Not too long ago Katebits introduced us to the notion of “giving away your marbles” instead of “losing your marbles”. It’s in those situations when you’re kind of letting something drive you batty instead of genuinely being driven batty by something outside of your own control. And so that brings us to the Washington Capitals, or, as Pookie declared them tonight, “The Washington Pookie-Giving-Away-All-Her-Marbles-es.” Yes, they annoy us way out of any reasonable proportion, but you know what? That doesn’t change that they really, really, really annoy us. So… here we go with the Devils and their atrocious home record playing against the team we let piss us off to no end. It should be fun.
FIRST PERIOD
19:48 Off the opening faceoff, the teams ping pong the puck around the neutral zone until the Caps clear it over the benches. Bruce Boudreau promptly complains that the Devils are playing with an express intent to cough up the puck weakly when the Caps are looking flat-footed so the Caps will cause a whistle.
17:24 For all the Ovechkin-haters out there (and we proudly include ourselves among them, in case there was any question) who thought this game would be a blissfully Ovechkin-free respite, think again. Doc informs us of all the details of all the shots Grape Ape has ever taken against Marty. Ah, we remember them all so fondly. Boudreau, meanwhile, complains to the media that the Devils are making a point of mentioning Ovechkin all the time just to try to throw the Caps off their game as they reflect on how much they miss him.
15:44 Rolston takes a short-range slapper after a little pump-fake freezes Varlamov in his crease, and the puck bounces high off the goalie’s shoulder and hits the outside of the net. The horn blows, even though a goal has not been scored. Boudreau bitches to the media that the Devils are deploying unfair goal horns.
12:55 The Caps try to mount some offensive pressure, but the Devils D is resolute in their own zone and skates safely out with the puck. Pookie, as Boudreau: “Since when are you allowed to steal the puck? We clearly had established possession.”
11:19 We go to commercial with the Iron Boar being whistled for some kind of penalty. As the picture fades to the advertisements, Boudreau can be seen passing notes to a sideline reporter in which he grouses that not enough penalties were called on the play. When we come back from commercial, the replay suggests that it’s not entirely clear what, exactly, Iron Boar was getting called for. Pookie posits that Boudreau cashed in one of his Sad Grape Ape cards to get the officials to give him a call to make up for this game being so terribly bereft of the inventor of fun.
9:58 The Devils get a long clear on the PK. Pookie: “Boudreau is like, ‘It’s not fair! Why are they allowed to ice it? That’s illegal when we do it.’”
6:55 Zach is sprung on a quasi-mini-break, and gets hog-tied and hauled down from behind, losing the puck and crashing into Varlamov. There is no call. Doc and Chico and the denizens of stately IPB Manor are baffled. Boudreau makes a note to mention to the media after the game that the Devils are a bunch of divers.
6:47 Chico informs us that the Russian media is claiming that Canadian players are targeting the top Russian players so as to undermine the Russian Olympic team. (Speaking of things to which we give all our marbles, it’s the Olympics and that baffling way that everyone starts every NHL season sounding surprised that hockey players get hurt. Yay!) Boudreau agrees with them.
3:45 Doc asks Chico how he feels about the Devils play so far, and as we watch the team kind of milling about with moderate purpose, Chico responds that it’s the best first period of the season for them. We think he might mean “at home”. Because this has not been an inspiring period of hockey from the team in red. Bruce Boudreau issues an official statement pointing out that it shouldn’t be fair for Atlantic Division teams not to play hard against the Caps, because it undermines the Caps media/fans’ argument that life would be so much more awesome if they were in the Atlantic instead of the Southeast.
2:50 Most of the Devils on the ice decide that Langer is going to successfully get the puck out of the defensive zone, because, we guess, they don’t realize that he’s Jamie Langenbrunner and can’t do anything right anymore. As Zach and Cory Murphy head off into the neutral zone, the Caps get the puck back, waltz down the slot, and some guy whose name we’re not going to bother learning calmly shoots the puck right past a bewildered Marty. It’s 1-0 Caps, and Pookie states firmly, “That wouldn’t have happened if Paulie wasn’t hurt.” Boudreau grumbles to anyone who will listen that the Devils shouldn’t be allowed to have a chance to try to even the score now.
1:44 Rolston looks like maybe he’s thinking about possibly making a good play in the offensive zone, but gets muscled off the puck by Tom Poti. Tom Poti. Pookie, to Rolston: “Tom Poti just made a good defensive play against you. You are the worst hockey player on earth.” Bruce Boudreau writes a letter to several major newspaper editors whining that we aren’t giving Tom Poti – or Tom Poti’s coach – enough credit on that play.
0:00 We get an interview with Mark Fraser in which he charmingly tries to assure everyone that the Devils will eventually figure out how to play at home. We disagree. The general consensus at stately IPB Manor is that the Devils are going to end the season 1-40 on home ice.
SECOND PERIOD
19:45 The intermission ended with a featurette on Varlamov’s mask, and Chico informs us that Varlamov’s “English is getting much better.” That’s the Russian-player version of Boomer’s favorite pat expression for how content a player is on any given team: “His kids are happy in school.” (Meanwhile, Marty has to make a flashy glove save on a point shot while Chico is talking about how crappy the Devils are. Pookie: “Boudreau is filing a complaint with OSHA that Marty is working in the salt mines without proper papers.”)
17:52 Clarkson is out with Zach and Travis. We like this a million, billion times more than Zach and Travis with Langer. Pookie dubs this new line “ZZ Dos-Tres”. Boudreau sends a telegram to the league asking them to review whether it’s allowed for a team to try mixing and matching players to figure out a line that will work well together, because he thinks it sounds pretty unfair when someone’s doing it against his team.
16:57 Egg gets involved in a scrum to the side of the Caps goal, yet the arena continues to sound sepulchral. There’s nothing quite like Devils home games when the Yankees are playing in the World Series. Boudreau says aloud to no one in particular on the bench that it’s just wrong that the Devils should be permitted to play in a sports market in which fans care about more than one professional team at a time.
