Monday, February 22, 2010

AROUND THE HORN WITH CHAD

Vod's not the only one who can vent:

***GREAT JOB, NBC***
You want to watch Ice Dancing? Okay, here it is...wait, let's check into the hockey game. Here we go to the two-man bobsled: Wow, I thought he was going to turn over that time. Did you see the...and now back to ice dancing. Can we just please watch an event? the whole event? NBC, you should learn from USA Network. They start out with curling (it's like bowling with out the beer) and stay with it . And stay with it. and stay with it. Do you enjoy watching golfers discuss a 6-foot putt for 5 minutes? Then you'll love watching these guys discuss where to slide the "rock" for 10 minutes. An occasional heated argument might liven things up.

The downhill-ski cross-super G-combination- slalom event (did I get that right?) was pretty exciting on it's own. I didn't need some analyst having apoplexy every time a skier went over a hill and waved his arms. They should add rifles to this event and let the skiers take pot shots at the analyst as they ski down the hill. "Wow! He almost got me that time, Bill. Bill? Bill??"

Maybe there will be a new event tonight: The Nordic Bob Costas Hair-Comb Event.

***SPORTS BRAWLS***
There's an old joke, "I went to the fights last night and a Hockey game broke out." There is a train of thought that we bloodthirsty fans go to hockey games just for the fights. And to racing events to see the crashes. We've seen fights at baseball games, basketball games, soccer games and even football games. BUT. Leave it to Rochester to go everyone a little better. This weekend a fight broke out at a fashion show. Yeah,that's right, a fashion show. What could have been the problem? "Those are MY shoes, you b**ch!" That's has got to be a sight: two stick figures duking it out on the runway. But very fashionably dressed.

Okay, I'm all right now.

***A GREAT LINE***
...with a slight adjustment by Chad.
From Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: "One bobsled event features four men together sliding across the ice. In (Oswego) during the winter, we call that a carpool."

CP-

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