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Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to theMy son and I are home today. "Stay home days", Graham calls them. Graham has pink eye and strep. WKW (Well-Kempt Wife) needs to be at work so WTH (Well-Trained Husband) is at home with sick child.
So, I don't have a lot of time to develop a story for today. Just enough time to pull some things together before I am to turn on the Cartoon Network and sit down with Graham to watch Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes......hey! That's not such a bad day!
Arizona Gets New Logo
The Arizona Cardinals are now sporting a new, more fierce logo.
Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!
After decades of sporting a mildly perturbed cardinal on their helmet, the Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals finally have cracked open the wallet of owner Bill Bidwill for a relatively minor makeover.
Owner Bill Bidwill called the new logo "[a] tough bird," which "[h]opefully . . . will be worn by tougher and faster and meaner players."
And I'm still having trouble with the notion that anyone should be afraid of a little red bird.
"As they say, it's not the size of the bird in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the bird," coach Dennis Green said. "The cardinal is a small bird, but it can be a very aggressive bird. That's the idea."
Typical Denny, sounding like a guy who's trying too hard to come up with something good to say.
Added quarterback and apparent world traveler Josh McCown: "The only birds I know about are the duck and the dove and the quail, birds that you shoot,. You're not really supposed to shoot cardinals. I don't know if I'd shoot this bird. It looks pretty mean.
"This bird might pull a gun out and shoot right back at you."
There's a healthy image for the National Football League at a time when Jamal Lewis is getting ready to become someones girlfriend in Cell Block H.
From the Sidelines
Everyone that knows me understands my love of Guinness.
A Guide For The Un-Initated To Buying Guinness In An Irish Pub
1 Choose your pub carefully. A pint of Guinness does not appreciate loud music, loud people or bright flashing lights.
2 Ask politely for a pint of Guinness. Depending on the pub, it is possible to catch the barmans eye and mouth the word "pint", he will translate this accurately.
3 The barman will fill the glass between 70% and 80% capacity. It will then be put to the side for a few moments to allow it "to settle". Once the brownish liquid has almost turned to a solid black the barman will then fill the rest of the glass. NB: do not under any circumstances take the glass before it is filled. Some virgins seem to think that the settling stage is the final stage and walk away with an unfinished pint. At this point we Irish DO understand the predicament, but I assure you it causes endless mirth as well.
4 Once you have received your pint, find a comfortable stool or seat, gaze with awe into the deep blackness, raise the pint to your mouth and take a large mouthful. Be firm.
5 A good pint can distinguished by a number of methods. A smooth, slightly off- white head is one, another is the residue left on the inside of the glass. These, surpise surprise, are known as rings. As long as they are there you know your're okay. A science of rings is developing - the instance that comes to mind is determining a persons nationality by the number of rings (a ring is dependent on a swig of Guinness each swig leaving it's own ring). An Irishman will have in the region of 5-6 rings (they pace themselves), an Englishman will have 8-10 rings, an American will have 17-20 (we sip) and an Australian won't have any at all as they tend to knock it back in one go!
6 As you near the end of your pint, it is the custom to order another one. It is a well known fact that a bird does not fly on one wing.
Need another reason to drink Guinness (or any beer) for that matter? Go no further than this incredible tale:
Y'all have a great weekend. I've already got a start on mine.
A Texan walked into a pub in Ireland and said, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I'll bet 500 American dollars to twenty of your Euros that nobody here can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back."
The room is quiet and no one took up the Texan's offer. One man even left the bar. Thirty minutes later the man who left showed up again and tapped the Texan on the shoulder.
"Is your bet still good?" asked the Irishman.
The Texan said yes, and asked the bartender to line up ten pints of Guinness.
Immediately the Irishman tore into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them
all back-to-back.
The other pub patrons cheered as the Texan sat in amazement.
The Texan gave the Irishman the money and said, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?"
The Irishman replied, "Oh ... I had to go to the pub down the street to see
if I could do it first."
Ha! Outstanding Limey!
Brian, I was going to write about the lame Cardinal logo, but somehow I figured you would be doing a piece on it. It is an incredibly lame logo, and pathetic attempt to get the fans geared up for the season. Here's to 2 team logos that never have to, and never will change!
Posted by: Cheesehead Craig at January 28, 2005 09:19 AMGood one Mike! Guinness...it's just not for breakfast anymore!
Posted by: Brian Maas at January 28, 2005 09:43 AM