16:27 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brian Rolston is, for just one play, only the second worst player on the ice as his centering attempt from behind the net (after some admittedly good work by a line of him, Nieder the Lesser, and Langer) ricochets into the goal off a spinning, sliding, pathetic defender in front. It’s 1-1 Devils, and replay shows us all manner of plays leading up to the goal that Boudreau will probably hold up later as uncalled penalties. (Replay shows the pathetic defender is Mike “Game Over” Green. It warms the cockles of our giving-away-all-our-marbles hearts. Heh.)
13:23 Doc tells us the Devils are “a different team” than they were in the first period, as they seem to be warming – albeit slightly – to the task of playing hockey. Boudreau takes him literally and declares the rest of this game is being played under protest. Meanwhile, Marty has to make a good kick-save on a flurry in front, and Pookie enjoys booing Cory Murphy on the play. During our early days as hockey fans, Larry Murphy was playing in Toronto and getting booed by the home fans every time he stepped on the ice, so ever since then, every time we’ve heard his name, we’ve instinctively booed. We are now delighted to have our very own Murphy to boo.
11:34 We come back from a commercial to see Zach chewing on his mouthguard on the bench, while Chico tells us how he’s second in the league in shots taken. He explains that Zach has figured out that the more shots you take, the more goals you’ll score, and makes it sound like it took Zach exactly this long to realize that. Zach’s like, “I say! I’m not a moron!” Meanwhile, Boudreau is wondering how it can be within the rules for a player who isn’t Ovechkin to take lots of shots.
11:04 Semin slashes Whitey’s stick out of his hand and gets called for it. Pookie: “Boudreau is wondering now how it’s fair that you can have only one hand on your stick, get the stick slashed to the ice, and the other team gets called for slashing.” Pause. “Also, he’s declared that if the Blue Jackets are targeting Ovechkin, then the Caps are going to target Whitey.” Sounds like a good plan, Gabby.
8:21 Zubrus turns the puck over behind Marty’s net. Schnookie says very slowly, “Zubrus. I’d forgotten about him.” Pookie: “I keep forgetting about, like, half of our lineup.” Boudreau complains that the Devils are obviously playing with invisible players, and that’s got to be against the rules.
5:43 The ZZ Dos-Treses get a sort of slow-developing four-on-three on which Zach decides to try a cross-rink pass to the trailer rather than shooting. A goal does not result. Schnookie, exasperated: “Zach! Whatever happened to Mr. Shootsalot?” Pookie, as Zach: “You said you don’t like how Ovechkin plays, so I decided to pass!” Boudreau: “It’s like they’re going out and making questionable decisions on odd-man-rushes. It’s not fair!”
5:20 We come back from a commercial to get a visit from Stan on the sidelines talking up what he’s going to discuss during intermission. He promises to examine the Coyotes ownership situation, and Boomer suddenly perks up, “Is that what you guys got me for Christmas?” Boudreau adds a chapter to his book for the next printing in which he will complain at length about how fans of poorly-attended East-Coast teams should not be allowed to buy poorly-located Western-Conference teams for their mothers for Christmas.
4:39 Marty draws a little happy cheering from the crowd when he makes a big, sassy glove save on Mike Green. Chico tells us, while we watch a replay, that Marty stopped “the guy they call ‘Lambourghini’.” Pause. “’LambourGreenI’.” Pookie: “’LambourGameOveri”. Boudreau quivers at the outrage of Chico and us making fun of a valiant Cap’s valiant nickname.
3:11 Zach flicks a little feed from behind the net to a player dashing into the crease, but the attacking player doesn’t convert. Pookie gasps in exasperation, “TRAVIS!” Then she realizes it’s Halischuk. “HALISCHUK!” she sighs, “Why can’t you be more like Travis?” Boudreau mentions to members of tonight’s attending media that the Devils are cloning players, and he thinks that’s not right.
2:06 Zzzzz. Egg fights Chris Clark. Her? And Her?
Pookie: “Clark just got beaten up by an egg.” Boudreau: “Cheater!”
1:25 Chico tells us something about how Jacques is such a great coach because he’s always cheering on his players and keeping things positive. Pookie: “Do you get the feeling he only cheers them on sarcastically?” Schnookie: “Yeah, he’s always giving them slow claps and they’re always like, ‘Oooh! He’s clapping for me! I love applause!’” Boudreau issues a statement in which he decries that the Devils are stacking the deck unfairly against the Caps by employing a coach this evening who has previously won a Jack Adams trophy.
0:00 We think that period was a lot more like what Chico thought he was seeing from the Devils in the first before they gave up the goal.
THIRD PERIOD
Our Chico Eats tonight features the Brick City Grill, and it features Gel-O eating with Chico. And after we watch in horror while Gel-O took an outrageously humongous bite of whatever, Pookie says in awe, “Gel-O just took a bite the size of his head. He unhinged his jaw like a snake.” Boudreau shrieks, “No fair! They have a snake man hosting their studio show!” Meanwhile, Gel-O is now shaped like a slowly-digesting 32-oz. steak.
18:44 We are having a hearty laugh at the thought of Caps fans watching their team be as flat as the Devils tonight and howling about how it’s all the Devils’ and their no-good trap. Pookie suggests that Boudreau is going to complain that the Devils aren’t playing a 1-2-2, but rather a 6-0 trap. “I mean, there’s no one behind Brodeur!” she protests, “He’s just lining up on the goal line!”
17:52 Despite a high-energy forechecking shift, the ZZ Whoevers are not able to score. In fact, Zach is never going to score again. Boudreau would be able to find something shady about that if he wasn’t so busy right now protesting “Chico Eats!” for clearly being a jab aimed at him for being fatter than Ken Hitchcock.
16:41 Semin has a week and a day to walk across the crease and shoot over a challenging Marty, but Marty bests him with a sliding, stacked-pad save. Boudreau indignantly informs everyone watching that it seems as though Marty is specifically trying to stop the Caps players from getting goals.
