WE HATES GAYS: It was already illegal in Virginia for two men or two women to marry, but on Tuesday a referendum still passed adding language to the state constitution to make it extra illegal. Next mid-term election we’re gonna go ahead and bring back lynching uppity negroes, I guess.
Haha, wow, K-Fed’s belt-shot to Cena at Cyberman Sundae was fucking pathetic. Please enjoy the only mention of Booker winning we’ll get all night.
Is the lyric after “I’m stronger than you’ll ever know” “Esperjill” or is it just me?
Here’s a graphic of Kevin Federline pointing and laughing. Must be standing near a mirror.
I can’t think of a name for Edge, Lita and Orton, so Super Asia suggests AQUAMAN AND TWO FISH WITH WHOM HE CAN COMMUNICATE. I don’t even know which one is Aquaman. Supes: “I would think it’s obvious it’s Orton.” JR: “These three probably partied all night long.” Lawler: “Oh, you think?” Pause. “Tell us about it, Edge!” Long pause. “Did you?” Randy Orton is trying really hard to be the Rock with his facial expressions. Me: “Imitation Rock.” Supes: “What’s that, like compressed sand?” Edge has the “chumpstains” roll Cyberman Sundae footage on the Stupidtron. Heel ref Bischoff (What? How did he win?) used heel trix to make Edge and Orton win. Orton: “You people voted for Eric Bischoff. Eric Bischoff’s actions are on you people’s hands!” And that’s hard to get off. Eric Bischoff is called out. Jim Ross: “My God.” JIM ROSS’ GOD comes out and shills his book. Both Bischoff and Orton have claimed separately that this is the first time DX has ever lost, and no. Surely X-Pac tasted defeat at some point. Eric: “Vince McMahon, understands, that contry…controversy does, indeed, create cash.” Donkey Kong Contry. Sho Funaki understands that controversy INDEED creates cash. Eric declares that VinceMcMahon has made him General Manager for a night, replacing…whoever the GM of RAW is. JR: “Oh my God, King!” The God King, the Prince of Peace. Eric declares that Cena has the night off, and DX is banned from the building. Eric: “Tonight, you get to see some of Eric Bischoff’s fan favorites!” Like Glacier! MY ROBE SAYS “NATURE BOY” and WHEN I PUT ON MY SPECIAL SUNGLASSES HIS ROBE SAYS “OBEY” are our new World Tag Team champions and they invade for NO REASON. Flair asks Bischoff why his book doesn’t mention the time he kicked Eric Bischoff’s ass in Saint Louis. For snoring too loud. Edge says he can’t talk like that. Flair: “I have no problem doin’ it again.” He can ask Eric Bischoff that question all night. ALL, NIGHT, LONG. Edge mentions his talk show, uh-oh. Piper: “Whoa whoa whoa, your show!? Everybody outta the pool!” What? Supes: “He really doesn’t know where he is.” Piper: “Your show, Mister Cutting Edge, you and your show are no more than a Roddy Piper rip-off. Oh you do it good at least, Orton, you can’t even rip off your old man right!” His face isn’t bloody or jibbery enough. Piper: “And Bischoff!? (horrible third-grader making fun of something voice that due to Piper’s extreme age comes out sounding like the Cryptkeeper or perhaps a cartoon witch chasing Bugs Bunny) Controversy creates cash!” Bischoff’s face shows some weird combination of anger and shame. I think he’s really embarrassed for Piper. Piper: “I was born to controversy!” So, your mother’s name was controversy? Piper: “Oh was I born to controversy! GA GA GA GA GA!” He really says this. Piper: “I don’t wanna hear no more…” you and me both boyo “..cause every time you think you’ve got all the answers, the Nature Boy and I change the questions! Ha ha!” Every time you want me to change my catchphrase, I don’t change my catchphrase. How did he manage to get through so many sentences without mentioning that motherfucking coconut? Flair: “Woo!” Cue the music. Eric: “Hold on a minute!” Supes (as Bischoff:) “None of that made sense!” Eric makes Old and Busted versus the New Hotness in a no DQ match tonight for the tag titles. Then his music plays, so he really is THE NEW WINNER OF THIS SEGMENT.
Commercials. You named your town for Dish Network? Losers.
