Comments | drmrdave: just various rantings

drmrdave

just various rantings

Jan 14, 2005 12:47

* Reggie White is NOT a hero. He was a friggin football player, AND he
was a bigot - since when does that make someone a hero?

* I don't care about football.

* If {insert cubicle neighbor here} are such an expert on what the coach
is doing wrong, then why aren't you a coach?

* In fact, I really hate football.

That is all.

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ericdabear January 14 2005, 18:49:37 UTC

bulky men in slightly see-through pants bending over so you can see their jock.

I like football.

dizzi_d January 14 2005, 19:06:19 UTC

I don't know who Reggie White is, if that makes you feel any better :D

doughboy69 January 14 2005, 19:52:45 UTC

Reggie White was a football player for several teams, including the Green Bay Packers. He was pretty instrumental, from what little I know of football, in the Super Bowl victory that Green Bay had a while back.

Reggie died last month and he had a hero's funeral - flags flying at half-staff, etc.

But he made some controversial comments about his own race and about gay people. This tells the story:

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=6076

doughboy69 January 14 2005, 19:48:11 UTC

Amen....

As much as I love Madison, the one thing that irks me - and that I thought I'd escaped when I left Pittsburgh - is the football-as-religion thing. People were actually near tears on Monday at work after the Packers lost. I mean, give me a FUCKING break, you know? When 150,000+ people are killed in a tragic way, it hardly seems important about what an overpaid athlete did or didn't do.

Besides, hockey players are WAY cuter. 'nuff said.

backrubbear January 14 2005, 22:19:38 UTC

Football as a religion.

... and I'm an atheist. :-)

ex_quietdanm235 January 14 2005, 21:07:10 UTC

I agree!

After last Sunday's game, particularly, we had to endure 2 days of follow-up news coverage about the game. All we've heard about this week is Randy Moss and his attempts at getting attention.

I will be so glad when football season is over!

Ahmen to that! madisonbear January 16 2005, 05:08:08 UTC

When i sat in your area (actually across the hall), Tom and Denny would drive me insane with their Packers and Cowboys talk. Great people... but i don't get football (having been forced to play it growing up)and agree about white.

Armchair coaches are tiresome.

mb

Re: Ahmen to that! drmrdave January 16 2005, 05:53:28 UTC

hrmm :)

You'll have to clue me in as to who this is :)

Re: Ahmen to that! madisonbear January 17 2005, 03:12:44 UTC

Awe geez, sorry, how very rude of me ( ... )

Re: Ahmen to that! frenzycub January 18 2005, 17:30:10 UTC

*wave*

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