16:09 Whitey has apparently left the game, and Doc and Chico don’t know why. Pookie: “He’s tired of being hunted. He didn’t sign up to be the Most Dangerous Game.” As soon as we type that, Whitey returns to the ice. A messenger pigeon from Boudreau flies into the picture window in the living room of stately IPB Manor with a note attached to its leg that reads, “Isn’t that cheating that Colin White gets to come back to the game after leaving it?”
15:07 Knuble gets called for boarding Zubrus in the corner to Varlamov’s right. Pookie, as Boudreau: “Whatever that call was, it’s not fair.”
13:59 Doc mentions Cory Murphy in the course of his play-by-play. Pookie: “BOOOO!” Bruce Boudreau wonders if it’s within the rules for fans to boo players on their own teams, and decides that it’s of questionable legality and definite classlessness.
13:07 Chico tells us a story, apropos of Rolston’s slow start, about how he used to get all stressed out whenever he made mistakes early in his broadcasting career. And Doc used to tell him, way back when, to just forget about it after he said something wrong, “because it’s already on its way to Mars.” That is good life advice, we think. And Boudreau thinks it’s way unfair that the Devils broadcast team gets first dibs on a manned mission to Mars, because he’s the one with a new book out, and isn’t that who Martians would want to meet? Also, he was in Slap Shot.
9:24 Chico’s summary of the third period to date is that the Caps are sitting back waiting for the perfect, long-range offensive strike to present itself, and the Devils are working the puck down low and trying to generate chances through effort. Boudreau lets the media know that it doesn’t sound very fair when you put it that way.
8:59 Semin’s approach to trying to get that one perfect offensive strike involves taking a terrible hooking penalty deep in the Devils zone. Boudreau whines that the Devils getting more PPs than the Caps in this period is the result not of the Devils outplaying the Caps, but rather because the league hates Washington.
8:37 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Mere moments ago Schnookie wondered aloud, “Has Bergfors been playing in this entire game?” Cue an olde-tyme, classic, real-deal five-man-snoozeout that culminates in a Bergfors slapshot that blows right through Varlamov. It’s 2-1 Devils, and Boudreau is pretty sure he has a point about the league hating the Caps, since they didn’t get put in the Winter Classic and all.
6:55 Boomer refers to Boudreau as “Chatty” instead of “Gabby”, prompting Pookie to declare his book should be called Chatty Cathy: Confessions of a Shameless Self-Promoter. Boudreau complains that Pookie has just stolen and plagiarized the sequel to his book that is, by the way, available for purchase at bookstores now.
5:48 We come back from commercial to find out that the Devils bench is short one guy, but we don’t catch who it is. Boudreau is outraged that the Devils aren’t required to forfeit for being unable to field a full lineup for the remainder of this game.
5:36 Morrison, whom Doc and Chico have delightfully passive-aggressively spent much of tonight referring to as “an ex-River Rat”, takes a really atrocious hooking penalty deep in the Devils zone. Boudreau prepares his postgame rant to the media about how he’s noticed a trend in this game of the officials noticing when his team commits hooking infractions, calling them for it, and then forcing them to skate for two minutes without the offending hooking guy on the ice.
4:50 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The unfairness! It’s so awesome!!! Who is this dynamic power play, and what has it done with our Devils? After some nice puck movement around the perimeter, Travis rips a long-range wrist-shot that Zach is right on the doorstep, completely undefended, to tip just past Varlamov. 3-1 Devils. Boudreau is horrified that the Devils would be so classless as to shoot pucks toward the Capitals net and actually try to get them past the goaltender. (Replay later shows that Zach did not tip that shot, but the goal is credited to him at first. By the time the three stars are announced, the goal is changed to Bergfors, who apparently tipped it out higher. Boudreau finds that all very suspect.)
3:56 The parade of horrendously lazy, terrible, quitting-on-the-game penalties for the Caps in the offensive zone continues, and the Devils go back on the PP. Boudreau wonders when the even-up calls are going to come, because there’s a guarantee every night that both teams will get even chances, if not more for the Caps.
1:46 Semin gets a breakaway coming out of the penalty box, and Marty calmly stops him. We cackle with glee, tossing our marbles everywhere, while Boudreau grouses that the goal the Caps shoot at should be bigger than the one the other team shoots at, just because it’s so much funner when Caps players score than when anyone else does.
1:37 After a Caps timeout, the Caps score on their set play off the faceoff in the Devils zone. It’s 3-2 Devils, and Boudreau fumes to the off-ice officials that he should be allowed to have a second timeout, because he was pretty awesome during the one he just took.
0:00 Things get very hairy during the last 100 seconds of the game, but the Devils D bends without breaking, and the horn finally sounds on what turned out to be, less the first period, actually not a badly-played game at all. For the Devils. After the first period, the Caps were terrible. Boudreau calls a press conference to ask that the trap be outlawed, because that’s clearly the reason the Devils won tonight. Meanwhile, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun, fun, fun! is on the disabled list, so he’s out tonight, which is sad. Because now hockey isn’t fun anymore.
You’re so right, EJGRgunner. I was wondering why all is sadness today.
I think I like Bergfors and Clarkson together. Bergfors falls down whenever he shoots and Clarkson falls down whenever he passes backwards. If we still had Gionta we could’ve put together a regular feinting goats line.
Looks like Cellino and Barnes are gonna have to blow the dust off their checkbooks. Our little party boy gnome finally scored his first goal. Yeah for lucky November.
If we still had Gionta we could’ve put together a regular feinting goats line.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think we should pretend the spirit of Gionta is still there and call them the Fainting Goats anyway.
Lucky November, eh?
How is that not a penalty?!
Oh, and I love Marty Biron. Love. Him.
Kaleta gets legally/cleanly hip checked by an Islander, then skates off and slams a different Islander into Biron, so Marty skates over to Kaleta and completely mauls him. Biron’s all like, “I don’t need anyone to protect me! I will cut a bitch!!”
Ew. Roy-Z, if I’m going to have to see C&B (multiple times) every time you score, I’m going to have to ask you to go back to not scoring.