Here’s the Ohio State Football team. DX fans to a man. JR: “Road Warrior Animal!”
Here are clips of John Cena pimping the Marine on various TV shows. Haha, Connan is laughing at the idea of his film being a success and they still use the clip. John Cena: “The WWE Films brand is helping us as sports entertainers break down walls.” Yeah, but they’re structural support walls and people are DYING.
DUDE I CAN’T BELIEVE BISCHOFF REMEMBERS ME SUCKING UP TO HIM LIKE THREE YEARS AGO (w/A FRENCH MAID FROM SOME KIND OF OUTER SPACE FRANCE) are here. Melina’s outfit, sexy as it is, looks like some kind of outer space French maid’s outfit. Supes suggests Neo France. Nitro is getting a title shot against SEE U IN OUTER SPACE FRANCE because Bischoff likes Nitro in a shocking bit of continuity. Here are pictures of Nitro and Melina and K-Fed all existing simultaneously. Hey, Nitro and Melina with Paris Hilton. Poor Melina must have been smarter than everyone else in the room put together. In some sort of mutant celebribeast. Nitro with armwringing. If he were Tatanka, this match would be OVER. Nitro gets tossed to the floor, and Jeff kicks at him through the ropes. Lawler undoes the continuity of Johnny Nitro (who used to use the frickin’ Monday Nitro theme for Christ’s sake) being Bischoff’s buddy by claiming Bischoff likes him because Melina fired Mick Foley. Both men back in, and Nitro throws Jeff into the turnbuckle. Rope choking. Lawler: “Marlena!” She’s from Outer Space Vichy France. Melina slaps Jeff, and the ref admonishes her. Jeff with some stupid flying twisty bullshit. JR: “Jeff Hardy with a unique takedown! Nothing new about Jeff Hardy’s unique offensive approach.” Jeff goes to the ropes, Melina trips him, and the ref…calls for the bell? JR and Lawler desperately sell this as the right call while the fans boo. BABYFACE GM WHO ALWAYS LOOKS OUT THE FANS comes out and demands the match restart, no DQ. If Teddy Long did this it would be fine with the fans. And would involve the Undertaker. Cole, somewhere: “Oh my!” And…we go to break.
Commercials. Super Asia thinks these action figures fighting in a steel cage are Undertaker (correct) and Dean Malenko (less correct.)
Jeff does a jawbreaker, and then runs into the corner to kill himself. Springboard twisty weirdness by Nitro. Melina screams, and Lawler says sexual deviant things. Punchings. Haha, “NICK (arrow pointing down)” sign UPSIDE-DOWN. AWESOME. Sofa King Amazing is lurking in the rafters. Jeff and Johnny jump at each other. Jeff is up first, and does clotheslines. Reverse mule kick (aka the elum kick.) Cover for 2. Jeff with a vertical suplex into a facebuster. JR says Jeff competed “in an Awesome Match” last night. He was the special guest referee for Mike Awesome versus the Awesome Undertaker. Jeff does the “I am going to Twist your Fate” dance, Johnny shoves him off, and Jeff does Whyspyr in the Wynd. Melina jumps onto Jeff’s back, and he fucking slams her down, because girls are icky. Mike Tenay needs to lure him back to TNA to join the LAX. Jeff wants to give Melina a Swanton Bomb, but Nitro knocks him down so he crotches himself. IC title belt shot, and Nitro…wins the IC Title. Why did he lose it in the first place? Thanks for making your opinions known at Cyber Sunday fans, but we’re giving the title to someone you voted against anyway. Fan sign: “Hi Dorinda!” Dorinda dislikes smoke. Melina tries to celebrate the title win while still selling the fact that Jeff fucking planted her into the mat.
Commercial. Commercial for Cyber Sunday? Wow, Nitro was a distant third in the voting for that match. Lawler: “Controversy created a referee!” He was born to controversy. Eric Bischoff was torn from the thigh of controversy. Haha, this Smackdown vs Raw 2007 ad features digital John Cena jumping to his death.
