I don’t often watch hockey. But when I do, I obviously prefer to watch bears playing it to the death. However, when that’s not available for whatever reason, I prefer watching Team USA beat an uppity global powerhouse for a historically significant win. It was riveting theater, frankly. And when the Yanks batted that final touchdown into the net area to seal the match – oh boy, that was SWEET!!! U-S-A! U-S-A!
By DZ, February 22, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
You had me at Molson, you lost me at bears… literally. Lost as in 17 minutes of trying to figure out of they were real bears or some goofy computer aided video magic of some sort. Damn. Productivity just dropped 6.3% for the day so far. On the upside, my calendar says…
97
days
2
Indy
500.
By Earnastine, February 22, 2010 @ 12:14 pm
Can you believe that since Vancouver had already been the scene of over-the-top late-night revelry… they asked the city’s liquor authorities to close the liquor stores early. Forget Molson,a nice Sonoma Champagne trail for our best!
By BP, February 22, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
I would invade Canada for Molson Dry. Takes me back to the times we used to venture to Montreal in college. All I remember is it was January, I never wore a coat and a midget strip-club bouncer made it back to our hotel.
By @99forever, February 22, 2010 @ 12:48 pm
“Uppity global powerhouse”? That’s a new one.
Don’t get all excited, Hobbson. We’ll see you in the gold medal game, and we’ll be looking for redemption.
By Ryan Worden, February 22, 2010 @ 1:07 pm
Looks like the Cannucks have got their long-johns all up in a bunch.
Remember Steph, while you’ll be looking for redemption, we’ll still be fairly drunk from our victory and the result of that game will be largely unimportant south of your border.
By the way Hobbson, thanks for the bears playing hockey video, the people behind me in class look horrified.
By Riss, February 22, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
My local minor league team is the Hershey Bears. It seems as if they could have done much better with the mascot, had they selected one of them there fight to the death real bears over this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3643080714_a47f088907.jpg
By @99forever, February 22, 2010 @ 1:25 pm
“Remember Steph, while you’ll be looking for redemption, we’ll still be fairly drunk from our victory and the result of that game will be largely unimportant south of your border.”
Typical. You lot managed to find a way to make it look like you went undefeated in the War of 1812, too.
By Roy Hobbson, February 22, 2010 @ 1:27 pm
Let us not forget the SINGLE GREATEST thing to ever come out of hockey. This video:
THAT BEAR BLEW UP EARTH!!! And then he was all like, “F–k it. I’ve got a hockey game to go play. On Neptune.”
By H.B. Donnelly, February 22, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
DAMN YOU AND YOUR BEARS, HOBBSON! The Alaska-Fairbanks thing is pretty fantastic, though…especially the part where they blow up Ohio State (where would snooty football fans hang out if Ohio State were blown up, after all?)
Perhaps we should have U.S. Hockey sponsor a car for the Toronto and Edmonton races…now shut up and let me continue drinking beer with actual flavor to it.
By Coz, February 22, 2010 @ 2:37 pm
Glad to see your recovery progressing nicely, Roy.
By Ryan Worden, February 22, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
Bingo Steph, our greatest achievements are not our achievements at all, but our ability to incorrectly remember those achievements, forget any downfalls, and feel as self important as possible…. USA USA USA!!!
By Hamilton Fish, February 23, 2010 @ 10:09 am
Canada is a lot like that sister you have with the severe muffin-top cresting out of her Lee jeans. You tolerate her because she’s your sister, without that affiliation she’d receive a healthy verbal thrashing she quite frankly deserves. As you were Canada.
By Ernest Miller, March 4, 2010 @ 1:13 am
Uppity Global Powerhouse? The uppity part is right but powerhouse is a misnomer. Keep trying. Best Regards, Ernest