Waaaaaiiit a minute… that was your plan all along, wasn’t it?
Oh, and mcguffers, I can’t say it enough either: I love Marty Biron.
Who peed in Marty Biron’s cornflakes tonight? You’d think he’d be happy that he’s finally in the same town as Mrs. Marty and the little marties.
Waaaaaiiit a minute… that was your plan all along, wasn’t it?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That Roy-Z is a shifty, shifty guy.
Meanwhile, poop to the Caps scoring. I’m going to assume that wouldn’t have happened if Paulie Martin were around.
…it’s really inspiring how the Devils punch back after allowing a soft goal.
By which I mean it’s nice to see everyone on the team look at Marty and say “Oh. So you’re having one of those nights.”
Why does it seem like every single rookie scores their first goal against Marty? I would like to believe it’s just some altruistic gesture on Marty’s part so they have something to mount on a plaque for their wall, but somehow I doubt it. Huh.
“Oh. So you’re having one of those nights.”
Yeeeeeeeeah. It’s one of those nights that Marty goes into the dressing room and announces, “You only need to score 15 tonight, boys, because I’m only letting in 14!”
I’m going to assume that wouldn’t have happened if Paulie Martin were around.
If Paulie Martin were around, Tyler Sloan would have been on the receiving end a patented Paulie-Martin-Pokecheck-of-Doom. I miss Paulie. There’s less to squee about without him here.
Waaaaaiiit a minute… that was your plan all along, wasn’t it?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I hate that we’ve been outsmarted by that little pimp!
“You only need to score 15 tonight, boys, because I’m only letting in 14!”
Well, if he played for the Leafs it would be more like, “Guys, could you go for two tonight, just in case I let one in.”
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs he’d stop speaking English. I have no idea why, but I think that’s how he’d handle it.
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs, the universe would explode first.
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs, an army of Qubecois would invade Ontario.
Parise Zajac Clarkson might be my favorite line combination of the year.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think you guys are on track to inventing a new drinking game.
That’s what we were just saying! Go, ZZ Wraparound Dos Tres, go!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, the Stanley Cup would melt like Belloq’s face in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Ooh, I got another one:
I think if Marty ever played for Leafs, Lou would send Chuck Norris to Toronto on a rescue mission. Brian Burke would hire Vin Diesel to stop him. And the entire conflict would come down to a game of D&D to the death.
Nice one!
Meanwhile, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs, the Toronto fans would start Ole-ing.
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs, they would still find a way to suck.
Boomer thinks if Marty ever played for the Leafs he’d go the bench before the game started to announced he’d already played his last game in Toronto.
I think if Marty ever played for the Leafs, Jeff Vanderbeek would follow him to every Leafs game with a voodoo Marty doll and poke it at inopportune times.
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Bergfors would stay upright for a whole game.
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, the Devils would never be accused of trapping again.
Ooooh, good one, Patty! You just blew my mind!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, it would never be delivery. It would always be delicioso.
The Caps feed is wide-screen, yet standard def. That’s gotta be on purpose. *eyeroll*
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Johnny Bower would eat his brains.
It would always be delicioso.
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And ditto to all the rest.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’ve actually never seen his frozen pizza commercial.
I’m about to switch over to the Stars game. Lehtinen is back in and I am putting the over/under on his consecutive games streak at THREE. Interested?
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, they’d bring back Lexx.
Really, her?
I should have set the over/under on the first mention of the Nieuwendyk-Iginla trade at one second.
Harry Neale just mentioned that two guys who are not living up to their own scoring standards have scored tonight. Harry, 0 goals isn’t living up to anyone’s scoring standards. Let’s not give Roy-z credit for trying to set lofty personal goals.
Really, her?
:^:::::::::::::::::::: It’s never not funny, particularly when Egg’s fighting.
I found Marty’s commercial. And I’ve been wrong these years. It’s delissio. Not delicioso.
LINK TO MARTY’S COMMERICAL
Ack. I didn’t mean to put Marty in giant video format. Stupid tags didn’t work!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Rick Astley would give us up.
How did I not know about this commercial?! You would think it would be embedded in every blog post that ever contained a ‘Marty-is-a-fatty-fat-fatty’ joke somewhere in it. I’m disappointed by their lack of ingenuity.
Don’t worry, Amy! WordPress does that video format thingie; I’ll fix it!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Rick Astley would give us up.
Good one!
I’m loving the “Boudreau says” theme running throughout this diary.
Watching Dainius Zubrus wound that official has been the most entertaining thing I’ve ever seen him do as a Devil. I don’t like Zubrus very much.
I was just gonna say the same thing, Amy! It’s cracking me up.
Amy, Boudreau says you’re a cheater for wanting the Sabres to win and their opponent to lose.
I love Chico’s extraterrestrial wisdom: Don’t worry about mistakes, they’re out there floating off to Mars.
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, the moon would be in the seventh house.
Poor Boudreau. He’s so put-upon!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, every action would not have an equal and opposite reaction.
(When I would whine annoyingly as a kid, my mom would say sarcastically, “Awww. Poor put-upon Patty.”)
Pookie, :^::::::::::::::::::::::::!
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, bodies in motion would come to rest.
Don’t worry about mistakes, they’re out there floating off to Mars.
I love that. I bet that would come in handy at work.
Poor Boudreau. He’s so put-upon!
:^::::::::::::::::::: Putting-upon is no fair!
If Marty played for the Leafs, Clarence Thomas would ask questions about it.
If Marty played for the Leafs, Bergfors would score. On the power play.
….oh noes!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
If Marty played for the Leafs, the Leafs would win a game or two.
Niklas Bergfors is my new favourite Devil. If he keeps it up I might even apply for up to be upgraded to Niklas-Bergfors-Nation status so I can be his high priestess. In the absence of Paulie and Pando, we’re rather short on nations at the moment.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Boudreau says the Devils are cheating by having more skaters on the ice than the Caps.
Isn’t one of the seven signs of the coming of the apocalypse when the Devils score two power play goals in the same hockey game?
