Friday, January 30, 2009

Chilling

No doubt, this is probably a re-tread of an old joke but some scribe at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette decided to have some fun (or maybe its just unknowing subtext) with the name of the Penguin's newly signed player this year in the following story (I clicked on the headline thinking it was about a revival)

"Satan aware he needs to pick up goal pace"

...Satan said. "It's nothing unusual."... Because he isn't a superstitious sort

"Keep shooting," Satan said. "Don't think about it. Eventually, if you get enough chances, you're going to break the spell."

Satan... is most dangerous when he's relatively close ...

Satan understands that kind of thinking and insists that he knows the formula ...

...Satan gets against the Devils tonight...
Note: In the news articles, the PG adopts the NYT style of calling everyone "Mr." [Although if the story referred to "Mr. Satan", it might have been even a little weirder]

Semi-related note: One of the broadcasters when I was kid used to love to tell the story about college basketball player Johnny Yuren (sp?) and how he dribbled down the court.

2 Comments:

Blogger QueensGuy said...

I'd bet he sells a lot more jerseys than this guy.

5:58 AM, January 31, 2009  
Blogger New England Guy said...

Actually both Randall and William Gay (DB Steelers) have had trouble getting nfl.com to even sell their jerseys when fans ordered it- seems it ran afoul of the "no offensive or political slogans on official merchandise" rule. I think there was a recent Slate.com article on people with difficult names and their travails in the new "filter" world-Lipshitzes and Kuntzes Unite!

7:00 AM, January 31, 2009  

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