"It was a thing in the 90's," Tony replied with a grin. "The one time all those dance lessons my mother made me take came in handy. I'm pretty sure you'd be better at it now. Less prone to wheezing at least."

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"Can probably toss a girl without killing us both, too," Steve said.