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, you couldn’t get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant. (Excepting Alice).
Marty’s reminding us that he doesn’t play in Toronto! :D
Saw that coming. Poop.
What the heck?! I was about to feel sorry for you, Pookie. :D
Oh, sorry, no, no, no need to feel sorry for me! My team won! Wheeeeeee!!!!
Ooh! Penalty shot for Morrow!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Go Devils! I can’t believe they managed to win a home game that we weren’t at with Patty!
Crap.
Ooh. “Crap” doesn’t sound good.
Oh, Morrow just didn’t score on the penalty shot. We never get to see him in shootouts and I was hoping he was a sleeper.
Okay, now crap. Stupid Flames scored.
Patty, this game is making me sooo nervous!
Congrats Devils!
Beg-fors gets 2 power play goals? He’s a rookie, isn’t he? Or do the Devils actually have rookies? :P
Poop. Flames scored. Blah.
We never get to see him in shootouts and I was hoping he was a sleeper.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::: Hey, you never know. Beneath even the goofy-yet-handsome exterior of David Clarkson beats the heart of a sleeper. It’s all about timing! :P
And thanks, Myra! I guess the Devils have rookies, but those guys all seem kinda old. Heh.
Stupid Flames!
Nealer! The Nailer! (Cuz he nailed it. Get it?)
Good one, Patty. :P
Nealer! The Nailer! (Cuz he nailed it. Get it?)
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s so funny! And perfect for my favorite future Devil! :P
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Neal STILL wouldn’t be traded to New Jersey. :P
Ready for Friday’s game, Myra?
B-Rad makes some tricky moves. He’s almost like Zubov with the little moves that make defenders just fall down.
If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Neal STILL wouldn’t be traded to New Jersey. :P
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If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Neal STILL wouldn’t be traded to New Jersey.
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If Marty ever played for the Leafs, Neal STILL wouldn’t be traded to New Jersey.
Ha! You tell ‘em, Patty!
Ready for Friday’s game, Myra?
I don’t know. I’ll tell you after this game is over. Between the day I had at work and this game, if I don’t have a heart attack, I’ll be ready. :P
This game is not turning out the way I want it to so far. It was good for a while, but seems to have drifted.
I hate it when that happens! (Except when it happens to the other team’s fans. Like tonight for the Caps fans. Heh.)
The officials just handed that game to Calgary. They gave Grossman a penalty for shooting it out of the rink and he wasn’t even in the defensive zone!
but seems to have drifted.
I think “jumped track” is more like it.
This is re-diculous.
So, no I don’t think I’m ready for Friday. I think Dave may explode. He just got up and left the room without saying anything.
Oh noes! Guys, I’m SO sorry your game sucks so bad!
That BLOWS! The Flames should never have won that game.
Poor Grossman.
I hate that penalty, just in general. It’s stupid. I’ve seen them call it when it deflects off a player’s stick and was totally not on purpose, even though it’s supposed to be intentional for it to be a penalty.
Tonight’s (eh hum, last night’s) game diary really disappoints me. I kept reading and looking for theme but just couldn’t find one. ;)
Oh and, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Yay for Boogerfors!
I kept reading and looking for theme but just couldn’t find one. ;)
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Good morning, everyone! I’m going to attempt the impossible today — I’m going to attempt to teach 4 hours worth of Excel in 2 hours. Sweet! Heh.
Pookie, I wish you the very best of luck.
theres 4 hours worth of Excel to teach? I must be missing something. although i do like playing with the voice.
and someone needs to step up and become the Mayor of Bergforsville. the kid is getting better every game.
Good morning, everyone! I think I should just turn right around and go home now, because everyone in my office is going bonkers. I have been tasked by my VP to “be a detective” today and find names of managers in an anonymous, Death Star-like third party automated validation process that is giving us a hard time with a project we’re working on. But… but… machines don’t have names or phone numbers! Sigh.
Tell your boss its obviously the work of Ashok Ambashanker, Saurabh Khurana, Sankalpa Goswami and Venkatesan Lakshmanan Gyanappa Chettiar, Esq.
I have been tasked by my VP to “be a detective” today
For some reason, this brought back memories of the Pommerdoodle detective agency, and I snorted tea up my nose. It was excellent.
Tell your boss its obviously the work of Ashok Ambashanker, Saurabh Khurana, Sankalpa Goswami and Venkatesan Lakshmanan Gyanappa Chettiar, Esq.
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Man, I really need the Pommerdoodle Detective Agency on my side today! Too bad Pommers is busy with his litter of pups and can’t help me out! :P
If a higher up in my office told me to “be a detective” today, I would have to tell them that I need to go back home and get my deerstalker hat and magnifying glass.
Whew! It worked! I covered all four hours in 2 hours! Woo-hoo! I’m an Excel monster!
As for Boogerfors Nation, I dunno… I worry that when Elias comes back, Boogerfors will regress. Just because that’s generally how these things work.
If a higher up in my office told me to “be a detective” today, I would have to tell them that I need to go back home and get my deerstalker hat and magnifying glass.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::: I considered it! Heh.
I’m going to attempt to teach 4 hours worth of Excel in 2 hours. Sweet! Heh.
Wait, there’s more to Excel than sorting and typing stuff in? I heard you can do math on it, too.
Pookie = Excel genius.
Too bad Pommers is busy with his litter of pups and can’t help me out!
He said that the grandparents are descending this weekend to help take care of the litter, so I’m sure he would have been able to help you out had your problem happened next week or so.
And the Sabres got to listen to a “Hugs Not Drugs” lecture after practice today. I wonder if that’s a league mandated thing that all teams are going to be subjected to?
Pookie = Excel genius.
She really is, but I’m proud to say I was the one who introduced her to pivot tables! :P
And the Sabres got to listen to a “Hugs Not Drugs” lecture after practice today.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Oooh, that sounds so fun!
Pivot tables? Holy crap. My brain just shorted out.
