Go Finnhockers, go!

spoimala · Post by **spoimala** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:09 pm

Soon will start the final game of ice hockey world cup. Finland vs. Canada.
Nisse, where are the swedes

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:32 pm

1.5 hours to go and I still can't decide who I'm cheering for...

Johann
Canuck and Finn
and schizoid!!!

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:54 pm

Cheer for Mario, it'll probably be the last time you'll see him play....

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:22 pm

Canada will prevail!

R

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:18 am

And so they did. Boring game though...

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:31 am

I can never see the puck when I watch ice hockey on telly ...

It's the only game I can think of where 'gloves off' is a normal part of the proceedings

Is it true that teams employ 'goons'? i.e. people with no skill other than being able to knock some other bloke's block off?

Royston

Post by **hubird** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:05 am

I didn't even know they use something like a 'puck', what is it BTW.?
Aren't they after each other then??

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:34 am

It's a small, black disc (probably some tough rubbery material) that the guys hit with their hockey sticks (when not beating on each other).

The puck then travels at something like a million miles per hour, making it rather hard to spot on the telly!

I'm now remembering a film with Jean Claude Van Damme on an ice rink either firing one of these pucks at a 'bad guy' or perhaps doging one blasted at him...?

Royston

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:10 pm

Royston, don't take this the wrong way, but... you sound like an American!!!

Fox introduced a blue halo around the puck in the late 90s. We Canucks flipped out at the Americanization of "our" sport.

It would be kind of like having an American station broadcasting "soccer" matches in the UK. I bet you all would have a fit!

Anyway it is true that teams hire goons for the sole purpose of beating each other up and, occasionally, also for protecting star players.

These days there are no star players left, so the goons just have at each other. Sometimes they also smash people from behind and then plead "not guilty" in court to assault charges. And everyone in your hometown debates whether the good that player has done for the franchise outweighs his brutal assault.

Yeah it was a boring hockey game yesterday, players were too timid with the puck, but at least the passing was amazing.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:30 am

blazesboylan wrote:
Royston, don't take this the wrong way, but... you sound like an American!!!

The hell I do, y'all!

Lord luvva duck, wallop fancy a pinta good cheer d'harn the rub-a-dub-dub just along the frog 'n' toad then crawl back to the gates of rome, up the apples and pears to uncle ned?

Royston

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:02 am

Sheeeee-oot, what y'all doooon up dere on da ruff, uncle Ned? Ma says tha grits is ready for suppin' an' we cain have some saaaaasprilla!

Nisse · Post by **Nisse** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:11 am

Hah, Spoimala you crazy finn. I´m one of those swedes who dont care the slightest about hockey. Its a sport for rednecks and finns

Football is where its at. And speaking about football, where are the finns? Havent seen them in any World or Euro cup yet

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:24 am

blazesboylan wrote:
Sheeeee-oot, what y'all doooon up dere on da ruff, uncle Ned? Ma says tha grits is ready for suppin' an' we cain have some saaaaasprilla!

'grits' - I like that (is it beer?)

good cheer - beer
rub-a-dub-dub - pub
frog 'n' toad - road
gates of rome - home
apples and pears - stairs
uncle ned - bed

Royston 'cockney geezer' Day

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:59 am

grits is like mush. it's popular in the southern usa among the rougher class, and is ridiculed elsewhere...(like in canada

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:45 pm

On 2004-09-16 12:59, garyb wrote:
grits is like mush. it's popular in the southern usa among the rougher class, and is ridiculed elsewhere...(like in canada )

And everywhere else in the States, judging from the MANY stand-up comedians who joke about it

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:44 pm

American stand-up comedians are all from Canada!

siberiansun · Post by **siberiansun** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:49 pm

canadian hockey superstars are all from sweden.

Post by **hubird** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:18 pm

mush??
where you eat mush is it the mushroom?

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:12 pm

no, mush is when you have crushed boiled grain like cream of wheat.

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:14 pm

On 2004-09-16 17:44, blazesboylan wrote:
American stand-up comedians are all from Canada!

so true!