The sport of hockey is as live and vibrant as it was in 1890 when the first stanley cup was being played for! Its like dipping a fresh oreo cookie into a cold frosty glass of milk. If you never saw a friend do it, how in the world would you learn to appreciate it? Thats is why Colin the good revrend of hockey, has come to the united states and spreading the word of hockey.
People are finally starting to see the light. Hockey is by far the superior sport! The ducks are now in the stanley cup finals. When they start game #1 this week, you, I and anyone else will be watching it. When that trophy is awarded, the winnning team will have won 12 games, in the playoffs, not 4 in the example of Football. The team will have played over 800 minutes of ice time, not 200 as in baseball. A combined team effort depending on not just one person, unlike golf. Hockey players will play with injuries from a freshly stitched cuts to a broken foot. All in the name of what lies at the end.
We are talking about a trophy that has names of every winning player for the past 100 years etched into the silver plates that form the greatest trophy of all time, the holy grail of sports, the only thing that matters, Lord Stanleys Cup.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Monday, May 5, 2003
Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked about 10 paces behind their husbands. She returned to Kabul recently and observed that the men now walked several paces behind their wives.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and said, "This is marvelous. Can you tell the free world just what enabled women to achieve this reversal of roles?"
"Land mines," said the woman
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and said, "This is marvelous. Can you tell the free world just what enabled women to achieve this reversal of roles?"
"Land mines," said the woman
* Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
* Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. It is suggested to keep your toothbrush in the living room now.
* The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
* No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
* Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
* You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
* Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
* The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
* The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
* A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
* The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.
* American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
* Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
* Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
* The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
* Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
* The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
* Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
* Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
* Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
* All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
* Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
* Pearls melt in vinegar.
* Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
* The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
* It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
* A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
* The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
* Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."
The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
And, the best for last.....
* Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Now, you know everything there is to know.
* Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. It is suggested to keep your toothbrush in the living room now.
* The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
* No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
* Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
* You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
* Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
* The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
* The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
* A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
* The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.
* American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
* Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
* Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
* The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
* Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
* The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
* Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
* Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
* Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
* All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
* Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
* Pearls melt in vinegar.
* Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
* The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
* It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
* A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
* The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
* Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."
The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
And, the best for last.....
* Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Now, you know everything there is to know.
Friday, May 2, 2003
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