Tune in around 2 p.m. CST for crackage. Because Doc asked, and hey, we did the Super Bowl.
I watched the USA team wax the Finns todayvia Yahoo Sports’ liveblog. By the second period the US was up 6-0, and the jokes started coming:
“Nokia’s stock is tanking today … go figure.”
“America just announced they’re building a bunch of Wal-Marts all over Finland. No one can stop us now.”
“Is there now a free-throw line in hockey?”
“Does Wal-Mart carry Purina reindeer chow?”
“I feel like I’m watching Bambi’s mother get killed.”
“Hockey
is not a red-headed stepchild. Hockey is more like a crazy uncle who
smells bad, but a couple of the cousins like him anyway because he
tells dirty jokes when he’s drunk.”
[Comment From Finlands Defense Finlands Defense:]Hey sorry guys, that bathroom break took a lot longer than expected. I’m ready to go for the 2nd though. What did I miss?
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I didn’t get to many UW (men’s) hockey games while I was in school, but I was at UW vs U of Windsor. Yesterday’s first period reminded me of it a little.
“Five – Ten – Fifteen – Twenty…We Want More!”
(Yes the final that night was 20 to 0.)
can I come in if I promise not to ask stupid questions? I’ll bring virtual five layer dip
defeat the world!
Virgo, you are welcome in any van on the planet.
I wish I could be there. I’m gonna be on the road. Maybe I’ll pull over, find a sports bar.
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I can’t be there, I’ll be at the cake competition as they announce the winners…hopefully, I’ll be “in that number!” 🙂 Despite the cake-tastrophe yesterday (cake fell apart in the car on way to Austin) I recovered and had a hella submission! 🙂
And I LOVE hockey! Just thinking of the goalies stretching…sigh…
😉
Good luck, Elspeth! Tell us how it works out!
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Do I haveta watch the hockey game to join in? I’ll be working and I probably wouldn’t watch the game if I weren’t. But I have ice people jokes aplenty…
A you won’t be there? Bummer.
Here’s a good article on the last time USA played Canada for the gold medal in the Olympics, 1960 Squaw Valley . The last player cut from that US squad? Kurt Russell!
“The last player cut from that US squad? Kurt Russell!”
Well, you could hardly expect them to keep a nine-year-old, no matter how good he was.
You mean Herb Brooks.
Tbogg finds teh funny
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2010/02/28/wikipedia-is-a-sad-and-bitter-american/