MEANWHILE, A SPIRITED DISCUSSION backstage. I’m not giving all these fuckers nicknames because they’re gonna be out later anyway. Bischoff, Coach, the Spirit Squad, Eugene, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Everything that makes RAW great. Hacksaw and Eugene are arguing with the Spirit Squad, while Bischoff mediates. It’s like the Lincoln/Douglas Debates, only Henry Clay is there moderating. Eugene being Bischoff’s nephew is mentioned. For some reason, Bischoff makes Spirit Squad vs Eugene and Hacksaw, and the losing team must disband. I’m going to miss Eugene and Hacksaw’s tootling music. Wait, that was Triple X, I get Triple X and Hacksaw/Eugene confused all the time. Maria appears. Bischoff hates her because of his ancient trial where The Boogeyman was the only highlight. He talks about her “cute little brains.” He books her versus Umaga. Wow, great. JR and Lawler lose their shit. If only Mike Tenay were here. JR: “She’s gonna be traumatized or injured forever!” Even after she’s dead, her ribs will still hurt. Eternal internal bleeding.
Kevin Federline stares at the camera for a few seconds. “My name is Kevin Federline.” He pauses for at least ten seconds before continuing. Supes figures they expected more boos when they prerecorded this, but I just think he had a small seizure. He pauses for a million years after each sentence. None of the sentences are good or anything. He challenges Cena to a match. Shit.
Commercials. Also, Digital Fit Finlay really shouldn’t stand there staring over Batista’s shoulder waiting to get hit with a chair.
The Just For Men Rewind is…I shouldn’t say. There just may be women reading this, and the contents of this rewind are none of their damn business. Back me up on this, Tenay.
I’m so glad I have an excuse to talk about misogynistic Mike Tenay since I think I’m the only person who actually saw his feud with Midasia.
THE SQUIDBILLIES are the Spirit Squad, and all of their shirts say “Squad” in cursive on them which is weird. I guess only Johnny and Kenny are wrestling, so if they lose, can Mikey and whoever still be a team? Their opponents are A RETARD and EUGENE. Thank you, thank you, please hold your applause until the end of the rebeak. JR, on Duggan: “He’s been like a mentor to Eugene, which is good!” Taught him everything he knows about wearing jackets. Lawler asks whether the Spirit Squad can form into two smaller groups if they lose, which is a legitimate question but shouldn’t be asked by someone whose job is to convince us what we’re watching makes sense and is good. Johnny does stuff. Kenny blind tags himself in, which pisses Johnny off. Kenny does stuff. Tag to Johnny. He stomps on Eugene a few times. Spastic, Ortonesque ninja chokeout. Eugene powers out, but gets clubbered. Everyone reverses an Irish whip about twelve times before Eugene gets his imitation Rock Bottom. The Compressed Sand Bottom. Tag to Hacksaw, who does punches to both Squadies. He stands both guys next to each other. Lawler: “Look out, the meeting of the minds!” Hacksaw then fails to double noggin knocker them. Lawler: “No, I shoulda...” Then he does. Lawler: “Here we go.” Duggan scoops and slams some dude. Looking for the 3-Point Stance, but Nicky (whom that sign claims is on the ceiling) distracts him and he gets rolled up for 3. The Spirit Squad head for the Farplane as Eugene looks sad. The crowd yells “hooooo.” Duggan shakes Eugene’s hand and hugs him, but when he turns his back, Eugene attacks with Retard Rage. Now he beats Duggan down with the 2x4. Et tard, Eugene? Are we really being asked to boo the retarded kid? Eugene screams a bunch, then flees.
Haha, they have a special “Maria is scared” graphic for Maria vs Umaga.
Commercials. I just found out Brittany Spears has filed for divorce from Kevin Federline. OMG IT’S A WORK NEXT WEEK ON RAW SHE WILL MARRY JOHN CENA BUT IT’S ONLY A WORK FOR YOU MARKS.
Here’s footage from some new Piper DVD. Over four hours of him telling that story about hitting Snuka with the coconut. Sadly, I doubt the Street Sweepers will make an appearance.