Pivot tables are the bombdiggity. I keep wanting to teach them in class, but they’re a little much for my students. The other thing I’m loving in the new Excel (it might be in 2003, I don’t know) is Goal Seek. I can’t think of any reason why I’d need it in my life, but it’s fun to play with!
Pivot tables rock my world. I say, as I’m creating my 23rd pivot table of the day out of one data dump… (I’m a detective and a pivot table-r! My life is so exciting! :P)
love the Pivot Tables. I’m a big fan of writing macros, wrote one last year to create XMLs with the indenting and all. But i had never heard of Goal Seek, sounds sexy, i can do a lot of damage with that one. i need to keep reading up on that one – thanks for enlightening me.
and i think Bergforsville will only become more popular when Elias returns.
thanks for enlightening me
No problem! I actually know nothing about macros; it’s on my docket to teach myself once I finally get 2007 installed on my computer here.
and i think Bergforsville will only become more popular when Elias returns.
I’m thinking maybe Ken already is the mayor of Bergforsville. :D
I’m thinking maybe Ken already is the mayor of Bergforsville
no. more like Associate Director of Immigration. or Town Idiot. depends on the day.
So, my hockey team just gets wackier and wackier. Bieksa is skating on the TOP LINE tonight cause Big Bear is out with the flu.
Whew! What a day today was. But now I’m home and watching tons of hockey! WOOoOOOOO!
I’m sorry, Canucks fans, that your team is so beat up right now. :(
Man, I wish I’d known y’all could teach me pivot tables when I was at Stately IPB Manor!
You’re just going to have to come back for another visit, this time with more Excel! We could trade pivot tables for “soft light”! :D
An Excel vacation at stately IPB Manor sounds like the funnest thing EVAH!
Well, I don’t know if I want to spend my WHOLE vacation learning Excel. :P
We could trade pivot tables for “soft light”! :D
Deal!
Yeah, if you were just going to spend your time learning pivot tables, it would be a VERY short vacation. Like, five minutes. That’s how long my pivot table lesson at work was. :P
Come Visit IPB Manor – now with more pivot tables.
Sold! I’m on the next plane! Hey, did I ask you if you have accents? I can’t remember.
And Canucks are looking pretty good tonight all things considered. I’ve warmed right up to Raycroft. And the white balance on this HD Feed is perfect!
Minnesota’s uniforms, however. Yeesh. Rather unflattering.
And the white balance on this HD Feed is perfect!
That’s definitely something to celebrate, since it seems to be so rare. I don’t understand why it’s so often crappy!
Hey, did I ask you if you have accents? I can’t remember.
We only have accents when we’re talking pivot tables. :P
If Rick Nash is going to insist on not scoring on breakaways, he’s going to lose his Too Orange C to Getzi.
Hey Pookie! I went to the Vancouver Public Library today! I thought you’d be proud. I picked up some feng shui books and 2 yoga DVDs.
True story.
Way to go, Carol! As I say to customers all the time, “The price is right on those books and DVDs, no?” :D I hope the people there were nice to you. You should have gone to the library in Seattle — it’s supposed to be awesome.
I’ve heard that about the Seattle library. We should go there when my librarian cousin comes for a visit in the spring. I think would dig it.
You just blew my mind, Carol, with the realization that Pookie is someone’s librarian cousin! :P
Wow, that just blew my mind!
I’m watching the Lightning game and their sideline guy is a douche! He keeps making snide remarks about what the color guy says. The poor guy had a long explanation, with the telestrator and slo-mo, about a play Vinny made. The douche on the bench was all, “Oh? You have to keep your head up when you’re trying to score goals? Fascinating.”
Then he said something else that made we want to punch him but I forgot what it was.
When he pointed out lamely that Montreal is a special place, especially for the French-Canadians on the team, nobody made fun of him.
(I hope he’s not an IPB-er’s uncle or something. :P )
When he pointed out lamely that Montreal is a special place, especially for the French-Canadians on the team, nobody made fun of him.
Well, they should have made fun of him. That’s stupid.
Hey, Uncle Douche tries really hard at his job! ::sobs:: You’re such a jerk, Patty!
(Maybe he’s trying out the Pierre McGuire business model?)
EEEEEE!! Have you seen my cuzzie, Patty?
I have, alix! He looks great! They call out his name as if he’s a regular NHL-er whose own cousin I’ve never met. Little do they know! :D
alix, your cuzzie’s played the Devils twice! I feel like we’ve seen him all the time!
Hey, Uncle Douche tries really hard at his job! ::sobs:: You’re such a jerk, Patty!
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alix, your cuzzie keeps hitting the Devils dirty when we play the LightningBOLTS!. Tell him to dial it down a notch next time, okay? Or he’s going to end up on The List with that thug Goose! :P
He’s easy to notice since he’s wearing such a great number. :D
They call out his name as if he’s a regular NHL-er whose own cousin I’ve never met. Little do they know! :D
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I’m sorry Pookie! I was talking about a different douche! One you don’t know!
I made chages to my fantasy line up and I’m still last. Ah boo!
They call out his name as if he’s a regular NHL-er whose own cousin I’ve never met. Little do they know!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I honestly keep expecting them to say something about how we know alix whenever I watch the LightningBOLTS!. Although Doc and Chico did end up talking at moderate length about him and his family during our last game with them. Without ever mentioning alix or that we know her. Hmph.
I made chages to my fantasy line up and I’m still last. Ah boo!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hey now, baby steps! Rome wasn’t built in a day. :P
I’m sorry Pookie! I was talking about a different douche! One you don’t know!
That guy’s our other uncle!
That guy’s our other uncle!
Yeah, we have two, you know!
Hey, I can’t help it if all your uncles are douches that work for the BOLTS broadcast. :P
Carol, you have to let your roster changes simmer. Sometimes for the whole season.
I finally dropped Mike Smith. I think I was jinxing him. I’d rather he do well for his team than for mine, if I can’t have both. *sniffle*
Carol, you have to let your roster changes simmer. Sometimes for the whole season.
