From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 2/24/2026 5:37 PM, super70s wrote:
> On 2026-02-24 18:54:22 +0000, moviePig said:
>
>> On 2/24/2026 1:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Feb 24, 2026 at 4:50:50 AM PST, "Rhino"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-02-23 11:38 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For the first time since 1980, we have defeated our chief
>>>>> communist adversary and won 1st place on the world stage!
>>>>>
>>>>> Congrats on their defeat of Canadia and bringing home the gold!
>>>>>
>>>> I remember the last time that happened. It was so momentuous that
>>>> they made a movie about it starring Karl Malden as the coach; it
>>>> was called "Miracle on Ice". Congratulations, America!
>>>
>>> The entire Canadian side of the stadium booed all the way through
>>> our national anthem before the hockey game but when they end up
>>> losing and Trump posts this meme of an eagle taking down a Canadian
>>> goose, they lose their collective minds and start calling us
>>> unsportsmanlike and disrespectful winners. Those people really don’t
>>> have any self-awareness, do they?
>>>
>>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2025661434860908544/vid/
>>> avc1/640x480/KLnNriraVTlGXjZP.mp4?tag=24
>>
>> Hockey's fans have that in common with soccer's. Hockey's players are
>> better behaved, though...
>
> I find both sports somewhat boring, it's too hard to score.
>
> Maybe they should just get rid of the goalies, lol.
>
> It's like some 8 ft. guy standing under a basketball goal and batting
> away all the balls.
>
> And with hockey especially the puck moves so fast and is so small it's
> almost impossible to keep up with what the hell's going on.
For a while, they tried electronically "tracing" the puck for TV
viewers. It was interesting, but (imo) lost the feel of the game --
which, it must be said, is substantially a slapdash affair.
And, yeah, I've often wondered what hockey's rule-book must say about a
goalie's silhouette acreage.
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