Posted on 02/16/2005 8:37:11 AM PST by Loyalist
We'll know a deal has been reached if we see a white puff of smoke from the Zamboni :)
No HOCKEY?
YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
I recall reading a few weeks ago an ice skating rink burned down when its Zamboni's propane tanks exploded. I guess we now will have a new Pope at the Ice Palace?
Speaking of Zambonis... it's people like the Zamboni Driver and the Ticket Taker and the Popcorn Vendor and the Security Guards that are hurt most by the lock-out. Not the billionaire owners, the millionaire players, or the wealthy luxury box season ticket holders.
Aw Shucks! No NHL Hockey. I'm deeply saddened.
there's something that sounds inherently conflicting about an ice-rink burning down.
But, it is what it is..LOL
Bones
It's all those beer-fart soked seat cushions, those things are bombs just waiting for a spark.
It is always good to see a bunch of millionaire jocks and their greedy agents and union cut their own throats trying to squeeze another thirty five cents out of the owners. I'm sure these hockey guys have all sorts of skills and professions to fall back on. Did they even get to talking about the drugs, dope and steroids?
I foresee a ring on the hand on one player's hand smacking the metal false teeth in another hockey player's mouth and FLOOEY!
That's what the glass is really for, protecting the seats from on ice sparks. Probably some part of the zamboni went over the glass.
We'll see if we can dredge up a play-by-play fishing thread for you to get excited about.
My wife was watching the cooking channel when she called me over and remarked that the chefs in the show were chefs exclusively for top NHL players. I then came to the conclusion that hockey as we know it is finished. People who have chefs to cook their meals and are on strike just doesn't add up in my book!!
Negotiating through the press is a sign that the owners and players are working more on looking better when the season is called rather than trying to settle their labor differences in bona fide negotiations.
It doesn't look good for this season to be salvaged IMHO.
We'll see if we can dredge up a play-by-play fishing thread for you to get excited about.
I guess this means ESPN will be showing more reruns of the World Series of Poker.
I appreciate that. I tried fishing years ago as a kid, and it just never rang my chimes like playing hockey.
Both of us would rather be actively involved in each of the sports than watching it, though.
1: A recent survey of New Yorkers when asked their opinion about the cancelled hockey games so far found that most of them didn't even know that hockey had been cancelled.
2: Spring training starts today. And we're talking about the hockey starting.
TS
Local ESPN station here in Pittsburgh reporting that the owners have been sent a memo stating that the season will be cancelled.
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