MY MUSIC IS THE CHEERIEST FUNERAL DIRGE EVER is dragged out by ONE OF THOSE EVIL COACHES WHO RAPES CHEERLEADERS OR SOMETHING. And she uses her normal upbeat “I am a teenage boy, she gives me a boner” music. I WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF I HAD COOL GODZILLA RIP-OFF THEME MUSIC THAT PEOPLE OCCASIONALLY DECLARE SOUNDS LIKE SHARK BOY’S and YES arrive. Does the towel that Umaga is wearing say “Samoa” in cursive on it like eight times? Coachman shoves Maria into Umaga behind the ref’s back. Lawler: “Jerk!” Umaga pulls Maria up, then holds her up for about four hours before doing a Samoan Drop. JR: “This young woman’s got a mother and father watching this program tonight!” Somewhere, JBL is shouting “She might have parents!” Umaga pulls Maria into the corner and sets her up for the running butt smash. He butt smashes the second turnbuckle, not really coming anywhere near her head. Estrada breaks his cigar, which somehow starts John Cena’s music. Wow, this new feud is almost as promising as Duggan vs Eugene. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SAVE THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS EARLIER BUT NOTHING HAPPENED TO TRIGGER MY THEME MUSIC runs out. He ducks a clothesline and shoulderblocks Umaga to the floor. Lawler: “Get you some of a man!” Not in Virginia, not unless you wanna go to jail. Where men will get some of you. In Soviet Russia, men get some of you! Umaga screams like a girl. He wants to get back in the ring to attack, but Estrada holds him back. And there’s no way Umaga could overpower Estrada. I SECRETLY DON’T LIKE YOU is Todd Grisham, who goes into the ring to interview Cena. He does his Compressed Sand routine of running down the events of the show so far in a comical way, then says Todd Grisham takes naked pictures of himself and gives Todd the F-U. Wow, what a douche. John Cena: “My name is John Cena, and Eric Bischoff wants to give me the night off? I say back off, jack-off!” You see what he did there?” Then he tells us his name is John Cena again. Salute. Cena: “Hit me baby one more time!”
Commercials. The bodogFIGHT song may be the worst song ever.
Lita and Bischoff chat. Together, they are RATED E FOR EVERYBODY CREATES CONTROVERSY CREATES CASH. It’s a stupid nickname but you can feel free to shut up. Eric is thrilled with Eugene for growing a set. Of magic nose goblins. Lita books herself versus Mickie James with some unknown OMG HEEL stipulation. Eric makes himself guest referee in tonight’s main event. I’m bored.
A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR TRISH STRATUS and A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EVIL CARLITO WHO HUNG OUT WITH STUTTERING MATT MORGAN are doing…something when ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK (TO WINNING MATCHES), whose nickname makes no sense, really. Shelton says the fans wasted their votes on Carlito, since he lost last night whereas Shelton would have won. Then he says Shelton only lost the vote because he’s Black. He’s Black y’all, he’s Black y’all, he’s Blackity Black and he’s Black y’all. Carlito points out that he’s Puerto Rican. Torrie laughs. Carlito: “You’re a whining, sniveling, bendaho. (to Torrie) Remember that word I taught you?” Torrie: “I know what that is!” Hahaha. Shelton doesn’t know what it means, but he can tell it’s bad. Shelton claims he’s a Black icon. Shelton: “Don’t you know that in China, in Europe, in Yugoslavia, little Black kids sing my theme song as their lullaby?” What the fuck? Shelton: “Black men all over the world look up to Shelton Benjamin.” The camera pulls back to reveal I’M STILL WAITING FOR COACH TO BEAT ME UP. He stands there for a few seconds, then gets right in Coach’s face and yells “Damn!” Then…we cut away. Ok, look, you can’t just make him say “Damn” every week and expect us to find it funny. You have to set it up, at least a little. Like, show an “Earlier today” graphic and then use a blue-screen effect to make it look like Farooq is visiting the Hoover Dam. The punch line writes itself.
Commercials. Princess’ Ashe’s father, the late King Whatshisname, sure looks like a fag wearing that hangy-down crown.
Cindy Margolis is in attendance. Do you care?