I think it’s too late for that, Patty. My team is in LAST place. I think they’re burned and stuck to the bottom of the pot.
Mike said my team is just pretending to be the Maple Leafs.
Poop. Oh well, off to the Hawks game!
I think they’re burned and stuck to the bottom of the pot.
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And if your team is pretending to be the Leafs, does that make you Brian Burke?
OUCH! I’m very badly burned! OUCHHHH!
The Coyotes have a kid in the broadcast booth. He pointed out that Aucoin was a former captain of the ‘Hawks. Right out of the blue.
It must be a big thrill for the kid.
Wow, the kid knows all the Hawks, too.
OUCH! I’m very badly burned! OUCHHHH!
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Okay, kid, that’s enough.
Okay, kid, that’s enough.
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OUCH! I’m very badly burned! OUCHHHH!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, if it’s any help, being Brian Burke just means that the AmazingLeague media laps up every word you say. :P
Okay, kid, that’s enough.
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being Brian Burke just means that the AmazingLeague media laps up every word you say. :P
And that also means that I’d have to hang out with that little turd, Nonis all the time.
Mike called him a babyfaced little troll hobbit, “because that’s what he looks like, and I’m not even saying that to be mean. He actually looks like that.”
Mike, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
“because that’s what he looks like, and I’m not even saying that to be mean. He actually looks like that.”
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Good morning, everyone! Finally! It’s the end of the week! WOOOOOOOOOO! It sure took its sweet time getting here…
Okay, kid, that’s enough.
haha, that reminded me of one of my favaorite quotes from Princess Bride from the Grandfather “Yes, you’re very smart. Shut up.”
and some guy whose name we’re not going to bother learning calmly shoots the puck right past a bewildered Marty.
So, as usual, I’m late to the party.. but I had to comment on this because I know that guy! Or at least I used to know him when he played his minor league hockey in Dayton. ;)
*And he’s only sort of a rookie, he played 24 games last year and scored a goal then- he’s really a defenceman. Although, to be technical, he did score his first goal against Marty, just not Marty Brodeur- it was Marty Turco last year..
But I’m quite happy the Devils won, because I like them better than the Caps anyway!
“Yes, you’re very smart. Shut up.”
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But I’m quite happy the Devils won, because I like them better than the Caps anyway!
Heh. Good answer. (I’m glad that you know that guy — and his name — because it makes me feel a little bit better about not bothering to pay any attention to him. :P)
Good morning Everyone!
Good morning, Pam! (Although it feels like afternoon for me. I walked to work today and got here at 7:30! I can’t wait to go home at, like, 2. Heh.)
That’s pretty hardcore Schnookie. I was trying to get out of bed at 7:30 this morning. It didn’t happen.
Well, for all my troubles I got to see a kingfisher flitting about the bridge on my walk this morning, so that was nice. And again, I’m going to be home and napping in just a few hours! I’ve got to rest up for tonight’s installment of the ongoing paint-playing-chess battle between the Devils and Islanders. Zzzzzz…
Good morning IPBers. I’ve been at work for less than 2 hours and it feels like an eternity.
I have a feeling today is going to take forever. Especially since we are going to the Stars game tonight. With Patty (in Dallas) of course.
I’ve got to rest up for tonight’s installment of the ongoing paint-playing-chess battle between the Devils and Islanders. Zzzzzz…
I think the league might have jinxed the Devils by saying that Marty can tie Sawchuck tonight, as the Isles are one of his favorite shutout victims.
Man, I have a feeling this shut out chase thing is going to be happening for a long time.
In other news: The locker room tour yesterday was fantastic! I seriously don’t think everyone can fit in the whirlpool things that I saw!
Oooh, Myra, that’s right! You guys are headed to a game tonight! I hope you have a ton of fun! (But yeah, there’s no way today doesn’t drag. Heh.)
Pam, do tell all the juicy details of the dressing room tour!
Well, first they made us watch practice! They’re like: This will be about 45 minutes and the tour will be about 15. I was bummed and expecting to be disappointed, but it was actually really fun.
They practiced on the game rink. It was funny watching Andrew Peters and PL3 look like they were going to pass out after some skating drills.
Patrick looked like he was going to die. He even spent the last 10 minutes of practice pouting on the bench. No way is he ready yet…
Man, I have a feeling this shut out chase thing is going to be happening for a long time.
I know Chico has said many times that Brodeur doesnt mind them talking about shut-outs during the game, but goddamn if it doesnt seem like he always lets one in as soon as they do.
When practice was over, they whisked us away in groups of about 15 people. We walked through some swanky high roller season ticket lounge and then the bowels of the arena. They took us to the game-day locker room, which is a different entity than the practice locker room (where the players were).
The first thing we saw was a room of small lockers where they put their regular clothes. It was right across from the bathroom, where we could see some of the showers (No dividers from what we saw!). There was a large amount of products lined along the sinks. Including hairbrushes. Who the hell on the team needs to brush his hair? Paulie maybe?
Side note: Didn’t it say on Fire&Ice that Danis will start tonight?
So then we walked into the actual game day locker room. I guess everyone except the goalies has two sets of equipment for games and practice, because all the lockers will stocked with equipment.
Including their jocks.
Oooh, you got to watch practice too? That’s awesome!
Yea, I actually enjoyed practice for some reason!
Val and I were giddy in the locker room as we took pictures of all the lockers.
Our guide then led us into the weight room. We refuse to believe that they ever lift weights.
He then took us into the lounge. It was this big room with couches and a TV, complete with an entire fridge stocked with water and gatorade.
Okay, so after that was what I thought was the best part: they took us to the Devils bench! We actually got to sit on it and take pictures. Most people in our group took lame pictures, but Val and I of course had to horse around.
We posed with a water bottle labeled #26. Val posed as a coach standing behind the bench with her foot up on the bench. She then posed as the tool that opens the door in the boards for everyone else. I pretended to be screaming and pointing at something on the ice, and of course then pretended to be jumping over the boards. It was good fun!
That sounds like a total blast, Pam!
