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[alan_shore]

So, tell us about your name. Do you have a middle name? Do you have several? Do you go by a pseudonym? A nickname? Why? What about your username? Give us a story. There’s got to be some reason you’re called what you are called.

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[zippyknowsbest]

So, how about them fuckin' Yankees?

[alan_shore]

I'd chide you for using such foul language, but they're fully deserving of that expletive and that's all I have to say on the matter.

I'm sorry you read this--I'll never make a hockey fan of you now.

[zippyknowsbest]

Understandable. Still, my condolences.

Pssh, why, you think I'm scared of a little violence?

[alan_shore]

Zippy, it's August, we're in second place and we've won four of the past five games. Keep your condolences until mid-September, at least.

That would be the sensible reaction, certainly.

[zippyknowsbest]

Fine, fine, see if I try summoning sympathy for the Sox again.

I'm a New Yorker, Alan, I lose street cred if I admit something like that and the next thing you know seven-year-olds are beating me up and taking my transit pass.

[alan_shore]

Perhaps you won't need to.

Stealing a public transit pass strikes me as the sort of crime that comes with the punishment in tow.

[zippyknowsbest]

Perhaps.

Maybe in Boston. The New York subway system is a vital and integral part of day-to-day life here. Hey, I heard a joke the other day: what two things are useless in New York City and essential everywhere else?

[alan_shore]

A governor and public indecency laws. No, sorry, that's Detroit. A car and...patience.

[zippyknowsbest]

So close! A car, and manners.

[alan_shore]

I could go on tour.

So, should I ask you to a hockey game now, or do I need to wait until I'm in New York and your street cred's at stake?

[zippyknowsbest]

Don't quit your day job just yet.

*brow arch* Mmmm, you could ask me now, but where is this hypothetical game taking place? Do I shlep outta town for the pleasure of watching grown men spill their blood onto the ice?

[alan_shore]

Funny you should say that.

The season doesn't start until October; we play the Rangers (while nominally a hockey team, the Islanders should serve as no one's introduction to the sport) November first at Madison Square Garden. How does that sound?

[zippyknowsbest]

...it is?

It sounds just fine although you realize I'll be obligated to root for the Rangers, yeah?

[alan_shore]

That had occurred to me, yes. I plan to tell you the Rangers are the fellows in gold and black with large "B"s adorning their jerseys.

[zippyknowsbest]

Your cunning plan would never have worked might well have worked if you hadn't just shown your hand.

[alan_shore]

I suppose I'll just have to devise another.