OK, MMFF, you would have, uh, handled this how?

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#26 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:34 am

silvercamaro wrote:
kayrharris wrote:
Maybe this will make Evil squirrel feel better. Here's a link to SNN...aka Squirrel News Network. This could keep you busy for hours and maybe even forget about Annie for a while!
Omigod, this is an unending treasure trove of prospective avatars for squirrely BBs -- including a few we've noticed in the past.

Great find, Kay!
Why would anyone want to do that?
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.

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#27 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:16 am

kayrharris wrote:I'm just the messenger, not the author of subject bumper sticker.

Maybe this will make Evil squirrel feel better. Here's a link to SNN...aka Squirrel News Network. This could keep you busy for hours and maybe even forget about Annie for a while!

http://www.sugarbushsquirrel.com/index.html
Now we know where that dickey came from.....

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#28 Post by eyégor » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:06 am

andrewjackson wrote:Sorry. I guess I'm too defensive. When it's slam after slam after slam it gets a little old.

Think about all the times you've heard someone comment on soccer. How many of those were "jokes" centering on the shortcomings of the sport in the U.S. or belittling anyone who is a fan around the world? Now contrast that with the number of positive things you've heard?

Now do that comparison for baseball, basketball, football, or hockey? Sure there are jokes but there are also positive comments to balance it out.

That's all we are asking for, a little balance.

ESPN in particular is really getting on my nerves. They are showing more soccer highlights (especially now that they have the rights to more soccer leagues and games.) But on SportsCenter they cannot show a highlight without making some sort of joke or snide comment. Do they make jokes about other sports or athletes? Sure but they also make positive comments about other sports and athletes. Soccer, not so much.

End of rant.
I thought of this on my drive to work this am. The news on the alternative station I listen to ended with a story about x number of soccer fans getting killed after taking refuge under a tree ( I missed how many) The DJess then commented, 'Well, I guess that brings the number of soccer fans in the US down to..........


zero.

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