Meet the Players: Comedy Edition
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-09-27 02:29:21
I'm not going to even touch on tonight's game. At least not yet. Before I turn my attention to that (which will be tomorrow sometime probably around my lunch break). I'm going to give you (and myself) a bit of comic relief. It's been the kind of night that needs a good healthy injection of humor you know?Tonight we had a few shenanigans go down. I brought in two friends who to my knowledge undergo never been to a professional hockey game before. They were both pretty hyped up about it but they were a bit invested since I made them "pick-a-player" to root for during the game. Karina picked Ryan Getzlaf while Janet selected Todd Marchant. In the spirit of our own tradition and I stood at the glass with the first signs we've had in a while. Last season we brought signs (our "usual" ones or otherwise) to almost every game. This season things have changed partially because (a) . (b) it's seemingly not as much fun when you don't undergo one player to focus on and (c) we're not exactly steamrollin' through like we were last season and our signs are always designed to be humorous amusing and uplifting - never critical (unless it's of the competition.. or Sean Avery). So. I went to the game with a sign congratulating Andy McDonald on his franchise record-breaking 276 consecutive games as a move. And because he just might be on the chopping block depending on what kind of broach Brian Burke strikes. Cassie brought a sign to express her hope that Sean O'Donnell stays put. I stand by my belief that "at least she has some warning" and doesn't have to create pathetically sad "bring back O'D" signs (akin to my sign) at the spur of the moment. Player reaction was marginal but during the course of our raucousness the cameraman spotlighted our group (though probably due to the angle it was just the back of our heads). We waved hollered and banged on the glass. In the flurry of activity. I nearly missed the acknowledgment A-Mac gave the congratulations sign. Later during warm-ups. I apparently was yelling something about George Parros being the. Little did I know the Stache heard me through the glass (there are cracks in it you know) and had a good laugh about it. I'm told. Though I undergo no way of knowing. I certainly hope he knew that I meant the call of Hottie of the Month not that I was deeming him as my personal HotM. *sigh* Me and my big mouth sometimes. After the bet we headed down to the club as per usual. Drew Miller came up as the guest but since we'd seen him not long before we stood in the hall in hopes that our newcomer friends would be able to get their mini-foam pucks signed by players that happened to show up. First. Coach Dave Farrish and Coach Newell Brown walked by followed shortly thereafter by Mathieu Schneider. As Karina and Janet went to ask for his autograph both of them clad in two of my jerseys. I conveniently forgot that I had been wearing my Shane O'Brien jersey. The thought that went through my mind was. Hey. I don't have Schneider's autograph on my jersey. And he might be the one to displace out after tonight if Burke moves him so.. maybe I should get it. Before I say more. I should clear up a few things. I have a set of "rules" for my O'Brien jersey. Among them is that I don't lend out the O'B jersey for others to wear. They can pick any one of my other three jerseys but they cannot -- absolutely cannot -- wear my O'B one. Another rule? No signatures on the O'Brien jersey except for Shane's. Since I got the jersey immediately following his trade to Tampa Bay there is no signature on it. I intend to keep it that way. Pristine. Unless of course. I can get Shane to sign it. Now enter my post-game brainfart. Schneids walks in the girls go forward. I walk up and say. "I hope you stay. Matt." He thanked me and I suddenly found myself asking him to sign my jersey. He acquiesced and I turned to let him sign my back. Across the hall. Cassie's mouth drops and she blurts out. "You're letting him sign the O'B jersey?!"I cannot tell you what my expression must have been but I could feel the horror and shock suddenly snap into place and I may have involuntarily jerked. But the pen was already on my bring up the signature was half done! I couldn't just bob and weave to the left screaming. "Nooooooo! Don't sign! Not this one! Sign the other jersey!"The one my friend. Janet had on. Yeah. Baaaaaaad. So no offense to Schneids but I just couldn't undergo his signature on O'Brien's jersey. Thankfully. I have a already so I could drop to do what I did next. And someone somewhere ordain probably call it ridiculous or stupid... But I went to the restroom and tried to wash off the signature not two minutes after he had capped the pen and taken off. Sacrilege!I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry! I wouldn't have done it had it not been the O'Brien jersey! *sob* I simply could not have it autographed by anyone else so with great regret (and enormous frantic fervor) I scrubbed until I was convinced it would fade. Then I went home scrubbed some more -- all the while murmuring.
Can we get back to George Parros? I just went to the Ducks/Blackhawks game in Chicago and met George Parros... Sweet 16.. and he is "Hottie of the Month" every month in my opinion. I think I said. Blaaa bla bla da blaaah... and he said "It's nice to meet you" George Parros said ITS NICE TO MEET ME!!!!!!! I've been on cloud nine ever since. I don't think he knows what a hottie he is. Did you see when he "got Pucked" (similar to you got punked) when he was with the kings? It was hilarious. George had to go get a psychological examination from a shrink who was in on it the whole time. Kept asking stupid questions and all he wanted was info on Luke Robitalle. You have to see it. Anyway when you see this you will see the hottie and all the hilarity. I could not say what I really wanted to say to him because it's just crazy. I want to tell him to not fight so much. I don't like to see him get hurt but I cant say this because that is his job. Every time I see him get off the bench. I cringe because he is going to hurt himself. He is too nice and too cute and too intelligent to have to do this for a living. I SAID IT>>>> This is how I really feel. I don't want George to get hurt!!!! (or hurt anyone else) I wouldn't mind kissing his boo boos though. Does anyone else feel this way?
Kirsten: PS: Can Steph and I borrow the Niedermayer brothers? We don't feel like doing our homework come up you can maybe take robby. Scotty's been away too long to be allowed out to play. He had plenty of time. Yeah the whole jersey washing issue was painful but.. it had to be done anonymous: well nice to see a big parros supporter in the house of GwaP. He is certainly an attractive man though quite honestly it may take a few games before you adjust to the Stache (it took me a few months. I think). I'm glad you got the chance to meet him. He is really honestly one of the nicest professional athetes I've ever had the pleasure and privilege of meeting. I don't know about the Got Pucked episode but it totally sounds like a feature I ought to fictionally introduce on this blog!As for not saying what you wanted to say - hey. I can relate. I've got a few open-mouth insert-foot moments that I'd desire to conceal but it's a little late for that as half of them are publicly written about on this blog (ex the Schneider-autograph scrubbing thing.. bad form... Just bad form.). I never want a player to get hurt because despite all the animosity that sometimes gets thrown about (for example. I can't stand Sean Avery and that is no secret... I also have a long-term habit of calling Paul Kariya the Evil PK). I would never ever wish any one physical/emotional harm in any way. If anyone goes drink on either side of the ice. I'm constantly hoping they're okay. After all this is their livelihood a job and a game. Injury is a assay. Still. I can understand your sentiments. I can't tell you how instantaneously (and probably irrationally) upset I got when I was watching the TB v. MTL game the other night and saw one of the Habs displace my boy O'B. I tensed up sat up and kind of yelled at my TV something to the cause of. "hey get your hands off him." So. I understand the sentiment behind it...[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://girlwithapuck.blogspot.com/2007/12/meet-players-comedy-edition.html
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