THE MASTERPIECE, MARK STARR must be a jobber because he’s already in the ring when we come back from the break. BACK OFF JACK-OFF is on the Jack-offtron, and he orders Jim Ross into the ring. NO ONE IS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE OKLAHOMA ROLL ON MY WATCH doesn’t want to get in the ring, so WHAT THEY DID TO MARIA WAS ONE THING BUT THIS IS GOING TO FAR (Jerry Lawler) tries to book Bischoff versus Lawler. Eric’s counter proposal is Lawler versus Masters. Lawler seems to feel that dog will hunt, so Bischoff piles onto the crap by making a stipulation that Lawler wrestles with one hand handcuffed to the top rope or he loses his job. Eric: “How ‘bout it, big mouth?” HOW ‘BOUT IT!? Coachman jogs out with some handcuffs he happened to have ready. JR: “I can’t believe Bischoff is drunk with power!” It’s not especially surprising, JR. King punches Coach out, but he still has to handcuff himself to the top rope. Lawler gets in the first shot, but of course it doesn’t last. JR: “The King’s just defensive! He’s defenseless! He’s absolutely defenseless!” Say it a million more times and maybe you messing up the first time will go away. Masters eventually has the ref unhandcuff Lawler so he can do the Masterlock, which just goes to show what a stupid stipulation that was anyway. JR: “Controversy creates cash! What does controversy create?” Cash? JR: “You’ve got a young stud like Masters, and you’ve got a…” He came real, real close to calling Lawler an old man. GO TO BED, OLD MAN! I’ll get you that door repair check tomorrow, just go to sleep. Anyway, Masters wins. I never thought I’d rebeak a better match than that one Benoit vs Brok title match on Smackdown, but here you go.
Commercials. The Mummy Returns, on USA. Shitty sequels welcome.
IF WE FORMED A STABLE WITH MR. KENNEDY WE WOULD BE CALLED BROOKLYN…….BROOKLYN comes out to join JR at the commentary position. Lawler is still dead from the Masterlock. EVEN BREEN CHILDREN USE MY THEME SONG AS A LULLABY is out for a match. Cryme Tyme summon him to the announce position so they can call him “baby” and praise his bling. IF I FORMED A STABLE WITH THE TWIN TOWERS WE WOULD BE CALLED THE COOLING TOWERS is Shelton’s opponent. Shelton sort of slides under the ropes and pulls Carlito’s legs out of his legs so Carlito crashes face-first onto the apron to start the match. Cryme Tyme’s commentary consists mostly of saying “OH SNAP” and “DAYOOOOOOOM.” Shelton sends Carlito to the ropes and powerslams him. Cryme Tyme feels that Shelton is poppin’, but the way Carlito’s getting’ beat ain’t right, son. Carlito fights back some, but I’m more interested in JTG warning JR not to look directly into his grill. Shelton tries some fancity kick, but Carlito ducks it and flapjacks him for 2. Springboard SOMEWHAT STUPID, as Carlito manages to land ok but still runs into a soupar kick. Cryme Tyme leave the announce position and steal Shelton’s bling. And his shirt. Shelton wanders over and yells “What are you doing?” Carlito sneaks up behind him with the Arch Deluxe. 1, 2, 3. JTG puts on the tiger shirt while Shad wears the pendant.
Commercials. Final Fantasy 12, featuring…stuff.
Our Auto Zone of the Week is Victoria costing Mickie James the Women’s Title, sort of, and then everyone promptly forgetting.
RICHMOND BE FORGET IT I DON’T CARE is out to lose to Lita in a special Stupid Match. Coachman doesn’t need any more nicknames. He has joined JR on commentary to remind JR that he is not Black. He could refer to either of these two in this case. RATED I FOR I AM SICK OF THIS SHOW comes out and proudly shows off her Women’s Championship. She is the champion in the World of I’s. So, is she leaving the WWE or not? Some news site or other said that, I don’t know. Lita announces the stipulation she gave Bischoff earlier, and it’s a match where Mickie James has one hand tied behind her back. Coach: “Never saw it comin’!” Me neither, since you just fucking did a match with a guy who had one hand handcuffed to the top rope. What’s next, they retrieve weapons and put them in little boxes with their names on them? By the way, did you come here tonight in a box? CAUSE YOU’RE A TOOL! The ref ties Mickie’s hand behind her back. JR: “Referee’s very nervous obviously. I’m sure the referee’s not done this before.” This could be his regular Saturday night thing for all you know. Fan sign: “~!” I don’t get it either. You needed to write BUDDHIST bigger, and you left off an exclamation point. Anyway, Lita smacks Mickie James around and shows us her sparkly panties. Lita with a side-Russian leg sweep, then covers, but let’s her up heelishly. Lita goes for a moonsault, which is fucking stupid since missing that move is pretty much the only way she can lose. She misses, of course. Supes: “It’s really easy to call a Lita match because every move is a neckbreaker.” Dated, but it works. Supes: “I was dusting off an old chestnut.” Mickie punches and stuff, but eventually Lita does her big DDT and wins. There’s a blank sign next to the “~!” sign, and I wonder if it’s a two-part sign with the other half being held backwards. SHELTON BENJAMIN THINKS MY BOOK IS CALLED “KONTROVERSY KREATES KASH comes out to be the special guest ref of the main event. Ah, hugs not drugs.
