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Russell D. wrote:


Hockey! Soccor on speed and for the most part unwatchable.


Hockey is unwatchable only to those who don't understand hockey. ;-) :-)

Graham


--

And as an afterthought, this must too be told,
Some people are taking pure bull****, and turning it into gold.
- Grandpa Green (Greendale, CA USA)

What's happening in Idledale? Not Much! http://www.idledale.com/

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Graham Knight wrote:


Russell D. wrote:



Hockey! Soccor on speed and for the most part unwatchable.


Hockey is unwatchable only to those who don't understand hockey. ;-) :-)

Graham



The same applies to soccer, me thinks.

--
Herman

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"Herman Nijland" wrote in message
...
Graham Knight wrote:


Russell D. wrote:



Hockey! Soccor on speed and for the most part unwatchable.


Hockey is unwatchable only to those who don't understand hockey. ;-) :-)

Graham



The same applies to soccer, me thinks.

On the contrary, soccer, hockey, baseball, basketball, golf, football, auto
racing, and horse racing are unwatchable for anyone who DOES understand
them.

Wolfgang
women's volleyball, on the other hand.......

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Perhaps we could justify the out of sight compensation for professional
athletes if we reverted back to the actuality of the gladiatorial concept
and slaughtered the losing teams. That would also allow more would-be
athletes to fill the ranks of the various franchises and therefore cut
unemployment among that portion of our populace who pegged their hopes on
athletic scholarships and professional franchise contracts.



----
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

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Greg Pavlov wrote:

I was into baseball, a Dodger fan from 1956 on for
about 30 years, but when it got to the point that I had to
learn 10 - 15 new names in the box scores each year,
I gradually lost connection to the "team."

Yeah, and the turn-over rate started to increase just at the time our
memories started to......

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Greg Pavlov wrote:

The pace in a hockey game can be amazing: it's
basketball on steroids. Too bad that it's also WWF
on steroids.


A couple little fights a game does not constitute the WWF on steriods.
Either that or I have a warped sense of what the WWF is - which could
be, i never watch such drivel, i must not understand it enough. ;-)

The thing I like the most about hockey is that it is a true team sport.
If you are not a team player, you will suck, end of story.

Graham



--

And as an afterthought, this must too be told,
Some people are taking pure bull****, and turning it into gold.
- Grandpa Green (Greendale, CA USA)

What's happening in Idledale? Not Much! http://www.idledale.com/

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Greg Pavlov wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:25:08 -0600, Graham Knight
wrote:


A couple little fights a game does not constitute the WWF on steriods.



"Little", eh ? Didn't someone on the Sabres just break their
arm being slammed into the boards with the puck nowhere
nearby ?


You know what, you're right - stay away from hockey please. :-)


Graham

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"slenon" wrote in message om...

[snippety doo dah]

But I'm damned if I know how to
open the eyes of people willing to spend a week's net income to watch a
bunch of gladiators and consume overpriced food and beer.

And exactly why do you think you need to "open the eyes" of these
people?


Chuck Vance (Damned if I know how to open the eyes of people
willing to spend a week's net income on carbon fiber sticks and
PVC-coated string to which they attach feathers and hook, then stand
waist-deep in cold water waving the stick in an attempt to hook some
fish, only to let the fish go afterwards.)

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Conan the librarian:
And exactly why do you think you need to "open the eyes" of these
people?

I don't know that I do. However, tilting at this particular windmill is as
good as any other.

----
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

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"slenon" wrote in message m...

Conan the librarian:
And exactly why do you think you need to "open the eyes" of these
people?

I don't know that I do. However, tilting at this particular windmill is as
good as any other.

Perhaps, but that statement of yours just reeks of condescension:

But I'm damned if I know how to
open the eyes of people willing to spend a week's net income to watch a
bunch of gladiators and consume overpriced food and beer.

By substituting a few words here and there, you not only describe
all spectator sports, but gambling, eating at a restaurant, going on
vacation, going *fly-fishing*, etc., etc., etc.

Frankly, while we might find any of those diversions silly, as long
as the folks who engage in it are using discretionary cash, it's a bit
presumptuous (and ironic, given the nature of our own hobby) for us to
feel like we need to "enlighten" the poor, dumb masses.


Chuck Vance