After the bench, we walked out and saw where MSG+ does the player interviews at the intermissions. We also saw where they film some of the pregame stuff.
Finally, we were promptly guided out of the bowels and back into the Verizon tower.
Schnookie, it was! Much better than going into work yesterday. What a great day off!
That’s so cool, Pam! I’m so glad you guys had a great time!
Before it started, when he said it would be only 15 minutes (It was more like half an hour), I was thinking to myself: “I knew we should have picked the $500 food card!”
Before it started, when he said it would be only 15 minutes (It was more like half an hour), I was thinking to myself: “I knew we should have picked the $500 food card!”
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It sounds like you did way better than $500 worth of food in the end, though! :D
LOL. I still want the food card, but like suckers we opted for the unique experience over something with monetary value!
Pam, that tour sounds awesome. And I probably would have been geeking out on the bench too. You’ve got to have fun with an opportunity like that.
Did y’all see the feature on the Vancouver locker room? Holy mother of pearl, if it most likely didn’t smell like sweat and stank, I’d move into the lounge area. That thing was sweet!
Pam, i hope you got a group pic of a too many men on the ice penalty.
KenF, if only everyone else in our group had as much personality as we did! Some people just looked at the bench and didn’t even sit on it.
Yea, we geeked out. We were in the back of the tour group for most of it giggling about how immature we are!
no way! why take the tour if you’re mature?
how many opportunities does one get for photo opps like that? hope your pics came out.
They were pretty funny. I only wish I had more time for the hilarious photo shoot!
ya should have brought me along to be your dedicated photographer. the pics may have not been the best, but you’d have lots of them.
i hope you got a group pic of a too many men on the ice penalty.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That would have been the funniest thing ever. (It’s funny because it’s true. Sigh.)
why take the tour if you’re mature?
That’s an excellent question. Who were those stiffs taking the tour with you, Pam? Those people are losers!
(Unrelated to anything, I have to share my excitement about my farm membership today. After a lousy summer, it seems fall’s weather conditions have been great for autumn veggies — I just picked up a MONSTER haul that included TWENTY (20) POUNDS of sweet potatoes. WOO HOO!) (And that’s my story.)
Yea they were some real squares.
Sweet Potatoes for everyone! I suggest this:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/whipped-sweet-potatoes-and-bananas-with-honey-recipe2/index.html
I’m not even following that link, Pam, because I see a major red flag with the word “bananas” in it. :PPPP
(Boomer’s dazed comment to me as we drove away from the farm was, “I hope those sweet potatoes are good.” Heh.)
Oooh, I didn’t know there was an aversion to bananas at Stately Manor! My bad!
*Steely glare* Don’t make that mistake again. :P
(Boomer actually loves bananas, so I’m going to pretend I’ve never heard of a dish that combines them with sweet potatoes. I don’t want her getting any crazy ideas.)
Sweet potatoes and bananas sound like too much sweet stuff together in one dish. Then again, one of the cheftestants on Top Chef made a polenta with banana in it that was pretty well received, so what do I know?
I had a slice of cake at a farewell party for a coworker yesterday that had banana slices in the custard filling. And it was REPULSIVE.
Heh.
Just kidding. The cake was good, and I’m sure if you like banana, the custard part was too. But still. REPULSIVE! :P
Putting banana in workplace cakes should be against OSHA regulations.
The least they could do was let everyone know what was in the cake first.
I agree, Pookie. It’s an unsafe working condition, having cakes with bananas in them.
As for advance warning, yeah, that would have been nice. At least the banana chunks were big enough that there was no way you could accidentally eat one. Unlike the time I was in a catered meeting and the fancy dessert cake was chocolate-banana. There was no way to tell until I’d taken a huge bite, right in front of all my peers, and suddenly the whole world tasted like banana and I couldn’t spit it out and I just wanted to die.
The cake buyer probably thought the same thing I did: Oh, everyone likes banana!
Update: Not true!
Update: Not true!
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*puts banana cake with coconut frosting she brought for IPB back in the box and slinks away*
coconut *blech*
*puts banana cake with coconut frosting she brought for IPB back in the box and slinks away*
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*puts banana cake with coconut frosting she brought for IPB back in the box and slinks away*
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Good choice, Patty! (I’ve made a verbal commitment to learn to like coconut, but have not made any headway yet on my “learning to like it” project plan.)
I guess I can cross “banana cream pie” off my list of dishes to bring if there ever was an IPB potluck.
Banana pudding and coconut cream pie were my dad’s two favorite desserts. But then, my dad would eat anything. :P
And it is only 2:15. Bleh.
My mature response to Pam’s locker room tour was, “Wow, Pam has been where there have been lots and lots of naked hockey players. Cool!”
“Wow, Pam has been where there have been lots and lots of naked hockey players. Cool!”
The same type of thought crossed my mind. :D Especially during the description of the showers.
I guess I can cross “banana cream pie” off my list of dishes to bring if there ever was an IPB potluck.
I guess if we ever get stranded on a desert island, the Maryann of our group would have to come up with something new. :D
I didn’t see it here, so thought I’d mention it, Patrik Elias is returning to the line-up and Nieds the lesser is out with the dreaded “upper-body injury” (I still think that means he’s decapitated) so Patty plays center.
Oh, and Andrew Peters is back in the line-up. Honestly, can’t we just dress a traffic cone?
“Wow, Pam has been where there have been lots and lots of naked hockey players. Cool!”
Believe me, we thought about that!
Hope the equipment staff didn’t put too much work into a Jay Leach jersey, ’cause the Habs just claimed him off re-entry waivers.
Oh, and Andrew Peters is back in the line-up. Honestly, can’t we just dress a traffic cone?
You guys don’t have a lot of respect for traffic cones down there, do you?
My Dad’s favorite dessert was banana pudding also. Bananas were hard to find in rural Texas during the Depression. That it isn’t ice cream would imply that refrigeration wasn’t common either. The Kid, however, doesn’t like bananas, but that is another story.
Myra,
I think you have some splaning to do on the way to the game about the rest of the post however.