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We should give Michigan back to Canada!


No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max
You weren't born there so you don't qualify...

WHAT? You mean there are no naturalized cannucks???

(whew)

Max

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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning
process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max

When they set up the luge run at Hoffmaster I was really tempted...


THEY HAVE A LUGE RUN THERE???????

Oh, jeeze . . . I shouldn't have been told that.

Max

hehehe...yeah, they do..and it's Olympic caliber....your life insurance
carrier will cancel you, however...


What do I need life insurance for at my age? My wife and the dogs will do
just fine if I fly off the run at 80mph and do an Englemann Stop.

Max


Maybe they would miss you?

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Curling is a Canadian sport.


Curb your tongue, woman. Lake Superior State University, at The Soo, has
two varsity sports: men's hockey and curling.


Max

Yeah...and what did I say about native Michiganders? They're just
canadians waving an American flag....


I'd have to agree with that, if applied to yoopers. But the lower P. folks
are more like Hoosiers and Ill-annoyans.

Max


Only if they're from east of the Lansing/Saginaw line and below
Benton Harbor...and then you have to eliminate the Dutch
element...the rest are ok...

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We should give Michigan back to Canada!


No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max

You weren't born there so you don't qualify...


WHAT? You mean there are no naturalized cannucks???

(whew)

Max


Once an Illiner, always an Illiner...

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No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max


Just a little clarification: Michiganders are like *unemployed* cannucks.
If you are going to Michigan anytime soon, take some jobs with ya!

--
Albert Frankenstein

Annoy a liberal: Work. Succeed. Be happy.



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We should give Michigan back to Canada!

No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max

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See the interview with the American gold medal winners?

"Like wow man! It was awesome! Totally tubular! Dude!"

Really? I wasn't aware any of them were that coherent. The Flying Tomato
was attempting to be too kewl and avoid looking touched by winning a gold,
but he broke down on the stand during the US National Anthem. The *fringe
dude* routine is just that: an act. And it's really insipid to watch.

Goes to show how few manly men are left.

Some of the women must be manly, too, 'cause that downhill is a
sonuvabitch. And it's icy as hell.

Every NRA member knows what the biathalon is!

Amen. Love to watch it. I love those .22s with the straight action
bolts. Not sure how they can be so accurate when their chests are heaving
from skiing hard for several miles before stopping to shoot. Some manly
women there, too.

And the problem is...?

Okay, okay--that's why we all go X-C skiing: to be in the wilderness.
But this is THE Olympics, where people watch. So where are they?


Proves there are more manly women than manly men. Who wouldn't want to
see women fight?

Proves, actually, that no one cares to see reorganized NHL teams, any more
than they care to see the organized NHL teams. NHL sucks. College hockey
rules !

Manly, yes, but they're all waiting for disaster!

Doesn't happen much anymore. I miss that "ecstacy of victory, agony of
defeat" clip.

On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro
sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold my
interest any longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard, freestyle
skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other pro-based events. Many of us
remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US
amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro Russians and went on to win the
gold. That event will never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team sports should be
eliminated.

Amen!

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Ever consider that aerial stuff is really not for someone of any age. It all
just shows up later in life.

Look at all the young age mogul fiends getting new hips later in life.

Amen!

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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning
process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max
Just don't clip anyone in the head coming off the half pipe...

You're hardly likely to see me anywhere near a half pipe. I'm doing okay
on sweeping, carving turns and I can usually stay up in bumps, but that
aerial stuff is not for someone my age, thenn kyew.

Max

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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

SV

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

SV
Absolutely correct!

It's no longer a sport when judges decide the outcome, it's a beauty
pageant.


Amen!

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If we send you to Canada do we get Mooron in return?


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We should give Michigan back to Canada!


No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max

You weren't born there so you don't qualify...


WHAT? You mean there are no naturalized cannucks???

(whew)

Max
Once an Illiner, always an Illiner...