Commercials. Every time I stop fastforwarding, it’s on Tazz going “Nasty baby!”
Here comes A MELODRAMATIC POSE THAT LOVES TO HAVE DOUCHE. A Decade of Destruction has nothing on A CENTURY OF CARNAGE. Thanks to Coach for noting that their combined age is over 100. Ric Flair starts with Edge. Edge backs Ric into the corner, and somehow, Ric ends up putting him in the corner and chopping. Ric gets back body dropped anyway. Edge goes up top…missile dropkick. Coachman says Randy Orton is the greatest tag team partner Edge has ever had. Big diss on Hulk Hogan there. Edge goes up top for THE STUPID. Ric tags in Piper, who punches stupidly. JR: “He’s been brawling on his own since he was fifteen !” Is that a euphemism for masturbation? Piper kicks Edge a few times. It should be noted that he is wearing a black shirt, which makes his legs look even pastier. Edge tries something, but Roddy slips out and puts him in a sleeper hold. Lita and Bischoff chat while Orton kills Piper with a chair. Super Asia: “It’s a no DQ tag match. For that matter, why is anyone even bothering to tag?” Coachman: “I hate it when that happens! I wish Roddy coulda turned around just a second earlier!” Ric complains about the officiating, and surely this will help. Now he’s wooing for some reason. Randy tags in. Garvin Stomp. Flair must be having flashbacks. Melodramatic douche pose. Tag to Edge, who drops an elbow. Edge taunts Flair, who gives him the finger. Edge…punches Piper some more. The sight of Edge dragging Piper across the ring is pretty hilarious. Orton tags in, and can’t decide what to do for several seconds. Kneedrop, ninja chokeout. Super Asia: “Roddy Piper is with child.” Piper fights out, but gets beaten down. Tag to Edge. Ninja chokeout. Shades of Randy Orton. All of the best ninjas hide in the shade provided by Randy Orton. Edge sends Piper outside and smashes him into the post. Now he wants to chair him, but Piper evades and Edge eats post. Piper goes back in to try and tag. Why isn’t Randy cheating here? Both men tag, and Ric comes in and chops a lot. Punches. Edge attax from behind, but then he and Orton both get uppernuttered. Flair wants the Figah-Fo, but Randy kicks him off into Bischoff. Wait, did they even hit? Well, Bischoff is dead, so yes. The fans chant for DX. Edge spears Flair, and puts Randy on Flair. Another ref arrives, and the fans stop chanting DX, so I guess this referee is DX. Anyway, the new ref counts to 2. Piper grabs Edge’s feet and pulls him crotch-first into the post. Now DAVIER XOOM arrives. HBK superkicks Orton, who dances around waiting to see if he’s going to get pedigreed, decides he isn’t, and falls down. Flair covers, and the ref counts 3 because this is no DQ (but not no DX LOL.) Edge and Orton flee into the crowd. JR describes Edge as a scared rabbit, and scared rabbits often walk into crowds of people. Now Triple H summons THAT FAT MALE STRIPPER SANDMAN BEAT UP. He’s now known as “Big Dick Johnson.” And he has “DX” spray-painted on his ass. After eight hours of dancing, Eric Bischoff’s face is stuffed in the general area 'of BDJ’s ass. JR: “I’ve never seen two the letters DX shake quite like that before!” Plenty of other letters, though. JR: “You talk about attitude, it’s just that way!” Are you Don West? JR: “Big Dick’s ass is covered with DX!” It was last night, lemmie tell ya! Oh, did I just imply that I was there?
Final Thoughts: As tempting as it is to provide an in-depth analysis of a show that ended with Eric Bischoff’s face being shoved into an ass with DX spray-painted on it, I’m gonna have to refrain.
